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: | February 28, 2009 |
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

Annual Report
February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
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.
NOT FDIC INSURED · MAY LOSE VALUE · NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the funds nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS Core Income Fund of Funds | -4.41% | -0.80% |
A From September 27, 2007.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS Core Income Fund of Funds on September 27, 2007, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: U.S. investment-grade bonds struggled during the 12-month period ending February 28, 2009, largely due to the poor performance of lower-quality bonds. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index - a broad measure of the U.S. investment-grade debt universe - returned 2.06%. Higher-quality bonds scored best as investors sought out safer havens from the volatility that plagued nearly all global equity and debt markets. Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) led the pack, helped by their strong second-half performance that was driven by various federally sponsored programs designed to help stabilize the housing market. U.S. government agency securities and Treasuries also fared well as investors remained wary of risk. The Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index gained 7.17%, while the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Bond Index rose 5.91% and the Barclays Capital U.S. Agency Bond Index climbed 5.46%. Conversely, asset-backed securities (ABS) performed poorly as investors shied away from bonds with higher perceived risk. Accordingly, the Barclays Capital U.S. Fixed-Rate ABS Index lost 6.96%. Corporate bonds - as measured by the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Bond Index's loss of 6.06% - also faltered as business profitability declined. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index, a broad measure of the domestic stock market, fell 43.32%.
Comments from Gregory Pappas, Portfolio Manager of PAS Core Income Fund of Funds®: PAS Core Income Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 4.41% for the 12 months, widely trailing its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. During a period in which yield spreads on bonds with any type of credit risk extended to historically wide levels versus U.S. Treasuries, the underlying holdings that detracted from the Fund's results overwhelmed the contributions made by a few funds. Specifically, underlying funds with overweighted exposure to higher-yielding, credit-sensitive segments of the corporate bond market and the severely beaten-down commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector were the primary culprits. These funds included Fidelity Total Bond Fund, Fidelity® Investment Grade Bond Fund, Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio (WACIX) and Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund. WACIX also struggled because of a substantial weighting in the poor-performing automotive sector, and we reduced our position there. Loomis Sayles Bond Fund detracted due to its meaningful exposure to non-investment-grade bonds. Lastly, exposure to mortgage-backed securities disappointed, as an allocation to non-agency MBS hurt both PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund and TCW Total Return Bond Fund. On the plus side, Fidelity Municipal Income Fund provided a small boost to results, as the municipal bond sector presented unique opportunities during the period.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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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| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 969.30 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees are 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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
PIMCO Total Return Fund Administrative Class | 34.7 | 32.6 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 22.7 | 22.9 |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | 11.6 | 12.5 |
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M | 11.0 | 11.1 |
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio | 6.5 | 7.8 |
TCW Total Return Bond Fund N Class | 5.1 | 4.3 |
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Administrative Class | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund Retail Class | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | 1.4 | 1.9 |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| 98.9 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | Intermediate-Term Bond Funds 98.3% | |  | Intermediate-Term Bond Funds 98.2% | |
 | High Yield Fixed- Income Funds 0.3% | |  | High Yield Fixed- Income Funds 0.0% | |
 | Municipal Bond Funds 1.3% | |  | Municipal Bond Funds 0.7% | |
 | Specialty Funds 0.1% | |  | Specialty Funds 0.6% | |
 | Short-Term Funds 0.0% | |  | Short-Term Funds 0.5% | |

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 February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Fixed-Income Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Intermediate-Term Bond Funds - 98.3% |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund (a) | 13,394,244 | | $ 84,517,679 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund (a) | 1,019,722 | | 10,227,808 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund (a) | 17,941,793 | | 165,243,912 |
Loomis Sayles Bond Fund Retail Class | 1,786,114 | | 17,932,588 |
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund Class M | 9,096,595 | | 80,231,970 |
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund Administrative Class | 1,841,498 | | 18,617,540 |
PIMCO Total Return Fund Administrative Class | 25,235,849 | | 252,610,845 |
TCW Total Return Bond Fund N Class | 3,949,577 | | 37,205,019 |
Westcore Plus Bond Fund | 190,014 | | 1,879,239 |
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Portfolio | 5,713,727 | | 47,138,246 |
TOTAL INTERMEDIATE-TERM BOND FUNDS | | 715,604,846 |
High Yield Fixed-Income Funds - 0.3% |
Fidelity Focused High Income Fund (a) | 331,067 | | 2,526,043 |
Municipal Bond Funds - 1.3% |
Eaton Vance National Municipals Fund Class A | 305,012 | | 2,574,297 |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund (a) | 555,578 | | 6,605,826 |
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND FUNDS | | 9,180,123 |
Specialty Funds - 0.1% |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund (a) | 154,855 | | 998,816 |
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS (Cost $794,060,596) | 728,309,828 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $794,060,596) | $ 728,309,828 |
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 Focused High Income Fund | $ 22,923 |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | 4,394,655 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | 358,298 |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund | 391,669 |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund | 245,547 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 9,714,043 |
Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund | 53,837 |
| $ 15,180,972 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity Focused High Income Fund | $ - | $ 2,522,923 | $ - | $ 2,526,043 |
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Fund | 93,224,500 | 41,636,620 | 38,379,090 | 84,517,679 |
Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund | - | 24,246,060 | 14,129,206 | 10,227,808 |
Fidelity Municipal Income Fund | 10,000,000 | 14,724,152 | 18,445,062 | 6,605,826 |
Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund | 11,069,085 | 259,965 | 8,650,545 | 998,816 |
Fidelity Total Bond Fund | 169,946,963 | 64,082,456 | 47,955,915 | 165,243,912 |
Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund | 7,238,730 | 49,850 | 7,012,000 | - |
Total | $ 291,479,278 | $ 147,522,026 | $ 134,571,818 | $ 270,120,084 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 728,309,828 | $ 728,309,828 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $8,067,705 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2010 approximately $2,436,402 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | | |
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds (cost $495,850,985) | $ 458,189,744 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds (cost $298,209,611) | 270,120,084 | |
Total Investments (cost $794,060,596) | | $ 728,309,828 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 3,748,941 |
Total assets | | 732,058,769 |
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Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 1,853,149 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 1,902,081 | |
Distributions payable | 10,581 | |
Total liabilities | | 3,765,811 |
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Net Assets | | $ 728,292,958 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 808,381,217 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 486,907 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (14,824,398) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (65,750,768) |
Net Assets, for 80,726,253 shares outstanding | | $ 728,292,958 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($728,292,958 ÷ 80,726,253 shares) | | $ 9.02 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | $ 24,185,762 | |
Affiliated | 15,180,972 | |
Total Income | 39,366,734 | |
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Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 1,840,611 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 39,113 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 1,879,724 | |
Expense reductions | (1,879,724) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 39,366,734 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | | |
Unaffiliated | $ (11,586,943) | |
Affiliated | (7,736,895) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | 12,970,556 | |
Affiliated | 1,193,643 | (5,159,639) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (71,051,595) |
Net gain (loss) | | (76,211,234) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (36,844,500) |
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
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | For the period September 27, 2007 (Commencement of Operations) to February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 39,366,734 | $ 12,386,121 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (5,159,639) | 1,854,239 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (71,051,595) | 5,300,827 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (36,844,500) | 19,541,187 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (38,581,532) | (12,982,318) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (9,365,342) | (1,855,753) |
Total distributions | (47,946,874) | (14,838,071) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 526,310,343 | 786,306,551 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 47,788,423 | 14,776,645 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (507,726,800) | (59,073,946) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 66,371,966 | 742,009,250 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (18,419,408) | 746,712,366 |
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Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 746,712,366 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $486,907 and distributions in excess of net investment income of $596,197, respectively) | $ 728,292,958 | $ 746,712,366 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 55,678,520 | 78,434,848 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,103,062 | 1,468,828 |
Redeemed | (54,087,499) | (5,871,506) |
Net increase (decrease) | 6,694,083 | 74,032,170 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
Year ended February 28, | 2009 | 2008 F |
Selected Per-Share Data | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.09 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations D | .509 | .207 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.950) | .132 |
Total from investment operations | (.441) | .339 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.499) | (.222) H |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.130) | (.027) H |
Total distributions | (.629) | (.249) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 9.02 | $ 10.09 |
Total Return B, C | (4.41)% | 3.42% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% | .25% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 5.35% | 4.92% A |
Supplemental Data | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 728,293 | $ 746,712 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 38% | 19% 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.
H The amount shown reflects certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended February 28, 2009
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.
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 February 28, 2009, 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. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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 - 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, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 321,733 |
Unrealized depreciation | (70,392,795) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (70,071,062) |
Undistributed ordinary income | 486,907 |
Capital loss carryforward | (8,067,705) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 798,380,890 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 47,946,874 | $ 14,838,071 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares) other than short-term securities aggregated $356,120,025 and $284,175,908, 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, 2012.
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4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee - continued
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, 2012 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 $1,879,724.
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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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS Core Income Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS Core Income Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the periods indicated and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS Core Income Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as a Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008- present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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A total of 3.09% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is generally exempt from state income tax.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
PCI-ANN-0409
1.851417.101
PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds®
Managed exclusively for clients of
Strategic Advisers, Inc. - not available
for sale to the general public

Annual Report
February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
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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PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds | -23.54% | -19.71% |
A From September 27, 2007.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds on September 27, 2007, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Merrill Lynch® U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: The high-yield bond market registered one of its worst performances in history during the 12 months ending February 28, 2009. As financial pressure on major investment and commercial banks mushroomed, market liquidity dried up and the credit crisis that grew out of the subprime mortgage meltdown pushed the U.S. economy into a deep recession. Following the collapse of investment bank Bear Stearns in March and the government's financial rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in July, the events that occurred during September were earthshaking for high-yield bond investors and for investors in all types of risk-based assets. Investment bank Lehman Brothers was liquidated, Bank of America acquired broker/dealer Merrill Lynch and insurer American International Group (AIG) teetered on the brink of failure before being rescued by the U.S. government. Shortly thereafter, federal regulators seized the country's largest savings and loan institution, Washington Mutual. Yield spreads on both high-yield and investment-grade bonds reached all-time highs versus U.S. Treasuries as investors demanded increasingly higher premiums for assuming any type of credit risk. Yield spreads tightened modestly later in the period as market participants concluded that higher-quality high-yield bonds - those rated BB or B - had become oversold. However, spreads widened again during the final month of the period as investors sought greater clarity on the government's efforts to stimulate the economy via a massive spending program. In addition, considerable uncertainty remained about the likely duration of the recession. For the period, the Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index declined 22.30%.
