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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-10-008867.txt : 20100223
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100223163448
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-10-008867
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100429
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20100223

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:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04809
		FILM NUMBER:		10626345

	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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  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="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box:</font></p>
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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;">Definitive Additional Materials</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;">&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;">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.</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;">Attn:&nbsp; Tane Tyler</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;">1290
  Broadway, Suite 1100</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;">Denver,
  Colorado 80203</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 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;">&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;">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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  <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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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <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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  <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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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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  <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>
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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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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>
  </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="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;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>
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  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;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>
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  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;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 .7pt 0in .7pt;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="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee paid previously with preliminary
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  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <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;">(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;">&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>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <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%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
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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;">(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filing Party:</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%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <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;">(4)</font></p>
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  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date Filed:</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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND (&#147;Equity Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC. (&#147;Growth Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(collectively, the &#147;Funds&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">April&nbsp;29,
2010</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the 2010 Annual Meetings of Shareholders of the Funds will be held at <b>99 High Street, Suite&nbsp;303, Boston, Massachusetts</b>, on
April&nbsp;29, 2010 at 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern time (Equity Fund) and
10:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern time (Growth Fund). The purpose of the 2010 Annual
Meetings is to consider and act upon the following matters:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To elect three Trustees of the Equity Fund;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To elect two Directors of the Growth Fund;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To approve a Portfolio Management Agreement for the Equity
Fund;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To approve a Portfolio Management Agreement for the Growth
Fund; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To transact such other business as may properly come
before the 2010 Annual Meetings or any adjournments thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;12, 2010
as the record date for the determination of the shareholders of the Funds
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2010 Annual Meetings and any
adjournments thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES/DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL(S).</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William R.
Parmentier,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President of the Funds</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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 CARD PROMPTLY.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">You are cordially invited to attend the 2010 Annual Meetings.
We urge you, whether or not you expect to attend the 2010 Annual Meetings in
person, </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">your vote is important no matter how many shares you own. Voting your
shares early will avoid costly follow-up mail and telephone solicitation. After
reviewing the enclosed materials, please complete, sign and date your proxy
card(s)&nbsp;and mail it promptly in the enclosed return envelope, or help save
time and postage costs by calling the toll free number and following the
instructions. You may also vote via the Internet by logging on to the website
indicated on your proxy card and following the instructions that will appear.
If we do not hear from you, our proxy solicitor, The Altman Group (&#147;Altman&#148;),
may contact you. This will ensure that your vote is counted even if you cannot
attend the meeting in person. If you have any questions about the proposals or
the voting instructions, please call Altman at 1-800-499-7619.&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">An electronic copy of this proxy statement
and the annual report are available at www.all-starfunds.com.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">February&nbsp;23,
2010</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND (&#147;Equity Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC. (&#147;Growth Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(collectively, the &#147;Funds&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APRIL 29, 2010</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 (the &#147;Boards&#148;) 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.
Eastern time (Equity Fund) and 10:00&nbsp;a.m. Eastern 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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The solicitation of
proxies for use at the Meeting is being made by the Funds by the mailing on or
about March&nbsp;1, 2010 of the Notice of Annual Meetings of Shareholders.
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 advisor, ALPS Advisors,&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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Funds have engaged
The Altman Group, a proxy solicitation firm to assist in the solicitation of
proxies.&#160; The estimated cost of this
solicitation, to be borne by the Funds, is $77,814 for the Equity Fund and
$22,513 for the Growth Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Meeting is being held to vote
on the matters described below:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity Fund.&#160; </font></u></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholders of record on February&nbsp;12, 2010 are
eligible to vote to:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elect Three Trustees to the
Board to a three-year term</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approve Portfolio
Management Agreement among the Equity Fund, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. and
Cornerstone Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Growth Fund.&#160; </font></u></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholders of record on February&nbsp;12, 2010 are
eligible to vote to:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elect Two Directors to
the Board to a three-year term</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approve Portfolio
Management Agreement among the Equity Fund, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc., and
Mazama Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc.</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROPOSALS
1 and 2. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Boards that oversee
each Fund provide broad supervision over the affairs of each Fund. AAI is
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
administrative services to each Fund. The officers of each Fund are responsible
for its operations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity Fund</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard W. Lowry</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee since 1986,<br>
  Chairman since 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tenure to end 2013</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John J. Neuhauser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee since 1998</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tenure to end 2013</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard C. Rantzow</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tenure to end 2013</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Growth Fund</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George R. Gaspari</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tenure to end 2013</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard W. Lowry</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director since 1994,<br>
  Chairman since 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tenure to end 2013</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Trustees/Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
table below sets forth the names, addresses and ages 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>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NAME
  (AGE)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AND ADDRESS*</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POSITION WITH<br>
  EQUITY FUND,<br>
  TERM OF<br>
  OFFICE AND<br>
  LENGTH OF<br>
  SERVICE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POSITION WITH<br>
  GROWTH FUND,<br>
  TERM OF<br>
  OFFICE AND<br>
  LENGTH OF<br>
  SERVICE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRINCIPAL</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OCCUPATION(S)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DURING PAST</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FIVE YEARS</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF<br>
  PORTFOLIOS IN<br>
  FUND<br>
  COMPLEX<br>
  OVERSEEN</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BY TRUSTEE/<br>
  DIRECTOR**</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OTHER<br>
  DIRECTORSHIPS<br>
  HELD</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  A. Benning</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age 75)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since 2002,<br>
  Term expires 2012</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director <br>
  Since 2002; Term expires 2011<br><br></font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired
  since December, 1999</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock <br>
  (Age 62)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since 2005,<br>
  Term expires 2011</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2005; Term Expires 2012<br><br></font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Executive Officer, Stone 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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="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:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee and Chairman Stone Harbor Investment Funds (since 2007)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George
  R. Gaspari</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age 69)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="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:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since 2006, Term Expires 2011</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="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:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 2006,<br> &nbsp;Term Expires 2010</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial
  Services Consultant (since 1996)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee and Chairman, The Select Sector SPDR Trust (since 1999)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  W. Lowry<br>
  (Age 73)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee Since 1986<br>
  Term expires 2010<br>
  Chairman since 2004</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director Since 1994; Term Expires 2010<br>
  Chairman since 2004<br><br></font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Private
  Investor since August&nbsp;1987<br><br></font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  J. Neuhauser<br>
  (Age 66)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since 1998,<br>
  Term Expires 2010</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director<br>
  Since 1998; Term Expires 2012<br><br></font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President,
  St. Michael&#146;s College (since August, 2007); University Professor
  December&nbsp;2005-2007, 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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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustee, Columbia Funds Series&nbsp;Trust I<br>
  (66 funds)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  C. Rantzow<br>
  (Age 71)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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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;">Trustee</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
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  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2006,</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Term expires 2011</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Retired;
  Chairman of the Board of First Funds (from 1992 to July&nbsp;2006)</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;">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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;vertical-align:middle;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edmund J. Burke<br>
  (Age 49)***</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 2012</font></p>
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  Since 2006,<br>
  Term expires 2012</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;">CEO
  and a Director of:&nbsp; ALPS
  Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2005); Director of ALPS Advisers (since 2001), and
  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-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 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
  (since 2001), Trustee and Chairman (since 2009), Financial Investors Trust;
  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 and President 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;"><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 Fund Services,&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, 2009, the Fund Complex of ALPS
Advisors,&nbsp;Inc., consisted of 17 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 ALPS Holdings and a
Director of AAI and AFS.</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, 2010.</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;">Principal
Officers</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;">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 is 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 of the date of this Proxy
Statement, including their principal occupations during the past five years,
although their specific titles may have varied over that period.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Name
  (Age) and Address*</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><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;"><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>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Occupation(s)&nbsp;During Past<br>
  Five Years</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;">William R. Parmentier,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  57)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">President</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">1999</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Investment Officer, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2006);
  President of the Liberty All-Star Funds (since April&nbsp;1999); Senior Vice
  President, Banc of America Investment Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (2005-2006).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edmund J. Burke</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  49)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Vice President</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEO and a Director of ALPS Holdings,&nbsp;Inc. (since 2005), Director
  of ALPS Advisors (since 2001), President and a Director of ALPS Financial
  Services,&nbsp;Inc. (1991-2005).&nbsp; See
  above for other Directorships held.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mark T. Haley, CFA</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  45)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Senior Vice President</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">1999</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><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 Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (since
  2006).&nbsp; Vice President, Banc of America
  Investment Advisors (1999-2006).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeremy O. May</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  39)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Treasurer</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;is President of AFS. Mr.&nbsp;May&nbsp;joined AFS in
  1995.&nbsp; Because of his position with
  AFS, 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.&nbsp;
  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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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kimberly
  R. Storms</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  37)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Assistant Treasurer</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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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;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms.&nbsp;Storms
  is Director of Fund Administration and Vice President of AFS.&nbsp; Ms.&nbsp;Storms joined AFS in 1998.&nbsp; Because of her position with AFS,
  Ms.&nbsp;Storms is deemed an affiliate of the Fund as defined under the 1940
  Act.&nbsp; Ms.&nbsp;Storms is Assistant
  Treasurer for Financial Investors Trust and Assistant Secretary of Ameristock
  Mutual Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; she is Treasurer of ALPS ETF Trust and ALPS Variable
  Insurance Trust.&nbsp; Ms.&nbsp;Storms was
  previously Assistant Treasurer of the Clough Global Equity Fund, Clough
  Global Allocation Fund, Clough Global Opportunities Fund, and Reaves Utility
  Income Fund. </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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Melanie
  Zimdars</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  33 )</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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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;">Chief Compliance Officer</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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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;">2009</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deputy Chief Compliance Officer with ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc.
  since September&nbsp;2009. Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer and
  Secretary, Wasatch Funds, February&nbsp;2007 to December&nbsp;2008. Assistant
  Treasurer, Wasatch Funds, November&nbsp;2006 to</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;2007. Senior Compliance Officer, Wasatch
  Advisors,&nbsp;Inc., 2005 to 2008. Ms.&nbsp;Zimdars is currently the CCO for
  Liberty All-Star Growth Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Financial Investors Variable
  Insurance Trust, ALPS ETF Trust and ALPS Variable Insurance Trust.</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephanie
  Barres</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Age
  43)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:19.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2008</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior
  Paralegal, ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc. since 2005.&nbsp; Previously Director Broker-Dealer
  Compliance, INVESCO Funds Group,&nbsp;Inc., 1997-2004.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*The
address of each officer is: c/o ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc., 1290 Broadway,
Suite&nbsp;1100; Denver, CO 80203</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During
2009, 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 by the Funds. All sitting Trustees/Directors were present at
all </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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">meetings.&#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; 2009 annual shareholder meetings.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit Committee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Funds have a separately designated Audit Committee. 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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trustees/Directors</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#148;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(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.&#160;
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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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; A copy of the Audit Committee Charter is
available on the Funds&#146; website at www.all-starfunds.com.&#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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At a meeting of the Audit
Committees on February&nbsp;18, 2010, 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 LLP (&#147;D&amp;T&#148;), the Funds&#146; independent registered
public accountants, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No.&nbsp;114; and (iii)&nbsp;obtained from D&amp;T a formal
written statement consistent with PCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule&nbsp;3526,
<i>Communication with Audit Committees
Concerning Independence</i>,
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 independence. Based on its review and discussion, the Audit
Committees recommended to the Boards of Trustees/Directors that the audited
financial statements for each Fund be included in that Fund&#146;s Annual Report to
shareholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:47.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .6in;"><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:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 nominating
committee is necessary because there has been minimal turnover in the
Trustees/Directors serving on the Board of each Fund.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">  </font></i><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">hoc </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">committee for </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;">6<a name="PB_6_030142_141"></a></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 consideration of
Trustee/Director nominations. No <i>ad</i></font><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">
</font></i><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">hoc </font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund under the
Investment Company Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Disinterested
Trustees/Directors consider prospective Trustee/Director candidates from any
reasonable source, including current Disinterested Trustees/Directors, Fund
management, Fund shareholders and other persons or entities. Although the Funds
do not have a formal policy, shareholders of a Fund who wish to nominate a
candidate to be considered by a Fund&#146;s Board or an <i>ad hoc</i>
nominating committee of the 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 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
from Fund shareholders will be acknowledged. During periods when the
Disinterested Trustees/Directors are not 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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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. When considering prospective nominees, the Disinterested
Trustees/Directors may consider, among other things, whether prospective
nominees have distinguished records in their primary careers, unimpeachable
integrity, and substantive knowledge in areas 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 advisor, 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. 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 meetings, be
available for service on Board committees, and devote the additional time and
effort necessary to 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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 resumes, considered in light of the criteria discussed above. Those
prospective candidates that appear likely to be 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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table
shows, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, 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>

