Fund/Class
|
Class
A |
Class
M |
Class
C |
Class
I |
Class
Z |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 20% |
FTAWX
|
FTDWX
|
FTCWX
|
FTIWX
|
FIKVX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 30% |
FTAAX
|
FTTNX
|
FCANX
|
FTINX
|
FIKWX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 40% |
FFNAX
|
FFNTX
|
FFNCX
|
FFNIX
|
FIKYX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 50% |
FFAMX
|
FFTMX
|
FFCMX
|
FFIMX
|
FIKZX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 60% |
FSAAX
|
FSATX
|
FSCNX
|
FSNIX
|
FIQAX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 70% |
FAASX
|
FTASX
|
FCASX
|
FAAIX
|
FIQBX
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85%/Fidelity Advisor Asset Manager® 85% |
FEYAX
|
FEYTX
|
FEYCX
|
FEYIX
|
FIQCX
|
Funds
of Fidelity Charles Street Trust
STATEMENT
OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
November
29, 2022
This
Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus. Portions of each
fund's annual
report are
incorporated herein. The annual report(s) are supplied with this SAI.
To
obtain a free additional copy of a prospectus or SAI, dated November 29, 2022,
or an annual report, please call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098 or visit Fidelity's
web site at institutional.fidelity.com.
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more information on any Fidelity ®
fund,
including charges and expenses, call Fidelity at the number indicated above for
a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The
following policies and limitations supplement those set forth in the prospectus.
Unless otherwise noted, whenever an investment policy or limitation states a
maximum percentage of a fund's assets that may be invested in any security or
other asset, or sets forth a policy regarding quality standards, such standard
or percentage limitation will be determined immediately after and as a result of
the fund's acquisition of such security or other asset. Accordingly, any
subsequent change in values, net assets, or other circumstances will not be
considered when determining whether the investment complies with the fund's
investment policies and limitations.
A
fund's fundamental investment policies and limitations cannot be changed without
approval by a "majority of the outstanding voting securities" (as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act)) of the fund. However, except for the
fundamental investment limitations listed below, the investment policies and
limitations described in this Statement of Additional Information (SAI) are not
fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
following are each fund's fundamental investment limitations set forth in their
entirety.
Diversification
For
each fund:
The
fund may not with respect to 75% of the fund's total assets, purchase the
securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S.
Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or securities of other
investment companies) if, as a result, (a) more than 5% of the fund's total
assets would be invested in the securities of that issuer, or (b) the fund would
hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer.
Senior
Securities
For
each fund:
The
fund may not issue senior securities, except in connection with the insurance
program established by the fund pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission or as otherwise permitted under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
Borrowing
For
each fund:
The
fund may not borrow money, except that the fund may borrow money for temporary
or emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not
exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less
liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed this
amount will be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and holidays) to
the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation.
Underwriting
For
each fund:
The
fund may not underwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that
the fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933 in the disposition of restricted securities or in connection with
investments in other investment companies.
Concentration
For
each fund:
The
fund may not purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued
or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities) if, as a result, more than 25% of the fund's total assets
would be invested in the securities of companies whose principal business
activities are in the same industry.
For
purposes of each of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager®
30%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%'s, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%'s, and Fidelity Asset Manager®
85%'s concentration limitation discussed above, with respect to any investment
in repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Government securities, Fidelity
Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) looks through to the U.S. Government
securities.
For
purposes of each of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager®
30%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%'s, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%'s, and Fidelity Asset Manager®
85%'s concentration limitation discussed above, with respect to any investment
in Fidelity® Money Market Central Fund and/or any non-money market Central fund,
FMR looks through to the holdings of the Central fund.
For
purposes of each of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager®
30%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%'s, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60%'s, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%'s, and Fidelity Asset Manager®
85%'s concentration limitation discussed above, FMR may analyze the
characteristics of a particular issuer and security and assign an industry or
sector classification consistent with those characteristics in the event that
the third-party classification provider used by FMR does not assign a
classification.
Real
Estate
For
each fund:
The
fund may not purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of
ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the
fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or
securities of companies engaged in the real estate business).
Commodities
For
each fund (other than Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%):
The
fund may not purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result
of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the
fund from purchasing or selling options and futures contracts or from investing
in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%:
The
fund may not purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result
of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the
fund from purchasing and selling precious metals, or from purchasing or selling
options and futures contracts or from investing in securities or other
instruments backed by physical commodities).
Loans
For
each fund:
The
fund may not lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than
33 1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, but this limitation
does not apply to purchases of debt securities or to repurchase agreements, or
to acquisitions of loans, loan participations or other forms of debt
instruments.
Pooled
Funds
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
20%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
50%,
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%:
The
fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy or limitation,
invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management
investment company with substantially the same fundamental investment objective,
policies, and limitations as the fund.
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%:
The
fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy or limitation,
invest all of its assets in the securities of a single open-end management
investment company managed by FMR or an affiliate or successor with
substantially the same fundamental investment objective, policies, and
limitations as the fund.
The
following investment limitations are not fundamental and may be changed without
shareholder approval.
Short
Sales
For
each fund:
The
fund does not currently intend to sell securities short, unless it owns or has
the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities
sold short, except for sales of to be announced (TBA) securities, and provided
that transactions in futures contracts, options, and swaps are not deemed to
constitute selling securities short.
Margin
Purchases
For
each fund:
The
fund does not currently intend to purchase securities on margin, except that the
fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of
transactions, and provided that margin payments in connection with futures
contracts and options on futures contracts shall not constitute purchasing
securities on margin.
Borrowing
For
each fund:
The
fund may borrow money only (a) from a bank or from a registered investment
company or portfolio for which FMR or an affiliate serves as investment adviser
or (b) by engaging in reverse repurchase agreements with any party (reverse
repurchase agreements are treated as borrowings for purposes of the fundamental
borrowing investment limitation).
Illiquid
Securities
For
each fund:
The
fund does not currently intend to purchase any security if, as a result, more
than 10% of its net assets would be invested in securities that are deemed to be
illiquid because they are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale
or because they cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business
at approximately the prices at which they are valued.
For
purposes of each fund's illiquid securities limitation discussed above, if
through a change in values, net assets, or other circumstances, the fund were in
a position where more than 10% of its net assets were invested in illiquid
securities, it would consider appropriate steps to protect liquidity.
Commodities
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%:
The
fund does not currently intend to invest more than 5% of its total assets in
precious metals.
Loans
For
each fund:
The
fund does not currently intend to lend assets other than securities to other
parties, except by (a) making direct loans to companies in which the fund has a
pre-existing investment (b) lending money (up to 15% of the fund's net assets)
to a registered investment company or portfolio for which FMR or an affiliate
serves as investment adviser or (c) assuming any unfunded commitments in
connection with the acquisition of loans, loan participations, or other forms of
debt instruments. (This limitation does not apply to purchases of debt
securities, to repurchase agreements, or to acquisitions of loans, loan
participations or other forms of debt instruments.)
Pooled
Funds
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
20%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
50%,
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%:
The
fund does not currently intend to invest all of its assets in the securities of
a single open-end management investment company with substantially the same
fundamental investment objective, policies, and limitations as the fund.
For
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%:
The
fund does not currently intend to invest all of its assets in the securities of
a single open-end management investment company managed by FMR or an affiliate
or successor with substantially the same fundamental investment objective,
policies, and limitations as the fund.
In
addition to each fund's fundamental and non-fundamental investment limitations
discussed above:
In
order to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, each fund currently intends to comply
with certain diversification limits imposed by Subchapter M.
The
following pages contain more detailed information about types of instruments in
which a fund may invest, techniques a fund's adviser (or a sub-adviser) may
employ in pursuit of the fund's investment objective, and a summary of related
risks. A fund's adviser (or a sub-adviser) may not buy all of these instruments
or use all of these techniques unless it believes that doing so will help the
fund achieve its goal. However, a fund's adviser (or a sub-adviser) is not
required to buy any particular instrument or use any particular technique even
if to do so might benefit the fund.
On
the following pages in this section titled "Investment Policies and
Limitations," and except as otherwise indicated, references to "an adviser" or
"the adviser" may relate to a fund's adviser or a sub-adviser, as
applicable.
Affiliated
Bank Transactions. A
Fidelity ®
fund
may engage in transactions with financial institutions that are, or may be
considered to be, "affiliated persons" of the fund under the 1940 Act. These
transactions may involve repurchase agreements with custodian banks; short-term
obligations of, and repurchase agreements with, the 50 largest U.S. banks
(measured by deposits); municipal securities; U.S. Government securities with
affiliated financial institutions that are primary dealers in these securities;
short-term currency transactions; and short-term borrowings. In accordance with
exemptive orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the
Board of Trustees has established and periodically reviews procedures applicable
to transactions involving affiliated financial institutions.
Asset
Allocation. Each
of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset Manager® 85% invests in stocks mainly by
investing in Central funds. The stock class for all funds includes domestic and
foreign equity securities of all types (other than adjustable rate preferred
stocks, which are included in the bond class). Securities in the stock class may
include common stocks, fixed-rate preferred stocks (including convertible
preferred stocks), warrants, rights, depositary receipts, securities of
closed-end investment companies, and other equity securities issued by companies
of any size, located throughout the world.
Each
of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset Manager® 85% invests in bonds mainly by
investing in Central funds that focus on particular types of fixed-income
securities.
The
bond class for Fidelity Asset Manager ®
20%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
30%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
40%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
50%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
60%,
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%
includes all varieties of domestic and foreign fixed-income securities maturing
in more than one year. Securities in this asset class may include bonds, notes,
adjustable-rate preferred stocks, convertible bonds, mortgage-related and
asset-backed securities, domestic and foreign government and government agency
securities, zero coupon bonds, and other intermediate and long-term securities.
These securities may be denominated in U.S. dollars or foreign currency.
The
short-term/money market class for Fidelity Asset Manager ®
20%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
30%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
40%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
50%,
Fidelity Asset Manager ®
60%,
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
70%
includes Central funds that invest in all types of domestic and foreign
short-term and money market instruments. Short-term and money market instruments
may include commercial paper, notes, and other corporate debt securities,
government securities issued by U.S. or foreign governments or their agencies or
instrumentalities, bank deposits and other financial institution obligations,
repurchase agreements involving any type of security, and other similar
short-term instruments. These instruments may be denominated in U.S. dollars or
foreign currency.
The
bond and short-term/money market class for Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%
includes all varieties of domestic and foreign fixed-income securities maturing
in more than one year and Central funds that invest in all types of domestic and
foreign short-term and money market instruments. Securities in this asset class
may include bonds, notes, adjustable-rate preferred stocks, convertible bonds,
mortgage-related and asset-backed securities, domestic and foreign government
and government agency securities, zero coupon bonds, and other intermediate and
long-term securities. These securities may be denominated in U.S. dollars or
foreign currency. Securities in this asset class may also include short-term and
money market instruments such as commercial paper, notes, and other corporate
debt securities, government securities issued by U.S. or foreign governments or
their agencies or instrumentalities, bank deposits and other financial
institution obligations, repurchase agreements involving any type of security,
and other similar short-term instruments. These instruments may be denominated
in U.S. dollars or foreign currency.
Although
the underlying Central funds are categorized generally as stock, bond, and
short-term/money market funds, many of the underlying Central funds may invest
in a mix of securities of foreign (including emerging markets) and domestic
issuers, investment-grade and lower-quality debt securities, and other
securities. In making asset allocation decisions, FMR will evaluate projections
of risk, market conditions, economic conditions, volatility, yields, and
returns. FMR's management will use database systems to help analyze past
situations and trends, research specialists in each of the asset classes to help
in securities selection, portfolio management professionals to determine asset
allocation and to select individual securities, and its own credit analysis as
well as credit analyses provided by rating services.
Asset-Backed
Securities represent
interests in pools of mortgages, loans, receivables, or other assets. Payment of
interest and repayment of principal may be largely dependent upon the cash flows
generated by the assets backing the securities and, in certain cases, supported
by letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements. Asset-backed
security values may also be affected by other factors including changes in
interest rates, the availability of information concerning the pool and its
structure, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the
originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities providing the credit
enhancement. In addition, these securities may be subject to prepayment
risk.
Collateralized
Loan Obligations (CLO) are a type of asset-backed security. A CLO is a trust
typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others,
domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and
subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment
grade or equivalent unrated loans. CLOs may charge management fees and
administrative expenses. For CLOs, the cash flows from the trust are split into
two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The riskiest
portion is the "equity" tranche which bears the bulk of defaults from the bonds
or loans in the trust and serves to protect the other, more senior tranches from
default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since they are partially
protected from defaults, senior tranches from a CLO trust typically have higher
ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities and can be rated
investment grade. Despite the protection from the equity tranche, CLO tranches
can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity
to defaults due to collateral default and disappearance of protecting tranches,
market anticipation of defaults, as well as aversion to CLO securities as a
class. Normally, CLOs are privately offered and sold, and thus, are not
registered under the securities laws. As a result, investments in CLOs may be
characterized by a fund as illiquid securities, however an active dealer market
may exist allowing them to qualify for Rule 144A transactions.
Borrowing.
If
a fund borrows money, its share price may be subject to greater fluctuation
until the borrowing is paid off. If a fund makes additional investments while
borrowings are outstanding, this may be considered a form of leverage.
Cash
Management. A
fund may hold uninvested cash or may invest it in cash equivalents such as money
market securities, repurchase agreements, or shares of short-term bond or money
market funds, including (for Fidelity ®
funds
and other advisory clients only) shares of Fidelity ®
Central
funds. Generally, these securities offer less potential for gains than other
types of securities.
Central
Funds are
special types of investment vehicles created by Fidelity for use by the
Fidelity ®
funds
and other advisory clients. Central funds are used to invest in particular
security types or investment disciplines, or for cash management. Central funds
incur certain costs related to their investment activity (such as custodial fees
and expenses), but do not pay additional management fees. The investment results
of the portions of a Fidelity ®
fund's
assets invested in the Central funds will be based upon the investment results
of those funds.
Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Notice of Exclusion. The
Adviser, on behalf of the Fidelity® funds to which this SAI relates, has filed
with the National Futures Association a notice claiming an exclusion from the
definition of the term "commodity pool operator" (CPO) under the Commodity
Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules of the CFTC promulgated thereunder, with
respect to each fund's operation. Accordingly, neither a fund nor its adviser is
subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool or a CPO. As of the
date of this SAI, the adviser does not expect to register as a CPO of the funds.
However, there is no certainty that a fund or its adviser will be able to rely
on an exclusion in the future as the fund's investments change over time. A fund
may determine not to use investment strategies that trigger additional CFTC
regulation or may determine to operate subject to CFTC regulation, if
applicable. If a fund or its adviser operates subject to CFTC regulation, it may
incur additional expenses.
Common
Stock represents
an equity or ownership interest in an issuer. In the event an issuer is
liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds and preferred
stock take precedence over the claims of those who own common stock, although
related proceedings can take time to resolve and results can be unpredictable.
For purposes of a Fidelity ®
fund's
policies related to investment in common stock Fidelity considers depositary
receipts evidencing ownership of common stock to be common stock.
Convertible
Securities are
bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities that may be converted or exchanged
(by the holder or by the issuer) into shares of the underlying common stock (or
cash or securities of equivalent value) at a stated exchange ratio. A
convertible security may also be called for redemption or conversion by the
issuer after a particular date and under certain circumstances (including a
specified price) established upon issue. If a convertible security held by a
fund is called for redemption or conversion, the fund could be required to
tender it for redemption, convert it into the underlying common stock, or sell
it to a third party.
Convertible
securities generally have less potential for gain or loss than common stocks.
Convertible securities generally provide yields higher than the underlying
common stocks, but generally lower than comparable non-convertible securities.
Because of this higher yield, convertible securities generally sell at prices
above their "conversion value," which is the current market value of the stock
to be received upon conversion. The difference between this conversion value and
the price of convertible securities will vary over time depending on changes in
the value of the underlying common stocks and interest rates. When the
underlying common stocks decline in value, convertible securities will tend not
to decline to the same extent because of the interest or dividend payments and
the repayment of principal at maturity for certain types of convertible
securities. However, securities that are convertible other than at the option of
the holder generally do not limit the potential for loss to the same extent as
securities convertible at the option of the holder. When the underlying common
stocks rise in value, the value of convertible securities may also be expected
to increase. At the same time, however, the difference between the market value
of convertible securities and their conversion value will narrow, which means
that the value of convertible securities will generally not increase to the same
extent as the value of the underlying common stocks. Because convertible
securities may also be interest-rate sensitive, their value may increase as
interest rates fall and decrease as interest rates rise. Convertible securities
are also subject to credit risk, and are often lower-quality securities.
Disruption
to Financial Markets and Related Government Intervention. Economic
downturns can trigger various economic, legal, budgetary, tax, and regulatory
reforms across the globe. Instability in the financial markets in the wake of
events such as the 2008 economic downturn led the U.S. Government and other
governments to take a number of then-unprecedented actions designed to support
certain financial institutions and segments of the financial markets that
experienced extreme volatility, and in some cases, a lack of liquidity. Federal,
state, local, foreign, and other governments, their regulatory agencies, or
self-regulatory organizations may take actions that affect the regulation of the
instruments in which a fund invests, or the issuers of such instruments, in ways
that are unforeseeable. Reforms may also change the way in which a fund is
regulated and could limit or preclude a fund's ability to achieve its investment
objective or engage in certain strategies. Also, while reforms generally are
intended to strengthen markets, systems, and public finances, they could affect
fund expenses and the value of fund investments in unpredictable ways.
Similarly,
widespread disease including pandemics and epidemics, and natural or
environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, droughts, fires, floods,
hurricanes, tsunamis and climate-related phenomena generally, have been and can
be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting individual
companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation
rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value
of a fund's investments. Economies and financial markets throughout the world
have become increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that
events or conditions in one region or country will adversely affect markets or
issuers in other regions or countries, including the United States.
Additionally, market disruptions may result in increased market volatility;
regulatory trading halts; closure of domestic or foreign exchanges, markets, or
governments; or market participants operating pursuant to business continuity
plans for indeterminate periods of time. Further, market disruptions can (i)
prevent a fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely
manner, (ii) negatively impact a fund's ability to achieve its investment
objective, and (iii) may exacerbate the risks discussed elsewhere in a fund's
registration statement, including political, social, and economic risks.
The
value of a fund's portfolio is also generally subject to the risk of future
local, national, or global economic or natural disturbances based on unknown
weaknesses in the markets in which a fund invests. In the event of such a
disturbance, the issuers of securities held by a fund may experience significant
declines in the value of their assets and even cease operations, or may receive
government assistance accompanied by increased restrictions on their business
operations or other government intervention. In addition, it remains uncertain
that the U.S. Government or foreign governments will intervene in response to
current or future market disturbances and the effect of any such future
intervention cannot be predicted.
Dollar-Weighted
Average Maturity is
derived by multiplying the value of each security by the time remaining to its
maturity, adding these calculations, and then dividing the total by the value of
a fund's portfolio. An obligation's maturity is typically determined on a stated
final maturity basis, although there are some exceptions to this rule.
Under
certain circumstances, a fund may invest in nominally long-term securities that
have maturity-shortening features of shorter-term securities, and the maturities
of these securities may be deemed to be earlier than their ultimate maturity
dates by virtue of an existing demand feature or an adjustable interest rate.
Under other circumstances, if it is probable that the issuer of an instrument
will take advantage of a maturity-shortening device, such as a call, refunding,
or redemption provision, the date on which the instrument will probably be
called, refunded, or redeemed may be considered to be its maturity date. The
maturities of mortgage securities, including collateralized mortgage
obligations, and some asset-backed securities are determined on a weighted
average life basis, which is the average time for principal to be repaid. For a
mortgage security, this average time is calculated by estimating the timing of
principal payments, including unscheduled prepayments, during the life of the
mortgage. The weighted average life of these securities is likely to be
substantially shorter than their stated final maturity.
Duration
is
a measure of a bond's price sensitivity to a change in its yield. For example,
if a bond has a 5-year duration and its yield rises 1%, the bond's value is
likely to fall about 5%. Similarly, if a bond fund has a 5-year average duration
and the yield on each of the bonds held by the fund rises 1%, the fund's value
is likely to fall about 5%. For funds with exposure to foreign markets, there
are many reasons why all of the bond holdings do not experience the same yield
changes. These reasons include: the bonds are spread off of different yield
curves around the world and these yield curves do not move in tandem; the shapes
of these yield curves change; and sector and issuer yield spreads change. Other
factors can influence a bond fund's performance and share price. Accordingly, a
bond fund's actual performance will likely differ from the example.
Exchange
Traded Funds (ETFs) are
shares of other investment companies, commodity pools, or other entities that
are traded on an exchange. Typically, assets underlying the ETF shares are
stocks, though they may also be commodities or other instruments. An ETF may
seek to replicate the performance of a specific index or may be actively
managed.
Typically,
shares of an ETF that tracks an index are expected to increase in value as the
value of the underlying benchmark increases. However, in the case of inverse
ETFs (also called "short ETFs" or "bear ETFs"), ETF shares are expected to
increase in value as the value of the underlying benchmark decreases. Inverse
ETFs seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the benchmark they track
and are often marketed as a way for investors to profit from, or at least hedge
their exposure to, downward moving markets. Investments in inverse ETFs are
similar to holding short positions in the underlying benchmark.
ETF
shares are redeemable only in large blocks of shares often called "creation
units" by persons other than a fund, and are redeemed principally in-kind at
each day's next calculated net asset value per share (NAV). ETFs typically incur
fees that are separate from those fees incurred directly by a fund. A fund's
purchase of ETFs results in the layering of expenses, such that the fund would
indirectly bear a proportionate share of any ETF's operating expenses. Further,
while traditional investment companies are continuously offered at NAV, ETFs are
traded in the secondary market (e.g., on a stock exchange) on an intra-day basis
at prices that may be above or below the value of their underlying
portfolios.
Some
of the risks of investing in an ETF that tracks an index are similar to those of
investing in an indexed mutual fund, including tracking error risk (the risk of
errors in matching the ETF's underlying assets to the index or other benchmark);
and the risk that because an ETF that tracks an index is not actively managed,
it cannot sell stocks or other assets as long as they are represented in the
index or other benchmark. Other ETF risks include the risk that ETFs may trade
in the secondary market at a discount from their NAV and the risk that the ETFs
may not be liquid. ETFs also may be leveraged. Leveraged ETFs seek to deliver
multiples of the performance of the index or other benchmark they track and use
derivatives in an effort to amplify the returns (or decline, in the case of
inverse ETFs) of the underlying index or benchmark. While leveraged ETFs may
offer the potential for greater return, the potential for loss and the speed at
which losses can be realized also are greater. Most leveraged and inverse ETFs
"reset" daily, meaning they are designed to achieve their stated objectives on a
daily basis. Leveraged and inverse ETFs can deviate substantially from the
performance of their underlying benchmark over longer periods of time,
particularly in volatile periods.
