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Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

  

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (97.15%)          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES (4.57%)          
Entertainment (0.80%)          
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)   13,000   $1,541,930 
           
Interactive Media & Services (3.77%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)   2,568    2,986,096 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)   16,580    2,765,544 
Match Group, Inc.(a)(b)   22,923    1,513,835 
         7,265,475 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (13.87%)          
Distributors (0.92%)          
Pool Corp.   9,000    1,770,930 
           
Diversified Consumer Services (1.95%)          
Chegg, Inc.(a)   104,926    3,754,252 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.07%)          
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.(a)   8,586    35,803 
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)   31,704    1,543,985 
Yum! Brands, Inc.   35,145    2,408,487 
         3,988,275 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (3.77%)          
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   1,979    3,858,496 
Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,498    2,015,289 
Etsy, Inc.(a)   30,000    1,153,200 
Wayfair, Inc., Class A(a)(b)   4,416    235,991 
         7,262,976 
Multiline Retail (0.83%)          
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)   34,397    1,593,957 
           
Specialty Retail (2.38%)          
Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)   9,500    1,505,370 
TJX Cos., Inc.   39,251    1,876,591 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)   6,916    1,215,141 
         4,597,102 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.95%)          
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)   36,421    724,414 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   36,796    3,044,501 
         3,768,915 
CONSUMER STAPLES (2.22%)          
Food Products (1.39%)          
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   21,000    1,199,100 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Food Products (continued)          
McCormick & Co., Inc.   10,500   $1,482,705 
         2,681,805 
Household Products (0.83%)          
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.   25,000    1,604,500 
           
ENERGY (0.04%)          
Energy Equipment & Services (0.04%)          
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., Class A   15,773    82,808 
           
FINANCIALS (3.64%)          
Banks (1.09%)          
First Republic Bank   18,000    1,481,040 
Signature Bank   7,612    611,929 
         2,092,969 
Capital Markets (1.69%)          
Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A   34,365    1,900,728 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.   21,500    1,358,800 
         3,259,528 
Insurance (0.76%)          
eHealth, Inc.(a)   7,794    1,097,551 
Goosehead Insurance, Inc., Class A(a)   8,150    363,735 
         1,461,286 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.10%)          
Axos Financial, Inc.(a)   10,710    194,172 
           
HEALTH CARE (22.84%)          
Biotechnology (2.64%)          
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   44,383    1,875,182 
Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   13,646    97,296 
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.(a)   95,209    803,564 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   3,692    1,802,766 
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)   11,358    504,636 
         5,083,444 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (12.13%)          
Abbott Laboratories   27,996    2,209,164 
Becton Dickinson and Co.   8,961    2,058,969 
Cooper Cos., Inc.   6,000    1,654,020 
Danaher Corp.   14,883    2,059,956 
Glaukos Corp.(a)   49,246    1,519,732 
Insulet Corp.(a)   17,609    2,917,459 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)   4,075    2,017,981 
Nevro Corp.(a)   37,385    3,737,752 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)          
ResMed, Inc.   13,000   $1,914,770 
STERIS PLC   12,500    1,749,625 
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)   15,000    1,539,900 
         23,379,328 
Health Care Providers & Services (3.66%)          
PetIQ, Inc.(a)   50,263    1,167,610 
Progyny, Inc.(a)(b)   81,055    1,717,555 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   10,549    2,630,710 
US Physical Therapy, Inc.   22,141    1,527,729 
         7,043,604 
Health Care Technology (0.50%)          
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.(a)(b)   18,552    970,084 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services (3.30%)          
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)   13,500    1,703,835 
Illumina, Inc.(a)   8,195    2,238,219 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)   2,500    1,726,275 
NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)   25,112    693,342 
         6,361,671 
Pharmaceuticals (0.61%)          
Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   9,649    130,261 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)   10,500    1,047,270 
         1,177,531 
INDUSTRIALS (11.48%)          
Aerospace & Defense (2.35%)          
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   8,300    1,512,343 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a)   89,322    1,236,217 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)   6,000    1,783,620 
         4,532,180 
Air Freight & Logistics (0.17%)          
XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)   6,663    324,821 
           
Building Products (0.80%)          
Lennox International, Inc.   8,500    1,545,215 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies (3.07%)          
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a)   77,534    3,028,478 
Cintas Corp.   8,000    1,385,760 
Copart, Inc.(a)   22,000    1,507,440 
         5,921,678 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Electrical Equipment (0.94%)          
Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)   19,500   $1,816,815 
           