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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;">7<a name="PB_7_030157_7608"></a></font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:90.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="48%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.9%;">
  <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:2.78%;">
  <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%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">from the</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.34%;">
  <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:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">from the</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Growth Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" 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;">Total</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">from the</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fund Complex(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <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>
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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: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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,046.97</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <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;">8,953.03</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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,000</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  W. Brock</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</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;">28,046.97</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;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,953.03</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <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;">37,000</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <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;">George
  R. Gaspari</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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,052.37</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <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;">8,947.63</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  W. Lowry</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <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;">39,415,63</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,584.37</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <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;">52,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <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="48%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.9%;">
  <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;">John
  J. Neuhauser</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28,046.97</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <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;">8,953.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard C. Rantzow</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <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;">31,841.77</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,158.23</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <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;">42,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <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;">Edmund J. Burke</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)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of December&nbsp;18, 2006,
the Funds became part of the ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc., fund complex (&#147;ALPS
Complex&#148;).&#160; The ALPS Complex consists of
17 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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table shows
the dollar range and the number of shares of equity securities beneficially
owned by each Trustee/Director as of December 31, 2009 (i) in each of the
Funds, and (ii) in all funds overseen by the Trustee/Director in the Fund
Complex.</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: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: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: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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">John A. Benning</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">52,706</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$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="1" 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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">4,422</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Thomas W. Brock</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$50,001 -
  $100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">16,790</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$50,001 -
  $100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">24,465</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">George R. Gaspari</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Richard W. Lowry</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">207,067</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">1,236</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Over $100,000</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">John J. Neuhauser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">156</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">294</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Richard
  C. Rantzow</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">2,851</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$1 - $10,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">2,176</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><i><u><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-style:italic;">Interested Trustee/Director</font></u></i></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Edmund J. Burke</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" 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;">*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" 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;">During the past five
calendar years, Mr.&nbsp;Lowry has had an interest in a trust (approximately
$4,207,000 as of December&nbsp;31, 2009) 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 an interest in that trust
(approximately $1,000,000 as of December&nbsp;31, 2009).&#160; Messrs.&nbsp;Lowry and Benning also have an
interest ($2,340,000 and $170,000 respectively) in Cheetah Investment
Partnership, LP, managed by Arnold Schneider, President and Chief Investment
Officer of Schneider Capital Management Corp., a portfolio manager to the
Equity Fund.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the most recent
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, no Trustee or Director transacted in
shares of ALPS Holdings,&nbsp;Inc., the parent company of AAI.</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 BOARDS RECOMMEND THAT
SHAREHOLDERS OF EACH FUND VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 1 and 2.</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;">PROPOSAL 3.&#160; APPROVAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
(EQUITY FUND ONLY).</font></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;">Shareholders of the
Equity Fund are being asked to approve a new Portfolio Management Agreement (Exhibit&nbsp;A)
among the Equity Fund, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. and Cornerstone Capital
Management,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Cornerstone&#148; or &#147;Portfolio Manager&#148;).</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>

