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Russell Europe ex-UK Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of March 31, 2008

Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average Market Cap ($-WTD)                   61.163
Median Market Cap                   1.280
Largest Stock by Market Cap                   300.102
Smallest Stock by Market Cap                   0.071
Fundamental Characteristics                    
Price/Book                   1.85
Dividend Yield                   3.40
P/E Ex-Neg Earnings                   10.9
Lt Growth Forecast-IBES                   8.53%
EPS Growth 5 years                   25.1

Total Returns in Percentages

     March       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr       10 yr  
Russell Europe ex-UK   1.36   -7.66   2.85   18.70   27.03   8.59

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Nestle S.A.
Total S.A.
Roche Holding AG
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
Banco Santander S.A.
Novartis AG
Gazprom OAO
E.ON AG
ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
  Switzerland
France
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Spain
Switzerland
Russia
Germany
Netherlands


Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Aker Yards ASA
SABAF S.p.A.
Carbone Lorraine S.A.
Lambrakis Press S.A.
Grupo Media Capital SGPS S/A
Escada AG
DNO International ASA
Auriga Industries A/S
TietoEnator Oyj
Tekstil Bankasi A.S.
  47.2
45.3
45.0
44.8
41.8
41.4
36.6
36.5
35.4
35.0
  Norway
Italy
France
Greece
Portugal
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Turkey

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
France
Germany
Switzerland
Spain
Italy

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Financial Services
Materials and Processing
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
      Financials
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Energy






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