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

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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2009) - Below is the February 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

 February 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.01 $2.53 15.9% Distributions - - End of month value $2.77 $2.22 19.9% Performance for month (8.0%) (12.3%) Performance year-to-date (12.2%) (11.5%) For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $81.6 Equities $82.5 Percent Invested in Equities 101.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (30.4% of equity portfolio) -------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (1) 2.1% 2 Core Laboratories N.V. (5) 2.0% 3 International Business Machines Corp. (13) 1.8% 4 Genzyme Corp. (2) 1.7% 5 McDonald's Corp. (3) 1.7% 6 Exxon Mobil Corp. (16) 1.6% 7 Amgen, Inc. (6) 1.6% 8 Mylan, Inc. (20) 1.6% 9 Apollo Group, Inc., Class A (7) 1.6% 10 LKQ Corp. (10) 1.6% 11 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (8) 1.5% 12 Accenture Ltd., Class A (14) 1.5% 13 Resources Connection, Inc. (18) 1.4% 14 ANSYS, Inc. (9) 1.4% 15 Strayer Education, Inc. (11) 1.3% 16 Hansen Natural Corp. (22) 1.2% 17 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (21) 1.2% 18 Eli Lilly & Co. (17) 1.2% 19 EMC Corp. (New) 1.2% 20 SYSCO Corp. (24) 1.2% Holdings are subject to change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * New Holdings ------------------------------------------ ------------ Health Care 24.7% Alliance Data Systems Corp. Information Technology 23.6% Becton, Dickinson and Co. Industrials 14.4% CardioNet, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 14.0% EMC Corp. Energy 8.5% InterMune, Inc. Financials 7.6% Mastercard, Inc., Class A Consumer Staples 3.0% Oracle Corp. Materials 2.0% Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Telecommunication Services 1.6% St. Jude Medical, Inc. Utilities 0.6% Tower Group, Inc. ----- 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ------------------- 3M Co. Bankrate, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Lowe's Cos., Inc. The Procter & Gamble Co. Staples, Inc. Ultra Petroleum Corp. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 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.