UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21439
Fidelity Rutland Square Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Stephen D. Fisher, Secretary
82 Devonshire St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-563-7000
Date of fiscal year end: | February 28 |
Date of reporting period: | August 31, 2007 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
PAS International Fund of FundsSM
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public
Semiannual Report
August 31, 2007
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
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Portfolio
PAS International Fund of Funds
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (March 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,071.00 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.14 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the fund invests are not included in the fund's annualized expense ratio.
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PAS International Fund of Funds
Investment Changes
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2007 |
% of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago | |
SSgA International Stock Selection Fund Institutional Class | 10.9 | 15.8 |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Fund | 10.8 | 15.4 |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 10.0 | 11.9 |
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 9.9 | 13.3 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 8.8 | 0.0 |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 5.7 | 8.0 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 4.9 | 0.0 |
William Blair International Growth Fund Class N | 4.7 | 4.9 |
Harbor International Fund | 3.9 | 4.0 |
AIM International Growth Fund Class A | 3.9 | 5.0 |
73.5 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2007 | As of February 28, 2007 | ||||||
Foreign Large | Foreign Large | ||||||
Foreign Large | Foreign Large | ||||||
Foreign Large | Foreign Large | ||||||
Other 5.3% | Other 9.3% |
Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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PAS International Fund of Funds
Investments August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 39.3% | |||
Fidelity International Discovery Fund (a) | 1,044,060 | $ 43,599,943 | |
GE Institutional International Equity Fund Service Class | 990,706 | 18,288,433 | |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Flex Fund Class A | 318,096 | 3,842,601 | |
Henderson International Opportunities Fund Class A | 711,365 | 18,950,754 | |
Julius Baer International Equity Fund II Class A | 757,128 | 12,348,751 | |
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. World Opportunities Series Class A | 1,425,834 | 14,842,929 | |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 1,379,218 | 28,370,516 | |
SSgA International Stock Selection Fund Institutional Class | 3,692,685 | 54,319,398 | |
Thornburg International Value Fund | 7,537 | 255,418 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 194,818,743 | ||
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 13.5% | |||
AIM International Growth Fund Class A | 580,348 | 19,180,511 | |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund (a) | 607,751 | 24,504,521 | |
William Blair International Growth Fund Class N | 770,701 | 23,583,461 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 67,268,493 | ||
Foreign Large Value Funds - 41.9% | |||
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 2,350,488 | 49,195,723 | |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Fund Class A | 3,356,459 | 53,367,700 | |
Harbor International Fund Investor Class | 281,769 | 19,332,184 | |
MFS International Value Fund Class A | 261,345 | 8,381,320 | |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 2,269,407 | 49,631,932 | |
Quant Foreign Value Fund Ordinary Shares | 444,076 | 10,049,437 | |
T. Rowe Price International Growth & Income Fund Advisor Class | 951,899 | 17,905,228 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE VALUE FUNDS | 207,863,524 | ||
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 0.0% | |||
MFS International New Discovery Fund Class A | 42 | 1,237 | |
Neuberger Berman International Fund Trust Class | 299 | 8,420 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID GROWTH FUNDS | 9,657 | ||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Small Mid Value Funds - 0.0% | |||
Artisan International Value Fund | 35 | $ 1,002 | |
Third Avenue International Value Fund | 39 | 929 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID VALUE FUNDS | 1,931 | ||
Other - 5.3% | |||
BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc. | 403,964 | 12,736,975 | |
GMO Emerging Countries Fund Class M | 494,261 | 8,634,735 | |
Henderson European Focus Fund Class A | 27 | 969 | |
Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund Class I | 9,623 | 267,422 | |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Real Estate Portfolio | 147,875 | 4,690,600 | |
SSgA Emerging Markets Fund Institutional Class | 38 | 1,102 | |
TOTAL OTHER | 26,331,803 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $472,595,162) | 496,294,151 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $472,595,162) | $ 496,294,151 |
Legend |
(a) Affiliated company |
Affiliated Underlying Funds |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales | Value, end |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | $ - | $ 44,662,716 | $ 166,440 | $ 43,599,943 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | - | 25,239,143 | 141,229 | 24,504,521 |
Total | $ - | $ 69,901,859 | $ 307,669 | $ 68,104,464 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PAS International Fund of Funds
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | ||
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 428,189,687 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds | 68,104,464 | |
Total investments | $ 496,294,151 | |
Cash | 39 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 548,079 | |
Total assets | 496,842,269 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 235,634 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 312,445 | |
Total liabilities | 548,079 | |
Net Assets | $ 496,294,190 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 471,675,643 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 149,230 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | 770,328 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 23,698,989 | |
Net Assets, for 42,472,492 shares outstanding | $ 496,294,190 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($496,294,190 ÷ 42,472,492 shares) | $ 11.69 |
Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends from unaffiliated | $ 91,327 | |
Interest | 1,896 | |
Total income | 93,223 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 413,898 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 16,506 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 430,404 | |
Expense reductions | (430,404) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 93,223 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | ||
Unaffiliated | 301,075 | |
Affiliated | (10,890) | |
Realized gain distributions from unaffiliated underlying funds | 700,119 | 990,304 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 9,346,902 | |
Net gain (loss) | 10,337,206 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 10,430,429 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | For the period March 23, 2006 (commencement of operations) to | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 93,223 | $ 3,059,954 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 990,304 | 15,778,398 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 9,346,902 | 14,352,087 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 10,430,429 | 33,190,439 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (227,699) | (2,776,248) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (10,018,764) | (5,979,610) |
Total distributions | (10,246,463) | (8,755,858) |
Share transactions | 274,544,741 | 264,129,682 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 10,216,003 | 8,648,760 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (44,250,450) | (41,613,093) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 240,510,294 | 231,165,349 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 240,694,260 | 255,599,930 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 255,599,930 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $149,230 and undistributed net investment income of $283,706, respectively) | $ 496,294,190 | $ 255,599,930 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 22,820,525 | 25,633,799 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 884,503 | 768,779 |
Redeemed | (3,780,911) | (3,854,203) |
Net increase (decrease) | 19,924,117 | 22,548,375 |
Financial Highlights
Six months ended | Period ended | |
(Unaudited) | 2007 F | |
Selected Per-Share Data | ||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 11.34 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) D | - H | .18 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .80 | 1.57 |
Total from investment operations | .80 | 1.75 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.01) | (.13) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.44) | (.28) |
Total distributions | (.45) | (.41) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 11.69 | $ 11.34 |
Total Return B,C | 7.10% | 17.53% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | ||
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .26% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .06% A | 1.83% A |
Supplemental Data | ||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 496,294 | $ 255,600 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 14% A | 16% A |
A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Amounts do not include the portfolio activity of the Underlying Funds. F For the period March 23, 2006 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2007. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts contractually reimbursed by the investment adviser and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements occur. Expenses net of contractual waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. Fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds are not included in the Fund's annualized ratios. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. H Amount represents less than $.01 per share. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS International Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and operates under Section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's investments in the Underlying Funds were not subject to front end sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund is offered exclusively to clients of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR).
2. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Underlying Funds as an investment of the Fund but does not include the underlying holdings of each Underlying Fund. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their NAV each business day. If an Underlying Fund's NAV is unavailable, shares of that fund may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV for processing shareholder transactions includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend and realized gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among each fund in the trust. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses associated with the Underlying Funds. Although not included in the Fund's expenses, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the Underlying Funds' expenses through the impact of these expenses on each Underlying Fund's NAV. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended June 29, 2007, if applicable remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to the short-term gain distributions from the Underlying Funds and losses deferred due to wash sales.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 32,511,543 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (8,812,611) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 23,698,932 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 472,595,219 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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3. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and redemptions of the affiliated and unaffiliated Underlying Fund shares aggregated $255,317,783 and $24,260,640, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Strategic Advisers provides the Fund with investment management related services. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly management fee to Strategic Advisers. The management fee is computed at an annual rate of .25% of the Fund's average net assets. Strategic Advisers, either itself or through an affiliated company, pays all other expenses of the Fund with certain exceptions such as interest expense and independent Trustees' compensation.
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2010.
Strategic Advisers has entered into an administration agreement with FMR under which FMR provides management and administrative services (other than investment advisory services) necessary for the operation of the Fund. FMR also contracts with other Fidelity companies to perform the services necessary for the operation of the Fund. Under this agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
6. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee until March 31, 2010, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2010 to the extent that annual operating expenses exceed .00% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period, this waiver and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $430,404.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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Board Approval of the Existing Investment Advisory Contracts
Matters Considered by the Board. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet four times per year. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects that matters bearing on the fund's management contract will be considered at most, if not all, of its meetings. While the full Board of Trustees or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board of Trustees (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees. The Independent Trustees expect to meet from time to time in executive session and are advised by legal counsel selected by the Independent Trustees.
Information Received by the Board of Trustees. In connection with their regular meetings, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects to receive materials specifically relating to the existing management contract and administration agreement (the Investment Advisory Contracts), including contractual provisions that reduce the fees paid to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to zero. These materials may include (i) information on the investment performance of the fund and appropriate indices or combinations of indices, (ii) sales and redemption data in respect of comparable funds, and (iii) the economic outlook and the general investment outlook in the markets in which the fund invests. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also expects to consider periodically other material facts such as (1) the amount of fee actually paid to the Investment Advisor and it affiliates, if any, (2) the Investment Adviser's results and financial condition, (3) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the fund's shares, (4) the procedures employed to determine the value of the fund's assets, (5) the Investment Adviser's management of the relationships with the fund's custodians and subcustodians, (6) the resources devoted to and the record of compliance with the fund's investment policies and restrictions and with policies on personal securities transactions, and (7) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, if and to the extent any such services are actually paid for by the fund.
Additional information to be furnished by the Investment Adviser may include, among other items, information on and analysis of (a) the overall organization of the Investment Adviser, (b) investment performance, (c) the choice of performance indices and benchmarks, (d) the composition of peer groups of funds, if any fees are charged to the funds, (e) transfer agency and bookkeeping fees paid to affiliates of the Investment Adviser, if charged to the fund, (f) investment management staffing, (g) the potential for achieving further economies of scale, if any fees are charged to the fund, (h) operating expenses paid to third parties, if any fees are charged to the fund, and (i) the information furnished to investors, including the fund's shareholders.
At a March 8, 2007 in-person meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, approved the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts. In considering the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling, and the following summary does not detail all the matters considered. Matters considered by the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with its approval of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts include the following:
The Investment Adviser's Personnel and Methods. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the background of the fund's portfolio managers and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees have also had discussions with senior management of the Investment Adviser responsible for investment operations. Among other things they considered the size, education and experience of the Investment Adviser's investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Adviser's approach to recruiting, training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel.
Nature and Quality of Other Services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Adviser and affiliated companies, under the existing Investment Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency functions and pricing and bookkeeping services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the nature and extent of the Investment Adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.
Expenses. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, which management estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
Economies of Scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered whether the Investment Adviser expected to experience economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, has concluded that, in light of a contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, any realized economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund would be shared between fund shareholders and the Investment Adviser in an appropriate manner.
Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the character and amount of fees that were expected to be paid by the fund and the fund's shareholders for services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, including fees for services like transfer agency, fund accounting, and direct shareholder services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the intangible benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the fund. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, and that operation of this waiver and reimbursement would reduce economic benefits that might otherwise inure to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.
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Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all material factors and assisted by the advice of legal counsel, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the existing Investment Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agent
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOI-SANN-1007 474979.1.0
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PAS International Fidelity Fund of FundsSM
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public
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Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Summary | A summary of the fund's investments. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and |
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Third party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.
All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company.
This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (March 8, 2007 to August 31, 2007). The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (March 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,076.00 | $ .00 A |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.14 | $ .00 B |
A Actual expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 177/366 (to reflect the period March 8, 2007 to August 31, 2007). The fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio.
B Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio.
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PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds
Investment Summary
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2007 |
% of fund's | |
Spartan International Index Fund Investor Class | 22.0 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 20.7 |
Fidelity International Value Fund | 11.5 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 10.2 |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 9.9 |
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund | 9.9 |
Fidelity Aggressive International Fund | 9.1 |
Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund | 3.2 |
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund | 1.4 |
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 1.1 |
99.0 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||
As of August 31, 2007 | |||
Foreign Large | |||
Foreign Large | |||
Foreign Large | |||
Foreign Small | |||
Specialty Funds 1.4% | |||
Other 4.3% |
Asset allocations in the pie chart reflects the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting date indicated above. |
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PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds
Investments August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 52.6% | |||
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 2,078,296 | $ 86,789,629 | |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 829,011 | 41,599,774 | |
Spartan International Index Fund Investor Class | 1,950,548 | 92,221,888 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 220,611,291 | ||
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 29.2% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Institutional Class | 1,679,040 | 41,371,535 | |
Fidelity Aggressive International Fund | 2,159,494 | 38,266,226 | |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 1,065,659 | 42,967,374 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 122,605,135 | ||
Foreign Large Value Funds - 11.5% | |||
Fidelity International Value Fund | 4,052,002 | 48,259,349 | |
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 1.0% | |||
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund (a) | 250,273 | 4,232,120 | |
Specialty Funds - 1.4% | |||
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund | 362,043 | 5,745,630 | |
Other - 4.3% | |||
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 158,286 | 4,712,187 | |
Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund | 420,172 | 13,294,235 | |
TOTAL OTHER | 18,006,422 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $410,736,197) | 419,459,947 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $410,736,197) | $ 419,459,947 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $410,736,197) - See accompanying schedule | $ 419,459,947 | |
Cash | 5 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 439,586 | |
Total assets | 419,899,538 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 178,300 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 261,286 | |
Total liabilities | 439,586 | |
Net Assets | $ 419,459,952 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 410,151,545 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 169,276 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | 415,381 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 8,723,750 | |
Net Assets, for 38,965,898 shares outstanding | $ 419,459,952 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($419,459,952 ÷ 38,965,898 shares) | $ 10.76 |
Statement of Operations
For the period March 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends from underlying funds | $ 169,126 | |
Interest | 150 | |
Total income | 169,276 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 396,474 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 15,928 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 412,402 | |
Expense reductions | (412,402) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 169,276 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | 415,381 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 8,723,750 | |
Net gain (loss) | 9,139,131 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 9,308,407 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the period | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | |
Operations | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 169,276 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 415,381 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 8,723,750 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 9,308,407 |
Share transactions | 450,768,837 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (40,617,292) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 410,151,545 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 419,459,952 |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $169,276) | $ 419,459,952 |
Other Information Shares | |
Sold | 42,648,274 |
Redeemed | (3,682,376) |
Net increase (decrease) | 38,965,898 |
Financial Highlights
2007 F | |
Period ended August 31, | (Unaudited) |
Selected Per-Share Data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .75 |
Total from investment operations | .76 |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 10.76 |
Total Return B, C | 7.60% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .11% A |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 419,460 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 11% A |
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
E Amounts do not include the portfolio activity of the Underlying Funds.
