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 811-1400
Fidelity Contrafund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Eric D. Roiter, 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: | December 31 |
Date of reporting period: | December 31, 2007 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
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Fidelity® Advisor
New Insights
Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C
Annual Report
December 31, 2007
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Contents
Chairman's Message | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. | |
Note to Shareholders | An explanation of the changes to the fund. | |
Performance | How the fund has done over time. | |
Management's Discussion | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. | |
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | ||
Trustees and Officers | ||
Distributions | ||
Proxy Voting Results | ||
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees |
To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com (search for "proxy voting guidelines") 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 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. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com or http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED · MAY LOSE VALUE · NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
Many stock and bond markets around the world have been unsettled of late; however, volatility can often lead to opportunity for patient investors. Financial markets are always unpredictable, but there are a number of time-tested principles that can put the historical odds in your favor.
One of the basic tenets is to invest for the long term. Over time, riding out the markets' inevitable ups and downs has proven much more effective than selling into panic or chasing the hottest trend. Even missing only a few of the markets' best days can significantly diminish investor returns. Patience also affords the benefits of compounding - of earning interest on additional income or reinvested dividends and capital gains. There are tax advantages and cost benefits to consider as well. The more you sell, the more taxes you pay, and the more you trade, the higher the costs. While staying the course doesn't eliminate risk, it can considerably lessen the effect of short-term declines.
You can further manage your investing risk through diversification. And today, more than ever, geographic diversification should be taken into account. Studies indicate that asset allocation is the single most important determinant of a portfolio's long-term success. The right mix of stocks, bonds and cash - aligned to your particular risk tolerance and investment objective - is very important. Age-appropriate rebalancing is also an essential aspect of asset allocation. For younger investors, an emphasis on equities - which historically have been the best-performing asset class over time - is encouraged. As investors near their specific goal, such as retirement or sending a child to college, consideration may be given to replacing volatile assets (e.g. common stocks) with more-stable fixed investments (bonds or savings plans).
A third investment principle - investing regularly - can help lower the average cost of your purchases. Investing a certain amount of money each month or quarter helps ensure you won't pay for all your shares at market highs. This strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - also reduces unconstructive "emotion" from investing, helping shareholders avoid selling weak performers just prior to an upswing, or chasing a hot performer just before a correction.
We invite you to contact us via the Internet, through our Investor Centers or over the phone. It is our privilege to provide you the information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Sincerely,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Note to Shareholders:
On September 19, 2007, shareholders of Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund approved a new management contract for the fund, effective October 1, 2007, which adds a performance adjustment component to the management fee based on the fund's performance versus the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index. The new contract also allows the Board of Trustees to designate an alternate performance adjustment index in the future, without a shareholder vote, when permitted by applicable law.
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Performance: The Bottom Line
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' 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 December 31, 2007 | Past 1 | Life of | |
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) | 13.34% | 18.34% | |
Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge) | 15.80% | 18.73% | |
Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B | 14.24% | 18.72% | |
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) C | 18.37% | 19.05% |
A From July 31, 2003.
B Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year and life of fund total return figures are 5% and 2%, respectively.
C Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charge included in the past one year and life of fund total return figures are 1% and 0%, respectively.
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$10,000 Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund - Class T on July 31, 2003, when the fund started, and the current 3.50% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index performed over the same period.
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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
Comments from William Danoff, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund
U.S. stock markets, as measured by the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM and the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index, registered their fifth consecutive year of positive returns in 2007. The Dow rose 8.88% in that time, while the S&P 500® index advanced 5.49%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite® Index did even better, gaining 10.55%. However, credit- and recession-related concerns carved deeply into equity prices late in 2007, pushing some market measures into negative territory for the year overall, particularly smaller-cap and value-oriented benchmarks. In fact, the entire second half of 2007 was negative for many equity yardsticks, as the credit crunch - precipitated by the housing market slowdown and the subprime mortgage crisis - weighed heavily on investor sentiment. Meanwhile, sharply higher energy prices pressured consumer spending, adding a further layer of anxiety in much of the back half of the period. In an attempt to re-stimulate the economy, the Federal Reserve Board lowered its discount rate and made three cuts to the federal funds target rate. Despite these actions, stocks generally slumped across the board in November and December.
Advisor New Insights had a very good year: Its Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 20.26%, 20.00%, 19.24% and 19.37%, respectively (excluding sales changes), beating the S&P 500 by a wide margin. The fund's healthy outperformance relative to the index was driven by three main factors: its growth-stock bias during a period when growth outpaced value by more than 10 percentage points; extremely productive stock selection, especially in the technology sector; and astute industry positioning by avoiding the most-toxic areas of the weak financials group. The fund's three top relative contributors, leading competitors in the strong Internet and wireless markets, were consumer electronics giant Apple, search engine Google and Research In Motion, a Canada-based out-of-index holding whose popular BlackBerry brand dominates the wireless messaging market. Also making sizable contributions were such stocks as America Movil, a leading wireless provider in Mexico, and insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Relative performance was tempered by a large stake in biopharmaceutical firm Genentech, which stumbled on market worries about delays in its product pipeline. Performance also suffered from holding no stake or only minimal stakes in some of the S&P 500's best-performing stocks, including such names as integrated oil company Chevron and software leader Microsoft.
Note to shareholders: The fund reopened to new accounts on November 1, 2007.
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, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) 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 (July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund 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 for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central 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 for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' 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, the Fund, as a share-holder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Class A | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,099.60 | $ 5.82 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,019.66 | $ 5.60 |
Class T | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,099.00 | $ 7.04 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,018.50 | $ 6.77 |
Class B | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,095.50 | $ 10.04 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,015.63 | $ 9.65 |
Class C | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,095.70 | $ 9.72 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,015.93 | $ 9.35 |
Institutional Class | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,101.10 | $ 4.40 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,021.02 | $ 4.23 |
A 5% return per year before expenses
* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio (shown in the table below); multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Annualized | |
Class A | 1.10% |
Class T | 1.33% |
Class B | 1.90% |
Class C | 1.84% |
Institutional Class | .83% |
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Investment Changes
Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) | 5.5 | 4.5 |
Apple, Inc. | 3.5 | 2.6 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A | 3.1 | 2.6 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.0 | 1.8 |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1.7 | 1.7 |
America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR | 1.7 | 2.6 |
Genentech, Inc. | 1.5 | 1.9 |
The Walt Disney Co. | 1.3 | 1.5 |
26.3 | ||
Top Five Market Sectors as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Information Technology | 23.2 | 21.2 |
Energy | 11.0 | 10.4 |
Financials | 11.0 | 14.8 |
Health Care | 10.2 | 11.3 |
Industrials | 8.3 | 8.8 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) | |||||||
As of December 31, 2007 * | As of June 30, 2007 ** | ||||||
![]() | Stocks 86.7% | ![]() | Stocks 93.4% | ||||
![]() | Convertible | ![]() | Convertible | ||||
![]() | Short-Term | ![]() | Short-Term | ||||
* Foreign investments | 24.3% | ** Foreign investments | 25.1% |
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Investments December 31, 2007
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 86.7% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.1% | |||
Auto Components - 0.1% | |||
Gentex Corp. | 44,300 | $ 787 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 160,800 | 5,795 | |
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a) | 47,900 | 1,352 | |
WABCO Holdings, Inc. | 9,100 | 456 | |
8,390 | |||
Automobiles - 0.2% | |||
DaimlerChrysler AG | 53,600 | 5,126 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. | 248,100 | 13,170 | |
18,296 | |||
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0% | |||
Strayer Education, Inc. | 5,200 | 887 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.5% | |||
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a) | 168,350 | 2,621 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.: | |||
Class A (a) | 235,400 | 34,620 | |
Class B (a) | 5,528 | 680 | |
IHOP Corp. | 27,300 | 999 | |
McDonald's Corp. | 993,027 | 58,499 | |
PokerTek, Inc. (a)(d) | 200,000 | 1,550 | |
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a) | 19,000 | 608 | |
Tim Hortons, Inc. (d) | 1,074,500 | 39,681 | |
139,258 | |||
Household Durables - 0.9% | |||
Fourlis Holdings SA | 527,400 | 20,859 | |
Gafisa SA ADR (a)(d) | 240,900 | 9,022 | |
Garmin Ltd. | 428,800 | 41,594 | |
Snap-On, Inc. | 178,200 | 8,596 | |
80,071 | |||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 82,700 | 7,661 | |
Blue Nile, Inc. (a) | 13,700 | 932 | |
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive Series A (a) | 312,000 | 5,953 | |
Priceline.com, Inc. (a) | 119,400 | 13,714 | |
28,260 | |||
Media - 1.6% | |||
CKX, Inc. (a) | 41,529 | 498 | |
Dolan Media Co. | 443,800 | 12,946 | |
E.W. Scripps Co. Class A | 67,100 | 3,020 | |
Focus Media Holding Ltd. ADR (a)(d) | 294,500 | 16,731 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - continued | |||
Media - continued | |||
The Walt Disney Co. | 3,676,900 | $ 118,690 | |
The Weinstein Co. III Holdings, LLC Class A-1 (e) | 2,267 | 2,267 | |
Vivendi | 19,739 | 904 | |
155,056 | |||
Multiline Retail - 0.3% | |||
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | 2,748,600 | 30,582 | |
Specialty Retail - 0.9% | |||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 24,800 | 942 | |
Gamestop Corp. Class A (a) | 509,800 | 31,664 | |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares) | 33,150 | 2,017 | |
Inditex SA | 92,600 | 5,679 | |
J. Crew Group, Inc. (a) | 601,800 | 29,013 | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | 635,200 | 18,249 | |
87,564 | |||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% | |||
China Hongxing Sports Ltd. | 6,000,000 | 3,996 | |
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (a) | 45,500 | 1,875 | |
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (d) | 13,800 | 654 | |
NIKE, Inc. Class B | 358,400 | 23,024 | |
29,549 | |||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | 577,913 | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - 7.1% | |||
Beverages - 2.7% | |||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a) | 48,500 | 1,826 | |
Diageo PLC sponsored ADR | 199,700 | 17,140 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,546,500 | 117,379 | |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 1,912,300 | 117,358 | |
253,703 | |||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7% | |||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 192,000 | 13,394 | |
CVS Caremark Corp. | 255,300 | 10,148 | |
Koninklijke Ahold NV sponsored ADR | 319,100 | 4,404 | |
Susser Holdings Corp. (a) | 215,962 | 4,427 | |
Tesco PLC | 4,131,500 | 39,176 | |
71,549 | |||
Food Products - 1.0% | |||
Bunge Ltd. | 56,300 | 6,554 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - continued | |||
Food Products - continued | |||
Cosan Ltd. Class A | 350,000 | $ 4,410 | |
Groupe Danone | 213,400 | 19,259 | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a) | 54,500 | 1,744 | |
Kellogg Co. | 254,800 | 13,359 | |
Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A | 70,200 | 2,291 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.) | 23,200 | 880 | |
Nestle SA (Reg.) | 57,655 | 26,406 | |
Smart Balance, Inc. (a)(d) | 500,000 | 5,465 | |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a) | 432,993 | 9,955 | |
Unilever NV (NY Shares) | 50,300 | 1,834 | |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. | 46,700 | 2,734 | |
94,891 | |||
Household Products - 2.7% | |||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 847,200 | 66,048 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2,579,967 | 189,421 | |
255,469 | |||
Personal Products - 0.0% | |||
Chattem, Inc. (a) | 12,400 | 937 | |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | 676,549 | ||
ENERGY - 11.0% | |||
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.7% | |||
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a) | 32,000 | 3,208 | |
Cameron International Corp. (a) | 20,600 | 991 | |
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a) | 148,700 | 8,431 | |
Halliburton Co. | 25,200 | 955 | |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a) | 245,000 | 17,998 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1,667,800 | 164,061 | |
Smith International, Inc. | 756,744 | 55,886 | |
Transocean, Inc. (a) | 39,347 | 5,633 | |
257,163 | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.3% | |||
Addax Petroleum, Inc. | 56,800 | 2,455 | |
Apache Corp. | 84,600 | 9,098 | |
BG Group PLC sponsored ADR | 80,400 | 9,186 | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 301,400 | 22,018 | |
Canadian Oil Sands Trust | 368,900 | 14,373 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 389,800 | 15,280 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | 10,700 | 951 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
ENERGY - continued | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued | |||
EnCana Corp. | 1,525,100 | $ 103,613 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 380,600 | 33,969 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2,656,602 | 248,897 | |
Hess Corp. | 77,600 | 7,827 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | 261,000 | 22,143 | |
Newfield Exploration Co. (a) | 24,600 | 1,296 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 749,000 | 59,560 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 109,300 | 8,415 | |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras sponsored ADR | 730,100 | 84,137 | |
Petroplus Holdings AG | 474,912 | 36,751 | |
Range Resources Corp. | 52,200 | 2,681 | |
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 128,100 | 4,594 | |
Sasol Ltd. sponsored ADR | 16,300 | 806 | |
Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | 38,000 | 2,117 | |
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 123,300 | 13,392 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | 789,734 | 55,305 | |
W&T Offshore, Inc. | 120,800 | 3,619 | |
Williams Companies, Inc. | 25,300 | 905 | |
XTO Energy, Inc. | 544,000 | 27,940 | |
791,328 | |||
TOTAL ENERGY | 1,048,491 | ||
FINANCIALS - 11.0% | |||
Capital Markets - 1.2% | |||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 449,100 | 21,898 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | 9,200 | 1,995 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 1,292,500 | 33,023 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 70,000 | 8,010 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 101,600 | 21,849 | |
Invesco Ltd. | 153,700 | 4,823 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | 25,800 | 1,887 | |
SEI Investments Co. | 308,700 | 9,931 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 103,200 | 6,283 | |
109,699 | |||
Commercial Banks - 1.5% | |||
Allied Irish Banks PLC | 158,100 | 3,632 | |
Banco do Brasil SA | 271,300 | 4,588 | |
Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA sponsored ADR (non-vtg.) | 336,000 | 8,689 | |
Banco Santander SA sponsored ADR | 1,705,800 | 36,743 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
FINANCIALS - continued | |||
Commercial Banks - continued | |||
Center Financial Corp., California | 50,000 | $ 616 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | 29,600 | 2,414 | |
National Australia Bank Ltd. | 117,372 | 3,885 | |
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom) | 249,500 | 9,141 | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 110,100 | 7,702 | |
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (Unibanco) GDR | 35,400 | 4,943 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,954,200 | 58,997 | |
141,350 | |||
Consumer Finance - 0.8% | |||
American Express Co. | 1,469,100 | 76,423 | |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.8% | |||
Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros - BM&F SA | 504,200 | 7,011 | |
Bovespa Holding SA | 53,000 | 993 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | 1,110,500 | 32,693 | |
CME Group, Inc. | 18,106 | 12,421 | |
Govi High Power Exploration, Inc. warrants 1/1/49 (a)(e) | 2,750,000 | 5,500 | |
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a) | 26,600 | 5,121 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 244,500 | 10,672 | |
MSCI, Inc. Class A | 20,600 | 791 | |
75,202 | |||
Insurance - 6.7% | |||
Admiral Group PLC | 944,200 | 20,636 | |
Allstate Corp. | 558,300 | 29,160 | |
American International Group, Inc. | 988,600 | 57,635 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a) | 23,000 | 1,618 | |
Assurant, Inc. | 158,700 | 10,617 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 344,500 | 13,425 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A (a) | 2,074 | 293,678 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 39,665 | 3,982 | |
Loews Corp. | 721,900 | 36,340 | |
Markel Corp. (a) | 9,400 | 4,616 | |
MetLife, Inc. | 631,600 | 38,919 | |
MetLife, Inc. unit | 406,600 | 12,438 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 13,800 | 950 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 440,000 | 40,938 | |
The Chubb Corp. | 1,097,200 | 59,885 | |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | 188,761 | 5,627 | |
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 5,827 | 2,995 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
FINANCIALS - continued | |||
Insurance - continued | |||
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | 125,480 | $ 4,764 | |
