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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.
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