<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>

<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;">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 five for the Equity Fund. Each Portfolio Manager employs a different
investment style and/or strategy, and from time to time the Fund Manager
rebalances the Fund&#146;s assets 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" 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;">The Portfolio Managers recommended by AAI represent a
blending of different styles which, in AAI&#146;s opinion, is appropriate for the
Equity Fund&#146;s investment objective.&#160; AAI
continuously analyzes and evaluates the investment performance and portfolios
of the Equity 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 Equity Fund&#146;s
Portfolio Managers.&#160; Portfolio Manager
changes, as well as the rebalancing of the Equity 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>

<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;">Under the terms of an exemptive order issued to the
Equity Fund and AAI by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;), the
Equity Fund may enter into a portfolio management agreement with a new or
additional Portfolio Manager recommended by AAI 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
Equity Fund&#146;s agreements with its other Portfolio Managers, and that its
continuance is subject to approval by shareholders at the Equity 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 Cornerstone is being
submitted for shareholder approval at the Meeting.</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;">&nbsp;</font></b></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
Cornerstone</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 Equity Fund to
terminate Chase Investment Counsel Corporation (&#147;Chase&#148;), a portfolio manager
of the Equity Fund since June&nbsp;1, 2006, and to replace Chase with
Cornerstone.&#160; Both Portfolio Managers
manage large cap growth equity portfolios and follow a fundamental, research
driven investment process.&#160; AAI believes
that Cornerstone&#146;s investment philosophy of identifying stocks that offer under
appreciated opportunities for growth would be compatible with the philosophies
of the Equity Fund&#146;s other Portfolio Managers.&#160;
AAI also believes that Cornerstone&#146;s more stable team of investment
professionals and favorable performance record, which has generally been
strong, in most periods exceeding relevant benchmarks and comparable peer
groups, would benefit the Equity Fund.&#160;
Based upon these factors, AAI recommended that the Board approve a
Portfolio Management Agreement among the Equity Fund, AAI and Cornerstone.</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>

<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 Equity Fund&#146;s Board of Trustees
approved on December&nbsp;17, 2009, the termination of the Equity Fund&#146;s
portfolio management agreement with Chase and its replacement with Cornerstone,
effective December&nbsp;21, 2009.&#160; The
Portfolio Management Agreement (&#147;Old Agreement&#148;) dated December&nbsp;18, 2006
among Chase, AAI and the Equity Fund was initially approved by shareholders on November&nbsp;21,
2006.&#160; For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2009, AAI paid Chase advisory fees equal to $562,804.44.</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;">&nbsp;</font></b></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>

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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 form of the Portfolio
Management Agreement with Cornerstone is set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;A to this
proxy statement.&#160; The terms of the New
Agreement with Cornerstone are the same as the terms of the Old Agreement with
Chase.&#160; The fees paid to Cornerstone
under the New Agreement are the same as the fees paid to Chase under the Old
Agreement.&#160; In both cases, the
sub-advisory fee is paid by AAI, not the Equity Fund.</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>

<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>

<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;">The New Agreement with
Cornerstone essentially provides that Cornerstone, under the Board&#146;s and AAI&#146;s
supervision and subject to the Equity Fund&#146;s registration statement, will: (1)&nbsp;formulate
and implement an investment program for the Fund&#146;s assets assigned to
Cornerstone; (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 Cornerstone); (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 Cornerstone); and (4)&nbsp;report
results to the Board of the Equity Fund.</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>

<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" 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 New Agreement with
Cornerstone provides that it will continue in effect for an initial period
beginning on December&nbsp;21, 2009 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 Equity Fund&#146;s
Board or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the
Equity Fund, and (ii)&nbsp;by vote of a majority of the Equity Fund&#146;s
Disinterested Trustees.</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>

<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 Equity Fund, AAI will pay to Cornerstone, on or before the 10</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;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>

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<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;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.40% of the amount obtained by multiplying the
Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage (defined as the percentage obtained by dividing
the average daily net assets in the Portfolio Manager Account by the Fund&#146;s
average daily net assets) times the Average Total Fund Net Assets up to $400
million;</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;">&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)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.36% of the amount obtained by
multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage times the Average Total Fund Net
Assets exceeding $400 million up to and including $800 million;</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;">&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;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.324% of the amount obtained by
multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage times the Average Total Fund Net
Assets exceeding $800 million up to and including $1.2 billion; and</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;">&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;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.292% of the amount obtained by
multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage times the Average Total Fund Net
Assets exceeding $1.2 billion.</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;">&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" 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 New Agreement for the
Equity 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>

<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;">The New Agreement
provides that the Cornerstone will not be liable to AAI, the Equity 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 Cornerstone in its actions under the New
Agreement or breach of its duty or obligations under the New Agreement.</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>

