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

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

 Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ----- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.36 $2.64 21.4% Distributions - - End of month value $3.41 $2.73 19.9% Performance for month 1.5% 3.4% Performance year-to-date 10.0% 10.7% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $102.5 Equities $100.1 Percent Invested in Equities 97.7% Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (28.4% of equity portfolio) ------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Research In Motion Ltd. (2) 1.8% 11 ANSYS, Inc. (13) 1.3% 2 Strayer Education, Inc. (11) 1.8% 12 McAfee, Inc. (30) 1.3% 3 Core Laboratories N.V. (1) 1.7% 13 Mylan, Inc. (12) 1.3% 4 International Business 14 QUALCOMM, Inc. (16) 1.3% Machines Corp. (3) 1.7% 15 The Coca-Cola Co. (New) 1.3% 5 Corning, Inc. (9) 1.6% 16 Oracle Corp. (17) 1.2% 6 Petroleo Brasileiro 17 National-Oilwell S.A. (4) 1.5% Varco, Inc. (42) 1.2% 7 LKQ Corp. (10) 1.5% 18 Resources Connection, 8 Cisco Systems, Inc. (8) 1.5% Inc. (6) 1.2% 9 Baidu, Inc. (14) 1.4% 19 Capella Education 10 Visa, Inc., Co. (21) 1.2% Class A (7) 1.4% 20 Starbucks Corp. (18) 1.2% Holdings are subject to change Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * ------------------------------------------ Information Technology 27.0% New Holdings Consumer Discretionary 17.1% ------------ Health Care 14.9% The Coca-Cola Co. Industrials 14.9% Contango Oil & Gas Co. Energy 10.9% Fluor Corp. Financials 9.0% Ultra Petroleum Corp. Consumer Staples 2.6% WellPoint, Inc. Materials 2.0% Telecommunication Services 1.0% Holdings Liquidated Utilities 0.6% ------------------- ------ AutoZone, Inc. 100.0% Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A Gilead Sciences, Inc. Monsanto Co. Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. SYSCO 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.