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 |
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Date of reporting period: | August 31, 2008 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
PAS Core Income
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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also call 1-800-544-8544 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 funds. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the funds 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 funds 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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds (the 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 mutual funds (the 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.
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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 | $ 986.20 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund.
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
PIMCO Total Return Fund Administrative Class | 32.6 | 32.1 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 22.9 | 22.8 |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | 12.5 | 12.5 |
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M | 11.1 | 11.0 |
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio | 7.8 | 12.8 |
TCW Total Return Bond Fund N Class | 4.3 | 3.0 |
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund Retail Class | 2.6 | 0.0 |
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Administrative Class | 2.5 | 2.0 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | 1.9 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund | 0.6 | 1.5 |
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Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
Intermediate-Term |
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Specialty Funds 0.6% |
| Specialty Funds 1.5% |
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Intermediate |
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Long Government |
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Short-Term Funds 0.5% |
| Short-Term Funds 1.0% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Fixed-Income Funds - 99.5% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Intermediate-Term Bond Funds - 98.2% | |||
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund (a) | 14,619,049 | $ 100,725,251 | |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund (a) | 1,488,833 | 15,052,100 | |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund (a) | 18,295,880 | 184,239,517 | |
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund Retail Class | 1,542,761 | 20,642,140 | |
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M | 9,522,958 | 89,515,809 | |
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Administrative Class | 1,964,511 | 20,607,724 | |
PIMCO Total Return Fund Administrative Class | 24,627,129 | 262,525,189 | |
TCW Total Return Bond Fund N Class | 3,557,300 | 34,648,101 | |
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio | 6,628,756 | 62,906,894 | |
TOTAL INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND FUNDS | 790,862,725 | ||
Long Government Bond Funds - 0.7% | |||
Eaton Vance National Municipals Fund Class A | 295,070 | 3,003,812 | |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund (a) | 233,613 | 2,882,780 | |
TOTAL LONG GOVERNMENT BOND FUNDS | 5,886,592 | ||
Specialty Funds - 0.6% | |||
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund (a) | 546,465 | 5,191,418 | |
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS (Cost $819,925,092) | 801,940,735 | ||
Short-Term Funds - 0.5% | |||
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Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund (a) | 452,614 | 3,734,063 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $824,210,122) | $ 805,674,798 |
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(a) 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 |
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Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | $ 1,999,732 | |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | 51,357 | |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund | 259,019 | |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund | 127,539 | |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 4,140,201 | |
Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund | 49,850 | |
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Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, | Purchases | Sales | Value, |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | $ 93,224,500 | $ 25,047,443 | $ 14,023,842 | $ 100,725,251 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | - | 14,928,351 | - | 15,052,100 |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund | 10,000,000 | 10,871,017 | 18,445,062 | 2,882,780 |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund | 11,069,085 | 141,957 | 5,484,473 | 5,191,418 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 169,946,963 | 32,539,763 | 13,265,677 | 184,239,517 |
Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund | 7,238,730 | 49,850 | 3,291,515 | 3,734,063 |
Total | $ 291,479,278 | $ 83,578,381 | $ 54,510,569 | $ 311,825,129 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 805,674,798 | $ 805,674,798 | $ - | $ - |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - |
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Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 493,849,669 |
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Affiliated Underlying Funds | 311,825,129 |
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Total Investments | $ 805,674,798 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 1,404,708 | |
Total assets | 807,079,506 | |
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Payable for investments purchased | $ 921,657 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 505,288 | |
Distributions payable | 9,741 | |
Total liabilities | 1,436,686 | |
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Net Assets | $ 805,642,820 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 829,207,612 | |
Distributions in excess of net investment income | (440,161) | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (4,589,307) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (18,535,324) | |
Net Assets, for 82,978,081 shares outstanding | $ 805,642,820 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($805,642,820 ÷ 82,978,081 shares) | $ 9.71 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Dividends from Underlying Funds: |
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Unaffiliated |
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Affiliated |
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Total Income |
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Management fee | $ 940,298 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 24,008 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 964,306 | |
Expense reductions | (964,306) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 18,601,191 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: |
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Unaffiliated | (3,592,501) |
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Affiliated | (995,292) | (4,587,793) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | (23,836,151) | |
Net gain (loss) | (28,423,944) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ (9,822,753) |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | For the period |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 18,601,191 | $ 12,386,121 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (4,587,793) | 1,854,239 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (23,836,151) | 5,300,827 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | (9,822,753) | 19,541,187 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (18,445,155) | (12,982,318) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | - | (1,855,753) |
Total distributions | (18,445,155) | (14,838,071) |
Share transactions | 213,879,071 | 786,306,551 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 18,381,597 | 14,776,645 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (145,062,306) | (59,073,946) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 87,198,362 | 742,009,250 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 58,930,454 | 746,712,366 |
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Beginning of period | 746,712,366 | - |
End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $440,161 and distributions in excess of net investment income of $596,197, respectively) | $ 805,642,820 | $ 746,712,366 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 21,746,745 | 78,434,848 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,871,016 | 1,468,828 |
Redeemed | (14,671,850) | (5,871,506) |
Net increase (decrease) | 8,945,911 | 74,032,170 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended | Year ended |
(Unaudited) | 2008F | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.09 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss)D | .243 | .207 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.382) | .132 |
Total from investment operations | (.139) | .339 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.241) | (.222) |
Distributions from net realized gain | - | (.027) |
Total distributions | (.241) | (.249) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.71 | $ 10.09 |
Total ReturnB,C | (1.38)% | 3.42% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG |
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Expenses before expense reductions | .25%A | .25%A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00%A | .00%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00%A | .00%A |
Net investment income (loss) | 4.90%A | 4.92%A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 805,643 | $ 746,712 |
Portfolio turnover rateE | 27% A | 19%A |
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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 September 27, 2007 (commencement of operations) to February 29, 2008.
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, 2008 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS Core Income 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset value (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.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
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Security Valuation - continued
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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. 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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements in connection with the tax positions expected to be taken in the
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
initial filing of the Fund's federal tax return. Each of the Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Dividends are declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, 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 | $ 2,264,660 |
Unrealized depreciation | (20,801,498) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (18,536,838) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 824,211,636 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $188,975,479 and $101,646,248, respectively.
4. 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
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Management Fee - continued
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.
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, 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 $964,306.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
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Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
PCI-SANN-1008 1.851418.100
PAS Income Opportunities 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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also call 1-800-544-8544 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 funds. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the funds 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 funds 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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds (the 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 mutual funds (the 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.