<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;letter-spacing:0pt;">At its meeting on December&nbsp;17, 2009, the Equity Fund&#146;s
Board of Trustees, including all of the Disinterested Trustees, approved the
New Agreement.&#160; Before approving the New
Agreement, the Trustees 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 Trustees
requested certain information from Cornerstone and the Trustees received
reports from Cornerstone that addressed specific factors to be considered by
the Board.&#160; The Board&#146;s counsel also
provided the Trustees with a memorandum regarding their responsibilities in
connection with the approval of the New 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;letter-spacing: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;letter-spacing: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 Equity Fund including, but not limited to: (1)&nbsp;the
nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Equity Fund
under the New Agreement; (2)&nbsp;Cornerstone&#146;s investment performance for
comparably managed accounts; (3)&nbsp;the fees paid by the Fund and the fees
charged by Cornerstone to other clients, as applicable; (4)&nbsp;the
profitability and costs of the services provided; and (5)&nbsp;the effect of
changes in the Equity Fund&#146;s asset levels on the fee paid to Cornerstone by AAI
and overall expense ratios (economies of scale).</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;letter-spacing: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 Trustee may have afforded different weight to the various
factors.</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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Nature, Extent and Quality of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered information
regarding Cornerstone&#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 a portion of the large cap growth allocation of the Equity Fund&#146;s
portfolio.&#160; The Board also considered
Cornerstone&#146;s compliance program and compliance records.&#160; The Board concluded that the nature, extent
and quality of the services to be provided by Cornerstone were consistent with
the terms of the New Agreement and that the Equity Fund was likely to benefit
from services provided by Cornerstone 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Investment Performance</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered Cornerstone&#146;s
large cap investment performance relative to the Russell 1000</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;Growth Index and a comparable institutional
peer group.&#160; The Board considered that as
of September&nbsp;30, 2009, Cornerstone&#146;s large cap investment accounts
outperformed the Russell 1000</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160; Growth Index for the year-to-date,
one-year, two-year and three-year periods.&#160;
The Board also considered that Cornerstone&#146;s large cap investment
performance ranked favorably compared to the performance of a large cap growth
institutional peer group for the same periods.&#160;
The Board concluded that Cornerstone&#146;s large cap growth 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Fees and Expenses</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered that the fee
to be paid to Cornerstone under the New Agreement is the same as the fee paid
to Chase.&#160; The Board noted that the fee
is less than the fee that Cornerstone 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 Equity Fund&#146;s assets increase above the
breakpoint.&#160; The Board concluded that the
fees payable to Cornerstone under the New Agreement were reasonable in relation
to the nature and quality for the services expected to be provided, taking into
account Cornerstone&#146;s standard fee schedule and the fee rates Cornerstone
charges to other clients for a given level of assets.</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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Profitability and Costs of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered that the fee
rate to be paid to Cornerstone for managing the Equity Fund would be the lowest
rate that Cornerstone offers for comparable clients and that the amount of the
fee would decline as the Equity Fund increases in size.&#160; The Board considered that the fee under the
New Agreement would be paid to Cornerstone by AAI, not the Fund. Accordingly,
the Board determined that AAI&#146;s costs and profitability in providing services
to the Equity Fund were generally more relevant to the Board&#146;s evaluation of
the fees and expenses paid by the Equity Fund than Cornerstone&#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 Equity Fund&#146;s Management Agreement in 2010<b>.</b></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>

<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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Economies of Scale</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board also considered the
potential &#147;fall-out&#148; benefits (including the receipt of research products and
services from unaffiliated brokers) that Cornerstone might receive in
connection with its association with the Fund.&#160;
In addition, the Board acknowledged that Cornerstone&#146;s well-established
stand-alone management relationships independent of the Equity Fund and the
regulatory risks Cornerstone 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 realized by Cornerstone as
the Equity Fund&#146;s assets increase.</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 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 Equity Fund
and its shareholders.&#160; The Board
unanimously voted to approve and recommend to the shareholders of the Equity
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 Cornerstone</font></u></b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <b>Capital Management Inc.</b></font></u></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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal
Executive Officers and Directors</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 following are the
principal executive officer, certain other officers and directors of
Cornerstone:</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 and Address (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 with Cornerstone and Principal Occupation</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.64%;">
  <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="67%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <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;">Andrew S. Wyatt</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="67%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive
  Officer, Chief Compliance 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:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.64%;">
  <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="67%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <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;">Thomas G. Kamp</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="67%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Investment
  Officer, President</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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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.64%;">
  <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="67%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <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;">Michael P. Echert</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;">Senior Vice President</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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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.64%;">
  <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="67%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <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;">Thom C. Berkowitz</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="67%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:67.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President</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;">(1)&nbsp;The address of
each officer and director is 7101 W. 78</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Street, Suite&nbsp;201, Bloomington, MN 55439</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;">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;">Cornerstone is 67%
employee owned.&#160; The following are the
10% or more beneficial owners of voting shares of Cornerstone:</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
  and Address (1)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <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>
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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
  with Cornerstone</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.06%;">
  <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
  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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  <td width="28%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Andrew S. Wyatt</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.86%;">
  <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="40%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEO</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;">33.3333</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:10.0pt;">Thomas G. Kamp</font></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President</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="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.06%;">
  <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;">33.3333</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:10.0pt;">David R. Frauenshuh</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="40%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <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="24%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.06%;">
  <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;">33.3333</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: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;">(1)&nbsp;The address of
each Beneficial Owner is 7101 W. 78</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Street, Suite&nbsp;201, Bloomington, MN 55439</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 Cornerstone</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 Cornerstone to the Equity Fund, Cornerstone
also provides management services to other investment companies. Information
with respect to the assets of and management fees payable to Cornerstone by
those funds having investment objectives similar to those of the Equity 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 of Fund</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>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.0%;">
  <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;">Total Net Assets managed<br>
  by Cornerstone at<br>
  December&nbsp;31, 2009 (in<br>
  millions)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <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>
  </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;">Annual Management Fee<br>
  as a % of Average<br>
  Daily Net Assets</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <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>
  </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;">Waivers, Reductions or<br>
  Agreements to Waive<br>
  or Reduce 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>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.5%;">
  <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;">Keystone
  Large Cap Growth Fund</font></p>
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  <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="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <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;">185,173,067</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="20%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <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;">0.70</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>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.0%;">
  <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;">1.50% Max Total
  Expenses</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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Advisory
Fees</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;">AAI paid Cornerstone
advisory fees equal to $20,697.55 during the last fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31,
2009 since it became a Portfolio Manager on December&nbsp;21, 2009.</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 Equity 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 Equity 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>

<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;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the shareholders of the Equity Fund
fail to approve the New Agreement with Cornerstone, the New Agreement will
terminate and AAI will cause the portfolio assets under management by
Cornerstone 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 Cornerstone 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 EQUITY FUND VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 3.</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;">PROPOSAL 4.&#160; APPROVAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
(GROWTH FUND ONLY).</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;">Shareholders of the
Growth Fund are being asked to approve a new Portfolio Management Agreement (Exhibit&nbsp;B)
among the Growth Fund, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. and Mazama Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc.
(&#147;Mazama&#148; or &#147;Portfolio Manager&#148;).</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>

<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 assets
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>

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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;">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.&#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>