Exchange
Traded Notes (ETNs) are
a type of senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security issued by financial
institutions that combines aspects of both bonds and ETFs. An ETN's returns are
based on the performance of a market index or other reference asset minus fees
and expenses. Similar to ETFs, ETNs are listed on an exchange and traded in the
secondary market. However, unlike an ETF, an ETN can be held until the ETN's
maturity, at which time the issuer will pay a return linked to the performance
of the market index or other reference asset to which the ETN is linked minus
certain fees. Unlike regular bonds, ETNs typically do not make periodic interest
payments and principal typically is not protected.
ETNs
also incur certain expenses not incurred by their applicable index. The market
value of an ETN is determined by supply and demand, the current performance of
the index or other reference asset, and the credit rating of the ETN issuer. The
market value of ETN shares may differ from their intraday indicative value. The
value of an ETN may also change due to a change in the issuer's credit rating.
As a result, there may be times when an ETN's share trades at a premium or
discount to its NAV. Some ETNs that use leverage in an effort to amplify the
returns of an underlying index or other reference asset can, at times, be
relatively illiquid and, thus, they may be difficult to purchase or sell at a
fair price. Leveraged ETNs may offer the potential for greater return, but the
potential for loss and speed at which losses can be realized also are
greater.
Exposure
to Foreign and Emerging Markets. Foreign
securities, foreign currencies, and securities issued by U.S. entities with
substantial foreign operations may involve significant risks in addition to the
risks inherent in U.S. investments.
Foreign
investments involve risks relating to local political, economic, regulatory, or
social instability, military action or unrest, or adverse diplomatic
developments, and may be affected by actions of foreign governments adverse to
the interests of U.S. investors. Such actions may include expropriation or
nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on U.S.
investment or on the ability to repatriate assets or convert currency into U.S.
dollars, or other government intervention. From time to time, a fund's adviser
and/or its affiliates may determine that, as a result of regulatory requirements
that may apply to the adviser and/or its affiliates due to investments in a
particular country, investments in the securities of issuers domiciled or listed
on trading markets in that country above certain thresholds (which may apply at
the account level or in the aggregate across all accounts managed by the adviser
and its affiliates) may be impractical or undesirable. In such instances, the
adviser may limit or exclude investment in a particular issuer, and investment
flexibility may be restricted. Additionally, governmental issuers of foreign
debt securities may be unwilling to pay interest and repay principal when due
and may require that the conditions for payment be renegotiated. There is no
assurance that a fund's adviser will be able to anticipate these potential
events or counter their effects. In addition, the value of securities
denominated in foreign currencies and of dividends and interest paid with
respect to such securities will fluctuate based on the relative strength of the
U.S. dollar.
It
is anticipated that in most cases the best available market for foreign
securities will be on an exchange or in over-the-counter (OTC) markets located
outside of the United States. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and
sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the United States,
and securities of some foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile than
securities of comparable U.S. issuers. Foreign security trading, settlement and
custodial practices (including those involving securities settlement where fund
assets may be released prior to receipt of payment) are often less developed
than those in U.S. markets, and may result in increased investment or valuation
risk or substantial delays in the event of a failed trade or the insolvency of,
or breach of duty by, a foreign broker-dealer, securities depository, or foreign
subcustodian. In addition, the costs associated with foreign investments,
including withholding taxes, brokerage commissions, and custodial costs, are
generally higher than with U.S. investments.
Foreign
markets may offer less protection to investors than U.S. markets. Foreign
issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial
reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable
to U.S. issuers. Adequate public information on foreign issuers may not be
available, and it may be difficult to secure dividends and information regarding
corporate actions on a timely basis. In general, there is less overall
governmental supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, brokers, and
listed companies than in the United States. OTC markets tend to be less
regulated than stock exchange markets and, in certain countries, may be totally
unregulated. Regulatory enforcement may be influenced by economic or political
concerns, and investors may have difficulty enforcing their legal rights in
foreign countries.
Some
foreign securities impose restrictions on transfer within the United States or
to U.S. persons. Although securities subject to such transfer restrictions may
be marketable abroad, they may be less liquid than foreign securities of the
same class that are not subject to such restrictions.
American
Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as well as other "hybrid" forms of ADRs, including
European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), are
certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These
certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an
established market in the United States or elsewhere. The underlying shares are
held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution in the
issuer's home country. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the
underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services,
including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. ADRs are
alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their
national markets and currencies. However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of
the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. These risks
include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the
underlying issuer's country.
The
risks of foreign investing may be magnified for investments in emerging markets.
Security prices in emerging markets can be significantly more volatile than
those in more developed markets, reflecting the greater uncertainties of
investing in less established markets and economies. In particular, countries
with emerging markets may have relatively unstable governments, may present the
risks of nationalization of businesses, restrictions on foreign ownership and
prohibitions on the repatriation of assets, and may have less protection of
property rights than more developed countries. The economies of countries with
emerging markets may be based on only a few industries, may be highly vulnerable
to changes in local or global trade conditions, and may suffer from extreme and
volatile debt burdens or inflation rates. Local securities markets may trade a
small number of securities and may be unable to respond effectively to increases
in trading volume, potentially making prompt liquidation of holdings difficult
or impossible at times.
Foreign
Currency Transactions. A
fund may conduct foreign currency transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) or forward
basis (i.e., by entering into forward contracts to purchase or sell foreign
currencies). Although foreign exchange dealers generally do not charge a fee for
such conversions, they do realize a profit based on the difference between the
prices at which they are buying and selling various currencies. Thus, a dealer
may offer to sell a foreign currency at one rate, while offering a lesser rate
of exchange should the counterparty desire to resell that currency to the
dealer. Forward contracts are customized transactions that require a specific
amount of a currency to be delivered at a specific exchange rate on a specific
date or range of dates in the future. Forward contracts are generally traded in
an interbank market directly between currency traders (usually large commercial
banks) and their customers. The parties to a forward contract may agree to
offset or terminate the contract before its maturity, or may hold the contract
to maturity and complete the contemplated currency exchange.
The
following discussion summarizes the principal currency management strategies
involving forward contracts that could be used by a fund. A fund may also use
swap agreements, indexed securities, and options and futures contracts relating
to foreign currencies for the same purposes. Forward contracts not calling for
physical delivery of the underlying instrument will be settled through cash
payments rather than through delivery of the underlying currency. All of these
instruments and transactions are subject to the risk that the counterparty will
default.
A
"settlement hedge" or "transaction hedge" is designed to protect a fund against
an adverse change in foreign currency values between the date a security
denominated in a foreign currency is purchased or sold and the date on which
payment is made or received. Entering into a forward contract for the purchase
or sale of the amount of foreign currency involved in an underlying security
transaction for a fixed amount of U.S. dollars "locks in" the U.S. dollar price
of the security. Forward contracts to purchase or sell a foreign currency may
also be used to protect a fund in anticipation of future purchases or sales of
securities denominated in foreign currency, even if the specific investments
have not yet been selected.
A
fund may also use forward contracts to hedge against a decline in the value of
existing investments denominated in a foreign currency. For example, if a fund
owned securities denominated in pounds sterling, it could enter into a forward
contract to sell pounds sterling in return for U.S. dollars to hedge against
possible declines in the pound's value. Such a hedge, sometimes referred to as a
"position hedge," would tend to offset both positive and negative currency
fluctuations, but would not offset changes in security values caused by other
factors. A fund could also attempt to hedge the position by selling another
currency expected to perform similarly to the pound sterling. This type of
hedge, sometimes referred to as a "proxy hedge," could offer advantages in terms
of cost, yield, or efficiency, but generally would not hedge currency exposure
as effectively as a direct hedge into U.S. dollars. Proxy hedges may result in
losses if the currency used to hedge does not perform similarly to the currency
in which the hedged securities are denominated.
A
fund may enter into forward contracts to shift its investment exposure from one
currency into another. This may include shifting exposure from U.S. dollars to a
foreign currency, or from one foreign currency to another foreign currency. This
type of strategy, sometimes known as a "cross-hedge," will tend to reduce or
eliminate exposure to the currency that is sold, and increase exposure to the
currency that is purchased, much as if a fund had sold a security denominated in
one currency and purchased an equivalent security denominated in another. A fund
may cross-hedge its U.S. dollar exposure in order to achieve a representative
weighted mix of the major currencies in its benchmark index and/or to cover an
underweight country or region exposure in its portfolio. Cross-hedges protect
against losses resulting from a decline in the hedged currency, but will cause a
fund to assume the risk of fluctuations in the value of the currency it
purchases.
Successful
use of currency management strategies will depend on an adviser's skill in
analyzing currency values. Currency management strategies may substantially
change a fund's investment exposure to changes in currency exchange rates and
could result in losses to a fund if currencies do not perform as an adviser
anticipates. For example, if a currency's value rose at a time when a fund had
hedged its position by selling that currency in exchange for dollars, the fund
would not participate in the currency's appreciation. If a fund hedges currency
exposure through proxy hedges, the fund could realize currency losses from both
the hedge and the security position if the two currencies do not move in tandem.
Similarly, if a fund increases its exposure to a foreign currency and that
currency's value declines, the fund will realize a loss. Foreign currency
transactions involve the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be
accurately predicted and that a fund's hedging strategies will be ineffective.
Moreover, it is impossible to precisely forecast the market value of portfolio
securities at the expiration of a foreign currency forward contract.
Accordingly, a fund may be required to buy or sell additional currency on the
spot market (and bear the expenses of such transaction), if an adviser's
predictions regarding the movement of foreign currency or securities markets
prove inaccurate.
A
fund may be required to limit its hedging transactions in foreign currency
forwards, futures, and options in order to maintain its classification as a
"regulated investment company" under the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Hedging
transactions could result in the application of the mark-to-market provisions of
the Code, which may cause an increase (or decrease) in the amount of taxable
dividends paid by a fund and could affect whether dividends paid by a fund are
classified as capital gains or ordinary income. There is no assurance that an
adviser's use of currency management strategies will be advantageous to a fund
or that it will employ currency management strategies at appropriate
times.
Options
and Futures Relating to Foreign Currencies. Currency
futures contracts are similar to forward currency exchange contracts, except
that they are traded on exchanges (and have margin requirements) and are
standardized as to contract size and delivery date. Most currency futures
contracts call for payment or delivery in U.S. dollars. The underlying
instrument of a currency option may be a foreign currency, which generally is
purchased or delivered in exchange for U.S. dollars, or may be a futures
contract. The purchaser of a currency call obtains the right to purchase the
underlying currency, and the purchaser of a currency put obtains the right to
sell the underlying currency.
The
uses and risks of currency options and futures are similar to options and
futures relating to securities or indexes, as discussed below. A fund may
purchase and sell currency futures and may purchase and write currency options
to increase or decrease its exposure to different foreign currencies. Currency
options may also be purchased or written in conjunction with each other or with
currency futures or forward contracts. Currency futures and options values can
be expected to correlate with exchange rates, but may not reflect other factors
that affect the value of a fund's investments. A currency hedge, for example,
should protect a Yen-denominated security from a decline in the Yen, but will
not protect a fund against a price decline resulting from deterioration in the
issuer's creditworthiness. Because the value of a fund's foreign-denominated
investments changes in response to many factors other than exchange rates, it
may not be possible to match the amount of currency options and futures to the
value of the fund's investments exactly over time.
Currency
options traded on U.S. or other exchanges may be subject to position limits
which may limit the ability of the fund to reduce foreign currency risk using
such options.
Funds
of Funds and Other Large Shareholders. Certain
Fidelity ®
funds
and accounts (including funds of funds) invest in other funds ("underlying
funds") and, as a result, may at times have substantial investments in one or
more underlying funds.
An
underlying fund may experience large redemptions or investments due to
transactions in its shares by funds of funds, other large shareholders, or
similarly managed accounts. While it is impossible to predict the overall effect
of these transactions over time, there could be an adverse impact on an
underlying fund's performance. In the event of such redemptions or investments,
an underlying fund could be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a
time when it may not otherwise desire to do so. Such transactions may increase
an underlying fund's brokerage and/or other transaction costs and affect the
liquidity of a fund's portfolio. In addition, when funds of funds or other
investors own a substantial portion of an underlying fund's shares, a large
redemption by such an investor could cause actual expenses to increase, or could
result in the underlying fund's current expenses being allocated over a smaller
asset base, leading to an increase in the underlying fund's expense ratio.
Redemptions of underlying fund shares could also accelerate the realization of
taxable capital gains in the fund if sales of securities result in capital
gains. The impact of these transactions is likely to be greater when a fund of
funds or other significant investor purchases, redeems, or owns a substantial
portion of the underlying fund's shares.
When
possible, Fidelity will consider how to minimize these potential adverse
effects, and may take such actions as it deems appropriate to address potential
adverse effects, including redemption of shares in-kind rather than in cash or
carrying out the transactions over a period of time, although there can be no
assurance that such actions will be successful. A high volume of redemption
requests can impact an underlying fund the same way as the transactions of a
single shareholder with substantial investments. As an additional safeguard,
Fidelity ®
fund
of funds may manage the placement of their redemption requests in a manner
designed to minimize the impact of such requests on the day-to-day operations of
the underlying funds in which they invest. This may involve, for example,
redeeming its shares of an underlying fund gradually over time.
Funds'
Rights as Investors. Fidelity
®
funds
do not intend to direct or administer the day-to-day operations of any company.
A fund may, however, exercise its rights as a shareholder or lender and may
communicate its views on important matters of policy to a company's management,
board of directors, and shareholders, and holders of a company's other
securities when such matters could have a significant effect on the value of the
fund's investment in the company. The activities in which a fund may engage,
either individually or in conjunction with others, may include, among others,
supporting or opposing proposed changes in a company's corporate structure or
business activities; seeking changes in a company's directors or management;
seeking changes in a company's direction or policies; seeking the sale or
reorganization of the company or a portion of its assets; supporting or opposing
third-party takeover efforts; supporting the filing of a bankruptcy petition; or
foreclosing on collateral securing a security. This area of corporate activity
is increasingly prone to litigation and it is possible that a fund could be
involved in lawsuits related to such activities. Such activities will be
monitored with a view to mitigating, to the extent possible, the risk of
litigation against a fund and the risk of actual liability if a fund is involved
in litigation. No guarantee can be made, however, that litigation against a fund
will not be undertaken or liabilities incurred. A fund's proxy voting guidelines
are included in its SAI.
Futures,
Options, and Swaps. The
success of any strategy involving futures, options, and swaps depends on an
adviser's analysis of many economic and mathematical factors and a fund's return
may be higher if it never invested in such instruments. Additionally, some of
the contracts discussed below are new instruments without a trading history and
there can be no assurance that a market for the instruments will continue to
exist. Government legislation or regulation could affect the use of such
instruments and could limit a fund's ability to pursue its investment
strategies. If a fund invests a significant portion of its assets in
derivatives, its investment exposure could far exceed the value of its portfolio
securities and its investment performance could be primarily dependent upon
securities it does not own.
The
requirements for qualification as a regulated investment company may limit the
extent to which a fund may enter into futures, options on futures, and forward
contracts.
Futures
Contracts. In
purchasing a futures contract, the buyer agrees to purchase a specified
underlying instrument at a specified future date. In selling a futures contract,
the seller agrees to sell a specified underlying instrument at a specified date.
Futures contracts are standardized, exchange-traded contracts and the price at
which the purchase and sale will take place is fixed when the buyer and seller
enter into the contract. Some currently available futures contracts are based on
specific securities or baskets of securities, some are based on commodities or
commodities indexes (for funds that seek commodities exposure), and some are
based on indexes of securities prices (including foreign indexes for funds that
seek foreign exposure). In addition, some currently available futures contracts
are based on Eurodollars. Positions in Eurodollar futures reflect market
expectations of forward levels of three-month London Interbank Offered Rate
(LIBOR) rates. Futures on indexes and futures not calling for physical delivery
of the underlying instrument will be settled through cash payments rather than
through delivery of the underlying instrument. Futures can be held until their
delivery dates, or can be closed out by offsetting purchases or sales of futures
contracts before then if a liquid market is available. A fund may realize a gain
or loss by closing out its futures contracts.
The
value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the
value of its underlying instrument. Therefore, purchasing futures contracts will
tend to increase a fund's exposure to positive and negative price fluctuations
in the underlying instrument, much as if it had purchased the underlying
instrument directly. When a fund sells a futures contract, by contrast, the
value of its futures position will tend to move in a direction contrary to the
market for the underlying instrument. Selling futures contracts, therefore, will
tend to offset both positive and negative market price changes, much as if the
underlying instrument had been sold.
The
purchaser or seller of a futures contract or an option for a futures contract is
not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument or the final cash
settlement price, as applicable, unless the contract is held until the delivery
date. However, both the purchaser and seller are required to deposit "initial
margin" with a futures broker, known as a futures commission merchant, when the
contract is entered into. If the value of either party's position declines, that
party will be required to make additional "variation margin" payments to settle
the change in value on a daily basis. This process of "marking to market" will
be reflected in the daily calculation of open positions computed in a fund's
NAV. The party that has a gain is entitled to receive all or a portion of this
amount. Initial and variation margin payments do not constitute purchasing
securities on margin for purposes of a fund's investment limitations. Variation
margin does not represent a borrowing or loan by a fund, but is instead a
settlement between a fund and the futures commission merchant of the amount one
would owe the other if the fund's contract expired. In the event of the
bankruptcy or insolvency of a futures commission merchant that holds margin on
behalf of a fund, the fund may be entitled to return of margin owed to it only
in proportion to the amount received by the futures commission merchant's other
customers, potentially resulting in losses to the fund.
Although
futures exchanges generally operate similarly in the United States and abroad,
foreign futures exchanges may follow trading, settlement, and margin procedures
that are different from those for U.S. exchanges. Futures contracts traded
outside the United States may not involve a clearing mechanism or related
guarantees and may involve greater risk of loss than U.S.-traded contracts,
including potentially greater risk of losses due to insolvency of a futures
broker, exchange member, or other party that may owe initial or variation margin
to a fund. Because initial and variation margin payments may be measured in
foreign currency, a futures contract traded outside the United States may also
involve the risk of foreign currency fluctuation.
There
is no assurance a liquid market will exist for any particular futures contract
at any particular time. Exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation limits
for futures contracts, and may halt trading if a contract's price moves upward
or downward more than the limit in a given day. On volatile trading days when
the price fluctuation limit is reached or a trading halt is imposed, it may be
impossible to enter into new positions or close out existing positions. The
daily limit governs only price movements during a particular trading day and
therefore does not limit potential losses because the limit may work to prevent
the liquidation of unfavorable positions. For example, futures prices have
occasionally moved to the daily limit for several consecutive trading days with
little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of positions and
subjecting some holders of futures contracts to substantial losses.
If
the market for a contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or
other market conditions, it could prevent prompt liquidation of unfavorable
positions, and potentially could require a fund to continue to hold a position
until delivery or expiration regardless of changes in its value. These risks may
be heightened for commodity futures contracts, which have historically been
subject to greater price volatility than exists for instruments such as stocks
and bonds.
Because
there are a limited number of types of exchange-traded futures contracts, it is
likely that the standardized contracts available will not match a fund's current
or anticipated investments exactly. A fund may invest in futures contracts based
on securities with different issuers, maturities, or other characteristics from
the securities in which the fund typically invests, which involves a risk that
the futures position will not track the performance of the fund's other
investments.
Futures
prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if
the underlying instruments match a fund's investments well. Futures prices are
affected by such factors as current and anticipated short-term interest rates,
changes in volatility of the underlying instrument, and the time remaining until
expiration of the contract, which may not affect security prices the same way.
Imperfect correlation may also result from differing levels of demand in the
futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences in how
futures and securities are traded, or from imposition of daily price fluctuation
limits or trading halts. A fund may purchase or sell futures contracts with a
greater or lesser value than the securities it wishes to hedge or intends to
purchase in order to attempt to compensate for differences in volatility between
the contract and the securities, although this may not be successful in all
cases. If price changes in a fund's futures positions are poorly correlated with
its other investments, the positions may fail to produce anticipated gains or
result in losses that are not offset by gains in other investments.
In addition, the price of a commodity futures contract can reflect the
storage costs associated with the purchase of the physical commodity.
Futures
contracts on U.S. Government securities historically have reacted to an increase
or decrease in interest rates in a manner similar to the manner in which the
underlying U.S. Government securities reacted. To the extent, however, that a
fund enters into such futures contracts, the value of these futures contracts
will not vary in direct proportion to the value of the fund's holdings of U.S.
Government securities. Thus, the anticipated spread between the price of the
futures contract and the hedged security may be distorted due to differences in
the nature of the markets. The spread also may be distorted by differences in
initial and variation margin requirements, the liquidity of such markets and the
participation of speculators in such markets.
Options.
By
purchasing a put option, the purchaser obtains the right (but not the
obligation) to sell the option's underlying instrument at a fixed strike price.
In return for this right, the purchaser pays the current market price for the
option (known as the option premium). Options have various types of underlying
instruments, including specific assets or securities, baskets of assets or
securities, indexes of securities or commodities prices, and futures contracts
(including commodity futures contracts). Options may be traded on an exchange or
OTC. The purchaser may terminate its position in a put option by allowing it to
expire or by exercising the option. If the option is allowed to expire, the
purchaser will lose the entire premium. If the option is exercised, the
purchaser completes the sale of the underlying instrument at the strike price.
Depending on the terms of the contract, upon exercise, an option may require
physical delivery of the underlying instrument or may be settled through cash
payments. A purchaser may also terminate a put option position by closing it out
in the secondary market at its current price, if a liquid secondary market
exists.
The
buyer of a typical put option can expect to realize a gain if the underlying
instrument's price falls substantially. However, if the underlying instrument's
price does not fall enough to offset the cost of purchasing the option, a put
buyer can expect to suffer a loss (limited to the amount of the premium, plus
related transaction costs).
The
features of call options are essentially the same as those of put options,
except that the purchaser of a call option obtains the right (but not the
obligation) to purchase, rather than sell, the underlying instrument at the
option's strike price. A call buyer typically attempts to participate in
potential price increases of the underlying instrument with risk limited to the
cost of the option if the underlying instrument's price falls. At the same time,
the buyer can expect to suffer a loss if the underlying instrument's price does
not rise sufficiently to offset the cost of the option.
The
writer of a put or call option takes the opposite side of the transaction from
the option's purchaser. In return for receipt of the premium, the writer assumes
the obligation to pay or receive the strike price for the option's underlying
instrument if the other party to the option chooses to exercise it. The writer
may seek to terminate a position in a put option before exercise by closing out
the option in the secondary market at its current price. If the secondary market
is not liquid for a put option, however, the writer must continue to be prepared
to pay the strike price while the option is outstanding, regardless of price
changes. When writing an option on a futures contract, a fund will be required
to make margin payments to a futures commission merchant as described above for
futures contracts.
