William Parmentier

Liberty All Star Equity Fund operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. It seeks total investment return comprised of long-term capital appreciation and current income through investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The company was founded on October 31, 1986 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

ALPS Funds Services, Inc. provides back office services for open and closed-end, and hedge funds. The firm provides administration, compliance, fund accounting, legal, marketing, tax administration, transfer agency, and shareholders services. The company was founded by W. Robert Alexander in 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The company was founded on March 14, 1986 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

ALPS Advisers, Inc. (AAI) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a subsidiary of ALPS Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSNC). AAI provides discretionary investment management services exclusively to registered investment companies.

LAMCO Group, Inc. provides investment services.

Alerian MLP ETF delivers exposure to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (NYSE: AMZI), a capped, float-adjusted, capitalization-weighted composite of 25 energy infrastructure Master Limited Partnerships that earn the majority of their cash flow from the transportation, storage, and processing of energy commodities. The fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) generally to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index. The company was founded on September 13, 2007 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.