<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;">Under the terms of an exemptive order issued to the
Growth Fund and AAI 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 AAI 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 Mazama 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 Mazama</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 Chase Investment Counsel Corporation (&#147;Chase&#148;), a portfolio manager
of the Growth Fund since January&nbsp;2, 2008, and to replace Chase with Mazama
for the large cap equity portion of the Growth Fund&#146;s portfolio.&#160; Both Portfolio Managers manage large cap
equity portfolios and follow a fundamental, research driven investment
process.&#160; AAI believes that Mazama&#146;s
investment philosophy of focusing on companies gaining market share and
accelerating revenue and earnings growth would be compatible with the
philosophies of the Growth Fund&#146;s other Portfolio Managers.&#160; AAI also believes that Mazama&#146;s more stable
team of investment professionals and favorable performance record&#160; would benefit the Growth Fund.&#160; Based upon these factors, AAI recommended
that the Board approve a Portfolio Management Agreement among the Growth Fund,
AAI and Mazama.</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 </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;">Fund&#146;s Board of Directors approved on December&nbsp;17,
2009, the termination of the Growth Fund&#146;s portfolio management agreement with
Chase and its replacement with Mazama, effective December&nbsp;21, 2009.&#160; The Portfolio Management Agreement (&#147;Old
Agreement&#148;) dated January&nbsp;2, 2008 among Chase, AAI and the Growth Fund was
initially approved by shareholders on May&nbsp;22, 2008.&#160; For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2009, AAI paid Chase advisory fees equal to $126,645.56.</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;">Differences between the Old and New Portfolio
Management Agreements</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 form of the Portfolio
Management Agreement with Mazama is set forth in Exhibit&nbsp;B to this proxy
statement.&#160; The terms of the New
Agreement with Mazama are the same as the terms of the Old Agreement with
Chase.&#160; The fees paid to Mazama under the
New Agreement are the same as the fees paid to Chase under the Old
Agreement.&#160; In both cases, the
sub-advisory fee is paid by AAI, not the Growth 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;">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
Mazama essentially provides that Mazama, 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 Mazama; (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 Mazama); (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 Mazama); and (4)&nbsp;report results to the Board of the
Growth 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;">Term of
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;">The New Agreement with
Mazama provides that it will continue in effect for an initial period beginning
on December&nbsp;21, 2009 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>

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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;">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 Mazama, on or before the 10</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;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>

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<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;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.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</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)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.36% of the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage of the average daily
net assets of the Fund exceeding $300 million.</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;">Termination
of 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;">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 Mazama 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 Mazama 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">At its meeting on December&nbsp;17, 2009, 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 Mazama and the Directors received reports
from Mazama 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 New Agreement.</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;letter-spacing: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;Mazama&#146;s investment performance for
comparably managed accounts; (3)&nbsp;the fees paid by the Fund and the fees
charged by Mazama to other clients, as applicable; (4)&nbsp;the profitability
and costs of the services provided; and (5)&nbsp;the effect of changes in the
Growth Fund&#146;s asset levels on the fee paid to Mazama by AAI and overall expense
ratios (economies of scale).</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;letter-spacing: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.</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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Nature, Extent and Quality of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered information
regarding Mazama&#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 Mazama&#146;s compliance
program and compliance records.&#160; The
Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be
provided by Mazama were consistent with the terms of the New Agreement and that
the Growth Fund was likely to benefit from services provided by Mazama 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Investment Performance</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered Mazama&#146;s
large cap investment performance relative to the Russell 1000</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;Growth Index and a comparable institutional
peer group.&#160; The Board considered that as
of September&nbsp;30, 2009 Mazama&#146;s Focused Large Cap Growth Composite
outperformed the Russell 1000</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160; Growth Index since inception of
the Composite on December&nbsp;1, 2008..&#160;
The Board also considered the favorable performance of the Mazama Growth
composite, a strategy that shares the same growth equity orientation and
investment process and shows a longer track record.&#160; The Board also considered that both
composites ranked favorably to their respective institutional peer group.&#160; The Board concluded that Mazama&#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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Fees and Expenses</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered that the fee
to be paid to Mazama under the New Agreement is the same as the fee paid to
Chase.&#160; The Board noted that the fee is
less than the fee that Mazama 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 Mazama under the New Agreement were reasonable in relation to
the nature and quality for the services expected to be provided, taking into
account the fee rates that Mazama 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Profitability and Costs of Services</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board considered that the fee
rate to be paid to Mazama for managing the Growth Fund would be the lowest rate
that Mazama 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 Mazama 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 Mazama&#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 2010<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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Economies of Scale</font></u><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">.&#160; The Board also considered the
potential &#147;fall-out&#148; benefits (including the receipt of research products and
services from unaffiliated brokers) that Mazama might receive in connection
with its association with the Fund.&#160; In
addition, the Board acknowledged that Mazama&#146;s well-established stand-alone
management relationships independent of the Growth Fund and the regulatory
risks Mazama 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 realized by Mazama as the Growth Fund&#146;s
assets increase.</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 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 Mazama</font></u></b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <b>Capital Management Inc.</b></font></u></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>

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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 following are the
principal executive officer, certain other officers and directors of Mazama:</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;">Ronald A. Sauer</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;">Chairman, President,
  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: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;">Brian P. Alfrey</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, Executive
  Vice President, Chief Operating 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: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;">(1)&nbsp;The address of
each officer and director is One Southwest Columbia Street, Suite&nbsp;1500,
Portland OR 97258-2002.</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>

<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;">Mazama is 92% employee
owned.&#160; The following are the 10% or more
beneficial owners of voting shares of Mazama:</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 and Address (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 with Mazama</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;">Ownership 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;">Ronald
  A. Sauer</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="50%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, President,
  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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  <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;">71</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;">%</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 Beneficial Owner is One Southwest Columbia Street, Suite&nbsp;1500,
Portland OR 97258-2002.</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;">Advisory
Fees</font></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;">AAI paid Mazama advisory
fees equal to $4,728.02 during the last fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31,
2009 since it became a Portfolio Manager on December&nbsp;21, 2009.</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>

<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;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 Mazama, the New Agreement will terminate
and AAI will cause the portfolio assets under management by Mazama 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
Mazama or a new Portfolio Manager.</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;"><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 4.</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>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Boards of Trustees/Directors know of no other
business to be brought before the Meetings. However, if any other matters
properly come before the Meetings, 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.</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;">MANAGEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc. (AAI), 1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100,
Denver, CO 80203, is the Funds&#146; investment advisor. 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 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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#160;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;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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  Fund</font></u></i></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Growth
  Fund</font></u></i></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;">Cornerstone Capital
  Management, 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;">Mazama Capital Management,
  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;">7101 W 78th St, Suite 201</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;">One SW Columbia Street,
  Suite 1500</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;">Portland, OR 97258</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;">Wayne, PA 19087</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;">&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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TCW Investment Management
  Company</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;">865 South Figueroa Street</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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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;">Los Angeles, CA 90017</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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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>

<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;">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 Funds provide, in substance, that in executing
portfolio transactions and selecting brokers or dealers, the primary
responsibility of the Portfolio Manager is to seek to obtain best net price and
execution for the Funds.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><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 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 </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;">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>

<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;">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;"><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;">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 commissions to be charged to the Funds in connection therewith. These
amounts may differ among the Portfolio 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 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;">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 portfolio
transactions initiated by them with another Portfolio Manager or its
broker-dealer affiliate for execution 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;"><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;">For the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, the Funds did not pay
commissions to any affiliated broker.</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;"><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 Portfolio Manager, and (2)&nbsp;the Funds to
purchase securities either directly from a principal underwriter which is 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 currently 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>

<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>

<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 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, 2008 and 2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><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; Representatives of D&amp;T are not expected
to be present at the Meeting but have been given the opportunity to make a
statement if they so desire and will be available should any matter arise
requiring their presence.</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>

<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>

<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;">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 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;">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 services to AAI and AAI Affiliates. Unless a type of service receives
general pre-approval under the Policy, it 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>

<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;">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;"><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 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>

<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;"><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" 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 following table sets forth for each Fund the
aggregate fees by D&amp;T for fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, and
2009 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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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</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="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <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>
</table>