If
the underlying instrument's price rises, a put writer would generally expect to
profit, although its gain would be limited to the amount of the premium it
received. If the underlying instrument's price remains the same over time, it is
likely that the writer will also profit, because it should be able to close out
the option at a lower price. If the underlying instrument's price falls, the put
writer would expect to suffer a loss. This loss should be less than the loss
from purchasing the underlying instrument directly, however, because the premium
received for writing the option should mitigate the effects of the
decline.
Writing
a call option obligates the writer to sell or deliver the option's underlying
instrument or make a net cash settlement payment, as applicable, in return for
the strike price, upon exercise of the option. The characteristics of writing
call options are similar to those of writing put options, except that writing
calls generally is a profitable strategy if prices remain the same or fall.
Through receipt of the option premium, a call writer should mitigate the effects
of a price increase. At the same time, because a call writer must be prepared to
deliver the underlying instrument or make a net cash settlement payment, as
applicable, in return for the strike price, even if its current value is
greater, a call writer gives up some ability to participate in price increases
and, if a call writer does not hold the underlying instrument, a call writer's
loss is theoretically unlimited.
Where
a put or call option on a particular security is purchased to hedge against
price movements in a related security, the price to close out the put or call
option on the secondary market may move more or less than the price of the
related security.
There
is no assurance a liquid market will exist for any particular options contract
at any particular time. Options may have relatively low trading volume and
liquidity if their strike prices are not close to the underlying instrument's
current price. In addition, exchanges may establish daily price fluctuation
limits for exchange-traded options contracts, and may halt trading if a
contract's price moves upward or downward more than the limit in a given day. On
volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit is reached or a trading
halt is imposed, it may be impossible to enter into new positions or close out
existing positions. If the market for a contract is not liquid because of price
fluctuation limits or otherwise, it could prevent prompt liquidation of
unfavorable positions, and potentially could require a fund to continue to hold
a position until delivery or expiration regardless of changes in its
value.
Unlike
exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying
instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC
options (options not traded on exchanges) generally are established through
negotiation with the other party to the option contract. While this type of
arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an
option to its needs, OTC options generally are less liquid and involve greater
credit risk than exchange-traded options, which are backed by the clearing
organization of the exchanges where they are traded.
Combined
positions involve purchasing and writing options in combination with each other,
or in combination with futures or forward contracts, to adjust the risk and
return characteristics of the overall position. For example, purchasing a put
option and writing a call option on the same underlying instrument would
construct a combined position whose risk and return characteristics are similar
to selling a futures contract. Another possible combined position would involve
writing a call option at one strike price and buying a call option at a lower
price, to reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a
substantial price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple
trades, they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to
open and close out.
A
fund may also buy and sell options on swaps (swaptions), which are generally
options on interest rate swaps. An option on a swap gives a party the right (but
not the obligation) to enter into a new swap agreement or to extend, shorten,
cancel or modify an existing contract at a specific date in the future in
exchange for a premium. Depending on the terms of the particular option
agreement, a fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it writes
(sells) an option on a swap than it will incur when it purchases an option on a
swap. When a fund purchases an option on a swap, it risks losing only the amount
of the premium it has paid should it decide to let the option expire
unexercised. However, when a fund writes an option on a swap, upon exercise of
the option the fund will become obligated according to the terms of the
underlying agreement. A fund that writes an option on a swap receives the
premium and bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the preset rate on the
underlying interest rate swap. Whether a fund's use of options on swaps will be
successful in furthering its investment objective will depend on the adviser's
ability to predict correctly whether certain types of investments are likely to
produce greater returns than other investments. Options on swaps may involve
risks similar to those discussed below in "Swap Agreements."
Because
there are a limited number of types of exchange-traded options contracts, it is
likely that the standardized contracts available will not match a fund's current
or anticipated investments exactly. A fund may invest in options contracts based
on securities with different issuers, maturities, or other characteristics from
the securities in which the fund typically invests, which involves a risk that
the options position will not track the performance of the fund's other
investments.
Options
prices can also diverge from the prices of their underlying instruments, even if
the underlying instruments match a fund's investments well. Options prices are
affected by such factors as current and anticipated short-term interest rates,
changes in volatility of the underlying instrument, and the time remaining until
expiration of the contract, which may not affect security prices the same way.
Imperfect correlation may also result from differing levels of demand in the
options and futures markets and the securities markets, from structural
differences in how options and futures and securities are traded, or from
imposition of daily price fluctuation limits or trading halts. A fund may
purchase or sell options contracts with a greater or lesser value than the
securities it wishes to hedge or intends to purchase in order to attempt to
compensate for differences in volatility between the contract and the
securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price changes
in a fund's options positions are poorly correlated with its other investments,
the positions may fail to produce anticipated gains or result in losses that are
not offset by gains in other investments.
Swap
Agreements. Swap
agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional
investors. Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants
that are members of central clearinghouses with the clearinghouse serving as a
central counterparty similar to transactions in futures contracts. In a standard
"swap" transaction, two parties agree to exchange one or more payments based,
for example, on the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or
realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments (such as
securities, commodities, indexes, or other financial or economic interests). The
gross payments to be exchanged between the parties are calculated with respect
to a notional amount, which is the predetermined dollar principal of the trade
representing the hypothetical underlying quantity upon which payment obligations
are computed.
Swap
agreements can take many different forms and are known by a variety of names,
including interest rate swaps (where the parties exchange a floating rate for a
fixed rate), asset swaps (e.g., where parties combine the purchase or sale of a
bond with an interest rate swap), total return swaps, and credit default swaps.
Depending on how they are used, swap agreements may increase or decrease the
overall volatility of a fund's investments and its share price and, if
applicable, its yield. Swap agreements are subject to liquidity risk, meaning
that a fund may be unable to sell a swap contract to a third party at a
favorable price. Certain standardized swap transactions are currently subject to
mandatory central clearing or may be eligible for voluntary central clearing.
Central clearing is expected to decrease counterparty risk and increase
liquidity compared to uncleared swaps because central clearing interposes the
central clearinghouse as the counterpart to each participant's swap. However,
central clearing does not eliminate counterparty risk or illiquidity risk
entirely. In addition depending on the size of a fund and other factors, the
margin required under the rules of a clearinghouse and by a clearing member
futures commission merchant may be in excess of the collateral required to be
posted by a fund to support its obligations under a similar uncleared swap.
However, regulators have adopted rules imposing certain margin requirements,
including minimums, on certain uncleared swaps which could reduce the
distinction.
A
total return swap is a contract whereby one party agrees to make a series of
payments to another party based on the change in the market value of the assets
underlying such contract (which can include a security or other instrument,
commodity, index or baskets thereof) during the specified period. In exchange,
the other party to the contract agrees to make a series of payments calculated
by reference to an interest rate and/or some other agreed-upon amount (including
the change in market value of other underlying assets). A fund may use total
return swaps to gain exposure to an asset without owning it or taking physical
custody of it. For example, a fund investing in total return commodity swaps
will receive the price appreciation of a commodity, commodity index or portion
thereof in exchange for payment of an agreed-upon fee.
In
a credit default swap, the credit default protection buyer makes periodic
payments, known as premiums, to the credit default protection seller. In return
the credit default protection seller will make a payment to the credit default
protection buyer upon the occurrence of a specified credit event. A credit
default swap can refer to a single issuer or asset, a basket of issuers or
assets or index of assets, each known as the reference entity or underlying
asset. A fund may act as either the buyer or the seller of a credit default
swap. A fund may buy or sell credit default protection on a basket of issuers or
assets, even if a number of the underlying assets referenced in the basket are
lower-quality debt securities. In an unhedged credit default swap, a fund buys
credit default protection on a single issuer or asset, a basket of issuers or
assets or index of assets without owning the underlying asset or debt issued by
the reference entity. Credit default swaps involve greater and different risks
than investing directly in the referenced asset, because, in addition to market
risk, credit default swaps include liquidity, counterparty and operational
risk.
Credit
default swaps allow a fund to acquire or reduce credit exposure to a particular
issuer, asset or basket of assets. If a swap agreement calls for payments by a
fund, the fund must be prepared to make such payments when due. If a fund is the
credit default protection seller, the fund will experience a loss if a credit
event occurs and the credit of the reference entity or underlying asset has
deteriorated. If a fund is the credit default protection buyer, the fund will be
required to pay premiums to the credit default protection seller. In the case of
a physically settled credit default swap in which a fund is the protection
seller, the fund must be prepared to pay par for and take possession of debt of
a defaulted issuer delivered to the fund by the credit default protection buyer.
Any loss would be offset by the premium payments the fund receives as the seller
of credit default protection.
If
the creditworthiness of a fund's swap counterparty declines, the risk that the
counterparty may not perform could increase, potentially resulting in a loss to
the fund. To limit the counterparty risk involved in swap agreements, a
Fidelity ®
fund
will enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain
standards of creditworthiness. This risk for cleared swaps is generally lower
than for uncleared swaps since the counterparty is a clearinghouse, but there
can be no assurance that a clearinghouse or its members will satisfy its
obligations. Although there can be no assurance that a fund will be able to do
so, a fund may be able to reduce or eliminate its exposure under a swap
agreement either by assignment or other disposition, or by entering into an
offsetting swap agreement with the same party or another creditworthy party. A
fund may have limited ability to eliminate its exposure under a credit default
swap if the credit of the reference entity or underlying asset has
declined.
A
fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap
agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement
counterparty. A fund would generally be required to provide margin or collateral
for the benefit of that counterparty. If a counterparty to a swap transaction
becomes insolvent, the fund may be limited temporarily or permanently in
exercising its right to the return of related fund assets designated as margin
or collateral in an action against the counterparty.
Swap
agreements are subject to the risk that the market value of the instrument will
change in a way detrimental to a fund's interest. A fund bears the risk that an
adviser will not accurately forecast market trends or the values of assets,
reference rates, indexes, or other economic factors in establishing swap
positions for a fund. If an adviser attempts to use a swap as a hedge against,
or as a substitute for, a portfolio investment, a fund may be exposed to the
risk that the swap will have or will develop imperfect or no correlation with
the portfolio investment, which could cause substantial losses for a fund. While
hedging strategies involving swap instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they
can also reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting
favorable price movements in other fund investments. Swaps are complex and often
valued subjectively.
Hybrid
and Preferred Securities. A
hybrid security may be a debt security, warrant, convertible security,
certificate of deposit or other evidence of indebtedness on which the value of
the interest on or principal of which is determined by reference to changes in
the value of a reference instrument or financial strength of a reference entity
(e.g., a security or other financial instrument, asset, currency, interest rate,
commodity, index, or business entity such as a financial institution). Another
example is contingent convertible securities, which are fixed income securities
that, under certain circumstances, either convert into common stock of the
issuer or undergo a principal write-down by a predetermined percentage if the
issuer's capital ratio falls below a predetermined trigger level. The
liquidation value of such a security may be reduced upon a regulatory action and
without the need for a bankruptcy proceeding. Preferred securities may take the
form of preferred stock and represent an equity or ownership interest in an
issuer that pays dividends at a specified rate and that has precedence over
common stock in the payment of dividends. In the event an issuer is liquidated
or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds generally take precedence
over the claims of those who own preferred and common stock.
The
risks of investing in hybrid and preferred securities reflect a combination of
the risks of investing in securities, options, futures and currencies. An
investment in a hybrid or preferred security may entail significant risks that
are not associated with a similar investment in a traditional debt or equity
security. The risks of a particular hybrid or preferred security will depend
upon the terms of the instrument, but may include the possibility of significant
changes in the value of any applicable reference instrument. Such risks may
depend upon factors unrelated to the operations or credit quality of the issuer
of the hybrid or preferred security. Hybrid and preferred securities are
potentially more volatile and carry greater market and liquidity risks than
traditional debt or equity securities. Also, the price of the hybrid or
preferred security and any applicable reference instrument may not move in the
same direction or at the same time. In addition, because hybrid and preferred
securities may be traded over-the-counter or in bilateral transactions with the
issuer of the security, hybrid and preferred securities may be subject to the
creditworthiness of the counterparty of the security and their values may
decline substantially if the counterparty's creditworthiness deteriorates. In
addition, uncertainty regarding the tax and regulatory treatment of hybrid and
preferred securities may reduce demand for such securities and tax and
regulatory considerations may limit the extent of a fund's investments in
certain hybrid and preferred securities.
Illiquid
Investments means
any investment that cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions
in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly
changing the market value of the investment. Difficulty in selling or disposing
of illiquid investments may result in a loss or may be costly to a fund.
Illiquid securities may include (1) repurchase agreements maturing in more than
seven days without demand/redemption features, (2) OTC options and certain other
derivatives, (3) private placements, (4) securities traded on markets and
exchanges with structural constraints, and (5) loan participations.
Under
the supervision of the Board of Trustees, a Fidelity ®
fund's
adviser classifies the liquidity of the fund's investments and monitors the
extent of funds' illiquid investments.
Various
market, trading and investment-specific factors may be considered in determining
the liquidity of a fund's investments including, but not limited to (1) the
existence of an active trading market, (2) the nature of the security and the
market in which it trades, (3) the number, diversity, and quality of dealers and
prospective purchasers in the marketplace, (4) the frequency, volume, and
volatility of trade and price quotations, (5) bid-ask spreads, (6) dates of
issuance and maturity, (7) demand, put or tender features, and (8) restrictions
on trading or transferring the investment.
Fidelity
classifies certain investments as illiquid based upon these criteria. Fidelity
also monitors for certain market, trading and investment-specific events that
may cause Fidelity to re-evaluate an investment's liquidity status and may lead
to an investment being classified as illiquid. In addition, Fidelity uses a
third-party to assist with the liquidity classifications of the fund's
investments, which includes calculating the time to sell and settle a specified
size position in a particular investment without the sale significantly changing
the market value of the investment.
Increasing
Government Debt. The
total public debt of the United States and other countries around the globe as a
percent of gross domestic product has grown rapidly since the beginning of the
2008 financial downturn. Although high debt levels do not necessarily indicate
or cause economic problems, they may create certain systemic risks if sound debt
management practices are not implemented.
A
high national debt level may increase market pressures to meet government
funding needs, which may drive debt cost higher and cause a country to sell
additional debt, thereby increasing refinancing risk. A high national debt also
raises concerns that a government will not be able to make principal or interest
payments when they are due. In the worst case, unsustainable debt levels can
decline the valuation of currencies, and can prevent a government from
implementing effective counter-cyclical fiscal policy in economic
downturns.
On
August 5, 2011, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its long-term
sovereign credit rating on the United States one level to "AA+" from "AAA."
While Standard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed the United States'
short-term sovereign credit rating as "A-1+," there is no guarantee that
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services will not decide to lower this rating in
the future. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services stated that its decision was
prompted by its view on the rising public debt burden and its perception of
greater policymaking uncertainty. The market prices and yields of securities
supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government may be adversely
affected by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services decisions to downgrade the
long-term sovereign credit rating of the United States.
Indexed
Securities are
instruments whose prices are indexed to the prices of other securities,
securities indexes, or other financial indicators. Indexed securities typically,
but not always, are debt securities or deposits whose values at maturity or
coupon rates are determined by reference to a specific instrument, statistic, or
measure.
Indexed
securities also include commercial paper, certificates of deposit, and other
fixed-income securities whose values at maturity or coupon interest rates are
determined by reference to the returns of particular stock indexes. Indexed
securities can be affected by stock prices as well as changes in interest rates
and the creditworthiness of their issuers and may not track the indexes as
accurately as direct investments in the indexes.
Commodity-indexed
securities, for example, can be indexed to a commodities index such as the
Bloomberg Commodity Index.
Gold-indexed
securities typically provide for a maturity value that depends on the price of
gold, resulting in a security whose price tends to rise and fall together with
gold prices.
Currency-indexed
securities typically are short-term to intermediate-term debt securities whose
maturity values or interest rates are determined by reference to the values of
one or more specified foreign currencies, and may offer higher yields than U.S.
dollar-denominated securities. Currency-indexed securities may be positively or
negatively indexed; that is, their maturity value may increase when the
specified currency value increases, resulting in a security that performs
similarly to a foreign-denominated instrument, or their maturity value may
decline when foreign currencies increase, resulting in a security whose price
characteristics are similar to a put on the underlying currency.
Currency-indexed securities may also have prices that depend on the values of a
number of different foreign currencies relative to each other.
The
performance of indexed securities depends to a great extent on the performance
of the instrument or measure to which they are indexed, and may also be
influenced by interest rate changes in the United States and abroad. Indexed
securities may be more volatile than the underlying instruments or measures.
Indexed securities are also subject to the credit risks associated with the
issuer of the security, and their values may decline substantially if the
issuer's creditworthiness deteriorates. Recent issuers of indexed securities
have included banks, corporations, and certain U.S. Government agencies.
Fidelity
Asset Manager ®
70%
and Fidelity Asset Manager ®
85%
may purchase securities indexed to the price of precious metals as an
alternative to direct investment in precious metals. Because the value of these
securities is directly linked to the price of gold or other precious metals,
they involve risks and pricing characteristics similar to direct investments in
precious metals. A fund will purchase precious metals-indexed securities only
when its adviser is satisfied with the creditworthiness of the issuers liable
for payment. The securities generally will earn a nominal rate of interest while
held by a fund, and may have maturities of one year or more. In addition, the
securities may be subject to being put by a fund to the issuer, with payment to
be received on no more than seven days' notice. The put feature would ensure the
liquidity of the notes in the absence of an active secondary market.
Insolvency
of Issuers, Counterparties, and Intermediaries. Issuers
of fund portfolio securities or counterparties to fund transactions that become
insolvent or declare bankruptcy can pose special investment risks. In each
circumstance, risk of loss, valuation uncertainty, increased illiquidity, and
other unpredictable occurrences may negatively impact an investment. Each of
these risks may be amplified in foreign markets, where security trading,
settlement, and custodial practices can be less developed than those in the U.S.
markets, and bankruptcy laws differ from those of the U.S.
As
a general matter, if the issuer of a fund portfolio security is liquidated or
declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bonds and preferred stock have
priority over the claims of common stock owners. These events can negatively
impact the value of the issuer's securities and the results of related
proceedings can be unpredictable.
If
a counterparty to a fund transaction, such as a swap transaction, a short sale,
a borrowing, or other complex transaction becomes insolvent, the fund may be
limited in its ability to exercise rights to obtain the return of related fund
assets or in exercising other rights against the counterparty. Uncertainty may
also arise upon the insolvency of a securities or commodities intermediary such
as a broker-dealer or futures commission merchant with which a fund has pending
transactions. In addition, insolvency and liquidation proceedings take time to
resolve, which can limit or preclude a fund's ability to terminate a transaction
or obtain related assets or collateral in a timely fashion. If an intermediary
becomes insolvent, while securities positions and other holdings may be
protected by U.S. or foreign laws, it is sometimes difficult to determine
whether these protections are available to specific trades based on the
circumstances. Receiving the benefit of these protections can also take time to
resolve, which may result in illiquid positions.
Interfund
Borrowing and Lending Program. Pursuant
to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, a Fidelity ®
fund
may lend money to, and borrow money from, other funds advised by FMR or its
affiliates. A Fidelity ®
fund
will borrow through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than
the costs of bank loans. A Fidelity ®
fund
will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those
available from an investment in repurchase agreements. Interfund loans and
borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum duration of seven
days. Loans may be called on one day's notice. A Fidelity ®
fund
may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest rate if an interfund loan is
called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment to a lending fund could result in
a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
Investment-Grade
Debt Securities. Investment-grade
debt securities include all types of debt instruments that are of medium and
high-quality. Investment-grade debt securities include repurchase agreements
collateralized by U.S. Government securities as well as repurchase agreements
collateralized by equity securities, non-investment-grade debt, and all other
instruments in which a fund can perfect a security interest, provided the
repurchase agreement counterparty has an investment-grade rating. Some
investment-grade debt securities may possess speculative characteristics and may
be more sensitive to economic changes and to changes in the financial conditions
of issuers. An investment-grade rating means the security or issuer is rated
investment-grade by a credit rating agency registered as a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization (NRSRO) with the SEC (for example, Moody's
Investors Service, Inc.), or is unrated but considered to be of equivalent
quality by a fund's adviser. For purposes of determining the maximum maturity of
an investment-grade debt security, an adviser may take into account normal
settlement periods.
Loans
and Other Direct Debt Instruments. Direct
debt instruments are interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental, or
other borrower to lenders or lending syndicates (loans and loan participations),
to suppliers of goods or services (trade claims or other receivables), or to
other parties. Direct debt instruments involve a risk of loss in case of default
or insolvency of the borrower and may offer less legal protection to the
purchaser in the event of fraud or misrepresentation, or there may be a
requirement that a fund supply additional cash to a borrower on demand. A fund
may acquire loans by buying an assignment of all or a portion of the loan from a
lender or by purchasing a loan participation from a lender or other purchaser of
a participation. If permitted by its investment policies, a fund also may
originate or otherwise acquire loans directly at the time of the loan's
closing.
Lenders
and purchasers of loans and other forms of direct indebtedness depend primarily
upon the creditworthiness of the borrower and/or any collateral for payment of
interest and repayment of principal. If scheduled interest or principal payments
are not made, the value of the instrument may be adversely affected. Loans that
are fully secured provide more protections than an unsecured loan in the event
of failure to make scheduled interest or principal payments. However, there is
no assurance that the liquidation of collateral from a secured loan would
satisfy the borrower's obligation, or that the collateral could be liquidated.
Indebtedness of borrowers whose creditworthiness is poor involves substantially
greater risks and may be highly speculative. Different types of assets may be
used as collateral for a fund's loans and there can be no assurance that a fund
will correctly evaluate the value of the assets collateralizing the fund's
loans. Borrowers that are in bankruptcy or restructuring may never pay off their
indebtedness, or may pay only a small fraction of the amount owed. In any
restructuring or bankruptcy proceedings relating to a borrower funded by a fund,
a fund may be required to accept collateral with less value than the amount of
the loan made by the fund to the borrower. Direct indebtedness of foreign
countries also involves a risk that the governmental entities responsible for
the repayment of the debt may be unable, or unwilling, to pay interest and repay
principal when due.
Loans
and other types of direct indebtedness (which a fund may originate, acquire or
otherwise gain exposure to) may not be readily marketable and may be subject to
restrictions on resale. Some indebtedness may be difficult to dispose of readily
at what the Adviser believes to be a fair price. In addition, valuation of
illiquid indebtedness involves a greater degree of judgment in determining a
fund's net asset value than if that value were based on readily available market
quotations, and could result in significant variations in a fund's daily share
price. Some loan interests are traded among certain financial institutions and
accordingly may be deemed liquid. As the market for different types of
indebtedness develops, the liquidity of these instruments is expected to
improve.
