BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Sep 15, 2011) - Below is the August 2011 Monthly Update for the
Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (
August 2011 Monthly Update
Performance NAV Market Price Discount
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Beginning of month value $4.73 $4.50 4.9%
Distributions (Ex-Date
August 24) $0.06 $0.06
End of Month Value $4.37 $4.16 4.8%
Performance for month -6.34% -6.22%
Performance year-to-date -0.22% 2.54%
For daily data visit the Fund's website at www.all-starfunds.com or call
1-800-241-1850. The Fund's daily NAV is also available by using the
symbol XASGX. Past performance cannot predict future results.
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)
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Total $131.3
Equities $129.0
Percent Invested 98.2%
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (34.9% of equity portfolio)
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(Rank from previous month)
1 Apple, Inc. (1) 2.3% 11 ARM Holdings PLC (11) 1.7%
2 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, 12 Green Mountain Coffee
Inc.(3) 2.2% Roasters, Inc.(9) 1.7%
3 Salesforce.com, Inc. (2) 2.2% 13 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (6) 1.6%
4 Core Laboratories N.V.(8) 1.9% 14 Expeditors International of
5 ACE Ltd. (12) 1.9% Washington, Inc. (15) 1.6%
6 QUALCOMM, Inc. (5) 1.8% 15 American Tower Corp.,
7 Baidu, Inc. (4) 1.8% Class A (16) 1.6%
8 IHS, Inc., Class A (14) 1.8% 16 Google, Inc., Class A (10) 1.5%
9 FMC Technologies, Inc. (7) 1.8% 17 Cerner Corp. (17) 1.5%
10 Oceaneering International, 18 VMware, Inc., Class A(44) 1.5%
Inc. (13) 1.7% 19 Rockwell Automation, Inc.(21) 1.4%
20 Signature Bank (19) 1.4%
Holdings are subject to change
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Sector Breakdown (% of portfolio)* New Holdings
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Information Technology 28.8% Acme Packet, Inc.
Industrials 16.2% BorgWarner, Inc.
Health Care 13.7% ServiceSource International, Inc.
Consumer Discretionary 12.8% SINA Corp.
Energy 10.3% Teavana Holdings, Inc.
Financials 9.4%
Consumer Staples 3.5% Holdings Liquidated
Materials 2.9% -----------------------
Telecommunication Services 1.6% Lincare Holdings, Inc.
Utilities 0.8% ResMed, Inc.
----- SEI Investments Co.
100.0% Strayer Education, Inc.
===== Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Ultra Petroleum Corp.
*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.
Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com