BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire -08/09/12)- Below is the July 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (ASG)
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: ASG July 12
Monthly Performance
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Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $4.33 $3.99 7.9%
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Distributions - -
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End of month value $4.34 $3.91 9.9%
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Performance for month 0.23% -2.01%
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Performance year-to-date 5.59% 6.12%
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $97.9
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Equities $95.3
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Percent Invested 97.3%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
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(34.5% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
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1 Apple, Inc. (1) 3.3%
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2 ACE Ltd. (3) 2.3%
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3 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2) 2.1%
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4 Oceaneering International, Inc. (6) 2.1%
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5 American Tower Corp., Class A (5) 2.0%
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6 QUALCOMM, Inc. (7) 2.0%
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7 IHS, Inc., Class A (8) 1.8%
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8 ARM Holdings PLC (10) 1.8%
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9 Core Laboratories N.V. (9) 1.8%
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10 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (4) 1.7%
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11 Fastenal Co. (11) 1.7%
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12 Signature Bank (16) 1.5%
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13 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (12) 1.4%
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14 Occidental Petroleum Corp. (14) 1.4%
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15 Baidu, Inc. (20) 1.3%
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16 Google, Inc., Class A (21) 1.3%
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17 Liquidity Services, Inc. (19) 1.3%
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18 Schlumberger Ltd. (25) 1.3%
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19 Cerner Corp. (15) 1.2%
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20 LKQ Corp. (26) 1.2%
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Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
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Information Technology 30.9%
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Industrials 14.4%
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Consumer Discretionary 13.4%
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Health Care 12.7%
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Financials 10.2%
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Energy 9.1%
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Consumer Staples 3.4%
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Materials 2.9%
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Telecommunication Services 2.4%
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Utilities 0.6%
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Total Market Value 100.0%
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*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification
Standard (GICS).
New Holdings
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Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
Equinix, Inc.
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Stamps.com, Inc.
Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A
Holdings Liquidated
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FLIR Systems, Inc.
Green Dot Corp., Class A
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