F For the period March 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2007.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts contractually reimbursed by the investment adviser and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements occur. Expenses net of contractual waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. Fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds are not included in the Fund's annualized ratios. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and operates under Section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's investments in the Underlying Funds were not subject to front end sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund is offered exclusively to clients of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR).
2. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Underlying Funds as an investment of the Fund but does not include the underlying holdings of each Underlying Fund. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their NAV each business day. If an Underlying Fund's NAV is unavailable, shares of that Fund may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV for processing shareholder transactions includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend and realized gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among each fund in the trust. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses associated with the Underlying Funds. Although not included in the Fund's expenses, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the Underlying Funds' expenses through the impact of these expenses on each Underlying Fund's NAV. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended June 29, 2007, if applicable remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 10,566,367 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (1,842,617) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 8,723,750 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 410,736,197 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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3. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and redemptions of the Underlying Fund shares aggregated $427,808,442 and $17,487,626, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Strategic Advisers provides the Fund with investment management related services. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly management fee to Strategic Advisers. The management fee is computed at an annual rate of .25% of the Fund's average net assets. Strategic Advisers, either itself or through an affiliated company, pays all other expenses of the Fund with certain exceptions such as interest expense and independent Trustees' compensation.
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2010.
Strategic Advisers has entered into an administration agreement with FMR under which FMR provides management and administrative services (other than investment advisory services) necessary for the operation of the Fund. FMR also contracts with other Fidelity companies to perform the services necessary for the operation of the Fund. Under this agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
6. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee until March 31, 2010, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2010 to the extent that annual operating expenses exceed .00% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period, this waiver and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $412,402.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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Board Approval of the Existing Investment Advisory Contracts
Matters Considered by the Board. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet four times per year. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects that matters bearing on the fund's management contract will be considered at most, if not all, of its meetings. While the full Board of Trustees or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board of Trustees (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees. The Independent Trustees expect to meet from time to time in executive session and are advised by legal counsel selected by the Independent Trustees.
Information Received by the Board of Trustees. In connection with their regular meetings, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects to receive materials specifically relating to the existing management contract and administration agreement (the Investment Advisory Contracts), including contractual provisions that reduce the fees paid to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to zero. These materials may include (i) information on the investment performance of the fund and appropriate indices or combinations of indices, (ii) sales and redemption data in respect of comparable funds, and (iii) the economic outlook and the general investment outlook in the markets in which the fund invests. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also expects to consider periodically other material facts such as (1) the amount of fee actually paid to the Investment Advisor and it affiliates, if any, (2) the Investment Adviser's results and financial condition, (3) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the fund's shares, (4) the procedures employed to determine the value of the fund's assets, (5) the Investment Adviser's management of the relationships with the fund's custodians and subcustodians, (6) the resources devoted to and the record of compliance with the fund's investment policies and restrictions and with policies on personal securities transactions, and (7) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, if and to the extent any such services are actually paid for by the fund.
Additional information to be furnished by the Investment Adviser may include, among other items, information on and analysis of (a) the overall organization of the Investment Adviser, (b) investment performance, (c) the choice of performance indices and benchmarks, (d) the composition of peer groups of funds, if any fees are charged to the funds, (e) transfer agency and bookkeeping fees paid to affiliates of the Investment Adviser, if charged to the fund, (f) investment management staffing, (g) the potential for achieving further economies of scale, if any fees are charged to the fund, (h) operating expenses paid to third parties, if any fees are charged to the fund, and (i) the information furnished to investors, including the fund's shareholders.
At a December 7, 2006 in-person meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, approved the Investment Advisory Contracts for their initial terms. In considering the Investment Advisory Contracts, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling, and the following summary does not detail all the matters considered. Matters considered by the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with its approval of the Investment Advisory Contracts include the following:
The Investment Adviser's Personnel and Methods. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the background of the fund's portfolio managers and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees have also had discussions with senior management of the Investment Adviser responsible for investment operations. Among other things they considered the size, education and experience of the Investment Adviser's investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Adviser's approach to recruiting, training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel.
Nature and Quality of Other Services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Adviser and affiliated companies, under the existing Investment Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency functions and pricing and bookkeeping services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the nature and extent of the Investment Adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.
Expenses. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the fund's expense ratio, and the contractual management fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreements expected to be in effect for an initial three year period. It also considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, which management estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
Economies of Scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered whether the Investment Adviser expected to experience economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, has concluded that, in light of a contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, any realized economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund would be shared between fund shareholders and the Investment Adviser in an appropriate manner.
Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the character and amount of fees that were expected to be paid by the fund and the fund's shareholders for services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, including fees for services like transfer agency, fund accounting, and direct shareholder services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the intangible benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the fund. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, and that operation of this waiver and reimbursement would reduce economic benefits that might otherwise inure to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.
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Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all material factors and assisted by the advice of legal counsel, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the existing Investment Advisory Contracts should be approved.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agent
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
PAI-SANN-1007 474980.1.0
1.843744.100
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds®
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public
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Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. You may call 1-800-544-3455 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
Third party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.
All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company.
This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
NOT FDIC INSURED · MAY LOSE VALUE · NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (March 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.10 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.14 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio.