Zenith National Insurance Corp. | 12,500 | 559 | |
638,782 | |||
TOTAL FINANCIALS | 1,041,456 | ||
HEALTH CARE - 10.0% | |||
Biotechnology - 3.2% | |||
Celgene Corp. (a) | 359,700 | 16,622 | |
Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (a) | 622,500 | 20,356 | |
Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (a) | 71,461 | 2,103 | |
CSL Ltd. | 227,152 | 7,234 | |
Genentech, Inc. (a) | 2,106,900 | 141,310 | |
Genmab AS (a) | 83,200 | 5,032 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) | 1,858,900 | 85,528 | |
GTx, Inc. (a) | 124,009 | 1,780 | |
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (a) | 59,800 | 624 | |
MannKind Corp. (a)(d) | 685,533 | 5,457 | |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 (a)(e) | 29,881 | 71 | |
Medarex, Inc. (a)(d) | 761,900 | 7,939 | |
Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 46,600 | 1,619 | |
ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 15,200 | 845 | |
OREXIGEN Therapeutics, Inc. | 71,495 | 1,019 | |
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a) | 94,500 | 1,077 | |
Targacept, Inc. (a) | 841,800 | 6,953 | |
305,569 | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.7% | |||
Alcon, Inc. | 185,000 | 26,462 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 272,700 | 22,792 | |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 219,799 | 20,837 | |
China Medical Technologies, Inc. sponsored ADR (d) | 21,300 | 946 | |
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | 526,700 | 23,712 | |
Gen-Probe, Inc. (a) | 58,800 | 3,700 | |
Hologic, Inc. (a) | 122,600 | 8,415 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | 12,400 | 4,024 | |
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (a) | 163,800 | 9,202 | |
IRIS International, Inc. (a) | 445,400 | 8,739 | |
Mindray Medical International Ltd. sponsored ADR | 131,200 | 5,638 | |
NuVasive, Inc. (a) | 120,500 | 4,762 | |
Smith & Nephew PLC | 125,200 | 1,438 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
HEALTH CARE - continued | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - continued | |||
Stereotaxis, Inc. (a) | 64,900 | $ 793 | |
Stryker Corp. | 237,600 | 17,753 | |
TomoTherapy, Inc. (d) | 143,800 | 2,813 | |
162,026 | |||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.8% | |||
Aetna, Inc. | 127,700 | 7,372 | |
Amedisys, Inc. (a) | 45,100 | 2,188 | |
athenahealth, Inc. | 23,300 | 839 | |
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) | 60,400 | 3,709 | |
HMS Holdings Corp. (a) | 508,900 | 16,901 | |
Humana, Inc. (a) | 29,857 | 2,249 | |
McKesson Corp. | 79,700 | 5,221 | |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a) | 245,200 | 24,863 | |
Nighthawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (a) | 210,992 | 4,441 | |
VCA Antech, Inc. (a) | 106,800 | 4,724 | |
72,507 | |||
Health Care Technology - 0.1% | |||
HLTH Corp. (a) | 467,100 | 6,259 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7% | |||
Covance, Inc. (a) | 11,300 | 979 | |
Dionex Corp. (a)(d) | 33,300 | 2,759 | |
ICON PLC sponsored ADR (a) | 288,000 | 17,816 | |
Invitrogen Corp. (a) | 60,300 | 5,633 | |
Medivation, Inc. (a) | 58,200 | 838 | |
Millipore Corp. (a) | 27,100 | 1,983 | |
QIAGEN NV (a) | 143,700 | 3,025 | |
Techne Corp. (a) | 73,700 | 4,868 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a) | 158,500 | 9,142 | |
Waters Corp. (a) | 321,300 | 25,405 | |
72,448 | |||
Pharmaceuticals - 3.5% | |||
Abbott Laboratories | 491,000 | 27,570 | |
Allergan, Inc. | 309,500 | 19,882 | |
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | 74,000 | 1,285 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 596,600 | 15,822 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 330,400 | 22,038 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 2,036,300 | 118,329 | |
Novo Nordisk AS Series B | 166,400 | 10,910 | |
Pronova BioPharma ASA | 1,000,000 | 4,048 | |
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) | 395,355 | 67,527 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
HEALTH CARE - continued | |||
Pharmaceuticals - continued | |||
Schering-Plough Corp. | 1,669,000 | $ 44,462 | |
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d) | 41,800 | 572 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sponsored ADR | 18,400 | 855 | |
XenoPort, Inc. (a) | 44,700 | 2,498 | |
335,798 | |||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | 954,607 | ||
INDUSTRIALS - 8.3% | |||
Aerospace & Defense - 1.2% | |||
General Dynamics Corp. | 59,400 | 5,286 | |
Heico Corp. Class A | 18,000 | 767 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 522,200 | 54,967 | |
Precision Castparts Corp. | 95,400 | 13,232 | |
Raytheon Co. | 80,800 | 4,905 | |
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A | 312,000 | 10,764 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a) | 66,600 | 3,552 | |
The Boeing Co. | 223,400 | 19,539 | |
United Technologies Corp. | 32,000 | 2,449 | |
115,461 | |||
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4% | |||
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (d) | 781,672 | 42,304 | |
Airlines - 0.1% | |||
Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR (a) | 162,026 | 6,390 | |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3% | |||
Advisory Board Co. (a) | 16,400 | 1,053 | |
Covanta Holding Corp. (a) | 136,700 | 3,781 | |
FTI Consulting, Inc. (a) | 15,200 | 937 | |
Fuel Tech, Inc. (a) | 21,100 | 478 | |
IHS, Inc. Class A (a) | 45,100 | 2,731 | |
InnerWorkings, Inc. (a) | 55,500 | 958 | |
Interface, Inc. Class A | 189,400 | 3,091 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | 72,000 | 1,947 | |
Seek Ltd. | 1,000,000 | 7,007 | |
Stericycle, Inc. (a) | 40,800 | 2,424 | |
24,407 | |||
Construction & Engineering - 0.9% | |||
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a) | 787,400 | 75,283 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INDUSTRIALS - continued | |||
Construction & Engineering - continued | |||
KBR, Inc. | 161,400 | $ 6,262 | |
URS Corp. (a) | 73,000 | 3,966 | |
85,511 | |||
Electrical Equipment - 2.6% | |||
ABB Ltd. sponsored ADR | 498,100 | 14,345 | |
Alstom SA | 4,100 | 880 | |
Cooper Industries Ltd. Class A | 1,490,700 | 78,828 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | 16,300 | 924 | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | 6,900 | 1,843 | |
GrafTech International Ltd. (a) | 500,000 | 8,875 | |
Q-Cells AG (a) | 361,100 | 51,434 | |
Renewable Energy Corp. AS (a) | 845,500 | 42,940 | |
Roper Industries, Inc. | 12,900 | 807 | |
SolarWorld AG | 435,400 | 26,529 | |
Sunpower Corp. Class A (a) | 72,300 | 9,427 | |
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 97,100 | 7,993 | |
Vestas Wind Systems AS (a) | 10,000 | 1,080 | |
245,905 | |||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.2% | |||
General Electric Co. | 43,600 | 1,616 | |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 374,000 | 4,243 | |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NY Shares) | 49,200 | 2,103 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | 14,400 | 850 | |
Siemens AG sponsored ADR | 55,900 | 8,796 | |
17,608 | |||
Machinery - 2.2% | |||
Astec Industries, Inc. (a) | 10,600 | 394 | |
Bucyrus International, Inc. Class A | 34,000 | 3,379 | |
Cummins, Inc. | 115,000 | 14,648 | |
Danaher Corp. | 958,377 | 84,088 | |
Deere & Co. | 217,900 | 20,291 | |
IDEX Corp. | 280,100 | 10,120 | |
Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. Class A | 48,400 | 2,249 | |
ITT Corp. | 44,500 | 2,939 | |
Kennametal, Inc. | 82,000 | 3,105 | |
Manitowoc Co., Inc. | 19,700 | 962 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | 936,223 | 51,005 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INDUSTRIALS - continued | |||
Machinery - continued | |||
Pall Corp. | 256,500 | $ 10,342 | |
SPX Corp. | 36,300 | 3,733 | |
207,255 | |||
Road & Rail - 0.4% | |||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 87,100 | 7,249 | |
Canadian National Railway Co. | 548,700 | 25,763 | |
CSX Corp. | 41,900 | 1,843 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | 34,700 | 4,359 | |
39,214 | |||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | 784,055 | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 23.2% | |||
Communications Equipment - 2.7% | |||
Aruba Networks, Inc. | 445,401 | 6,641 | |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a) | 67,800 | 2,229 | |
Ciena Corp. (a) | 78,400 | 2,674 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | 2,117,400 | 57,318 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) | 28,600 | 950 | |
Nice Systems Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 91,000 | 3,123 | |
Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR | 1,648,200 | 63,274 | |
Nortel Networks Corp. (a) | 201,200 | 3,034 | |
Research In Motion Ltd. (a) | 1,041,700 | 118,129 | |
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a) | 124,900 | 3,340 | |
Starent Networks Corp. | 37,569 | 686 | |
261,398 | |||
Computers & Peripherals - 7.8% | |||
Apple, Inc. (a) | 1,695,400 | 335,825 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | 1,249,400 | 30,623 | |
EMC Corp. (a) | 930,600 | 17,244 | |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 6,435,500 | 324,864 | |
Logitech International SA (a) | 183,700 | 6,731 | |
NCR Corp. (a) | 579,000 | 14,533 | |
Netezza Corp. | 26,400 | 364 | |
Synaptics, Inc. (a) | 48,700 | 2,004 | |
Teradata Corp. (a) | 83,800 | 2,297 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | 317,000 | 9,577 | |
744,062 | |||
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued | |||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.0% | |||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) | 49,800 | $ 1,830 | |
Amphenol Corp. Class A | 889,640 | 41,253 | |
Flextronics International Ltd. (a) | 149,900 | 1,808 | |
FLIR Systems, Inc. (a) | 723,800 | 22,655 | |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn) | 864,468 | 5,385 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) | 83,500 | 9,502 | |
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a) | 159,200 | 4,814 | |
Tyco Electronics Ltd. | 125,000 | 4,641 | |
91,888 | |||
Internet Software & Services - 6.3% | |||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) | 354,500 | 12,266 | |
Bankrate, Inc. (a)(d) | 127,500 | 6,131 | |
Constant Contact, Inc. (d) | 174,900 | 3,760 | |
Dice Holdings, Inc. | 83,800 | 670 | |
Equinix, Inc. (a) | 43,500 | 4,397 | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a) | 750,867 | 519,204 | |
Mercadolibre, Inc. | 60,900 | 4,499 | |
NHN Corp. (a) | 14,486 | 3,499 | |
Open Text Corp. (a) | 25,900 | 818 | |
VeriSign, Inc. (a) | 825,500 | 31,047 | |
VistaPrint Ltd. (a) | 296,000 | 12,684 | |
598,975 | |||
IT Services - 1.6% | |||
Accenture Ltd. Class A | 764,000 | 27,527 | |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | 40,100 | 926 | |
Mastercard, Inc. Class A | 269,000 | 57,889 | |
Paychex, Inc. (d) | 416,100 | 15,071 | |
Redecard SA | 123,200 | 2,007 | |
Sapient Corp. (a) | 748,600 | 6,595 | |
SRA International, Inc. Class A (a) | 201,561 | 5,936 | |
The Western Union Co. | 363,900 | 8,835 | |
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (a)(d) | 945,600 | 21,985 | |
Wright Express Corp. (a) | 29,800 | 1,058 | |
147,829 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.2% | |||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 397,400 | 7,058 | |
ASML Holding NV (NY Shares) (a) | 191,477 | 5,991 | |
Atheros Communications, Inc. (a) | 28,983 | 885 | |
Broadcom Corp. Class A (a) | 32,600 | 852 | |
Cavium Networks, Inc. | 110,162 | 2,536 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - continued | |||
Intel Corp. | 1,285,750 | $ 34,278 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | 356,100 | 15,394 | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) | 633,200 | 8,852 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | 76,700 | 6,787 | |
NVIDIA Corp. (a) | 495,100 | 16,843 | |
O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 3,000 | 35 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 488,000 | 4,333 | |
Sigma Designs, Inc. (a) | 27,100 | 1,496 | |
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. sponsored ADR (a) | 168,600 | 2,998 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR | 185,700 | 1,850 | |
Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a) | 56,500 | 2,350 | |
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (a) | 73,900 | 2,734 | |
Zoran Corp. (a) | 47,500 | 1,069 | |
116,341 | |||
Software - 2.6% | |||
Activision, Inc. (a) | 661,900 | 19,658 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) | 1,421,306 | 60,732 | |
Autonomy Corp. PLC (a) | 169,300 | 2,974 | |
BMC Software, Inc. (a) | 333,700 | 11,893 | |
CommVault Systems, Inc. (a) | 569,168 | 12,055 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) | 103,300 | 6,034 | |
Gameloft (a) | 291,000 | 2,548 | |
GSE Systems, Inc. (a) | 500,000 | 5,120 | |
Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. ADR | 5,700 | 135 | |
McAfee, Inc. (a) | 584,200 | 21,908 | |
Nintendo Co. Ltd. | 47,400 | 28,080 | |
Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d) | 202,900 | 3,790 | |
Oracle Corp. (a) | 302,750 | 6,836 | |
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | 289,200 | 18,130 | |
Taleo Corp. Class A (a) | 116,165 | 3,459 | |
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a) | 186,000 | 18,858 | |
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a) | 168,339 | 5,298 | |
Utimaco Safeware AG | 350,000 | 5,210 | |
VMware, Inc. Class A (d) | 169,000 | 14,363 | |
247,081 | |||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 2,207,574 | ||
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
MATERIALS - 6.7% | |||
Chemicals - 2.1% | |||
Bayer AG | 473,700 | $ 43,107 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | 697,000 | 35,693 | |
Monsanto Co. | 429,700 | 47,993 | |
Nalco Holding Co. | 308,500 | 7,460 | |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 38,800 | 5,586 | |
Praxair, Inc. | 550,400 | 48,826 | |
Rohm & Haas Co. | 16,800 | 892 | |
The Mosaic Co. (a) | 56,500 | 5,330 | |
Wacker Chemie AG | 17,000 | 4,905 | |
199,792 | |||
Metals & Mining - 4.5% | |||
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. | 102,800 | 5,631 | |
Anglo American PLC ADR | 1,329,071 | 40,364 | |
Anglo Platinum Ltd. | 8,600 | 1,266 | |
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (Australia) | 1,794,000 | 20,381 | |
ArcelorMittal SA (NY Reg.) Class A | 166,200 | 12,856 | |
B2Gold Corp. (a)(e) | 1,000,000 | 2,129 | |
B2Gold Corp. (a) | 500,000 | 1,183 | |
Barrick Gold Corp. | 855,000 | 35,954 | |
BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (d) | 815,500 | 57,118 | |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce sponsored ADR | 216,000 | 7,057 | |
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA sponsored ADR | 99,100 | 5,609 | |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (a) | 259,700 | 1,524 | |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 10,000 | 856 | |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | 435,700 | 6,644 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B | 431,900 | 44,244 | |
Goldcorp, Inc. | 1,862,001 | 63,344 | |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | 84,900 | 2,936 | |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a) | 1,665,000 | 18,099 | |
Kinross Gold Corp. (a) | 1,123,376 | 20,691 | |
Lihir Gold Ltd. (a) | 6,545,468 | 20,697 | |
Lundin Mining Corp. (a) | 470,300 | 4,516 | |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 468,618 | 13,586 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. | 172,700 | 744 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. warrants 3/7/11 (a) | 172,700 | 173 | |
POSCO sponsored ADR | 116,200 | 17,478 | |
Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR | 180,100 | 6,687 | |
Red Back Mining, Inc. (a) | 707,900 | 5,052 | |
Rio Tinto PLC (Reg.) | 43,300 | 4,545 | |
Silver Bear Resources, Inc. | 275,700 | 777 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
MATERIALS - continued | |||
Metals & Mining - continued | |||
Silvercorp Metals, Inc. | 84,600 | $ 799 | |
Teck Cominco Ltd. Class B (sub. vtg.) | 66,800 | 2,382 | |
Vedanta Resources PLC | 20,300 | 825 | |
Xstrata PLC | 13,500 | 952 | |
427,099 | |||
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1% | |||
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. | 379,600 | 1,667 | |
Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. | 1,748,000 | 4,421 | |
6,088 | |||
TOTAL MATERIALS | 632,979 | ||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.5% | |||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5% | |||
AT&T, Inc. | 760,632 | 31,612 | |
Cbeyond, Inc. (a) | 41,564 | 1,621 | |
Iliad Group SA | 29,700 | 3,190 | |
Telefonica SA sponsored ADR | 49,500 | 4,831 | |
41,254 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.0% | |||
America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR | 2,596,900 | 159,424 | |
American Tower Corp. Class A (a) | 45,427 | 1,935 | |
Bharti Airtel Ltd. (a) | 885,954 | 22,402 | |
NII Holdings, Inc. (a) | 153,847 | 7,434 | |
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR | 25,000 | 933 | |
192,128 | |||
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | 233,382 | ||
UTILITIES - 0.8% | |||
Electric Utilities - 0.5% | |||
Allegheny Energy, Inc. | 174,300 | 11,087 | |
E.ON AG sponsored ADR | 178,900 | 12,586 | |
Edison International | 16,400 | 875 | |
Entergy Corp. | 52,600 | 6,287 | |
Exelon Corp. | 62,400 | 5,094 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 44,200 | 3,197 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
UTILITIES - continued | |||
Electric Utilities - continued | |||
FPL Group, Inc. | 25,900 | $ 1,756 | |
PPL Corp. | 89,800 | 4,678 | |
45,560 | |||
Gas Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Questar Corp. | 15,100 | 817 | |
Southern Union Co. | 118,275 | 3,473 | |
4,290 | |||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1% | |||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | 73,800 | 7,567 | |
International Power PLC | 650,100 | 5,997 | |
13,564 | |||
Multi-Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Veolia Environnement | 48,414 | 4,412 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd | 2,133,100 | 5,096 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd rights 1/7/08 (a) | 142,206 | 73 | |
9,581 | |||
TOTAL UTILITIES | 72,995 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $5,846,330) | 8,230,001 | ||
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2% | |||
HEALTH CARE - 0.2% | |||
Biotechnology - 0.2% | |||
Fluidigm Corp. (e) | 481,170 | 1,925 | |
Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. Series B (e) | 1,792,115 | 15,000 | |
16,925 | |||
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $16,925) | 16,925 | ||
Money Market Funds - 13.8% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 4.58% (b) | 1,216,587,820 | $ 1,216,588 | |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 4.65% (b)(c) | 92,726,988 | 92,727 | |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $1,309,315) | 1,309,315 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.7% (Cost $7,172,570) | 9,556,241 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS - (0.7)% | (62,976) | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 9,493,265 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. |
(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(e) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $26,891,000 or 0.3% of net assets. |
Additional information on each holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost (000s) |
B2Gold Corp. | 10/24/07 | $ 1,032 |
Fluidigm Corp. | 10/9/07 | $ 1,925 |
Govi High Power Exploration, Inc. warrants 1/1/49 | 9/28/07 | $ 5,500 |
Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. Series B | 4/4/07 | $ 15,000 |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 | 8/3/05 | $ 1 |
The Weinstein Co. III Holdings, LLC Class A-1 | 10/19/05 | $ 2,267 |
Affiliated Central Funds |
Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Income earned |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund | $ 31,243 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund | 1,785 |
Total | $ 33,028 |
Other Affiliated Issuers |
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows: |
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Dividend Income | Value, |
Double-Take Software, Inc. | $ - | $ 21,535 | $ 19,955 | $ - | $ - |
Other Information |
Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: |
United States of America | 75.7% |
Canada | 5.2% |
Bermuda | 2.2% |
Switzerland | 2.0% |
United Kingdom | 1.9% |
Netherlands Antilles | 1.7% |
Mexico | 1.7% |
Germany | 1.6% |
Brazil | 1.5% |
Others (individually less than 1%) | 6.5% |
100.0% |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Annual Report
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts) | December 31, 2007 | |
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $89,560) - See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $5,863,255) | $ 8,246,926 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,309,315) | 1,309,315 | |
Total Investments (cost $7,172,570) | $ 9,556,241 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 7,821 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 39,006 | |
Dividends receivable | 8,199 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 4,740 | |
Prepaid expenses | 28 | |
Other receivables | 97 | |
Total assets | 9,616,132 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 4,218 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 14,520 | |