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| Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,006.60 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 28.3 | 29.1 |
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund Advisor Class | 23.8 | 24.0 |
PIMCO High Yield Fund Administrative Class | 12.4 | 13.0 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 8.1 | 8.0 |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio Investor A Class | 6.0 | 5.9 |
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund Class A | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund Class A | 5.6 | 6.0 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class | 4.8 | 5.0 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 2.5 | 1.5 |
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund - Advisers Class | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 100.0 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
High Yield |
| High Yield |
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Bank Loan |
| Bank Loan |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Fixed-Income Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Bank Loan Funds - 5.0% | |||
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund - Advisers Class | 1,289,115 | $ 11,344,208 | |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund (a) | 1,238,968 | 11,596,736 | |
TOTAL BANK LOAN FUNDS | 22,940,944 | ||
High Yield Bond Funds - 95.0% | |||
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio Investor A Class | 3,861,608 | 27,571,883 | |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class (a) | 2,541,474 | 22,187,070 | |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund (a) | 16,083,231 | 129,470,008 | |
Fidelity High Income Fund (a) | 4,493,694 | 36,893,228 | |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund Class A | 3,688,470 | 25,597,979 | |
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund Class A | 4,762,975 | 27,291,844 | |
PIMCO High Yield Fund Administrative Class | 6,481,319 | 56,970,796 | |
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund Advisor Class | 17,311,239 | 108,887,695 | |
TOTAL HIGH YIELD BOND FUNDS | 434,870,503 | ||
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS (Cost $498,671,992) | 457,811,447 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $498,671,992) | $ 457,811,447 |
Legend |
(a) 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 Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class | $ 705,021 |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 4,005,368 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 165,350 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 1,246,873 |
| $ 6,122,612 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchase and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning | Purchases | Sales | Value, end |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class | $ 19,451,328 | $ 3,738,699 | $ 22,751 | $ 22,187,070 |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 112,654,248 | 20,872,613 | 131,958 | 129,470,008 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 5,902,850 | 5,537,434 | 6,825 | 11,596,736 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 31,128,500 | 6,412,799 | 36,403 | 36,893,228 |
Total | $ 169,136,926 | $ 36,561,545 | $ 197,937 | $ 200,147,042 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 457,811,447 | $ 457,811,447 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 29, 2008 the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $9 all of which expires February 29, 2016. |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule |
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Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 257,664,405 |
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Affiliated Underlying Funds | 200,147,042 |
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Total Investments | $ 457,811,447 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 633,737 | |
Total assets | 458,445,184 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 391,250 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 281,991 | |
Distributions payable | 7,245 | |
Total liabilities | 680,486 | |
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Net Assets | $ 457,764,698 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 500,102,821 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 204,993 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (1,682,571) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (40,860,545) | |
Net Assets, for 50,786,112 shares outstanding | $ 457,764,698 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($457,764,698 ÷ 50,786,112 shares) | $ 9.01 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds: |
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Unaffiliated |
| $ 8,980,329 |
Affiliated |
| 6,122,612 |
Total income |
| 15,102,941 |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 533,476 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 13,087 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 546,563 | |
Expense reduction | (546,563) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 15,102,941 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: |
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Unaffiliated | 71,423 |
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Affiliated | (5,989) | 65,434 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | (12,888,792) | |
Net gain (loss) | (12,823,358) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 2,279,583 |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | For the period |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 15,102,941 | $ 10,044,837 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 65,434 | (1,748,005) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (12,888,792) | (27,971,753) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 2,279,583 | (19,674,921) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (14,939,374) | (10,003,411) |
Share transactions | 117,514,650 | 434,876,319 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 14,890,775 | 9,963,542 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (49,213,620) | (27,928,845) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 83,191,805 | 416,911,016 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 70,532,014 | 387,232,684 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 387,232,684 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $204,993 and undistributed net investment income of $41,426, respectively) | $ 457,764,698 | $ 387,232,684 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 12,726,394 | 43,660,253 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,613,034 | 1,041,062 |
Redeemed | (5,337,687) | (2,916,944) |
Net increase (decrease) | 9,001,741 | 41,784,371 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended | Year ended |
(Unaudited) | 2008 F | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.27 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | .327 | .302 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.263) | (.728) |
Total from investment operations | .064 | (.426) |
Distributions from net investment income | (.324) | (.304) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.01 | $ 9.27 |
Total Return B, C | .66% | (4.34)% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G |
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Expenses before expense reductions | .25% A | .25% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 7.02% A | 7.52% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 457,765 | $ 387,233 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 3% A | 23% 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 September 27, 2007 (commencement of operations) to February 29, 2008.
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, 2008 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
PAS Income Opportunities 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset value (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.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements in connection with the tax positions expected to be taken in the initial filing of the Fund's federal tax return. Each of the Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Dividends are declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, 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.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
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, capital loss carryforwards and losses due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 38,468 |
Unrealized depreciation | (40,899,220) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (40,860,752) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 498,672,199 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $90,472,597 and $7,127,567, respectively.
4. 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.
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5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, 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 $546,563.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
PIO-SANN-1008 1.851414.100
PAS International Fidelity 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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
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To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may call 1-800-544-3455 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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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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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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds (the 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 mutual funds (the 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.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 885.70 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's | % of fund's investments |
Fidelity® Diversified International Fund | 18.3 | 16.7 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 17.6 | 21.2 |
Fidelity International Value Fund | 14.8 | 11.2 |
Spartan® International Index Fund Investor Class | 11.7 | 14.4 |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 8.5 | 10.4 |
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Institutional Class | 8.0 | 9.6 |
Fidelity Aggressive International Fund | 6.8 | 9.2 |
Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Institutional Class | 6.1 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | 2.7 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 95.9 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
Foreign Large Blend Funds 52.8% |
| Foreign Large Blend Funds 55.8% |
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Foreign Large Growth Funds 25.1% |
| Foreign Large Growth Funds 25.9% |
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Foreign Large Value Funds 14.8% |
| Foreign Large Value Funds 11.2% |
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Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds 1.0% |
| Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds 1.0% |
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Specialty Funds 1.2% |
| Specialty Funds 1.2% |
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Other 5.1% |
| Other 4.9% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 52.8% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Institutional Class | 2,057,833 | $ 37,185,050 | |
Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Institutional Class | 1,446,640 | 28,426,481 | |
Fidelity Canada Fund | 75,628 | 4,434,854 | |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 2,397,593 | 82,549,140 | |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 1,061,166 | 39,952,904 | |
Spartan International Index Fund Investor Class | 1,398,085 | 54,595,228 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 247,143,657 | ||
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 25.1% | |||
Fidelity Aggressive International Fund | 2,654,043 | 31,981,221 | |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 2,584,373 | 85,465,214 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 117,446,435 | ||
Foreign Large Value Funds - 14.8% | |||
Fidelity International Value Fund | 7,454,165 | 69,100,113 | |
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 1.0% | |||
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 410,644 | 4,619,748 | |
Specialty Funds - 1.2% | |||
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund | 537,386 | 5,373,860 | |
Other - 5.1%% | |||
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 255,800 | 6,382,198 | |
Fidelity Japan Fund | 1,079,869 | 12,807,250 | |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund | 546,732 | 4,822,175 | |
TOTAL OTHER | 24,011,623 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $574,651,837) | 467,695,436 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $574,651,837) | $ 467,695,436 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 467,695,436 | $ 467,695,436 | $ - | $ - |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $574,651,837) - See accompanying schedule | $ 467,695,436 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 205,217 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 271,101 | |
Total assets | 468,171,754 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ 476,311 | |
Total liabilities | 476,311 | |
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Net Assets | $ 467,695,443 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 580,718,210 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 108,871 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (6,175,237) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (106,956,401) | |
Net Assets, for 55,893,155 shares outstanding | $ 467,695,443 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($467,695,443 ÷ 55,893,155 shares) | $ 8.37 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 624,396 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 19,251 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 643,647 | |
Expense reductions | (643,647) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 69,825 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | (5,758,755) | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | (58,430,469) | |
Net gain (loss) | (64,189,224) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ (64,119,399) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six months ended | For the period |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 69,825 | $ 5,652,050 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (5,758,755) | 31,458,652 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (58,430,469) | (48,525,932) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (64,119,399) | (11,415,230) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | - | (5,613,004) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (23,455,626) | (8,419,507) |
Total distributions | (23,455,626) | (14,032,511) |
Share transactions | 187,073,339 | 508,423,425 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 23,422,520 | 14,004,347 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (73,755,235) | (78,450,187) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 136,740,624 | 443,977,585 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 49,165,599 | 418,529,844 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 418,529,844 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $108,871 and undistributed net investment income of $39,046, respectively) | $ 467,695,443 | $ 418,529,844 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 19,256,572 | 47,999,745 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,478,574 | 1,276,604 |
Redeemed | (7,912,575) | (7,205,765) |
Net increase (decrease) | 13,822,571 | 42,070,584 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended | Period ended |
(Unaudited) | 2008 G | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.95 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | - I | .16 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (1.08) | .14 F |
Total from investment operations | (1.08) | .30 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | (.14) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.50) | (.21) |
Total distributions | (.50) | (.35) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 8.37 | $ 9.95 |
Total Return B, C | (11.43)% | 2.67% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H |
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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) | .03% A | 1.50% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 467,695 | $ 418,530 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 13% A | 14% 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 March 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) to February 29, 2008.
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, 2008 (Unaudited)
1. Organization.
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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements in connection with the tax positions expected to be taken in the initial filing of the Fund's federal tax return. Each of the Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
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.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 67,788 |
Unrealized depreciation | (107,024,189) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (106,956,401) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 574,651,837 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $145,564,240 and $32,209,411, respectively.
4. 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, 2011.
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.
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5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2011 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 $643,647.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Each year, typically in March, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes at an in-person meeting on the renewal of the management contract and administration agreement (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly four times per year and considers at each of its meetings factors that it believes are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. While the full Board or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees.
