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ALPS Advisors, Inc.: Liberty All-Star(R) Growth Fund, Inc. January 2009 Monthly Update

^{Published on 2009-02-06 13:38:05, Last Modified on 2009-02-06 13:38:58 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - February 6, 2009) -

Below is the January 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ]).

 January 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.24 $2.60 19.8% Distributions (Ex-Date January 28) $0.08 $0.08 End of month value $3.01 $2.53 15.9% Performance for month (4.6%) 0.4% Performance year-to-date (4.6%) 0.4% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $88.7 Equities $89.0 Percent Invested in Equities 100.3% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (31.2% of equity portfolio) -------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (3) 1.8% 2 Genzyme Corp. (7) 1.8% 3 McDonald's Corp. (1) 1.8% 4 Johnson & Johnson (5) 1.7% 5 Core Laboratories N.V. (14) 1.7% 6 Amgen, Inc. (6) 1.7% 7 Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (37) 1.6% 8 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (22) 1.6% 9 ANSYS, Inc. (4) 1.6% 10 LKQ Corp. (8) 1.6% 11 Strayer Education, Inc. (12) 1.6% 12 Waste Management, Inc. (16) 1.5% 13 International Business Machines Corp. (38) 1.5% 14 Accenture Ltd., Class A (10) 1.5% 15 The Procter & Gamble Co. (9) 1.4% 16 Exxon Mobil Corp. (15) 1.4% 17 Eli Lilly & Co. (55) 1.4% 18 Resources Connection, Inc. (11) 1.4% 19 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (2) 1.3% 20 Mylan, Inc. (26) 1.3% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * ------------------------------------------ Health Care 25.4% New Holdings Information Technology 20.6% ------------ Industrials 15.9% AutoZone, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 14.9% Barrick Gold Corp. Energy 8.0% BlackRock, Inc. Financials 5.9% Capella Education Co. Consumer Staples 5.7% DreamWorks Animation SKG, Telecommunication Services 1.6% Inc., Class A Materials 1.4% Intuit, Inc. Utilities 0.6% Moody's Corp. ------ Raytheon Co. 100.0% Visa, Inc., Class A XenoPort, Inc. Holdings Liquidated ------------------- ArthroCare Corp. The Charles Schwab Corp. Foster Wheeler Ltd. Lockheed Martin Corp. PepsiCo, Inc. U.S. Bancorp Wells Fargo & Co. Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). * The Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. is a closed-end fund and does not continuously offer shares.