0000351601 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001575Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001576Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001577Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001578Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001580Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001585Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000001591Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000015554Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000029198Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000045903Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 0000351601 ric:S000058644Member 2024-10-31 2024-10-31 iso4217:USD pure false 2024-10-31 497 0000351601 N-1A RUSSELL INVESTMENT CO <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">IV. <span style="text-decoration:underline">GLOBAL EQUITY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"> </span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;"> </td> <td style="width:5%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(i)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;">The following replaces the first paragraph in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Global Equity Fund in the Prospectus listed above: </div> </td> </tr> </table><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">The Fund has a non‑fundamental policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities. The Fund invests principally in equity securities, including common stocks and preferred stocks, of companies economically tied to a number of countries around the world, including the U.S., and in depositary receipts representing shares in such companies, in a globally diversified manner. A portion of the Fund’s securities are denominated in foreign currencies and are typically held outside the U.S. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in equity securities of companies that are economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund considers emerging market countries to include every country in the world except Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"> Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Fund invests principally in large and medium capitalization companies, but may also invest in small capitalization companies. The Fund defines large and medium capitalization companies as those companies represented by the MSCI World Index or with market capitalization within the capitalization range of the MSCI World Index. The Fund may employ long-short strategies pursuant to which it gains exposure to a portfolio of long and short equity securities through derivative positions. The Fund may also purchase equity securities to implement its long-short strategies. Equity securities in which the Fund invests include common stocks, preferred stocks, partnership interests, depositary receipts and equity-equivalent securities or instruments whose value is based on common stocks, such as futures contracts. </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;"> </td> <td style="width:5%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(ii)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;">The following risk is added after “Active Management” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Global Equity Fund in the Prospectus listed above: </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:10%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">IV. <span style="text-decoration:underline">GLOBAL EQUITY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"> </span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;"> </td> <td style="width:5%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(i)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;">The following replaces the first paragraph in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Global Equity Fund in the Prospectus listed above: </div> </td> </tr> </table><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">The Fund has a non‑fundamental policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes in equity securities. The Fund invests principally in equity securities, including common stocks and preferred stocks, of companies economically tied to a number of countries around the world, including the U.S., and in depositary receipts representing shares in such companies, in a globally diversified manner. A portion of the Fund’s securities are denominated in foreign currencies and are typically held outside the U.S. The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in equity securities of companies that are economically tied to emerging market countries. The Fund considers emerging market countries to include every country in the world except Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"> Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Fund invests principally in large and medium capitalization companies, but may also invest in small capitalization companies. The Fund defines large and medium capitalization companies as those companies represented by the MSCI World Index or with market capitalization within the capitalization range of the MSCI World Index. The Fund may employ long-short strategies pursuant to which it gains exposure to a portfolio of long and short equity securities through derivative positions. The Fund may also purchase equity securities to implement its long-short strategies. Equity securities in which the Fund invests include common stocks, preferred stocks, partnership interests, depositary receipts and equity-equivalent securities or instruments whose value is based on common stocks, such as futures contracts. </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;"> </td> <td style="width:5%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(ii)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:left;">The following risk is added after “Active Management” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Global Equity Fund in the Prospectus listed above: </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:10%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">Russell Investment Company: Classes A, C, M, R6, S and Y </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;"><span class="sec-hidden" style="-sec-ix-hidden:t_13_9fc330eb_5c67_3864_d0ab_8fad62e14197" title="Manually tagged">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY</span></div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025<span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></span> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I.</span> <span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES</span></span>:<span style="font-weight:bold"></span> The following replaces the last sentence of the first paragraph of the footnote to the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table in the sub‑section entitled “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Equity Income, Sustainable Aware Equity, Multifactor International Equity, Long Duration Bond and Global Infrastructure Funds: </div><div style="margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:4%;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;">Direct Fund-level expenses do not include Rule 12b‑1 distribution fees, shareholder services fees, transfer agency fees, contingency fees paid to vendors for foreign tax reclaims and for certain securities litigation recoveries, infrequent and/or unusual expenses (including litigation expenses) or the expenses of other investment companies in which the Fund invests which are borne indirectly by the Fund. </div> 2025-03-01 <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:right;">LifePoints<sup style="font-size:75%;vertical-align:top">®</sup> Funds Target Portfolio Series: Classes A, C, M, R1, R5 and S </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">Supplement dated September 10, 2025, to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;text-align:center;">PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 1, 2025 </div><div style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-weight:bold">I. <span style="text-decoration:underline">CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND, MODERATE STRATEGY FUND, BALANCED STRATEGY FUND, AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND AND EQUITY AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND RISK/RETURN SUMMARY</span></span>: The following risk is added after “Short Sales Risk” in the sub‑section entitled “Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund” in the Risk/Return Summary section for the Funds in the Prospectus listed above: </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;border-spacing:0px;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:9%;"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"> <div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-family:times new roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:left;"><span style="font-style:italic">Short</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Positions</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span style="font-style:italic">Risk</span>. An Underlying Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the shorted security increases over the tenor of the short position. Short positions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of portfolio securities. Short positions have the potential for unlimited loss. </div> </td> </tr> </table>