At its March 2008 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant and ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers or SAI) under the management contract is consistent with Strategic Advisers' fiduciary duty under applicable law.
In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, Strategic Advisers, and the administrator, Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), including the background of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and disciplines. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of investment operations and investment groups from Strategic Advisers and its affiliates. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board reviewed the size, education, and experience of Strategic Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and Strategic Advisers' and FMR's approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board noted that analysts have access to a variety of technological tools that enable them to perform both fundamental and quantitative analysis and to specialize in various disciplines.
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Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency and pricing and bookkeeping services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Strategic Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures.
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds has operated within its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investments restrictions. The Board noted that it is not possible to evaluate performance in any comprehensive fashion because the fund had been in operation for less than one calendar year. Once the fund has been in operation for at least one calendar year, the Board will review the fund's absolute investment performance, as well as the fund's relative investment performance measured against a broad-based securities market index and a peer group of mutual funds.
Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by Strategic Advisers and FMR to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders.
Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to Strategic Advisers. The Board considered Strategic Advisers' contractual commitment to waive the fund's management fee and reimburse its other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2011, which Strategic Advisers estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
The Board also considered information showing the management fee charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies with investment objectives similar to those of the fund. The information indicated that the fee rate paid to Strategic Advisers with respect to the fund (giving effect to the fund's fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangement) were the same as or lower than the fee rates charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Board reviewed information regarding the cost of services provided by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates.
The Board concluded that the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates in connection with the operation of the fund were not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued
Possible Fall Out Benefits. The Board considered information regarding the direct and indirect benefits to Strategic Advisers and its affiliates from their relationships with the fund, including non-advisory fee compensation paid to affiliates of Strategic Advisers, if any. The Board considered the receipt of these benefits in light of the Adviser's and its affiliates' profitability and other considerations described above.
Possible Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that the realization of economies of scale was not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of the factors that it deemed to be material, including those factors described above, considering all material factors, the Board unanimously concluded that the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders, and should be approved.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
PAI-SANN-1008 1.843744.101
PAS International
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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
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To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also call 1-800-544-8544 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the funds. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the funds 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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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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the 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 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the 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.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
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 | $ 901.00 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 10.0 | 11.0 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 9.2 | 9.9 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 8.7 | 10.1 |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 6.8 | 6.3 |
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 5.5 | 9.2 |
Harbor International Fund Retirement Class | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. World Opportunities Series Class A | 4.6 | 4.1 |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Fund Class A | 4.1 | 6.6 |
GE Institutional International Equity Fund Service Class | 3.9 | 4.4 |
UMB Scout International Fund | 3.9 | 3.0 |
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Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
Foreign Large |
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Foreign Large |
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Foreign Large |
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Specialty Funds 1.0% |
| Specialty Funds 0.0% |
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Other 9.8% |
| Other 5.8% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 40.2% | |||
Fidelity Canada Fund (a) | 88,254 | $ 5,175,231 | |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund (a) | 1,574,173 | 54,198,774 | |
GE Institutional International Equity Fund Service Class | 1,570,276 | 24,150,850 | |
Henderson International Opportunities Fund Class A | 992,838 | 20,690,734 | |
iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF | 208,200 | 13,235,274 | |
Julius Baer International Equity Fund II Class A | 1,032,327 | 14,607,430 | |
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. World Opportunities Series Class A | 3,155,759 | 28,685,845 | |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 2,607,901 | 42,091,526 | |
SSgA International Stock Selection Fund Institutional Class | 547,090 | 6,450,191 | |
Thornburg International Value Fund Class A | 652,989 | 17,389,094 | |
UMB Scout International Fund | 747,566 | 24,146,376 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 250,821,325 | ||
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 16.0% | |||
AIM International Growth Fund Class A | 783,642 | 20,703,833 | |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund (a) | 1,737,694 | 57,465,526 | |
T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund Advisor Class | 119,546 | 1,653,325 | |
William Blair International Growth Fund Class N | 873,037 | 19,800,472 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 99,623,156 | ||
Foreign Large Value Funds - 33.0% | |||
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 2,484,342 | 34,234,234 | |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Fund Class A | 2,158,344 | 25,446,872 | |
Harbor International Fund Retirement Class | 491,673 | 29,397,155 | |
MFS International Value Fund Class A | 755,016 | 20,023,019 | |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 3,888,761 | 62,609,050 | |
Oakmark International Fund Class I | 456,868 | 7,931,236 | |
Quant Foreign Value Fund Ordinary Shares | 823,114 | 13,227,438 | |
T. Rowe Price International Growth & Income Fund Advisor Class | 895,278 | 12,856,193 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE VALUE FUNDS | 205,725,197 | ||
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 0.0% | |||
MFS International New Discovery Fund Class A | 51 | 1,051 | |
Neuberger Berman International Fund Trust Class | 359 | 6,971 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID GROWTH FUNDS | 8,022 | ||
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Foreign Small Mid Value Funds - 0.0% | |||
Artisan International Value Fund Investor Class | 38 | $ 880 | |
Third Avenue International Value Fund | 47 | 808 | |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID VALUE FUNDS | 1,688 | ||
Specialty Funds - 1.0% | |||
ING International Real Estate Fund Class A | 646,978 | 6,256,273 | |
SPDR DJ Wilshire International Real Estate ETF | 800 | 35,432 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 6,291,705 | ||
Other - 9.8% | |||
BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc. Investor Class A | 388,519 | 8,776,650 | |
Fidelity Japan Fund (a) | 1,623,701 | 19,257,096 | |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund (a) | 589,398 | 5,198,487 | |
GMO Emerging Countries Fund Class M | 559,192 | 6,056,053 | |
Henderson European Focus Fund Class A | 30 | 814 | |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF | 900 | 36,045 | |
iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF | 3,500 | 39,970 | |
Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund Class I | 10,946 | 237,534 | |
SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF | 44,900 | 1,757,386 | |
SSgA Emerging Markets Fund | 42 | 953 | |
Wintergreen Fund | 1,573,021 | 19,898,715 | |
TOTAL OTHER | 61,259,703 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $728,974,933) | 623,730,796 | ||
Short-Term Funds - 0.0% | |||
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Fidelity Select Money Market Portfolio (a) | 363 | 363 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $728,975,296) | $ 623,731,159 |
Security Type Abbreviation | ||
ETF | - | Exchange-Traded Fund |
Legend |
(a) 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 |
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Fidelity Select Money Market Portfolio | $ 363 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated non Money Market Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales | Value, end |
Fidelity Canada Fund | $ 2,311,959 | $ 3,040,991 | $ 4,883 | $ 5,175,231 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 50,022,750 | 13,786,402 | 493,475 | 57,465,526 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 50,998,317 | 10,490,404 | 458,774 | 54,198,774 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | - | 22,346,357 | 14,650 | 19,257,096 |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund | 5,852,719 | - | - | 5,198,487 |
Total | $ 109,185,745 | $ 49,664,154 | $ 971,782 | $ 141,295,114 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 623,731,159 | $ 623,731,159 | $ - | $ - |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - |
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See accompanying schedule |
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Unaffiliated Underlying Funds |
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(cost $558,975,889) | $ 482,435,682 |
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Affiliated Underlying Funds |
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(cost $169,999,407) | 141,295,477 |
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Total Investments |
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(cost $728,975,296) | $ 623,731,159 | |
Cash | 10 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 6,000,000 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 850,490 | |
Total assets | 630,581,659 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 6,461,004 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 389,484 | |
Total liabilities | 6,850,488 | |
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Net Assets | $ 623,731,171 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 738,809,721 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 644,355 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (10,478,768) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (105,244,137) | |
Net Assets, for 67,564,659 shares outstanding | $ 623,731,171 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($623,731,171 ÷ 67,564,659 shares) | $ 9.23 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds: |
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Unaffiliated |
| $ 690,628 |
Affiliated |
| 363 |
Total Income |
| 690,991 |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 787,828 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 23,893 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 811,721 | |
Expense reductions | (811,721) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 690,991 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
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Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: |
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Unaffiliated | (11,007,635) |
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Affiliated | (193,787) |
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Realized gain distributions from Unaffiliated underlying funds | 1,216,225 | (9,985,197) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | (57,133,118) | |
Net gain (loss) | (67,118,315) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ (66,427,324) |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 690,991 | $ 7,990,850 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (9,985,197) | 41,170,489 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (57,133,118) | (62,463,106) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | (66,427,324) | (13,301,767) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (593,703) | (7,727,489) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (29,091,490) | (22,371,359) |
Total distributions | (29,685,193) | (30,098,848) |
Share transactions |
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Proceeds from sales of shares | 257,373,088 | 376,245,139 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 29,584,239 | 29,954,499 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (71,877,053) | (113,635,539) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 215,080,274 | 292,564,099 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 118,967,757 | 249,163,484 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 504,763,414 | 255,599,930 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $644,355 and undistributed net investment income of $547,067, respectively) | $ 623,731,171 | $ 504,763,414 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 24,737,362 | 31,552,960 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,861,145 | 2,567,239 |
Redeemed | (7,033,790) | (9,668,632) |
Net increase (decrease) | 20,564,717 | 24,451,567 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended August 31, 2008 | Years ended | |
(Unaudited) | 2008 I | 2007 G | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.74 | $ 11.34 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | .01 | .22 | .18 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (1.02) | .08 F | 1.57 |
Total from investment operations | (1.01) | .30 | 1.75 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.01) | (.18) | (.13) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.49) | (.72) | (.28) |
Total distributions | (.50) | (.90) | (.41) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.23 | $ 10.74 | $ 11.34 |
Total Return B, C | (9.90)% | 2.17% | 17.53% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H |
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Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .26% | .26% 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) | .22% A | 1.88% | 1.83% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 623,731 | $ 504,763 | $ 255,600 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 20% A | 34% | 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 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 23, 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 For the year ended February 29.
