BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Sep 13, 2012) - Below is the August 2012 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)
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Liberty All-Star Growth Fund |
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Monthly Update |
Ticker: ASG |
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August 12 |
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Monthly Performance |
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Performance |
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NAV |
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Market Price |
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Discount |
Beginning of month value |
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$4.34 |
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$3.91 |
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9.9% |
Distributions (Ex-Date August 1) |
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$0.06 |
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$0.06 |
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End of month value |
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$4.48 |
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$4.07 |
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9.2% |
Performance for month |
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4.61% |
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5.63% |
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Performance year-to-date |
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10.45% |
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12.09% |
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Past performance cannot predict future results |
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Net Assets at Month-End ($millions) |
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Total |
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$101.0 |
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Equities |
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$99.8 |
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Percent Invested |
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98.8% |
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Top 20 Holdings at Month-End |
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(34.4% of equity portfolio) |
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(Rank from previous month) |
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Apple, Inc. (1) |
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3.4% |
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Salesforce.com, Inc. (3) |
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2.4% |
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ACE Ltd. (2) |
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2.2% |
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Oceaneering International, Inc. (4) |
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2.0% |
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QUALCOMM, Inc. (6) |
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2.0% |
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American Tower Corp., Class A (5) |
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1.9% |
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Core Laboratories N.V. (9) |
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1.9% |
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ARM Holdings PLC (8) |
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1.8% |
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IHS, Inc., Class A (7) |
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1.7% |
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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (10) |
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1.7% |
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Fastenal Co. (11) |
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1.7% |
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Signature Bank (12) |
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1.5% |
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Liquidity Services, Inc. (17) |
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1.4% |
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Precision Castparts Corp. (29) |
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1.4% |
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Google, Inc., Class A (16) |
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1.4% |
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LKQ Corp. (20) |
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1.2% |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (18) |
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1.2% |
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Allergan, Inc. (21) |
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1.2% |
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Baidu, Inc. (15) |
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1.2% |
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Amazon.com, Inc. (23) |
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1.2% |
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Holdings are subject to change. |
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Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)* |
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Information Technology |
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31.9% |
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Industrials |
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15.5% |
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Consumer Discretionary |
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14.0% |
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Health Care |
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11.5% |
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Financials |
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10.0% |
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Energy |
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8.9% |
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Materials |
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2.9% |
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Consumer Staples |
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2.8% |
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Telecommunication Services |
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1.9% |
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Utilities |
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0.6% |
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Total Market Value |
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100.0% |
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). |
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New Holdings |
Holdings Liquidated |
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Roper Industries, Inc. |
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FleetCor Technologies, Inc. |
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Starbucks Corp. |
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Human Genome Sciences, Inc. |
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VCA Antech, Inc. |
Contact Information:
Contact Information:
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com