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

^{Published on 2009-05-11 09:22:14, Last Modified on 2009-11-02 11:37:39 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2009) - Below is the April 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

 April 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $2.99 $2.41 19.4% Distributions - - End of month value $3.32 $2.67 19.6% Performance for month 11.0% 10.8% Performance year-to-date 5.5% 6.4% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $99.1 Equities $96.1 Percent Invested in Equities 97.0% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.1% of equity portfolio) ------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Core Laboratories N.V.(3) 1.8% 11 Mylan, Inc.(6) 1.4% 2 Teva Pharmaceutical 12 Gilead Industries Ltd.(1) 1.8% Sciences, Inc.(8) 1.3% 3 International Business 13 Baidu, Inc.(22) 1.3% Machines Corp.(2) 1.8% 14 Petroleo 4 Resources Connection, Inc.(10) 1.7% Brasileiro S.A.(36) 1.3% 5 LKQ Corp.(7) 1.6% 15 Mastercard, 6 Cisco Systems, Inc.(11) 1.6% Inc., Class A(27) 1.3% 7 Strayer Education, Inc.(9) 1.5% 16 AutoZone, Inc.(12) 1.3% 8 Apple, Inc.(26) 1.5% 17 Hansen Natural 9 Visa, Inc., Class A(14) 1.5% Corp.(15) 1.3% 10 Corning, Inc. (39) 1.5% 18 ANSYS, Inc.(4) 1.2% 19 Oracle Corp.(16) 1.2% 20 Starbucks Corp.(41) 1.2% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * --------------------------------------- Information Technology 27.8% New Holdings Health Care 16.1% ------------ Consumer Discretionary 15.6% BMC Software, Inc. Industrials 13.8% The DIRECTV Group, Inc. Financials 10.3% McAfee, Inc. Energy 9.7% QUALCOMM, Inc. Consumer Staples 3.0% Stanley, Inc. Materials 1.9% Walgreen Co. Telecommunication Services 1.3% Utilities 0.5% ----- Holdings Liquidated 100.0% ------------------- Amgen, Inc. Apollo Group, Inc., Class A Eli Lilly & Co. Exxon Mobil Corp. NeuStar, Inc., Class A Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. SurModics, Inc. WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, 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.