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, 2008 (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 and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds, excluding ETFs, are valued at their closing net asset value (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. ETFs are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, ETFs are valued at the last quoted bid price. 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.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 and distributions from the ETFs, 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 and the value of each ETF. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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 Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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 | $ 1,160,713 |
Unrealized depreciation | (106,404,908) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (105,244,195) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 728,975,354 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $251,828,907 and $64,526,584, respectively.
4. 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.
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4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Management Fee - continued
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2011.
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.
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2011 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 $811,721.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Final Shareholder Report Disclosure for PAS International Fund of Funds:
Each year, typically in March, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes at an in-person meeting on the renewal of the management contract and administration agreement (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly four times per year and considers at each of its meetings factors that it believes are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. While the full Board or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees.
At its March 2008 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant and ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers or SAI) under the management contract is consistent with Strategic Advisers' fiduciary duty under applicable law.
In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, Strategic Advisers, and the administrator, Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), including the background of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and disciplines. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of investment operations and investment groups from Strategic Advisers and its affiliates. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board reviewed the size, education, and experience of Strategic Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and Strategic Advisers' and FMR's approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board noted that analysts have access to a variety of technological tools that enable them to perform both fundamental and quantitative analysis and to specialize in various disciplines.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency and pricing and bookkeeping services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Strategic Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures.
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Investment Performance. The Board considered whether PAS International Fund of Funds has operated within its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance, as well as the fund's relative investment performance measured against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds. Because the fund had been in existence less than three calendar years, the following table considered by the Board shows, for the one-year period ended October 31, 2007, the fund's total return, the total return of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and the total return of a custom peer group of mutual funds identified by Strategic Advisers based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc.
The fund's custom peer group, defined by Strategic Advisers, is a peer group that Strategic Advisers believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.
Fund-specific performance results reviewed by the Board are discussed below, though due to the passage of time, they are likely to differ from performance results for more recent periods, including those shown elsewhere in this report.
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Management Fees - continued
PAS International Fund of Funds
2007 Total Return % vs. SAI International Peer Group Median and MSCI EAFE
Total Returns |
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| 1 Year |
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| 11/1/06 - 10/31/07 |
PAS International Fund of Funds (FINFX) |
| 27.76% |
MSCI EAFE |
| 25.09% |
Difference |
| 2.67% |
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|
SAI International Peer Group Median |
| 26.33% |
FINFX - SAI Peer Group Median |
| 1.43% |
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|
|
FINFX % Beaten |
| 57% |
MSCI EAFE % Beaten |
| 38% |
|
|
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Morningstar Foreign Large Blend Median |
| 26.61% |
Morningstar Foreign Large Growth Median |
| 32.21% |
Morningstar Foreign Large Value Median |
| 23.35% |
The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of the fund was in the second quartile for the period shown. The Board also stated that the investment performance of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the period shown. The Board stated that it is difficult to evaluate in any comprehensive fashion the performance of the fund, in light of its relatively recent commencement of operations.
Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by Strategic Advisers and FMR to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders.
Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to Strategic Advisers. The Board considered Strategic Advisers' contractual commitment to waive the fund's management fee and reimburse its other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2011, which Strategic Advisers estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
The Board also considered information showing the management fee charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies with investment objectives similar to those of the fund. The information indicated that the fee rate paid to Strategic Advisers with respect to the fund (giving effect to the fund's fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangement) were the same as or lower than the fee rates charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies.
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Costs of Services and Profitability. The Board reviewed information regarding the cost of services provided by Strategic Advisers' and its affiliates'.
The Board concluded that the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates in connection with the operation of the fund were not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
Possible Fall Out Benefits. The Board considered information regarding the direct and indirect benefits to Strategic Advisers and its affiliates from their relationships with the fund, including non-advisory fee compensation paid to affiliates of Strategic Advisers, if any. The Board considered the receipt of these benefits in light of the Adviser's and its affiliates' profitability and other considerations described above.
Possible Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that the realization of economies of scale was not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of the factors that it deemed to be material, including those factors described above, considering all material factors, the Board unanimously concluded that the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders, and should be approved.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOI-SANN-1008 1.824712.102
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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts |
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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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the 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 mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the 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.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
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 | $ 1,040.50 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund | 7.2 | 8.8 |
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | 5.6 | 0.0 |
Westport Select Cap Fund Class R | 4.9 | 5.5 |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 4.9 | 0.0 |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 4.7 | 6.9 |
Buffalo Small Cap Fund | 4.4 | 5.1 |
Baron Small Cap Fund | 4.2 | 5.1 |
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 4.0 | 4.9 |
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund PlanAhead Class | 4.0 | 0.0 |
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index ETF | 3.8 | 2.3 |
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Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
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Mid-Cap |
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Mid-Cap |
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Specialty Funds 8.6% |
| Specialty Funds 3.7% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Small Blend Funds - 27.5% | |||
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund Class A | 221,403 | $ 2,789,682 | |
CRM Small Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 176 | 3,539 | |
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth II Fund | 172 | 2,871 | |
ICM Small Company Portfolio Institutional Class | 88 | 2,866 | |
ING Small Company Fund Class A | 205,742 | 2,684,931 | |
Keeley Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 412,463 | 11,874,818 | |
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund Investor Class | 808,243 | 13,974,519 | |
Managers Special Equity Fund Managers Class | 36 | 2,031 | |
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 62,851 | 1,438,651 | |
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund Trust Class | 61 | 3,052 | |
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Class A | 1,723,774 | 31,958,760 | |
Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund | 221,003 | 2,316,114 | |
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund | 399,184 | 9,664,254 | |
Royce Micro-Cap Fund Service Class (a) | 164 | 2,355 | |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 687,555 | 20,640,401 | |
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | 678,198 | 24,645,720 | |
Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund | 665 | 2,189 | |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | 122,006,753 | ||
Small Growth Funds - 39.1% | |||
Alger Small Cap Growth Institutional Fund Class I (a) | 296,792 | 7,268,443 | |
Baron Growth Fund | 162,992 | 7,494,372 | |
Baron Small Cap Fund | 894,807 | 18,647,776 | |
BlackRock Funds Small Cap Growth Equity Fund Investor | 424,839 | 8,993,832 | |
Brazos Micro Cap Portfolio Class N | 137,284 | 2,462,868 | |
Buffalo Small Cap Fund | 913,964 | 19,604,522 | |
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 911,251 | 12,265,435 | |
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund II Class A | 364 | 3,348 | |
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund Investor Class | 423 | 4,826 | |
ING SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class A (a) | 132,684 | 4,352,024 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Small Growth Funds - continued | |||
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index ETF | 169,600 | $ 13,517,120 | |
Lord Abbett Small Cap Blend Fund | 842,246 | 13,602,274 | |
Munder Micro-Cap Equity Fund Class A | 89 | 2,634 | |
Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund | 106 | 1,990 | |
Old Mutual Copper Rock Emerging Growth Portfolio Class A | 221,212 | 2,232,028 | |
Perimeter Small Capital Growth Fund Investor Shares (a) | 374,054 | 3,942,525 | |
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 1,365,276 | 17,844,153 | |
RS Emerging Growth Fund Class A (a) | 297,136 | 9,986,749 | |
RS Smaller Co. Growth Fund Class A | 167,771 | 2,746,410 | |
Turner Small Cap Growth Fund Class I (a) | 270,389 | 8,198,188 | |
Wasatch Core Growth Fund | 74 | 2,232 | |
Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund | 227,056 | 6,788,983 | |
Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund | 109 | 2,065 | |
William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund Class N | 674,683 | 13,169,810 | |
Winslow Green Growth Fund Investor Class (a) | 279 | 4,713 | |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | 173,139,320 | ||
