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Liberty All-Star(R) Growth Fund, Inc. November 2009 Monthly Update

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  Published in Business and Finance on Friday, December 11th 2009 at 11:57 GMT by Market Wire
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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 11, 2009) - Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ]) November 2009 Monthly Update

 November 2009 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- --- ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $3.67 $3.04 17.2% Distributions - - End of month value $3.85 $3.15 18.2% Performance for month 4.90% 3.62% Performance year-to-date 25.93% 29.81% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $115.7 Equities $113.5 Percent Invested in Equities 98.1% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (27.8% of equity portfolio) ------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Visa, Inc., Class A (3) 1.7% 11 ANSYS, Inc. (11) 1.3% 2 Microsoft Corp. (4) 1.7% 12 International Business Machines Corp. (15) 1.3% 3 The TJX Companies, Inc. (6) 1.6% 13 Capella Education Co. (14) 1.3% 4 Strayer Education, Inc. (2) 1.6% 14 National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (1) 1.2% 5 Core Laboratories N.V. (5) 1.6% 15 eBay, Inc. (18) 1.2% 6 Google, Inc., Class A (8) 1.6% 16 Adobe Systems, Inc. (9) 1.2% 7 Starbucks Corp. (7) 1.5% 17 The Coca-Cola Co. (109) 1.2% 8 Apple, Inc. (65) 1.5% 18 NetApp, Inc. (21) 1.2% 9 Hewlett-Packard Co. (10) 1.4% 19 Resources Connection, Inc. (20) 1.2% 10 EMC Corp. (12) 1.3% 20 Barrick Gold Corp. (27) 1.2% Holdings are subject to change -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * ----------------------------------------- Information Technology 29.7% New Holdings Health Care 15.7% ------------ Consumer Discretionary 15.4% Allergan, Inc. Industrials 14.5% America Movil SAB de C.V. Financials 10.3% Express Scripts, Inc. Energy 7.1% Materials 3.0% Consumer Staples 2.9% Holdings Liquidated Telecommunication Services 0.9% ------------------- Utilities 0.5% Corning, Inc. ------- Fiserv, Inc. 100.0% Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Joy Global, Inc. 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.