Comments from Gregory Pappas, Portfolio Manager of PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds®: PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 23.54% for the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, trailing its benchmark, the Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Constrained Index. The biggest detractors from results were the Fund's largest holding, Fidelity® Capital & Income Fund, and Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund, both of which held out-of-benchmark stakes in equities of leveraged companies, which underperformed their bond counterparts. Both funds also were punished by their exposure to lower-quality bank-loan securities, a sector that underperformed the Fund's benchmark index. On the plus side, T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund (PRHYX), the Fund's second-largest position, was the top contributor to performance. PRHYX outperformed the benchmark by focusing on higher-quality high-yield bonds and by taking a more defensive overall approach to the high-yield market. Exposure to higher-quality bank-loan securities through holdings such as Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund also added to results.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 759.70 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 23.3 | 28.3 |
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund Advisor Class | 22.1 | 23.8 |
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund Class A | 11.8 | 6.0 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 11.4 | 8.1 |
PIMCO High Yield Fund Administrative Class | 10.1 | 12.4 |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio Investor A Class | 6.1 | 6.0 |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund Class A | 5.2 | 5.6 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class | 3.1 | 4.8 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund - Advisers Class | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 97.9 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | High Yield Bond Funds 95.2% | |  | High Yield Bond Funds 95.0% | |
 | Bank Loan Funds 4.8% | |  | Bank Loan Funds 5.0% | |

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 February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Fixed-Income Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
High Yield Bond Funds - 95.2% |
BlackRock High Yield Bond Portfolio Investor A Class | 5,767,470 | | $ 29,471,771 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class (a) | 2,887,581 | | 14,813,293 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Fund Institutional Class (a) | 1,619,730 | | 10,382,470 |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund (a) | 20,824,727 | | 112,453,524 |
Fidelity High Income Fund (a) | 8,891,888 | | 54,774,032 |
Goldman Sachs High Yield Fund Class A | 4,863,579 | | 25,096,069 |
MainStay High Yield Corporate Bond Fund Class A | 12,889,947 | | 56,586,866 |
PIMCO High Yield Fund Administrative Class | 7,573,631 | | 48,774,182 |
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund Advisor Class | 22,396,079 | | 106,605,336 |
TOTAL HIGH YIELD BOND FUNDS | | 458,957,543 |
Bank Loan Funds - 4.8% |
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund - Advisers Class | 1,618,921 | | 10,749,636 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund (a) | 1,514,008 | | 12,233,182 |
TOTAL BANK LOAN FUNDS | | 22,982,818 |
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS (Cost $653,249,429) | 481,940,361 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $653,249,429) | $ 481,940,361 |
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 | $ 1,488,057 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Fund Institutional Class | 31,068 |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 9,430,280 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 439,076 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 3,341,507 |
| $ 14,729,988 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Advantage Fund Institutional Class | $ 19,451,328 | $ 7,105,518 | $ 1,468,418 | $ 14,813,293 |
Fidelity Advisor High Income Fund Institutional Class | - | 10,586,776 | - | 10,382,470 |
Fidelity Capital & Income Fund | 112,654,248 | 51,391,260 | 2,878,985 | 112,453,524 |
Fidelity Floating Rate High Income Fund | 5,902,850 | 7,796,235 | 64,814 | 12,233,182 |
Fidelity High Income Fund | 31,128,500 | 35,866,162 | 1,690,830 | 54,774,032 |
Total | $ 169,136,926 | $ 112,745,951 | $ 6,103,047 | $ 204,656,501 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 481,940,361 | $ 481,940,361 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $2,102,577 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule: | | |
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds (cost $365,298,253) | $ 277,283,860 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds (cost $287,951,176) | 204,656,501 | |
Total investments (cost $653,249,429) | | $ 481,940,361 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 2,032,015 |
Total assets | | 483,972,376 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 817,611 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 1,192,048 | |
Distributions payable | 10,882 | |
Total liabilities | | 2,020,541 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 481,951,835 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 657,970,739 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 427,736 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (5,137,572) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (171,309,068) |
Net Assets, for 73,933,285 shares outstanding | | $ 481,951,835 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($481,951,835 ÷ 73,933,285 shares) | | $ 6.52 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | | $ 20,697,963 |
Affiliated | | 14,729,988 |
Total Income | | 35,427,951 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 1,066,951 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 21,860 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 1,088,811 | |
Expenses reduction | (1,088,811) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 35,427,951 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | | |
Unaffiliated | (1,941,796) | |
Affiliated | (1,429,548) | (3,371,344) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (143,337,315) |
Net gain (loss) | | (146,708,659) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (111,280,708) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | For the period September 27, 2007 (Commencement of Operations) to February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 35,427,951 | $ 10,044,837 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (3,371,344) | (1,748,005) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (143,337,315) | (27,971,753) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (111,280,708) | (19,674,921) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (35,059,863) | (10,003,411) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 376,385,143 | 434,876,319 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 34,943,894 | 9,963,542 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (170,269,315) | (27,928,845) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 241,059,722 | 416,911,016 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 94,719,151 | 387,232,684 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 387,232,684 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $427,736 and undistributed net investment income of $41,426, respectively) | $ 481,951,835 | $ 387,232,684 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 50,046,388 | 43,660,253 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 4,573,724 | 1,041,062 |
Redeemed | (22,471,198) | (2,916,944) |
Net increase (decrease) | 32,148,914 | 41,784,371 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Year ended February 28, | Year ended February 29, |
| 2009 | 2008 F |
Selected Per-Share Data | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.27 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations D | .660 | .302 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (2.753) | (.728) |
Total from investment operations | (2.093) | (.426) |
Distributions from net investment income | (.657) | (.304) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 6.52 | $ 9.27 |
Total Return B,C | (23.54)% | (4.34)% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .26% | .25% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 8.31% | 7.52% A |
Supplemental Data | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 481,952 | $ 387,233 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 6% | 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 February 28, 2009
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.
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 February 28, 2009, 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. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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 - 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 capital loss carryforwards, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,209,592 |
Unrealized depreciation | (175,553,655) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (174,344,063) |
Undistributed ordinary income | 427,736 |
Capital loss carryforward | (2,102,577) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 656,284,424 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 35,059,863 | $ 10,003,411 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $265,483,582 and $23,996,960, 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, 2012.
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
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Management Fee - continued
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 Advisors has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2012 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 $1,088,811.
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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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the periods indicated and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as a Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008- present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
PIO-ANN-0409
1.851413.101
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
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
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.
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.
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.
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Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS International Fund of Funds | -48.57% | -15.12% |
A From March 23, 2006.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS International Fund of Funds® on March 23, 2006, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: The global economy weakened during the year ending February 28, 2009, and stock markets everywhere followed suit. Many of the worst-performing markets were in emerging countries, but even large developed markets posed significant challenges for stock investors. Japan - the largest weighting in the MSCI® EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) - fell nearly 40%, or about 10 percentage points better than the MSCI EAFE's 50.14% decline. Japan's performance was helped by a strengthening yen, which added to returns for U.S. investors. In contrast, other Asia-Pacific markets such as New Zealand and Australia lagged the index by a significant margin. European equities also fared relatively poorly. The United Kingdom - the second-largest weighting in the index - lost 51% during the past year. Other noteworthy European underperformers were the Netherlands (down 54%), Germany (down 55%), Sweden (down 54%) and Italy (down 58%), while smaller markets such as Greece, Belgium and Austria were even more challenging.
Comments from Wilfred Chilangwa, Portfolio Manager of PAS International Fund of Funds®: PAS International Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 48.57% for the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, beating the MSCI EAFE Index. Underlying funds that took a cautious approach to value investing, such as Morgan Stanley International Equity Fund (MIQBX) and Artisan International Value Fund, were the biggest contributors to the Fund's outperformance. MIQBX - the Fund's largest holding - outperformed by emphasizing large-cap consumer staples stocks, substantially underweighting financials and maintaining exposure in Japan. Additional funds that underweighted financials and helped results included MFS International Value Fund and Manning & Napier Fund World Opportunities Series. Large-cap growth holding AIM International Growth Fund also helped thanks to its overall defensive positioning, an overweighting in the health care sector and its general orientation toward investing in higher-quality growth companies. Detractors included William Blair International Growth Fund, an aggressively managed offering that suffered as a result of overweighting underperforming growth stocks in sectors such as industrials and energy, and by maintaining above-average exposure to emerging markets, which performed poorly. Other funds that held back results included: Quant Foreign Value Fund, which underperformed due to weak stock selection in industrials and financials; Fidelity® Diversified International Fund, which was hurt by unfavorable stock selection, particularly among energy companies; and Causeway International Value Fund, which lagged because of subpar stock selection in energy, utilities and industrials.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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 (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.
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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| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 570.90 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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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PAS International Fund of Funds
Investment Changes (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the direct investments of the Fund. |
Top Ten Fund Holdings as of February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 9.3 | 10.0 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 7.4 | 8.7 |
Harbor International Fund Retirement Class | 7.2 | 4.7 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 6.5 | 9.2 |
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. World Opportunities Series Class A | 5.7 | 4.6 |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 5.7 | 6.8 |
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 4.3 | 5.5 |
Henderson International Opportunities Fund Class A | 4.0 | 3.3 |
Artisan International Value Fund Investor Class | 4.0 | 0.0 |
GE Institutional International Equity Fund Service Class | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 57.9 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 * | As of August 31, 2008 ** |
 | Foreign Large Blend Funds 42.8% | |  | Foreign Large Blend Funds 40.2% | |
 | Foreign Large Value Funds 30.4% | |  | Foreign Large Value Funds 33.0% | |
 | Foreign Large Growth Funds 12.7% | |  | Foreign Large Growth Funds 16.0% | |
 | Foreign Small Mid Value Funds 6.0% | |  | Foreign Small Mid Value Funds 0.0% | |
 | Other 7.4% | |  | Other 9.8% | |
 | Specialty Funds 0.7% | |  | Specialty Funds 1.0% | |

Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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PAS International Fund of Funds
Investments February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 42.8% |
Artio International Equity Fund II Class A | 2,190,162 | | $ 17,411,786 |
Fidelity Canada Fund (a) | 103,341 | | 3,130,205 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund (a) | 2,684,263 | | 51,698,901 |
GE Institutional International Equity Fund Service Class | 3,839,238 | | 26,567,529 |
Henderson International Opportunities Fund Class A | 2,194,337 | | 28,043,624 |
iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF | 555,800 | | 19,275,144 |
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. World Opportunities Series Class A | 8,052,020 | | 39,696,459 |
MFS Research International Fund Class A | 4,628,531 | | 39,435,085 |
SSgA International Stock Selection Fund Institutional Class | 3,912,941 | | 25,003,695 |
Thornburg International Value Fund Class A | 1,369,145 | | 22,029,539 |
UMB Scout International Fund | 1,377,498 | | 25,153,112 |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | | 297,445,079 |
Foreign Large Value Funds - 30.4% |
Causeway International Value Fund Investor Class | 4,486,647 | | 30,239,998 |
Goldman Sachs Structured International Equity Fund Class A | 2,331,712 | | 14,409,978 |
Harbor International Fund Retirement Class | 1,575,282 | | 49,778,899 |
MFS International Value Fund Class A | 1,336,704 | | 19,449,045 |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. - International Equity Portfolio Class B | 7,185,646 | | 64,742,670 |
Oakmark International Fund Class I | 2,372,251 | | 20,994,418 |
Quant Foreign Value Fund Ordinary Shares | 749,063 | | 6,097,371 |
T. Rowe Price International Growth & Income Fund Advisor Class | 735,669 | | 5,495,448 |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE VALUE FUNDS | | 211,207,827 |
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 12.7% |
AIM International Growth Fund Class A | 1,284,319 | | 21,165,580 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund (a) | 2,578,216 | | 45,479,724 |
T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund Advisor Class | 119,546 | | 845,192 |
William Blair International Growth Fund Class N | 1,869,988 | | 20,925,161 |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | | 88,415,657 |
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 0.0% |
MFS International New Discovery Fund Class A | 56 | | 596 |
Neuberger Berman International Fund Trust Class | 369 | | 3,873 |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID GROWTH FUNDS | | 4,469 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Foreign Small Mid Value Funds - 6.0% |
Artisan International Value Fund Investor Class | 1,948,629 | | $ 27,865,399 |
Third Avenue International Value Fund | 1,416,559 | | 14,038,097 |
TOTAL FOREIGN SMALL MID VALUE FUNDS | | 41,903,496 |
Other - 7.4% |
BlackRock Pacific Fund, Inc. Investor Class A | 355,079 | | 4,243,192 |
Fidelity Japan Fund (a) | 1,849,620 | | 13,224,786 |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund (a) | 1,024,278 | | 5,254,544 |
GMO Emerging Countries Fund Class M | 654,272 | | 3,271,360 |
Henderson European Focus Fund Class A | 36 | | 429 |
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF | 900 | | 19,107 |
iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF | 1,074,700 | | 7,920,539 |
SPDR Russell/Nomura Small Cap Japan ETF | 44,900 | | 1,271,568 |
SSgA Emerging Markets Fund | 48 | | 479 |
Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund Class I | 14,871 | | 138,304 |
Wintergreen Fund | 2,154,993 | | 16,119,346 |
TOTAL OTHER | | 51,463,654 |
Specialty Funds - 0.7% |
ING International Real Estate Fund Class A | 1,002,397 | | 5,042,055 |
SPDR DJ Wilshire International Real Estate ETF | 800 | | 16,352 |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | | 5,058,407 |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $1,156,030,523) | 695,498,589 |
Short-Term Funds - 0.0% |
| | | |