Small Value Funds - 17.1% | |||
Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund Admin Class | 80 | 2,375 | |
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund PlanAhead Class | 1,042,830 | 17,665,536 | |
HighMark Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 377,068 | 4,415,472 | |
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index ETF | 244,800 | 17,035,632 | |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 1,516,395 | 21,502,480 | |
Royce Opportunity Fund Service Class | 1,004,689 | 10,257,878 | |
Westcore Small Cap Value Fund | 425,027 | 5,002,572 | |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | 75,881,945 | ||
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 4.9% | |||
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund | 573 | 7,704 | |
Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 82 | 1,974 | |
Westport Select Cap Fund Class R | 966,354 | 21,791,282 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 21,800,960 | ||
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 2.8% | |||
FBR Focus Fund | 262,630 | 12,272,683 | |
Specialty Funds - 8.6% | |||
FBR Small Cap Financial Fund | 246,938 | 3,718,890 | |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class (b) | 874,200 | 14,747,760 | |
John Hancock Regional Bank Class A | 600,402 | 10,873,274 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Specialty Funds - continued | |||
RS Technology Fund Class A (a) | 248,736 | $ 3,517,123 | |
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 81,300 | 5,271,492 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 38,128,539 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $474,818,773) | 443,230,200 | ||
Short-Term Funds - 0.0% | |||
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio Class I (b) | 6,300 | $ 6,300 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $474,825,073) | $ 443,236,500 |
Security Type Abbreviation | ||
ETF | - | Exchange-Traded Fund |
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 |
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Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | $ 57,164 | |
Fidelity Institutional Cash Money Market Fund Class I | 6,300 | |
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Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated non Money Market Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, | Purchases | Sales | Value, |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | $ 7,087,385 | $ 7,392,021 | $ - | $ 14,747,760 |
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 5,687,157 | - | 4,868,192 | - |
Total | $ 12,774,542 | $ 7,392,021 | $ 4,868,192 | $ 14,747,760 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 443,236,500 | $ 443,236,500 | $ - | $ - |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investment in securities at value - |
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See accompanying schedule |
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Unaffiliated Underlying Funds |
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(cost $459,644,456) | $ 428,482,440 |
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Affiliated Underlying Funds |
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(cost $15,180,617) | 14,754,060 |
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Total Investments |
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(cost $474,825,073) | $ 443,236,500 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 722,029 | |
Total assets | 443,958,529 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 448,827 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 273,201 | |
Total liabilities | 722,028 | |
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Net Assets | $ 443,236,501 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 480,958,760 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 83,547 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (6,217,233) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (31,588,573) | |
Net Assets, for 44,295,901 shares outstanding | $ 443,236,501 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($443,236,501 ÷ 44,295,901 shares) | $ 10.01 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds: |
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Unaffiliated |
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Affiliated |
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Total income |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 500,791 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 15,333 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 516,124 | |
Expense reductions | (516,124) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 220,818 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
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Realized gain (loss) on sale of |
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underlying fund shares: |
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Unaffiliated | (5,036,125) |
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Affiliated | (1,811,968) |
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Realized gain distributions from Unaffiliated |
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underlying funds | 670,609 | (6,177,484) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 21,209,329 | |
Net gain (loss) | 15,031,845 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 15,252,663 |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 220,818 | $ 1,032,310 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (6,177,484) | 19,697,855 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 21,209,329 | (60,798,279) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 15,252,663 | (40,068,114) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (372,059) | (899,620) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (13,394,136) | (17,269,949) |
Total distributions | (13,766,195) | (18,169,569) |
Share transactions | 115,463,688 | 180,144,834 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 13,742,777 | 18,078,092 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (47,340,827) | (83,962,304) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 81,865,638 | 114,260,622 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 83,352,106 | 56,022,939 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 359,884,395 | 303,861,456 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $83,547 and undistributed net investment income of $234,788, respectively) | $ 443,236,501 | $ 359,884,395 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 11,652,647 | 15,966,023 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,428,563 | 1,563,201 |
Redeemed | (4,796,970) | (7,332,514) |
Net increase (decrease) | 8,284,240 | 10,196,710 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended August 31, 2008 | Years ended February 28, | ||
(Unaudited) | 2008 H | 2007 | 2006 F | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.99 | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | .01 | .03 | .02 | - I |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .38 | (1.17) | .75 | 1.46 |
Total from investment operations | .39 | (1.14) | .77 | 1.46 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.01) | (.03) | (.01) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.36) | (.61) | (.30) | (.15) |
Total distributions | (.37) | (.64) | (.31) | (.15) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 10.01 | $ 9.99 | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 |
Total Return B, C | 4.05% | (10.38)% | 6.86% | 14.69% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G |
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Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .26% | .26% | .37% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% A | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% A | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .11% A | .30% | .17% | .03% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 443,237 | $ 359,884 | $ 303,861 | $ 230,571 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 43% A | 20% | 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 For the year ended February 29.
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, 2008 (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 and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)(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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds, excluding ETFs, are valued at their closing net asset value (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. ETFs are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, ETFs are valued at the last quoted bid price. 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.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 and distributions from the ETFs, 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 and the value of each ETF. 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.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
The Fund is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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 Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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 | $ 11,538,549 |
Unrealized depreciation | (43,130,346) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (31,591,797) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 474,828,297 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities aggregated $154,426,340 and $85,435,469, respectively.
4. 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.
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4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Management Fee - continued
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until March 31, 2011.
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.
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2011 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 $516,124.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
Annual Report
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Final Shareholder Report Disclosure for PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds:
Each year, typically in March, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes at an in-person meeting on the renewal of the management contract and administration agreement (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly four times per year and considers at each of its meetings factors that it believes are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. While the full Board or the Independent Trustees, as appropriate, act on all major matters, a portion of the activities of the Board (including certain of those described herein) may be conducted through committees.
At its March 2008 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant and ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers or SAI) under the management contract is consistent with Strategic Advisers' fiduciary duty under applicable law.
In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, Strategic Advisers, and the administrator, Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), including the background of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and disciplines. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of investment operations and investment groups from Strategic Advisers and its affiliates. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board reviewed the size, education, and experience of Strategic Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and Strategic Advisers' and FMR's approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board noted that analysts have access to a variety of technological tools that enable them to perform both fundamental and quantitative analysis and to specialize in various disciplines.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency and pricing and bookkeeping services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of Strategic Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures.
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Investment Performance. The Board considered whether PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds has operated within its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance, as well as the fund's relative investment performance measured against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds. Because the fund had been in existence less than three calendar years, the following table considered by the Board shows, for the one-year period ended October 31, 2007, the fund's total return, the total return of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and the total return of a custom peer group of mutual funds identified by Strategic Advisers based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc.
The fund's custom peer group, defined by Strategic Advisers, is a peer group that Strategic Advisers believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.
