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

^{Published on 2009-09-11 07:23:44 - Market Wire}
 

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

 August 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.61 $2.92 19.1% Distributions (Ex-Date August 26) $0.05 $0.05 End of month value $3.63 $2.92 19.6% Performance for month 1.9% 1.7% Performance year-to-date 18.7% 20.5% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) Total $109.3 Equities $108.4 Percent Invested in Equities 99.1% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.8% of equity portfolio) (Rank from previous month) 1 Strayer Education, Inc. (2) 1.9% 11 QUALCOMM, Inc. (10) 1.3% 2 Research In Motion Ltd. (1) 1.9% 12 ANSYS, Inc. (15) 1.3% 3 Core Laboratories N.V. (4) 1.6% 13 National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (14) 1.3% 4 Starbucks Corp. (3) 1.6% 14 Visa, Inc., Class A (9) 1.3% 5 Microsoft Corp. (7) 1.5% 15 Mylan, Inc. (21) 1.2% 6 LKQ Corp. (5) 1.5% 16 Oracle Corp. (18) 1.2% 7 The TJX Companies, Inc. (13) 1.5% 17 Capella Education Co. (17) 1.2% 8 Weatherford International Ltd. (11) 1.4% 18 WellPoint, Inc. (20) 1.2% 9 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (8) 1.4% 19 McAfee, Inc. (12) 1.1% 10 Corning, Inc. (6) 1.3% 20 Signature Bank (24) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * Information Technology 26.8% New Holdings Consumer Discretionary 16.9% Akamai Technologies, Inc. Health Care 15.5% Avago Technologies Ltd. Industrials 15.3% First Solar, Inc. Financials 10.2% HEICO Corp. Energy 10.0% Joy Global, Inc. Materials 2.3% Longtop Financial Consumer Staples 1.4% Technologies Ltd. Telecommunication Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Services 1.0% Sigma-Aldrich Corp. Utilities 0.6% ----- 100.0% Holdings Liquidated The Corporate Executive Board Co. Cummins, Inc. Infinera Corp. Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Class A The Walt Disney Co. 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.