Fidelity Select Money Market Portfolio (a) (Cost $367) | 367 | | 367 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $1,156,030,890) | $ 695,498,956 |
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 |
Fidelity Canada Fund | | | $ 11,748 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | | | 598,593 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | | | 708,548 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | | | 220,078 |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund | | | 29,470 |
Fidelity Select Money Market Portfolio | | | 367 |
Fidelity Institutional Cash Money Market Fund Class I | | 6,547 |
| | | $ 1,575,351 |
| | | |
| | | |
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 Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity Canada Fund | $ 2,311,959 | $ 3,760,561 | $ 247,209 | $ 3,130,205 |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 50,022,750 | 32,806,625 | 3,055,332 | 45,479,724 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 50,998,317 | 38,344,913 | 3,020,630 | 51,698,901 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | - | 25,229,390 | 801,026 | 13,224,786 |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund | 5,852,719 | 2,586,158 | - | 5,254,544 |
Total | $ 109,185,745 | $ 102,727,647 | $ 7,124,197 | $ 118,788,160 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 695,498,956 | $ 695,498,956 | $ - | $ - |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PAS International Fund of Funds
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
| | |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | | |
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds (cost $941,605,417) | $ 576,710,429 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds (cost $214,425,473) | 118,788,527 | |
Total investments (cost $1,156,030,890) | | $ 695,498,956 |
Cash | | 12 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 2,074,444 |
Total assets | | 697,573,412 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 350,685 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 1,723,758 | |
Total liabilities | | 2,074,443 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 695,498,969 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 1,159,094,596 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 648,582 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (3,712,275) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (460,531,934) |
Net Assets, for 134,716,446 shares outstanding | | $ 695,498,969 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($695,498,969 ÷ 134,716,446 shares) | | $ 5.16 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
| | |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | | $ 13,452,399 |
Affiliated | | 1,575,351 |
Interest | | 210 |
Total income | | 15,027,960 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 1,538,228 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 19,614 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 1,557,842 | |
Expense reductions | (1,557,842) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 15,027,960 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | | |
Unaffiliated | (17,388,829) | |
Affiliated | (2,678,802) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | 18,214,850 | |
Affiliated | 24,234 | (1,828,547) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (412,420,915) |
Net gain (loss) | | (414,249,462) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (399,221,502) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | Year ended February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 15,027,960 | $ 7,990,850 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (1,828,547) | 41,170,489 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (412,420,915) | (62,463,106) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (399,221,502) | (13,301,767) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (14,926,444) | (7,727,489) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (29,091,490) | (22,371,359) |
Total distributions | (44,017,934) | (30,098,848) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 802,362,483 | 376,245,139 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 43,820,141 | 29,954,499 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (212,207,633) | (113,635,539) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 633,974,991 | 292,564,099 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 190,735,555 | 249,163,484 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 504,763,414 | 255,599,930 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $648,582 and undistributed net investment income of $547,067, respectively) | $ 695,498,969 | $ 504,763,414 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 112,075,589 | 31,552,960 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,171,330 | 2,567,239 |
Redeemed | (29,530,415) | (9,668,632) |
Net increase (decrease) | 87,716,504 | 24,451,567 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
Years ended February 28, | 2009 | 2008 I | 2007 G |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 10.74 | $ 11.34 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .19 | .22 | .18 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (5.14) | .08 F | 1.57 |
Total from investment operations | (4.95) | .30 | 1.75 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.14) | (.18) | (.13) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.49) | (.72) | (.28) |
Total distributions | (.63) | (.90) | (.41) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 5.16 | $ 10.74 | $ 11.34 |
Total Return B,C | (48.57)% | 2.17% | 17.53% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% | .26% | .26% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 2.44% | 1.88% | 1.83% A |
Supplemental Data | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 695,499 | $ 504,763 | $ 255,600 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 18% | 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 February 28, 2009
1. Organization.
PAS International Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 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.
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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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 February 28, 2009, 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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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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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 tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 33,167 |
Unrealized depreciation | (466,448,927) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (466,415,760) |
Undistributed ordinary income | 1,127,443 |
Undistributed long-term capital gain | 1,694,020 |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 1,161,916,048 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 22,644,594 | $ 8,410,586 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 21,373,340 | 21,688,262 |
Total | $ 44,017,934 | $ 30,098,848 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $738,621,410 and $115,314,852, respectively.
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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
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, 2012.
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, 2012 to the extent that annual operating 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 $1,557,842.
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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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS International Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS International Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at Febru-
ary 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS International Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as a Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008-present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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The Board of Trustees of PAS International Fund of Funds voted to pay on April 20, 2009, to shareholders of record at the opening of business on April 17, 2009, a distribution of $0.02 per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities.
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended February 28, 2009, $1,882,951, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
The fund designates 5% and 96% of the dividends distributed in April and December, respectively during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
FOI-ANN-0409
1.824709.102
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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February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
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.
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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PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds | -52.13% | -30.13% |
A From March 8, 2007.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS International Fidelity on March 8, 2007, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: The global economy weakened during the year ending February 28, 2009, and stock markets everywhere followed suit. Many of the worst-performing markets were in emerging countries, but even large developed markets posed significant challenges for stock investors. Japan - the largest weighting in the MSCI® EAFE® Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East) - fell nearly 40%, or about 10 percentage points better than the MSCI EAFE's 50.14% decline. Japan's performance was helped by a strengthening yen, which added to returns for U.S. investors. In contrast, other Asia-Pacific markets such as New Zealand and Australia lagged the index by a significant margin. European equities also fared relatively poorly. The United Kingdom - the second-largest weighting in the index - lost 51% during the past year. Other noteworthy European underperformers were the Netherlands (down 54%); Germany (down 55%); Sweden (down 54%) and Italy (down 58%), while smaller markets such as Greece, Belgium and Austria were even more challenging.
Comments from Wilfred Chilangwa, Portfolio Manager of PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds®: PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 52.13% for the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, trailing the MSCI EAFE Index. Underlying funds that overweighted the financials sector, or that generally followed an aggressive investment approach in an environment that punished risk, were the primary detractors. Fidelity® International Value Fund was the biggest detractor due to weak security selection across the board, most notably in energy. Fidelity International Capital Appreciation Fund, an aggressively managed offering that was hurt largely by poor stock picks in the financials and consumer discretionary sectors, also held back results. Fidelity Overseas Fund underperformed due to unfavorable stock selection across several sectors. Other funds that dampened performance included Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund, which suffered as small-cap stocks generally underperformed large-cap stocks, and Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund, which faltered as investors largely abandoned volatile asset classes. On the plus side, Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund was the top contributor, as it benefited from relatively conservative positioning with respect to country and sector concentrations. Our decision to add Fidelity Japan Fund to partially offset the underweighting in Japan across the diversified funds also helped, as it outperformed the broad MSCI EAFE index.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition to the direct expenses incurred by the Fund presented in the table, as a shareholder of the underlying affiliated funds (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 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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| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 540.40 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 18.9 | 18.3 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 16.4 | 17.6 |
Spartan® International Index Fund Investor Class | 14.4 | 11.7 |
Fidelity International Value Fund | 13.3 | 14.8 |
Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Institutional Class | 11.8 | 6.1 |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 6.7 | 8.5 |
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Institutional Class | 5.6 | 8.0 |
Fidelity International Capital Appreciation Fund | 4.6 | 6.8 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | 3.2 | 2.7 |
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 96.2 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | Foreign Large Blend Funds 55.7% | |  | Foreign Large Blend Funds 52.8% | |
 | Foreign Large Growth Funds 23.5% | |  | Foreign Large Growth Funds 25.1% | |
 | Foreign Large Value Funds 13.3% | |  | Foreign Large Value Funds 14.8% | |
 | Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds 0.8% | |  | Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds 1.0% | |
 | Specialty Funds 1.0% | |  | Specialty Funds 1.2% | |
 | Other 5.7% | |  | Other 5.1% | |

Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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Investments February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Foreign Large Blend Funds - 55.7% |
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Institutional Class | 1,631,316 | | $ 15,399,626 |
Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Institutional Class | 3,072,660 | | 32,877,463 |
Fidelity Canada Fund | 75,940 | | 2,300,215 |
Fidelity International Discovery Fund | 2,368,357 | | 45,614,550 |
Fidelity Overseas Fund | 914,932 | | 18,527,369 |
Spartan International Index Fund Investor Class | 1,923,774 | | 40,110,680 |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE BLEND FUNDS | | 154,829,903 |
Foreign Large Growth Funds - 23.5% |
Fidelity Diversified International Fund | 2,982,149 | | 52,605,116 |
Fidelity International Capital Appreciation Fund | 2,125,580 | | 12,774,737 |
TOTAL FOREIGN LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | | 65,379,853 |
Foreign Large Value Funds - 13.3% |
Fidelity International Value Fund | 8,129,635 | | 37,071,134 |
Foreign Small Mid Growth Funds - 0.8% |
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 410,644 | | 2,073,754 |
Specialty Funds - 1.0% |
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund (a) | 537,386 | | 2,697,677 |
Other - 5.7% |
Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund | 337,920 | | 3,791,464 |
Fidelity Japan Fund | 1,238,923 | | 8,858,296 |
Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund | 639,018 | | 3,278,161 |
TOTAL OTHER | | 15,927,921 |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $575,407,880) | 277,980,242 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $575,407,880) | $ 277,980,242 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 277,980,242 | $ 277,980,242 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $11,206,459 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2010 approximately $15,620,863 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
Assets | | |
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $575,407,880) - See accompanying schedule | | $ 277,980,242 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 703,869 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 207,371 |
Total assets | | 278,891,482 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 911,236 | |
Total liabilities | | 911,236 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 277,980,246 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 618,318,106 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 629,932 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (43,540,154) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (297,427,638) |
Net Assets, for 62,649,896 shares outstanding | | $ 277,980,246 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($277,980,246 ÷ 62,649,896 shares) | | $ 4.44 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds | | $ 6,894,860 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 1,055,253 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 12,394 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 1,067,647 | |
Expense reductions | (1,067,647) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 6,894,860 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | (43,269,236) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds | 18,060 | (43,251,176) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (248,901,706) |
Net gain (loss) | | (292,152,882) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (285,258,022) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | For the period March 8, 2007 (Commencement of Operations) to February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 6,894,860 | $ 5,652,050 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (43,251,176) | 31,458,652 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (248,901,706) | (48,525,932) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (285,258,022) | (11,415,230) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (6,176,471) | (5,613,004) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (23,455,626) | (8,419,507) |
Total distributions | (29,632,097) | (14,032,511) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 297,004,584 | 508,423,425 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 29,590,890 | 14,004,347 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (152,254,953) | (78,450,187) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 174,340,521 | 443,977,585 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (140,549,598) | 418,529,844 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 418,529,844 | - |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $611,873 and undistributed net investment income of $39,046, respectively) | $ 277,980,246 | $ 418,529,844 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 38,888,675 | 47,999,745 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 3,635,866 | 1,276,604 |
Redeemed | (21,945,229) | (7,205,765) |
Net increase (decrease) | 20,579,312 | 42,070,584 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Year ended February 28, | Year ended February 29, |
| 2009 | 2008 G |
Selected Per-Share Data | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.95 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .12 | .16 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (5.03) | .14 F |
Total from investment operations | (4.91) | .30 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.14) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.50) | (.21) |
Total distributions | (.60) | (.35) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 4.44 | $ 9.95 |
Total Return B, C | (52.13)% | 2.67% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% | .26% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.63% | 1.50% A |
Supplemental Data | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 277,980 | $ 418,530 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 20% | 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.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended February 28, 2009
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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.