Distributions payable | 82 | |
Accrued management fee | 4,337 | |
Distribution fees payable | 3,396 | |
Other affiliated payables | 1,644 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 1,943 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 92,727 | |
Total liabilities | 122,867 | |
Net Assets | $ 9,493,265 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 7,049,543 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 1,226 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | 58,856 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 2,383,640 | |
Net Assets | $ 9,493,265 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts) | December 31, 2007 | |
Calculation of Maximum Offering Price | $ 21.65 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $21.65) | $ 22.97 | |
Class T: | $ 21.56 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $21.56) | $ 22.34 | |
Class B: | $ 21.04 | |
Class C: | $ 21.10 | |
Institutional Class: | $ 21.84 |
A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Year ended December 31, 2007 | |
Investment Income | ||
Dividends | $ 90,293 | |
Interest | 36 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds | 33,028 | |
Total income | 123,357 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 45,961 | |
Transfer agent fees | 17,290 | |
Distribution fees | 37,779 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 1,249 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 497 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 28 | |
Registration fees | 86 | |
Audit | 101 | |
Legal | 59 | |
Miscellaneous | 2,632 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 105,682 | |
Expense reductions | (363) | 105,319 |
Net investment income (loss) | 18,038 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers | 342,693 | |
Other affiliated issuers | (1,580) | |
Foreign currency transactions | (30) | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 341,083 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $1) | 1,132,792 | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (15) | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,132,777 | |
Net gain (loss) | 1,473,860 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 1,491,898 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Year ended | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 18,038 | $ 9,962 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 341,083 | (97,322) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,132,777 | 700,051 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 1,491,898 | 612,691 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (17,144) | (10,473) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (168,267) | (24,707) |
Total distributions | (185,411) | (35,180) |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | 610,558 | 2,743,651 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,917,045 | 3,321,162 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 7,576,220 | 4,255,058 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $1,226 and $0, respectively) | $ 9,493,265 | $ 7,576,220 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class A
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.37 | $ 16.65 | $ 13.99 | $ 11.79 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | .08 | .06 | .02 | (.03) | (.04) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.65 | 1.78 | 2.64 | 2.24 | 1.87 |
Total from investment operations | 3.73 | 1.84 | 2.66 | 2.21 | 1.83 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.06) | (.03) | - | (.01) | (.03) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.45) | (.12)J | - | (.01) | (.04) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.65 | $ 18.37 | $ 16.65 | $ 13.99 | $ 11.79 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 20.26% | 11.06% | 19.01% | 18.76% | 18.23% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.09% | 1.12% | 1.17% | 1.22% | 1.39%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.09% | 1.12% | 1.17% | 1.22% | 1.39%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.08% | 1.11% | 1.13% | 1.17% | 1.28%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .42% | .37% | .13% | (.26)% | (.81)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,630 | $ 1,823 | $ 1,019 | $ 230 | $ 37 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%A |
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.034 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class T
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.29 | $ 16.57 | $ 13.96 | $ 11.78 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | .04 | .03 | (.01) | (.06) | (.05) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.62 | 1.77 | 2.62 | 2.25 | 1.86 |
Total from investment operations | 3.66 | 1.80 | 2.61 | 2.19 | 1.81 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.08)J | - | (.01) | (.03) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.56 | $ 18.29 | $ 16.57 | $ 13.96 | $ 11.78 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 20.00% | 10.90% | 18.70% | 18.60% | 18.08% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.31% | 1.32% | 1.38% | 1.43% | 1.62%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.31% | 1.32% | 1.38% | 1.43% | 1.62%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.31% | 1.31% | 1.34% | 1.39% | 1.51%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .19% | .17% | (.08)% | (.48)% | (1.04)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,185 | $ 2,165 | $ 1,393 | $ 325 | $ 62 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.08 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class B
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 17.97 | $ 16.35 | $ 13.85 | $ 11.76 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | (.08) | (.07) | (.10) | (.13) | (.07) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.54 | 1.74 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 1.85 |
Total from investment operations | 3.46 | 1.67 | 2.50 | 2.10 | 1.78 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.01) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.05) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.05)J | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.04 | $ 17.97 | $ 16.35 | $ 13.85 | $ 11.76 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 19.24% | 10.23% | 18.05% | 17.87% | 17.75% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.89% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 2.02% | 2.19%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.89% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 2.02% | 2.19%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.89% | 1.92% | 1.94% | 1.97% | 2.08%A |
Net investment income (loss) | (.39)% | (.44)% | (.68)% | (1.06)% | (1.61)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 489 | $ 452 | $ 339 | $ 109 | $ 27 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.05 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.050 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class C
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.00 | $ 16.37 | $ 13.86 | $ 11.76 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | (.06) | (.06) | (.09) | (.12) | (.07) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.55 | 1.74 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 1.85 |
Total from investment operations | 3.49 | 1.68 | 2.51 | 2.11 | 1.78 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.01) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.05) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.05)J | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.10 | $ 18.00 | $ 16.37 | $ 13.86 | $ 11.76 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 19.37% | 10.28% | 18.11% | 17.95% | 17.77% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.82% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 1.94% | 2.14%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.82% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 1.94% | 2.14%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.82% | 1.83% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 2.03%A |
Net investment income (loss) | (.32)% | (.35)% | (.59)% | (.98)% | (1.55)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 1,879 | $ 1,596 | $ 1,006 | $ 246 | $ 49 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.05 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.050 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003G |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.52 | $ 16.78 | $ 14.05 | $ 11.79 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)D | .14 | .12 | .07 | .01 | (.02) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.67 | 1.79 | 2.66 | 2.26 | 1.86 |
Total from investment operations | 3.81 | 1.91 | 2.73 | 2.27 | 1.84 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.09) | - | (.01) | (.04) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.49) | (.17)I | - | (.01) | (.05) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.84 | $ 18.52 | $ 16.78 | $ 14.05 | $ 11.79 |
Total ReturnB,C | 20.57% | 11.40% | 19.43% | 19.27% | 18.31% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,H | |||||
Expenses before reductions | .81% | .83% | .84% | .86% | 1.07%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .81% | .83% | .84% | .86% | 1.07%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .81% | .82% | .79% | .82% | .96%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .69% | .66% | .47% | .10% | (.49)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,309 | $ 1,540 | $ 498 | $ 120 | $ 23 |
Portfolio turnover rateF | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
I Total distributions of $.17 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.086 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 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 December 31, 2007
(Amounts in Thousands except ratios)
1. Organization.
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Contrafund (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions also differ by class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.
A complete list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's web site or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
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Security Valuation. Investments are valued and net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated (NAV calculation) as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Wherever possible, the Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the 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, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds are valued at their closing net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or do not accurately reflect fair value, valuations may be determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. For example, when developments occur between the close of a market and the close of the NYSE that may materially affect the value of some or all of the securities, or when trading in a security is halted, those securities may be fair valued. Factors used in the determination of fair value may include monitoring news to identify significant market or security specific events such as changes in the value of U.S. securities markets, reviewing developments in foreign markets and evaluating the performance of ADRs, futures contracts and exchange-traded funds. Because the Fund's utilization of fair value pricing depends on market activity, the frequency with which fair value pricing is used cannot be predicted and may be utilized to a significant extent. The value of securities used for NAV calculation under fair value pricing may differ from published prices for the same securities.
Foreign Currency. The Fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
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(Amounts in Thousands except ratios)
3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Foreign Currency - continued
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
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 and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
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. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, the Fund will claim a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.
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 foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards 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 | $ 2,516,759 |
Unrealized depreciation | (142,685) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 2,374,074 |
Undistributed long-term capital gain | 53,909 |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 7,182,167 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
December 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |
Ordinary Income | $ 17,144 | $ 20,374 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 168,267 | 14,806 |
Total | $ 185,411 | $ 35,180 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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(Amounts in Thousands except ratios)
4. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash
balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities aggregated $4,333,991 and $4,574,648, respectively.
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, on September 19, 2007, shareholders approved a new management contract which adds a performance adjustment to the management fee (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Fund's Institutional Class as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. The Fund's performance period began on October 1, 2007. The performance adjustment will take effect starting with the twelfth month of the performance period (September, 2008). Subsequent months will be added until the performance period
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includes 36 months. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates and the total amounts paid to and retained by FDC were as follows:
Distribution | Service | Paid to | Retained | |
Class A | -% | .25% | $ 5,212 | $ 448 |
Class T | .25% | .25% | 11,068 | 252 |
Class B | .75% | .25% | 4,627 | 3,472 |
Class C | .75% | .25% | 16,872 | 1,915 |
$ 37,779 | $ 6,087 |
Sales Load. FDC receives a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares, and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. FDC receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. These charges depend on the holding period. The deferred sales charges range from 5% to 1% for Class B, 1% for Class C, 1.00% to .50% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.
For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:
Retained | |
Class A | $ 577 |
Class T | 205 |
Class B* | 684 |
Class C* | 100 |
$ 1,566 |
* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of
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shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the total transfer agent fees paid by each class to FIIOC were as follows:
Amount | % of | |
Class A | $ 4,620 | .22 |
Class T | 4,335 | .20 |
Class B | 1,276 | .28 |
Class C | 3,520 | .21 |
Institutional Class | 3,539 | .20 |
$ 17,290 |
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.
Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $35 for the period.
7. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $4.2 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $16 and is reflected in Miscellaneous Expense on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Security Lending.
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation
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to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less fees and expenses associated with the loan, plus any premium payments that may be received on the loan of certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Net income from lending portfolio securities during the period amounted to $1,785.
9. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $272 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian and each class' transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $13. During the period, credits reduced each class' transfer agent expense as noted in the table below.
Transfer Agent | |
Class A | $ 34 |
Class T | 21 |
Institutional Class | 7 |
$ 63 |
10. 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.
In September 2006, FIIOC, the Fund's transfer agent, notified the Fund that the Fund's books and records did not reflect a conversion of certain Class B to Class A shares upon their conversion date. In March 2007, FIIOC converted the relevant Class B shares to Class A shares and recorded the conversion in the books and records of the Fund which
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did not result in a material impact to the Fund's reported net assets or results of operations in the accompanying financial statements. FIIOC has remediated affected shareholders and reimbursed the Fund for all related audit and legal expenses.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is conducting an investigation of FMR (covering the years 2002 to 2004) arising from gifts, gratuities and business entertainment provided by certain brokers to certain individuals who were employed on FMR's domestic equity trading desk during that period. FMR is in discussions with the SEC staff regarding the possible resolution of the matter, but as of period-end no final resolution has been reached.
In December 2006, the Independent Trustees completed their own investigation of the matter with the assistance of independent counsel. The Independent Trustees and FMR agree that, despite the absence of proof that the Fidelity mutual funds experienced diminished execution quality as a result of the improper receipt of gifts and business entertainment, the conduct at issue was serious and is worthy of redress. Accordingly, the Independent Trustees have requested and FMR has agreed to pay $42 million to Fidelity mutual funds, plus interest to be determined at the time that payment is made. A method of allocating this payment among the funds has not yet been determined. The total payment to the Fund is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Fund's net assets. In addition, FMR reimbursed related legal expenses which are recorded in the accompanying Statement of Operations as an expense reduction.
11. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 |
From net investment income | ||
Class A | $ 6,522 | $ 3,373 |
Institutional Class | 10,622 | 7,100 |
Total | $ 17,144 | $ 10,473 |
From net realized gain | ||
Class A | $ 46,240 | $ 6,877 |
Class T | 38,909 | 8,598 |
Class B | 8,910 | 1,130 |
Class C | 33,987 | 3,506 |
Institutional Class | 40,221 | 4,596 |
Total | $ 168,267 | $ 24,707 |
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12. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:
Shares | Dollars | |||
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 |
Class A | ||||
Shares sold | 41,083 | 56,857 | $ 854,701 | $ 987,944 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,200 | 510 | 47,987 | 9,102 |
Shares redeemed | (21,029) | (19,382) | (422,867) | (338,857) |
Net increase (decrease) | 22,254 | 37,985 | $ 479,821 | $ 658,189 |
Class T | ||||
Shares sold | 12,545 | 49,748 | $ 252,804 | $ 860,917 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,686 | 464 | 36,596 | 8,157 |
Shares redeemed | (31,235) | (15,864) | (633,560) | (273,911) |
Net increase (decrease) | (17,004) | 34,348 | $ (344,160) | $ 595,163 |
Class B | ||||
Shares sold | 2,077 | 8,880 | $ 41,743 | $ 151,398 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 352 | 56 | 7,470 | 941 |
Shares redeemed | (4,354) | (4,507) | (84,616) | (76,579) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,925) | 4,429 | $ (35,403) | $ 75,760 |
Class C | ||||
Shares sold | 11,087 | 36,136 | $ 226,470 | $ 616,428 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,198 | 154 | 25,448 | 2,604 |
Shares redeemed | (11,884) | (9,125) | (231,726) | (154,499) |
Net increase (decrease) | 401 | 27,165 | $ 20,192 | $ 464,533 |
Institutional Class | ||||
Shares sold | 40,372 | 68,189 | $ 849,560 | $ 1,206,339 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,513 | 432 | 33,288 | 7,867 |
Shares redeemed | (19,329) | (15,120) | (392,740) | (264,200) |
Net increase (decrease) | 22,556 | 53,501 | $ 490,108 | $ 950,006 |
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To the Trustees of Fidelity Contrafund and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund:
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 Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund (a fund of Fidelity Contrafund) at December 31, 2007, 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 Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund's 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 December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2008
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Trustees and Officers
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 James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 373 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 368 funds advised by FMR 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. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 72nd birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. 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 1-877-208-0098.