Direct
lending and investments in loans through direct assignment of a financial
institution's interests with respect to a loan may involve additional risks. For
example, if a loan is foreclosed, the lender/purchaser could become part owner
of any collateral, and would bear the costs and liabilities associated with
owning and disposing of the collateral. In the event of a default by the
borrower, a fund may have difficulty disposing of the assets used as collateral
for a loan. In addition, a purchaser could be held liable as a co-lender. Direct
debt instruments may also involve a risk of insolvency of the lending bank or
other intermediary.
A
loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as
agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified
in the loan agreement. Unless, under the terms of the loan or other
indebtedness, the purchaser has direct recourse against the borrower, the
purchaser may have to rely on the agent to apply appropriate credit remedies
against a borrower. If assets held by the agent for the benefit of a purchaser
were determined to be subject to the claims of the agent's general creditors,
the purchaser might incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment on the
loan or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal or interest.
Direct loans are typically not administered by an underwriter or agent bank. The
terms of direct loans are negotiated with borrowers in private transactions.
Direct loans are not publicly traded and may not have a secondary market.
A
fund may seek to dispose of loans in certain cases, to the extent possible,
through selling participations in the loan. In that case, a fund would remain
subject to certain obligations, which may result in expenses for a fund and
certain additional risks.
Direct
indebtedness may include letters of credit, revolving credit facilities, or
other standby financing commitments that obligate lenders/purchasers, including
a fund, to make additional cash payments on demand. These commitments may have
the effect of requiring a lender/purchaser to increase its investment in a
borrower at a time when it would not otherwise have done so, even if the
borrower's condition makes it unlikely that the amount will ever be
repaid.
In
the process of originating, buying, selling and holding loans, a fund may
receive and/or pay certain fees. These fees are in addition to the interest
payments received and may include facility, closing or upfront fees, commitment
fees and commissions. A fund may receive or pay a facility, closing or upfront
fee when it buys or sells a loan. A fund may receive a commitment fee throughout
the life of the loan or as long as the fund remains invested in the loan (in
addition to interest payments) for any unused portion of a committed line of
credit. Other fees received by the fund may include prepayment fees, covenant
waiver fees, ticking fees and/or modification fees. Legal fees related to the
originating, buying, selling and holding loans may also be borne by the fund
(including legal fees to assess conformity of a loan investment with 1940 Act
provisions).
When
engaging in direct lending, if permitted by its investment policies, a fund's
performance may depend, in part, on the ability of the fund to originate loans
on advantageous terms. A fund may compete with other lenders in originating and
purchasing loans. Increased competition for, or a diminished available supply
of, qualifying loans could result in lower yields on and/or less advantageous
terms for such loans, which could reduce fund performance.
For
a Fidelity ®
fund
that limits the amount of total assets that it will invest in any one issuer or
in issuers within the same industry, the fund generally will treat the borrower
as the "issuer" of indebtedness held by the fund. In the case of loan
participations where a bank or other lending institution serves as financial
intermediary between a fund and the borrower, if the participation does not
shift to the fund the direct debtor-creditor relationship with the borrower, SEC
interpretations require a fund, in appropriate circumstances, to treat both the
lending bank or other lending institution and the borrower as "issuers" for
these purposes. Treating a financial intermediary as an issuer of indebtedness
may restrict a fund's ability to invest in indebtedness related to a single
financial intermediary, or a group of intermediaries engaged in the same
industry, even if the underlying borrowers represent many different companies
and industries.
A
fund may choose, at its expense or in conjunction with others, to pursue
litigation or otherwise to exercise its rights as a security holder to seek to
protect the interests of security holders if it determines this to be in the
best interest of the fund's shareholders.
If
permitted by its investment policies, a fund may also obtain exposure to the
lending activities described above indirectly through its investments in
underlying Fidelity funds or other vehicles that may engage in such activities
directly.
Lower-Quality
Debt Securities. Lower-quality
debt securities include all types of debt instruments that have poor protection
with respect to the payment of interest and repayment of principal, or may be in
default. These securities are often considered to be speculative and involve
greater risk of loss or price changes due to changes in the issuer's capacity to
pay. The market prices of lower-quality debt securities may fluctuate more than
those of higher-quality debt securities and may decline significantly in periods
of general economic difficulty, which may follow periods of rising interest
rates.
The
market for lower-quality debt securities may be thinner and less active than
that for higher-quality debt securities, which can adversely affect the prices
at which the former are sold. Adverse publicity and changing investor
perceptions may affect the liquidity of lower-quality debt securities and the
ability of outside pricing services to value lower-quality debt
securities.
Because
the risk of default is higher for lower-quality debt securities, research and
credit analysis are an especially important part of managing securities of this
type. Such analysis may focus on relative values based on factors such as
interest or dividend coverage, asset coverage, earnings prospects, and the
experience and managerial strength of the issuer, in an attempt to identify
those issuers of high-yielding securities whose financial condition is adequate
to meet future obligations, has improved, or is expected to improve in the
future.
A
fund may choose, at its expense or in conjunction with others, to pursue
litigation or otherwise to exercise its rights as a security holder to seek to
protect the interests of security holders if it determines this to be in the
best interest of the fund's shareholders.
Low
or Negative Yielding Securities. During
periods of very low or negative interest rates, a fund may be unable to maintain
positive returns. Interest rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world,
including Japan and some European countries, are at or near historically low
levels. Japan and those European countries have, from time to time, experienced
negative interest rates on certain fixed income instruments. Very low or
negative interest rates may magnify interest rate risk for the markets as a
whole and for the funds. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall
below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened
market volatility and may detract from fund performance to the extent a fund is
exposed to such interest rates.
Mortgage
Securities are
issued by government and non-government entities such as banks, mortgage
lenders, or other institutions. A mortgage security is an obligation of the
issuer backed by a mortgage or pool of mortgages or a direct interest in an
underlying pool of mortgages. Some mortgage securities, such as collateralized
mortgage obligations (or "CMOs"), make payments of both principal and interest
at a range of specified intervals; others make semi-annual interest payments at
a predetermined rate and repay principal at maturity (like a typical bond).
Mortgage securities are based on different types of mortgages, including those
on commercial real estate or residential properties. Stripped mortgage
securities are created when the interest and principal components of a mortgage
security are separated and sold as individual securities. In the case of a
stripped mortgage security, the holder of the "principal-only" security (PO)
receives the principal payments made by the underlying mortgage, while the
holder of the "interest-only" security (IO) receives interest payments from the
same underlying mortgage.
Fannie
Maes and Freddie Macs are pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, respectively. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which guarantee payment
of interest and repayment of principal on Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs,
respectively, are federally chartered corporations supervised by the U.S.
Government that act as governmental instrumentalities under authority granted by
Congress. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are authorized to borrow from the U.S.
Treasury to meet their obligations. Fannie Maes and Freddie Macs are not backed
by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.
The
value of mortgage securities may change due to shifts in the market's perception
of issuers and changes in interest rates. In addition, regulatory or tax changes
may adversely affect the mortgage securities market as a whole. Non-government
mortgage securities may offer higher yields than those issued by government
entities, but also may be subject to greater price changes than government
issues. Mortgage securities are subject to prepayment risk, which is the risk
that early principal payments made on the underlying mortgages, usually in
response to a reduction in interest rates, will result in the return of
principal to the investor, causing it to be invested subsequently at a lower
current interest rate. Alternatively, in a rising interest rate environment,
mortgage security values may be adversely affected when prepayments on
underlying mortgages do not occur as anticipated, resulting in the extension of
the security's effective maturity and the related increase in interest rate
sensitivity of a longer-term instrument. The prices of stripped mortgage
securities tend to be more volatile in response to changes in interest rates
than those of non-stripped mortgage securities.
A
fund may seek to earn additional income by using a trading strategy (commonly
known as "mortgage dollar rolls" or "reverse mortgage dollar rolls") that
involves selling (or buying) mortgage securities, realizing a gain or loss, and
simultaneously agreeing to purchase (or sell) mortgage securities on a later
date at a set price. During the period between the sale and repurchase in a
mortgage dollar roll transaction, a fund will not be entitled to receive
interest and principal payments on the securities sold but will invest the
proceeds of the sale in other securities that are permissible investments for
the fund. During the period between the purchase and subsequent sale in a
reverse mortgage dollar roll transaction, a fund is entitled to interest and
principal payments on the securities purchased. Losses may arise due to changes
in the value of the securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the
terms of the agreement. If the counterparty files for bankruptcy or becomes
insolvent, a fund's right to repurchase or sell securities may be limited. This
trading strategy may increase interest rate exposure and result in an increased
portfolio turnover rate which increases costs and may increase taxable
gains.
Precious
Metals. Precious
metals, such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, at times have been
subject to substantial price fluctuations over short periods of time and may be
affected by unpredictable monetary and political policies such as currency
devaluations or revaluations, economic and social conditions within a country,
trade imbalances, or trade or currency restrictions between countries. The
prices of gold and other precious metals, however, are less subject to local and
company-specific factors than securities of individual companies. As a result,
precious metals may be more or less volatile in price than securities of
companies engaged in precious metals-related businesses. Investments in precious
metals can present concerns such as delivery, storage and maintenance, possible
illiquidity, and the unavailability of accurate market valuations. Although
precious metals can be purchased in any form, including bullion and coins, a
Fidelity ®
fund
intends to purchase only those forms of precious metals that are readily
marketable and that can be stored in accordance with custody regulations
applicable to mutual funds. A fund may incur higher custody and transaction
costs for precious metals than for securities. Also, precious metals investments
do not pay income.
For
a fund to qualify as a regulated investment company under current federal tax
law, gains from selling precious metals may not exceed 10% of the fund's gross
income for its taxable year. This tax requirement could cause a fund to hold or
sell precious metals or securities when it would not otherwise do so.
Real
Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Equity
REITs own real estate properties, while mortgage REITs make construction,
development, and long-term mortgage loans. Their value may be affected by
changes in the value of the underlying property of the trusts, the
creditworthiness of the issuer, property taxes, interest rates, and tax and
regulatory requirements, such as those relating to the environment. Both types
of trusts are dependent upon management skill, are not diversified, and are
subject to heavy cash flow dependency, defaults by borrowers, self-liquidation,
and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax-free status of income under
the Internal Revenue Code and failing to maintain exemption from the 1940
Act.
Repurchase
Agreements involve
an agreement to purchase a security and to sell that security back to the
original seller at an agreed-upon price. The resale price reflects the purchase
price plus an agreed-upon incremental amount which is unrelated to the coupon
rate or maturity of the purchased security. As protection against the risk that
the original seller will not fulfill its obligation, the securities are held in
a separate account at a bank, marked-to-market daily, and maintained at a value
at least equal to the sale price plus the accrued incremental amount. The value
of the security purchased may be more or less than the price at which the
counterparty has agreed to purchase the security. In addition, delays or losses
could result if the other party to the agreement defaults or becomes insolvent.
A fund may be limited in its ability to exercise its right to liquidate assets
related to a repurchase agreement with an insolvent counterparty. A
Fidelity ®
fund
may engage in repurchase agreement transactions with parties whose
creditworthiness has been reviewed and found satisfactory by the fund's
adviser.
Restricted
Securities (including Private Placements) are
subject to legal restrictions on their sale. Difficulty in selling securities
may result in a loss or be costly to a fund. Restricted securities, including
private placements of private and public companies, generally can be sold in
privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), or in a registered public offering.
Where registration is required, the holder of a registered security may be
obligated to pay all or part of the registration expense and a considerable
period may elapse between the time it decides to seek registration and the time
it may be permitted to sell a security under an effective registration
statement. If, during such a period, adverse market conditions were to develop,
the holder might obtain a less favorable price than prevailed when it decided to
seek registration of the security.
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements. In
a reverse repurchase agreement, a fund sells a security to another party, such
as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash and agrees to repurchase that
security at an agreed-upon price and time. A Fidelity ®
fund
may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with parties whose creditworthiness
has been reviewed and found satisfactory by the fund's adviser. Such
transactions may increase fluctuations in the market value of a fund's assets
and, if applicable, a fund's yield, and may be viewed as a form of leverage.
Under SEC requirements, a fund needs to aggregate the amount of indebtedness
associated with its reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing
transactions with the aggregate amount of any other senior securities
representing indebtedness (e.g., borrowings, if applicable) when calculating the
fund's asset coverage ratio or treat all such transactions as derivatives
transactions.
SEC
Rule 18f-4.
In
October 2020, the SEC adopted a final rule related to the use of derivatives,
short sales, reverse repurchase agreements and certain other transactions by
registered investment companies (the "rule"). Subject to certain exceptions, the
rule requires the funds to trade derivatives and certain other transactions that
create future payment or delivery obligations subject to a value-at-risk (VaR)
leverage limit and to certain derivatives risk management program, reporting and
board oversight requirements. Generally, these requirements apply to any fund
engaging in derivatives transactions unless a fund satisfies a "limited
derivatives users" exception, which requires the fund to limit its gross
notional derivatives exposure (with certain exceptions) to 10% of its net assets
and to adopt derivatives risk management procedures. Under the rule, when a fund
trades reverse repurchase agreements or similar financing transactions, it needs
to aggregate the amount of indebtedness associated with the reverse repurchase
agreements or similar financing transactions with the aggregate amount of any
other senior securities representing indebtedness (e.g., borrowings, if
applicable) when calculating the fund's asset coverage ratio or treat all such
transactions as derivatives transactions. The SEC also provided guidance in
connection with the final rule regarding the use of securities lending
collateral that may limit securities lending activities. In addition, under the
rule, a fund may invest in a security on a when-issued or forward-settling
basis, or with a non-standard settlement cycle, and the transaction will be
deemed not to involve a senior security (as defined under Section 18(g) of the
1940 Act), provided that (i) the fund intends to physically settle the
transaction and (ii) the transaction will settle within 35 days of its trade
date (the "Delayed-Settlement Securities Provision"). A fund may otherwise
engage in when-issued, forward-settling and non-standard settlement cycle
securities transactions that do not meet the conditions of the
Delayed-Settlement Securities Provision so long as the fund treats any such
transaction as a derivatives transaction for purposes of compliance with the
rule. Furthermore, under the rule, a fund will be permitted to enter into an
unfunded commitment agreement, and such unfunded commitment agreement will not
be subject to the asset coverage requirements under the 1940 Act, if the fund
reasonably believes, at the time it enters into such agreement, that it will
have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect
to all such agreements as they come due. These requirements may limit the
ability of the funds to use derivatives, short sales, reverse repurchase
agreements and similar financing transactions, and the other relevant
transactions as part of its investment strategies. These requirements also may
increase the cost of the fund's investments and cost of doing business, which
could adversely affect investors.
Securities
Lending. A
Fidelity ®
fund
may lend securities to parties such as broker-dealers or other institutions,
including an affiliate, National Financial Services LLC (NFS). Securities
lending allows a fund to retain ownership of the securities loaned and, at the
same time, earn additional income. The borrower provides the fund with
collateral in an amount at least equal to the value of the securities loaned.
The fund seeks to maintain the ability to obtain the right to vote or consent on
proxy proposals involving material events affecting securities loaned. If the
borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of
insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in
recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. These
delays and costs could be greater for foreign securities. If a fund is not able
to recover the securities loaned, the fund may sell the collateral and purchase
a replacement investment in the market. The value of the collateral could
decrease below the value of the replacement investment by the time the
replacement investment is purchased. For a Fidelity ®
fund,
loans will be made only to parties deemed by the fund's adviser to be in good
standing and when, in the adviser's judgment, the income earned would justify
the risks.
The
Fidelity ®
funds
have retained agents, including NFS, an affiliate of the funds, to act as
securities lending agent. If NFS acts as securities lending agent for a fund, it
is subject to the overall supervision of the fund's adviser, and NFS will
administer the lending program in accordance with guidelines approved by the
fund's Trustees.
Cash
received as collateral through loan transactions may be invested in other
eligible securities, including shares of a money market fund. Investing this
cash subjects that investment, as well as the securities loaned, to market
appreciation or depreciation.
Securities
of Other Investment Companies ,
including shares of closed-end investment companies (which include business
development companies (BDCs)), unit investment trusts, and open-end investment
companies, represent interests in professionally managed portfolios that may
invest in any type of instrument. Investing in other investment companies
involves substantially the same risks as investing directly in the underlying
instruments, but may involve additional expenses at the underlying investment
company-level, such as portfolio management fees and operating expenses. Fees
and expenses incurred indirectly by a fund as a result of its investment in
shares of one or more other investment companies generally are referred to as
"acquired fund fees and expenses" and may appear as a separate line item in a
fund's prospectus fee table. For certain investment companies, such as BDCs,
these expenses may be significant. Certain types of investment companies, such
as closed-end investment companies, issue a fixed number of shares that trade on
a stock exchange or over-the-counter at a premium or a discount to their NAV.
Others are continuously offered at NAV, but may also be traded in the secondary
market.
The
securities of closed-end funds may be leveraged. As a result, a fund may be
indirectly exposed to leverage through an investment in such securities. An
investment in securities of closed-end funds that use leverage may expose a fund
to higher volatility in the market value of such securities and the possibility
that the fund's long-term returns on such securities will be diminished.
A
fund's ability to invest in securities of other investment companies may be
limited by federal securities laws. To the extent a fund acquires securities
issued by unaffiliated investment companies, the Adviser's access to information
regarding such underlying fund's portfolio may be limited and subject to such
fund's policies regarding disclosure of fund holdings.
Short
Sales. Stocks
underlying a fund's convertible security holdings can be sold short. For
example, if a fund's adviser anticipates a decline in the price of the stock
underlying a convertible security held by the fund, it may sell the stock short.
If the stock price subsequently declines, the proceeds of the short sale could
be expected to offset all or a portion of the effect of the stock's decline on
the value of the convertible security. Fidelity ®
funds
that employ this strategy generally intend to hedge no more than 15% of total
assets with short sales on equity securities underlying convertible security
holdings under normal circumstances. A fund will incur transaction costs,
including interest expenses, in connection with opening, maintaining, and
closing short sales.
Special
Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPACs"). A
fund may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of SPACs or similar
special purpose entities that pool money to seek potential acquisition
opportunities. SPACs are collective investment structures formed to raise money
in an initial public offering for the purpose of merging with or acquiring one
or more operating companies (the "de-SPAC Transaction"). Until an acquisition is
completed, a SPAC generally invests its assets in US government securities,
money market securities and cash. In connection with a de-SPAC Transaction, the
SPAC may complete a PIPE (private investment in public equity) offering with
certain investors. A fund may enter into a contingent commitment with a SPAC to
purchase PIPE shares if and when the SPAC completes its de-SPAC
Transaction.
Because
SPACs do not have an operating history or ongoing business other than seeking
acquisitions, the value of their securities is particularly dependent on the
ability of the SPAC's management to identify and complete a profitable
acquisition. Some SPACs may pursue acquisitions only within certain industries
or regions, which may increase the volatility of their prices. An investment in
a SPAC is subject to a variety of risks, including that (i) an attractive
acquisition or merger target may not be identified at all and the SPAC will be
required to return any remaining monies to shareholders; (ii) an acquisition or
merger once effected may prove unsuccessful and an investment in the SPAC may
lose value; (iii) the values of investments in SPACs may be highly volatile and
may depreciate significantly over time; (iv) no or only a thinly traded market
for shares of or interests in a SPAC may develop, leaving a fund unable to sell
its interest in a SPAC or to sell its interest only at a price below what the
fund believes is the SPAC interest's intrinsic value; (v) any proposed merger or
acquisition may be unable to obtain the requisite approval, if any, of
shareholders; (vi) an investment in a SPAC may be diluted by additional later
offerings of interests in the SPAC or by other investors exercising existing
rights to purchase shares of the SPAC; (vii) the warrants or other rights with
respect to the SPAC held by a fund may expire worthless or may be repurchased or
retired by the SPAC at an unfavorable price; (viii) a fund may be delayed in
receiving any redemption or liquidation proceeds from a SPAC to which it is
entitled; and (ix) a significant portion of the monies raised by the SPAC for
the purpose of identifying and effecting an acquisition or merger may be
expended during the search for a target transaction.
Purchased
PIPE shares will be restricted from trading until the registration statement for
the shares is declared effective. Upon registration, the shares can be freely
sold, but only pursuant to an effective registration statement or other
exemption from registration. The securities issued by a SPAC, which are
typically traded either in the over-the-counter market or on an exchange, may be
considered illiquid, more difficult to value, and/or be subject to restrictions
on resale.
Stripped
Securities are
the separate income or principal components of a debt security. The risks
associated with stripped securities are similar to those of other debt
securities, although stripped securities may be more volatile, and the value of
certain types of stripped securities may move in the same direction as interest
rates. U.S. Treasury securities that have been stripped by a Federal Reserve
Bank are obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury.
Privately
stripped government securities are created when a dealer deposits a U.S.
Treasury security or other U.S. Government security with a custodian for
safekeeping. The custodian issues separate receipts for the coupon payments and
the principal payment, which the dealer then sells.
Structured
Securities (also
called "structured notes") are derivative debt securities, the interest rate on
or principal of which is determined by an unrelated indicator. The value of the
interest rate on and/or the principal of structured securities is determined by
reference to changes in the value of a reference instrument (e.g., a security or
other financial instrument, asset, currency, interest rate, commodity, or index)
or the relative change in two or more reference instruments. A structured
security may be positively, negatively, or both positively and negatively
indexed; that is, its value or interest rate may increase or decrease if the
value of the reference instrument increases. Similarly, its value or interest
rate may increase or decrease if the value of the reference instrument
decreases. Further, the change in the principal amount payable with respect to,
or the interest rate of, a structured security may be calculated as a multiple
of the percentage change (positive or negative) in the value of the underlying
reference instrument(s); therefore, the value of such structured security may be
very volatile. Structured securities may entail a greater degree of market risk
than other types of debt securities because the investor bears the risk of the
reference instrument. Structured securities may also be more volatile, less
liquid, and more difficult to accurately price than less complex securities or
more traditional debt securities. In addition, because structured securities
generally are traded over-the-counter, structured securities are subject to the
creditworthiness of the counterparty of the structured security, and their
values may decline substantially if the counterparty's creditworthiness
deteriorates.
Commodity-linked
notes are a type of structured note. Commodity-linked notes are privately
negotiated structured debt securities indexed to the return of an index such as
the Bloomberg Commodity Index, which is representative of the commodities
market. They are available from a limited number of approved counterparties, and
all invested amounts are exposed to the dealer's credit risk. Commodity-linked
notes may be leveraged. For example, if a fund invests $100 in a three-times
leveraged commodity-linked note, it will exchange $100 principal with the dealer
to obtain $300 exposure to the commodities market because the value of the note
will change by a magnitude of three for every percentage change (positive or
negative) in the value of the underlying index. This means a $100 note may be
worth $70 if the commodity index decreased by 10 percent.