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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
The aggregate value by input level, as of February 28, 2009, 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. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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 and excise tax regulations.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ - |
Unrealized depreciation | (314,140,474) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (314,140,474) |
Undistributed ordinary income | 629,932 |
Capital loss carryforward | (11,206,459) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 592,120,716 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 8,052,921 | $ 13,631,582 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 21,579,176 | 400,929 |
Total | $ 29,632,097 | $ 14,032,511 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares) other than short-term securities, aggregated $235,005,074 and $83,383,723, 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, 2012.
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 - continued
5. Expense Reductions.
In addition to waiving its management fee, Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund until March 31, 2012 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 and reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $1,067,647.
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.
The Fund does not invest in the Underlying Funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, investments by the Fund within its principal investment strategies may represent a significant portion of an Underlying Fund's net assets. At the end of the period, the Fund was the owner of record of approximately 31% of the total outstanding shares of Fidelity International Value Fund.
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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the periods indicated and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. If the interests of a fund and an underlying Fidelity fund were to diverge, a conflict of interest could arise and affect how the Trustees and Members of the Advisory Board fulfill their fiduciary duties to the affected funds. Strategic Advisers has structured the funds to avoid these potential conflicts, although there may be situations where a conflict of interest is unavoidable. In such instances, Strategic Advisers, the Trustees, and Members of the Advisory Board would take reasonable steps to minimize and, if possible, eliminate the conflict. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008-present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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The fund designates 19% and 100% of the dividends distributed in April 2008 and December 2008, respectively during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
PAI-ANN-0409
1.843740.101
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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February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
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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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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PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds | -41.74% | -11.40% |
A From June 23, 2005
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds® on June 23, 2005, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 2000® Index performed over the same period.

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PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds
Market Recap: U.S. equity markets took it on the chin during the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, battered by recessionary fears, drum-tight credit markets and the rapid flight of capital away from risk. Stocks did reasonably well up until late summer, in spite of high energy costs and slowing global growth. But beginning in September 2008, a succession of large financial institutions either collapsed, or came close to failing, which sent the equity markets spiraling downward. Even as the federal government began a series of aggressive interventions to rescue the troubled financials sector and shore up deteriorating economic conditions, investors remained skittish and the sell-off continued. The Standard & Poor's 500SM Index fell 43.32% for the year, with all 10 of its market sectors landing deep in negative territory. Meanwhile, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM fell 40.58%, the small-cap-oriented Russell 2000® Index declined 42.38%, and the technology-laden NASDAQ Composite® Index dropped 38.77%.
Comments from Catherine Pena, Portfolio Manager of PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds®: PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - returned -41.74% during the year, slightly ahead the Russell 2000 index. The Fund's outperformance came from solid stock selection within its underlying mutual funds, particularly in the consumer discretionary sector, as well as the somewhat elevated levels of uninvested cash in those funds, which boosted relative returns during a period when stocks fell significantly. The Fund's relative performance was further aided by a tilt towards quality-oriented funds - such as Buffalo Small Cap Fund, Champlain Small Company Fund and Westport Select Cap Fund - which held up relatively well in the recent "flight to safety." Funds that focused on traditionally defensive sectors such as health care also did well relative to the index, especially our biotechnology exchange traded fund (ETF) holding, SPDR S&P Biotech. Conversely, underlying funds that maintained positions in micro-cap stocks - among them Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund and William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund - were punished as investors' risk appetite vanished. Contrarian funds also lagged in this environment, including our investments in HighMark Small Cap Value Fund and Royce Opportunity Fund. A stake in Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund, which was more aggressively positioned than the index, detracted as well. In terms of positioning, special attention was paid to reining in risk relative to the Russell 2000 benchmark. I added some new underlying sector-specific funds and also repositioned the Fund in anticipation of the index's reconstitution at mid-year 2008, which resulted in a reduction to our underlying energy weighting after the strong run in commodities in the first half of 2008.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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.
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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| AnnualizedExpense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 559.90 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 7.8 | 2.8 |
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index ETF | 5.8 | 3.8 |
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | 4.5 | 5.6 |
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index ETF | 4.0 | 3.1 |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 3.6 | 4.7 |
ING Small Company Fund Class A | 3.5 | 0.6 |
William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund Class N | 3.5 | 3.0 |
ING SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class A | 3.2 | 1.0 |
FBR Focus Fund | 3.1 | 2.8 |
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 42.0 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | Small Blend Funds 26.3% | |  | Small Blend Funds 27.5% | |
 | Small Growth Funds 42.1% | |  | Small Growth Funds 39.1% | |
 | Small Value Funds 17.5% | |  | Small Value Funds 17.1% | |
 | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 3.9% | |  | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 4.9% | |
 | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 3.1% | |  | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 2.8% | |
 | Specialty Funds 7.1% | |  | Specialty Funds 8.6% | |

Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds
Investments February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Small Blend Funds - 26.3% |
AIM Trimark Small Companies Fund Class A | 1,747 | | $ 12,088 |
Aston/TAMRO Small Cap Fund Class N (a) | 143 | | 1,535 |
CRM Small Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 176 | | 2,058 |
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth II Fund (a) | 172 | | 1,403 |
ICM Small Company Portfolio Institutional Class | 88 | | 1,227 |
ING Small Company Fund Class A (a) | 2,836,328 | | 19,797,567 |
Keeley Small Cap Value Fund Class A (a) | 1,089,816 | | 13,317,549 |
Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Discovery Fund Investor Class | 5,312 | | 46,321 |
Managers Special Equity Fund Managers Class | 36 | | 912 |
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 246,729 | | 3,597,315 |
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund Trust Class | 61 | | 1,608 |
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Class A | 1,350,219 | | 12,624,546 |
Perritt Emerging Opportunities Fund (a) | 706,227 | | 3,439,324 |
Perritt MicroCap Opportunities Fund (a) | 937,229 | | 11,171,769 |
ProShares Ultra Russell 2000 ETF | 374,400 | | 4,511,520 |
Royce Micro-Cap Fund Service Class | 1,506,228 | | 11,507,580 |
Royce Value Fund Service Class (a) | 1,578,856 | | 9,678,385 |
RS Partners Fund Class A | 1,262,142 | | 20,042,807 |
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund | 1,358,169 | | 25,071,792 |
Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund (a) | 665 | | 1,064 |
Wells Fargo Small Cap Value Fund Class A (a) | 809,166 | | 12,380,245 |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | | 147,208,615 |
Small Growth Funds - 42.1% |
Alger Small Cap Growth Institutional Fund Class I (a) | 1,172,756 | | 16,043,300 |
Baron Growth Fund | 257,932 | | 6,737,171 |
Baron Small Cap Fund (a) | 963,143 | | 11,721,450 |
BlackRock Funds Small Cap Growth Equity Fund Class A (a) | 1,093 | | 12,418 |
Buffalo Small Cap Fund | 1,067,937 | | 15,559,842 |
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 5,488,238 | | 43,576,609 |
Franklin Small Cap Growth Fund II Class A | 364 | | 1,825 |
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund Investor Class | 423 | | 2,586 |
ING SmallCap Opportunities Fund Class A (a) | 1,008,708 | | 18,186,997 |
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index ETF | 523,100 | | 22,148,054 |
Lord Abbett Small Cap Blend Fund (a) | 1,729,650 | | 15,238,219 |
Munder Micro-Cap Equity Fund Class A | 89 | | 1,173 |
Oberweis Emerging Growth Fund | 106 | | 981 |
Perimeter Small Cap Growth Fund Investor Shares (a) | 583,904 | | 3,445,035 |
Royce Value Plus Fund Service Class | 2,426,958 | | 16,673,198 |
RS Emerging Growth Fund Class A (a) | 794,832 | | 15,785,364 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Small Growth Funds - continued |
Turner Small Cap Growth Fund Class I (a) | 912,867 | | $ 14,806,698 |
Wasatch Core Growth Fund | 74 | | 1,185 |
Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund | 635,926 | | 11,586,565 |
Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund (a) | 109 | | 1,073 |
William Blair Small Cap Growth Fund Class N | 1,833,070 | | 19,650,513 |
Winslow Green Growth Fund Investor Class | 590,431 | | 4,404,614 |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | | 235,584,870 |
Small Value Funds - 17.5% |
Allianz NFJ Small-Cap Value Fund Admin Class | 208,987 | | 3,233,036 |
American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund PlanAhead Class | 166,794 | | 1,491,142 |
Goldman Sachs Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 742,533 | | 14,828,374 |
HighMark Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 2,298,679 | | 12,803,643 |
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index ETF | 890,100 | | 32,488,650 |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 2,022,422 | | 15,815,344 |
Royce Opportunity Fund Service Class | 3,804,976 | | 16,056,997 |
Westcore Small Cap Value Fund | 209,136 | | 1,235,996 |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | | 97,953,182 |
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 3.9% |
FMI Common Stock Fund | 119 | | 1,561 |
Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund (a) | 361 | | 2,640 |
Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 82 | | 920 |
Royce Premier Fund | 760,655 | | 7,667,398 |
Westport Select Cap Fund Class R (a) | 1,013,523 | | 14,533,913 |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | | 22,206,432 |
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 3.1% |
FBR Focus Fund | 647,588 | | 17,219,366 |
Specialty Funds - 7.1% |
FBR Small Cap Financial Fund | 111,192 | | 1,376,556 |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class (b) | 193,864 | | 1,201,956 |
John Hancock Regional Bank Class A | 1,503,271 | | 13,499,371 |
RS Technology Fund Class A | 1,507,664 | | 12,091,465 |
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 248,900 | | 11,519,092 |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | | 39,688,440 |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $848,915,435) | 559,860,905 |
Short-Term Funds - 0.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio Class I (b) (Cost $24,966) | 24,966 | | $ 24,966 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $848,940,401) | $ 559,885,871 |
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 |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | $ 185,340 |
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio Class I | 25,563 |
| $ 210,903 |
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 Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity Advisor Real Estate Fund Institutional Class | $ 7,087,385 | $ 7,534,926 | $ 8,309,874 | $ 1,201,956 |
Fidelity International Small Cap Opportunities Fund | 5,687,157 | - | 4,868,192 | - |
Total | $ 12,774,542 | $ 7,534,926 | $ 13,178,066 | $ 1,201,956 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 559,885,871 | $ 559,885,871 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $24,453,515 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2010 approximately $19,549,852 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
| | |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities at value - See accompanying schedule: | | |
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds (cost $845,697,863) | $ 558,658,949 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds (cost $3,242,538) | 1,226,922 | |
Total Investments (cost $848,940,401) | | $ 559,885,871 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 5,268,488 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 896,099 |
Total assets | | 566,050,458 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 5,000,000 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 1,164,585 | |
Total liabilities | | 6,164,585 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 559,885,873 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 895,442,078 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (46,501,675) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (289,054,530) |
Net Assets, for 100,461,131 shares outstanding | | $ 559,885,873 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($559,885,873 ÷ 100,461,131 shares) | | $ 5.57 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
| | |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | | $ 2,048,719 |
Affiliated | | 210,903 |
Interest | | 989 |
Total income | | 2,260,611 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 1,143,254 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 14,913 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 1,158,167 | |
Expense reductions | (1,158,167) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 2,260,611 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | | |
Unaffiliated | (53,978,576) | |
Affiliated | (5,601,744) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | 14,436,069 | |
Affiliated | 26,226 | (45,118,025) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (236,256,628) |
Net gain (loss) | | (281,374,653) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (279,114,042) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year endedFebruary 28,2009 | Year endedFebruary 29,2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 2,260,611 | $ 1,032,310 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (45,118,025) | 19,697,855 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (236,256,628) | (60,798,279) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (279,114,042) | (40,068,114) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (2,553,943) | (899,620) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (14,703,263) | (17,269,949) |
Total distributions | (17,257,206) | (18,169,569) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 640,823,137 | 180,144,834 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 17,226,130 | 18,078,092 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (161,676,541) | (83,962,304) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 496,372,726 | 114,260,622 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 200,001,478 | 56,022,939 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 359,884,395 | 303,861,456 |
End of period (undistributed net investment income of $0 and undistributed net investment income of $234,788, respectively) | $ 559,885,873 | $ 359,884,395 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 84,158,648 | 15,966,023 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,966,117 | 1,563,201 |
Redeemed | (21,675,295) | (7,332,514) |
Net increase (decrease) | 64,449,470 | 10,196,710 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
Years ended February 28, | 2009 | 2008 H | 2007 | 2006 F |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.99 | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .04 | .03 | .02 | - I |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (4.05) | (1.17) | .75 | 1.46 |
Total from investment operations | (4.01) | (1.14) | .77 | 1.46 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.04) | (.03) | (.01) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.61) | (.30) | (.15) |
Total distributions | (.41) J | (.64) | (.31) | (.15) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 5.57 | $ 9.99 | $ 11.77 | $ 11.31 |
Total Return B, C | (41.74)% | (10.38)% | 6.86% | 14.69% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% | .26% | .26% | .37% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | .50% | .30% | .17% | .03% A |
Supplemental Data | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 559,886 | $ 359,884 | $ 303,861 | $ 230,571 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 55% | 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 26, 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.
