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Facts and characteristics

Facts
As of February 28, 2010

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   RDXU
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   41.747
Median market cap ($B)                   0.857
Largest stock by market cap                   190.822

Characteristics
As of February 28, 2010

Price/Book                   1.55
Dividend yield                   3.05
Price/Earnings (ex-negative earnings)                   16.4
IBES long-term growth forecast (%)                   9.04%
EPS 5-year growth                   8

* View market capitalization ranges as of latest reconstitution

The smallest company in each index has been removed from the public website to avoid any confusion. The smallest company could distort the actual distribution in the corresponding index due to corporate action methodology. Refer to the posted market cap ranges to view the actual breakpoints from the previous reconstitution or use the $wtd average market capitalization for a true measure of the capitalization distribution.


Membership

Top 10 holdings
As of February 28, 2010

Holding   Country
HSBC Holdings PLC   United Kingdom
Nestle SA   Switzerland
BP PLC   United Kingdom
Novartis AG   Switzerland
BHP Billiton Ltd   Australia
Roche Holding AG-Reg   Switzerland
Total SA   France
Vodafone Group PLC   United Kingdom
Banco Santander SA   Spain
Royal Dutch Shell Plc-A Shs   United Kingdom

Top 10 performers
As of February 28, 2010

Holding   Return %   Country
NeuroSearch A/S   115.8   Denmark
North American Energy Partners Inc.   53.9   Canada
Questerre Energy Corp   53.2   Canada
Iteration Energy Ltd   40.0   Canada
Krosaki Harima Corp   39.4   Japan
Joint Reit Investment Corp   39.3   Japan
ODIM ASA   39.0   Norway
SSP Co Ltd   38.4   Japan
Hills Industries Ltd   36.2   Australia
Dena Co Ltd   34.8   Japan

Top five countries
As of February 28, 2010

Japan
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Switzerland


Sectors

Top five by weight
As of February 28, 2010

Russell method   GICS method
Financial Services   Financials
Materials & Processing   Industrials
Producer Durables   Materials
Consumer Discretionary   Energy
Energy   Consumer Discretionary


Performance

Total returns (in percentages, based on $US)
As of February 28, 2010


Feb   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
-0.16   -4.40   60.05   -6.61   3.24   2.46

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