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Russell Developed ex-U.S. Defensive Index


As of April 30, 2012

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Characteristics

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Membership

Top 10 holdings

Holding       Country
Nestle SA       Switzerland
Novartis AG       Switzerland
Vodafone Group PLC       United Kingdom
Roche Holding AG       Switzerland
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A Shs       Netherlands
HSBC Holdings PLC       United Kingdom
GlaxoSmithKline PLC       United Kingdom
BHP Billiton Ltd       Australia
Total SA       France
British American Tobacco PLC       United Kingdom

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
Umeco Plc   50.7   United Kingdom
Rhoen Klinikum AG   40.3   Germany
Alimentation Couche Tard Inc B   32.4   Canada
Zueblin Immobilien Holding AG   30.4   Switzerland
Entrepose Contracting   28.6   France
M3 Inc   28.1   Japan
Cookpad Inc   27.5   Japan
Pal Co Ltd   25.5   Japan
Sirtex Medical Ltd   24.8   Australia
Kameda Seika Co Ltd   24.1   Japan

Top five countries

United Kingdom    
Japan    
Australia    
Canada    
Switzerland    


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Financial Services    
Consumer Staples    
Health Care    
Producer Durables    
Utilities    


Performance

Total returns (based on $US)
Russell Developed ex-U.S. Defensive Index returns chart

    April   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
Developed ex-US Defensive   0.15   8.39   -5.28   17.06   0.46   8.99

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