Temporary
Defensive Policies. Each
of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset Manager® 85% reserves the right to invest
without limitation in preferred stocks and investment-grade debt instruments for
temporary, defensive purposes.
Transfer
Agent Bank Accounts. Proceeds
from shareholder purchases of a Fidelity ®
fund
may pass through a series of demand deposit bank accounts before being held at
the fund's custodian. Redemption proceeds may pass from the custodian to the
shareholder through a similar series of bank accounts.
If
a bank account is registered to the transfer agent or an affiliate, who acts as
an agent for the funds when opening, closing, and conducting business in the
bank account, the transfer agent or an affiliate may invest overnight balances
in the account in repurchase agreements. Any balances that are not invested in
repurchase agreements remain in the bank account overnight. Any risks associated
with such an account are investment risks of the funds. A fund faces the risk of
loss of these balances if the bank becomes insolvent.
Variable
and Floating Rate Securities provide
for periodic adjustments in the interest rate paid on the security. Variable
rate securities provide for a specified periodic adjustment in the interest
rate, while floating rate securities have interest rates that change whenever
there is a change in a designated benchmark rate or the issuer's credit quality,
sometimes subject to a cap or floor on such rate. Some variable or floating rate
securities are structured with put features that permit holders to demand
payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest from the issuers
or certain financial intermediaries. For purposes of determining the maximum
maturity of a variable or floating rate security, a fund's adviser may take into
account normal settlement periods.
In
addition to other interbank offered rates (IBORs), the most common benchmark
rate for floating rate securities is LIBOR, which is the rate of interest
offered on short-term interbank deposits, as determined by trading between major
international banks. After the global financial crisis, regulators globally
determined that existing interest rate benchmarks should be reformed based on
concerns that LIBOR and other IBORs were susceptible to manipulation.
Replacement rates that have been identified include the Secured Overnight
Financing Rate (SOFR, which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR and
measures the cost of U.S. dollar overnight borrowings) and the Sterling
Overnight Index Average rate (SONIA, which is intended to replace pound sterling
LIBOR and measures the overnight interest rate paid by banks in the sterling
market). In March 2021, the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority and ICE
Benchmark Authority formally announced the dates after which the LIBORs will no
longer be representative and subsequently cease publication. Certain LIBOR
settings will cease publication after the end of 2021. However, the publication
of certain other LIBOR settings will continue through at least mid-2023. While
various regulators and industry bodies are working globally on transitioning to
alternative rates, there remains uncertainty regarding the future utilization of
the IBORs and the transition to, and the nature of, replacement rates. As such,
the effect of a transition away from the IBORs on a fund and the financial
instruments in which it invests cannot yet be determined, and may depend on
factors that include, but are not limited to: (i) existing fallback or
termination provisions in individual contracts; (ii) the effect of new
legislation relating to the discontinuation of LIBOR and the use of replacement
rates, and (iii) whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt
new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products and
instruments. Such transition may result in a reduction in the value of
IBOR-based instruments held by a fund, a reduction in the effectiveness of
certain hedging transactions and increased illiquidity and volatility in markets
that currently rely on an IBOR to determine interest rates, any of which could
adversely impact the fund's performance.
Warrants.
Warrants
are instruments which entitle the holder to buy an equity security at a specific
price for a specific period of time. Changes in the value of a warrant do not
necessarily correspond to changes in the value of its underlying security. The
price of a warrant may be more volatile than the price of its underlying
security, and a warrant may offer greater potential for capital appreciation as
well as capital loss.
Warrants
do not entitle a holder to dividends or voting rights with respect to the
underlying security and do not represent any rights in the assets of the issuing
company. A warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its
expiration date. These factors can make warrants more speculative than other
types of investments.
When-Issued
and Forward Purchase or Sale Transactions involve
a commitment to purchase or sell specific securities at a predetermined price or
yield in which payment and delivery take place after the customary settlement
period for that type of security. Typically, no interest accrues to the
purchaser until the security is delivered.
When
purchasing securities pursuant to one of these transactions, the purchaser
assumes the rights and risks of ownership, including the risks of price and
yield fluctuations and the risk that the security will not be issued as
anticipated. Because payment for the securities is not required until the
delivery date, these risks are in addition to the risks associated with a fund's
investments. If a fund remains substantially fully invested at a time when a
purchase is outstanding, the purchases may result in a form of leverage. When a
fund has sold a security pursuant to one of these transactions, the fund does
not participate in further gains or losses with respect to the security. If the
other party to a delayed-delivery transaction fails to deliver or pay for the
securities, a fund could miss a favorable price or yield opportunity or suffer a
loss.
A
fund may renegotiate a when-issued or forward transaction and may sell the
underlying securities before delivery, which may result in capital gains or
losses for the fund.
A
fund may also engage in purchases or sales of "to be announced" or "TBA"
securities, which usually are transactions in which a fund buys or sells
mortgage-backed securities on a forward commitment basis. A TBA transaction
typically does not designate the actual security to be delivered and only
includes an approximate principal amount. TBA trades can be used by a fund for
investment purposes in order to gain exposure to certain securities, or for
hedging purposes to adjust the risk exposure of a fund portfolio without having
to restructure a portfolio. Purchases and sales of TBA securities involve risks
similar to those discussed above for other when-issued and forward purchase and
sale transactions. In addition, when a fund sells TBA securities, it incurs
risks similar to those incurred in short sales. For example, when a fund sells
TBA securities without owning or having the right to obtain the deliverable
securities, it incurs a risk of loss because it could have to purchase the
securities at a price that is higher than the price at which it sold them. Also,
a fund may be unable to purchase the deliverable securities if the corresponding
market is illiquid.
Zero
Coupon Bonds do
not make interest payments; instead, they are sold at a discount from their face
value and are redeemed at face value when they mature. Because zero coupon bonds
do not pay current income, their prices can be more volatile than other types of
fixed-income securities when interest rates change. In calculating a fund's
dividend, a portion of the difference between a zero coupon bond's purchase
price and its face value is considered income.
In
addition to the investment policies and limitations discussed above, a fund is
subject to the additional operational risk discussed below.
Considerations
Regarding Cybersecurity. With
the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, a
fund's service providers are susceptible to operational, information security
and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate
attacks or unintentional events and may arise from external or internal sources.
Cyber attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to
digital systems (e.g., through "hacking" or malicious software coding) for
purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information; corrupting data,
equipment or systems; or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks may also
be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access,
such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make
network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting a
fund's manager, any sub-adviser and other service providers (including, but not
limited to, fund accountants, custodians, transfer agents and financial
intermediaries) have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with a
fund's ability to calculate its NAV, impediments to trading, the inability of
fund shareholders to transact business, destruction to equipment and systems,
violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties,
reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional
compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cyber incidents
affecting issuers of securities in which a fund invests, counterparties with
which a fund engages in transactions, governmental and other regulatory
authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers,
dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (including
financial intermediaries and service providers for fund shareholders) and other
parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any
cyber incidents in the future.
While
a fund's service providers have established business continuity plans in the
event of, and risk management systems to prevent, such cyber incidents, there
are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility
that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, a fund cannot control
the cyber security plans and systems put in place by its service providers or
any other third parties whose operations may affect a fund or its shareholders.
A fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result.
SPECIAL
GEOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS
Emerging
Markets. Emerging
markets include countries that have an emerging stock market as defined by MSCI,
countries or markets with low- to middle-income economies as classified by the
World Bank, and other countries or markets that the Adviser identifies as having
similar emerging markets characteristics. Emerging markets tend to have
relatively low gross national product per capita compared to the world's major
economies and may have the potential for rapid economic growth.
Investments
in companies domiciled in emerging market countries may be subject to
potentially higher risks than investments in developed countries. These risks
include: (i) less social, political, and economic stability; (ii) greater
illiquidity and price volatility due to smaller or limited local capital markets
for such securities, or low or non-existent trading volumes; (iii) foreign
exchanges and broker-dealers may be subject to less oversight and regulation by
local authorities; (iv) local governments may decide to seize or confiscate
securities held by foreign investors, restrict an investor's ability to sell or
redeem securities, decide to suspend or limit an issuer's ability to make
dividend or interest payments; and/or may limit or entirely restrict
repatriation of invested capital, profits, and dividends; (v) capital gains may
be subject to local taxation, including on a retroactive basis; (vi) issuers
facing restrictions on dollar or euro payments imposed by local governments may
attempt to make dividend or interest payments to foreign investors in the local
currency; (vii) investors may experience difficulty in enforcing legal claims
related to the securities, shareholder claims common in the United States may
not exist in emerging markets, and/or local judges may favor the interests of
the issuer over those of foreign investors; (viii) U.S. authorities may be
unable to investigate, bring, or enforce actions against non-U.S. companies and
non-U.S. persons; (ix) bankruptcy judgments may only be permitted to be paid in
the local currency; (x) limited public information regarding the issuer may
result in greater difficulty in determining market valuations of the securities;
and (xi) infrequent financial reporting, substandard disclosure, and differences
in financial reporting, audit and accounting requirements and standards may make
it difficult to ascertain the financial health of an issuer. In addition, unlike
developed countries, many emerging countries' economic growth highly depends on
exports and inflows of external capital, making them more vulnerable to the
downturns of the world economy. The enduring low growth in the global economy
has weakened the global demand for emerging market exports and tightened
international credit supplies, highlighting the sensitivity of emerging
economies to the performance of their trading partners. Developing countries may
also face disproportionately large exposure to the negative effects of climate
change, due to both geography and a lack of access to technology to adapt to its
effects, which could include increased frequency and severity of natural
disasters and extreme weather events such as droughts, rising sea levels,
decreased crop yields, and increased spread of disease, all of which could harm
performance of affected economies. Given the particular vulnerability of
emerging market countries to the effects of climate change, disruptions in
international efforts to address climate-related issues may have a
disproportionate impact on developing countries.
Many
emerging market countries suffer from uncertainty and corruption in their legal
frameworks. Legislation may be difficult to interpret or laws may be too new to
provide any precedential value. Laws regarding foreign investment and private
property may be weak, not enforced consistently, or non-existent. Sudden changes
in governments or the transition of regimes may result in policies that are less
favorable to investors such as the imposition of price controls or policies
designed to expropriate or nationalize "sovereign" assets. Certain emerging
market countries in the past have expropriated large amounts of private
property, in many cases with little or no compensation, and there can be no
assurance that such expropriation will not occur in the future.
The
United States, other nations, or other governmental entities (including
supranational entities) could impose sanctions on a country that limits or
restricts foreign investment, the movement of assets or other economic activity.
In addition, an imposition of sanctions upon certain issuers in a country could
have a materially adverse effect on the value of such companies' securities,
delay a fund's ability to exercise certain rights as security holder, and/or
impair a fund's ability to meet its investment objectives. A fund may be
prohibited from investing in securities issued by companies subject to such
sanctions and may be required to freeze its existing investments in those
companies, prohibiting the fund from selling or otherwise transacting in these
investments. Such sanctions, or other intergovernmental actions that may be
taken in the future, may result in the devaluation of the country's currency, a
downgrade in the country's credit rating, and/or a decline in the value and
liquidity of impacted company stocks.
Many
emerging market countries in which a fund may invest lack the social, political,
and economic stability characteristic exhibited by developed countries.
Political instability among emerging market countries can be common and may be
caused by an uneven distribution of wealth, governmental corruption, social
unrest, labor strikes, civil wars, and religious oppression. Economic
instability in emerging market countries may take the form of: (i) high interest
rates; (ii) high levels of inflation, including hyperinflation; (iii) high
levels of unemployment or underemployment; (iv) changes in government economic
and tax policies, including confiscatory taxation (or taxes on foreign
investments); and (v) imposition of trade barriers.
Currencies
of emerging market countries are subject to significantly greater risks than
currencies of developed countries. Some emerging market currencies may not be
internationally traded or may be subject to strict controls by local
governments, resulting in undervalued or overvalued currencies. Some emerging
market countries have experienced balance of payment deficits and shortages in
foreign exchange reserves, which has resulted in some governments restricting
currency conversions. Future restrictive exchange controls could prevent or
restrict a company's ability to make dividend or interest payments in the
original currency of the obligation (usually U.S. dollars). In addition, even
though the currencies of some emerging market countries may be convertible into
U.S. dollars, the conversion rates may be artificial relative to their actual
market values.
Governments
of many emerging market countries have become overly reliant on the
international capital markets and other forms of foreign credit to finance large
public spending programs that cause huge budget deficits. Often, interest
payments have become too overwhelming for these governments to meet, as these
payments may represent a large percentage of a country's total GDP. Accordingly,
these foreign obligations have become the subject of political debate within
emerging market countries, which has resulted in internal pressure for such
governments to not make payments to foreign creditors, but instead to use these
funds for social programs. As a result of either an inability to pay or
submission to political pressure, the governments sought to restructure their
loan and/or bond obligations, have declared a temporary suspension of interest
payments, or defaulted (in part or full) on their outstanding debt obligations.
These events have adversely affected the values of securities issued by the
governments and corporations domiciled in these emerging market countries and
have negatively affected not only their cost of borrowing, but their ability to
borrow in the future as well. Emerging markets have also benefited from
continued monetary policies adopted by the central banks of developed countries.
After a period of continuously raising interest rates, the U.S. Federal Reserve
and central banks in other developed countries have reduced interest rates to
historically low levels. To the extent the Federal Reserve Board maintains near
zero rates, emerging market economies may benefit.
In
addition to their continued reliance on international capital markets, many
emerging economies are also highly dependent on international trade and exports,
including exports of oil and other commodities. As a result, these economies are
particularly vulnerable to downturns of the world economy. In recent years,
emerging market economies have been subject to tightened international credit
supplies and weakened global demand for their exports and, as a result, certain
of these economies faced significant difficulties and some economies face
recessionary concerns. Over the last decade, emerging market countries, and
companies domiciled in such countries, have acquired significant debt levels.
Any increase in U.S. interest rates could restrict the access to relatively
inexpensive credit supplies and jeopardize the ability of emerging market
countries to pay their respective debt service obligations. Although certain
emerging market economies have shown signs of growth and recovery, continued
growth is dependent on the uncertain economic outlook of China, Japan, the
European Union, and the United States. The reduced demand for exports and lack
of available capital for investment resulting from the European debt crisis, a
slowdown in China, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and persistent low
growth in the global economy may inhibit growth for emerging market
countries.
Orders
for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities are placed on behalf of a fund
by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR or the Adviser) pursuant
to authority contained in the management contract.
To
the extent that the Adviser grants investment management authority to a
sub-adviser (see the section entitled "Management Contracts"), that sub-adviser
is authorized to provide the services described in the respective sub-advisory
agreement, and in accordance with the policies described in this section.
Furthermore, the sub-adviser's trading and associated policies, which may differ
from the Adviser's policies, may apply to that fund, subject to applicable
law.
The
Adviser or a sub-adviser may be responsible for the placement of portfolio
securities transactions for other investment companies and investment accounts
for which it has or its affiliates have investment discretion.
A
fund will not incur any commissions or sales charges when it invests in shares
of mutual funds (including any underlying Central funds), but it may incur such
costs when it invests directly in other types of securities.
Purchases
and sales of equity securities on a securities exchange or OTC are effected
through brokers who receive compensation for their services. Generally,
compensation relating to securities traded on foreign exchanges will be higher
than compensation relating to securities traded on U.S. exchanges and may not be
subject to negotiation. Compensation may also be paid in connection with
principal transactions (in both OTC securities and securities listed on an
exchange) and agency OTC transactions executed with an electronic communications
network (ECN) or an alternative trading system. Equity securities may be
purchased from underwriters at prices that include underwriting fees.
Purchases
and sales of fixed-income securities are generally made with an issuer or a
primary market-maker acting as principal. Although there is no stated brokerage
commission paid by a fund for any fixed-income security, the price paid by a
fund to an underwriter includes the disclosed underwriting fee and prices in
secondary trades usually include an undisclosed dealer commission or markup
reflecting the spread between the bid and ask prices of the fixed-income
security. New issues of equity and fixed-income securities may also be purchased
in underwritten fixed price offerings.
The
Trustees of each fund periodically review the Adviser's performance of its
responsibilities in connection with the placement of portfolio securities
transactions on behalf of each fund. The Trustees also review the compensation
paid by each fund over representative periods of time to determine if it was
reasonable in relation to the benefits to the fund.
The
Selection of Securities Brokers and Dealers
The
Adviser or its affiliates generally have authority to select brokers (whether
acting as a broker or a dealer) to place or execute a fund's portfolio
securities transactions. In selecting brokers, including affiliates of the
Adviser, to execute a fund's portfolio securities transactions, the Adviser or
its affiliates consider the factors they deem relevant in the context of a
particular trade and in regard to the Adviser's or its affiliates' overall
responsibilities with respect to the fund and other investment accounts,
including any instructions from the fund's portfolio manager, which may
emphasize, for example, speed of execution over other factors. Based on the
factors considered, the Adviser or its affiliates may choose to execute an order
using ECNs, including broker-sponsored algorithms, internal crossing, or by
verbally working an order with one or more brokers. Other possibly relevant
factors include, but are not limited to, the following: price; costs; the size,
nature and type of the order; the speed of execution; financial condition and
reputation of the broker; broker specific considerations (e.g., not all brokers
are able to execute all types of trades); broker willingness to commit capital;
the nature and characteristics of the markets in which the security is traded;
the trader's assessment of whether and how closely the broker likely will follow
the trader's instructions to the broker; confidentiality and the potential for
information leakage; the nature or existence of post-trade clearing, settlement,
custody and currency convertibility mechanisms; and the provision of additional
brokerage and research products and services, if applicable and where allowed by
law.
In
seeking best execution for portfolio securities transactions, the Adviser or its
affiliates may from time to time select a broker that uses a trading method,
including algorithmic trading, for which the broker charges a higher commission
than its lowest available commission rate. The Adviser or its affiliates also
may select a broker that charges more than the lowest commission rate available
from another broker. Occasionally the Adviser or its affiliates execute an
entire securities transaction with a broker and allocate all or a portion of the
transaction and/or related commissions to a second broker where a client does
not permit trading with an affiliate of the Adviser or in other limited
situations. In those situations, the commission rate paid to the second broker
may be higher than the commission rate paid to the executing broker. For futures
transactions, the selection of a futures commission merchant is generally based
on the overall quality of execution and other services provided by the futures
commission merchant. The Adviser or its affiliates execute futures transactions
verbally and electronically.
The
Acquisition of Brokerage and Research Products and Services
Brokers
(who are not affiliates of the Adviser) that execute transactions for a fund
managed outside of the European Union may receive higher compensation from the
fund than other brokers might have charged the fund, in recognition of the value
of the brokerage or research products and services they provide to the Adviser
or its affiliates.
Research
Products and Services. These
products and services may include, when permissible under applicable law, but
are not limited to: economic, industry, company, municipal, sovereign (U.S. and
non-U.S.), legal, or political research reports; market color; company meeting
facilitation; compilation of securities prices, earnings, dividends and similar
data; quotation services, data, information and other services; analytical
computer software and services; and investment recommendations. In addition to
receiving brokerage and research products and services via written reports and
computer-delivered services, such reports may also be provided by telephone and
in video and in-person meetings with securities analysts, corporate and industry
spokespersons, economists, academicians and government representatives and
others with relevant professional expertise. The Adviser or its affiliates may
request that a broker provide a specific proprietary or third-party product or
service. Some of these brokerage and research products and services supplement
the Adviser's or its affiliates' own research activities in providing investment
advice to the funds.
Execution
Services. In
addition, when permissible under applicable law, brokerage and research products
and services include those that assist in the execution, clearing, and
settlement of securities transactions, as well as other incidental functions
(including, but not limited to, communication services related to trade
execution, order routing and algorithmic trading, post-trade matching, exchange
of messages among brokers or dealers, custodians and institutions, and the use
of electronic confirmation and affirmation of institutional trades).
Mixed-Use
Products and Services. Although
the Adviser or its affiliates do not use fund commissions to pay for products or
services that do not qualify as brokerage and research products and services or
eligible external research under MiFID II and FCA regulations (as defined
below), where allowed by applicable law, they, at times, will use commission
dollars to obtain certain products or services that are not used exclusively in
the Adviser's or its affiliates' investment decision-making process (mixed-use
products or services). In those circumstances, the Adviser or its affiliates
will make a good faith judgment to evaluate the various benefits and uses to
which they intend to put the mixed-use product or service, and will pay for that
portion of the mixed-use product or service that does not qualify as brokerage
and research products and services or eligible external research with their own
resources (referred to as "hard dollars").
Benefit
to the Adviser. The
Adviser's or its affiliates' expenses likely would be increased if they
attempted to generate these additional brokerage and research products and
services through their own efforts, or if they paid for these brokerage and
research products or services with their own resources. Therefore, an economic
incentive exists for the Adviser or its affiliates to select or recommend a
broker-dealer based on its interest in receiving the brokerage and research
products and services, rather than on the Adviser's or its affiliates' funds
interest in receiving most favorable execution. The Adviser and its affiliates
manage the receipt of brokerage and research products and services and the
potential for conflicts through its Commission Uses Program. The Commission Uses
Program effectively "unbundles" commissions paid to brokers who provide
brokerage and research products and services, i.e., commissions consist of an
execution commission, which covers the execution of the trade (including
clearance and settlement), and a research charge, which is used to cover
brokerage and research products and services. Those brokers have client
commission arrangements (each a CCA) in place with the Adviser and its
affiliates (each of those brokers referred to as CCA brokers). In selecting
brokers for executing transactions on behalf of the fund, the trading desks
through which the Adviser or its affiliates may execute trades are instructed to
execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the funds based on the quality of
execution without any consideration of brokerage and research products and
services the CCA broker provides. Commissions paid to a CCA broker include both
an execution commission and a research charge, and while the CCA broker receives
the entire commission, it retains the execution commission and either credits or
transmits the research portion (also known as "soft dollars") to a CCA pool
maintained by each CCA broker. Soft dollar credits (credits) accumulated in CCA
pools are used to pay research expenses. In some cases, the Adviser or its
affiliates may request that a broker that is not a party to any particular
transaction provide a specific proprietary or third-party product or service,
which would be paid with credits from the CCA pool. The administration of
brokerage and research products and services is managed separately from the
trading desks, and traders have no responsibility for administering the research
program, including the payment for research. The Adviser or its affiliates, at
times, use a third-party aggregator to facilitate payments to research
providers. Where an aggregator is involved, the aggregator would maintain
credits in an account that is segregated from the aggregator's proprietary
assets and the assets of its other clients and use those credits to pay research
providers as instructed by the Adviser or its affiliates. Furthermore, where
permissible under applicable law, certain of the brokerage and research products
and services that the Adviser or its affiliates receive are furnished by brokers
on their own initiative, either in connection with a particular transaction or
as part of their overall services. Some of these brokerage and research products
or services may be provided at no additional cost to the Adviser or its
affiliates or have no explicit cost associated with them. In addition, the
Adviser or its affiliates may request that a broker provide a specific
proprietary or third-party product or service, certain of which third-party
products or services may be provided by a broker that is not a party to a
particular transaction and is not connected with the transacting broker's
overall services.