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 | |
Edward C. Johnson 3d (77) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 1984 Mr. Johnson is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Johnson serves as President (2006-present), Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC; Chairman and a Director of FMR; Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (FRAC); Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc.; and Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as Chairman and Director of Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related. | |
James C. Curvey (72) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) or Member of the Advisory Board (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007- |
* 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 FMR. 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 | |
Dennis J. Dirks (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) (1999-2003). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) (1999-2003) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) (1999-2003). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003) and Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003). Mr. Dirks also serves as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005- | |
Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (65) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (1989-2002). He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2001-present), Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Saint Barnabas Health Care System. | |
George H. Heilmeier (71) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Dr. Heilmeier is Chairman Emeritus of Telcordia Technologies (communication software and systems), where prior to his retirement, he served as company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of The Mitre Corporation (systems engineering and information technology support for the government), and HRL Laboratories (private research and development, 2004-present). He is Chairman of the General Motors Science & Technology Advisory Board and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Heilmeier is a member of the Defense Science Board and the National Security Agency Advisory Board. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Dr. Heilmeier served as a Director of TRW Inc. (automotive, space, defense, and information technology, 1992-2002), Compaq (1994-2002), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) (technology-based business outsourcing, 1995-2002), INET Technologies Inc. (telecommunications network surveillance, 2001-2004), and Teletech Holdings (customer management services). He is the recipient of the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his invention of the liquid crystal display, and a member of the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. | |
James H. Keyes (67) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr. Keyes was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls, Inc. (automotive supplier, 1993-2003). He currently serves as a member of the boards of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies), Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, 2002-present), and Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions). | |
Marie L. Knowles (61) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. She currently serves as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing) and McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, 2002-present). Ms. Knowles is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution and the Catalina Island Conservancy and also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California. | |
Ned C. Lautenbach (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2000 Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach has been a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (private equity investment firm) since September 1998. Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from 1968 until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Lautenbach serves as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-present) and Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial) as well as the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present), as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. | |
Cornelia M. Small (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Small is a member (2000-present) and Chairperson (2002-present) of the Investment Committee, and a member (2002-present) of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. Previously, she served as Chief Investment Officer (1999-2000), Director of Global Equity Investments (1996-1999), and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark (1990-1997) and Scudder Kemper Investments (1997- | |
William S. Stavropoulos (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company. Since joining The Dow Chemical Company in 1967, Mr. Stavropoulos served in numerous senior management positions, including President (1993-2000; 2002-2003), CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), and Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2004). Currently, he is a Director of NCR Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions), Chemical Financial Corporation, Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate, 2002-present), Tyco International, Inc. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital (private equity investment firm, 2005-present). He is a special advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., a private equity investment firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of The Business Council, J.P. Morgan International Council and the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science. | |
Kenneth L. Wolfe (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Wolfe is Chairman and a Director of Hershey Foods Corporation (2007-present), where prior to his retirement in 2001, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wolfe currently serves as a member of the board of Revlon Inc. (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wolfe served as a member of the boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (2003-2006) and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (1993-2007). |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for Mr. Mauriello, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Lacy, and Mr. Arthur Johnson may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer and Mr. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation | |
Arthur E. Johnson (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Johnson serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor). In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present), and IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (document management systems and services). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson and Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d are not related. | |
Alan J. Lacy (54) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (a private equity firm). Mr. Lacy also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2005-2006; 2000-2005). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-present) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (global pharmaceuticals, 2007-present). Mr. Lacy is a Trustee of the National Parks Conservation Association and The Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Peter S. Lynch (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR, and Vice Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as a Trustee of the Fidelity funds (1990-2003). In addition, he serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. | |
Joseph Mauriello (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002- | |
David M. Thomas (58) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products holding company), and Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present). | |
Michael E. Wiley (57) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Wiley also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-present). He serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production company, 2005-present). In addition, he also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Sr. Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting firm, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment firm), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services company, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production company, 2001-2005). | |
Kimberley H. Monasterio (44) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Ms. Monasterio also serves as President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Previously, Ms. Monasterio served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2006). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Monasterio served as Treasurer (2000- | |
Walter C. Donovan (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Vice President of the Advisor New Insights. Mr. Donovan also serves as Vice President of Fidelity's Equity Funds (2007-present). Mr. Donovan also serves as Executive Vice President of FMR (2005-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Donovan served as Vice President of Fidelity's High Income Funds (2005-2007), Fixed-Income Funds (2005-2006), certain Asset Allocation Funds (2005-2006), certain Balanced Funds (2005-2006), and as Vice President and Director of Fidelity's International Equity Trading group (1998-2005). | |
Bruce T. Herring (42) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Vice President of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Herring also serves as Vice President of certain Equity Funds (2006-present). Mr. Herring is Senior Vice President of FMR (2006-present) and Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present). Previously, Mr. Herring served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds (2001-2005). | |
Eric D. Roiter (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003 Secretary of Advisor New Insights. He also serves as Secretary of other Fidelity funds; Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present) and FMR; Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2001-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2001-present), and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2001-present). Mr. Roiter is an Adjunct Member, Faculty of Law, at Boston College Law School (2003-present). Previously, Mr. Roiter served as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (1998-2005). | |
John B. McGinty, Jr. (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Assistant Secretary of Advisor New Insights. Mr. McGinty also serves as Assistant Secretary of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of FMR LLC (2004-present). Mr. McGinty also serves as Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer of FDC (2007- | |
R. Stephen Ganis (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Ganis also serves as AML officer of other Fidelity funds (2006-present) and FMR LLC (2003-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Ganis practiced law at Goodwin Procter, LLP (2000-2002). | |
Joseph B. Hollis (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Chief Financial Officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Hollis also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Hollis is President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2005- | |
Kenneth A. Rathgeber (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Chief Compliance Officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Rathgeber also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other Fidelity funds (2004- | |
Bryan A. Mehrmann (46) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Mehrmann also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR. Previously, Mr. Mehrmann served as Vice President of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Group (FIIS)/Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Corporation, Inc. (FIIOC) Client Services (1998-2004). | |
Kenneth B. Robins (38) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Robins also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Robins worked at KPMG LLP, where he was a partner in KPMG's department of professional practice (2002-2004) and a Senior Manager (1999-2000). In addition, Mr. Robins served as Assistant Chief Accountant, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (2000-2002). | |
Robert G. Byrnes (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Byrnes also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Byrnes served as Vice President of FPCMS (2003-2005). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Byrnes worked at Deutsche Asset Management where he served as Vice President of the Investment Operations Group (2000-2003). | |
Peter L. Lydecker (53) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Lydecker also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2004) and is an employee of FMR. | |
Paul M. Murphy (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Murphy also 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 Group (FPCMS) (1994-2007). | |
Gary W. Ryan (49) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Ryan also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in FPCMS (1999-2005). |
** 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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Distributions
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities:
Pay Date | Record Date | Capital Gains | |
Class A | 02/19/08 | 02/15/08 | $0.115 |
Class T | 02/19/08 | 02/15/08 | $0.115 |
Class B | 02/19/08 | 02/15/08 | $0.115 |
Class C | 02/19/08 | 02/15/08 | $0.115 |
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2007, $235,532,113, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
Class A designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
Class A designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2008 of amounts for use in preparing 2007 income tax returns.
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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of the fund's shareholders was held on September 19, 2007. 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 approve an amended management contract that includes adding a performance adjustment component to the fund's management fee and giving the Trustees the authority to change the fund's performance adjustment index going forward, without a shareholder vote, subject to applicable law. | ||
# of | % of | |
Affirmative | 2,870,956,135.65 | 69.687 |
Against | 866,498,065.68 | 21.033 |
Abstain | 199,841,166.01 | 4.850 |
Uninstructed | 182,506,666.00 | 4.430 |
TOTAL | 4,119,802,033.34 | 100.000 |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Advisor New Insights Fund
Each year, typically in July, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly each month except August and takes into account throughout the year matters bearing on Advisory Contracts. The Board, acting directly and through its separate committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. At the time of the renewal, the Board had 12 standing committees, each composed of Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. Each committee has adopted a written charter outlining the structure and purposes of the committee. One such committee, the Equity Contract Committee, meets periodically as needed throughout the year to consider matters specifically related to the annual renewal of Advisory Contracts. The committee requests and receives information on, and makes recommendations to the Independent Trustees concerning, the approval and annual review of the Advisory Contracts.
At its July 2007 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (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 management fee and total expenses of the fund; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the investment adviser and its affiliates from the relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders. The Board also approved amendments to the fund's agreements with foreign sub-advisers to clarify that each sub-adviser provides services as an independent contractor.
In determining whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Fidelity under the management contract is consistent with Fidelity's fiduciary duty under applicable law. In addition to evaluating the specific factors noted above, the Board, in reaching its determination, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by competitors to Fidelity, and that the fund's shareholders, with the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.
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Management Fees - continued
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the background of the fund's portfolio manager and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. 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 the Investment Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board considered Fidelity's extensive global research capabilities that enable the Investment Advisers to aggregate data from various sources in an effort to produce positive investment results. The Board noted that Fidelity's 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. The Board also considered that Fidelity's portfolio managers and analysts have access to daily portfolio attribution that allows for monitoring of a fund's portfolio, as well as an electronic communication system that provides immediate real-time access to research concerning issuers and credit enhancers.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, distribution, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the Investment Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered that Fidelity voluntarily pays for market data out of its own resources. The Board also considered the agreement reached between the Independent Trustees and Fidelity in December 2006 following an independent review of matters relating to receipt of travel, entertainment, gifts and gratuities in violation of Fidelity policies.
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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through phone representatives and over the Internet, and investor education materials and asset allocation tools.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing for a large variety of mutual fund investor services. For example, fund shareholders are offered the privilege of exchanging shares of the fund for shares of other Fidelity funds, as set forth in the fund's prospectus, without paying a sales charge. The Board noted that, since the last Advisory Contract renewals in July 2006, Fidelity has taken a number of actions that benefited particular funds, including (i) dedicating additional resources to investment research and to restructure the investment research teams; (ii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fee on Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund; (iii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees on Fidelity's California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York AMT Tax-Free Money Market Funds, launching new Institutional Classes and Service Classes of these funds, and contractually agreeing to impose expense limitations on these funds; (iv) eliminating the exchange fee on the Fidelity Select Portfolios and reducing the pricing and bookkeeping fee rates for these funds; (v) reducing the maximum transfer agency fee rates on high income funds and certain equity funds; (vi) proposing amended management contracts that, if approved by shareholders, will add a performance adjustment component to the management fees paid by 18 Fidelity Advisor equity funds; (vii) contractually agreeing to reduce fees for Ultra-Short Central Fund and the money market Central Funds; (viii) waiving the Fidelity Advisor funds' contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions made through systematic withdrawal programs; and (ix) amending the management contracts for equity and fixed-income funds whose management contracts incorporate a "group fee" structure by adding four new fee "breakpoints" to the group fee rate schedules.
Investment Performance and Compliance. 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 for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by the Board over multiple periods. Because the fund had been in existence less than five calendar years, the following charts considered by the Board show, over the one- and three-year periods ended December 31, 2006, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on three-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.
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Management Fees - continued
Advisor New Insights Fund
The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and stated that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for the one-year period and the first quartile for the three-year period. The Board also stated that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for the one-year period, although the three-year cumulative total return of Institutional Class (Class I) compared favorably to its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes.
The Board considered that FMR has taken steps to refocus and strengthen equity research, equity portfolio management, and compliance.
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Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by the Investment Advisers to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders, particularly in light of the Board's view that the fund's shareholders benefit from investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and services.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expenses compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared. The Board also considered supplemental information about how the fund's management fee and total expenses ranked relative to groups based on Lipper classifications, which take into account a fund's market capitalization and style.
The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month (or shorter) periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors, in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 9% means that 91% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.
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Management Fees - continued
Advisor New Insights Fund
The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2006.
Furthermore, the Board considered that, on December 14, 2006, it had approved an amended management contract for the fund that, if approved by shareholders, will add a performance adjustment component to the management fee paid by the fund (that is, the fund's management fee will be subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index).
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee was fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
In its review of each class's total expenses, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered current and historical total expenses of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.
The Board noted that the total expenses of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2006.
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In its review of total expenses, the Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information on clients that FMR and its affiliates service in other competitive markets, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the total expenses of each class of the fund were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the audited books and records of Fidelity. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of the results of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board believes that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board has also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and any fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and determined that the amount of profit is a fair entrepreneurial profit for the management of the fund.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions, including reductions that occur through operation of the transfer agent agreement. The transfer agent fee varies in part based on the number of accounts in the fund. If the number of accounts decreases or the average account size increases, the overall transfer agent fee rate decreases.
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Management Fees - continued
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR determines the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule. In connection with the renewal of the fund's management contract, the Board approved amendments to the fund's management contract that added four new fee breakpoints to the group fee rate schedule for assets under FMR's management above $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee rate declines under both the present and amended schedules, but that under the amended schedule, the group fee rate declines faster as assets under FMR's management exceed $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board also considered that although the fund is partially closed to new investors, it continues to incur investment management expenses, and marketing and distribution expenses related to the retention of existing shareholders and assets. The Board further noted that the fund may continue to realize benefits from the group fee structure, even though assets may not be expected to grow significantly at the fund level. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will achieve a certain level of economies of scale as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board further concluded that any potential economies of scale are being shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity in an appropriate manner.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on several topics, including (i) fund performance trends and actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance; (ii) Fidelity's portfolio manager compensation structure, including its effects on fund profitability and the extent to which portfolio manager compensation is linked to fund performance; (iii) Fidelity's fee structures; (iv) the funds' sub-advisory arrangements; and (v) accounts managed by Fidelity other than the Fidelity funds.
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Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all material factors, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
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Investment Adviser
Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA
Investment Sub-Adviser
FMR Co., Inc.
Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.
Fidelity Research & Analysis Company
Fidelity Investments Japan Limited
Fidelity International Investment Advisors
Fidelity International Investment
Advisors (U.K.) Limited
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
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA
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Fidelity® Advisor
New Insights
Fund - Institutional Class
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Contents
Chairman's Message | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. | |
Note to Shareholders | An explanation of the changes to the fund. | |
Performance | How the fund has done over time. | |
Management's Discussion | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. | |
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | ||
Trustees and Officers | ||
Distributions | ||
Proxy Voting Results | ||
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees |
To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com (search for "proxy voting guidelines") 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 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. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com or http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED · MAY LOSE VALUE · NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
Many stock and bond markets around the world have been unsettled of late; however, volatility can often lead to opportunity for patient investors. Financial markets are always unpredictable, but there are a number of time-tested principles that can put the historical odds in your favor.
One of the basic tenets is to invest for the long term. Over time, riding out the markets' inevitable ups and downs has proven much more effective than selling into panic or chasing the hottest trend. Even missing only a few of the markets' best days can significantly diminish investor returns. Patience also affords the benefits of compounding - of earning interest on additional income or reinvested dividends and capital gains. There are tax advantages and cost benefits to consider as well. The more you sell, the more taxes you pay, and the more you trade, the higher the costs. While staying the course doesn't eliminate risk, it can considerably lessen the effect of short-term declines.
You can further manage your investing risk through diversification. And today, more than ever, geographic diversification should be taken into account. Studies indicate that asset allocation is the single most important determinant of a portfolio's long-term success. The right mix of stocks, bonds and cash - aligned to your particular risk tolerance and investment objective - is very important. Age-appropriate rebalancing is also an essential aspect of asset allocation. For younger investors, an emphasis on equities - which historically have been the best-performing asset class over time - is encouraged. As investors near their specific goal, such as retirement or sending a child to college, consideration may be given to replacing volatile assets (e.g. common stocks) with more-stable fixed investments (bonds or savings plans).
