SOURCE: ALPS Advisors, Inc.

ALPS Advisors, Inc.

May 14, 2012 09:11 ET

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. April 2012 Monthly Update

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - Below is the April 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Monthly Update
Ticker: ASG April 12
Monthly Performance
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
Beginning of month value $4.79 $4.35 9.2%
Distributions - -
End of month value $4.75 $4.35 8.4%
Performance for month -0.84% 0.00%
Performance year-to-date 13.70% 16.01%
Past performance cannot predict future results
Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
Total $142.8
Equities $140.2
Percent Invested 98.2%
Top 20 Holdings at Month-End
(34.1% of equity portfolio)
(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.9%
2 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2) 2.4%
3 ACE Ltd. (5) 2.1%
4 QUALCOMM, Inc. (3) 2.0%
5 Core Laboratories N.V. (6) 1.9%
6 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (8) 1.9%
7 Oceaneering International, Inc. (4) 1.9%
8 VMware, Inc., Class A (9) 1.7%
9 American Tower Corp., Class A (12) 1.7%
10 FMC Technologies, Inc. (7) 1.7%
11 IHS, Inc., Class A (10) 1.6%
12 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (11) 1.5%
13 Cerner Corp. (17) 1.4%
14 priceline.com, Inc. (18) 1.4%
15 ARM Holdings PLC (13) 1.4%
16 Fastenal Co. (40) 1.4%
17 Baidu, Inc. (14) 1.3%
18 Signature Bank (19) 1.3%
19 Google, Inc., Class A (16) 1.3%
20 Liquidity Services, Inc. (31) 1.3%
Holdings are subject to change.
Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*
Information Technology 30.4%
Industrials 14.7%
Consumer Discretionary 14.0%
Health Care 12.8%
Financials 10.0%
Energy 9.2%
Materials 3.7%
Consumer Staples 2.9%
Telecommunication Services 1.7%
Utilities 0.6%
Total Market Value 100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).
New Holdings Holdings Liquidated
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A Resources Connection, Inc.
Splunk, Inc.

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