The
Adviser's Decision-Making Process. In
connection with the allocation of fund brokerage, the Adviser or its affiliates
make a good faith determination that the compensation paid to brokers and
dealers is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or research
products and services provided to the Adviser or its affiliates, viewed in terms
of the particular transaction for a fund or the Adviser's or its affiliates'
overall responsibilities to that fund or other investment companies and
investment accounts for which the Adviser or its affiliates have investment
discretion; however, each brokerage and research product or service received in
connection with a fund's brokerage does not benefit all funds and certain funds
will receive the benefit of the brokerage and research product or services
obtained with other funds' commissions. As required under applicable laws or
fund policy, commissions generated by certain funds may only be used to obtain
certain brokerage and research products and services. As a result, certain funds
will pay more proportionately of certain types of brokerage and research
products and services than others, while the overall amount of brokerage and
research products and services paid by each fund continues to be allocated
equitably. While the Adviser or its affiliates take into account the brokerage
and/or research products and services provided by a broker or dealer in
determining whether compensation paid is reasonable, neither the Adviser, its
affiliates, nor the funds incur an obligation to any broker, dealer, or third
party to pay for any brokerage and research product or service (or portion
thereof) by generating a specific amount of compensation or otherwise.
Typically, for funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates outside of the
European Union or the United Kingdom, these brokerage and research products and
services assist the Adviser or its affiliates in terms of their overall
investment responsibilities to a fund or any other investment companies and
investment accounts for which the Adviser or its affiliates may have investment
discretion. Certain funds or investment accounts may use brokerage commissions
to acquire brokerage and research products and services that also benefit other
funds or accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, and not every fund
or investment account uses the brokerage and research products and services that
may have been acquired through that fund's commissions.
Research
Contracts. The
Adviser or its affiliates have arrangements with certain third-party research
providers and brokers through whom the Adviser or its affiliates effect fund
trades, whereby the Adviser or its affiliates may pay with fund commissions or
hard dollars for all or a portion of the cost of research products and services
purchased from such research providers or brokers. If hard dollar payments are
used, the Adviser or its affiliates, at times, will cause a fund to pay more for
execution than the lowest commission rate available from the broker providing
research products and services to the Adviser or its affiliates, or that may be
available from another broker. The Adviser's or its affiliates' determination to
pay for research products and services separately is wholly voluntary on the
Adviser's or its affiliates' part and may be extended to additional brokers or
discontinued with any broker participating in this arrangement.
Funds
Managed within the European Union. The
Adviser and its affiliates have established policies and procedures relating to
brokerage commission uses in compliance with the revised Markets in Financial
Instruments Directive in the European Union, commonly referred to as "MiFID II",
as implemented in the United Kingdom through the Conduct of Business Sourcebook
Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA), where applicable.
Funds,
or portions thereof, that are managed within the United Kingdom by FMR
Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK) use research payment accounts (RPAs)
to cover costs associated with equity and high income external research that is
consumed by those funds or investment accounts in accordance with MiFID II and
FCA regulations. With RPAs, funds pay for external research through a separate
research charge that is generally assessed and collected alongside the execution
commission 1
.
For funds that use an RPA, FMR UK establishes a research budget. The budget is
set by first grouping funds or investment accounts by strategy (e.g., asset
allocation, blend, growth, etc.), and then determining what external research is
consumed to support the strategies and portfolio management services provided
within the European Union or the United Kingdom. In this regard, research
budgets are set by research needs and are not otherwise linked to the volume or
value of transactions executed on behalf of the fund or investment account. For
funds where portions are managed both within and outside of the United Kingdom,
external research may be paid using both a CCA and an RPA. Determinations of
what is eligible research and how costs are allocated are made in accordance
with the Adviser's and its affiliates' policies and procedures. Costs for
research consumed by funds that use an RPA will be allocated among the funds or
investment accounts within defined strategies pro rata based on the assets under
management for each fund or investment account. While the research charge paid
on behalf of any one fund that uses an RPA varies over time, the overall
research charge determined at the fund level on an annual basis will not be
exceeded.
FMR
UK is responsible for managing the RPA and may delegate its administration to a
third-party administrator for the facilitation of the purchase of external
research and payments to research providers. RPA assets will be maintained in
accounts at a third-party depository institution, held in the name of FMR UK.
FMR UK provides on request, a summary of: (i) the providers paid from the RPA;
(ii) the total amount they were paid over a defined period; (iii) the benefits
and services received by FMR UK; and (iv) how the total amount spent from the
RPA compares to the research budget set for that period, noting any rebate or
carryover if residual funds remain in the RPA.
Impacted
funds, like those funds that participate in CCA pools, at times, will make
payments to a broker that include both an execution commission and a research
charge, but unlike CCAs (for which research charges may be retained by the CCA
broker and credited to the CCA, as described above), the broker will receive
separate payments for the execution commission and the research charge and will
promptly remit the research charge to the RPA. Assets in the RPA are used to
satisfy external research costs consumed by the funds.
If
the costs of paying for external research exceed the amount initially agreed in
relation to funds in a given strategy, the Adviser or its affiliates may
continue to charge those funds or investment accounts beyond the initially
agreed amount in accordance with MiFID II, continue to acquire external research
for the funds or investment accounts using its own resources, or cease to
purchase external research for those funds or investment accounts until the next
annual research budget. If assets for specific funds remain in the RPA at the
end of a period, they may be rolled over to the next period to offset next
year's research charges for those funds or rebated to those funds.
Funds
managed by FMR UK that trade only fixed income securities will not participate
in RPAs because fixed income securities trade based on spreads rather than
commissions, and thus unbundling the execution commission and research charge is
impractical. Therefore, FMR UK and its affiliates have established policies and
procedures to ensure that external research that is paid for through RPAs is not
made available to FMR UK portfolio managers that manage fixed income funds or
investment accounts in any manner inconsistent with MiFID II and FCA
regulations.
1
The
staff of the SEC addressed concerns that reliance on an RPA mechanism to pay for
research would be permissible under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 by indicating that they would not recommend enforcement against
investment advisers who used an RPA to pay for research and brokerage products
and services so long as certain conditions were met. Therefore, references to
"research charges" as part of the RPA mechanism to satisfy MiFID II requirements
can be considered "commissions" for Section 28(e) purposes.
Commission
Recapture
From
time to time, the Adviser or its affiliates engages in brokerage transactions
with brokers (who are not affiliates of the Adviser) who have entered into
arrangements with the Adviser or its affiliates under which the broker will, at
times, rebate a portion of the compensation paid by a fund (commission
recapture). Not all brokers with whom a fund trades have been asked to
participate in brokerage commission recapture.
Affiliated
Transactions
The
Adviser or its affiliates place trades with certain brokers, including NFS,
through its Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM) division, and Luminex Trading &
Analytics LLC (Luminex), with whom they are under common control or otherwise
affiliated, provided the Adviser or its affiliates determine that these
affiliates' trade-execution abilities and costs are comparable to those of
non-affiliated, qualified brokerage firms, and that such transactions be
executed in accordance with applicable rules under the 1940 Act and procedures
adopted by the Board of Trustees of the funds and subject to other applicable
law. In addition, from time to time, the Adviser or its affiliates place trades
with brokers that use NFS or Fidelity Clearing Canada ULC (FCC) as a clearing
agent and/or use Level ATS, an alternative trading system that is deemed to be
affiliated with the Adviser, for execution services.
In
certain circumstances, trades are executed through alternative trading systems
or national securities exchanges in which the Adviser or its affiliates have an
interest. Any decision to execute a trade through an alternative trading system
or exchange in which the Adviser or its affiliates have an interest would be
made in accordance with applicable law, including best execution obligations.
For trades placed on such a system or exchange, not limited to ones in which the
Adviser or its affiliates have an ownership interest, the Adviser or its
affiliates derive benefit in the form of increased valuation(s) of its equity
interest, where it has an ownership interest, or other remuneration, including
rebates.
The
Trustees of each fund have approved procedures whereby a fund is permitted to
purchase securities that are offered in underwritings in which an affiliate of
the adviser or certain other affiliates participate. In addition, for
underwritings where such an affiliate participates as a principal underwriter,
certain restrictions may apply that could, among other things, limit the amount
of securities that the funds could purchase in the underwritings.
Non-U.S.
Securities Transactions
To
facilitate trade settlement and related activities in non-U.S. securities
transactions, the Adviser or its affiliates effect spot foreign currency
transactions with foreign currency dealers. In certain circumstances, due to
local law and regulation, logistical or operational challenges, or the process
for settling securities transactions in certain markets (e.g., short settlement
periods), spot currency transactions are effected on behalf of funds by parties
other than the Adviser or its affiliates, including funds' custodian banks
(working through sub-custodians or agents in the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction)
or broker-dealers that executed the related securities transaction.
Trade
Allocation
Although
the Trustees and officers of each fund are substantially the same as those of
certain other Fidelity ®
funds,
investment decisions for each fund are made independently from those of other
Fidelity ®
funds
or investment accounts (including proprietary accounts). The same security is
often held in the portfolio of more than one of these funds or investment
accounts. Simultaneous transactions are inevitable when several funds and
investment accounts are managed by the same investment adviser, or an affiliate
thereof, particularly when the same security is suitable for the investment
objective of more than one fund or investment account.
When
two or more funds or investment accounts are simultaneously engaged in the
purchase or sale of the same security or instrument, the prices and amounts are
allocated in accordance with procedures believed by the Adviser to be
appropriate and equitable to each fund or investment account. In some cases this
could have a detrimental effect on the price or value of the security or
instrument as far as a fund is concerned. In other cases, however, the ability
of the funds to participate in volume transactions will produce better
executions and prices for the funds.
Commissions
Paid
A
fund may pay compensation including both commissions and spreads in connection
with the placement of portfolio transactions. The amount of brokerage
commissions paid by a fund may change from year to year because of, among other
things, changing asset levels, shareholder activity, and/or portfolio
turnover.
For
each of Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset Manager® 85%, the following table shows
the fund's portfolio turnover rate for the fiscal period(s) ended September 30,
2022 and 2021. Variations in turnover rate may be due to a fluctuating volume of
shareholder purchase and redemption orders, market conditions, and/or changes in
the Adviser's investment outlook.
Turnover
Rates |
2022
|
2021
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
22%
|
25%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
23%
|
18%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
16%
|
22%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
20%
|
17%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
23%
|
19%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
23%
|
20%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
27%
|
18%
|
|
|
|
The
following table shows the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the
following fund(s), comprising commissions paid on securities and/or futures
transactions, as applicable, for the fiscal year(s) ended September 30, 2022,
2021, and 2020. The total amount of brokerage commissions paid is stated as a
dollar amount and a percentage of the fund's average net assets.
Fund
|
Fiscal
Year
Ended
|
|
Dollar
Amount
|
Percentage
of
Average
Net
Assets |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
2022
|
$
|
89,843
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
57,697
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
105,614
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
2022
|
$
|
38,677
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
27,693
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
45,770
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
2022
|
$
|
36,219
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
25,268
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
49,293
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
2022
|
$
|
153,182
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
130,038
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
250,411
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
2022
|
$
|
58,282
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
52,557
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
107,802
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
2022
|
$
|
94,428
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
96,478
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
201,635
|
0.00%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
2022
|
$
|
52,369
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
$
|
52,309
|
0.00%
|
|
2020
|
$
|
116,586
|
0.00%
|
The
table below shows the total amount of brokerage commissions paid by the
following fund(s) to an affiliated broker for the fiscal year(s) ended September
30, 2022, 2021, and 2020. The table also shows the approximate amount of
aggregate brokerage commissions paid by a fund to an affiliated broker as a
percentage of the approximate aggregate dollar amount of transactions for which
the fund paid brokerage commissions as well as the percentage of transactions
effected by a fund through an affiliated broker, in each case for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2022. Affiliated brokers are paid on a commission
basis.
Fund(s)
|
Fiscal
Year Ended
|
Broker
|
Affiliated
With
|
C
|
ommissions
|
Percentage
of
Aggregate
Brokerage
Commissions
|
Percentage
of
Aggregate
Dollar
Amount
of
Brokerage
Transactions
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
23
|
0.03%
|
0.01%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
32
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,677
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
10
|
0.03%
|
0.01%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
19
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
143
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
8
|
0.02%
|
0.01%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
20
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
146
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
38
|
0.02%
|
0.01%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,460
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,086
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
15
|
0.03%
|
0.01%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,013
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,245
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
11
|
0.01%
|
0.00%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
2,234
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
2,080
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
2022
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2022
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0.00%
|
|
2021
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,301
|
|
|
|
2021
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
|
2020
|
FCM
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
1,486
|
|
|
|
2020
|
Luminex
|
FMR
LLC |
$
|
0
|
|
|
During
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%,
Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset
Manager® 85% paid no brokerage commissions to firms for providing research or
brokerage services.
During
the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2022, Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%,
Fidelity Asset Manager® 30%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 60%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%, and
Fidelity Asset Manager® 85% did not allocate brokerage commissions to firms for
providing research or brokerage services.
The
NAV is the value of a single share. NAV is computed by adding a class's pro rata
share of the value of a fund's investments, cash, and other assets, subtracting
the class's pro rata share of the fund's liabilities, subtracting the
liabilities allocated to the class, and dividing the result by the number of
shares of that class that are outstanding.
The
Board of Trustees has designated the fund's investment adviser as the valuation
designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value
determinations as needed. The adviser has established a Fair Value Committee
(the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and
has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the
activities of the Committee.
Shares
of open-end investment companies (including any underlying Central funds) held
by a fund are valued at their respective NAVs. If an underlying fund's NAV is
unavailable, shares of that underlying fund will be fair valued in good faith by
the Committee in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies.
Generally,
other portfolio securities and assets held by a fund, as well as portfolio
securities and assets held by an underlying Central fund, are valued as
follows:
Most
equity securities are valued at the official closing price or the last reported
sale price or, if no sale has occurred, at the last quoted bid price on the
primary market or exchange on which they are traded.
Debt
securities and other assets for which market quotations are readily available
may be valued at market values in the principal market in which they normally
are traded, as furnished by recognized dealers in such securities or assets. Or,
debt securities and convertible securities may be valued on the basis of
information furnished by a pricing service that uses a valuation matrix which
incorporates both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing
techniques.
Short-term
securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which market
quotations and information furnished by a pricing service are not readily
available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates current
value.
Futures
contracts are valued at the settlement or closing price. Options are valued at
their market quotations, if available. Swaps are valued daily using quotations
received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers.
Prices
described above are obtained from pricing services that have been approved by
the Committee. A number of pricing services are available and a fund may use
more than one of these services. A fund may also discontinue the use of any
pricing service at any time. A fund's adviser through the Committee engages
in oversight activities with respect to the fund's pricing services, which
includes, among other things, testing the prices provided by pricing services
prior to calculation of a fund's NAV, conducting periodic due diligence
meetings, and periodically reviewing the methodologies and inputs used by these
services.
Foreign
securities and instruments are valued in their local currency following the
methodologies described above. Foreign securities, instruments and currencies
are translated to U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate
quotations supplied by a pricing service as of the close of the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE), which uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate
based on days to maturity between the closest preceding and subsequent
settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.
Other
portfolio securities and assets for which market quotations, official closing
prices, or information furnished by a pricing service are not readily available
or, in the opinion of the Committee, are deemed unreliable will be fair valued
in good faith by the Committee in accordance with applicable fair value pricing
policies. For example, if, in the opinion of the Committee, a security's value
has been materially affected by events occurring before a fund's pricing time
but after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is
principally traded, that security will be fair valued in good faith by the
Committee in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies. In fair
valuing a security, the Committee may consider factors including, but not
limited to, price movements in futures contracts and American Depositary
Receipts (ADRs), market and trading trends, the bid/ask quotes of brokers, and
off-exchange institutional trading. The frequency that portfolio securities or
assets are fair valued cannot be predicted and may be significant.
In
determining the fair value of a private placement security for which market
quotations are not available, the Committee generally applies one or more
valuation methods including the market approach, income approach and cost
approach. The market approach considers factors including the price of recent
investments in the same or a similar security or financial metrics of comparable
securities. The income approach considers factors including expected future cash
flows, security specific risks and corresponding discount rates. The cost
approach considers factors including the value of the security's underlying
assets and liabilities.
The
fund's adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation
process and related material matters.
BUYING,
SELLING, AND EXCHANGING INFORMATION
A
fund may make redemption payments in whole or in part in readily marketable
securities or other property pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees if
FMR determines it is in the best interests of the fund. Such securities or other
property will be valued for this purpose as they are valued in computing the NAV
of a fund or class, as applicable. Shareholders that receive securities or other
property will realize, upon receipt, a gain or loss for tax purposes, and will
incur additional costs and be exposed to market risk prior to and upon the sale
of such securities or other property.
Each
fund, in its discretion, may determine to issue its shares in kind in exchange
for securities held by the purchaser having a value, determined in accordance
with the fund's policies for valuation of portfolio securities, equal to the
purchase price of the fund shares issued. A fund will accept for in-kind
purchases only securities or other instruments that are appropriate under its
investment objective and policies. In addition, a fund generally will not accept
securities of any issuer unless they are liquid, have a readily ascertainable
market value, and are not subject to restrictions on resale. All dividends,
distributions, and subscription or other rights associated with the securities
become the property of the fund, along with the securities. Shares purchased in
exchange for securities in kind generally cannot be redeemed for fifteen days
following the exchange to allow time for the transfer to settle.
In
addition to the exchange privileges listed in each fund's prospectus, each fund
offers the privilege of moving between certain share classes of the same fund,
as detailed below. Such transactions are subject to eligibility requirements of
the applicable class of shares of a fund, and may be subject to applicable sales
loads. An exchange between share classes of the same fund generally is a
non-taxable event.
Class
A: Shares
of Class A may be exchanged for Class Z or Class I shares of the same
fund.
Class
M: Shares
of Class M may be exchanged for Class A (on a load-waived basis), Class Z, or
Class I shares of the same fund.
Class
C: Shares
of Class C may be exchanged for Class A, Class M, Class Z, or Class I shares of
the same fund.
Class
I: Shares
of Class I may be exchanged for Class A, if you are no longer eligible for Class
I, or Class Z shares of the same fund.
Class
Z: Shares
of Class Z may be exchanged for Class A or Class I shares of the same fund if
you are no longer eligible for Class Z.
Each
fund may terminate or modify its exchange privileges in the future.
Dividends.
A
portion of each fund's income may qualify for the dividends-received deduction
available to corporate shareholders. A portion of each fund's dividends, when
distributed to individual shareholders, may qualify for taxation at long-term
capital gains rates (provided certain holding period requirements are met). A
portion of each fund's dividends may be exempt from state and local taxation to
the extent that they are derived from certain U.S. Government securities and
meet certain requirements. Distributions by a fund to tax-advantaged retirement
plan accounts are not taxable currently (but you may be taxed later, upon
withdrawal of your investment from such account).
Capital
Gain Distributions. Unless
your shares of a fund are held in a tax-advantaged retirement plan, each fund's
long-term capital gain distributions, including amounts attributable to an
underlying fund's long-term capital gain distributions, are federally taxable to
shareholders generally as capital gains.
Returns
of Capital. If
a fund's distributions exceed its taxable income and capital gains realized
during a taxable year, all or a portion of the distributions made in the same
taxable year may be recharacterized as a return of capital to shareholders. A
return of capital distribution will generally not be taxable, but will reduce
each shareholder's cost basis in the fund and result in a higher reported
capital gain or lower reported capital loss when those shares on which the
distribution was received are sold in taxable accounts.
Foreign
Tax Credit or Deduction. Foreign
governments may impose withholding taxes on dividends and interest earned by a
fund with respect to foreign securities held directly by a fund. Foreign
governments may also impose taxes on other payments or gains with respect to
foreign securities held directly by a fund. As a general matter, if, at the
close of its fiscal year, more than 50% of a fund's total assets is invested in
securities of foreign issuers, the fund may elect to pass through eligible
foreign taxes paid and thereby allow shareholders to take a deduction or, if
they meet certain holding period requirements with respect to fund shares, a
credit on their individual tax returns. In addition, if at the close of each
quarter of its fiscal year at least 50% of a fund's total assets is represented
by interests in other regulated investment companies, the same rules will apply
to any foreign tax credits that underlying funds pass through to the fund.
Special rules may apply to the credit for individuals who receive dividends
qualifying for the long-term capital gains tax rate.
Tax
Status of the Funds. Each
fund intends to qualify each year as a "regulated investment company" under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code so that it will not be liable for
federal tax on income and capital gains distributed to shareholders. In order to
qualify as a regulated investment company, and avoid being subject to federal
income or excise taxes at the fund level, each fund intends to distribute
substantially all of its net investment income and net realized capital gains
within each calendar year as well as on a fiscal year basis (if the fiscal year
is other than the calendar year), and intends to comply with other tax rules
applicable to regulated investment companies.
Other
Tax Information. The
information above is only a summary of some of the tax consequences generally
affecting each fund and its shareholders, and no attempt has been made to
discuss individual tax consequences. Some of the information may not apply to
certain shareholders, including tax-advantaged retirement plan shareholders. It
is up to you or your tax preparer to determine whether the sale of shares of a
fund resulted in a capital gain or loss or other tax consequence to you. In
addition to federal income taxes, shareholders may be subject to state and local
taxes on fund distributions, and shares may be subject to state and local
personal property taxes. Investors should consult their tax advisers to
determine whether a fund is suitable to their particular tax situation.
The
Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and
funds, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs each fund
and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees
are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee
each fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that
provide services to each fund, oversee management of the risks associated with
such activities and contractual arrangements, and review each fund's
performance. Each of the Trustees oversees 293 funds.
The
Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may
resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least
two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who
requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may
be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and
(d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a
two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee
who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and
the funds is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent
Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which
his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this
mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers
and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any
officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a
majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the
Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or
other offices in the same company for the past five years.
Experience,
Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The
Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that
describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are
necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement
of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she
was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the
standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating
Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential
Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications,
attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to
time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current
Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in
light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and
regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional
search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board
takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and
committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc
committees throughout their tenure.
In
determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve
as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in
isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees
have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills,
which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing each fund and
protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific
experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in
each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or
continue to serve) as a trustee of the funds, is provided below.
