Global Short Bond Fund Class B (EUR)

Inception Date
25 January 2007 		SEDOL Code
3171947

The following is only a summary of the Fund. For a full description, please consult the Fund's prospectus.

The investment policy of the Global Short Bond Fund is to purchase high-quality, fixed- or floating-rate, investment-grade, short-term bonds issued by governmental, quasi-governmental, and corporate issuers in developed countries that mature in five years or less. Currently, the Fund may invest in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dimensional intends to hedge substantially all foreign currency exposure into the currency of the Fund.

The Fund is organised under Dimensional Funds plc, an umbrella fund constituted as an investment company with variable capital under the laws of Ireland and authorised by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations of 2003 and operating as an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities.

Past performance of a fund does not necessarily indicate future performance.

The principal risks associated with an investment in this Fund are market risk, international investing risk, credit risk, foreign exchange risk, share currency designation risk, and portfolio turnover risk. An investment in this Fund may also involve the risks associated with the use of when-issued and delayed-delivery securities, futures and options contracts, and convertible securities. There is no investment guarantee equivalent to deposit protection. These risks are more fully described in the prospectus in the section entitled "Special Considerations and Risk Factors."

Prices & Performance
Date/Time Closing
Price		 Day
Return		 MtD
Return		 YtD
Return
23 July 2008/noon £10.51 -0.10% 0.10% 1.55%
         
30 June 2008/noon £10.50 0.00% 0.38% 1.45%
31 March 2008/noon £10.43 0.10% 0.29% 0.77%
31 December 2007/noon £10.35 0.10% 0.39% N/A
28 September 2007/noon £10.23 0.00% 0.29% N/A

These Net Asset Values ("NAVs") have been prepared by the fund accounting agent. Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. reserves the right to restate these NAVs, if necessary, at any time.

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Returns are calculated net of all fees.
Performance data reported by Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. represents past performance and does not predict future performance. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Further, there can be no assurance that any of the Funds will achieve its investment objective.