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Russell Developed ex-U.S. Large Cap Defensive Index


As of May 31, 2013

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Facts and characteristics

Facts

Bloomberg ticker symbol                   RUDLCDF
Weighted average market cap ($B)                   70.570
Median market cap ($B)                   7.128
Largest stock by market cap                   218.200

Characteristics

EPS Variability - 10 Years                   27.8    
Pretax Return on Assets - 5 Year Avg                   8.0    
Debt/Equity                   0.50    


Membership

Top 10 holdings

Holding       Country
Nestle SA       Switzerland
Novartis AG       Switzerland
Roche Holding AG       Switzerland
Vodafone Group PLC       United Kingdom
GlaxoSmithKline PLC       United Kingdom
Sanofi       France
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A Shs       Netherlands
BP PLC       United Kingdom
Total SA       France
BHP Billiton Ltd       Australia

Top 10 performers

Holding   1 Mo Return %   Country
Ushio Inc   23.2   Japan
VTech Holdings Ltd   15.5   Hong Kong
Marks & Spencer Group PLC   14.8   United Kingdom
JGC Corp   14.4   Japan
Cobham PLC   14.0   United Kingdom
Thales SA   13.9   France
Shimadzu Corp   13.8   Japan
Basler Kantonalbank   13.3   Switzerland
Loblaw Cos Ltd   13.1   Canada
ASML Holding NV   11.9   Netherlands

Top five countries

United Kingdom    
Japan    
Switzerland    
Canada    
Australia    


Russell Global Sectors

Top five by weight

Consumer Staples    
Health Care    
Financial Services    
Energy    
Utilities    


Performance

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

    May   YTD   1 Yr   3 Yr   5 Yr   10 Yr
DevelopedxUS LC Defensive   -3.75   7.67   27.80   14.31   2.79   11.17

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