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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LIBERTY ALL STAR GROWTH FUND INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000786035
		IRS NUMBER:				521542208
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04537
		FILM NUMBER:		10677337

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303.623.2577

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		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 328
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80201-0328

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LIBERTY ALL STAR GROWTH FUND INC /MD/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960612

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALLMON CHARLES TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GROWTH STOCK OUTLOOK TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910807
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<DIV style="width:662.4px"><P style="line-height:normal; margin:0px; font-size:7.2pt" align=right><B>LIBERTY ALL-STAR<SUP>&#174;</SUP> GROWTH FUND, INC</B><FONT style="font-size:12pt"><B>.</B></FONT></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; font-size:11pt">March 10, 2010</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; font-size:11pt">Dear Fellow Stockholders:</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>We recently mailed you proxy materials for the upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Liberty All-Star<SUP>&#174;</SUP> Growth Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), to be held on April 29, 2010. &nbsp;Those materials discuss the two proposals you will be asked to vote on at the Annual Meeting: (1) To elect two Director nominees to the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;); and (2) To approve a new portfolio management agreement among the Fund, ALPS Advisors, Inc. and Mazama Capital Management, Inc. (the &#147;Agreement&#148;).</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-family:ACaslon Regular; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Your Board recommends that you vote </B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-family:ACaslon Regular; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>FOR each Director nominee and FOR the Agreement. </B></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>We urge you to review the Fund&#146;s proxy materials and vote in accordance with your Board&#146;s recommendations by using the enclosed <B>WHITE </B>Proxy Card to vote <B>&#147;FOR&#148;</B> each Director nominee and <B>&#147;FOR&#148;</B> the Agreement. &nbsp;If you have already returned a <B>WHITE </B>Proxy Card, we thank you for your support. &nbsp;</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>You also may have received proxy solicitation material with a green proxy card from Full Value Partners L.P. (&#147;FVP&#148;), seeking your support to oppose the Fund&#146;s Director nominees and the proposal to approve the Agreement. &nbsp;You should know that FVP&#146;s solicitation is not endorsed by your Fund or your Board and that neither believes that delaying approval of proposals or supporting FVP&#146;s suggestions is in the best interests of long-term stockholders. &nbsp;</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>You also should know that FVP is a private partnership controlled by Phillip Goldstein and his associates, who have a history of initiating proxy contests to force closed-end funds to take steps to create short-term benefits at the expense of long-term stockholders. &nbsp;FVP&#146;s solicitation in this case does not directly seek a vote on any specific Fund action. &nbsp;Instead, it is designed to prevent the Board and ALPS Advisors, Inc., the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, from effectively managing the Fund&#146;s sub-advisers. &nbsp;FVP does not claim that Mazama Capital Management, Inc. would perform poorly as a sub-adviser for the Fund. &nbsp;Instead, FVP argues that you should take advantage of the need to vote on the Agreement to pressure the Fund to convert to an open-end fund. &nbsp;We disagree. &nbsp;FVP makes numerous unsupported statements out of context that may mislead stockholders. &nbsp;When reviewing FVP
&#146;s proxy materials and FVP&#146;s claims about the Fund, please consider the following:</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-17.333px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-48px; font-family:Symbol; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>&#183;</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>The Fund has better long-term performance than its benchmark index and peer group average.</B> &nbsp;FVP has criticized the Fund&#146;s long-term performance, citing the Fund&#146;s 1.35% per annum decline in its net asset value (with dividends reinvested) during the ten-year period ended January 31, 2010. &nbsp;FVP, however, fails to include that the Fund has outperformed its benchmark index and its Lipper peer group average for that ten-year period on both a net asset value basis and a market price basis. &nbsp;The Fund&#146;s benchmark index and Lipper peer group had average annual returns of negative 3.78% and negative 2.21% (with dividends reinvested), respectively, for the same period. &nbsp;It is also important to note that this ten-year period was one of the worst investment periods in U.S. stock market history. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-17.333px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-48px; font-family:Symbol; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>&#183;</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>The Fund&#146;s long-term discount is modest and compares favorably with its peers. &nbsp;</B>FVP has criticized the discount at which Fund shares trade to net asset value without providing any information about the discount or premium over time or compared to the Fund&#146;s peers. &nbsp;During that same ten-year period ended January 31, 2010 cited by FVP with respect to performance, the Fund&#146;s average discount was 4.5%, and at times the Fund traded at a premium to net asset value. &nbsp;In comparison, over the same period, the average discount for the Fund&#146;s peer group was 5.8%, or over 28% greater than that of the Fund. &nbsp;Moreover, in the last year, the Fund&#146;s discount has decreased by over 50% and is currently comparable to its peer group average. </P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-17.333px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-48px; font-family:Symbol; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>&#183;</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>The Fund&#146;s multi-manager structure is appropriate and effective. &nbsp;</B>FVP has claimed that your Board is &#147;continually trying to replace unsatisfactory investment managers&#148; and that &#147;the Fund&#146;s multi-manager strategy has not worked very well.&#148; &nbsp;The facts contradict these statements. &nbsp;The Fund&#146;s long-term track record provides clear testimony to the value of the multi-manager strategy. &nbsp;Your Board and management believe that the multi-manager approach can produce superior returns with relatively less overall volatility. &nbsp;In fact, for the ten-year period ended January 31, 2010, the Fund was the second best performer among its Lipper peer group of 70 funds when both return and non-market volatility in relation to its benchmark are taken into consideration. &nbsp;Impairing our ability to replace sub-advisers on a time
