Liberty All-Star Growth Fund

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The company was founded on March 14, 1986 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

BOSTON, Nov. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the October 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)            Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.                                    Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, October, 2021        Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap Growth              Fund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:                                  Weatherbie Capital, LLC            Small-Cap Growth            Congress Asset Management Company, LLP            Mid-Cap Growth             Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP            Large-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End                               (32.2% of equity portfolio)    1          Paylocity Holding Corp.  2.1% 2          SPS Commerce, Inc. 2.0% 3          FirstService Corp.   2.0% 4          Amazon.com, Inc.   1.8% 5          Progyny, Inc.  1.8% 6          UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  1.8% 7          Natera, Inc.   1.8% 8          SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.     1.7% 9          Signature Bank     1.7% 10        Casella Waste Systems, Inc.  1.7% 11        Microsoft Corp.    1.6% 12        Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.     1.5% 13        Chegg, Inc.     1.4% 14        Workday, Inc.     1.4% 15        Visa, Inc.    1.4% 16        salesforce.com, Inc.   1.4% 17        Meta Platforms, Inc.   1.3% 18        Intuit, Inc.     1.3% 19        Autodesk, Inc.      1.3% 20        Alphabet, Inc.   1.2% Holdings are subject to change.

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. October 2021 Monthly Update

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BOSTON, Nov. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) has declared a distribution totaling $0.52 per share payable on January 3, 2022 to shareholders of record on November 19, 2021 (ex-dividend date of November 18, 2021).  This distribution consists of $0.18 per share in accordance with the Fund's current distribution policy of paying distributions on its shares totaling approximately 8 percent of its net asset value per year, payable in four quarterly installments of 2 percent and $0.34 per share so the Fund can meet its 2021 distribution requirement for federal excise tax purposes.

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BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the September 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.   Ticker: ASG Monthly Update, September, 2021    Investment Approach:  Fund Style: All-Cap Growth Fund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:             Weatherbie Capital, LLC             Small-Cap Growth             Congress Asset Management Company, LLP            Mid-Cap Growth             Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP            Large-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End             (32.2% of equity portfolio) 1 SPS Commerce, Inc.  2.2% 2 Paylocity Holding Corp.  2.1% 3 Amazon.com, Inc.  1.9% 4 FirstService Corp.  1.9% 5 Natera, Inc.  1.9% 6 Progyny, Inc.  1.8% 7 Signature Bank  1.7% 8 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  1.6% 9 Visa, Inc.  1.6% 10 SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.  1.6% 11 Casella Waste Systems, Inc.  1.6% 12 Microsoft Corp.  1.5% 13 salesforce.com, Inc.  1.5% 14 Montrose Environmental Group, Inc.  1.5% 15 Chegg, Inc.  1.5% 16 PayPal Holdings, Inc.  1.3% 17 Workday, Inc.  1.3% 18 Facebook, Inc.  1.3% 19 Autodesk, Inc.  1.2% 20 Intuit, Inc.  1.2% Holdings are subject to change.

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc September 2021 Monthly Update

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The two Liberty equity CEF funds, the Liberty All-Star Growth fund (ASG) and the Liberty All-Star Equity fund (USA), have gone in opposite directions lately when it comes to premium/discount valuations. For years, it was the Liberty All-Star Growth fund (ASG) that traded at upwards of 15% premiums, while the Liberty All-Star Equity fund (USA) meandered at nominal discounts.

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BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the August 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, August, 2021          Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap GrowthFund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor.

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. August 2021 Monthly Update

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BOSTON, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the June 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)     Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.     Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, June, 2021  Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap Growth Fund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:             Weatherbie Capital, LLC            Small-Cap Growth             Congress Asset Management Company, LLP            Mid-Cap Growth             Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP            Large-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (31.5% of equity portfolio) 1 FirstService Corp.  2.0% 2 Natera, Inc. 2.0% 3 Chegg, Inc. 1.9% 4 Amazon.com, Inc. 1.8% 5 Upstart Holdings, Inc. 1.8% 6 Progyny, Inc. 1.8% 7 Nevro Corp. 1.7% 8 Paylocity Holding Corp. 1.6% 9 Signature Bank 1.6% 10 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 1.6% 11 Visa, Inc. 1.5% 12 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.5% 13 Microsoft Corp. 1.5% 14 Facebook, Inc. 1.4% 15 Generac Holdings, Inc. 1.4% 16 salesforce.com, Inc. 1.3% 17 Zebra Technologies Corp. 1.3% 18 Cerence, Inc. 1.3% 19 Workday, Inc. 1.3% 20 PayPal Holdings, Inc. 1.2% Holdings are subject to change.

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. June 2021 Monthly Update

BOSTON, June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) today announced that based on results provided by the Fund's subscription agent its rights offering, which expired on June 28, 2021, was fully subscribed.  The Fund will issue up to 10,660,776 shares, which represents the entire 8,528,621 primary subscription shares in the offering, plus 2,132,155 additional shares made available by means of the secondary over-subscription privilege.