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Investment Changes
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2007 |
% of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago | |
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Class A | 11.7 | 12.7 |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 7.2 | 6.3 |
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund Investor Class | 7.0 | 6.0 |
Buffalo Small Cap Fund | 6.5 | 7.1 |
BlackRock Funds Small Cap Growth Equity Fund Investor Class A | 6.2 | 6.5 |
Westport Select Cap Fund Class R | 6.0 | 5.3 |
Baron Small Cap Fund | 5.3 | 5.0 |
Keeley Small Cap Value Fund, Inc. | 5.3 | 4.4 |
William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund Class N | 5.1 | 6.1 |
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund Class A | 4.1 | 2.8 |
64.4 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2007 | As of February 28, 2007 | ||||||
Small Blend | Small Blend | ||||||
Small Growth | Small Growth | ||||||
Small Value | Small Value | ||||||
Foreign Small | Foreign Small | ||||||
Mid-Cap | Mid-Cap | ||||||
Other 1.4% | Other 3.2% |
Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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Investments August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Small Blend Funds - 41.4% | |||
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund Class A | 841,245 | $ 14,015,138 | |
CRM Small Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 176 | 4,602 | |
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth II Fund | 626 | 17,879 | |
ICM Small Co. Portfolio Institutional Class | 120 | 4,779 | |
ING Small Company Fund Class A | 191,479 | 3,308,764 | |
Keeley Small Cap Value Fund, Inc. | 653,570 | 18,201,913 | |
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund Investor Class | 1,226,519 | 23,917,116 | |
Managers Special Equity Fund Managers Class | 36 | 3,132 | |
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund Trust Class | 92 | 4,916 | |
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Class A | 1,768,011 | 40,222,241 | |
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund | 378,374 | 12,384,177 | |
ProFunds Ultra Small Cap Fund Investor Class | 178,068 | 5,468,474 | |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 716,684 | 24,696,932 | |
Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund | 487 | 2,490 | |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | 142,252,553 | ||
Small Growth Funds - 42.7% | |||
Alger SmallCap Growth Institutional Fund Class I (a) | 17,963 | 490,738 | |
Baron Growth Fund | 138,195 | 7,320,173 | |
Baron Small Cap Fund | 750,997 | 18,249,230 | |
BlackRock Funds Small Cap Growth Equity Fund Investor Class A (a) | 1,005,575 | 21,388,589 | |
Brazos Micro Cap Portfolio Class N | 119,318 | 2,790,858 | |
Buffalo Small Cap Fund | 765,401 | 22,280,809 | |
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 488,119 | 6,770,217 | |
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund II Class A | 364 | 4,706 | |
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund Investor Class | 376,624 | 5,001,567 | |
ING Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 132,684 | 4,511,244 | |
Lord Abbett Small Cap Blend Fund Class A | 30,119 | 571,065 | |
Munder Micro-Cap Equity Fund Class A | 183 | 7,836 | |
Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund | 106 | 3,048 | |
Old Mutual Copper Rock Emerging Growth Portfolio Class A (a) | 215,738 | 2,884,414 | |
Shares | Value | ||
Old Mutual Emerging Growth Fund | 336,697 | $ 5,905,674 | |
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 916,143 | 13,742,151 | |
RS Emerging Growth Fund Class A (a) | 248 | 9,941 | |
RS Smaller Co. Growth Fund Class A | 378,418 | 8,465,209 | |
Turner Small Cap Growth Fund Class I (a) | 270,389 | 8,452,353 | |
Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund | 66 | 2,553 | |
Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund | 95 | 2,496 | |
William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund Class N | 678,195 | 17,646,639 | |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | 146,501,510 | ||
Small Value Funds - 6.3% | |||
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund PlanAhead Class | 233 | 5,019 | |
HighMark Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 483,888 | 8,076,083 | |
Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund | 221,003 | 3,518,371 | |
Royce Opportunity Fund Service Class | 736,306 | 9,888,590 | |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | 21,488,063 | ||
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 0.1% | |||
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund (a)(b) | 23,266 | 393,423 | |
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 8.1% | |||
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund | 400,210 | 7,399,876 | |
Westport Select Cap Fund Class R | 758,243 | 20,571,146 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 27,971,022 | ||
Other - 1.4% | |||
FBR Small Cap Financial Fund | 64,750 | 1,552,046 | |
FBR Small Cap Fund | 84 | 4,702 | |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class (b) | 19,488 | 385,658 | |
The Information Age Fund Class A | 147,928 | 2,720,400 | |
Wasatch Core Growth Fund | 60 | 2,546 | |
TOTAL OTHER | 4,665,352 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $326,062,184) | 343,271,923 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $326,062,184) | $ 343,271,923 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) Affiliated company |
Affiliated Underlying Funds |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning | Purchases | Sales | Value, end |
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunties Fund | $ - | $ 380,277 | $ - | $ 393,423 |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | - | 380,277 | - | 385,658 |
Total | $ - | $ 760,554 | $ - | $ 779,081 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | ||
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 342,492,842 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds | 779,081 | |
Total investments | $ 343,271,923 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 502,099 | |
Total assets | 343,774,022 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 199,045 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 303,051 | |
Total liabilities | 502,096 | |
Net Assets | $ 343,271,926 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 328,530,637 | |
Distributions in excess of net investment income | (164,023) | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (2,304,427) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 17,209,739 | |
Net Assets, for 29,470,483 shares outstanding | $ 343,271,926 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($343,271,926 ÷ 29,470,483 shares) | $ 11.65 |
Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends from unaffiliated underlying funds | $ 166 | |
Interest | 606 | |
Total income | 772 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 421,696 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 17,233 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 438,929 | |
Expense reductions | (438,929) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 772 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of unaffiliated underlying fund shares | (2,288,225) | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 9,209,362 | |
Net gain (loss) | 6,921,137 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 6,921,909 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | Year ended | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 772 | $ 446,550 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (2,288,225) | 14,540,714 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 9,209,362 | 3,992,662 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 6,921,909 | 18,979,926 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (266,894) | (242,280) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (10,942,682) | (6,798,719) |
Total distributions | (11,209,576) | (7,040,999) |
Share transactions | 75,615,307 | 127,319,945 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 11,148,319 | 6,971,513 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (43,065,489) | (72,940,141) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 43,698,137 | 61,351,317 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 39,410,470 | 73,290,244 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 303,861,456 | 230,571,212 |
End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $164,023 and undistributed net investment income of $102,099, respectively) | $ 343,271,926 | $ 303,861,456 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 6,330,397 | 11,291,206 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 945,574 | 599,781 |
Redeemed | (3,620,439) | (6,459,874) |
Net increase (decrease) | 3,655,532 | 5,431,113 |
Financial Highlights
Six months ended | Years ended | ||
2007 | 2006 F | ||
Selected Per-Share Data | |||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||
Net investment income (loss) D | - H | .02 | - H |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .30 | .75 | 1.46 |
Total from investment operations | .30 | .77 | 1.46 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.01) | (.01) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.41) | (.30) | (.15) |
Total distributions | (.42) | (.31) | (.15) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 11.65 | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 |
Total Return B,C | 2.51% | 6.86% | 14.69% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | |||
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .26% | .37% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .00% A | .17% | .03% A |
Supplemental Data | |||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 343,272 | $ 303,861 | $ 230,571 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 19% A | 27% | 10% A |
A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Amounts do not include the portfolio activity of the Underlying Funds. F For the period June 23, 2005 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2006. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts contractually reimbursed by the investment adviser and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements occur. Expenses net of contractual waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. Fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds are not included in the Fund's annualized ratios. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. H Amount represents less than $.01 per share. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and operates under Section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's investments in the Underlying Funds were not subject to front end sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund is offered exclusively to clients of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR).
2. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Underlying Funds as an investment of the Fund but does not include the underlying holdings of each Underlying Fund. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their NAV each business day. If an Underlying Fund's NAV is unavailable, shares of that fund may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV for processing shareholder transactions includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend and realized gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among each fund in the trust. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses associated with the Underlying Funds. Although not included in the Fund's expenses, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the Underlying Funds' expenses through the impact of these expenses on each Underlying Fund's NAV. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended June 29, 2007, if applicable remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to the short-term gain distributions from the Underlying Funds and losses deferred due to wash sales.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 21,671,410 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (4,464,896) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 17,206,514 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 326,065,409 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
3. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and redemptions of the affiliated and unaffiliated Underlying Fund shares aggregated $64,996,655 and $32,507,317, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Strategic Advisers provides the Fund with investment management related services. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly management fee to Strategic Advisers. The management fee is computed at an annual rate of .25% of the Fund's average net assets. Strategic Advisers, either itself or through an affiliated company, pays all other expenses of the Fund with certain exceptions such as interest expense and independent Trustees' compensation.
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2010.
Strategic Advisers has entered into an administration agreement with FMR under which FMR provides management and administrative services (other than investment advisory services) necessary for the operation of the Fund. FMR also contracts with other Fidelity companies to perform the services necessary for the operation of the Fund. Under this agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
6. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee until March 31, 2010, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2010 to the extent that annual operating expenses exceed .00% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period, this waiver and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $438,929.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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Board Approval of the Existing Investment Advisory Contracts
Matters Considered by the Board. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet four times per year. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects that matters bearing on the fund's management contract will be considered at most, if not all, of its meetings. While the full Board of Trustees or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board of Trustees (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees. The Independent Trustees expect to meet from time to time in executive session and are advised by legal counsel selected by the Independent Trustees.
Information Received by the Board of Trustees. In connection with their regular meetings, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects to receive materials specifically relating to the existing management contract and administration agreement (the Investment Advisory Contracts), including contractual provisions that reduce the fees paid to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to zero. These materials may include (i) information on the investment performance of the fund and appropriate indices or combinations of indices, (ii) sales and redemption data in respect of comparable funds, and (iii) the economic outlook and the general investment outlook in the markets in which the fund invests. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also expects to consider periodically other material facts such as (1) the amount of fee actually paid to the Investment Advisor and it affiliates, if any, (2) the Investment Adviser's results and financial condition, (3) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the fund's shares, (4) the procedures employed to determine the value of the fund's assets, (5) the Investment Adviser's management of the relationships with the fund's custodians and subcustodians, (6) the resources devoted to and the record of compliance with the fund's investment policies and restrictions and with policies on personal securities transactions, and (7) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, if and to the extent any such services are actually paid for by the fund.
Additional information to be furnished by the Investment Adviser may include, among other items, information on and analysis of (a) the overall organization of the Investment Adviser, (b) investment performance, (c) the choice of performance indices and benchmarks, (d) the composition of peer groups of funds, if any fees are charged to the funds, (e) transfer agency and bookkeeping fees paid to affiliates of the Investment Adviser, if charged to the fund, (f) investment management staffing, (g) the potential for achieving further economies of scale, if any fees are charged to the fund, (h) operating expenses paid to third parties, if any fees are charged to the fund, and (i) the information furnished to investors, including the fund's shareholders.
At a March 8, 2007 in-person meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, approved the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts. In considering the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling, and the following summary does not detail all the matters considered. Matters considered by the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with its approval of the renewal of the Investment Advisory Contracts include the following:
The Investment Adviser's Personnel and Methods. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the background of the fund's portfolio managers and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees have also had discussions with senior management of the Investment Adviser responsible for investment operations. Among other things they considered the size, education and experience of the Investment Adviser's investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Adviser's approach to recruiting, training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel.
Nature and Quality of Other Services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Adviser and affiliated companies, under the existing Investment Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency functions and pricing and bookkeeping services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the nature and extent of the Investment Adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.
Expenses. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, which management estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
Economies of Scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered whether the Investment Adviser expected to experience economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, has concluded that, in light of a contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, any realized economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund would be shared between fund shareholders and the Investment Adviser in an appropriate manner.
Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the character and amount of fees that were expected to be paid by the fund and the fund's shareholders for services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, including fees for services like transfer agency, fund accounting, and direct shareholder services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the intangible benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the fund. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2010, and that operation of this waiver and reimbursement would reduce economic benefits that might otherwise inure to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.
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Board Approval of the Existing Investment Advisory Contracts - continued
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all material factors and assisted by the advice of legal counsel, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the existing Investment Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agent
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOF-SANN-1007 474901.1.0
1.816939.102
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of FundsSM
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public
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Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. |
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PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (March 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated and unaffiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,039.80 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.14 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the fund invests are not included in the fund's annualized expense ratio.
