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Liberty All-Star(R) Growth Fund, Inc. May 2010 Monthly Update

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 8:30 GMT by Market Wire}  

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - June 16, 2010) -

Below is the May 2010 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: [ ASG ])

 May 2010 Monthly Update Performance NAV Market Price Discount ----------- ------ ------------ -------- Beginning of month value $4.33 $3.97 8.3% Distributions (Ex-Date May 26) $0.06 $0.06 End of month value $3.94 $3.49 11.4% Performance for month -7.62% -10.58% Performance year-to-date 1.52% 7.33% For daily data visit the Fund's website at [ www.all-starfunds.com ] or call 1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) ---------------------------------- Total $118.6 Equities $118.8 Percent Invested in Equities 100.2% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (25.2% of equity portfolio) ------------------------------------------------------- (Rank from previous month) 1 Strayer Education, Inc. (3) 1.6% 11 VMware, Inc. (19) 1.2% 2 Apple, Inc. (2) 1.6% 12 Visa, Inc., Class A (7) 1.2% 3 Core Laboratories N.V. (1) 1.6% 13 Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (29) 1.2% 4 Applied Materials, Inc. (5) 1.4% 14 Google, Inc., Class A (13) 1.1% 5 Microsoft Corp. (4) 1.4% 15 Gilead Sciences, Inc. (28) 1.1% 6 Masimo Corp. (30) 1.3% 16 Lincare Holdings, Inc. (17) 1.1% 7 Salesforce.com, Inc. (10) 1.3% 17 Resources Connection, Inc. (18) 1.1% 8 ANSYS, Inc. (11) 1.3% 18 VeriFone Systems, Inc. (62) 1.1% 9 PepsiCo, Inc. (6) 1.2% 19 LKQ Corp. (26) 1.1% 10 Capella Education Co. (9) 1.2% 20 VCA Antech, Inc. (22) 1.1% Holdings are subject to change --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio) * ------------------------------------------ Information Technology 28.8% New Holdings Industrials 19.2% ------------ Health Care 16.6% Accretive Health, Inc. Financials 12.0% Aruba Networks, Inc. Consumer Discretionary 11.7% Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. Energy 7.1% Hewlett-Packard Co. Consumer Staples 2.4% The Mosaic Co. Materials 1.2% Plains Exploration & Utilities 0.6% Production Co. Telecommunication Services 0.4% T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. --------- 100.0% Holdings Liquidated ------------------- Adobe Systems, Inc. AT&T, Inc. Digital River, Inc. DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., Class A Hansen Natural Corp. InterMune, Inc. MannKind Corp. Perfect World Co. Ltd. Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. Stanley, Inc. Wynn Resorts 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.