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Russell Global ex-Japan Growth Index
Fact Sheet

Monthly Data
As of April 30, 2008

Statistics
The characteristics data will be available at a later date.

Total Returns in Percentages

     April       YTD      1 yr       3 yr        5 yr  
Russell Global
ex-Japan Growth
  5.35   -5.34   5.12   16.21   16.77

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Membership Data

Top 10 Holdings   Country
Microsoft Corp.
Nestle S.A.
Cisco Systems Inc.
Apple Inc.
BHP Billiton Ltd.
Google Inc. (Cl A)
International Business Machines Corp.
Intel Corp.
Telefonica S.A.
Nokia Corp.
  United States
Switzerland
United States
United States
Australia
United States
United States
United States
Spain
Finland

Top 10 Performers   Return   Country
Allco Finance Group Ltd.
Hythiam Inc.
Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Virgin Mobile USA Inc.
Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd.
Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
Namkwang Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.
BF Utilities Ltd.
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc
Warner Music Group Corp.
  128.2
124.0
106.3
104.4
95.2
92.8
92.2
79.0
79.0
74.5
  Australia
United States
United States
United States
Canada
Canada
Korea
India
United States
United States

Country Data

Top 5 Countries
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Switzerland
Australia

Sectors — Largest Five by Weight

Russell Method       GICS Method
Technology
Financial Services
Consumer Discretionary
Materials and Processing
Health Care
      Information Technology
Industrials
Financials
Health Care
Consumer Staples






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