Board
Structure and Oversight Function. Abigail
P. Johnson is an interested person and currently serves as Chairman. The
Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits
shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional
stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the funds.
Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an
individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the
Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent
Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without
having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural
component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the
Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The
Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Michael E.
Kenneally serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as
a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to
matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares
agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity
®
funds
are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The funds' Board oversees
Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation and certain
equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's high income and other equity
funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity ®
funds
that are overseen by such other Boards. The use of separate Boards, each with
its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of
Fidelity ®
funds
to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common
research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards
establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the
Fidelity ®
funds
overseen by each Board.
The
Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and
efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, each fund,
and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements and oversight of the funds' activities and associated risks. The
Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with
(i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have
demonstrably adverse effects on the funds' business and/or reputation; (ii)
implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events
or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or
circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system
designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to
facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and
(ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the funds are
carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the
funds' exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes
overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has
responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the funds' activities,
oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations and Audit Committees. In
addition, an ad hoc Board committee of Independent Trustees has worked with FMR
to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and
regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the
development of additional risk reporting to the Board. Appropriate personnel,
including but not limited to the funds' Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's
internal auditor, the independent accountants, the funds' Treasurer and
portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees,
as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program
for the Fidelity ®
funds.
The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight
responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the
Trustees."
Interested
Trustees*:
Correspondence
intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity
Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name,
Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Abigail
P. Johnson (1961)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2009
Trustee
Chairman
of the Board of Trustees
Ms.
Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Ms. Johnson serves as Chairman (2016-present), Chief Executive Officer
(2014-present), and Director (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial
services company), President of Fidelity Financial Services (2012-present) and
President of Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services (2005-present). Ms.
Johnson is Chairman and Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company
LLC (investment adviser firm, 2011-present). Previously, Ms. Johnson served as
Chairman and Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2011-2019),
Vice Chairman (2007-2016) and President (2013-2016) of FMR LLC, President and a
Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company (2001-2005), a Trustee of
other investment companies advised by Fidelity Management & Research
Company, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm),
and FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity
®
funds
(2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity ®
funds.
Ms. Abigail P. Johnson and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related.
Jennifer
Toolin McAuliffe (1959)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Ms.
McAuliffe also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds
and as Trustee of Fidelity Charitable (2020-present). Previously, Ms. McAuliffe
served as Co-Head of Fixed Income of Fidelity Investments Limited (now known as
FIL Limited (FIL)) (diversified financial services company), Director of
Research for FIL's credit and quantitative teams in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo
and Director of Research for taxable and municipal bonds at Fidelity Investments
Money Management, Inc. Ms. McAuliffe previously served as a member of the
Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2016). Ms. McAuliffe was previously a lawyer at Ropes & Gray LLP and
currently serves as director or trustee of several not-for-profit
entities.
*
Determined to be an "Interested Trustee" by virtue of, among other things, his
or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with
FMR.
+
The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five
years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills
relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the
conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for each fund.
Independent
Trustees:
Correspondence
intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O.
Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name,
Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Elizabeth
S. Acton (1951)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2013
Trustee
Ms.
Acton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Prior to her retirement, Ms. Acton served as Executive Vice President, Finance
(2011-2012), Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (2002-2011) and
Treasurer (2004-2005) of Comerica Incorporated (financial services). Prior to
joining Comerica, Ms. Acton held a variety of positions at Ford Motor Company
(1983-2002), including Vice President and Treasurer (2000-2002) and Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company
(1998-2000). Ms. Acton currently serves as a member of the Board and Audit and
Finance Committees of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (homebuilding, 2012-present). Ms.
Acton previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain
Fidelity ®
funds
(2013-2016).
Ann
E. Dunwoody (1953)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
General
Dunwoody also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
General Dunwoody (United States Army, Retired) was the first woman in U.S.
military history to achieve the rank of four-star general and prior to her
retirement in 2012 held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including
Commanding General, U.S. Army Material Command (2008-2012). General Dunwoody
currently serves as President of First to Four LLC (leadership and mentoring
services, 2012-present), a member of the Board and Nomination and Corporate
Governance Committees of Kforce Inc. (professional staffing services,
2016-present) and a member of the Board of Automattic Inc. (software
engineering, 2018-present). Previously, General Dunwoody served as a member of
the Advisory Board and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of L3
Technologies, Inc. (communication, electronic, sensor and aerospace systems,
2013-2019) and a member of the Board and Audit and Sustainability and Corporate
Responsibility Committees of Republic Services, Inc. (waste collection, disposal
and recycling, 2013-2016). Ms. Dunwoody also serves on several boards for
non-profit organizations, including as a member of the Board, Chair of the
Nomination and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of
Logistics Management Institute (consulting non-profit, 2012-present), a member
of the Council of Trustees for the Association of the United States Army
(advocacy non-profit, 2013-present), a member of the Board of Florida Institute
of Technology (2015-present) and a member of the Board of ThanksUSA (military
family education non-profit, 2014-present). General Dunwoody previously served
as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2018).
John
Engler (1948)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2014
Trustee
Mr.
Engler also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Previously, Mr. Engler served as Governor of Michigan (1991-2003), President of
the Business Roundtable (2011-2017) and interim President of Michigan State
University (2018-2019). Mr. Engler currently serves as a member of the Board of
Stride, Inc. (formerly K12 Inc.) (technology-based education company,
2012-present). Previously, Mr. Engler served as a member of the Board of
Universal Forest Products (manufacturer and distributor of wood and
wood-alternative products, 2003-2019) and Trustee of The Munder Funds
(2003-2014). Mr. Engler previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of
certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2014-2016).
Robert
F. Gartland (1951)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2010
Trustee
Mr.
Gartland also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Gartland held a variety of positions at Morgan
Stanley (financial services, 1979-2007), including Managing Director (1987-2007)
and Chase Manhattan Bank (1975-1978). Mr. Gartland previously served as Chairman
and an investor in Gartland & Mellina Group Corp. (consulting, 2009-2019),
as a member of the Board of National Securities Clearing Corporation (1993-1996)
and as Chairman of TradeWeb (2003-2004).
Arthur
E. Johnson (1947)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Mr.
Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President of
Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense
contractor, 1999-2009). Mr. Johnson currently serves as a member of the Board of
Booz Allen Hamilton (management consulting, 2011-present). Mr. Johnson
previously served as a member of the Board of Eaton Corporation plc (diversified
power management, 2009-2019) and a member of the Board of AGL Resources, Inc.
(holding company, 2002-2016). Mr. Johnson previously served as Chairman
(2018-2021) and Vice Chairman (2015-2018) of the Independent Trustees of certain
Fidelity® funds. Mr. Arthur E. Johnson is not related to Ms. Abigail P.
Johnson.
Michael
E. Kenneally (1954)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2009
Trustee
Chairman
of the Independent Trustees
Mr.
Kenneally also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds
and was Vice Chairman (2018-2021) of the Independent Trustees of certain
Fidelity ®
funds.
Prior to retirement in 2005, he was Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer
of Credit Suisse Asset Management, the worldwide fund management and
institutional investment business of Credit Suisse Group. Previously, Mr.
Kenneally was an Executive Vice President and the Chief Investment Officer for
Bank of America. In this role, he was responsible for the investment management,
strategy and products delivered to the bank's institutional, high-net-worth and
retail clients. Earlier, Mr. Kenneally directed the organization's equity and
quantitative research groups. He began his career as a research analyst and then
spent more than a dozen years as a portfolio manager for endowments, pension
plans and mutual funds. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
designation in 1991.
Marie
L. Knowles (1946)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2001
Trustee
Ms.
Knowles also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Prior to her retirement, Ms. Knowles held several positions at Atlantic
Richfield Company (diversified energy), including Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (1996-2000), Senior Vice President (1993-1996) and
President of ARCO Transportation Company (pipeline and tanker operations,
1993-1996). Ms. Knowles currently serves as a member of the Board of the Santa
Catalina Island Company (real estate, 2009-present), a member of the Investment
Company Institute Board of Governors and a member of the Governing Council of
the Independent Directors Council (2014-present). Ms. Knowles also serves as a
member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of
Southern California. Ms. Knowles previously served as a member of the Board of
McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, 2002-2021). In addition, Ms. Knowles
previously served as Chairman (2015-2018) and Vice Chairman (2012-2015) of the
Independent Trustees of certain Fidelity ®
funds.
Mark
A. Murray (1954)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2016
Trustee
Mr.
Murray also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ®
funds.
Previously, Mr. Murray served as Co-Chief Executive Officer (2013-2016),
President (2006-2013) and Vice Chairman (2013-2020) of Meijer, Inc. Mr. Murray
serves as a member of the Board (2009-present) and Public Policy and
Responsibility Committee (2009-present) and Chair of the Nuclear Review
Committee (2019-present) of DTE Energy Company (diversified energy company). Mr.
Murray previously served as a member of the Board of Spectrum Health
(not-for-profit health system, 2015-2019) and as a member of the Board and Audit
Committee and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (manufacturer and distributor of wood and
wood-alternative products, 2004-2016). Mr. Murray also serves as a member of the
Board of many community and professional organizations. Mr. Murray previously
served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2016).
+
The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five
years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills
relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the
conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for each fund.
Advisory
Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence
intended for an officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Officers appear below in alphabetical order.
Name,
Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Laura
M. Bishop (1961)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2022
Member
of the Advisory Board
Ms.
Bishop also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other funds. Prior to
her retirement, Ms. Bishop held a variety of positions at United Services
Automobile Association (2001-2020), including Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (2014-2020) and Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief
Financial Officer (2012-2014). Ms. Bishop currently serves as a member of the
Audit Committee and Compensation and Personnel Committee (2021-present) of the
Board of Directors of Korn Ferry (global organizational consulting).
Robert
W. Helm (1957)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2021
Member
of the Advisory Board
Mr.
Helm also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr.
Helm was formerly Deputy Chairman (2003-2020), partner (1991-2020) and an
associate (1984-1991) of Dechert LLP (formerly Dechert Price & Rhoads). Mr.
Helm currently serves on boards and committees of several not-for-profit
organizations.
Craig
S. Brown (1977)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant
Treasurer
Mr.
Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant
Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments
(2013-present).
John
J. Burke III (1964)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief
Financial Officer
Mr.
Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as
Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations
(2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present).
Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations
(2012-2018).
David
J. Carter (1973)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant
Secretary
Mr.
Carter also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. Mr. Carter serves as
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2022-present) and is an employee
of Fidelity Investments (2005-present).
Jonathan
Davis (1968)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant
Treasurer
Mr.
Davis also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant
Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present), FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), FD
Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds
Management LLC (2021-present); and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.
Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of
FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).
Laura
M. Del Prato (1964)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2018
President
and Treasurer
Ms.
Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato serves as
Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity
Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and
Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and
Term Portfolio (2018-2020). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato
served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds
(2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund
Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm,
2004-2012).
Colm
A. Hogan (1973)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2016
Assistant
Treasurer
Mr.
Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant
Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and
is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan
served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2016-2018).
Cynthia
Lo Bessette (1969)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2019
Secretary
and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms.
Lo Bessette also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as
CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research
Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); CLO of Fidelity Management
& Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms,
2019-present); Secretary of FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC
(2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-present); and Assistant
Secretary of FIMM, LLC (2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company,
2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo
Bessette served as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc.
(investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and
Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019).
Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was Executive Vice
President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General
Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and
Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment
adviser firm).
Chris
Maher (1972)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2013
Assistant
Treasurer
Mr.
Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as
Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc.
(2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present).
Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds
(2013-2020); Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice
President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm,
2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).
Kenneth
B. Robins (1969)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief
Compliance Officer
Mr.
Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance
Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser
firm, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present).
Previously, Mr. Robins served as Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. (investment
adviser firm, 2016-2019), as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments
Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other
fund officer roles.
Brett
Segaloff (1972)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money
Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr.
Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related
entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC
(diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity
Investments (1996-present).
Stacie
M. Smith (1974)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2013
Assistant
Treasurer
Ms.
Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant
Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is
an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund
officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior
Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously,
Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer
(2013-2016) of certain Fidelity ®
funds.
Jim
Wegmann (1979)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2021
Deputy
Treasurer
Mr.
Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann serves as
Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity
Investments (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant
Treasurer of certain Fidelity ®
funds
(2019-2021).
Vadim
Zlotnikov (1962)
Year
of Election or Appointment: 2019
Vice
President
Mr.
Zlotnikov also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Zlotnikov serves as
President and Director of Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (investment
adviser firm, 2021-present), President and Director of FIAM LLC (investment
adviser firm, 2020-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments
(2018-present). Previously, Mr. Zlotnikov served as President and Chief
Investment Officer of Global Asset Allocation (2018-2020). Prior to joining
Fidelity Investments, Mr. Zlotnikov served as Co-Head of Multi-Asset Solutions,
Chief Market Strategist, and CIO of Systematic Strategies with AllianceBernstein
(investment adviser firm, 2002-2018).
Standing
Committees of the Trustees. The
Board of Trustees has established various committees to support the Independent
Trustees in acting independently in pursuing the best interests of the funds and
their shareholders. Currently, the Board of Trustees has four standing
committees. The members of each committee are Independent Trustees.
The
Operations Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees, with Mr.
Kenneally currently serving as Chair. The committee normally meets at least six
times a year, or more frequently as called by the Chair, and serves as a forum
for consideration of issues of importance to, or calling for particular
determinations by, the Independent Trustees. The committee considers matters
involving potential conflicts of interest between the funds and FMR and its
affiliates, including matters involving potential claims of one or more funds
(e.g., for reimbursements of expenses or losses) against FMR, and reviews
proposed contracts and the proposed continuation of contracts between the funds
and FMR and its affiliates, and annually reviews and makes recommendations
regarding contracts with third parties unaffiliated with FMR, including
insurance coverage and custody agreements. The committee has oversight of
compliance issues not specifically within the scope of any other committee.
These matters include, but are not limited to, significant non-conformance with
contract requirements and other significant regulatory matters and recommending
to the Board of Trustees the designation of a person to serve as the funds' CCO.
The committee (i) serves as a primary point of contact (generally after the
Independent Trustee who serves as a liaison for the CCO) for the CCO with regard
to Board-related functions; (ii) oversees the annual performance review of the
CCO; (iii) makes recommendations concerning the CCO's compensation; and (iv)
makes recommendations as needed in respect of the removal of the CCO.
The
Audit Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees, with Ms. Acton
currently serving as Chair. At least one committee member will be an "audit
committee financial expert" as defined by the SEC. The committee normally meets
four times a year, or more frequently as called by the Chair or a majority of
committee members. The committee meets separately, at least annually, with the
funds' Treasurer, with the funds' Chief Financial Officer, with personnel
responsible for the internal audit function of FMR LLC, with the funds' outside
auditors, and with the funds' CCO. The committee has direct responsibility for
the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the outside auditors
employed by the funds. The committee assists the Trustees in overseeing and
monitoring: (i) the systems of internal accounting and financial controls of the
funds and the funds' service providers (to the extent such controls impact the
funds' financial statements); (ii) the funds' auditors and the annual audits of
the funds' financial statements; (iii) the financial reporting processes of the
funds; (iv) whistleblower reports; and (v) the accounting policies and
disclosures of the funds. The committee considers and acts upon (i) the
provision by any outside auditor of any non-audit services for any fund, and
(ii) the provision by any outside auditor of certain non-audit services to fund
service providers and their affiliates to the extent that such approval (in the
case of this clause (ii)) is required under applicable regulations of the SEC.
It is responsible for approving all audit engagement fees and terms for the
funds and for resolving disagreements between a fund and any outside auditor
regarding any fund's financial reporting. Auditors of the funds report directly
to the committee. The committee will obtain assurance of independence and
objectivity from the outside auditors, including a formal written statement
delineating all relationships between the auditor and the funds and any service
providers consistent with the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board. It oversees and receives reports on the funds' service providers'
internal controls and reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of the service
providers' accounting and financial controls, including: (i) any significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the funds' ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data;
(ii) any change in the fund's internal control over financial reporting that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the fund's
internal control over financial reporting; and (iii) any fraud, whether material
or not, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in the funds' or service providers internal controls over financial reporting.
The committee will also review any correspondence with regulators or
governmental agencies or published reports that raise material issues regarding
the funds' financial statements or accounting policies. These matters may also
be reviewed by the Operations Committee. The committee reviews at least annually
a report from each outside auditor describing any material issues raised by the
most recent internal quality control, peer review, or Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board examination of the auditing firm and any material issues raised
by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities of
the auditing firm and in each case any steps taken to deal with such issues. The
committee will oversee and receive reports on the funds' financial reporting
process from the funds' Treasurer and outside auditors and will oversee the
resolution of any disagreements concerning financial reporting among applicable
parties. The committee will discuss with FMR, the funds' Treasurer, outside
auditors and, if appropriate, internal audit personnel of FMR LLC their
qualitative judgments about the appropriateness and acceptability of accounting
principles and financial disclosure practices used or proposed for adoption by
the funds. The committee will review with FMR, the funds' outside auditor,
internal audit personnel of FMR LLC and legal counsel, as appropriate, matters
related to the audits of the funds' financial statements. The committee will
discuss regularly and oversee the review of the internal controls of the funds
and their service providers with respect to accounting, financial matters and
risk management programs related to the funds. The committee will review
periodically the funds' major internal controls exposures and the steps that
have been taken to monitor and control such exposures.
The
Fair Valuation Committee is composed of all of the Independent Trustees, with
Mr. Murray currently serving as Chair. The Committee normally meets quarterly,
or more frequently as called by the Chair. The Fair Valuation Committee oversees
the valuation of securities held by the funds, including the fair valuation of
securities by the funds' valuation designee. The Committee receives and reviews
related reports and information consistent with its oversight
obligations.
The
Governance and Nominating Committee is composed of Messrs. Kenneally (Chair) and
Gartland (Vice Chair), and Ms. Acton. The committee meets as called by the
Chair. With respect to fund governance and board administration matters, the
committee periodically reviews procedures of the Board of Trustees and its
committees (including committee charters) and periodically reviews compensation
of Independent Trustees. The committee monitors corporate governance matters and
makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees on the frequency and structure of
the Board of Trustee meetings and on any other aspect of Board procedures. It
acts as the administrative committee under the retirement plan for Independent
Trustees who retired prior to December 30, 1996 and under the fee deferral plan
for Independent Trustees. It monitors the performance of legal counsel employed
by both the funds and the Independent Trustees. The committee will engage and
oversee any counsel utilized by the Independent Trustees as may be necessary or
appropriate under applicable regulations or otherwise. The committee also
approves Board administrative matters applicable to Independent Trustees, such
as expense reimbursement policies and compensation for attendance at meetings,
conferences and other events. The committee oversees compliance with the
provisions of the code of ethics and any supplemental policies regarding
personal securities transactions applicable to the Independent Trustees. The
committee reviews the functioning of each Board committee and makes
recommendations for any changes, including the creation or elimination of
standing or ad hoc Board committees. The committee monitors regulatory and other
developments to determine whether to recommend modifications to the committee's
responsibilities or other Trustee policies and procedures in light of rule
changes, reports concerning "recommended practices" in corporate governance and
other developments in mutual fund governance. The committee meets with
Independent Trustees at least once a year to discuss matters relating to fund
governance. The committee recommends that the Board establish such special or ad
hoc Board committees as may be desirable or necessary from time to time in order
to address ethical, legal, or other matters that may arise. The committee also
oversees the annual self-evaluation of the Board of Trustees and establishes
procedures to allow it to exercise this oversight function. In conducting this
oversight, the committee shall address all matters that it considers relevant to
the performance of the Board of Trustees and shall report the results of its
evaluation to the Board of Trustees, including any recommended amendments to the
principles of governance, and any recommended changes to the funds' or the Board
of Trustees' policies, procedures, and structures. The committee reviews
periodically the size and composition of the Board of Trustees as a whole and
recommends, if necessary, measures to be taken so that the Board of Trustees
reflects the appropriate balance of knowledge, experience, skills, expertise,
and diversity required for the Board as a whole and contains at least the
minimum number of Independent Trustees required by law. The committee makes
nominations for the election or appointment of Independent Trustees and
non-management Members of any Advisory Board, and for membership on committees.
The committee has the authority to retain and terminate any third-party
advisers, including authority to approve fees and other retention terms. Such
advisers may include search firms to identify Independent Trustee candidates and
board compensation consultants. The committee may conduct or authorize
investigations into or studies of matters within the committee's scope of
responsibilities, and may retain, at the funds' expense, such independent
counsel or other advisers as it deems necessary. The committee will consider
nominees to the Board of Trustees recommended by shareholders based upon the
criteria applied to candidates presented to the committee by a search firm or
other source. Recommendations, along with appropriate background material
concerning the candidate that demonstrates his or her ability to serve as an
Independent Trustee of the funds, should be submitted to the Chair of the
committee at the address maintained for communications with Independent
Trustees. If the committee retains a search firm, the Chair will generally
forward all such submissions to the search firm for evaluation. With respect to
the criteria for selecting Independent Trustees, it is expected that all
candidates will possess the following minimum qualifications: (i) unquestioned
personal integrity; (ii) not an interested person of the funds within the
meaning of the 1940 Act; (iii) does not have a material relationship (e.g.,
commercial, banking, consulting, legal, or accounting) with the adviser, any
sub-adviser or their affiliates that could create an appearance of lack of
independence in respect of the funds; (iv) has the disposition to act
independently in respect of FMR and its affiliates and others in order to
protect the interests of the funds and all shareholders; (v) ability to attend
regularly scheduled Board meetings during the year; (vi) demonstrates sound
business judgment gained through broad experience in significant positions where
the candidate has dealt with management, technical, financial, or regulatory
issues; (vii) sufficient financial or accounting knowledge to add value in the
complex financial environment of the funds; (viii) experience on corporate or
other institutional oversight bodies having similar responsibilities, but which
board memberships or other relationships could not result in business or
regulatory conflicts with the funds; and (ix) capacity for the hard work and
attention to detail that is required to be an effective Independent Trustee in
light of the funds' complex regulatory, operational, and marketing setting. The
Governance and Nominating Committee may determine that a candidate who does not
have the type of previous experience or knowledge referred to above should
nevertheless be considered as a nominee if the Governance and Nominating
Committee finds that the candidate has additional qualifications such that his
or her qualifications, taken as a whole, demonstrate the same level of fitness
to serve as an Independent Trustee.
During
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, each committee held the number of
meetings shown in the table below:
COMMITTEE
|
NUMBER
OF MEETINGS HELD |
Operations
Committee |
8
|
Audit
Committee |
5
|
Fair
Valuation Committee |
4
|
Governance
and Nominating Committee |
12
|
The
following table sets forth information describing the dollar range of equity
securities beneficially owned by each Trustee in each fund and in all funds in
the aggregate within the same fund family overseen by the Trustee for the
calendar year ended December 31, 2021.