Fund-specific performance results reviewed by the Board are discussed below, though due to the passage of time, they are likely to differ from performance results for more recent periods, including those shown elsewhere in this report.
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Management Fees - continued
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds
2007 Total Return % vs. SAI Small Cap SuperGroup Median and Russell 2000
Total Returns* |
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| 1 Year |
| 11/1/06 - 10/31/07 |
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds | 13.88% |
Russell 2000 | 9.27% |
Difference | 4.61% |
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SAI Small Cap SuperGroup** Median | 13.17% |
Difference | 0.71% |
% of SAI Small Cap SuperGroup Funds Beaten | 52% |
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Morningstar SuperGroup*** Median | 11.50% |
Difference | 2.38% |
* Returns not annualized
** SAI Small Cap SuperGroup consists of 358 funds which make up SAI's Small Cap Core, Value, and Growth Peer Groups
*** Morningstar Small Cap SuperGroup consists of all 632 of Morningstar's Small Cap Core, Value, and Growth funds
The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of the fund was in the second quartile for the period shown. The Board also stated that the investment performance of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the period shown. The Board stated that it is difficult to evaluate in any comprehensive fashion the performance of the fund, in light of its relatively recent commencement of operations.
Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by Strategic Advisers and FMR to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders.
Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the amount and nature of fees paid by shareholders to Strategic Advisers. The Board considered Strategic Advisers' contractual commitment to waive the fund's management fee and reimburse its other expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) until March 31, 2011, which Strategic Advisers estimated would result in the fund having a net operating expense ratio of zero for that period.
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The Board also considered information showing the management fee charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies with investment objectives similar to those of the fund. The information indicated that the fee rate paid to Strategic Advisers with respect to the fund (giving effect to the fund's fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangement) were the same as or lower than the fee rates charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Board reviewed information regarding the cost of services provided by Strategic Advisers' and its affiliates'.
The Board concluded that the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Strategic Advisers and its affiliates in connection with the operation of the fund were not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
Possible Fall Out Benefits. The Board considered information regarding the direct and indirect benefits to Strategic Advisers and its affiliates from their relationships with the fund, including non-advisory fee compensation paid to affiliates of Strategic Advisers, if any. The Board considered the receipt of these benefits in light of the Adviser's and its affiliates' profitability and other considerations described above.
Possible Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that the realization of economies of scale was not relevant to the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts because the fund does not pay a management fee and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
Conclusion. Based on its evaluation of the factors that it deemed to be material, including those factors described above, considering all material factors, the Board unanimously concluded that the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders, and should be approved.
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOF-SANN-1008 1.816939.103
PAS U.S. Opportunity 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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds (the 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 mutual funds (the 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.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
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 | $ 971.60 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 7.3 | 6.3 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 4.1 | 4.1 |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund Investor A Class | 3.2 | 3.8 |
Janus Mid Capital Value Fund - Investor Shares | 2.8 | 0.4 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 2.8 | 1.5 |
JPMorgan Value Advantage Fund Select Class | 2.7 | 0.0 |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 2.6 | 0.0 |
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class | 2.6 | 4.5 |
MFS Utilities Fund Class A | 2.5 | 2.6 |
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund Class A | 2.5 | 0.9 |
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Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
Large Blend Funds 21.6% |
| Large Blend Funds 30.0% |
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Large |
| Large |
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Large Value Funds 21.6% |
| Large Value Funds 17.6% |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Small Blend Funds 2.0% |
| Small Blend Funds 0.4% |
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Small Growth Funds 1.1% |
| Small Growth Funds 0.4% |
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Small Value Funds 2.7% |
| Small Value Funds 0.1% |
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Specialty Funds 23.0% |
| Specialty Funds 24.4% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Large Blend Funds - 21.6% | |||
American Century Fundamental Equity Fund Investor Class | 239,383 | $ 3,092,824 | |
Evergreen Enhanced S&P 500 Fund Class A | 120 | 1,750 | |
Fidelity 130/30 Large Capital Fund (a)(b) | 396,943 | 3,858,282 | |
Fidelity Fund (b) | 149,341 | 4,979,036 | |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio (b) | 172,431 | 3,817,619 | |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio (b) | 265,408 | 16,351,760 | |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio (b) | 171,276 | 5,360,954 | |
Fidelity Tax Managed Stock Fund (b) | 64,903 | 910,595 | |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 1,567,316 | 29,293,128 | |
RS Core Equity Fund Class A | 232,774 | 9,450,630 | |
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund Class A | 288,075 | 9,993,318 | |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 87,109,896 | ||
Large Growth Funds - 10.8% | |||
Fidelity Growth Company Fund (b) | 63,836 | 4,715,576 | |
Ivy Capital Appreciation Fund Class A | 181,933 | 1,766,567 | |
Janus Fund | 229,762 | 6,559,703 | |
Janus Research Fund | 269,191 | 7,322,004 | |
John Hancock US Global Leaders Growth Fund Class A | 180,121 | 4,915,493 | |
Legg Mason Growth Trust, Inc. Financial Intermediary Class | 46,197 | 1,183,569 | |
Marsico 21st Century Fund | 181,802 | 2,625,225 | |
Natixis CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund Class A | 339,013 | 3,691,851 | |
Spectra Fund Class N (a) | 682,024 | 6,786,135 | |
The Hartford Growth Opportunities Fund Class A | 143,983 | 3,998,396 | |
TOTAL LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 43,564,519 | ||
Large Value Funds - 21.6% | |||
1st Source Monogram Income Equity Fund | 553,659 | 7,839,816 | |
Allianz NFJ Dividend Value Fund Class D | 106 | 1,549 | |
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class | 551,958 | 10,547,926 | |
Artisan Opportunistic Value Fund Investor Shares | 38,757 | 379,431 | |
Aston Value Fund Class N | 365,494 | 4,331,107 | |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund Investor A Class | 709,813 | 12,805,022 | |
Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund Class Z | 179,341 | 9,374,151 | |
Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund Class A | 460,091 | 9,316,834 | |
Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund Class A | 320,254 | 4,438,727 | |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund (b) | 138,233 | 2,667,890 | |
Goldman Sachs Growth & Income Fund Institutional Class | 132,594 | 3,109,319 | |
Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund Institutional Class | 434,496 | 5,439,886 | |
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund Administrative Class | 832,129 | 7,023,170 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Large Value Funds - continued | |||
John Hancock Classic Value Fund Class A | 149,510 | $ 2,595,502 | |
Pioneer Cullen Value Fund Class A | 388,992 | 7,278,043 | |
TOTAL LARGE VALUE FUNDS | 87,148,373 | ||
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 3.4% | |||
Aston/Optimum Mid Cap Fund Class N | 295,152 | 7,871,691 | |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund (b) | 92,377 | 2,813,816 | |
Keeley All Capital Value Fund Class A (a) | 118,735 | 1,494,875 | |
Keeley Mid Capital Value Fund Class A (a) | 108,959 | 1,413,199 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 13,593,581 | ||
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 6.1% | |||
Baron iOpportunity Fund (a) | 237,556 | 2,720,016 | |
BlackRock US Opportunities Fund Investor A Class (a) | 140,338 | 4,737,797 | |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio (b) | 317,320 | 5,730,794 | |
Janus Enterprise Fund (a) | 30,013 | 1,624,005 | |
Janus Orion Fund | 185,378 | 2,187,459 | |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Advisor Shares | 161,146 | 4,417,010 | |
Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth Fund Class A | 54,154 | 1,402,049 | |
Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Growth Fund Trust Class (a) | 119,556 | 1,738,338 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP GROWTH FUNDS | 24,557,468 | ||
Mid-Cap Value Funds - 7.7% | |||
American Century Mid Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 127,094 | 1,394,218 | |
Delafield Fund, Inc. (a) | 6,266 | 151,206 | |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio (b) | 84,726 | 7,111,057 | |
Janus Mid Capital Value Fund - Investor Shares | 517,083 | 11,468,900 | |
JPMorgan Value Advantage Fund Select Class | 654,743 | 10,940,752 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP VALUE FUNDS | 31,066,133 | ||
Small Blend Funds - 2.0% | |||
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 178,581 | 4,087,730 | |
Royce Value Fund Service Class | 369,302 | 4,143,568 | |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | 8,231,298 | ||
Small Growth Funds - 1.1% | |||
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 4,318 | 58,115 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Small Growth Funds - continued | |||
Janus Triton Fund | 293,158 | $ 3,711,374 | |
Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund Administrator Class | 44,417 | 505,026 | |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | 4,274,515 | ||
Small Value Funds - 2.7% | |||
Aston/River Road Small Cap Value Class N | 1,157 | 14,000 | |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 751,819 | 10,660,788 | |
Paradigm Value Fund | 3,789 | 181,625 | |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | 10,856,413 | ||
