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

^{Published on 2009-10-09 06:58:29 - Market Wire}
 

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - October 9, 2009) - Below is the September 2009 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

 September 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.63 $2.92 19.6% Distributions - - End of month value $3.84 $3.16 17.7% Performance for month 5.8% 8.2% Performance year-to-date 25.6% 30.2% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) Total $115.4 Equities $111.3 Percent Invested in Equities 96.4% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (29.1% of equity portfolio) (Rank from previous month) 1 National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.(13) 1.9% 11 LKQ Corp.(6) 1.5% 2 Strayer Education, Inc.(1) 1.8% 12 Adobe Systems, 3 Core Laboratories N.V.(3) 1.7% Inc.(21) 1.4% 4 Starbucks Corp.(4) 1.6% 13 Hewlett- 5 Microsoft Corp.(5) 1.6% Packard Co. (New) 1.4% 6 The TJX Companies, Inc.(7) 1.6% 14 McAfee, Inc.(19) 1.4% 7 Barrick Gold Corp.(31) 1.6% 15 ANSYS, Inc.(12) 1.3% 8 Research In Motion Ltd.(2) 1.5% 16 eBay, Inc.(71) 1.2% 9 Visa, Inc., Class A(14) 1.5% 17 Oracle Corp.(16) 1.2% 10 Weatherford 18 Corning, Inc.(10) 1.2% International Ltd.(8) 1.5% 19 Capella Education Co.(17) 1.1% 20 WellPoint, Inc.(18) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * New Holdings Information Technology 28.8% ---------------------------- Consumer Discretionary 16.4% Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Industrials 15.7% Danaher Corp. Health Care 15.3% Digital River, Inc. Energy 9.0% Hewlett-Packard Co. Financials 9.0% Perfect World Co. Ltd. Materials 3.0% Shanda Games Ltd. Consumer Staples 1.2% UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Telecommunication Services 1.1% Vodafone Group PLC Utilities 0.5% ------ 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ---------------------------- CME Group, Inc. eHealth, Inc. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. QUALCOMM, Inc. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Schlumberger Ltd. 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.