J Total distributions of $.41 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.035 and distributions from net realized gain of $.375 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 February 28, 2009
1. Organization.
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund invests in affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds (the Underlying Funds) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) 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.
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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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 February 28, 2009, 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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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. There are no unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 6,537 |
Unrealized depreciation | (291,559,377) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (291,552,840) |
Capital loss carryforward | (24,453,515) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 851,438,711 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 7,955,728 | $ 899,620 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 9,301,478 | 17,269,949 |
Total | $ 17,257,206 | $ 18,169,569 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $750,560,861 and $254,632,423, respectively.
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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
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, 2012.
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, 2012 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 $1,158,167.
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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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as a Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008- present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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The fund designates 11% and 60% of the dividends distributed in April and December, respectively during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
FOF-ANN-0409
1.816936.103
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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February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees | <Click Here> | |
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.
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
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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Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds | -43.90% | -25.86% |
A From March 8, 2007.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity on March 8, 2007, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite IndexSM performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: The U.S. equity markets declined sharply during the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, battered by global recessionary fears, drum-tight credit markets and the rapid flight of capital away from risk. Stocks had performed reasonably well up until late last summer, in spite of high energy costs and slowing global economic growth. But beginning in September 2008, a succession of large financial institutions either collapsed, or came close to failing, which sent the equity markets into a turbulent downward spiral. Even as the federal government began a series of aggressive interventions to rescue the troubled financial services industry and to shore up deteriorating economic conditions, investors remained skittish and the equity markets' sell-off continued. The Standard & Poor's 500SM Index fell 43.32%, and all 10 of its market sectors landed deep in negative territory for the 12-month span. Meanwhile, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM fell by a comparable 40.58% mark, the small-cap-oriented Russell 2000® Index declined 42.38% and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite® Index dropped 38.77%.
Comments from Xuehai En, who became Portfolio Manager of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds® on October 1, 2008: PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 43.90% for the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, slightly behind the -43.32% result of its benchmark, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite IndexSM. Approximately 70% of the Fund, on average, was allocated to equity sector/industry funds - an allocation that was increased significantly during the period - and this group dominated the top- and bottom-performing holdings for the period. Fidelity® Select Consumer Staples Portfolio was the top overall contributor, outperforming the Wilshire 5000 index by a wide margin as investors fled riskier market sectors and sought the defensive characteristics of companies that manufacture food, beverages and other staples. Fidelity Select Medical Equipment and Systems Portfolio, Fidelity Select Software and Computer Services Portfolio and Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio also beat the broader market and added to the fund's relative results. Turning to detractors, underlying funds with large allocations to financials, energy services companies or lower-quality "deep-value" companies weighed on performance. Holdings that were most severely affected by these exposures included Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio, Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio, Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio, Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund and Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio. I eliminated Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio during the period. The Fund's aggregate allocation to real estate also dampened results and was reduced during the period.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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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| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 583.10 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 11.0 | 7.8 |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio | 9.1 | 5.2 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Fidelity® Telecom and Utilities Fund | 7.0 | 6.2 |
Spartan® U.S. Equity Index Fund Investor Class | 6.0 | 8.2 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 5.9 | 7.4 |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | 5.0 | 3.2 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 4.9 | 3.7 |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | 4.3 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 64.7 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | Specialty Funds 87.5% | |  | Specialty Funds 41.4% | |
 | Large Blend Funds 10.3% | |  | Large Blend Funds 28.4% | |
 | Large Growth Funds 0.0% | |  | Large Growth Funds 2.5% | |
 | Large Value Funds 2.1% | |  | Large Value Funds 16.4% | |
 | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 0.0% | |  | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 4.3% | |
 | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 0.0% | |  | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 3.2% | |
 | Mid-Cap Value Funds 0.0% | |  | Mid-Cap Value Funds 3.7% | |
 | Small Growth Funds 0.1% | |  | Small Growth Funds 0.1% | |

Asset allocations in the pie charts reflect the categorizations of assets as defined by Morningstar as of the reporting dates indicated above. |
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Investments February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Large Blend Funds - 10.3% |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | 889,453 | | $ 11,616,250 |
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund Investor Class | 625,481 | | 16,325,061 |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | | 27,941,311 |
Large Value Funds - 2.1% |
Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund | 891,152 | | 5,525,143 |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund | 11,157 | | 115,142 |
TOTAL LARGE VALUE FUNDS | | 5,640,285 |
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 0.0% |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 1,297 | | 15,556 |
Small Growth Funds - 0.1% |
Fidelity Advisor Small Cap Fund Institutional Class | 17,033 | | 268,103 |
Specialty Funds - 87.5% |
Fidelity Advisor Cyclical Industries Fund Institutional Class | 114 | | 1,282 |
Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund Institutional Class | 12,049 | | 155,316 |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | 208,593 | | 2,069,246 |
Fidelity Select Air Transportation Portfolio | 91,086 | | 1,580,339 |
Fidelity Select Automotive Portfolio | 34,048 | | 342,868 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 912,907 | | 8,252,675 |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio (a) | 103,386 | | 5,646,960 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 205,440 | | 8,780,493 |
Fidelity Select Communications Equipment Portfolio | 49,464 | | 530,258 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio (a) | 83,761 | | 1,964,189 |
Fidelity Select Construction & Housing Portfolio | 390,358 | | 7,030,341 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | 78,872 | | 920,439 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 675,545 | | 29,818,540 |
Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Portfolio | 68,541 | | 2,671,048 |
Fidelity Select Electronics Portfolio | 33,648 | | 710,988 |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio | 904,345 | | 24,806,191 |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 27,396 | | 927,888 |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio | 116,701 | | 1,276,704 |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio | 78,781 | | 2,617,883 |
Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio | 300,929 | | 9,229,492 |
Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio | 11,131 | | 820,038 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 107,662 | | 1,504,033 |
Fidelity Select Industrials Portfolio | 255,540 | | 2,586,064 |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | 569,489 | | 13,622,182 |
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio (a) | 889,380 | | 9,445,214 |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio | 140,625 | | 6,502,483 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Specialty Funds - continued |
Fidelity Select Medical Delivery Portfolio | 19,949 | | $ 509,909 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 924,129 | | 15,987,429 |
Fidelity Select Multimedia Portfolio | 69,042 | | 1,261,392 |
Fidelity Select Natural Gas Portfolio | 106,980 | | 2,049,738 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 236,437 | | 4,076,173 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 1,763,005 | | 13,398,838 |
Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio | 120,194 | | 3,182,734 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (a) | 491,141 | | 21,796,819 |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio | 128,317 | | 4,764,422 |
Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio | 116,457 | | 3,114,064 |
Fidelity Select Transportation Portfolio | 202,484 | | 4,837,352 |
Fidelity Telecom and Utilities Fund | 1,678,399 | | 19,116,967 |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | | 237,908,991 |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $405,297,882) | 271,774,246 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $405,297,882) | $ 271,774,246 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 271,774,246 | $ 271,774,246 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $61,373,935 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2010 approximately $34,444,965 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
Assets | | |
Investment in affiliated securities, at value (cost $405,297,882) - See accompanying schedule | | $ 271,774,246 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 604,459 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 188,661 |
Total assets | | 272,567,366 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | $ 793,119 | |
Total liabilities | | 793,119 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 271,774,247 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 504,639,533 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (99,341,650) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (133,523,636) |
Net Assets, for 51,780,460 shares outstanding | | $ 271,774,247 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($271,774,247 ÷ 51,780,460 shares) | | $ 5.25 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds | | $ 4,256,718 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 855,787 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 9,599 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 865,386 | |
Expense reductions | (865,386) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 4,256,718 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares | (92,322,714) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds | 2,389,980 | (89,932,734) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (90,999,266) |
Net gain (loss) | | (180,932,000) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (176,675,282) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | For the period March 8, 2007 (Commencement of Operations) to February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 4,256,718 | $ 2,530,336 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (89,932,734) | 1,605,610 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (90,999,266) | (42,524,370) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (176,675,282) | (38,388,424) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (4,302,072) | (2,314,541) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (430,207) | (10,866,114) |
Distributions to shareholders from return of capital | - | (706,595) |
Total distributions | (4,732,279) | (13,887,250) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 176,934,678 | 472,869,516 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 4,724,671 | 13,861,317 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (116,102,070) | (46,830,630) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 65,557,279 | 439,900,203 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (115,850,282) | 387,624,529 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 387,624,529 | - |
End of period | $ 271,774,247 | $ 387,624,529 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 25,808,703 | 43,837,878 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 791,402 | 1,310,143 |
Redeemed | (15,486,468) | (4,481,198) |
Net increase (decrease) | 11,113,637 | 40,666,823 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Year ended February 28, | Year ended February 29, |
| 2009 | 2008 F |
Selected Per-Share Data | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.53 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .10 | .09 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (4.27) | (.20) |
Total from investment operations | (4.17) | (.11) |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.06) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.01) | (.28) |
Return of capital | - | (.02) |
Total distributions | (.11) | (.36) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 5.25 | $ 9.53 |
Total Return B, C | (43.90)% | (1.46)% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets G | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% | .26% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.24% | .92% A |
Supplemental Data | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 271,774 | $ 387,625 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 130% | 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 February 28, 2009
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 - 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 February 28, 2009, 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. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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.
