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BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/09/13 -- Below is the December 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: ASG December 12
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $4.47 $4.00 10.5%
Distributions - -
End of month value $4.54 $4.06 10.6%
Performance for month 1.57% 1.50%
Performance year-to-date 13.97% 13.78%
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Past performance cannot predict future results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $104.2
Equities $101.6
Percent Invested 97.4%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
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(34.6% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
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1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.7%
2 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2) 2.4%
3 ACE Ltd. (4) 2.3%
4 ARM Holdings PLC (3) 2.0%
5 Oceaneering International, Inc. (6) 2.0%
6 QUALCOMM, Inc. (5) 2.0%
7 Fastenal Co. (9) 1.9%
8 American Tower Corp., Class A (8) 1.8%
9 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (14) 1.8%
10 Core Laboratories N.V. (11) 1.7%
11 Cerner Corp. (10) 1.7%
12 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (7) 1.7%
13 Precision Castparts Corp. (12) 1.6%
14 Signature Bank (13) 1.5%
15 Google, Inc., Class A (15) 1.4%
16 LKQ Corp. (16) 1.3%
17 Allergan, Inc. (17) 1.2%
18 Visa, Inc., Class A (18) 1.2%
19 Starbucks Corp. (20) 1.2%
20 Amazon.com, Inc. (21) 1.2%
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Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
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Information Technology 30.9%
Industrials 16.5%
Consumer Discretionary 13.7%
Health Care 11.4%
Financials 10.3%
Energy 8.2%
Consumer Staples 4.5%
Materials 2.7%
Telecommunication Services 1.8%
Total Market Value 100.0%
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*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry
Classification Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
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ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Fossil, Inc.
B/E Aerospace, Inc. GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A
Cummins, Inc. Herbalife Ltd.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. ITC Holdings Corp.
Mistras Group, Inc. QLIK Technologies, Inc.
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
SINA Corp.
Universal Display Corp.
Volcano Corp.
Youku Tudou, Inc.
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com :
www.all-starfunds.com/ 