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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>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.76%;">
  <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="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <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 performance of the audit
  or review of financial statements, but not reported under &#147;Audit Fees.&#148;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:1.76%;">
  <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="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <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="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.76%;">
  <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="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;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="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:1.76%;">
  <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="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <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="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.76%;">
  <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="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.58%;">
  <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 D&amp;T other than those reported under &#147;Audit Fees,&#148;
  &#147;Audit-Related Fees&#148; and &#147;Tax Fees.&#148;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the Funds&#146; fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 and 2009,
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 minimis exception set forth in paragraph
(c)(7)(i)(C)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;2-01 of Regulation S-X. All of the &#147;Audit Fees,&#148;
&#147;Audit-Related Fees&#148; and &#147;Tax Fees&#148; by D&amp;T were pre-approved by each Fund&#146;s
Audit Committee.</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%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <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:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <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<br>
  Year</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <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 Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.0%;">
  <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- Related<br>
  Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="8%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <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;">Tax Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="7%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.0%;">
  <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;">All<br>
  Other<br>
  Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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>
  <td width="17%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <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 Non-<br>
  Audit Fees</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Audit
  Related Fees +<br> &nbsp;Tax Fees)</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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <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:2.0%;">
  <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="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2008</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <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;">672</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <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;">40,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <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;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <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;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" 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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <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;">Growth
  Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2008</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <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;">403</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <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;">24,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <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;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <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;">3,460</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" 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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <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 and financial reporting of
  the </font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <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;">2008</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity
  Fund)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" 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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <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
  </font></b></p>
  </td>
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <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;">2008</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Growth
  Fund)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" 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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.7%;">
  <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;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" 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;text-autospace:none;"><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 D&amp;T as the Fund&#146;s independent accountants.
All services provided by D&amp;T to a Fund for 2008 and 2009 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;"><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 Proposals 1 and 2.
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;"><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 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Required Vote.</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Only shareholders of record of a Fund on February&nbsp;12,
2010 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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approval of Proposal 3 and 4 by each Fund will require the affirmative
vote of a &#147;majority of the outstanding voting securities&#148; of the Fund as
defined in the Investment Company Act.&#160;
This means the lesser of (1)&nbsp;67% or more of the shares of the Fund
present at the Meeting if more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund
are present in person or represented by proxy, or (2)&nbsp;more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of the Fund.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><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 for <i>any </i>Proposal.
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, and
the approval of the portfolio management agreements of each Fund (Proposals 3
and 4) 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;"><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>

<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;">All shareholders of record of a Fund on February&nbsp;12, 2010 are
entitled to one vote for each share held. As of the record date, there were
182,678,079 outstanding shares of beneficial interest of Equity Fund and
30,080,350 outstanding shares of common stock of Growth Fund. To the knowledge
of the Funds, on the record date for the Meeting, as of February&nbsp;12, 2010,
the following persons were known to own more than 5% of the outstanding
securities of the Funds:</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.26%;">
  <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;">Equity Fund</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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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  <td width="32%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.6%;">
  <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 and Address of<br>
  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;"># </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">of Shares Owned</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.7%;">
  <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;">% </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">of Shares<br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Owned</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.38%;">
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  Ownership</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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.6%;">
  <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;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.04%;">
  <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:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.7%;">
  <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;</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;</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;</font></b></p>
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  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hudson Street, 9</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jersey City, NJ
  07302</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;">16,421,385</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;">8.99</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;">First Clearing LLC</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10700 Wheat First
  Drive, MC WS 1024</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Glen Allen, VA
  23060</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;">16,388,821</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;">8.97</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;">National Financial Services LLC</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">200 Liberty Street</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One World Financial
  Tower, 5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY 10281</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;">14,966,856</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:10.0pt;">8.19</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:10.0pt;">The Bank of New York Mellon</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One Wall Street, 6</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY 10286</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;">11,763,754</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:10.0pt;">6.44</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;">Citigroup Global Markets,&nbsp;Inc.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">333 W. 34</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Street, 3</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">rd</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY 10001</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;">10,851,433</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;">5.94</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;">Charles Schwab&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">211 Main Street</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">San Francisco, CA
  94105</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;">10,591,097</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;">5.80</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;">First Clearing LLC</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10700 Wheat First
  Drive, MC WS 1024</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Glen Allen, VA
  23060</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;">2,826,109</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;">9.40</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;">Charles Schwab&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">211 Main Street</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">San Francisco, CA
  94105</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;">2,752,977</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;">9.15</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;">National Financial Services LLC</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">200 Liberty Street</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One World Financial
  Tower, 5</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, NY 10281</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;">2,129,486</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;">7.08</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;">Morgan Stanley Smith Barney</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harborside
  Financial Center Plaza 2</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jersey City, NY
  07311</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;">1,935,321</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:10.0pt;">6.43</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:10.0pt;">J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1 Metrotech Center
  North, 4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Floor</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <br>
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brooklyn, NY 11201</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;">1,828,915</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:10.0pt;">6.08</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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Record</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: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;">Bulldog Investors<br>
  Brooklyn Capital Management LLC<br>
  Phillip Goldstein<br>
  Andrew Dakos<br>
  Park 80 West<br>
  Saddle Brook, NJ 07663</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;">1,831,399</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:10.0pt;">6.08</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;">Beneficial</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;">* Based on 13D filing made with SEC on
February 19, 2010. Reflects shares owned as of Record Date. 13D filing states
sole and shared voting power for shares.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Trustees, Directors and officers of
each Fund, in the aggregate, owned less than 1% of each Fund&#146;s outstanding
shares as of the record date.</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;">SECTION&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;BENEFICIAL
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .05in;text-autospace:none;"><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 advisors (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, 2009.&#160; One
late Form&nbsp;5 filing occurred in 2010 for Trustee Richard Rantzow regarding
a 2007 purchase of shares of Equity Fund.</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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The 2009 Annual Report for each Fund
accompanies this proxy statement. You may obtain an additional copy of the
report and the semi-annual report for each Fund dated June&nbsp;30, 2009, free
of charge, by writing to the Fund c/o ALPS Fund Services,&nbsp;Inc., 1290
Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver, CO 80203, or by calling 1-800-241-1850.</font></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;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">On February&nbsp;19, 2010, Full Value
Partners, L.P. filed a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC in which it
indicated its intention to solicit proxies opposing Proposals 2 and 4 for
Growth Fund.&#160; Growth Fund does not know
whether or when Full Value Partners, L.P. will file a final proxy statement or
commence a solicitation.&#160; To date, the
Growth Fund has incurred no solicitation costs but anticipates that its
estimated solicitation costs will increase if the solicitation becomes
contested.&#160; The Altman Group expects to
employ approximately 25 people in connection with the solicitation of proxies.</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;">SUBMISSION
OF CERTAIN SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS</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;">Under the SEC&#146;s proxy rules, and subject to changes by the Boards,
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 2011 Annual Meeting must be
received by the Funds on or before December&nbsp;31, 2010.&#160; 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.</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;">Shareholders who wish to
make a proposal that would not be included in a Fund&#146;s proxy materials or to
nominate a person or persons as Trustee/Director at a Fund&#146;s 2011 Annual
Meeting must ensure that the proposal or nomination is delivered to the
Secretary of the Fund no earlier than December&nbsp;1, 2010 and no later than December&nbsp;31,
2010.&#160; If the date of the 2011 Annual
Meeting is held before January&nbsp;31, 2011 or after April&nbsp;29, 2011, then
the proposal or nomination must be received by the later of 120 days prior to
the annual meeting or the tenth day following the date that a public
announcement of the meeting is first made.&#160;
The proposal or nomination must be in good order and in compliance with
all applicable legal requirements and the requirements set forth in the
applicable Fund&#146;s Restated By-laws.&#160; The
chairperson of the Annual Meeting may refuse to acknowledge any proposal or
nomination that does not meet the legal and By-law requirements.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You must submit any
shareholder proposals and nominations to the Secretary of the Funds, 1290
Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100, Denver, Colorado&#160;
80203.</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 persons named as
proxies for the 2010 Annual Meeting will have discretionary authority to vote
on all matters presented at the meeting consistent with SEC&#146;s proxy rules.</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;">EXHIBIT A</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;">LIBERTY
ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND</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;">CORNERSTONE
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.</font></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 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;">December&nbsp;21, 2009</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>