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2. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
Book-tax differences are primarily due to the short-term gain distributions from the Underlying Funds, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and 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 was reported to shareholders prior to February 1, 2009.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,150,723 |
Unrealized depreciation | (138,197,110) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (137,046,387) |
Capital loss carryforward | (61,373,935) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 408,820,633 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 4,732,279 | $ 11,435,576 |
Long-term Capital Gains | - | 1,745,079 |
Tax Return of Capital | - | 706,595 |
Total | $ 4,732,279 | $ 13,887,250 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $517,175,989 and $449,704,289, 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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Notes to Financial Statements - continued
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Management Fee - continued
Strategic Advisers has contractually agreed to waive its management fee until
September 30, 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 September 30, 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 $865,386.
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.
The Fund does not invest in the Underlying Funds for the purpose of exercising management or control; however, investments by the Fund within its principal investment strategies may represent a significant portion of an Underlying Fund's net assets. At the end of the period, the Fund was the owner of record of approximately 20% and 18% of the total outstanding shares of Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio and Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio, respectively.
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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. If the interests of a fund and an underlying Fidelity fund were to diverge, a conflict of interest could arise and affect how the Trustees and Members of the Advisory Board fulfill their fiduciary duties to the affected funds. Strategic Advisers has structured the funds to avoid these potential conflicts, although there may be situations where a conflict of interest is unavoidable. In such instances, Strategic Advisers, the Trustees, and Members of the Advisory Board would take reasonable steps to minimize and, if possible, eliminate the conflict. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
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Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008-present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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The fund designates 87% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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 September, 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 September 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, including, but not limited to, (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expenses; (iii) the total costs of the services and the profits, if any, to be realized by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers or SAI) from its relationship with the fund; and (iv) economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders. The Board 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 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 objectives and disciplines. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of investment operations and investment groups from Strategic Advisers. 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; 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 the fund 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 peer group of mutual funds. Because the fund had been in existence less than three calendar years, for the fund the following table considered by the Board shows, for the one-year period ended April 30, 2008, the fund's total return, the total return of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and the total return of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Strategic Advisers based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc.
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.
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds
Total Return % for The One Year Period Ended April 30, 2008 vs. Morningstar Large Blend Median and Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index
Total Returns | |
| 1 Year |
| 5/1/07 - 4/30/08 |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds (FUSPX) | -2.86% |
DJW 5000 Composite | -4.87% |
Difference | 2.01% |
| |
Mstar Large Blend Median | -4.81% |
FUSPX - Mstar Large Blend Median | 1.95% |
| |
% of Mstar Peers Beaten by FUSPX | 61% |
% of Mstar Peers Beaten by DJW 5000 | 49% |
| |
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Management Fees - continued
The Board reviewed the fund's performance for the one year period ended April 30, 2008 and noted the fund out-performed 61% of its peers in the Morningstar Large Blend Category for the period. The Board considered that the investment performance of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the period shown. The Board also noted that a more comprehensive analysis of the fund's performance will be possible once the fund has completed an additional year of performance.
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 continue to 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 September 30, 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 fees charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies with investment objectives similar to those of the fund. The information indicated that the fee rates paid to Strategic Advisers with respect to the fund (giving effect to the fund's fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements) 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 management fees 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 management fees and Strategic Advisers pays all other expenses of the fund, with limited exceptions.
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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 therefore 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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
PAO-ANN-0409
1.843741.101
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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February 28, 2009
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
A Fidelity Investments Company
Contents
Performance | <Click Here> | How the fund has done over time. |
Management's Discussion | <Click Here> | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. |
Shareholder Expense Example | <Click Here> | An example of shareholder expenses. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | <Click Here> | |
Trustees and Officers | <Click Here> | |
Distributions | <Click Here> | |
Proxy Voting Results | <Click Here> | |
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees | <Click Here> | |
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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Neither the funds nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
Periods ended February 28, 2009 | Past 1 year | Life of fund A |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds | -42.95% | -23.72% |
A From December 29, 2006.
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds on December 29, 2006 when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: The U.S. equity markets declined sharply during the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, battered by global recessionary fears, drum-tight credit markets and the rapid flight of capital away from risk. Stocks had performed reasonably well up until late last summer, in spite of high energy costs and slowing global economic growth. But beginning in September 2008, a succession of large financial institutions either collapsed, or came close to failing, which sent the equity markets into a turbulent downward spiral. Even as the federal government began a series of aggressive interventions to rescue the troubled financial services industry and to shore up deteriorating economic conditions, investors remained skittish and the equity markets' sell-off continued. The Standard & Poor's 500SM Index fell 43.32%, and all 10 of its market sectors landed deep in negative territory for the 12-month span. Meanwhile, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM fell by a comparable 40.58% mark, the small-cap-oriented Russell 2000® Index declined 42.38% and the technology-heavy NASDAQ Composite® Index dropped 38.77%.
Comments from Xuehai En, Portfolio Manager of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds®: PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds - the "Fund" - declined 42.95% for the 12 months ending February 28, 2009, modestly outperforming the -43.32% result of its benchmark, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite IndexSM. Overall, the Fund benefited from its aggregate underweighting in the financials sector and, during the second half of the period, its exposure to gold. The top-performing underlying fund was American Century Equity Income Fund (TWEIX), a large-cap value offering that focuses on higher-quality companies trading at attractive valuations. TWEIX outperformed the Wilshire 5000 index by a substantial margin during the period, thanks in part to a large allocation to integrated oil companies, which performed well relative to the broader market over the period's second half. JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund - a long-short 130/30 portfolio and the Fund's single-largest position - also added to results for the period. On average, approximately 31% of the Fund was allocated to equity sector/industry funds, and three of these holdings - Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio, Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio and Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio - rounded out the top five leading positions for the period. On the downside, Fidelity sector/industry funds focused on natural resources, financial services, banking and real estate led the list of detractors. Among diversified funds that dampened the Fund's results, Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund underperformed the broad equity market due to its significant exposure to highly volatile energy services stocks.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
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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 (September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009).
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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| Annualized Expense Ratio | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2008 | Ending Account Value February 28, 2009 | Expenses Paid During Period* September 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 |
Actual | .00% | $ 1,000.00 | $ 587.20 | $ .00 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.79 | $ .00 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (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 February 28, 2009 |
| % of fund's investments | % of fund's investments 6 months ago |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 10.1 | 7.3 |
American Century Equity Income Fund Investor Class | 6.8 | 0.0 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 5.1 | 4.1 |
RS Core Equity Fund Class A | 3.9 | 2.3 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 3.4 | 2.8 |
Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio | 3.1 | 0.0 |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund Investor A Class | 3.1 | 3.2 |
Janus Mid Cap Value Fund - Investor Shares | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 2.6 | 1.2 |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio | 2.5 | 1.7 |
| 43.5 | |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's investments) |
As of February 28, 2009 | As of August 31, 2008 |
 | Large Blend Funds 16.4% | |  | Large Blend Funds 21.6% | |
 | Large Growth Funds 5.7% | |  | Large Growth Funds 10.8% | |
 | Large Value Funds 22.4% | |  | Large Value Funds 21.6% | |
 | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 0.4% | |  | Mid-Cap Blend Funds 3.4% | |
 | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 3.8% | |  | Mid-Cap Growth Funds 6.1% | |
 | Mid-Cap Value Funds 7.2% | |  | Mid-Cap Value Funds 7.7% | |
 | Small Blend Funds 1.3% | |  | Small Blend Funds 2.0% | |
 | Small Growth Funds 0.0% | |  | Small Growth Funds 1.1% | |
 | Small Value Funds 2.4% | |  | Small Value Funds 2.7% | |
 | Specialty Funds 40.4% | |  | Specialty Funds 23.0% | |

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 February 28, 2009
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
Equity Funds - 100.0% |
| Shares | | Value |
Large Blend Funds - 16.4% |
American Century Fundamental Equity Fund Investor Class | 261,342 | | $ 2,014,950 |
Evergreen Enhanced S&P 500 Fund Class A | 127 | | 1,042 |
Fidelity 130/30 Large Cap Fund (b) | 555 | | 2,928 |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund (b) | 131,472 | | 1,717,019 |
Fidelity Fund (b) | 113 | | 2,141 |
JPMorgan U.S. Large Cap Core Plus Fund Select Class | 2,428,671 | | 27,565,421 |
RS Core Equity Fund Class A | 412,167 | | 10,547,360 |
The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund Class A | 157,554 | | 2,865,908 |
TOTAL LARGE BLEND FUNDS | | 44,716,769 |
Large Growth Funds - 5.7% |
Alger Spectra Fund Class A (a) | 681,965 | | 4,119,071 |
Fidelity Growth Company Fund (b) | 69,238 | | 3,025,005 |
Ivy Capital Appreciation Fund Class A | 180,326 | | 977,369 |
Janus Fund | 250,398 | | 4,271,793 |
Janus Research Fund | 56,816 | | 843,715 |
John Hancock US Global Leaders Growth Fund Class A | 3,536 | | 60,399 |
Marsico 21st Century Fund | 1,818 | | 13,800 |
Natixis CGM Advisor Targeted Equity Fund Class A | 361,340 | | 2,345,098 |
TOTAL LARGE GROWTH FUNDS | | 15,656,250 |
Large Value Funds - 22.4% |
1st Source Monogram Income Equity Fund | 586,638 | | 5,150,685 |
Allianz NFJ Dividend Value Fund Class D | 115 | | 831 |
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund Plan Ahead Class | 352,995 | | 3,642,909 |
American Century Equity Income Fund Investor Class | 3,602,301 | | 18,659,922 |
Artisan Opportunistic Value Fund Investor Shares | 39,274 | | 208,547 |
Aston Value Fund Class N | 472,229 | | 2,885,321 |
BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund Investor A Class | 768,695 | | 8,417,215 |
Columbia Value and Restructuring Fund Class Z | 180,904 | | 4,441,190 |
Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund Class A | 488,512 | | 5,696,051 |
Evergreen Disciplined Value Fund Class A | 145,003 | | 1,116,520 |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund (b) | 1,385 | | 14,292 |
Goldman Sachs Growth & Income Fund Institutional Class | 135,057 | | 1,847,575 |
Goldman Sachs Large Cap Value Fund Institutional Class | 11,969 | | 86,897 |
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund Administrative Class | 832,097 | | 4,102,238 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Large Value Funds - continued |
John Hancock Classic Value Fund Class A | 1,602 | | $ 12,797 |