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Investment Changes
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2007 |
% of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago | |
Evergreen Large Cap Equity Fund Class A | 8.9 | 4.9 |
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class | 5.0 | 3.9 |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 4.7 | 0.0 |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. Investor A Class | 4.3 | 5.0 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio | 3.4 | 0.0 |
Old Mutual Analytic U.S. Long/Short Fund Class Z | 3.3 | 1.5 |
Neuberger Berman Manhattan Fund Trust Class | 3.3 | 0.4 |
Thornburg Value Fund Class A | 3.1 | 9.8 |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Advisor Shares | 2.9 | 0.0 |
Marsico 21st Century Fund | 2.9 | 1.3 |
41.8 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2007 | As of February 28, 2007 | ||||||
Large Blend | Large Blend | ||||||
Large Growth | Large Growth | ||||||
Large Value | Large Value | ||||||
Mid-Cap Blend | Mid-Cap Blend | ||||||
Mid-Cap Growth | Mid-Cap Growth | ||||||
Mid-Cap Value | Mid-Cap Value | ||||||
Small Blend | Small Blend | ||||||
Small Growth | Small Growth | ||||||
Small Value | Small Value | ||||||
Specialty Funds 9.0% | Specialty Funds 0.0% | ||||||
Other 0.3% | Other 4.1% |
Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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Investments August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Large Blend Funds - 34.9% | |||
American Century Fundamental Equity Fund Investor Class | 283,297 | $ 4,187,129 | |
Evergreen Large Cap Equity Fund | 767,000 | 14,074,459 | |
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund (b) | 71,571 | 2,201,513 | |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund (b) | 89,470 | 2,988,290 | |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio (b) | 69,441 | 4,365,081 | |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio (b) | 113,264 | 3,991,421 | |
Fidelity Tax Managed Stock Fund (b) | 123,058 | 1,917,248 | |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 353,377 | 7,424,441 | |
Managers AMG FQ Tax-Managed US Equity Fund Class A (a) | 123,512 | 1,934,203 | |
Old Mutual Analytic U.S. Long/Short Fund Class Z | 363,465 | 5,259,335 | |
RS Core Equity Fund Class A | 46,476 | 1,891,592 | |
Thornburg Value Fund Class A | 116,061 | 4,894,279 | |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 55,128,991 | ||
Large Growth Funds - 16.0% | |||
BlackRock Large Cap Growth Fund Investor A Class | 296,398 | 3,408,573 | |
Buffalo Large Cap Fund, Inc. | 56,105 | 1,263,475 | |
Buffalo USA Global Fund | 40,870 | 958,395 | |
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund (b) | 159,156 | 3,035,107 | |
Ivy Capital Appreciation Fund Class A (a) | 267,832 | 2,967,583 | |
Legg Mason Growth Trust, Inc. Financial Intermediary Class | 43,844 | 1,504,737 | |
Marsico 21st Century Fund | 272,299 | 4,555,564 | |
Spectra Fund Class N (a) | 425,307 | 4,465,725 | |
T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund Advisor Class | 92,633 | 3,101,339 | |
TOTAL LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 25,260,498 | ||
Large Value Funds - 19.1% | |||
Allianz NFJ Dividend Value Fund Class D | 98 | 1,738 | |
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class | 327,966 | 7,858,066 | |
American Century Income & Growth Fund Investor Class | 45,096 | 1,510,259 | |
Artisan Opportunistic Value Fund Investor Shares | 35,284 | 423,056 | |
Aston Value Fund Class N | 66,944 | 986,760 | |
BlackRock Basic Value Fund, Inc. Investor A Class | 209,686 | 6,850,431 | |
Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund | 178,413 | 3,257,816 | |
Excelsior Value and Restructuring Fund Shares | 59,526 | 3,341,217 | |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund (b) | 26,305 | 1,582,759 | |
Shares | Value | ||
Goldman Sachs Growth & Income Fund Institutional Class | 115,209 | $ 3,503,494 | |
Phoenix Value Opportunities Fund | 53,589 | 693,981 | |
TOTAL LARGE VALUE FUNDS | 30,009,577 | ||
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 6.1% | |||
Aston/Optimum Mid Cap Fund Class N | 21,030 | 616,810 | |
Fidelity Advisor Value Strategies Fund Institutional Class (b) | 86,026 | 2,862,936 | |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund (b) | 87,436 | 2,902,013 | |
Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 73,607 | 2,271,510 | |
RS Value Fund Class A | 24,994 | 706,321 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 9,359,590 | ||
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 12.7% | |||
AIM Dynamics Fund Class A (a) | 163,213 | 3,812,660 | |
Baron iOpportunity Fund (a) | 237,556 | 2,895,808 | |
BlackRock US Opportunities Fund Investor A Class (a) | 27,102 | 915,250 | |
Goldman Sachs Small/Mid-Cap Growth Fund Class A (a) | 78,398 | 1,056,809 | |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Advisor Shares | 152,951 | 4,626,766 | |
Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth Fund Class A | 53,369 | 1,534,346 | |
Neuberger Berman Manhattan Fund Trust Class (a) | 319,411 | 5,145,718 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP GROWTH FUNDS | 19,987,357 | ||
Mid-Cap Value Funds - 0.7% | |||
Allegiant Mid Cap Value Fund Class A | 13,503 | 201,053 | |
American Century Mid Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 55,044 | 738,138 | |
Delafield Fund, Inc. | 5,669 | 158,721 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP VALUE FUNDS | 1,097,912 | ||
Small Blend Funds - 0.7% | |||
Old Mutual Small Cap Fund Class Z (a) | 15,216 | 438,535 | |
Royce Value Fund Service Class | 58,123 | 678,879 | |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | 1,117,414 | ||
Small Growth Funds - 0.4% | |||
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 4,318 | 59,885 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Small Growth Funds - continued | |||
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 13,459 | $ 201,890 | |
Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund Administrator Class | 29,612 | 441,512 | |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | 703,287 | ||
Small Value Funds - 0.1% | |||
Aston/River Road Small Cap Value | 1,109 | 15,695 | |
Paradigm Value Fund | 3,661 | 189,404 | |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | 205,099 | ||
Specialty Funds - 9.0% | |||
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio (a)(b) | 116,407 | 5,360,527 | |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio (b) | 84,625 | 2,117,311 | |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (b) | 204,040 | 2,324,012 | |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (a)(b) | 31,472 | 2,196,718 | |
MFS Utilities Fund Class A | 104,258 | 1,943,365 | |
T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund Advisor Class | 1,079 | 24,373 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 13,966,306 | ||
Other - 0.3% | |||
Franklin Mutual Qualified Fund Class A | 19,825 | 465,302 | |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $157,790,159) | 157,301,333 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $157,790,159) | $ 157,301,333 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing (b) Affiliated company |
Affiliated Underlying Funds |
Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Income earned |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | $ 6,550 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning | Purchases | Sales | Value, end |
Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Growth Fund Institutional Class | $ - | $ 785,056 | $ 742,039 | $ - |
Fidelity Advisor Value Strategies Fund Institutional Class | - | 3,039,288 | - | 2,862,936 |
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund | - | 2,276,662 | - | 2,201,513 |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | - | 3,039,288 | - | 2,988,290 |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | - | 1,638,345 | - | 1,582,759 |
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund | - | 3,080,005 | - | 3,035,107 |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | - | 3,039,288 | - | 2,902,013 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio | - | 5,203,352 | - | 5,360,527 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | - | 4,286,148 | - | 4,365,081 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | - | 3,970,945 | - | 3,991,421 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | - | 2,082,452 | - | 2,117,311 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | - | 2,325,598 | - | 2,324,012 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio | - | 2,245,679 | - | 2,196,718 |
Fidelity Tax Managed Stock Fund | - | 1,973,855 | - | 1,917,248 |
Total | $ - | $ 38,985,961 | $ 742,039 | $ 37,844,936 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | ||
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 119,456,397 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds | 37,844,936 | |
Total investments | $ 157,301,333 | |
Cash | 2 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 84,931 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 86,130 | |
Total assets | 157,472,396 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 171,061 | |
Net Assets | $ 157,301,335 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 156,677,229 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 154,286 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | 958,646 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (488,826) | |
Net Assets, for 15,085,306 shares outstanding | $ 157,301,335 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($157,301,335 ÷ 15,085,306 shares) | $ 10.43 |
Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends from underlying funds: | ||
Unaffiliated | $ 205,631 | |
Affiliated | 6,550 | |
Interest | 15 | |
Total income | 212,196 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 135,694 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 5,545 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 141,239 | |
Expense reductions | (141,239) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 212,196 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | ||
Unaffiliated | 664,516 | |
Affiliated | (43,017) | |
Realized gain distributions from unaffiliated underlying funds | 325,578 | 947,077 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 162,338 | |
Net gain (loss) | 1,109,415 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 1,321,611 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Six months ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | For the period | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 212,196 | $ 5,850 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 947,077 | 139,090 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 162,338 | (651,164) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 1,321,611 | (506,224) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (63,760) | - |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (127,521) | - |
Total distributions | (191,281) | - |
Share transactions | 106,773,722 | 65,891,008 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 187,799 | - |
Cost of shares redeemed | (15,217,612) | (957,688) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 91,743,909 | 64,933,320 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 92,874,239 | 64,427,096 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 64,427,096 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $154,286 and undistributed net investment income | $ 157,301,335 | $ 64,427,096 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 10,110,772 | 6,499,995 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 18,145 | - |
Redeemed | (1,450,066) | (93,540) |
Net increase (decrease) | 8,678,851 | 6,406,455 |
Financial Highlights
Six months ended | Period ended | |
(Unaudited) | 2007 G | |
Selected Per-Share Data | ||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.06 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) D | .02 | - I |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .38 | .06 F |
Total from investment operations | .40 | .06 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.01) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.02) | - |
Total distributions | (.03) | - |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 10.43 | $ 10.06 |
Total Return B,C | 3.98% | .60% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H | ||
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .27% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .39% A | .08% A |
Supplemental Data | ||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 157,301 | $ 64,427 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 95% A | 274% A |
A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Amounts do not include the portfolio activity of the Underlying Funds. F The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund. G For the period December 29, 2006 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2007. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts contractually reimbursed by the investment adviser and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements occur. Expenses net of contractual waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. Fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds are not included in the Fund's annualized ratios. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and operates under Section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's investments in the Underlying Funds were not subject to front end sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund is offered exclusively to clients of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR).
2. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Underlying Funds as an investment of the Fund but does not include the underlying holdings of each Underlying Fund. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their NAV each business day. If an Underlying Fund's NAV is unavailable, shares of that fund may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV for processing shareholder transactions includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend and realized gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among each fund in the trust. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses associated with the Underlying Funds. Although not included in the Fund's expenses, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the Underlying Funds' expenses through the impact of these expenses on each Underlying Fund's NAV. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended June 29, 2007, if applicable remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,931,955 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (2,420,781) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (488,826) | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 157,790,159 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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3. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and redemptions of the affiliated and unaffiliated Underlying Fund shares aggregated $145,056,200 and $52,965,795, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Strategic Advisers provides the Fund with investment management related services. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly management fee to Strategic Advisers. The management fee is computed at an annual rate of .25% of the Fund's average net assets. Strategic Advisers, either itself or through an affiliated company, pays all other expenses of the Fund with certain exceptions such as interest expense and independent Trustees' compensation.
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until December 19, 2009.
Strategic Advisers has entered into an administration agreement with FMR under which FMR provides management and administrative services (other than investment advisory services) necessary for the operation of the Fund. FMR also contracts with other Fidelity companies to perform the services necessary for the operation of the Fund. Under this agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
6. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee until December 19, 2009, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until December 19, 2009 to the extent that annual operating expenses exceed .00% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period, this waiver and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $141,239.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agent
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOU-SANN-1007 474815.1.0
1.836925.100
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of FundsSM
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public
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Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Summary | A summary of the fund's investments. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
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PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (March 8, 2007 to August 31, 2007). The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (March 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated funds (Underlying Funds), the Fund also indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,064.00 | $ .00 A |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.14 | $ .00 B |
A Actual expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 177/366 (to reflect the period March 8, 2007 to August 31, 2007). The fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests are not included in the Funds annualized expense ratio.
B Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio.
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Investment Summary
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2007 |
% of fund's investments | |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 8.3 |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | 8.1 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio | 8.1 |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 7.9 |
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund | 7.9 |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 7.9 |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | 7.6 |
Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Institutional Class | 5.5 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 5.4 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 5.0 |
71.7 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||
As of August 31, 2007 | |||
Large Blend Funds 24.0% | |||
Large Growth | |||
Large Value | |||
Mid-Cap | |||
Mid-Cap | |||
Mid-Cap | |||
Specialty Funds 41.2% |
Asset allocations in the pie chart reflects the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting date indicated above. |
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Investments August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Large Blend Funds - 24.0% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Institutional Class | 398,846 | $ 6,257,887 | |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | 960,340 | 32,075,364 | |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 524,646 | 32,979,246 | |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 569,141 | 20,056,512 | |
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund Investor Class | 75,588 | 3,953,987 | |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 95,322,996 | ||
Large Growth Funds - 14.0% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Growth Opportunities Institutional Class (a) | 560,358 | 21,954,836 | |
Fidelity Large Cap Stock Fund | 1,643,067 | 31,333,290 | |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio | 32,708 | 2,604,870 | |
TOTAL LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 55,892,996 | ||
Large Value Funds - 7.9% | |||
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 520,648 | 31,327,392 | |
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 3.1% | |||
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 22,703 | 753,525 | |
Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Portfolio | 131,829 | 11,821,125 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 12,574,650 | ||
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 2.3% | |||
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio | 525,200 | 9,070,207 | |
Mid-Cap Value Funds - 7.5% | |||
Fidelity Select Automotive Portfolio | 248,510 | 10,362,874 | |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 245,134 | 19,343,551 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP VALUE FUNDS | 29,706,425 | ||
Specialty Funds - 41.2% | |||
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio | 226,695 | 15,102,442 | |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio (a) | 695,201 | 32,014,020 | |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 339,956 | 31,381,347 | |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | 438,392 | 30,420,002 | |
Fidelity Select Multimedia Portfolio | 239,043 | 10,439,026 | |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 1,889,411 | 21,520,396 | |
Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio | 215,448 | 12,157,746 | |
Shares | Value | ||
Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio (a) | 157,413 | $ 1,397,826 | |
Fidelity Utilities Fund | 457,929 | 9,318,847 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 163,751,652 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $409,815,113) | 397,646,318 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $409,815,113) | $ 397,646,318 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2007 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $409,815,113) - See accompanying schedule | $ 397,646,318 | |
Cash | 4 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 410,121 | |
Total assets | 398,056,443 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 207,996 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 202,125 | |
Total liabilities | 410,121 | |
Net Assets | $ 397,646,322 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 405,147,586 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 175,969 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | 4,491,562 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (12,168,795) | |
Net Assets, for 37,369,275 shares outstanding | $ 397,646,322 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($397,646,322 ÷ 37,369,275 shares) | $ 10.64 |
Statement of Operations
For the period March 8, 2007 | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends from underlying funds | $ 175,820 | |
Interest | 149 | |
Total income | 175,969 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 176,078 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 6,031 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 182,109 | |
Expense reductions | (182,109) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 175,969 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | 4,107,984 | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds | 383,578 | 4,491,562 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | (12,168,795) | |
Net gain (loss) | (7,677,233) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ (7,501,264) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
For the period March 8, 2007 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | |
Operations | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 175,969 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 4,491,562 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (12,168,795) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (7,501,264) |
Share transactions | 419,189,967 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (14,042,381) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 405,147,586 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 397,646,322 |
Net Assets | |
Beginning of period | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $175,969) | $ 397,646,322 |
Other Information Shares | |
Sold | 38,698,910 |
Redeemed | (1,329,635) |
Net increase (decrease) | 37,369,275 |
Financial Highlights
2007 G | |
Period ended August 31, | (Unaudited) |
Selected Per-Share Data | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .01 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .63 F |
Total from investment operations | .64 |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 10.64 |
Total Return B,C | 6.40% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .24% A |
Supplemental Data | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 397,646 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 104% A |
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
E Amounts do not include the portfolio activity of the Underlying Funds.