Machinery (1.82%)          
IDEX Corp.   12,000    1,657,320 
Middleby Corp.(a)   4,263    242,479 
Xylem, Inc.   24,500    1,595,685 
         3,495,484 
Professional Services (0.92%)          
IHS Markit, Ltd.   29,478    1,768,680 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors (1.41%)          
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.(a)   35,000    995,050 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)   23,337    1,718,070 
         2,713,120 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (32.17%)          
Communications Equipment (0.83%)          
Ciena Corp.(a)   40,000    1,592,400 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (1.94%)          
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)   20,000    1,673,600 
nLight, Inc.(a)   10,734    112,599 
Novanta, Inc.(a)   5,960    476,085 
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a)   8,000    1,468,800 
         3,731,084 
IT Services (7.55%)          
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)   15,000    1,372,350 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   20,000    1,372,800 
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)   17,462    3,241,995 
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)   11,003    2,052,500 
Genpact, Ltd.   45,000    1,314,000 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   26,846    2,570,236 
Visa, Inc., Class A   16,334    2,631,734 
         14,555,615 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (3.69%)          
Diodes, Inc.(a)   44,901    1,824,552 
Impinj, Inc.(a)   21,784    364,011 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   11,500    1,925,790 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   17,500    1,564,150 
Xilinx, Inc.   18,373    1,431,991 
         7,110,494 
Software (18.16%)          
Adobe, Inc.(a)   4,348    1,383,707 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
www.all-starfunds.com

 

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Software (continued)          
Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A(a)(b)   8,830   $233,995 
Autodesk, Inc.(a)   16,659    2,600,470 
Avalara, Inc.(a)   21,715    1,619,939 
Bill.Com Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,480    50,616 
Ebix, Inc.   40,682    617,553 
Everbridge, Inc.(a)   20,974    2,230,795 
Globant SA(a)   12,673    1,113,703 
HubSpot, Inc.(a)   8,442    1,124,390 
Intuit, Inc.   8,367    1,924,410 
LivePerson, Inc.(a)   3,475    79,056 
Microsoft Corp.   22,756    3,588,849 
Paycom Software, Inc.(a)   8,000    1,616,080 
Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)   34,255    3,025,402 
Pluralsight, Inc., Class A(a)(b)   30,766    337,811 
Qualys, Inc.(a)   22,000    1,913,780 
Rapid7, Inc.(a)   37,114    1,608,150 
salesforce.com, Inc.(a)   18,554    2,671,405 
SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)   33,328    1,550,085 
Synopsys, Inc.(a)   15,000    1,931,850 
Telaria, Inc.(a)   380    2,280 
Trade Desk, Inc., Class A(a)   8,485    1,637,605 
Workday, Inc., Class A(a)   15,679    2,041,719 
Zuora, Inc., Class A(a)   13,151    105,865 
         35,009,515 
MATERIALS (2.57%)          
Chemicals (1.64%)          
Ecolab, Inc.   11,361    1,770,385 
Linde PLC   8,074    1,396,802 
         3,167,187 
Containers & Packaging (0.93%)          
Avery Dennison Corp.   17,500    1,782,725 
           
REAL ESTATE (3.75%)          
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (1.94%)          
Equinix, Inc.   3,282    2,049,839 
Sun Communities, Inc.   13,500    1,685,475 
         3,735,314 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   SHARES   MARKET VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
Real Estate Management & Development (1.81%)          
FirstService Corp.   45,316   $3,494,770 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(COST OF $154,410,250)        187,233,639 
           
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (6.04%)          
MONEY MARKET FUND (3.12%)          
State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund, 0.337%(c)          
(COST OF $6,013,357)   6,013,357    6,013,357 
           
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED (2.92%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.24%          
(COST OF $5,632,054)   5,632,054    5,632,054 
           
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS          
(COST OF $11,645,411)        11,645,411 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (103.19%)          
(COST OF $166,055,661)        198,879,050 
           
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-3.19%)        (6,157,451)
           
NET ASSETS (100.00%)       $192,721,599 
           
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE          
(38,299,418 SHARES OUTSTANDING)       $5.03 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)Security, or a portion of the security position, is currently on loan. The total market value of securities on loan is $5,261,306.
(c)Rate reflects seven-day effective yield on March 31, 2020.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Security Valuation

Equity securities are valued at the last sale price at the close of the principal exchange on which they trade, except for securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), which are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted securities or listed securities for which there were no sales during the day are valued at the closing bid price on such exchanges or over-the-counter markets.

 

Cash collateral from securities lending activity is reinvested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio (“State Street Navigator”), a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), which operates as a money market fund in compliance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Shares of registered investment companies are valued daily at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

 

The Fund’s investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Board"). When market quotations are not readily available, or in management’s judgment they do not accurately reflect fair value of a security, or an event occurs after the market close but before the Fund is priced that materially affects the value of a security, the security will be valued by the Fund’s Valuation Committee, using fair valuation procedures established by the Board. Examples of potentially significant events that could materially impact a Fund’s net asset value include, but are not limited to: single issuer events such as corporate actions, reorganizations, mergers, spin-offs, liquidations, acquisitions and buyouts; corporate announcements on earnings or product offerings; regulatory news; and litigation and multiple issuer events such as governmental actions; natural disasters or armed conflicts that affect a country or a region; or significant market fluctuations. Potential significant events are monitored by the Advisor, ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”), Sub-Advisers and/or the Valuation Committee through independent reviews of market indicators, general news sources and communications from the Fund’s custodian. As of March 31, 2020, the Fund held no securities that were
fair valued.

