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

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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - August 11, 2009) - Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ]) July 2009 Monthly Update

 July 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.41 $2.73 19.9% Distributions - - End of month value $3.61 $2.92 19.1% Performance for month 5.9% 7.0% Performance year-to-date 16.5% 18.4% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ----------------------------------- Total $108.5 Equities $107.5 Percent Invested in Equities 99.1% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (28.2% of equity portfolio) -------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Research In Motion Ltd.(1) 2.2% 11 Weatherford 2 Strayer Education, Inc.(2) 1.7% International Ltd.(59) 1.3% 3 Starbucks Corp.(20) 1.7% 12 McAfee, Inc.(12) 1.3% 4 Core Laboratories N.V.(3) 1.6% 13 The TJX Companies, 5 LKQ Corp.(7) 1.6% Inc.(21) 1.3% 6 Corning, Inc.(5) 1.5% 14 National-Oilwell 7 Microsoft Corp. (New) 1.5% Varco, Inc. (17) 1.3% 8 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.(6) 1.4% 15 ANSYS, Inc.(11) 1.2% 9 Visa, Inc., Class A(10) 1.3% 16 The Coca-Cola Co.(15) 1.2% 10 QUALCOMM, Inc.(14) 1.3% 17 Capella Education Co.(19) 1.2% 18 Oracle Corp.(16) 1.2% 19 Baidu, Inc.(9) 1.2% 20 WellPoint, Inc.(118) 1.2% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * ------------------------------------------ Information Technology 26.3% New Holdings Consumer Discretionary 17.2% ---------- Health Care 15.5% Adobe Systems, Inc. Industrials 15.0% CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Energy 10.2% Citrix Systems, Inc. Financials 9.8% CME Group, Inc. Materials 2.5% Cummins, Inc. Consumer Staples 1.8% eBay, Inc. Telecommunication Services 1.1% Fiserv, Inc. Utilities 0.6% Guess?, Inc. ----- Human Genome Sciences, Inc. 100.0% Life Technologies Corp. Microsoft Corp. NetApp, Inc. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. Wabtec Corp. Wynn Resorts Ltd. Holdings Liquidated ------------------- Apple, Inc. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Best Buy Co., Inc. Cisco Systems, Inc. International Business Machines Corp. McDonald's Corp. NATCO Group, Inc. Plains Exploration & Production Co. Range Resources Corp. SPX Corp. St. Jude Medical, Inc. Walgreen Co. Whiting Petroleum 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.