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Russell Developed Small Cap Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of March 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   1.360
Median Market Cap                   0.527
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   6.803
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.003
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.69
Dividend Yield                   2.19
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   14.1
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   13.31%
EPS Growth 5 years                   19.8

* View Market Cap Ranges as of latest Reconstitution

Total Returns in Percentages

     March      YTD       1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Developed Small Cap   -1.10   -8.01   -10.12   9.06   20.58   7.79

For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.

Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Hologic Inc.
Incitec Pivot Ltd.
CF Industries Holdings Inc.
priceline.com Inc.
OneSteel Ltd.
Illumina Inc.
Flir Systems Inc.
Sims Group Ltd.
Ferrexpo PLC
Exterran Holdings Inc.
  United States
Australia
United States
United States
Australia
United States
United States
Australia
United Kingdom
United States


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Finish Line Inc. (Cl A)
Citadel Broadcasting Corp.
Cott Corp.
GenVec Inc.
Compellent Technologies Inc.
Aker Yards ASA
BladeLogic Inc.
Climate Exchange PLC
SABAF S.p.A.
Carbone Lorraine S.A.
  68.2
58.1
54.8
54.4
48.8
47.2
46.9
45.7
45.3
45.0
  United States
United States
Canada
United States
United States
Norway
United States
United Kingdom
Italy
France

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Materials and Processing
Consumer Discretionary
Financial Services
Producer Durables
Technology
      Financials
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Materials






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