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

<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>

<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;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (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>

<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;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS Advisors,&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>

<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;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. <u>Employment as a Portfolio Manager.</u>&#160; The Fund, being duly authorized, hereby
employs Cornerstone Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc. (&#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.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Portfolio Manager&#146;s responsibilities for providing
portfolio management services to the Fund shall be limited to the Portfolio
Manager Account.</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>

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

<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.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; In providing portfolio
management services to the Portfolio Manager Account, the Portfolio Manager
shall be subject to the Fund&#146;s Declaration of Trust 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 Trustees, 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 Trustees 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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 13.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><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;">B.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; As part of the services it will provide hereunder,
the Portfolio Manager will:</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>

<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;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">formulate and implement a continuous
investment program for the Portfolio Manager Account;</font></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="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:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;</font></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="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:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">keep the Fund Manager and the Board of
Trustees 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 </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Trustees of the Fund;
attend meetings with the Fund Manager and/or Trustees, as reasonably requested,
to discuss the foregoing and such other matters as may be requested by the Fund
Manager or Trustees;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><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;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in
accordance with procedures and methods established by the Trustees 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:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#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>

<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="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>

<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;">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. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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>

<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;">B. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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 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. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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>

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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;">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 Trustees.&#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 Trustees.</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> 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> 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 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.&#160; Should the Fund enter into a new contract
with the Portfolio Manager in connection with an assignment, the Portfolio
Manager agrees to pay all costs and expenses incurred by the Fund to obtain
shareholder approval of the new contact, including costs associated with the
preparation and mailing of the Fund&#146;s proxy statement and shareholder meeting
and proxy solicitation fees.</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;">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>

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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. 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>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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>

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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. 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" 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;">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" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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 Trustees 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 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;">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" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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;">E. Reference is hereby
made to the Declaration of Trust dated August&nbsp;20, 1986 establishing the
Fund, a copy of which has been filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and elsewhere as required by law, and to any and all amendments
thereto so filed or hereafter filed. The name Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
refers to the Board of Trustees under said Declaration of Trust, as Trustees
and not to the Trustees personally, and no Trustee, shareholder, officer, agent
or employee of the Fund shall be held to any personal liability hereunder or in
connection with the affairs of the Fund, but only the trust estate under said
Declaration of Trust is liable under this Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither the Portfolio Manager nor any of its
officers, directors, partners, shareholders, agents or employees shall, under
any circumstances, have recourse or cause or willingly permit recourse to be
had directly or indirectly to any personal, statutory, or other liability of
any shareholder, Trustee, officer, agent or employee of the Fund or of any
successor of the Fund, whether such liability now exists or is hereafter
incurred for claims against the trust estate, but shall look for payment solely
to said trust estate, or the assets of such successor of the Fund.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;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.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>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).</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;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;">G.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160; </font>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 Advisors,&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.</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;">H.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 </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;">time to time, a
copy and/or summary of such compliance policies and procedures and an
accompanying 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>

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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;">I.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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" 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;">J.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;"> </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Portfolio Manager agrees to maintain an
appropriate level of errors and omissions or professional liability insurance
coverage.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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 Trustees 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;"><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:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" 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: (1)&nbsp;by a vote of a majority of the
Trustees who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; (as defined in the Act) of any party
to this Agreement (&#147;Independent Trustees&#148;), cast in person at a&#160; 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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">for two years
from the date of this Agreement</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> and from year to year thereafter provided such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s
Board of Trustees 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 Trustees, 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 Trustees 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19.&#160; <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 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, </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;">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>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.&#160; <u>Notices</u>. All notices and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be deemed to have been
given when received or when sent by U.S. mail, overnight carrier or facsimile,
and shall be given to the following addresses (or such other addresses as to
which notice is given):</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">To
Fund Manager:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">ALPS
Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
1290 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100<br>
Denver, Colorado 80203<br>
Attn: General Counsel<br>
Phone:&#160; (303) 623-2577<br>
Fax: (303) 623-7850</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">To
the Portfolio Manager:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Cornerstone
Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">7101
W. 78</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;Street, Suite&nbsp;201</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Bloomington,
MN&#160; 55439</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Fax:</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>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;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 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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.18%;">
  <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="48%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Jeremy O. May</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Treasurer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.7%;">
  <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="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.82%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS ADVISORS, INC.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.18%;">
  <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="48%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.34%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.18%;">
  <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="48%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Thomas Carter</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.56%;">
  <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="31" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="176" style="border:none;"></td>
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  <td width="176" style="border:none;"></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>

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

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

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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.16%;">
  <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="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.84%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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>
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  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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>
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  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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>
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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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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.04%;">
  <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="75%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.&nbsp; Operational
  Procedures</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.04%;">
  <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%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.&nbsp; Records To
  Be Maintained By The Portfolio Manager</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.04%;">
  <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%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:75.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.&nbsp; Portfolio
  Manager Fee</font></p>
  </td>
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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 EQUITY FUND</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<br>
</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE A</font></b></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>

<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;">CORNERSTONE
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 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;">OPERATIONAL
PROCEDURES</font></b></p>

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<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" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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>

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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;">Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trade
reporting requirements:</font></b></p>

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Lowest Cost.</font></p>

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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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Commission Reporting</font></b></p>

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for reporting the 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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<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;letter-spacing:0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">Revised or 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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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Book Entry</font></u></b></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;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Wire Instructions</font></u></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">:</font></b></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;letter-spacing:0pt;">ABA # 011000028</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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Ref: <b>Liberty All-Star
Equity Fund</b></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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Fund Number: </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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Custodian (State Street Corporation)</font></b></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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Cash 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>

<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;letter-spacing: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;letter-spacing: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;letter-spacing: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;letter-spacing: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;letter-spacing:0pt;">State Street will need an authorized signature list from
the Portfolio Manager.</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;letter-spacing:0pt;">State 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;">PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT<br>
SCHEDULE B</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;">RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER</font></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 11.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><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; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 28.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The name of the broker;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The terms and conditions of the order and of any
modifications or cancellation thereof;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The time of entry or cancellation;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 28.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The price at which executed;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 26.8pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-12.4pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">E.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The time of receipt of a report of execution; and</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 26.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-12.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The name of the person who placed the order on behalf
of the Fund.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 11.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><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; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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 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>