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BOSTON, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the May 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.                                    Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, May, 2021  Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap Growth              Fund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:                      Weatherbie Capital, LLCSmall-Cap Growth Congress Asset Management Company, LLPMid-Cap Growth Sustainable Growth Advisers, LPLarge-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (31.2% of equity portfolio) 1 Progyny, Inc.                                                 2.2% 2 FirstService Corp.                                        2.0% 3 Upstart Holdings, Inc.                                  1.9% 4 Signature Bank                                           1.9% 5 Natera, Inc.                                               1.8% 6 Chegg, Inc.                                              1.7% 7 Amazon.com, Inc.                                  1.7% 8 Nevro Corp.                                          1.6% 9 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.                            1.6% 10 Visa, Inc.                                                    1.6% 11 Paylocity Holding Corp.                            1.5% 12 Microsoft Corp.                                        1.4% 13 Facebook, Inc.                                       1.3% 14 Core Laboratories NV                                   1.3% 15 salesforce.com, Inc.                                    1.3% 16 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.          1.3% 17 Generac Holdings, Inc.                             1.3% 18 Yum!

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. May 2021 Monthly Update

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BOSTON, May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) today announced that it has set the record date for its previously announced rights offering.   The Fund is issuing non-transferable rights ("Rights") to its shareholders of record ("Record Date Shareholders") at the close of business on May 24, 2021.

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BOSTON, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the April 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, April, 2021 Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap Growth              Fund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:             Weatherbie Capital, LLC            Small-Cap Growth             Congress Asset Management Company, LLP            Mid-Cap Growth             Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP            Large-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End                   (32.2% of equity portfolio) 1 Progyny, Inc. 2.2% 2 Signature Bank 2.0% 3 FirstService Corp. 2.0% 4 Chegg, Inc. 2.0% 5 Natera, Inc. 1.9% 6 Nevro Corp. 1.8% 7 Amazon.com, Inc. 1.8% 8 Upstart Holdings, Inc. 1.8% 9 Paylocity Holding Corp. 1.7% 10 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.7% 11 Visa, Inc. 1.6% 12 Microsoft Corp. 1.5% 13 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 1.4% 14 Yum!

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. April 2021 Monthly Update

BOSTON, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the March 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, March, 2021           Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap GrowthFund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:                      Weatherbie Capital, LLC Small-Cap Growth Congress Asset Management Company, LLP Mid-Cap Growth Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP Large-Cap Growth   Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (31.7% of equity portfolio) 1 Progyny, Inc.  2.0% 2 Chegg, Inc. 2.0% 3 Upstart Holdings, Inc. 2.0% 4 Signature Bank 2.0% 5 FirstService Corp. 2.0% 6 Natera, Inc. 1.8% 7 Amazon.com, Inc. 1.7% 8 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.7% 9 Paylocity Holding Corp.  1.7% 10 Microsoft Corp. 1.6% 11 Visa, Inc. 1.5% 12 Nevro Corp. 1.4% 13 Generac Holdings, Inc. 1.3% 14 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 1.3% 15 Workday, Inc. 1.3% 16 Zebra Technologies Corp. 1.3% 17 Alphabet, Inc. 1.3% 18 Yum!

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. March 2021 Monthly Update

BOSTON, March 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) (the "Fund") has authorized and set the terms of an offering to the Fund's shareholders of rights to purchase additional shares of the Fund.  Shareholders on a record date to be established by the Fund's Board would be issued non-transferable rights entitling them to subscribe for one additional share for every five shares held (the "Primary Subscription"), with the right to subscribe for additional shares not subscribed for by others in the Primary Subscription.

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BOSTON, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the February 2021 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG) Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. Ticker: ASGMonthly Update, February, 2021 Investment Approach: Fund Style: All-Cap GrowthFund Strategy: Combines three growth style investment managers, each with a distinct capitalization focus (small-, mid- and large-cap) selected and continuously monitored by the Fund's Investment Advisor. Investment Managers:             Weatherbie Capital, LLC            Small-Cap Growth             Congress Asset Management Company, LLP            Mid-Cap Growth             Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP            Large-Cap Growth Top 20 Holdings at Month-End (31.5% of equity portfolio) 1 Chegg, Inc. 2.2% 2 Signature Bank 2.1% 3 Natera, Inc. 2.1% 4 Progyny, Inc. 2.0% 5 FirstService Corp. 2.0% 6 Paylocity Holding Corp. 1.8% 7 Nevro Corp. 1.7% 8 Amazon.com, Inc. 1.7% 9 Microsoft Corp. 1.6% 10 Visa, Inc. 1.5% 11 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1.5% 12 Generac Holdings, Inc. 1.3% 13 Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 1.3% 14 FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 1.3% 15 Zebra Technologies Corp. 1.3% 16 ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1.3% 17 Alphabet, Inc. 1.2% 18 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. 1.2% 19 Facebook, Inc. 1.2% 20 Abbott Laboratories 1.2% Holdings are subject to change.

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