A third investment principle - investing regularly - can help lower the average cost of your purchases. Investing a certain amount of money each month or quarter helps ensure you won't pay for all your shares at market highs. This strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - also reduces unconstructive "emotion" from investing, helping shareholders avoid selling weak performers just prior to an upswing, or chasing a hot performer just before a correction.
We invite you to contact us via the Internet, through our Investor Centers or over the phone. It is our privilege to provide you the information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Sincerely,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Note to Shareholders:
On September 19, 2007, shareholders of Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund approved a new management contract for the fund, effective October 1, 2007, which adds a performance adjustment component to the management fee based on the fund's performance versus the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index. The new contract also allows the Board of Trustees to designate an alternate performance adjustment index in the future, without a shareholder vote, when permitted by applicable law.
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Performance: The Bottom Line
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' 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 December 31, 2007 | Past 1 | Life of | ||
Institutional Class | 20.57% | 20.32% |
A From July 31, 2003.
$10,000 Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund - Institutional Class on July 31, 2003, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index performed over the same period.
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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
Comments from William Danoff, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity® Advisor New Insights Fund
U.S. stock markets, as measured by the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM and the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index, registered their fifth consecutive year of positive returns in 2007. The Dow rose 8.88% in that time, while the S&P 500® index advanced 5.49%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite® Index did even better, gaining 10.55%. However, credit- and recession-related concerns carved deeply into equity prices late in 2007, pushing some market measures into negative territory for the year overall, particularly smaller-cap and value-oriented benchmarks. In fact, the entire second half of 2007 was negative for many equity yardsticks, as the credit crunch - precipitated by the housing market slowdown and the subprime mortgage crisis - weighed heavily on investor sentiment. Meanwhile, sharply higher energy prices pressured consumer spending, adding a further layer of anxiety in much of the back half of the period. In an attempt to re-stimulate the economy, the Federal Reserve Board lowered its discount rate and made three cuts to the federal funds target rate. Despite these actions, stocks generally slumped across the board in November and December.
Advisor New Insights had a very good year: Its Institutional Class shares returned 20.57%, beating the S&P 500 by a wide margin. The fund's healthy outperformance relative to the index was driven by three main factors: its growth-stock bias during a period when growth outpaced value by more than 10 percentage points; extremely productive stock selection, especially in the technology sector; and astute industry positioning by avoiding the most-toxic areas of the weak financials group. The fund's three top relative contributors, leading competitors in the strong Internet and wireless markets, were consumer electronics giant Apple, search engine Google and Research In Motion, a Canada-based out-of-index holding whose popular BlackBerry brand dominates the wireless messaging market. Also making sizable contributions were such stocks as America Movil, a leading wireless provider in Mexico, and insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Relative performance was tempered by a large stake in biopharmaceutical firm Genentech, which stumbled on market worries about delays in its product pipeline. Performance also suffered from holding no stake or only minimal stakes in some of the S&P 500's best-performing stocks, including such names as integrated oil company Chevron and software leader Microsoft.
Note to shareholders: The fund reopened to new accounts on November 1, 2007.
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, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) 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 (July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund 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 for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central 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 for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' 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, the Fund, as a share-holder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central 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.
Annual Report
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. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Class A | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,099.60 | $ 5.82 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,019.66 | $ 5.60 |
Class T | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,099.00 | $ 7.04 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,018.50 | $ 6.77 |
Class B | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,095.50 | $ 10.04 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,015.63 | $ 9.65 |
Class C | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,095.70 | $ 9.72 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,015.93 | $ 9.35 |
Institutional Class | |||
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,101.10 | $ 4.40 |
Hypothetical A | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,021.02 | $ 4.23 |
A 5% return per year before expenses
* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio (shown in the table below); multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Annualized | |
Class A | 1.10% |
Class T | 1.33% |
Class B | 1.90% |
Class C | 1.84% |
Institutional Class | .83% |
Annual Report
Investment Changes
Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) | 5.5 | 4.5 |
Apple, Inc. | 3.5 | 2.6 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A | 3.1 | 2.6 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.0 | 1.8 |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1.7 | 1.7 |
America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR | 1.7 | 2.6 |
Genentech, Inc. | 1.5 | 1.9 |
The Walt Disney Co. | 1.3 | 1.5 |
26.3 | ||
Top Five Market Sectors as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Information Technology | 23.2 | 21.2 |
Energy | 11.0 | 10.4 |
Financials | 11.0 | 14.8 |
Health Care | 10.2 | 11.3 |
Industrials | 8.3 | 8.8 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) | |||||||
As of December 31, 2007 * | As of June 30, 2007 ** | ||||||
![]() | Stocks 86.7% | ![]() | Stocks 93.4% | ||||
![]() | Convertible | ![]() | Convertible | ||||
![]() | Short-Term | ![]() | Short-Term | ||||
* Foreign investments | 24.3% | ** Foreign investments | 25.1% |
Annual Report
Investments December 31, 2007
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 86.7% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.1% | |||
Auto Components - 0.1% | |||
Gentex Corp. | 44,300 | $ 787 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 160,800 | 5,795 | |
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a) | 47,900 | 1,352 | |
WABCO Holdings, Inc. | 9,100 | 456 | |
8,390 | |||
Automobiles - 0.2% | |||
DaimlerChrysler AG | 53,600 | 5,126 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. | 248,100 | 13,170 | |
18,296 | |||
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0% | |||
Strayer Education, Inc. | 5,200 | 887 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.5% | |||
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a) | 168,350 | 2,621 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.: | |||
Class A (a) | 235,400 | 34,620 | |
Class B (a) | 5,528 | 680 | |
IHOP Corp. | 27,300 | 999 | |
McDonald's Corp. | 993,027 | 58,499 | |
PokerTek, Inc. (a)(d) | 200,000 | 1,550 | |
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a) | 19,000 | 608 | |
Tim Hortons, Inc. (d) | 1,074,500 | 39,681 | |
139,258 | |||
Household Durables - 0.9% | |||
Fourlis Holdings SA | 527,400 | 20,859 | |
Gafisa SA ADR (a)(d) | 240,900 | 9,022 | |
Garmin Ltd. | 428,800 | 41,594 | |
Snap-On, Inc. | 178,200 | 8,596 | |
80,071 | |||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 82,700 | 7,661 | |
Blue Nile, Inc. (a) | 13,700 | 932 | |
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive Series A (a) | 312,000 | 5,953 | |
Priceline.com, Inc. (a) | 119,400 | 13,714 | |
28,260 | |||
Media - 1.6% | |||
CKX, Inc. (a) | 41,529 | 498 | |
Dolan Media Co. | 443,800 | 12,946 | |
E.W. Scripps Co. Class A | 67,100 | 3,020 | |
Focus Media Holding Ltd. ADR (a)(d) | 294,500 | 16,731 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - continued | |||
Media - continued | |||
The Walt Disney Co. | 3,676,900 | $ 118,690 | |
The Weinstein Co. III Holdings, LLC Class A-1 (e) | 2,267 | 2,267 | |
Vivendi | 19,739 | 904 | |
155,056 | |||
Multiline Retail - 0.3% | |||
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | 2,748,600 | 30,582 | |
Specialty Retail - 0.9% | |||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 24,800 | 942 | |
Gamestop Corp. Class A (a) | 509,800 | 31,664 | |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares) | 33,150 | 2,017 | |
Inditex SA | 92,600 | 5,679 | |
J. Crew Group, Inc. (a) | 601,800 | 29,013 | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | 635,200 | 18,249 | |
87,564 | |||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% | |||
China Hongxing Sports Ltd. | 6,000,000 | 3,996 | |
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (a) | 45,500 | 1,875 | |
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (d) | 13,800 | 654 | |
NIKE, Inc. Class B | 358,400 | 23,024 | |
29,549 | |||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | 577,913 | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - 7.1% | |||
Beverages - 2.7% | |||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a) | 48,500 | 1,826 | |
Diageo PLC sponsored ADR | 199,700 | 17,140 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,546,500 | 117,379 | |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 1,912,300 | 117,358 | |
253,703 | |||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7% | |||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 192,000 | 13,394 | |
CVS Caremark Corp. | 255,300 | 10,148 | |
Koninklijke Ahold NV sponsored ADR | 319,100 | 4,404 | |
Susser Holdings Corp. (a) | 215,962 | 4,427 | |
Tesco PLC | 4,131,500 | 39,176 | |
71,549 | |||
Food Products - 1.0% | |||
Bunge Ltd. | 56,300 | 6,554 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - continued | |||
Food Products - continued | |||
Cosan Ltd. Class A | 350,000 | $ 4,410 | |
Groupe Danone | 213,400 | 19,259 | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a) | 54,500 | 1,744 | |
Kellogg Co. | 254,800 | 13,359 | |
Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A | 70,200 | 2,291 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.) | 23,200 | 880 | |
Nestle SA (Reg.) | 57,655 | 26,406 | |
Smart Balance, Inc. (a)(d) | 500,000 | 5,465 | |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a) | 432,993 | 9,955 | |
Unilever NV (NY Shares) | 50,300 | 1,834 | |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. | 46,700 | 2,734 | |
94,891 | |||
Household Products - 2.7% | |||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 847,200 | 66,048 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2,579,967 | 189,421 | |
255,469 | |||
Personal Products - 0.0% | |||
Chattem, Inc. (a) | 12,400 | 937 | |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | 676,549 | ||
ENERGY - 11.0% | |||
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.7% | |||
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a) | 32,000 | 3,208 | |
Cameron International Corp. (a) | 20,600 | 991 | |
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a) | 148,700 | 8,431 | |
Halliburton Co. | 25,200 | 955 | |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a) | 245,000 | 17,998 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1,667,800 | 164,061 | |
Smith International, Inc. | 756,744 | 55,886 | |
Transocean, Inc. (a) | 39,347 | 5,633 | |
257,163 | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.3% | |||
Addax Petroleum, Inc. | 56,800 | 2,455 | |
Apache Corp. | 84,600 | 9,098 | |
BG Group PLC sponsored ADR | 80,400 | 9,186 | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 301,400 | 22,018 | |
Canadian Oil Sands Trust | 368,900 | 14,373 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 389,800 | 15,280 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | 10,700 | 951 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
ENERGY - continued | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued | |||
EnCana Corp. | 1,525,100 | $ 103,613 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 380,600 | 33,969 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2,656,602 | 248,897 | |
Hess Corp. | 77,600 | 7,827 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | 261,000 | 22,143 | |
Newfield Exploration Co. (a) | 24,600 | 1,296 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 749,000 | 59,560 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 109,300 | 8,415 | |
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras sponsored ADR | 730,100 | 84,137 | |
Petroplus Holdings AG | 474,912 | 36,751 | |
Range Resources Corp. | 52,200 | 2,681 | |
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 128,100 | 4,594 | |
Sasol Ltd. sponsored ADR | 16,300 | 806 | |
Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | 38,000 | 2,117 | |
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 123,300 | 13,392 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | 789,734 | 55,305 | |
W&T Offshore, Inc. | 120,800 | 3,619 | |
Williams Companies, Inc. | 25,300 | 905 | |
XTO Energy, Inc. | 544,000 | 27,940 | |
791,328 | |||
TOTAL ENERGY | 1,048,491 | ||
FINANCIALS - 11.0% | |||
Capital Markets - 1.2% | |||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 449,100 | 21,898 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | 9,200 | 1,995 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 1,292,500 | 33,023 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 70,000 | 8,010 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 101,600 | 21,849 | |
Invesco Ltd. | 153,700 | 4,823 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | 25,800 | 1,887 | |
SEI Investments Co. | 308,700 | 9,931 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 103,200 | 6,283 | |
109,699 | |||
Commercial Banks - 1.5% | |||
Allied Irish Banks PLC | 158,100 | 3,632 | |
Banco do Brasil SA | 271,300 | 4,588 | |
Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA sponsored ADR (non-vtg.) | 336,000 | 8,689 | |
Banco Santander SA sponsored ADR | 1,705,800 | 36,743 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
FINANCIALS - continued | |||
Commercial Banks - continued | |||
Center Financial Corp., California | 50,000 | $ 616 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | 29,600 | 2,414 | |
National Australia Bank Ltd. | 117,372 | 3,885 | |
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom) | 249,500 | 9,141 | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 110,100 | 7,702 | |
Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (Unibanco) GDR | 35,400 | 4,943 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,954,200 | 58,997 | |
141,350 | |||
Consumer Finance - 0.8% | |||
American Express Co. | 1,469,100 | 76,423 | |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.8% | |||
Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros - BM&F SA | 504,200 | 7,011 | |
Bovespa Holding SA | 53,000 | 993 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | 1,110,500 | 32,693 | |
CME Group, Inc. | 18,106 | 12,421 | |
Govi High Power Exploration, Inc. warrants 1/1/49 (a)(e) | 2,750,000 | 5,500 | |
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a) | 26,600 | 5,121 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 244,500 | 10,672 | |
MSCI, Inc. Class A | 20,600 | 791 | |
75,202 | |||
Insurance - 6.7% | |||
Admiral Group PLC | 944,200 | 20,636 | |
Allstate Corp. | 558,300 | 29,160 | |
American International Group, Inc. | 988,600 | 57,635 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a) | 23,000 | 1,618 | |
Assurant, Inc. | 158,700 | 10,617 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 344,500 | 13,425 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A (a) | 2,074 | 293,678 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 39,665 | 3,982 | |
Loews Corp. | 721,900 | 36,340 | |
Markel Corp. (a) | 9,400 | 4,616 | |
MetLife, Inc. | 631,600 | 38,919 | |
MetLife, Inc. unit | 406,600 | 12,438 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 13,800 | 950 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 440,000 | 40,938 | |
The Chubb Corp. | 1,097,200 | 59,885 | |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | 188,761 | 5,627 | |
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 5,827 | 2,995 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
FINANCIALS - continued | |||
Insurance - continued | |||
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | 125,480 | $ 4,764 | |
Zenith National Insurance Corp. | 12,500 | 559 | |
638,782 | |||
TOTAL FINANCIALS | 1,041,456 | ||
HEALTH CARE - 10.0% | |||
Biotechnology - 3.2% | |||
Celgene Corp. (a) | 359,700 | 16,622 | |
Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (a) | 622,500 | 20,356 | |
Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (a) | 71,461 | 2,103 | |
CSL Ltd. | 227,152 | 7,234 | |
Genentech, Inc. (a) | 2,106,900 | 141,310 | |
Genmab AS (a) | 83,200 | 5,032 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) | 1,858,900 | 85,528 | |
GTx, Inc. (a) | 124,009 | 1,780 | |
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (a) | 59,800 | 624 | |
MannKind Corp. (a)(d) | 685,533 | 5,457 | |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 (a)(e) | 29,881 | 71 | |
Medarex, Inc. (a)(d) | 761,900 | 7,939 | |
Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 46,600 | 1,619 | |
ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 15,200 | 845 | |
OREXIGEN Therapeutics, Inc. | 71,495 | 1,019 | |
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a) | 94,500 | 1,077 | |
Targacept, Inc. (a) | 841,800 | 6,953 | |
305,569 | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.7% | |||
Alcon, Inc. | 185,000 | 26,462 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 272,700 | 22,792 | |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 219,799 | 20,837 | |
China Medical Technologies, Inc. sponsored ADR (d) | 21,300 | 946 | |
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | 526,700 | 23,712 | |
Gen-Probe, Inc. (a) | 58,800 | 3,700 | |
Hologic, Inc. (a) | 122,600 | 8,415 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | 12,400 | 4,024 | |
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (a) | 163,800 | 9,202 | |
IRIS International, Inc. (a) | 445,400 | 8,739 | |
Mindray Medical International Ltd. sponsored ADR | 131,200 | 5,638 | |
NuVasive, Inc. (a) | 120,500 | 4,762 | |
Smith & Nephew PLC | 125,200 | 1,438 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
HEALTH CARE - continued | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - continued | |||
Stereotaxis, Inc. (a) | 64,900 | $ 793 | |
Stryker Corp. | 237,600 | 17,753 | |
TomoTherapy, Inc. (d) | 143,800 | 2,813 | |
162,026 | |||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.8% | |||
Aetna, Inc. | 127,700 | 7,372 | |
Amedisys, Inc. (a) | 45,100 | 2,188 | |
athenahealth, Inc. | 23,300 | 839 | |
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) | 60,400 | 3,709 | |
HMS Holdings Corp. (a) | 508,900 | 16,901 | |