<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 28.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shall include the consideration given to:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 45.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The sale of shares of the Fund by brokers or dealers.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 45.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> The supplying of services or benefits by brokers or
dealers to:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-15.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-15.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund Manager;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-15.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Portfolio Manager; and</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-15.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any person other than the foregoing.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 49.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-18.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 27.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shall show the nature of the services or benefits made
available.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.05pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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>

<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 28.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-13.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">D.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 11.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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 authorization.(1)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 11.45pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-11.45pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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 .4in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.4in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND</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<br>
</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE C</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;">PORTFOLIO
MANAGER FEE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><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</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;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:&#160;
0.40% of the amount obtained by multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s
Percentage (as hereinafter defined) times the Average Total Fund Net Assets (as
hereinafter defined) up to $400 million; 0.36% of the amount obtained by
multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage times the Average Total Fund Net
Assets exceeding $400 million up to and including $800 million; 0.324% of the
amount obtained by multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s Percentage times the
Average Total Fund Net Assets exceeding $800 million up to and including $1.2
billion; 0.292% of the amount obtained by multiplying the Portfolio Manager&#146;s
Percentage times the Average Total Fund Net Assets exceeding $1.2 billion.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><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 (i)&nbsp;the average daily net asset values of the
Portfolio Manager Account during the preceding calendar month, by (ii)&nbsp;the
Average Total Fund Net Assets.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Average Total Fund Net Assets&#148; means the average
daily net asset values of the Fund as a whole during the preceding calendar
month.</font></p>

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<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 fee shall be pro-rated for any month during which
this Agreement is in effect for only a portion of the month.</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;">EXHIBIT B</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;">MAZAMA
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.</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;">December&nbsp;21, 2009</font></p>

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><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>

<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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALPS
Advisors,&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>

<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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1. <u>Employment
as a Portfolio Manager.</u>&#160; The Fund,
being duly authorized, hereby employs Mazama Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc. (&#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>

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

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

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:9.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.</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;">D.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; As part of the services it will
provide hereunder, the Portfolio Manager will:</font></p>

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<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;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">formulate and implement a continuous
investment program for the Portfolio Manager Account;</font></p>

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<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;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;</font></p>

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<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;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;</font></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;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#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:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#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>

<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;">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>

<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;">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
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 </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;">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;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;">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> 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> 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>

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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;">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 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.&#160;
Should the Fund enter into a new contract with the Portfolio Manager in
connection with an assignment, the Portfolio Manager agrees to pay all costs
and expenses incurred by the Fund to obtain shareholder approval of the new
contract, including costs associated with the preparation and mailing of the
Fund&#146;s proxy statement and shareholder meeting and proxy solicitation fees.</font></p>

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

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

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:avoid;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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;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 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 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 Advisors,&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 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 </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;">arise between the Fund
and the Portfolio Manager.</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;">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>

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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;">I. The
Portfolio Manager agrees to maintain an appropriate level of errors and
omissions or professional liability insurance coverage.</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;">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" 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;">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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">for two years
from the date of this Agreement</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> 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.</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;">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" 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;">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" 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;">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.&#160; <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 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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All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be
deemed to have been given when received or when sent by U.S. mail, overnight
carrier or facsimile, and shall be given to the following addresses (or such
other addresses as to which notice is given):</font></p>

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Fund Manager:</font></p>

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Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

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Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1100</font></p>

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Colorado 80203</font></p>

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General Counsel</font></p>

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(303) 623-7850</font></p>

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the Portfolio Manager:</font></p>

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Capital Management,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

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SW Columbia Street, Suite&nbsp;1500</font></p>

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OR&#160; 97258</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeremy O. May</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas Carter</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:52.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SCHEDULES:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.&nbsp; Operational Procedures</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.&nbsp; Records To Be Maintained By The Portfolio
  Manager</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;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;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.&nbsp; Portfolio Manager Fee</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;">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;">SCHEDULE
A</font></b></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>

<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;">MAZAMA
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, 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;">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" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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>

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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;">Liberty
All-Star Growth Fund trade reporting requirements:</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">15.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">17.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">18.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">19.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">24.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">25.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">26.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">27.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">Sale lot disposition method, if different from the established policy of
Lowest Cost.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .3in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">28.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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;letter-spacing:0pt;">Commission Reporting</font></b></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;letter-spacing:0pt;">The Portfolio Manager is responsible
for reporting the 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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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:-.25pt;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Trade Exception Processing</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="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;letter-spacing:0pt;">&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;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">Revised or 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;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman" style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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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Book Entry</font></u></b></p>

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Growth Fund</b></font></p>

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

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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;">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;">SCHEDULE
B</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;">RECORDS
TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER</font></b></p>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Fund;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Fund Manager;</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Portfolio Manager; and</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Any person other than the foregoing.</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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .45in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;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 .2in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B. Shall show the nature
of the services or benefits made available.</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>

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

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 13.5pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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 </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">securities and such other
information as is appropriate to support the authorization.(1)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-12.4pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .2in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.2in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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>

<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>

<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;">SCHEDULE
C</font></b></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>

<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
MANAGER FEE</font></b></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>

<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</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;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="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0 </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.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</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .8in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.3in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><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:.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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><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:.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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LIBERTY ALL-STAR EQUITY FUND</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Thursday, April&nbsp;29, 2010 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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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 Proposals No.&nbsp;1 and 3 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 Proposals No.&nbsp;1 and 3.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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&#151; The Board of Trustees recommends a vote <u>FOR</u> all the nominees
listed.</font></b></p>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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="327" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:245.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;Richard W.
  Lowry</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="107" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:80.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="220" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:165.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Withhold</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="107" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:80.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nominee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.15pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="165" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:124.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Authority</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="220" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:165.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="107" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:80.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="220" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:165.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="327" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:245.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 46.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;John
  J. Neuhauser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="107" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:80.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="220" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:165.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Withhold</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="107" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:80.35pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nominee</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.15pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="165" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:124.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Authority</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 46.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;Richard
  C. Rantzow</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
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  <td width="220" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:165.15pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Withhold</font></p>
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  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nominee</font></p>
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  <td width="165" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:124.0pt;">
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  </td>
  <td width="67" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Authority</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.3pt;">
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  <td width="248" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:186.0pt;">
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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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposal No.&nbsp;3 &#151; The Board of Trustees recommends a vote FOR the
Portfolio Management Agreement among the Equity Fund, ALPS Advisors,&nbsp;Inc.
and Cornerstone Capital Management Inc.</font></b></p>

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

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  <td width="252" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:189.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .6in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Against&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="225" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:168.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .15in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Abstain&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Proposals
2 and 4 not applicable to Equity Fund)</font></i></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Authorized
Signatures &#151; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date
and Sign Below</font></b></p>

<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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature:</font></p>
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  <td width="287" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:215.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="159" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:119.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="152" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:114.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Co-owner:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="287" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:215.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
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  <td width="159" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:119.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="152" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:114.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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