F The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
G For the period March 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) to August 31, 2007.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts contractually reimbursed by the investment adviser and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements occur. Expenses net of contractual waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund. Fees and expenses of the Underlying Funds are not included in the Fund's annualized ratios. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended August 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and operates under Section 10(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund's investments in the Underlying Funds were not subject to front end sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges. The Fund is offered exclusively to clients of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR).
2. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Underlying Funds as an investment of the Fund but does not include the underlying holdings of each Underlying Fund. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their NAV each business day. If an Underlying Fund's NAV is unavailable, shares of that fund may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV for processing shareholder transactions includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend and realized gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among each fund in the trust. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses associated with the Underlying Funds. Although not included in the Fund's expenses, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the Underlying Funds' expenses through the impact of these expenses on each Underlying Fund's NAV. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the tax years in the three year period ended June 29, 2007, if applicable remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,514,917 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (13,683,712) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (12,168,795) | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 409,815,113 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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3. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and redemptions of the Underlying Fund shares aggregated $494,384,019 and $88,676,890, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Strategic Advisers provides the Fund with investment management related services. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly management fee to Strategic Advisers. The management fee is computed at an annual rate of .25% of the Fund's average net assets. Strategic Advisers, either itself or through an affiliated company, pays all other expenses of the Fund with certain exceptions such as interest expense and independent Trustees' compensation.
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2010.
Strategic Advisers has entered into an administration agreement with FMR under which FMR provides management and administrative services (other than investment advisory services) necessary for the operation of the Fund. FMR also contracts with other Fidelity companies to perform the services necessary for the operation of the Fund. Under this agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
6. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee until March 31, 2010, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2010 to the extent that annual operating expenses exceed .00% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period, this waiver and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $182,109.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
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Board Approval of the Existing Investment Advisory Contracts
Matters Considered by the Board. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet four times per year. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects that matters bearing on the fund's management contract will be considered at most, if not all, of its meetings. While the full Board of Trustees or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board of Trustees (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees. The Independent Trustees expect to meet from time to time in executive session and are advised by legal counsel selected by the Independent Trustees.
Information Received by the Board of Trustees. In connection with their regular meetings, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, expects to receive materials specifically relating to the existing management contract and administration agreement (the Investment Advisory Contracts), including contractual provisions that reduce the fees paid to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to zero. These materials may include (i) information on the investment performance of the fund and appropriate indices or combinations of indices, (ii) sales and redemption data in respect of comparable funds, and (iii) the economic outlook and the general investment outlook in the markets in which the fund invests. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also expects to consider periodically other material facts such as (1) the amount of fee actually paid to the Investment Advisor and it affiliates, if any, (2) the Investment Adviser's results and financial condition, (3) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the fund's shares, (4) the procedures employed to determine the value of the fund's assets, (5) the Investment Adviser's management of the relationships with the fund's custodians and subcustodians, (6) the resources devoted to and the record of compliance with the fund's investment policies and restrictions and with policies on personal securities transactions, and (7) the nature, cost and character of non-investment management services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, if and to the extent any such services are actually paid for by the fund.
Additional information to be furnished by the Investment Adviser may include, among other items, information on and analysis of (a) the overall organization of the Investment Adviser, (b) investment performance, (c) the choice of performance indices and benchmarks, (d) the composition of peer groups of funds, if any fees are charged to the funds, (e) transfer agency and bookkeeping fees paid to affiliates of the Investment Adviser, if charged to the fund, (f) investment management staffing, (g) the potential for achieving further economies of scale, if any fees are charged to the fund, (h) operating expenses paid to third parties, if any fees are charged to the fund, and (i) the information furnished to investors, including the fund's shareholders.
At a December 7, 2006 in-person meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, approved the Investment Advisory Contracts for their initial terms. In considering the Investment Advisory Contracts, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling, and the following summary does not detail all the matters considered. Matters considered by the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with its approval of the Investment Advisory Contracts include the following:
The Investment Adviser's Personnel and Methods. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed the background of the fund's portfolio managers and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees have also had discussions with senior management of the Investment Adviser responsible for investment operations. Among other things they considered the size, education and experience of the Investment Adviser's investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Adviser's approach to recruiting, training and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory and management personnel.
Nature and Quality of Other Services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Adviser and affiliated companies, under the existing Investment Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency functions and pricing and bookkeeping services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the nature and extent of the Investment Adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.
Expenses. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the fund's expense ratio, and the contractual management fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreements expected to be in effect for an initial three year period. It also considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, which management estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
Economies of Scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered whether the Investment Adviser expected to experience economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, has concluded that, in light of a contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, any realized economies of scale in respect of the management of the fund would be shared between fund shareholders and the Investment Adviser in an appropriate manner.
Other Benefits to the Investment Adviser. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the character and amount of fees that were expected to be paid by the fund and the fund's shareholders for services provided by the Investment Adviser and its affiliates, including fees for services like transfer agency, fund accounting, and direct shareholder services. The Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered the intangible benefits that might reasonably be expected to accrue to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates by virtue of their relationship with the fund. The Board of Trustees also considered the Investment Adviser's contractual commitment to waive its management fees and reimburse other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) for an initial three year period, and that operation of this waiver and reimbursement would reduce economic benefits that might otherwise inure to the Investment Adviser and its affiliates.
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Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of all material factors and assisted by the advice of legal counsel, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the existing Investment Advisory Contracts should be approved.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agent
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Rutland Square Trust's (the "Trust") disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(a)(ii) There was no change in the Trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits
(a) | (1) | Not applicable. |
(a) | (2) | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT. |
(a) | (3) | Not applicable. |
(b) | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Fidelity Rutland Square Trust
By: | /s/Mark Osterheld |
Mark Osterheld | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | November 1, 2007 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/Mark Osterheld |
Mark Osterheld | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | November 1, 2007 |
By: | /s/Kathleen A. Tucker |
Kathleen A. Tucker | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | November 1, 2007 |