Humana, Inc. (a) | 29,857 | 2,249 | |
McKesson Corp. | 79,700 | 5,221 | |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a) | 245,200 | 24,863 | |
Nighthawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (a) | 210,992 | 4,441 | |
VCA Antech, Inc. (a) | 106,800 | 4,724 | |
72,507 | |||
Health Care Technology - 0.1% | |||
HLTH Corp. (a) | 467,100 | 6,259 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7% | |||
Covance, Inc. (a) | 11,300 | 979 | |
Dionex Corp. (a)(d) | 33,300 | 2,759 | |
ICON PLC sponsored ADR (a) | 288,000 | 17,816 | |
Invitrogen Corp. (a) | 60,300 | 5,633 | |
Medivation, Inc. (a) | 58,200 | 838 | |
Millipore Corp. (a) | 27,100 | 1,983 | |
QIAGEN NV (a) | 143,700 | 3,025 | |
Techne Corp. (a) | 73,700 | 4,868 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a) | 158,500 | 9,142 | |
Waters Corp. (a) | 321,300 | 25,405 | |
72,448 | |||
Pharmaceuticals - 3.5% | |||
Abbott Laboratories | 491,000 | 27,570 | |
Allergan, Inc. | 309,500 | 19,882 | |
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | 74,000 | 1,285 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 596,600 | 15,822 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 330,400 | 22,038 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 2,036,300 | 118,329 | |
Novo Nordisk AS Series B | 166,400 | 10,910 | |
Pronova BioPharma ASA | 1,000,000 | 4,048 | |
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) | 395,355 | 67,527 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
HEALTH CARE - continued | |||
Pharmaceuticals - continued | |||
Schering-Plough Corp. | 1,669,000 | $ 44,462 | |
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d) | 41,800 | 572 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sponsored ADR | 18,400 | 855 | |
XenoPort, Inc. (a) | 44,700 | 2,498 | |
335,798 | |||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | 954,607 | ||
INDUSTRIALS - 8.3% | |||
Aerospace & Defense - 1.2% | |||
General Dynamics Corp. | 59,400 | 5,286 | |
Heico Corp. Class A | 18,000 | 767 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 522,200 | 54,967 | |
Precision Castparts Corp. | 95,400 | 13,232 | |
Raytheon Co. | 80,800 | 4,905 | |
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A | 312,000 | 10,764 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a) | 66,600 | 3,552 | |
The Boeing Co. | 223,400 | 19,539 | |
United Technologies Corp. | 32,000 | 2,449 | |
115,461 | |||
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4% | |||
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (d) | 781,672 | 42,304 | |
Airlines - 0.1% | |||
Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR (a) | 162,026 | 6,390 | |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3% | |||
Advisory Board Co. (a) | 16,400 | 1,053 | |
Covanta Holding Corp. (a) | 136,700 | 3,781 | |
FTI Consulting, Inc. (a) | 15,200 | 937 | |
Fuel Tech, Inc. (a) | 21,100 | 478 | |
IHS, Inc. Class A (a) | 45,100 | 2,731 | |
InnerWorkings, Inc. (a) | 55,500 | 958 | |
Interface, Inc. Class A | 189,400 | 3,091 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | 72,000 | 1,947 | |
Seek Ltd. | 1,000,000 | 7,007 | |
Stericycle, Inc. (a) | 40,800 | 2,424 | |
24,407 | |||
Construction & Engineering - 0.9% | |||
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a) | 787,400 | 75,283 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INDUSTRIALS - continued | |||
Construction & Engineering - continued | |||
KBR, Inc. | 161,400 | $ 6,262 | |
URS Corp. (a) | 73,000 | 3,966 | |
85,511 | |||
Electrical Equipment - 2.6% | |||
ABB Ltd. sponsored ADR | 498,100 | 14,345 | |
Alstom SA | 4,100 | 880 | |
Cooper Industries Ltd. Class A | 1,490,700 | 78,828 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | 16,300 | 924 | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | 6,900 | 1,843 | |
GrafTech International Ltd. (a) | 500,000 | 8,875 | |
Q-Cells AG (a) | 361,100 | 51,434 | |
Renewable Energy Corp. AS (a) | 845,500 | 42,940 | |
Roper Industries, Inc. | 12,900 | 807 | |
SolarWorld AG | 435,400 | 26,529 | |
Sunpower Corp. Class A (a) | 72,300 | 9,427 | |
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 97,100 | 7,993 | |
Vestas Wind Systems AS (a) | 10,000 | 1,080 | |
245,905 | |||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.2% | |||
General Electric Co. | 43,600 | 1,616 | |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 374,000 | 4,243 | |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NY Shares) | 49,200 | 2,103 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | 14,400 | 850 | |
Siemens AG sponsored ADR | 55,900 | 8,796 | |
17,608 | |||
Machinery - 2.2% | |||
Astec Industries, Inc. (a) | 10,600 | 394 | |
Bucyrus International, Inc. Class A | 34,000 | 3,379 | |
Cummins, Inc. | 115,000 | 14,648 | |
Danaher Corp. | 958,377 | 84,088 | |
Deere & Co. | 217,900 | 20,291 | |
IDEX Corp. | 280,100 | 10,120 | |
Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. Class A | 48,400 | 2,249 | |
ITT Corp. | 44,500 | 2,939 | |
Kennametal, Inc. | 82,000 | 3,105 | |
Manitowoc Co., Inc. | 19,700 | 962 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | 936,223 | 51,005 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INDUSTRIALS - continued | |||
Machinery - continued | |||
Pall Corp. | 256,500 | $ 10,342 | |
SPX Corp. | 36,300 | 3,733 | |
207,255 | |||
Road & Rail - 0.4% | |||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 87,100 | 7,249 | |
Canadian National Railway Co. | 548,700 | 25,763 | |
CSX Corp. | 41,900 | 1,843 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | 34,700 | 4,359 | |
39,214 | |||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | 784,055 | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 23.2% | |||
Communications Equipment - 2.7% | |||
Aruba Networks, Inc. | 445,401 | 6,641 | |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a) | 67,800 | 2,229 | |
Ciena Corp. (a) | 78,400 | 2,674 | |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | 2,117,400 | 57,318 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) | 28,600 | 950 | |
Nice Systems Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 91,000 | 3,123 | |
Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR | 1,648,200 | 63,274 | |
Nortel Networks Corp. (a) | 201,200 | 3,034 | |
Research In Motion Ltd. (a) | 1,041,700 | 118,129 | |
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a) | 124,900 | 3,340 | |
Starent Networks Corp. | 37,569 | 686 | |
261,398 | |||
Computers & Peripherals - 7.8% | |||
Apple, Inc. (a) | 1,695,400 | 335,825 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | 1,249,400 | 30,623 | |
EMC Corp. (a) | 930,600 | 17,244 | |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 6,435,500 | 324,864 | |
Logitech International SA (a) | 183,700 | 6,731 | |
NCR Corp. (a) | 579,000 | 14,533 | |
Netezza Corp. | 26,400 | 364 | |
Synaptics, Inc. (a) | 48,700 | 2,004 | |
Teradata Corp. (a) | 83,800 | 2,297 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | 317,000 | 9,577 | |
744,062 | |||
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued | |||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.0% | |||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) | 49,800 | $ 1,830 | |
Amphenol Corp. Class A | 889,640 | 41,253 | |
Flextronics International Ltd. (a) | 149,900 | 1,808 | |
FLIR Systems, Inc. (a) | 723,800 | 22,655 | |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn) | 864,468 | 5,385 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) | 83,500 | 9,502 | |
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a) | 159,200 | 4,814 | |
Tyco Electronics Ltd. | 125,000 | 4,641 | |
91,888 | |||
Internet Software & Services - 6.3% | |||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) | 354,500 | 12,266 | |
Bankrate, Inc. (a)(d) | 127,500 | 6,131 | |
Constant Contact, Inc. (d) | 174,900 | 3,760 | |
Dice Holdings, Inc. | 83,800 | 670 | |
Equinix, Inc. (a) | 43,500 | 4,397 | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a) | 750,867 | 519,204 | |
Mercadolibre, Inc. | 60,900 | 4,499 | |
NHN Corp. (a) | 14,486 | 3,499 | |
Open Text Corp. (a) | 25,900 | 818 | |
VeriSign, Inc. (a) | 825,500 | 31,047 | |
VistaPrint Ltd. (a) | 296,000 | 12,684 | |
598,975 | |||
IT Services - 1.6% | |||
Accenture Ltd. Class A | 764,000 | 27,527 | |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | 40,100 | 926 | |
Mastercard, Inc. Class A | 269,000 | 57,889 | |
Paychex, Inc. (d) | 416,100 | 15,071 | |
Redecard SA | 123,200 | 2,007 | |
Sapient Corp. (a) | 748,600 | 6,595 | |
SRA International, Inc. Class A (a) | 201,561 | 5,936 | |
The Western Union Co. | 363,900 | 8,835 | |
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (a)(d) | 945,600 | 21,985 | |
Wright Express Corp. (a) | 29,800 | 1,058 | |
147,829 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.2% | |||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 397,400 | 7,058 | |
ASML Holding NV (NY Shares) (a) | 191,477 | 5,991 | |
Atheros Communications, Inc. (a) | 28,983 | 885 | |
Broadcom Corp. Class A (a) | 32,600 | 852 | |
Cavium Networks, Inc. | 110,162 | 2,536 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - continued | |||
Intel Corp. | 1,285,750 | $ 34,278 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | 356,100 | 15,394 | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) | 633,200 | 8,852 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | 76,700 | 6,787 | |
NVIDIA Corp. (a) | 495,100 | 16,843 | |
O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 3,000 | 35 | |
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 488,000 | 4,333 | |
Sigma Designs, Inc. (a) | 27,100 | 1,496 | |
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. sponsored ADR (a) | 168,600 | 2,998 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR | 185,700 | 1,850 | |
Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a) | 56,500 | 2,350 | |
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (a) | 73,900 | 2,734 | |
Zoran Corp. (a) | 47,500 | 1,069 | |
116,341 | |||
Software - 2.6% | |||
Activision, Inc. (a) | 661,900 | 19,658 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) | 1,421,306 | 60,732 | |
Autonomy Corp. PLC (a) | 169,300 | 2,974 | |
BMC Software, Inc. (a) | 333,700 | 11,893 | |
CommVault Systems, Inc. (a) | 569,168 | 12,055 | |
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) | 103,300 | 6,034 | |
Gameloft (a) | 291,000 | 2,548 | |
GSE Systems, Inc. (a) | 500,000 | 5,120 | |
Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. ADR | 5,700 | 135 | |
McAfee, Inc. (a) | 584,200 | 21,908 | |
Nintendo Co. Ltd. | 47,400 | 28,080 | |
Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d) | 202,900 | 3,790 | |
Oracle Corp. (a) | 302,750 | 6,836 | |
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | 289,200 | 18,130 | |
Taleo Corp. Class A (a) | 116,165 | 3,459 | |
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a) | 186,000 | 18,858 | |
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a) | 168,339 | 5,298 | |
Utimaco Safeware AG | 350,000 | 5,210 | |
VMware, Inc. Class A (d) | 169,000 | 14,363 | |
247,081 | |||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 2,207,574 | ||
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
MATERIALS - 6.7% | |||
Chemicals - 2.1% | |||
Bayer AG | 473,700 | $ 43,107 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | 697,000 | 35,693 | |
Monsanto Co. | 429,700 | 47,993 | |
Nalco Holding Co. | 308,500 | 7,460 | |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 38,800 | 5,586 | |
Praxair, Inc. | 550,400 | 48,826 | |
Rohm & Haas Co. | 16,800 | 892 | |
The Mosaic Co. (a) | 56,500 | 5,330 | |
Wacker Chemie AG | 17,000 | 4,905 | |
199,792 | |||
Metals & Mining - 4.5% | |||
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. | 102,800 | 5,631 | |
Anglo American PLC ADR | 1,329,071 | 40,364 | |
Anglo Platinum Ltd. | 8,600 | 1,266 | |
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (Australia) | 1,794,000 | 20,381 | |
ArcelorMittal SA (NY Reg.) Class A | 166,200 | 12,856 | |
B2Gold Corp. (a)(e) | 1,000,000 | 2,129 | |
B2Gold Corp. (a) | 500,000 | 1,183 | |
Barrick Gold Corp. | 855,000 | 35,954 | |
BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (d) | 815,500 | 57,118 | |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce sponsored ADR | 216,000 | 7,057 | |
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA sponsored ADR | 99,100 | 5,609 | |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (a) | 259,700 | 1,524 | |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 10,000 | 856 | |
Franco-Nevada Corp. | 435,700 | 6,644 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B | 431,900 | 44,244 | |
Goldcorp, Inc. | 1,862,001 | 63,344 | |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | 84,900 | 2,936 | |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a) | 1,665,000 | 18,099 | |
Kinross Gold Corp. (a) | 1,123,376 | 20,691 | |
Lihir Gold Ltd. (a) | 6,545,468 | 20,697 | |
Lundin Mining Corp. (a) | 470,300 | 4,516 | |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 468,618 | 13,586 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. | 172,700 | 744 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. warrants 3/7/11 (a) | 172,700 | 173 | |
POSCO sponsored ADR | 116,200 | 17,478 | |
Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR | 180,100 | 6,687 | |
Red Back Mining, Inc. (a) | 707,900 | 5,052 | |
Rio Tinto PLC (Reg.) | 43,300 | 4,545 | |
Silver Bear Resources, Inc. | 275,700 | 777 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
MATERIALS - continued | |||
Metals & Mining - continued | |||
Silvercorp Metals, Inc. | 84,600 | $ 799 | |
Teck Cominco Ltd. Class B (sub. vtg.) | 66,800 | 2,382 | |
Vedanta Resources PLC | 20,300 | 825 | |
Xstrata PLC | 13,500 | 952 | |
427,099 | |||
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1% | |||
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. | 379,600 | 1,667 | |
Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. | 1,748,000 | 4,421 | |
6,088 | |||
TOTAL MATERIALS | 632,979 | ||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.5% | |||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5% | |||
AT&T, Inc. | 760,632 | 31,612 | |
Cbeyond, Inc. (a) | 41,564 | 1,621 | |
Iliad Group SA | 29,700 | 3,190 | |
Telefonica SA sponsored ADR | 49,500 | 4,831 | |
41,254 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.0% | |||
America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR | 2,596,900 | 159,424 | |
American Tower Corp. Class A (a) | 45,427 | 1,935 | |
Bharti Airtel Ltd. (a) | 885,954 | 22,402 | |
NII Holdings, Inc. (a) | 153,847 | 7,434 | |
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR | 25,000 | 933 | |
192,128 | |||
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | 233,382 | ||
UTILITIES - 0.8% | |||
Electric Utilities - 0.5% | |||
Allegheny Energy, Inc. | 174,300 | 11,087 | |
E.ON AG sponsored ADR | 178,900 | 12,586 | |
Edison International | 16,400 | 875 | |
Entergy Corp. | 52,600 | 6,287 | |
Exelon Corp. | 62,400 | 5,094 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 44,200 | 3,197 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
UTILITIES - continued | |||
Electric Utilities - continued | |||
FPL Group, Inc. | 25,900 | $ 1,756 | |
PPL Corp. | 89,800 | 4,678 | |
45,560 | |||
Gas Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Questar Corp. | 15,100 | 817 | |
Southern Union Co. | 118,275 | 3,473 | |
4,290 | |||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1% | |||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | 73,800 | 7,567 | |
International Power PLC | 650,100 | 5,997 | |
13,564 | |||
Multi-Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Veolia Environnement | 48,414 | 4,412 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd | 2,133,100 | 5,096 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd rights 1/7/08 (a) | 142,206 | 73 | |
9,581 | |||
TOTAL UTILITIES | 72,995 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $5,846,330) | 8,230,001 | ||
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2% | |||
HEALTH CARE - 0.2% | |||
Biotechnology - 0.2% | |||
Fluidigm Corp. (e) | 481,170 | 1,925 | |
Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. Series B (e) | 1,792,115 | 15,000 | |
16,925 | |||
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $16,925) | 16,925 | ||
Money Market Funds - 13.8% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 4.58% (b) | 1,216,587,820 | $ 1,216,588 | |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 4.65% (b)(c) | 92,726,988 | 92,727 | |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $1,309,315) | 1,309,315 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.7% (Cost $7,172,570) | 9,556,241 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS - (0.7)% | (62,976) | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 9,493,265 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. |
(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(e) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $26,891,000 or 0.3% of net assets. |
Additional information on each holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost (000s) |
B2Gold Corp. | 10/24/07 | $ 1,032 |
Fluidigm Corp. | 10/9/07 | $ 1,925 |
Govi High Power Exploration, Inc. warrants 1/1/49 | 9/28/07 | $ 5,500 |
Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. Series B | 4/4/07 | $ 15,000 |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 | 8/3/05 | $ 1 |
The Weinstein Co. III Holdings, LLC Class A-1 | 10/19/05 | $ 2,267 |
Affiliated Central Funds |
Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Income earned |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund | $ 31,243 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund | 1,785 |
Total | $ 33,028 |
Other Affiliated Issuers |
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows: |
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Dividend Income | Value, |
Double-Take Software, Inc. | $ - | $ 21,535 | $ 19,955 | $ - | $ - |
Other Information |
Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: |
United States of America | 75.7% |
Canada | 5.2% |
Bermuda | 2.2% |
Switzerland | 2.0% |
United Kingdom | 1.9% |
Netherlands Antilles | 1.7% |
Mexico | 1.7% |
Germany | 1.6% |
Brazil | 1.5% |
Others (individually less than 1%) | 6.5% |
100.0% |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts) | December 31, 2007 | |
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $89,560) - See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $5,863,255) | $ 8,246,926 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,309,315) | 1,309,315 | |
Total Investments (cost $7,172,570) | $ 9,556,241 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 7,821 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 39,006 | |
Dividends receivable | 8,199 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 4,740 | |
Prepaid expenses | 28 | |
Other receivables | 97 | |
Total assets | 9,616,132 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $ 4,218 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 14,520 | |
Distributions payable | 82 | |
Accrued management fee | 4,337 | |
Distribution fees payable | 3,396 | |
Other affiliated payables | 1,644 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 1,943 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 92,727 | |
Total liabilities | 122,867 | |
Net Assets | $ 9,493,265 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 7,049,543 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 1,226 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | 58,856 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 2,383,640 | |
Net Assets | $ 9,493,265 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts) | December 31, 2007 | |
Calculation of Maximum Offering Price | $ 21.65 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $21.65) | $ 22.97 | |
Class T: | $ 21.56 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $21.56) | $ 22.34 | |
Class B: | $ 21.04 | |
Class C: | $ 21.10 | |
Institutional Class: | $ 21.84 |
A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Year ended December 31, 2007 | |
Investment Income | ||
Dividends | $ 90,293 | |
Interest | 36 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds | 33,028 | |
Total income | 123,357 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 45,961 | |
Transfer agent fees | 17,290 | |