Pioneer Cullen Value Fund Class A | 423,110 | | 4,853,070 |
TOTAL LARGE VALUE FUNDS | | 61,136,060 |
Mid-Cap Blend Funds - 0.4% |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund (b) | 44,082 | | 528,548 |
Keeley All Cap Value Fund Class A (a) | 118,245 | | 608,963 |
TOTAL MID-CAP BLEND FUNDS | | 1,137,511 |
Mid-Cap Growth Funds - 3.8% |
Baron iOpportunity Fund (a) | 237,556 | | 1,539,363 |
BlackRock US Opportunities Fund Investor A Class (a) | 161,171 | | 3,260,490 |
Janus Enterprise Fund (a) | 32,630 | | 928,983 |
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Advisor Shares (a) | 174,596 | | 2,681,800 |
Munder Mid-Cap Core Growth Fund Class A | 53,852 | | 781,933 |
Neuberger Berman Mid Cap Growth Fund Trust Class (a) | 119,556 | | 1,043,720 |
TOTAL MID-CAP GROWTH FUNDS | | 10,236,289 |
Mid-Cap Value Funds - 7.2% |
American Century Mid Cap Value Fund Investor Class | 831,861 | | 5,723,207 |
Delafield Fund, Inc. | 6,298 | | 76,589 |
Janus Mid Cap Value Fund - Investor Shares | 593,740 | | 7,783,929 |
JPMorgan Value Advantage Fund Select Class | 655,890 | | 6,060,425 |
TOTAL MID-CAP VALUE FUNDS | | 19,644,150 |
Small Blend Funds - 1.3% |
Fidelity Small Cap Value Fund (b) | 10,875 | | 78,847 |
Natixis Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund Class A | 217,769 | | 3,175,071 |
Royce Value Fund Service Class (a) | 36,460 | | 223,498 |
TOTAL SMALL BLEND FUNDS | | 3,477,416 |
Small Growth Funds - 0.0% |
Champlain Small Company Fund Advisor Class | 15,848 | | 125,832 |
Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund Administrator Class (a) | 444 | | 2,896 |
TOTAL SMALL GROWTH FUNDS | | 128,728 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Small Value Funds - 2.4% |
Aston/River Road Small Cap Value Class N | 1,158 | | $ 8,431 |
Northern Small Cap Value Fund | 849,892 | | 6,646,157 |
Paradigm Value Fund | 229 | | 6,220 |
TOTAL SMALL VALUE FUNDS | | 6,660,808 |
Specialty Funds - 40.4% |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio (b) | 211,331 | | 2,096,399 |
Fidelity Select Air Transportation Portfolio (b) | 65,534 | | 1,137,022 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio (b) | 410,735 | | 3,713,041 |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio (a)(b) | 125,426 | | 6,850,776 |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio (b) | 17,685 | | 471,828 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio (b) | 72,064 | | 3,080,033 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio (a)(b) | 159,977 | | 3,751,466 |
Fidelity Select Construction & Housing Portfolio (b) | 65,401 | | 1,177,868 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary Portfolio (b) | 135,425 | | 1,580,407 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio (b) | 315,764 | | 13,937,840 |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio (b) | 72,147 | | 1,978,984 |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio (b) | 117,710 | | 3,986,833 |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio (b) | 346,385 | | 3,789,454 |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio (b) | 178,679 | | 5,937,491 |
Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio (b) | 278,392 | | 8,538,271 |
Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio (b) | 14,384 | | 1,059,641 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio (b) | 97 | | 1,350 |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio (b) | 14,269 | | 341,325 |
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio (a)(b) | 107,623 | | 1,142,957 |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio (b) | 52,839 | | 2,443,285 |
Fidelity Select Medical Delivery Portfolio (b) | 32,288 | | 825,292 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio (b) | 305,106 | | 5,278,334 |
Fidelity Select Multimedia Portfolio (b) | 1,613 | | 29,465 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio (b) | 530,276 | | 9,141,953 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio (b) | 926,517 | | 7,041,529 |
Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio (b) | 117,579 | | 3,113,492 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio (a)(b) | 98,332 | | 4,363,959 |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio (b) | 163,805 | | 6,082,082 |
Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio (b) | 24,701 | | 660,509 |
Equity Funds - continued |
| Shares | | Value |
Specialty Funds - continued |
Fidelity Select Transportation Portfolio (b) | 22,518 | | $ 537,954 |
MFS Utilities Fund Class A | 587,211 | | 6,054,142 |
TOTAL SPECIALTY FUNDS | | 110,144,982 |
TOTAL EQUITY FUNDS (Cost $422,783,964) | 272,938,963 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100% (Cost $422,783,964) | $ 272,938,963 |
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(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 130/30 Large Cap Fund | $ 2,155 |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 23,492 |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund | 47,408 |
Fidelity Fund | 194,205 |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | 48,993 |
Fidelity Growth Company Fund | 4,999 |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 30,956 |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | 100,940 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 181,050 |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio | 57,513 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 47,106 |
Fidelity Select Construction & Housing Portfolio | 1,832 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | 5,456 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 196,918 |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 200,518 |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio | 22,328 |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio | 163,436 |
Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio | 3,270 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 172,364 |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio | 22,331 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 240,338 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 115,191 |
Fund | Income Earned |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | $ 123,422 |
Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio | 14,358 |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio | 15,140 |
Fidelity Select Transportation Portfolio | 2,371 |
| $ 2,038,090 |
Additional information regarding the Fund's fiscal year to date purchases and sales of the affiliated Underlying Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity 130/30 Large Cap Fund | $ - | $ 4,024,649 | $ 2,511,385 | $ 2,928 |
Fidelity Disciplined Equity Fund | 1,243,253 | - | 1,219,645 | - |
Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund | - | 1,967,959 | - | 1,717,019 |
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund | 1,391,826 | 23,492 | 1,431,427 | - |
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund | - | 2,743,122 | 1,680,037 | 14,292 |
Fidelity Fund | 1,934,447 | 5,522,451 | 6,473,044 | 2,141 |
Fidelity Growth & Income Portfolio | - | 4,410,085 | 2,566,830 | - |
Fidelity Growth Company Fund | - | 5,321,855 | 3,131 | 3,025,005 |
Fidelity Leveraged Company Stock Fund | 2,795,341 | 30,958 | 1,003,132 | 528,548 |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | - | 6,089,973 | 100,616 | 2,096,399 |
Fidelity Select Air Transportation Portfolio | - | 1,541,892 | - | 1,137,022 |
Fidelity Select Banking Portfolio | 2,122,528 | 5,534,785 | 7,769 | 3,713,041 |
Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio | - | 8,207,746 | - | 6,850,776 |
Fidelity Select Brokerage & Investment Management Portfolio | 985,808 | 57,513 | 3,130 | 471,828 |
Fidelity Select Chemicals Portfolio | 3,531,834 | 5,774,381 | 3,517,012 | 3,080,033 |
Fidelity Select Computers Portfolio | 2,998,636 | 3,467,478 | 6,260 | 3,751,466 |
Fidelity Select Construction & Housing Portfolio | - | 1,505,296 | - | 1,177,868 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | - | 1,850,796 | - | 1,580,407 |
Fidelity Select Consumer Staples Portfolio | 6,410,498 | 13,192,155 | 282,251 | 13,937,840 |
Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Portfolio | 1,830,866 | - | 1,779,307 | - |
Fidelity Select Energy Portfolio | - | 2,070,591 | 7,826 | 1,978,984 |
Fidelity Select Energy Services Portfolio | 4,642,967 | 3,847,530 | 2,572,086 | 3,986,833 |
Fidelity Select Environmental Portfolio | 573,888 | 5,373,098 | - | 3,789,454 |
Fund | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value, end of period |
Fidelity Select Financial Services Portfolio | $ 2,131,197 | $ 9,735,855 | $ 250,904 | $ 5,937,491 |
Fidelity Select Gold Portfolio | - | 7,352,581 | 3,130 | 8,538,271 |
Fidelity Select Health Care Portfolio | - | 1,158,975 | - | 1,059,641 |
Fidelity Select Industrial Equipment Portfolio | 3,836,971 | 5,458,490 | 6,601,174 | 1,350 |
Fidelity Select Insurance Portfolio | - | 443,373 | - | 341,325 |
Fidelity Select IT Services Portfolio | - | 1,198,503 | - | 1,142,957 |
Fidelity Select Leisure Portfolio | - | 2,599,662 | - | 2,443,285 |
Fidelity Select Materials Portfolio | 3,948,377 | 5,201,885 | 9,215,951 | - |
Fidelity Select Medical Delivery Portfolio | - | 1,016,217 | - | 825,292 |
Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Portfolio | 2,962,257 | 6,003,495 | 1,496,701 | 5,278,334 |
Fidelity Select Multimedia Portfolio | - | 33,288 | - | 29,465 |
Fidelity Select Natural Resources Portfolio | 2,304,920 | 14,795,510 | 1,392,497 | 9,141,953 |
Fidelity Select Pharmaceuticals Portfolio | 4,091,735 | 4,903,872 | - | 7,041,529 |
Fidelity Select Retailing Portfolio | - | 3,380,939 | - | 3,113,492 |
Fidelity Select Software & Computer Services Portfolio | 2,101,359 | 3,951,195 | 7,890 | 4,363,959 |
Fidelity Select Technology Portfolio | 1,268,778 | 9,185,021 | 3,131 | 6,082,082 |
Fidelity Select Telecommunications Portfolio | - | 646,065 | - | 660,509 |
Fidelity Select Transportation Portfolio | - | 713,639 | - | 537,954 |
Fidelity Select Utilities Portfolio | 1,554,437 | 2,063,906 | 3,338,428 | - |
Fidelity Select Wireless Portfolio | 2,782,459 | - | 2,238,817 | - |
Fidelity Small Cap Value Fund | - | 96,097 | - | 78,847 |
Fidelity Tax Managed Stock Fund | 1,817,296 | - | 1,490,337 | - |
Total | $ 59,261,678 | $ 162,496,373 | $ 51,203,848 | $ 109,459,620 |
Other Information |
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 28, 2009, 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 | $ 272,938,963 | $ 272,938,963 | $ - | $ - |
Income Tax Information |
At February 28, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $24,545,440 all of which will expire on February 28, 2017. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending February 28, 2010 approximately $17,673,663 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| February 28, 2009 |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule: | | |
Unaffiliated Underlying Funds (Cost $263,780,317) | $ 163,479,343 | |
Affiliated Underlying Funds (Cost $159,003,647) | 109,459,620 | |
Total investments (Cost $422,783,964) | | $ 272,938,963 |
Cash | | 2 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 1,183,595 |
Total assets | | 274,122,560 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 580,043 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 584,254 | |
Total liabilities | | 1,164,297 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 272,958,263 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 466,143,192 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 108,058 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments | | (43,447,986) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | (149,845,001) |
Net Assets, for 51,020,934 shares outstanding | | $ 272,958,263 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($272,958,263 ÷ 51,020,934 shares) | | $ 5.35 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
| Year ended February 28, 2009 |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | | $ 1,969,797 |
Affiliated | | 2,038,090 |
Interest | | 23 |
Total income | | 4,007,910 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 844,997 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 11,884 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 856,881 | |
Expense reductions | (856,881) | - |
Net investment income (loss) | | 4,007,910 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Realized gain (loss) on sale of underlying fund shares: | | |
Unaffiliated | (29,141,641) | |
Affiliated | (16,315,867) | |
Realized gain distributions from underlying funds: | | |
Unaffiliated | 1,294,106 | |
Affiliated | 991,485 | (43,171,917) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on underlying funds | | (134,785,940) |
Net gain (loss) | | (177,957,857) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ (173,949,947) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| Year ended February 28, 2009 | Year ended February 29, 2008 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 4,007,910 | $ 1,005,488 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (43,171,917) | 3,395,466 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (134,785,940) | (14,407,897) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (173,949,947) | (10,006,943) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (4,386,053) | (531,987) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (1,022,970) | (2,780,805) |
Total distributions | (5,409,023) | (3,312,792) |
Share transactions Proceeds from sales of shares | 423,219,096 | 136,505,380 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 5,375,099 | 3,297,520 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (131,833,931) | (35,353,292) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 296,760,264 | 104,449,608 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 117,401,294 | 91,129,873 |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 155,556,969 | 64,427,096 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $108,058 and undistributed net investment income of $479,351, respectively) | $ 272,958,263 | $ 155,556,969 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 51,513,278 | 12,983,027 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 787,575 | 310,412 |
Redeemed | (17,591,988) | (3,387,825) |
Net increase (decrease) | 34,708,865 | 9,905,614 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
Years ended February 28, | 2009 | 2008 I | 2007 G |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 9.54 | $ 10.06 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .09 | .08 | - J |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (4.16) | (.37) | .06 F |
Total from investment operations | (4.07) | (.29) | .06 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.04) | - |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.03) | (.19) | - |
Total distributions | (.12) K | (.23) | - |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 5.35 | $ 9.54 | $ 10.06 |
Total Return B, C | (42.95)% | (3.11)% | .60% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets H | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .25% | .26% | .27% A |
Expenses net of contractual waivers | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .00% | .00% | .00% A |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.18% | .74% | .08% A |
Supplemental Data | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ 272,958 | $ 155,557 | $ 64,427 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 35% | 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.
K Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.095 and distributions from net realized gain of $.025 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 February 28, 2009
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 may 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 or deemed less relevant (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 February 28, 2009, 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. A Fund's federal tax return is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three years.
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 - 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 deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of period end were as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,226,986 |
Unrealized depreciation | (152,300,871) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ (151,073,885) |
Undistributed ordinary income | 108,058 |
Capital loss carryforward | (24,545,440) |
| |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 424,012,848 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| February 28, 2009 | February 29, 2008 |
Ordinary Income | $ 5,409,023 | $ 1,794,491 |
Long-term Capital Gains | - | 1,518,301 |
Total | $ 5,409,023 | $ 3,312,792 |
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities (including the Underlying Fund shares), other than short-term securities, aggregated $413,134,765 and $115,495,612, 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 September 30, 2011.
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4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Management Fee - continued
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 September 30, 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 $856,881.
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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To the Trustees of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust and the Shareholders of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds (a fund of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust) at February 28, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at February 28, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 22, 2009
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The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, and review the fund's performance. Except for Boyce I. Greer, each of the Trustees oversees 16 funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate. Mr. Greer oversees nine funds advised by Strategic Advisers or an affiliate.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-3455.
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Roger T. Servison (63) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Servison is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Servison serves as President of Strategic New Business Development for Fidelity Investments and serves as a Director of Strategic Advisers. Previously, he oversaw Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (2005-2006) and Strategic Advisers (2005-2007). Mr Servison also served as President and a Director of Fidelity Brokerage Services (Japan), LLC (1994-2004). |
Abigail P. Johnson (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Employer Services Company (FESCO) (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and a Director of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. |
Boyce I. Greer (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Mr. Greer oversees Strategic Advisers, Inc. and Global Asset Allocation (2008-present) and serves as Vice President of a number of Fidelity funds (2005-present). He is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Greer is President and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2007-present), and an Executive Vice President of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Greer served as a Director and Managing Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2002-2005). |
* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with Strategic Advisers. FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Peter C. Aldrich (64) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Aldrich is a Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Director of Zipcar, Inc., a Director of the funds of BlackRock Realty Group (2006-present), and on the Board of Advisors for DuPont Capital Management (2004-present). Mr. Aldrich served as Managing Member of Poseidon, LLC (foreign private investment, 1998-2004), and Chairman and Managing Member of AEGIS, LLC (foreign private investment, 1997-2004). Mr. Aldrich also served as Faculty Chairman of The Research Council on Global Investment of The Conference Board (business and professional education non-profit, 1999-2004). Mr. Aldrich is a Member of the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. |
Ralph F. Cox (76) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Cox is President of RABAR Enterprises (management consulting for the petroleum industry). Mr. Cox is a Director of CH2M Hill Companies (engineering) and Abraxas Petroleum (exploration and production). Mr. Cox is a member of the Advisory Boards of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Ralph F. Cox and Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. are not related. |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for each Advisory Board Member and executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation |
Howard E. Cox, Jr. (65) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Mr. Cox serves as a Partner of Greylock (venture capital) and a Director of Stryker Corporation (medical products and services). Mr. Cox is a Member of the Secretary of Defense's Business Board of Directors (2008- present). Mr. Howard E. Cox, Jr. and Mr. Ralph F. Cox are not related. |
Karen Kaplan (49) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust. Ms. Kaplan is President of Hill Holliday (advertising and specialized marketing, 2007-present). Ms. Kaplan is a Director of Delta Dental of Massachusetts (2004-present), President of the Massachusetts Women's Forum (2008-present), Vice Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2006-present), and Director of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce (2006-present). Previously, Ms. Kaplan served as Treasurer of the Massachusetts Women's Forum and Director of United Way of Massachusetts Bay (2004-2006), a Director of ADVO (direct mail marketing, 2003-2007), and as a Director of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group (2006-2007). |
Stephen D. Fisher (46) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the fund. Mr. Fisher is a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel of Fidelity Investments. |
Mark Osterheld (53) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 President and Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Osterheld is an employee of FMR (2009-present) and also serves as President and Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Osterheld served as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2002-2007) and was an employee of FMR and Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
Charles V. Senatore (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Chief Compliance Officer of the fund. Mr. Senatore also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Compliance for the Fidelity Financial Services Group (2008-present). Mr Senatore serves on the Board of Directors of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (2008-present), and is a Member of the SIFMA Self Regulation and Supervisory Practices Committee (2004-present), the FINRA Compliance Advisory Group (2000-2003; 2005-present), and the ICI Chief Compliance Officers Committee (2004-present). |
Holly C. Laurent (54) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the fund. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of the Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006). |
Jeffrey S. Christian (47) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the fund. Mr. Christian serves as Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Vice President of Business Analysis (2003-2004). |
Paul M. Murphy (61) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2009 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Murphy serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity Funds (2005-2006), Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR (2007) and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1994-2007). |
James R. Rooney (50) |
| Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of the fund. Mr. Rooney is an employee of FMR and also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Strategic Advisers funds (2007-present). Previously, Mr. Rooney was a Vice President with Wellington Management Company, LLP (2001-2007) and an employee of Strategic Advisers (2007-2009). |
** FMR Corp. merged with and into FMR LLC on October 1, 2007. Any references to FMR LLC for prior periods are deemed to be references to the prior entity.
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The fund designates 22% and 92% of the dividends distributed in April and December, respectively during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2010 of amounts for use in preparing 2009 income tax returns.
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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 Votes | % of Votes |
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 September, 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 September 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, including, but not limited to, (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expenses; (iii) the total costs of the services and the profits, if any, to be realized by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers or SAI) from its relationship with the fund; and (iv) economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders. The Board 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 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 objectives and disciplines. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of investment operations and investment groups from Strategic Advisers. 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; 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 the fund 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 peer group of mutual funds. Because the fund had been in existence less than three calendar years, for the fund the following table considered by the Board shows, for the one-year period ended April 30, 2008, the fund's total return, the total return of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and the total return of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Strategic Advisers based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc.
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.
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds
Total Return % for The One Year Period Ended April 30, 2008 vs. Morningstar Large Blend Median and Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index
Total Returns | | |
| | 1 Year |
| | 5/1/07 - 4/30/08 |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds (FUSOX) | | -4.04% |
DJW 5000 Composite | | -4.87% |
Difference | | 0.83% |
| | |
Mstar Large Blend Median | | -4.81% |
FUSOX - Mstar Large Blend Median | | 0.77% |
| | |
% of Mstar Peers Beaten by FUSOX | | 58% |
% of Mstar Peers Beaten by DJW 5000 | | 49% |
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Management Fees - continued
The Board reviewed the fund's performance for the one year period ended April 30, 2008 and noted the fund out-performed 58% of its peers in the Morningstar Large Blend Category for the period. The Board considered that the investment performance of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the period shown. The Board also noted that a more comprehensive analysis of the fund's performance will be possible once the fund has completed an additional year of performance.
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 continue to 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 September 30, 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 fees charged by Strategic Advisers to other registered investment companies with investment objectives similar to those of the fund. The information indicated that the fee rates paid to Strategic Advisers with respect to the fund (giving effect to the fund's fee waiver and expense reimbursement arrangements) 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 management fees 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.
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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 management fees 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 therefore 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
The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY
FOU-ANN-0409
1.836922.102
Item 2. Code of Ethics
As of the end of the period, February 28, 2009, Fidelity Rutland Square Trust (the "trust") has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Board of Trustees of the trust has not designated an audit committee financial expert. Given the nature of the trust's series (the "Funds"), the Board of Trustees concluded that the services of a financial expert are not required. Some of the factors considered by the Board of Trustees in determining that an audit committee financial expert is not necessary are the following: (i) the Funds' structure as a fund of funds investing primarily in other mutual funds; (ii) Strategic Advisers' agreement to waive the Funds' management fee and reimburse all other normal operating expenses for the term approved by the Board of Trustees; (iii) the Audit Committee's expected access to the Funds' Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, independent accountants and legal counsel; and (iv) the Audit Committee's expected authority under its Charter to engage independent accounting and other experts without seeking approval from the full Board of Trustees.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Fees and Services
The following table presents fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the Funds:
Services Billed by PwC
February 28, 2009 FeesA
| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
PAS Core Income Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS International Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds | $23,000 | $- | $1,400 | $- |
February 29, 2008 FeesA,B
| Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
PAS Core Income Fund of Funds | $19,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds | $19,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds | $21,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS International Fund of Funds | $22,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS Small Cap Fund of Funds | $22,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds | $21,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
PAS U.S. Opportunity Fund of Funds | $22,000 | $- | $1,000 | $- |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
B PAS Core Income Fund of Funds, PAS Income Opportunities Fund of Funds, PAS International Fidelity Fund of Funds and PAS U.S. Opportunity Fidelity Fund of Funds, commenced operations on September 27, 2007, September 27, 2007, March 8, 2007 and March 8, 2007, respectively.
The following table presents fees billed by PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds and that are rendered on behalf of Strategic Advisers, Inc. ("Strategic Advisers") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Strategic Advisers (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Funds ("Fund Service Providers"):
Services Billed by PwC
| February 28, 2009A | February 29, 2008A |
Audit-Related Fees | $2,985,000 | $220,000B |
Tax Fees | $2,000 | $- |
All Other Fees | $- | $-B |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
B Reflects current period presentation.
"Audit-Related Fees" represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the Fund audit or the review of the Fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.
"Tax Fees" represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.
"All Other Fees" represent fees billed for assurance services provided to the Fund or Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.
Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.
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The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered to the Funds, Strategic Advisers (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider relating to Covered Services and Non-Covered Services (each as defined below) for each of the last two fiscal years of the Funds are as follows:
Billed By | February 28, 2009 A | February 29, 2008 A |
PwC | $3,415,000 | $575,000 |
A Amounts may reflect rounding.
The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by PwC to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC in its audit of the Funds, taking into account representations from PwC, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Funds and their related entities and Strategic Advisers' review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund Service Providers.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The trust's Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the funds. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.
The trust's Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee's consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to the trust and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the trust ("Covered Service") are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.
All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair's absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.
Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the trust ("Non-Covered Service") are not required to be approved, but are reported to the Audit Committee quarterly.
Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X ("De Minimis Exception")
There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Funds' last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Funds or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.
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
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust's 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) | Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH. |
(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: | April 28, 2009 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/Mark Osterheld |
| Mark Osterheld |
| President and Treasurer |
| |
Date: | April 28, 2009 |
By: | /s/Jeffrey Christian |
| Jeffrey Christian |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: | April 28, 2009 |