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

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Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ]) May 2009 Monthly Update

 May 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Beginning of month value $3.32 $2.67 19.6% Distributions (Ex-Date May 6) $0.05 $0.05 End of month value $3.36 $2.64 21.4% Performance for month 2.7% 0.7% Performance year-to-date 8.4% 7.2% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $ 100.2 Equities $ 101.0 Percent Invested in Equities 100.8% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (28.0% of equity portfolio) ------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Core Laboratories N.V. (1) 2.0% 11 Strayer Education, Inc. (7) 1.4% 2 Research In Motion Ltd. (43) 1.9% 12 Mylan, Inc. (11) 1.3% 3 International Business Machines Corp. (3) 1.7% 13 ANSYS, Inc. (18) 1.3% 4 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (14) 1.6% 14 Baidu, Inc. (13) 1.3% 5 Apple, Inc. (8) 1.5% 15 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (2) 1.2% 6 Resources Connection, Inc.(4) 1.5% 16 QUALCOMM, Inc. (121) 1.2% 7 Visa, Inc., Class A (9) 1.5% 17 Oracle Corp. (19) 1.1% 8 Cisco Systems, Inc. (6) 1.4% 18 Starbucks Corp. (20) 1.1% 9 Corning, Inc. (10) 1.4% 19 Barrick Gold Corp. (41) 1.1% 10 LKQ Corp. (5) 1.4% 20 McDonald's Corp. (28) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * New Holdings ------------------------------------ ------------------------------- Information Technology 27.3% Aerovironment, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 16.5% Best Buy Co., Inc. Health Care 14.7% Charles River Laboratories Industrials 14.2% International, Inc. Energy 12.2% Medivation, Inc. Financials 8.8% Monsanto Co. Materials 2.5% Schlumberger Ltd. Consumer Staples 2.2% The Walt Disney Co. Telecommunication Services 1.0% Utilities 0.6% ----- 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ------------------------------- Becton, Dickinson and Co. Brown & Brown, Inc. CA, Inc. Mastercard, Inc., Class A Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. Symantec Corp. 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.