Distribution fees | 37,779 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 1,249 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 497 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 28 | |
Registration fees | 86 | |
Audit | 101 | |
Legal | 59 | |
Miscellaneous | 2,632 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 105,682 | |
Expense reductions | (363) | 105,319 |
Net investment income (loss) | 18,038 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers | 342,693 | |
Other affiliated issuers | (1,580) | |
Foreign currency transactions | (30) | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 341,083 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $1) | 1,132,792 | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (15) | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,132,777 | |
Net gain (loss) | 1,473,860 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 1,491,898 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Year ended | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 18,038 | $ 9,962 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 341,083 | (97,322) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 1,132,777 | 700,051 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 1,491,898 | 612,691 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (17,144) | (10,473) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (168,267) | (24,707) |
Total distributions | (185,411) | (35,180) |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | 610,558 | 2,743,651 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,917,045 | 3,321,162 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 7,576,220 | 4,255,058 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $1,226 and $0, respectively) | $ 9,493,265 | $ 7,576,220 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class A
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.37 | $ 16.65 | $ 13.99 | $ 11.79 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | .08 | .06 | .02 | (.03) | (.04) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.65 | 1.78 | 2.64 | 2.24 | 1.87 |
Total from investment operations | 3.73 | 1.84 | 2.66 | 2.21 | 1.83 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.06) | (.03) | - | (.01) | (.03) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.45) | (.12)J | - | (.01) | (.04) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.65 | $ 18.37 | $ 16.65 | $ 13.99 | $ 11.79 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 20.26% | 11.06% | 19.01% | 18.76% | 18.23% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.09% | 1.12% | 1.17% | 1.22% | 1.39%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.09% | 1.12% | 1.17% | 1.22% | 1.39%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.08% | 1.11% | 1.13% | 1.17% | 1.28%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .42% | .37% | .13% | (.26)% | (.81)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,630 | $ 1,823 | $ 1,019 | $ 230 | $ 37 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%A |
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.034 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class T
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.29 | $ 16.57 | $ 13.96 | $ 11.78 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | .04 | .03 | (.01) | (.06) | (.05) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.62 | 1.77 | 2.62 | 2.25 | 1.86 |
Total from investment operations | 3.66 | 1.80 | 2.61 | 2.19 | 1.81 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.08)J | - | (.01) | (.03) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.56 | $ 18.29 | $ 16.57 | $ 13.96 | $ 11.78 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 20.00% | 10.90% | 18.70% | 18.60% | 18.08% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.31% | 1.32% | 1.38% | 1.43% | 1.62%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.31% | 1.32% | 1.38% | 1.43% | 1.62%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.31% | 1.31% | 1.34% | 1.39% | 1.51%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .19% | .17% | (.08)% | (.48)% | (1.04)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,185 | $ 2,165 | $ 1,393 | $ 325 | $ 62 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.08 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class B
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 17.97 | $ 16.35 | $ 13.85 | $ 11.76 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | (.08) | (.07) | (.10) | (.13) | (.07) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.54 | 1.74 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 1.85 |
Total from investment operations | 3.46 | 1.67 | 2.50 | 2.10 | 1.78 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.01) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.05) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.05)J | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.04 | $ 17.97 | $ 16.35 | $ 13.85 | $ 11.76 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 19.24% | 10.23% | 18.05% | 17.87% | 17.75% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.89% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 2.02% | 2.19%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.89% | 1.93% | 1.98% | 2.02% | 2.19%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.89% | 1.92% | 1.94% | 1.97% | 2.08%A |
Net investment income (loss) | (.39)% | (.44)% | (.68)% | (1.06)% | (1.61)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 489 | $ 452 | $ 339 | $ 109 | $ 27 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.05 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.050 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Class C
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003H |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.00 | $ 16.37 | $ 13.86 | $ 11.76 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)E | (.06) | (.06) | (.09) | (.12) | (.07) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.55 | 1.74 | 2.60 | 2.23 | 1.85 |
Total from investment operations | 3.49 | 1.68 | 2.51 | 2.11 | 1.78 |
Distributions from net investment income | - | - | - | (.01) | (.01) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.05) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.39) | (.05)J | - | (.01) | (.02) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.10 | $ 18.00 | $ 16.37 | $ 13.86 | $ 11.76 |
Total ReturnB,C,D | 19.37% | 10.28% | 18.11% | 17.95% | 17.77% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,I | |||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.82% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 1.94% | 2.14%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.82% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 1.94% | 2.14%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.82% | 1.83% | 1.85% | 1.89% | 2.03%A |
Net investment income (loss) | (.32)% | (.35)% | (.59)% | (.98)% | (1.55)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 1,879 | $ 1,596 | $ 1,006 | $ 246 | $ 49 |
Portfolio turnover rateG | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.
E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
F Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Total distributions of $.05 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.050 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003G |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.52 | $ 16.78 | $ 14.05 | $ 11.79 | $ 10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss)D | .14 | .12 | .07 | .01 | (.02) |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.67 | 1.79 | 2.66 | 2.26 | 1.86 |
Total from investment operations | 3.81 | 1.91 | 2.73 | 2.27 | 1.84 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.09) | - | (.01) | (.04) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.39) | (.08) | - | - | (.01) |
Total distributions | (.49) | (.17)I | - | (.01) | (.05) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 21.84 | $ 18.52 | $ 16.78 | $ 14.05 | $ 11.79 |
Total ReturnB,C | 20.57% | 11.40% | 19.43% | 19.27% | 18.31% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,H | |||||
Expenses before reductions | .81% | .83% | .84% | .86% | 1.07%A |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .81% | .83% | .84% | .86% | 1.07%A |
Expenses net of all reductions | .81% | .82% | .79% | .82% | .96%A |
Net investment income (loss) | .69% | .66% | .47% | .10% | (.49)%A |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 2,309 | $ 1,540 | $ 498 | $ 120 | $ 23 |
Portfolio turnover rateF | 57% | 79% | 65% | 87% | 77%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 Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G For the period July 31, 2003 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
I Total distributions of $.17 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.086 and distributions from net realized gain of $.083 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 December 31, 2007
(Amounts in Thousands except ratios)
1. Organization.
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Contrafund (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions also differ by class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.
A complete list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's web site or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation. Investments are valued and net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated (NAV calculation) as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Wherever possible, the Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the 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, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds are valued at their closing net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or do not accurately reflect fair value, valuations may be determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. For example, when developments occur between the close of a market and the close of the NYSE that may materially affect the value of some or all of the securities, or when trading in a security is halted, those securities may be fair valued. Factors used in the determination of fair value may include monitoring news to identify significant market or security specific events such as changes in the value of U.S. securities markets, reviewing developments in foreign markets and evaluating the performance of ADRs, futures contracts and exchange-traded funds. Because the Fund's utilization of fair value pricing depends on market activity, the frequency with which fair value pricing is used cannot be predicted and may be utilized to a significant extent. The value of securities used for NAV calculation under fair value pricing may differ from published prices for the same securities.
Foreign Currency. The Fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
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The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
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 and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
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. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, the Fund will claim a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.
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 foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards 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 | $ 2,516,759 |
Unrealized depreciation | (142,685) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 2,374,074 |
Undistributed long-term capital gain | 53,909 |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 7,182,167 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
December 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |
Ordinary Income | $ 17,144 | $ 20,374 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 168,267 | 14,806 |
Total | $ 185,411 | $ 35,180 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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4. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash
balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities aggregated $4,333,991 and $4,574,648, respectively.
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, on September 19, 2007, shareholders approved a new management contract which adds a performance adjustment to the management fee (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Fund's Institutional Class as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. The Fund's performance period began on October 1, 2007. The performance adjustment will take effect starting with the twelfth month of the performance period (September, 2008). Subsequent months will be added until the performance period
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includes 36 months. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates and the total amounts paid to and retained by FDC were as follows:
Distribution | Service | Paid to | Retained | |
Class A | -% | .25% | $ 5,212 | $ 448 |
Class T | .25% | .25% | 11,068 | 252 |
Class B | .75% | .25% | 4,627 | 3,472 |
Class C | .75% | .25% | 16,872 | 1,915 |
$ 37,779 | $ 6,087 |
Sales Load. FDC receives a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares, and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. FDC receives the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. These charges depend on the holding period. The deferred sales charges range from 5% to 1% for Class B, 1% for Class C, 1.00% to .50% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.
For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:
Retained | |
Class A | $ 577 |
Class T | 205 |
Class B* | 684 |
Class C* | 100 |
$ 1,566 |
* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of
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shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the total transfer agent fees paid by each class to FIIOC were as follows:
Amount | % of | |
Class A | $ 4,620 | .22 |
Class T | 4,335 | .20 |
Class B | 1,276 | .28 |
Class C | 3,520 | .21 |
Institutional Class | 3,539 | .20 |
$ 17,290 |
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.
Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $35 for the period.
7. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $4.2 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $16 and is reflected in Miscellaneous Expense on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Security Lending.
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation
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8. Security Lending - continued
to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less fees and expenses associated with the loan, plus any premium payments that may be received on the loan of certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Net income from lending portfolio securities during the period amounted to $1,785.
9. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $272 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian and each class' transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $13. During the period, credits reduced each class' transfer agent expense as noted in the table below.
Transfer Agent | |
Class A | $ 34 |
Class T | 21 |
Institutional Class | 7 |
$ 63 |
10. 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.
In September 2006, FIIOC, the Fund's transfer agent, notified the Fund that the Fund's books and records did not reflect a conversion of certain Class B to Class A shares upon their conversion date. In March 2007, FIIOC converted the relevant Class B shares to Class A shares and recorded the conversion in the books and records of the Fund which
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did not result in a material impact to the Fund's reported net assets or results of operations in the accompanying financial statements. FIIOC has remediated affected shareholders and reimbursed the Fund for all related audit and legal expenses.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is conducting an investigation of FMR (covering the years 2002 to 2004) arising from gifts, gratuities and business entertainment provided by certain brokers to certain individuals who were employed on FMR's domestic equity trading desk during that period. FMR is in discussions with the SEC staff regarding the possible resolution of the matter, but as of period-end no final resolution has been reached.
In December 2006, the Independent Trustees completed their own investigation of the matter with the assistance of independent counsel. The Independent Trustees and FMR agree that, despite the absence of proof that the Fidelity mutual funds experienced diminished execution quality as a result of the improper receipt of gifts and business entertainment, the conduct at issue was serious and is worthy of redress. Accordingly, the Independent Trustees have requested and FMR has agreed to pay $42 million to Fidelity mutual funds, plus interest to be determined at the time that payment is made. A method of allocating this payment among the funds has not yet been determined. The total payment to the Fund is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Fund's net assets. In addition, FMR reimbursed related legal expenses which are recorded in the accompanying Statement of Operations as an expense reduction.
11. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 |
From net investment income | ||
Class A | $ 6,522 | $ 3,373 |
Institutional Class | 10,622 | 7,100 |
Total | $ 17,144 | $ 10,473 |
From net realized gain | ||
Class A | $ 46,240 | $ 6,877 |
Class T | 38,909 | 8,598 |
Class B | 8,910 | 1,130 |
Class C | 33,987 | 3,506 |
Institutional Class | 40,221 | 4,596 |
Total | $ 168,267 | $ 24,707 |
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12. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:
Shares | Dollars | |||
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 |
Class A | ||||
Shares sold | 41,083 | 56,857 | $ 854,701 | $ 987,944 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,200 | 510 | 47,987 | 9,102 |
Shares redeemed | (21,029) | (19,382) | (422,867) | (338,857) |
Net increase (decrease) | 22,254 | 37,985 | $ 479,821 | $ 658,189 |
Class T | ||||
Shares sold | 12,545 | 49,748 | $ 252,804 | $ 860,917 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,686 | 464 | 36,596 | 8,157 |
Shares redeemed | (31,235) | (15,864) | (633,560) | (273,911) |
Net increase (decrease) | (17,004) | 34,348 | $ (344,160) | $ 595,163 |
Class B | ||||
Shares sold | 2,077 | 8,880 | $ 41,743 | $ 151,398 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 352 | 56 | 7,470 | 941 |
Shares redeemed | (4,354) | (4,507) | (84,616) | (76,579) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,925) | 4,429 | $ (35,403) | $ 75,760 |
Class C | ||||
Shares sold | 11,087 | 36,136 | $ 226,470 | $ 616,428 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,198 | 154 | 25,448 | 2,604 |
Shares redeemed | (11,884) | (9,125) | (231,726) | (154,499) |
Net increase (decrease) | 401 | 27,165 | $ 20,192 | $ 464,533 |
Institutional Class | ||||
Shares sold | 40,372 | 68,189 | $ 849,560 | $ 1,206,339 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 1,513 | 432 | 33,288 | 7,867 |
Shares redeemed | (19,329) | (15,120) | (392,740) | (264,200) |
Net increase (decrease) | 22,556 | 53,501 | $ 490,108 | $ 950,006 |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Fidelity Contrafund and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund:
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 Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund (a fund of Fidelity Contrafund) at December 31, 2007, 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 Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund's 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 December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2008
Annual Report
Trustees and Officers
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 James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 373 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 368 funds advised by FMR 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. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 72nd birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. 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 1-877-208-0098.
