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Russell Overseas Equity Pool
Class A Units

Goal
To provide total return and additional diversification for Canadian investors by investing principally in non-Canadian and non-US equity and fixed income securities.

Target Allocation
(Actual manager allocation may vary)

Style   Weight   Manager
         
Growth   25%   MFS Institutional Advisors
Value   20%   Mondrian Investment Partners Limited
Value   20%   AlllianceBernstein
Growth   20%   Wellington Management Company
Market Oriented   15%   Arrowstreet Capital, L.P.

Investment Performance

30-Jun-08   3 mths   YTD   1 yr.   3 yrs.   5 yrs.   10 yrs.   Incep.*
                             
Class A   -4.75   -10.95   -17.12   3.3   6.84   0.66   4.98


Total Number of Holdings: 416
as of March 31, 2008

Total Pool Assets: $575 million
as of March 31, 2008

Summary of Investment Portfolio

Top 25 Holdings   % of Pool
as at March 31, 2008    
Percentage of net assets ( $ 575,221,027) of the Pool    
Royal Dutch Shell Plc.   2.1
Nestle SA   1.9
Total SA   1.8
Glaxosmithkline PLC   1.4
Canon Inc.   1.4
Roche Holding Ltd.   1.3
E. ON Aktiengesellschaft   1.2
Nokia Corp.   1.2
Kao Corp.   1.2
BP PLC   1.1
France Telcom SA   1.1
RWE AG Essen   1.1
Carrefour SA   1.1
Toyota Motor Corp.   1.0
Lvmh Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton   1.0
Novartis Inc. Basle   0.9
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC   0.9
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC   0.9
ING Group NV   0.8
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA   0.8
ENI Spa Roma   0.8
Renault SA   0.8
Unilever PLC   0.8
HBOS PLC   0.7
Telstra Corporation Limited   0.7

Note: The statement of investment portfolio may change due to ongoing portfolio transactions of the Pool. This list will be updated within 60 days of each quarter end.

Sector Weights  
as at March 31, 2008    
Financials   17.2
Consumer Discretionary   11.8
Materials   11.6
Consumer Staples   11.1
Industrials   10.5
Energy   8.6
Information Technology   8.5
Health Care   8.2
Telecommunications Services   6.4
Utilities   6.2

Country Weights  
as at March 31, 2008    
Country   Pool Weight (%)
Europe ex.UK   52.00%
United Kingdom   19.10%
Japan   17.20%
Pacific Basin ex.Japan   7.70%
Emerging Markets   4.00%






Each Pool in the Russell Sovereign Investment Program (other than Sovereign Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio) offers Class A, B, E, F and O units. The Sovereign Diversified Monthly Income Portfolio has E-5 and E-7 units. The returns of each class of units may differ as a result of varying fees and expenses. Class A and B units have the same management fee. Your adviser is paid a trailer fee as compensation for providing services to you. Class F units are sold only to investors enrolled in a fee-for-service or wrap program and these units have a reduced management fee and do not pay trailer fees to the adviser. Instead each investor negotiates a separate, ongoing fee that is paid directly to their adviser and is based on the market value of the investors' assets. Class O units are only available from Russell Investments Canada Limited and are generally not sold to the public. They are intended to be used in fund of fund arrangements and other wrap programs sponsored by us. They are also available to large institutional investors or other accounts as we may determine from time to time on a case-by-case basis. No management fees are charged to the Pools with respect to the Class O units. Instead, each Class O investor negotiates a separate fee that is paid directly by the investor. Class E units targets large investors and as such, have a higher minimum investment and a lower trailer and management fee. For more information about our Pools please see Legal Information.

Date of first publish: April 2, 2008.

*Inception: January 1993

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