Specialty Funds - 23.0% | |||
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio (b) | 207,326 | 5,492,053 | |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio (b) | 162,996 | 3,136,048 | |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio (a)(b) | 92,853 | 6,652,948 | |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio (b) | 17,362 | 890,151 | |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio (a)(b) | 150,044 | 6,169,816 | |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio (b) | 35,262 | 3,405,583 | |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio (b) | 140,421 | 9,895,465 | |
Fidelity Select Materials Portfolio (b) | 79,939 | 4,454,996 | |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio (b) | 330,867 | 8,642,236 | |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio (b) | 307,458 | 11,366,721 | |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (b) | 451,916 | 4,695,404 | |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (a)(b) | 60,581 | 4,146,181 | |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio (a)(b) | 128,778 | 8,893,392 | |
Fidelity Select Utilities Growth Portfolio (b) | 63,686 | 3,464,527 | |
Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio (b) | 162,872 | 1,140,107 | |
MFS Utilities Fund Class A | 602,696 | 10,245,836 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 92,691,464 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $414,032,353) | 403,093,660 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $414,032,353) | $ 403,093,660 |
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 II Fund | 26,070 |
Fidelity Fund | 44,001 |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | 28,797 |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | 3,848 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 8,589 |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio | 3,642 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 7,478 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 2,314 |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio | 1,516 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 17,119 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 2,351 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 7,779 |
| $ 153,504 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underflying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales | Value, |
Fidelity 130/30 Large Capital Fund | $ - | $ 4,019,646 | $ - | $ 3,858,282 |
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund | 1,243,253 | - | 1,219,645 | - |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 1,391,826 | 23,492 | 1,431,427 | - |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund | - | 2,721,784 | - | 2,667,890 |
Fidelity Fund | 1,934,447 | 5,515,822 | 2,211,764 | 4,979,036 |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | - | 4,389,889 | - | 3,817,619 |
Fidelity Growth Company Fund | - | 5,062,519 | - | 4,715,576 |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 2,795,341 | - | - | 2,813,816 |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | - | 5,896,784 | - | 5,492,053 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 2,122,528 | 1,545,543 | - | 3,136,048 |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio | - | 6,321,470 | - | 6,652,948 |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio | 985,808 | 45,186 | - | 890,151 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 3,531,834 | 5,300,617 | 2,409,757 | 7,111,057 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio | 2,998,636 | 3,213,142 | - | 6,169,816 |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales | Value, |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | $ 6,410,498 | $ 10,273,706 | $ - | $ 16,351,760 |
Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Portfolio | 1,830,866 | - | 1,779,307 | - |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 4,642,967 | 200,517 | 1,859,093 | 3,405,583 |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio | 573,888 | 5,010,515 | - | 5,730,794 |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio | 2,131,197 | 7,900,911 | - | 9,895,465 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 3,836,971 | 5,445,901 | 3,572,444 | 5,360,954 |
Fidelity Select Materials Portfolio | 3,948,377 | 5,201,885 | 5,229,877 | 4,454,996 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 2,962,257 | 4,837,455 | - | 8,642,236 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 2,304,920 | 9,121,910 | - | 11,366,721 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 4,091,735 | 650,408 | - | 4,695,404 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio | 2,101,359 | 2,165,177 | - | 4,146,181 |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio | 1,268,778 | 7,685,479 | - | 8,893,392 |
Fidelity Select Utilities Growth Portfolio | 1,554,437 | 2,063,906 | - | 3,464,527 |
Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio | 2,782,459 | - | 1,588,956 | 1,140,107 |
Fidelity Tax Managed Stock Fund | 1,817,296 | - | 854,933 | 910,595 |
Total | $ 59,261,678 | $ 104,613,664 | $ 22,157,203 | $ 140,763,007 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 403,093,660 | $ 403,093,660 | $ - | $ - |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investments in securities at value - |
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Unaffiliated Underlying Funds | $ 262,330,653 |
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Affiliated Underlying Funds | 140,763,007 |
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Total investments | $ 403,093,660 | |
Cash | 2 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 520,372 | |
Total assets | 403,614,034 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 241,647 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 257,633 | |
Total liabilities | 499,280 | |
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Net Assets | $ 403,114,754 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 418,286,892 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 395,924 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (4,629,369) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (10,938,693) | |
Net Assets, for 43,694,267 shares outstanding | $ 403,114,754 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($403,114,754 ÷ 43,694,267 shares) | $ 9.23 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds: |
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Unaffiliated |
| $ 546,462 |
Affiliated |
| 153,504 |
Total income |
| 699,966 |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 460,598 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 10,695 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 471,293 | |
Expense reductions | (471,293) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 699,966 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: |
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Unaffiliated | (1,608,770) |
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Affiliated | (4,082,694) |
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Realized gain distributions from underlying funds: |
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Unaffiliated | 148,215 |
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Affiliated | 943,521 | (4,599,728) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 4,120,368 | |
Net gain (loss) | (479,360) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 220,606 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 699,966 | $ 1,005,488 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (4,599,728) | 3,395,466 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 4,120,368 | (14,407,897) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 220,606 | (10,006,943) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (783,393) | (531,987) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (783,393) | (2,780,805) |
Total distributions | (1,566,786) | (3,312,792) |
Share transactions | 303,601,037 | 136,505,380 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,556,389 | 3,297,520 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (56,253,461) | (35,353,292) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 248,903,965 | 104,449,608 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 247,557,785 | 91,129,873 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 155,556,969 | 64,427,096 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $395,924 and undistributed net investment income of $479,351, respectively) | $ 403,114,754 | $ 155,556,969 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 33,135,942 | 12,983,027 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 164,349 | 310,412 |
Redeemed | (5,918,093) | (3,387,825) |
Net increase (decrease) | 27,382,198 | 9,905,614 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended August 31, 2008 | Years ended | |
(Unaudited) | 2008 I | 2007 G | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.54 | $ 10.06 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | .02 | .08 | - J |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.29) | (.37) | .06 F |
Total from investment operations | (.27) | (.29) | .06 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.02) | (.04) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.02) | (.19) | - |
Total distributions | (.04) | (.23) | - |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.23 | $ 9.54 | $ 10.06 |
Total Return B, C | (2.84)% | (3.11)% | .60% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H |
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Expenses before expense reductions | .26% A | .26% | .27% 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) | .38% A | .74% | .08% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 403,115 | $ 155,557 | $ 64,427 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 25% A | 82% | 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 For the year ended February 29.
J 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, 2008 (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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset value (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.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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 Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
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.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 7,623,690 |
Unrealized depreciation | (18,562,383) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (10,938,693) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 414,032,353 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund Shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $293,817,902 and $44,705,524, respectively.
4. 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.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, 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 $471,293.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
FOU-SANN-1008 1.836925.101
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity 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 the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Proxy Voting Results |
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To view a fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also 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 funds 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, 2008 to August 31, 2008).
