Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc. January 2020 Monthly Update

BOSTON, Feb. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Below is the January 2020 Monthly Update for the Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ASG)

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc.                                   
Ticker: ASG
Monthly Update, January, 2020        

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                                

	(31.8% of equity portfolio)
1	Paylocity Holding Corp.	2.2%
2	Nevro Corp.	2.2%
3	Chegg, Inc.	2.1%
4	FirstService Corp.	2.1%
5	Amazon.com, Inc.	1.8%
6	Insulet Corp.	1.8%
7	Casella Waste Systems, Inc.	1.8%
8	Yum! Brands, Inc.	1.6%
9	Microsoft Corp.	1.4%
10	EPAM Systems, Inc.	1.4%
11	Autodesk, Inc.	1.4%
12	PayPal Holdings, Inc.	1.4%
13	Alphabet, Inc.	1.4%
14	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.	1.4%
15	Visa, Inc.	1.4%
16	salesforce.com, Inc.	1.4%
17	Mondelez International, Inc.	1.3%
18	Abbott Laboratories	1.3%
19	NIKE, Inc.	1.2%
20	Intuit, Inc.	1.2%
Holdings are subject to change.

Monthly Performance:                                

Performance	NAV	Market Price	Premium
Beginning of month value	$6.19	$6.50	5.0%
Distributions (Ex-Date January 23)	$0.13	$0.13
End of month value	$6.25	$6.99	11.8%
Performance for month	2.95%	9.64%
Performance year-to-date	2.95%	9.64%

Net Assets at Month-End ($millions)                                  

Total	$237.5
Equities	$235.8
Percent Invested	99.3%

Sector Breakdown (% of equity portfolio)*                                  

Information Technology	32.7%
Health Care	22.0%
Consumer Discretionary	15.7%
Industrials	12.4%
Real Estate	4.0%
Consumer Staples	3.7%
Financials	3.4%
Communication Services	3.2%
Materials	2.7%
Energy	0.2%
Total Market Value	100.0%
*Based on Standard & Poor's and MSCI Barra Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).

New Holdings                       
Ciena Corp.
Pluralsight, Inc.
Ulta Beauty, Inc.
Xilinx, Inc.

Holdings Liquidated
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.
Lowe's Cos., Inc.

The net asset value (NAV) of a closed-end fund is the market value of the underlying investments (i.e., stocks and bonds) in the Fund's portfolio, minus liabilities, divided by the total number of Fund shares outstanding. However, the Fund also has a market price; the value at which it trades on an exchange. If the market price is above the NAV the Fund is trading at a premium. If the market price is below the NAV the Fund is trading at a discount.

Performance returns for the Fund are total returns, which includes dividends, and are net of management fees and other Fund expenses. Returns are calculated assuming that a shareholder reinvested all distributions. Past performance cannot predict future investment results.

Performance will fluctuate with changes in market conditions. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Performance information shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Shareholders must be willing to tolerate significant fluctuations in the value of their investment. An investment in the Fund involves risk, including loss of principal.

Sources of distributions to shareholders may include ordinary dividends, long-term capital gains and return of capital.   The final determination of the source of all distributions in 2020 for tax reporting purposes will be made after year end.  The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. Based on current estimates no portion of the distributions consists of a return of capital. These estimates may not match the final tax characterization (for the full year's distributions) contained in shareholder 1099-DIV forms after the end of the year.                       

All data is as of January 31, 2020 unless otherwise noted.                                       

Liberty All-Star® Growth Fund, Inc.
1-800-241-1850
www.all-starfunds.com
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