ly basis when we have identified a fundamental need to do so, as FVP is advocating, would impair our ability to continue to deliver less volatile, above average relative long-term results.</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-17.333px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-48px; font-family:Symbol; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>&#183;</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; padding-left:96px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:11pt" align=justify><B>The Fund&#146;s short-term performance is better than its benchmark index and peer group average.</B> &nbsp;The Fund&#146;s 2010 year-to-date returns on a net asset value basis and market price basis are better than that of its benchmark index and its Lipper peer group average and place the Fund in the top ten percent of its Lipper peer group. &nbsp;These very favorable results have been achieved with Mazama Capital Management, Inc. managing one third of the Fund&#146;s assets.</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>In addition, we assure you that ALPS Advisors, Inc. and your Board consistently monitor the Fund&#146;s investment performance and discount relative to its peers. We do not believe that drastic actions proposed by FVP, such as open-ending the Fund, would serve the interests of the Fund and its long-term stockholders. &nbsp;Such actions present significant risks and ramifications, which FVP does not explain or even acknowledge in its proxy materials. &nbsp;</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:14.667px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Because we believe FVP is not acting in your best interests, we encourage you to disregard FVP&#146;s proxy materials and to vote using only the <B>WHITE </B>Proxy<B> </B>Card provided by<B> </B>the Fund.</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please complete, sign and date the <B>WHITE </B>Proxy Card to ensure that your vote is counted. &nbsp;&nbsp;Please do not sign or vote using any green or other color proxy card sent to you by FVP or its associates. &nbsp;Even if you have already voted using FVP&#146;s green proxy card, you have the right to change your vote simply by executing and submitting the <B>WHITE </B>Proxy<B> </B>Card. &nbsp;Only the last dated proxy card will be used.</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>If you have questions about voting or the matters to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to call our solicitor, The Altman Group, toll-free at 1-800-499-7619.</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>We thank you for your continued support of your Board and Fund. </P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">Very truly yours,</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:11pt">William R. Parmentier, Jr.</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">President, Liberty All-Star<SUP>&#174;</SUP> Growth Fund, Inc.</P>
<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; font-size:9pt" align=justify>All non-historical statements in this letter constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. &nbsp;Such forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including risks cited in reports filed by the Fund with the SEC. &nbsp;Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. &nbsp;The Fund assumes no obligation for updating any such forward-looking statement at any time.</P>
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<DIV style="width:960px"><P style="line-height:10pt; margin:0px; font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt" align=center>LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.<BR>
THIS VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF<BR>
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</P>
<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt" align=justify>A majority of the proxies present and acting at the Meeting in person or by substitute (or, if only one shall be so present, then that one) shall have and may exercise all of the power and authority of said proxies hereunder. The undersigned hereby revokes any voting instruction form previously given.</P>
<P style="line-height:11pt; margin-top:1.8px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt" align=justify>This voting instruction form, if properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this voting instruction form will be voted FOR Proposals No. 2 and 4 in the discretion of the proxy holder as to any other matter that may properly come before the Meeting. Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of Proposals No. 2 and 4.</P>
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<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt">PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.</P>
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<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt"><B>Proposal No. 2 &#150; The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed.</B></P>
<P style="line-height:15.5pt; margin-top:5.4px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt">To Elect (2) Directors of the Fund:</P>
<P style="line-height:11pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-14.667px; padding-left:24px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt">1)</P>
<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:24px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt">George R. Gaspari</P>
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<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; padding-left:24px; text-indent:24px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt">Richard W. Lowry</P>
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<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt"><B>Proposal No. 4 &#150; The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the Portfolio Management Agreement among the Growth Fund, ALPS Advisors, Inc. and Mazama Capital Management Inc.</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt"><B>Authorized Signatures &#150; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. &#150; Date and sign Below and to the right</B></P>
<P style="line-height:normal; margin:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt" align=justify>Please sign this voting instruction form exactly as your name(s) appear(s) in the records of the Fund. If joint owners, either may sign. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who<FONT style="font-size:9pt"> </FONT>should state his or her title.</P>
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<P style="line-height:10pt; margin:0px; padding-right:38.4px; font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt" align=justify>I<B>mportant Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting. &nbsp;The Following Material is available at www.proxyvote.com</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:10pt; margin-top:3.2px; margin-bottom:0px; font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt" align=center><B>ENTER YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AT 1-800-454-8683<BR>
OR </B><FONT style="color:#0000FF"><B><U>WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM</U></FONT> UP UNTIL 11:59 PM EASTERN TIME<BR>
THE DAY BEFORE THE CUT-OFF OR MEETING DATE.</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:18pt; margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:16pt">White Voting Instruction Form</P>
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<P style="margin:0px">PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTES AS INDICATED IN THIS EXAMPLE: &nbsp;X</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Arial" align=center><B>LIBERTY ALL-STAR GROWTH FUND, INC.<BR>
4/29/10</B></P>
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