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 mutual funds (the 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 mutual funds (the 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.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
| Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 962.20 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,025.21 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .00%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (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 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of August 31, 2008 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments |
Spartan® U.S. Equity Index Fund Investor Class | 8.2 | 0.0 |
Fidelity® Equity-Income II Fund | 8.2 | 6.9 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio | 7.8 | 5.8 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 7.8 | 7.9 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 7.4 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | 7.2 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund | 6.4 | 2.3 |
Fidelity Utilities Fund | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio | 5.2 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 3.7 | 6.3 |
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Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) | |||||||
As of August 31, 2008 | As of February 29, 2008 | ||||||
Large Blend Funds 28.4% |
| Large Blend Funds 18.4% |
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Large Growth |
| Large Growth |
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Large Value Funds 16.4% |
| Large Value Funds 22.7% |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Mid-Cap |
| Mid-Cap |
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Small Growth |
| Small Growth |
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Specialty Funds 41.4% |
| Specialty Funds 41.4% |
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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, 2008 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Large Blend Funds - 28.4% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Cyclical Industries Fund Institutional Class | 342,320 | $ 7,890,467 | |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | 1,212,818 | 26,851,793 | |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 473,845 | 29,193,608 | |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 376,624 | 11,788,333 | |
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund Investor Class | 677,909 | 30,838,064 | |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | 106,562,265 | ||
Large Growth Funds - 2.5% | |||
Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | 11,554 | 223,564 | |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio | 101,752 | 6,759,393 | |
Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio | 56,036 | 2,173,080 | |
TOTAL LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | 9,156,037 | ||
Large Value Funds - 16.4% | |||
Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund | 1,973,180 | 23,974,131 | |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 144,257 | 6,562,267 | |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund | 1,595,928 | 30,801,420 | |
TOTAL LARGE VALUE FUNDS | 61,337,818 | ||
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 4.3% | |||
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 25,491 | 776,468 | |
Fidelity Select Construction & Housing Portfolio | 277,938 | 9,030,200 | |
Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Portfolio | 50,935 | 3,569,035 | |
Fidelity Select Transportation Portfolio | 63,577 | 2,866,057 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | 16,241,760 | ||
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 3.2% | |||
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio | 56,158 | 1,014,214 | |
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio | 650,946 | 10,916,373 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP GROWTH FUNDS | 11,930,587 | ||
Mid-Cap Value Funds - 3.7% | |||
Fidelity Select Automotive Portfolio | 33,374 | 946,832 | |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 155,085 | 13,016,322 | |
TOTAL MID-CAP VALUE FUNDS | 13,963,154 | ||
Small Growth Funds - 0.1% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Fund Institutional Class | 15,628 | 380,539 | |
Equity Funds - continued | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Specialty Funds - 41.4% | |||
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | 381,714 | $ 6,439,517 | |
Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund Institutional Class | 1,824 | 36,021 | |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | 279,780 | 7,411,377 | |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 398,780 | 7,672,526 | |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio | 320,577 | 19,526,363 | |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | 261,444 | 11,798,958 | |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 1,061,403 | 27,723,846 | |
Fidelity Select Multimedia Portfolio | 14,032 | 465,986 | |
Fidelity Select Natural Gas Portfolio | 127,138 | 5,503,811 | |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 55,978 | 2,069,506 | |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 1,351,825 | 14,045,458 | |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (a) | 427,071 | 29,228,741 | |
Fidelity Utilities Fund | 1,364,882 | 23,394,077 | |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | 155,316,187 | ||
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $398,244,231) | 374,888,347 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $398,244,231) | $ 374,888,347 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2008, involving the Fund's assets carried at value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. |
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities | $ 374,888,347 | $ 374,888,347 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2009 approximately $9,044,708 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008. |
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, 2008 (Unaudited) | |
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Assets | ||
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $398,244,231) - See accompanying schedule | $ 374,888,347 | |
Cash | 4 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 136,310 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 227,133 | |
Total assets | 375,251,794 | |
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Liabilities | ||
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ 363,444 | |
Total liabilities | 363,444 | |
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Net Assets | $ 374,888,350 | |
Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital | $ 442,008,256 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 1,167,857 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | (44,931,879) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | (23,355,884) | |
Net Assets, for 40,866,000 shares outstanding | $ 374,888,350 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($374,888,350 ÷ 40,866,000 shares) | $ 9.17 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | ||
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Investment Income |
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Dividends from underlying funds |
| $ 1,167,857 |
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Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 493,087 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 16,715 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 509,802 | |
Expense reductions | (509,802) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | 1,167,857 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | (38,160,392) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds | 2,273,221 | (35,887,171) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | 19,168,486 | |
Net gain (loss) | (16,718,685) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ (15,550,828) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Six months ended August 31, 2008 (Unaudited) | For the period March 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) to |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
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Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) | $ 1,167,857 | $ 2,530,336 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (35,887,171) | 1,605,610 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 19,168,486 | (42,524,370) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | (15,550,828) | (38,388,424) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | - | (2,314,541) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | - | (10,866,114) |
Distributions to shareholders from return of capital | - | (706,595) |
Total distributions | - | (13,887,250) |
Share transactions | 56,195,296 | 472,869,516 |
Reinvestment of distributions | - | 13,861,317 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (53,380,647) | (46,830,630) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 2,814,649 | 439,900,203 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (12,736,179) | 387,624,529 |
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Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 387,624,529 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $1,167,857 and $0, respectively) | $ 374,888,350 | $ 387,624,529 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 5,861,312 | 43,837,878 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | - | 1,310,143 |
Redeemed | (5,662,135) | (4,481,198) |
Net increase (decrease) | 199,177 | 40,666,823 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended | Period ended |
(Unaudited) | 2008 F | |
Selected Per-Share Data |
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Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.53 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations |
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Net investment income (loss) D | .03 | .09 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.39) | (.20) |
Total from investment operations | (.36) | (.11) |
Distributions from net investment income | - | (.06) |
Distributions from net realized gain | - | (.28) |
Return of capital | - | (.02) |
Total distributions | - | (.36) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.17 | $ 9.53 |
Total Return B, C | (3.78)% | (1.46)% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G |
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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) | .59% A | .92% A |
Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 374,888 | $ 387,625 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 181% A | 197% 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 8, 2007 (commencement of operations) to February 29, 2008.
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, 2008 (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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. Investments in the Underlying Funds are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day.
The Fund is subject to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157), effective with the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. SFAS 157 establishes a hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The three levels of the hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:
Level 1 | Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. |
Level 2 | Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants would use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others. |
Level 3 | Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund's own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment, and would be based on the best information available. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment's assigned level within the hierarchy.
The aggregate value by input level, as of August 31, 2008, for the Fund's investments is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
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 is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48). 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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements in connection with the tax positions expected to be taken in the initial filing of the Fund's federal tax return. Each of the Fund's prior federal tax returns remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
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 excise tax regulations.
For the period ended February 29, 2008, the Fund's distributions exceeded the aggregate amount of taxable income and net realized gains resulting in a return of capital for tax purposes. This was due to reductions in taxable income available for distribution after certain distributions had been made. The tax treatment of distributions for the 2008 calendar year will be reported to shareholders prior to February 1, 2009.
The federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 6,208,329 |
Unrealized depreciation | (29,564,213) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (23,355,884) |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 398,244,231 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $362,005,139 and $355,749,413, respectively.
4. 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
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Management Fee - continued
agreement, Strategic Advisers agrees to pay FMR a monthly administration fee. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services.
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, 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 $509,802.
6. 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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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of each fund's shareholders was held on March 6, 2008. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposal before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1 | ||
To elect a Board of Trustees. A | ||
| # of | % of |
Peter C. Aldrich | ||
Affirmative | $2,629,728,347.56 | 96.73 |
Withheld | $88,846,976.82 | 3.27 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Ralph F. Cox | ||
Affirmative | $2,622,128,526.62 | 96.45 |
Withheld | $96,446,797.76 | 3.55 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Abigail P. Johnson | ||
Affirmative | $2,626,921,359.00 | 96.63 |
Withheld | $91,653,965.38 | 3.37 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
David L. Murphy | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,043,450.13 | 96.78 |
Withheld | $87,531,874.25 | 3.22 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
Roger T. Servison | ||
Affirmative | $2,631,580,914.00 | 96.80 |
Withheld | $86,994,410.38 | 3.20 |
TOTAL | $2,718,575,324.38 | 100.00 |
A Denotes trust-wide proposal and voting results. |
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Investment Adviser
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Boston, MA
General Distributor
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
Transfer and Service Agents
Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA
Custodian
Bank of New York
New York, NY
PAO-SANN-1008 1.843748.101
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. Investments
(a) Not applicable.
(b) 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
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fidelity Rutland Square Trust's Board of Trustees.
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 |
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Date: | October 29, 2008 |
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 |
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Date: | October 29, 2008 |
By: | /s/Jeffrey Christian |
| Jeffrey Christian |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: | October 29, 2008 |