 

Security Transactions

Security transactions are recorded on trade date. Cost is determined and gains/(losses) are based upon the specific identification method for both financial statement and federal income
tax purposes.

 

Income Recognition

Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Corporate actions and dividend income are recorded on the ex-date.

 

The Fund estimates components of distributions from real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of the cost of the related investments. Once the REIT reports annually the tax character of its distributions, the Fund revises its estimates. If the Fund no longer owns the applicable securities, any distributions received in excess of income are recorded as realized gains.

 

Lending of Portfolio Securities

The Fund may lend its portfolio securities only to borrowers that are approved by the Fund’s securities lending agent, State Street Bank & Trust Co. (“SSB”). The Fund will limit such lending to not more than 20% of the value of its total assets. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash (U.S. Dollar only), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, or by irrevocable bank letters of credit issued by a person other than the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of no less than 102% of the market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of no less than 105% of the market value for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a market value equal to no less than 100% of the current value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. During the term of the loan, the Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

 

   
First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Any cash collateral received is reinvested in State Street Navigator. Non-cash collateral, in the form of securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, is not disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments as it is held by the lending agent on behalf of the Fund, and the Fund does not have the ability to re-hypothecate these securities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s securities lending positions and related cash and non-cash collateral received as of March 31, 2020:

 

Market Value of Securities
on Loan

Cash
Collateral

Received

Non-Cash
Collateral

Received

Total
Collateral

Received

$5,261,306 $5,632,054 $ 190,961 $5,823,015

 

The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Fund benefits from a borrower default indemnity provided by SSB. SSB’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent wherein SSB will purchase the unreturned loaned securities on the open market by applying the proceeds of the collateral, or to the extent such proceeds are insufficient or the collateral is unavailable, SSB will purchase the unreturned loan securities at SSB’s expense. However, the Fund could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

 

Fair Value Measurements

The Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

 

   
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Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

Equity securities that are valued based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the mean of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices on such day and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Investments in shares of registered investment companies are valued at their closing NAV each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments.

 

These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

         
Level 1     Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
     
Level 2     Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
     
Level 3     Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2020:

 

   Valuation Inputs     
Investments in Securities at
Value
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Common Stocks*  $187,233,639   $   $   $187,233,639 
Short Term Investments   11,645,411            11,645,411 
Total  $198,879,050   $   $   $198,879,050 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.

 

The Fund did not have any securities which used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value during the period.

 

   
First Quarter Report (Unaudited)  |  March 31, 2020

 

 

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund Notes to Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Results of Right Offering

On December 6, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Fund authorized and set the terms of an offering to the Fund’s shareholder of rights to purchase additional shares of the Fund. Record date shareholders at the close of business on February 7, 2020 were issued non-transferable rights entitling them to subscribe for one additional share for every five shares held (the “Primary Subscription”), with the right to subscribe for additional shares not subscribed for by others in the Primary Subscription. The offering commenced on February 12, 2020 and was temporarily suspended after the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on March 9, 2020, recommencing March 10, 2020. The subscription period ended March 27, 2020 (the “Expiration Date”).

 

Shareholders exercised rights to purchase 3,094,412 shares at a subscription price of $4.34 per share for proceeds, net of estimated expenses of $240,000, of $13,189,748. The subscription price represents 95 percent of the average of the closing NYSE market price per share of common stock on the Expiration Date and the four preceding trading days.

 

Indemnification

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnities. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims against the Fund. Also, under the Fund’s organizational documents and by contract, the Directors and Officers of the Fund are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of their duties to the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be minimal.

 

Maryland Statutes

By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Fund has opted into the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act and the Maryland Business Combination Act. In general, the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act provides that “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition may not be voted except to the extent approved by shareholders at a meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter (excluding shares owned by the acquirer and by officers or directors who are employees of the corporation). “Control shares” are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within certain statutorily defined ranges (one-tenth but less than one-third, one-third but less than a majority, and more than a majority of the voting power). In general, the Maryland Business Combination Act prohibits an interested shareholder (a shareholder that holds 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding stock of the corporation) of a Maryland corporation from engaging in a business combination (generally defined to include a merger, consolidation, share exchange, sale of a substantial amount of assets, a transfer of the corporation’s securities and similar transactions to or with the interested shareholder or an entity affiliated with the interested shareholder) with the corporation for a period of five years after the most recent date on which the interested shareholder became an interested shareholder. At the time of adoption, March 19, 2009, the Board and the Fund were not aware of any shareholder that held control shares or that was an interested shareholder under
the statutes.

   
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