Interested
Trustees
DOLLAR
RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES |
Abigail
P Johnson |
Jennifer
Toolin McAuliffe |
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
none
|
over
$100,000 |
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
none
|
none
|
|
|
AGGREGATE
DOLLAR RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES IN ALL FUNDS
OVERSEEN
WITHIN FUND FAMILY |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
|
|
Independent
Trustees
DOLLAR
RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES |
Elizabeth
Acton |
Ann
Dunwoody |
John
Engler |
Robert
Gartland |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
over
$100,000 |
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
none
|
over
$100,000 |
none
|
over
$100,000 |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
AGGREGATE
DOLLAR RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES IN ALL FUNDS
OVERSEEN
WITHIN FUND FAMILY |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
DOLLAR
RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES |
Arthur
Johnson |
Michael
Kenneally |
Marie
Knowles |
Mark
Murray |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
none
|
none
|
none
|
none
|
AGGREGATE
DOLLAR RANGE OF
FUND
SHARES IN ALL FUNDS
OVERSEEN
WITHIN FUND FAMILY |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
over
$100,000 |
The
following table sets forth information describing the compensation of each
Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board (if any) for his or her services for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, or calendar year ended December 31,
2021, as applicable.
Compensation
Table (A)
AGGREGATE
COMPENSATION
FROM
A FUND |
|
Elizabeth
Acton
|
|
Laura
Bishop (B)
|
|
Ann
Dunwoody
|
|
John
Engler
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
$
|
1,809
|
$
|
148
|
$
|
1,602
|
$
|
1,597
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
$
|
776
|
$
|
61
|
$
|
687
|
$
|
685
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
$
|
719
|
$
|
60
|
$
|
637
|
$
|
635
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
$
|
3,129
|
$
|
252
|
$
|
2,771
|
$
|
2,762
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
$
|
1,199
|
$
|
99
|
$
|
1,062
|
$
|
1,058
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
$
|
1,916
|
$
|
158
|
$
|
1,697
|
$
|
1,691
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
$
|
1,077
|
$
|
89
|
$
|
954
|
$
|
951
|
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
FROM
THE FUND COMPLEX (C)
|
$
|
517,500
|
|
-
|
$
|
472,500
|
$
|
472,500
|
AGGREGATE
COMPENSATION
FROM
A FUND |
|
Robert
Gartland
|
|
Robert
Helm (D)
|
|
Arthur
Johnson
|
|
Michael
Kenneally
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
$
|
1,825
|
$
|
1,602
|
$
|
1,602
|
$
|
1,990
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
$
|
783
|
$
|
687
|
$
|
687
|
$
|
854
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
$
|
725
|
$
|
637
|
$
|
637
|
$
|
791
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
$
|
3,157
|
$
|
2,771
|
$
|
2,771
|
$
|
3,443
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
$
|
1,210
|
$
|
1,062
|
$
|
1,062
|
$
|
1,320
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
$
|
1,933
|
$
|
1,697
|
$
|
1,697
|
$
|
2,108
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
$
|
1,087
|
$
|
954
|
$
|
954
|
$
|
1,185
|
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
FROM
THE FUND COMPLEX (C)
|
$
|
502,500
|
$
|
275,333
|
$
|
560,000
|
$
|
552,500
|
AGGREGATE
COMPENSATION
FROM
A FUND |
|
Marie
Knowles
|
|
Mark
Murray
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
$
|
1,602
|
$
|
1,602
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
$
|
687
|
$
|
687
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
$
|
637
|
$
|
637
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
$
|
2,771
|
$
|
2,771
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
$
|
1,062
|
$
|
1,062
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
$
|
1,697
|
$
|
1,697
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
$
|
954
|
$
|
954
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
COMPENSATION
FROM
THE FUND COMPLEX (C)
|
$
|
490,500
|
$
|
472,500
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
Abigail P. Johnson and Jennifer Toolin McAuliffe are interested persons
and are compensated by Fidelity.
|
(B)
Ms. Bishop serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Charles
Street Trust effective September 1, 2022.
|
(C)
Reflects compensation received for the calendar year ended December 31,
2021 for 286 funds of 31 trusts (including Fidelity Central Investment
Portfolios II LLC). Compensation figures include cash and may include
amounts elected to be deferred. Certain individuals elected voluntarily to
defer a portion of their compensation as follows: Elizabeth S. Acton,
$108,000; Ann E. Dunwoody, $260,875; Robert F. Gartland, $180,000; Robert
W. Helm, $149,126; and Mark A. Murray, $260,875.
|
(D)
Mr. Helm serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Charles
Street Trust effective June 1, 2021.
|
As
of September 30, 2022, the Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and
officers of each fund owned, in the aggregate, less than 1% of each class's
total outstanding shares, with respect to each fund.
As
of September 30, 2022, the following owned of record and/or beneficially 5% or
more of the outstanding shares:
Fund
or Class Name |
Owner
Name |
City
|
State
|
Ownership
% |
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
11.17%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class A |
J
P MORGAN SECURITIES INC |
BROOKLYN
|
NY
|
9.09%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class A |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
7.19%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
6.85%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class A |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
5.20%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
15.69%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
9.85%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class C |
J
P MORGAN SECURITIES INC |
BROOKLYN
|
NY
|
8.64%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class I |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
22.91%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
18.49%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class I |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
11.81%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class M |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
12.93%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 20% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - CONSERVATIVE INCOME POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
99.23%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
13.04%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class A |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
10.71%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
10.18%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
19.43%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class C |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
14.68%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
12.98%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
12.39%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
26.49%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class I |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
20.32%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class I |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
13.38%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class M |
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC |
WEST
DES MOINES |
IA
|
38.26%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 30% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - INCOME POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
97.72%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
12.88%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class A |
ADP
BROKERDEALER INC |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
12.67%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
12.42%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class A |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
5.17%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
21.25%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
14.72%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
11.23%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class C |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
6.94%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class C |
J
P MORGAN SECURITIES INC |
BROOKLYN
|
NY
|
5.49%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
25.28%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
IDAHO
TRUST BANK |
BOISE
|
ID
|
10.05%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
7.92%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
EFC
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC |
FARGO
|
ND
|
6.73%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
NYL
BENEFITS SERVICES |
WESTWOOD
|
MA
|
6.47%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
5.74%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class I |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
5.26%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class M |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
7.42%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class M |
GREAT
WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY |
GREENWOOD
VILLAGE |
CO
|
6.05%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 40% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - MODERATE INCOME POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
96.43%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
12.82%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
10.52%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class A |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
5.89%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
14.07%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
11.02%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
9.82%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class C |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
6.81%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class C |
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY |
NEW
YORK |
NY
|
5.57%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
24.54%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class I |
MORGAN
STANLEY SMITH BARNEY |
NEW
YORK |
NY
|
8.98%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class I |
IDAHO
TRUST BANK |
BOISE
|
ID
|
7.43%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class M |
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC |
WEST
DES MOINES |
IA
|
30.44%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 50% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - BALANCED POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
98.13%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
14.82%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
9.11%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
9.79%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
8.50%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
8.19%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class I |
CHET
ADVISOR 529 ASSET MANAGER 60% PORTFOLIO |
MERRIMACK
|
NH
|
35.93%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class I |
NEW
HAMPSHIRE HIGHER EDUCATION SAVINGS PLAN TRUST |
MERRIMACK
|
NH
|
19.26%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
7.47%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class I |
EFC
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC |
FARGO
|
ND
|
5.46%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class I |
CHARLES
SCHWAB CO INC |
SAN
FRANCISCO |
CA
|
5.24%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class M |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
7.10%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class M |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
5.54%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 60% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - MODERATE GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
97.37%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
14.74%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
6.93%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
16.77%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
13.85%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
7.30%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class C |
FIRST
CLEARING LLC |
SAINT
LOUIS |
MO
|
5.80%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class I |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
8.83%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class I |
EFC
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC |
FARGO
|
ND
|
8.34%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class I |
IDAHO
TRUST BANK |
BOISE
|
ID
|
5.45%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class M |
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC |
WEST
DES MOINES |
IA
|
24.68%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 70% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
98.02%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class A |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
28.72%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class A |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
7.48%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class C |
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL SERVICES INC |
MINNEAPOLIS
|
MN
|
23.51%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class C |
PERSHING
LLC |
JERSEY
CITY |
NJ
|
14.77%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class C |
LPL
FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
SAN
DIEGO |
CA
|
6.99%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class I |
EFC
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC |
FARGO
|
ND
|
23.96%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class I |
RAYMOND
JAMES ASSOCIATES INC |
SAINT
PETERSBURG |
FL
|
5.31%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class M |
SAMMONS
FINANCIAL NETWORK LLC |
WEST
DES MOINES |
IA
|
21.62%
|
Fidelity
Advisor Asset Manager® 85% - Class Z |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - AGGRESSIVE GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
95.65%
|
As
of September 30, 2022, the following owned of record and/or beneficially 25% or
more of the outstanding shares:
Fund
Name |
Owner
Name |
City
|
State
|
Ownership
% |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - CONSERVATIVE INCOME POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
28.61%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - MODERATE GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
34.62%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
30.10%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
FIDELITY
CHARITABLE GIFT FUND℠ - AGGRESSIVE GROWTH POOL |
BOSTON
|
MA
|
33.99%
|
A
shareholder owning of record or beneficially more than 25% of a fund's
outstanding shares may be considered a controlling person. That shareholder's
vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented at a
shareholders' meeting than votes of other shareholders.
CONTROL
OF INVESTMENT ADVISERS
FMR
LLC, as successor by merger to FMR Corp., is the ultimate parent company of FMR,
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong
Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited. The
voting common shares of FMR LLC are divided into two series. Series B is held
predominantly by members of the Johnson family, including Abigail P. Johnson,
directly or through trusts, and is entitled to 49% of the vote on any matter
acted upon by the voting common shares. Series A is held predominantly by
non-Johnson family member employees of FMR LLC and its affiliates and is
entitled to 51% of the vote on any such matter. The Johnson family group and all
other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement
under which all Series B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority
vote of Series B shares. Under the 1940 Act, control of a company is presumed
where one individual or group of individuals owns more than 25% of the voting
securities of that company. Therefore, through their ownership of voting common
shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the
Johnson family may be deemed, under the 1940 Act, to form a controlling group
with respect to FMR LLC.
At
present, the primary business activities of FMR LLC and its subsidiaries are:
(i) the provision of investment advisory, management, shareholder, investment
information and assistance and certain fiduciary services for individual and
institutional investors; (ii) the provision of securities brokerage services;
(iii) the management and development of real estate; and (iv) the investment in
and operation of a number of emerging businesses.
FMR,
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong
Kong) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited, Fidelity
Distributors Company LLC (FDC), and the funds have adopted a code of ethics
under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act that sets forth employees' fiduciary
responsibilities regarding the funds, establishes procedures for personal
investing, and restricts certain transactions. Employees subject to the code of
ethics, including Fidelity investment personnel, may invest in securities for
their own investment accounts, including securities that may be purchased or
held by the funds.
Each
fund has entered into a management contract with FMR, pursuant to which FMR
furnishes investment advisory and other services.
Management
Services. Under
the terms of its management contract with each fund, FMR acts as investment
adviser and, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees, has overall
responsibility for directing the investments of the fund in accordance with its
investment objective, policies and limitations. FMR also provides each fund with
all necessary office facilities and personnel for servicing the fund's
investments, compensates all officers of each fund and all Trustees who are
interested persons of the trust or of FMR, and compensates all personnel of each
fund or FMR performing services relating to research, statistical and investment
activities.
In
addition, FMR or its affiliates, subject to the supervision of the Board of
Trustees, provide the management and administrative services necessary for the
operation of each fund. These services include providing facilities for
maintaining each fund's organization; supervising relations with custodians,
transfer and pricing agents, accountants, underwriters and other persons dealing
with each fund; preparing all general shareholder communications and conducting
shareholder relations; maintaining each fund's records and the registration of
each fund's shares under federal securities laws and making necessary filings
under state securities laws; developing management and shareholder services for
each fund; and furnishing reports, evaluations and analyses on a variety of
subjects to the Trustees.
Management-Related
Expenses. In
addition to the management fee payable to FMR and the fees payable to the
transfer agent and pricing and bookkeeping agent, and the costs associated with
securities lending, as applicable, a fund or each class thereof, as applicable,
pays all of its expenses that are not assumed by those parties. A fund pays for
the typesetting, printing, and mailing of its proxy materials to shareholders,
legal expenses, and the fees of the custodian, auditor, and Independent
Trustees. A fund's management contract further provides that the fund will pay
for typesetting, printing, and mailing prospectuses, statements of additional
information, notices, and reports to shareholders. Other expenses paid by a fund
include interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, fees and expenses associated
with the fund's securities lending program, if applicable, the fund's
proportionate share of insurance premiums and Investment Company Institute dues,
and the costs of registering shares under federal securities laws and making
necessary filings under state securities laws. A fund is also liable for such
non-recurring expenses as may arise, including costs of any litigation to which
the fund may be a party, and any obligation it may have to indemnify its
officers and Trustees with respect to litigation.
Management
Fees.
For
the services of FMR under the management contract, each fund pays FMR a monthly
management fee which has two components: a group fee rate and an individual fund
fee rate.
The
group fee rate is based on the monthly average net assets of a group of
registered investment companies with which FMR has management contracts.
The
following is the fee schedule for Fidelity Asset Manager® 20%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 30%, and Fidelity Asset Manager® 40%:
GROUP
FEE RATE SCHEDULE |
|
|
|
EFFECTIVE
ANNUAL FEE RATES |
Average
Group Assets |
|
|
Annualized
Rate |
Group
Net Assets |
Effective
Annual Fee Rate |
0
|
-
|
$3
billion |
.3700%
|
$1
billion |
.3700%
|
3
|
-
|
6
|
.3400
|
50
|
.2188
|
6
|
-
|
9
|
.3100
|
100
|
.1869
|
9
|
-
|
12
|
.2800
|
150
|
.1736
|
12
|
-
|
15
|
.2500
|
200
|
.1652
|
15
|
-
|
18
|
.2200
|
250
|
.1587
|
18
|
-
|
21
|
.2000
|
300
|
.1536
|
21
|
-
|
24
|
.1900
|
350
|
.1494
|
24
|
-
|
30
|
.1800
|
400
|
.1459
|
30
|
-
|
36
|
.1750
|
450
|
.1427
|
36
|
-
|
42
|
.1700
|
500
|
.1399
|
42
|
-
|
48
|
.1650
|
550
|
.1372
|
48
|
-
|
66
|
.1600
|
600
|
.1349
|
66
|
-
|
84
|
.1550
|
650
|
.1328
|
84
|
-
|
120
|
.1500
|
700
|
.1309
|
120
|
-
|
156
|
.1450
|
750
|
.1291
|
156
|
-
|
192
|
.1400
|
800
|
.1275
|
192
|
-
|
228
|
.1350
|
850
|
.1260
|
228
|
-
|
264
|
.1300
|
900
|
.1246
|
264
|
-
|
300
|
.1275
|
950
|
.1233
|
300
|
-
|
336
|
.1250
|
1,000
|
.1220
|
336
|
-
|
372
|
.1225
|
1,050
|
.1209
|
372
|
-
|
408
|
.1200
|
1,100
|
.1197
|
408
|
-
|
444
|
.1175
|
1,150
|
.1187
|
444
|
-
|
480
|
.1150
|
1,200
|
.1177
|
480
|
-
|
516
|
.1125
|
1,250
|
.1167
|
516
|
-
|
587
|
.1100
|
1,300
|
.1158
|
587
|
-
|
646
|
.1080
|
1,350
|
.1149
|
646
|
-
|
711
|
.1060
|
1,400
|
.1141
|
711
|
-
|
782
|
.1040
|
1,450
|
.1132
|
782
|
-
|
860
|
.1020
|
1,500
|
.1125
|
860
|
-
|
946
|
.1000
|
1,550
|
.1117
|
946
|
-
|
1,041
|
.0980
|
1,600
|
.1110
|
1,041
|
-
|
1,145
|
.0960
|
1,650
|
.1103
|
1,145
|
-
|
1,260
|
.0940
|
1,700
|
.1096
|
1,260
|
-
|
1,386
|
.0920
|
1,750
|
.1089
|
1,386
|
-
|
1,525
|
.0900
|
1,800
|
.1083
|
1,525
|
-
|
1,677
|
.0880
|
1,850
|
.1077
|
1,677
|
-
|
1,845
|
.0860
|
1,900
|
.1070
|
1,845
|
-
|
2,030
|
.0840
|
1,950
|
.1065
|
Over
|
|
2,030
|
.0820
|
2,000
|
.1059
|
The
group fee rate is calculated on a cumulative basis pursuant to the graduated fee
rate schedule shown above on the left. The schedule above on the right shows the
effective annual group fee rate at various asset levels, which is the result of
cumulatively applying the annualized rates on the left. For example, the
effective annual fee rate at $2,884 billion of group net assets - the
approximate level for September 2022 - was 0.0986%, which is the weighted
average of the respective fee rates for each level of group net assets up to
$2,884 billion.
The
following is the fee schedule for Fidelity Asset Manager® 50%, Fidelity Asset
Manager® 60%, Fidelity Asset Manager® 70%, and Fidelity Asset Manager®
85%:
GROUP
FEE RATE SCHEDULE |
|
|
|
EFFECTIVE
ANNUAL FEE RATES |
Average
Group Assets |
|
|
Annualized
Rate |
Group
Net Assets |
Effective
Annual Fee Rate |
0
|
-
|
$3
billion |
.5200%
|
$1
billion |
.5200%
|
3
|
-
|
6
|
.4900
|
50
|
.3823
|
6
|
-
|
9
|
.4600
|
100
|
.3512
|
9
|
-
|
12
|
.4300
|
150
|
.3371
|
12
|
-
|
15
|
.4000
|
200
|
.3284
|
15
|
-
|
18
|
.3850
|
250
|
.3219
|
18
|
-
|
21
|
.3700
|
300
|
.3163
|
21
|
-
|
24
|
.3600
|
350
|
.3113
|
24
|
-
|
30
|
.3500
|
400
|
.3067
|
30
|
-
|
36
|
.3450
|
450
|
.3024
|
36
|
-
|
42
|
.3400
|
500
|
.2982
|
42
|
-
|
48
|
.3350
|
550
|
.2942
|
48
|
-
|
66
|
.3250
|
600
|
.2904
|
66
|
-
|
84
|
.3200
|
650
|
.2870
|
84
|
-
|
102
|
.3150
|
700
|
.2838
|
102
|
-
|
138
|
.3100
|
750
|
.2809
|
138
|
-
|
174
|
.3050
|
800
|
.2782
|
174
|
-
|
210
|
.3000
|
850
|
.2756
|
210
|
-
|
246
|
.2950
|
900
|
.2732
|
246
|
-
|
282
|
.2900
|
950
|
.2710
|
282
|
-
|
318
|
.2850
|
1,000
|
.2689
|
318
|
-
|
354
|
.2800
|
1,050
|
.2669
|
354
|
-
|
390
|
.2750
|
1,100
|
.2649
|
390
|
-
|
426
|
.2700
|
1,150
|
.2631
|
426
|
-
|
462
|
.2650
|
1,200
|
.2614
|
462
|
-
|
498
|
.2600
|
1,250
|
.2597
|
498
|
-
|
534
|
.2550
|
1,300
|
.2581
|
534
|
-
|
587
|
.2500
|
1,350
|
.2566
|
587
|
-
|
646
|
.2463
|
1,400
|
.2551
|
646
|
-
|
711
|
.2426
|
1,450
|
.2536
|
711
|
-
|
782
|
.2389
|
1,500
|
.2523
|
782
|
-
|
860
|
.2352
|
1,550
|
.2510
|
860
|
-
|
946
|
.2315
|
1,600
|
.2497
|
946
|
-
|
1,041
|
.2278
|
1,650
|
.2484
|
1,041
|
-
|
1,145
|
.2241
|
1,700
|
.2472
|
1,145
|
-
|
1,260
|
.2204
|
1,750
|
.2460
|
1,260
|
-
|
1,386
|
.2167
|
1,800
|
.2449
|
1,386
|
-
|
1,525
|
.2130
|
1,850
|
.2438
|
1,525
|
-
|
1,677
|
.2093
|
1,900
|
.2427
|
1,677
|
-
|
1,845
|
.2056
|
1,950
|
.2417
|
1,845
|
-
|
2,030
|
.2019
|
2,000
|
.2407
|
Over
|
|
2,030
|
.1982
|
2,050
|
.2397
|
The
group fee rate is calculated on a cumulative basis pursuant to the graduated fee
rate schedule shown above on the left. The schedule above on the right shows the
effective annual group fee rate at various asset levels, which is the result of
cumulatively applying the annualized rates on the left. For example, the
effective annual fee rate at $2,884 billion of group net assets - the
approximate level for September 2022 - was 0.2277%, which is the weighted
average of the respective fee rates for each level of group net assets up to
$2,884 billion.
The
individual fund fee rate for each fund is set forth in the following table.
Based on the average group net assets for September 2022, a fund's annual
management fee rate would be calculated as follows:
Fund
|
Group
Fee Rate |
|
Individual
Fund Fee Rate |
|
Management
Fee Rate |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
0.0986%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.3986%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
0.0986%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.3986%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
0.0986%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.3986%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
0.2277%
|
+
|
0.2500%
|
=
|
0.4777%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
0.2277%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.5277%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
0.2277%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.5277%
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 85% |
0.2277%
|
+
|
0.3000%
|
=
|
0.5277%
|
One-twelfth
of the management fee rate is applied to the fund's average net assets for the
month, giving a dollar amount which is the fee for that month.
The
following table shows the amount of management fees paid by a fund for the
fiscal year(s) ended September 30, 2022, 2021, and 2020 to its current manager
and prior affiliated manager(s), if any.
Fund(s)
|
Fiscal
Years
Ended
|
|
Management
Fees
Paid
to
Investment
Adviser |
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 20% |
2022
|
$
|
24,997,393
|
|
2021
|
$
|
24,156,236
|
|
2020
|
$
|
21,301,463
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 30% |
2022
|
$
|
10,649,704
|
|
2021
|
$
|
10,064,501
|
|
2020
|
$
|
7,617,933
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 40% |
2022
|
$
|
9,930,335
|
|
2021
|
$
|
9,383,878
|
|
2020
|
$
|
7,697,667
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 50% |
2022
|
$
|
51,396,927
|
|
2021
|
$
|
52,351,755
|
|
2020
|
$
|
45,444,221
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 60% |
2022
|
$
|
21,869,544
|
|
2021
|
$
|
20,663,254
|
|
2020
|
$
|
16,795,031
|
Fidelity
Asset Manager® 70% |
2022
|
$
|