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 | |
Edward C. Johnson 3d (77) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 1984 Mr. Johnson is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Johnson serves as President (2006-present), Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC; Chairman and a Director of FMR; Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (FRAC); Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc.; and Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as Chairman and Director of Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related. | |
James C. Curvey (72) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) or Member of the Advisory Board (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007- |
* 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 FMR. 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 | |
Dennis J. Dirks (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) (1999-2003). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) (1999-2003) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) (1999-2003). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003) and Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003). Mr. Dirks also serves as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005- | |
Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (65) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (1989-2002). He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2001-present), Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Saint Barnabas Health Care System. | |
George H. Heilmeier (71) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Dr. Heilmeier is Chairman Emeritus of Telcordia Technologies (communication software and systems), where prior to his retirement, he served as company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of The Mitre Corporation (systems engineering and information technology support for the government), and HRL Laboratories (private research and development, 2004-present). He is Chairman of the General Motors Science & Technology Advisory Board and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Heilmeier is a member of the Defense Science Board and the National Security Agency Advisory Board. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Dr. Heilmeier served as a Director of TRW Inc. (automotive, space, defense, and information technology, 1992-2002), Compaq (1994-2002), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) (technology-based business outsourcing, 1995-2002), INET Technologies Inc. (telecommunications network surveillance, 2001-2004), and Teletech Holdings (customer management services). He is the recipient of the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his invention of the liquid crystal display, and a member of the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. | |
James H. Keyes (67) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr. Keyes was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls, Inc. (automotive supplier, 1993-2003). He currently serves as a member of the boards of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies), Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, 2002-present), and Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions). | |
Marie L. Knowles (61) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. She currently serves as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing) and McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, 2002-present). Ms. Knowles is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution and the Catalina Island Conservancy and also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California. | |
Ned C. Lautenbach (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2000 Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach has been a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (private equity investment firm) since September 1998. Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from 1968 until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Lautenbach serves as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-present) and Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial) as well as the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present), as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. | |
Cornelia M. Small (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Small is a member (2000-present) and Chairperson (2002-present) of the Investment Committee, and a member (2002-present) of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. Previously, she served as Chief Investment Officer (1999-2000), Director of Global Equity Investments (1996-1999), and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark (1990-1997) and Scudder Kemper Investments (1997- | |
William S. Stavropoulos (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company. Since joining The Dow Chemical Company in 1967, Mr. Stavropoulos served in numerous senior management positions, including President (1993-2000; 2002-2003), CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), and Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2004). Currently, he is a Director of NCR Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions), Chemical Financial Corporation, Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate, 2002-present), Tyco International, Inc. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital (private equity investment firm, 2005-present). He is a special advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., a private equity investment firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of The Business Council, J.P. Morgan International Council and the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science. | |
Kenneth L. Wolfe (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Wolfe is Chairman and a Director of Hershey Foods Corporation (2007-present), where prior to his retirement in 2001, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wolfe currently serves as a member of the board of Revlon Inc. (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wolfe served as a member of the boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (2003-2006) and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (1993-2007). |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for Mr. Mauriello, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Lacy, and Mr. Arthur Johnson may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer and Mr. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation | |
Arthur E. Johnson (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Johnson serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor). In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present), and IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (document management systems and services). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson and Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d are not related. | |
Alan J. Lacy (54) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (a private equity firm). Mr. Lacy also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2005-2006; 2000-2005). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-present) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (global pharmaceuticals, 2007-present). Mr. Lacy is a Trustee of the National Parks Conservation Association and The Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Peter S. Lynch (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR, and Vice Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as a Trustee of the Fidelity funds (1990-2003). In addition, he serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. | |
Joseph Mauriello (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002- | |
David M. Thomas (58) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products holding company), and Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present). | |
Michael E. Wiley (57) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity Contrafund. Mr. Wiley also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-present). He serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production company, 2005-present). In addition, he also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Sr. Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting firm, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment firm), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services company, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production company, 2001-2005). | |
Kimberley H. Monasterio (44) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Ms. Monasterio also serves as President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Previously, Ms. Monasterio served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2006). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Monasterio served as Treasurer (2000- | |
Walter C. Donovan (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Vice President of the Advisor New Insights. Mr. Donovan also serves as Vice President of Fidelity's Equity Funds (2007-present). Mr. Donovan also serves as Executive Vice President of FMR (2005-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Donovan served as Vice President of Fidelity's High Income Funds (2005-2007), Fixed-Income Funds (2005-2006), certain Asset Allocation Funds (2005-2006), certain Balanced Funds (2005-2006), and as Vice President and Director of Fidelity's International Equity Trading group (1998-2005). | |
Bruce T. Herring (42) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Vice President of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Herring also serves as Vice President of certain Equity Funds (2006-present). Mr. Herring is Senior Vice President of FMR (2006-present) and Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present). Previously, Mr. Herring served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds (2001-2005). | |
Eric D. Roiter (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003 Secretary of Advisor New Insights. He also serves as Secretary of other Fidelity funds; Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present) and FMR; Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2001-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2001-present), and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2001-present). Mr. Roiter is an Adjunct Member, Faculty of Law, at Boston College Law School (2003-present). Previously, Mr. Roiter served as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (1998-2005). | |
John B. McGinty, Jr. (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Assistant Secretary of Advisor New Insights. Mr. McGinty also serves as Assistant Secretary of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of FMR LLC (2004-present). Mr. McGinty also serves as Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer of FDC (2007- | |
R. Stephen Ganis (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Ganis also serves as AML officer of other Fidelity funds (2006-present) and FMR LLC (2003-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Ganis practiced law at Goodwin Procter, LLP (2000-2002). | |
Joseph B. Hollis (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Chief Financial Officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Hollis also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Hollis is President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2005- | |
Kenneth A. Rathgeber (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Chief Compliance Officer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Rathgeber also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other Fidelity funds (2004- | |
Bryan A. Mehrmann (46) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Mehrmann also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR. Previously, Mr. Mehrmann served as Vice President of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Group (FIIS)/Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Corporation, Inc. (FIIOC) Client Services (1998-2004). | |
Kenneth B. Robins (38) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Robins also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Robins worked at KPMG LLP, where he was a partner in KPMG's department of professional practice (2002-2004) and a Senior Manager (1999-2000). In addition, Mr. Robins served as Assistant Chief Accountant, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (2000-2002). | |
Robert G. Byrnes (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Byrnes also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Byrnes served as Vice President of FPCMS (2003-2005). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Byrnes worked at Deutsche Asset Management where he served as Vice President of the Investment Operations Group (2000-2003). | |
Peter L. Lydecker (53) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Lydecker also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2004) and is an employee of FMR. | |
Paul M. Murphy (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Murphy also 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 Group (FPCMS) (1994-2007). | |
Gary W. Ryan (49) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Advisor New Insights. Mr. Ryan also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in FPCMS (1999-2005). |
** 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.
Annual Report
Distributions
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities:
Pay Date | Record Date | Capital Gains | |
Institutional Class | 02/19/08 | 02/15/08 | $0.115 |
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2007, $235,532,113, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
The Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
The Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2008 of amounts for use in preparing 2007 income tax returns.
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Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of the fund's shareholders was held on September 19, 2007. 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 approve an amended management contract that includes adding a performance adjustment component to the fund's management fee and giving the Trustees the authority to change the fund's performance adjustment index going forward, without a shareholder vote, subject to applicable law. | ||
# of | % of | |
Affirmative | 2,870,956,135.65 | 69.687 |
Against | 866,498,065.68 | 21.033 |
Abstain | 199,841,166.01 | 4.850 |
Uninstructed | 182,506,666.00 | 4.430 |
TOTAL | 4,119,802,033.34 | 100.000 |
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Advisor New Insights Fund
Each year, typically in July, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly each month except August and takes into account throughout the year matters bearing on Advisory Contracts. The Board, acting directly and through its separate committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. At the time of the renewal, the Board had 12 standing committees, each composed of Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. Each committee has adopted a written charter outlining the structure and purposes of the committee. One such committee, the Equity Contract Committee, meets periodically as needed throughout the year to consider matters specifically related to the annual renewal of Advisory Contracts. The committee requests and receives information on, and makes recommendations to the Independent Trustees concerning, the approval and annual review of the Advisory Contracts.
At its July 2007 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (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 management fee and total expenses of the fund; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the investment adviser and its affiliates from the relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders. The Board also approved amendments to the fund's agreements with foreign sub-advisers to clarify that each sub-adviser provides services as an independent contractor.
In determining whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Fidelity under the management contract is consistent with Fidelity's fiduciary duty under applicable law. In addition to evaluating the specific factors noted above, the Board, in reaching its determination, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by competitors to Fidelity, and that the fund's shareholders, with the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.
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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the background of the fund's portfolio manager and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. 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 the Investment Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board considered Fidelity's extensive global research capabilities that enable the Investment Advisers to aggregate data from various sources in an effort to produce positive investment results. The Board noted that Fidelity's 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. The Board also considered that Fidelity's portfolio managers and analysts have access to daily portfolio attribution that allows for monitoring of a fund's portfolio, as well as an electronic communication system that provides immediate real-time access to research concerning issuers and credit enhancers.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, distribution, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the Investment Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered that Fidelity voluntarily pays for market data out of its own resources. The Board also considered the agreement reached between the Independent Trustees and Fidelity in December 2006 following an independent review of matters relating to receipt of travel, entertainment, gifts and gratuities in violation of Fidelity policies.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through phone representatives and over the Internet, and investor education materials and asset allocation tools.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing for a large variety of mutual fund investor services. For example, fund shareholders are offered the privilege of exchanging shares of the fund for shares of other Fidelity funds, as set forth in the fund's prospectus, without paying a sales charge. The Board noted that, since the last Advisory Contract renewals in July 2006, Fidelity has taken a number of actions that benefited particular funds, including (i) dedicating additional resources to investment research and to restructure the investment research teams; (ii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fee on Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund; (iii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees on Fidelity's California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York AMT Tax-Free Money Market Funds, launching new Institutional Classes and Service Classes of these funds, and contractually agreeing to impose expense limitations on these funds; (iv) eliminating the exchange fee on the Fidelity Select Portfolios and reducing the pricing and bookkeeping fee rates for these funds; (v) reducing the maximum transfer agency fee rates on high income funds and certain equity funds; (vi) proposing amended management contracts that, if approved by shareholders, will add a performance adjustment component to the management fees paid by 18 Fidelity Advisor equity funds; (vii) contractually agreeing to reduce fees for Ultra-Short Central Fund and the money market Central Funds; (viii) waiving the Fidelity Advisor funds' contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions made through systematic withdrawal programs; and (ix) amending the management contracts for equity and fixed-income funds whose management contracts incorporate a "group fee" structure by adding four new fee "breakpoints" to the group fee rate schedules.
Investment Performance and Compliance. 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 for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by the Board over multiple periods. Because the fund had been in existence less than five calendar years, the following charts considered by the Board show, over the one- and three-year periods ended December 31, 2006, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on three-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.
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Advisor New Insights Fund
The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and stated that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for the one-year period and the first quartile for the three-year period. The Board also stated that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for the one-year period, although the three-year cumulative total return of Institutional Class (Class I) compared favorably to its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes.
The Board considered that FMR has taken steps to refocus and strengthen equity research, equity portfolio management, and compliance.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued
Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by the Investment Advisers to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders, particularly in light of the Board's view that the fund's shareholders benefit from investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and services.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expenses compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared. The Board also considered supplemental information about how the fund's management fee and total expenses ranked relative to groups based on Lipper classifications, which take into account a fund's market capitalization and style.
The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month (or shorter) periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors, in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 9% means that 91% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.
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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2006.
Furthermore, the Board considered that, on December 14, 2006, it had approved an amended management contract for the fund that, if approved by shareholders, will add a performance adjustment component to the management fee paid by the fund (that is, the fund's management fee will be subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index).
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee was fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
In its review of each class's total expenses, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered current and historical total expenses of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.
The Board noted that the total expenses of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2006.
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Management Fees - continued
In its review of total expenses, the Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information on clients that FMR and its affiliates service in other competitive markets, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the total expenses of each class of the fund were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the audited books and records of Fidelity. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of the results of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board believes that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board has also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and any fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and determined that the amount of profit is a fair entrepreneurial profit for the management of the fund.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions, including reductions that occur through operation of the transfer agent agreement. The transfer agent fee varies in part based on the number of accounts in the fund. If the number of accounts decreases or the average account size increases, the overall transfer agent fee rate decreases.
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The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR determines the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule. In connection with the renewal of the fund's management contract, the Board approved amendments to the fund's management contract that added four new fee breakpoints to the group fee rate schedule for assets under FMR's management above $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee rate declines under both the present and amended schedules, but that under the amended schedule, the group fee rate declines faster as assets under FMR's management exceed $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board also considered that although the fund is partially closed to new investors, it continues to incur investment management expenses, and marketing and distribution expenses related to the retention of existing shareholders and assets. The Board further noted that the fund may continue to realize benefits from the group fee structure, even though assets may not be expected to grow significantly at the fund level. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will achieve a certain level of economies of scale as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board further concluded that any potential economies of scale are being shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity in an appropriate manner.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on several topics, including (i) fund performance trends and actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance; (ii) Fidelity's portfolio manager compensation structure, including its effects on fund profitability and the extent to which portfolio manager compensation is linked to fund performance; (iii) Fidelity's fee structures; (iv) the funds' sub-advisory arrangements; and (v) accounts managed by Fidelity other than the Fidelity funds.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all material factors, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
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Investment Adviser
Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA
Investment Sub-Adviser
FMR Co., Inc.
Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.
Fidelity Research & Analysis Company
Fidelity Investments Japan Limited
Fidelity International Investment Advisors
Fidelity International Investment
Advisors (U.K.) Limited
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
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA
ANIFI-UANN-0208
1.796411.104
(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity®
Contrafund®
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December 31, 2007
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Contents
Chairman's Message | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. | |
Performance | How the fund has done over time. | |
Management's Discussion | The manager's review of fund performance, strategy and outlook. | |
Shareholder Expense Example | An example of shareholder expenses. | |
Investment Changes | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. | |
Investments | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. | |
Financial Statements | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, | |
Notes | Notes to the financial statements. | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | ||
Trustees and Officers | ||
Distributions | ||
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees |
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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. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com or http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED · MAY LOSE VALUE · NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
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Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
Many stock and bond markets around the world have been unsettled of late; however, volatility can often lead to opportunity for patient investors. Financial markets are always unpredictable, but there are a number of time-tested principles that can put the historical odds in your favor.
One of the basic tenets is to invest for the long term. Over time, riding out the markets' inevitable ups and downs has proven much more effective than selling into panic or chasing the hottest trend. Even missing only a few of the markets' best days can significantly diminish investor returns. Patience also affords the benefits of compounding - of earning interest on additional income or reinvested dividends and capital gains. There are tax advantages and cost benefits to consider as well. The more you sell, the more taxes you pay, and the more you trade, the higher the costs. While staying the course doesn't eliminate risk, it can considerably lessen the effect of short-term declines.
You can further manage your investing risk through diversification. And today, more than ever, geographic diversification should be taken into account. Studies indicate that asset allocation is the single most important determinant of a portfolio's long-term success. The right mix of stocks, bonds and cash - aligned to your particular risk tolerance and investment objective - is very important. Age-appropriate rebalancing is also an essential aspect of asset allocation. For younger investors, an emphasis on equities - which historically have been the best-performing asset class over time - is encouraged. As investors near their specific goal, such as retirement or sending a child to college, consideration may be given to replacing volatile assets (e.g. common stocks) with more-stable fixed investments (bonds or savings plans).
A third investment principle - investing regularly - can help lower the average cost of your purchases. Investing a certain amount of money each month or quarter helps ensure you won't pay for all your shares at market highs. This strategy - known as dollar cost averaging - also reduces unconstructive "emotion" from investing, helping shareholders avoid selling weak performers just prior to an upswing, or chasing a hot performer just before a correction.
We invite you to contact us via the Internet, through our Investor Centers or over the phone. It is our privilege to provide you the information you need to make the investments that are right for you.
Sincerely,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Performance: The Bottom Line
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 December 31, 2007 | Past 1 | Past 5 | Past 10 |
Fidelity® Contrafund® | 19.78% | 17.99% | 10.72% |
$10,000 Over 10 Years
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Contrafund® on December 31, 1997. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index (S&P 500®) performed over the same period.
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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
Comments from William Danoff, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity® Contrafund®
U.S. stock markets, as measured by the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM and the Standard & Poor's 500SM Index, registered their fifth consecutive year of positive returns in 2007. The Dow rose 8.88% in that time, while the S&P 500® index advanced 5.49%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite® Index did even better, gaining 10.55%. However, credit-and recession-related concerns carved deeply into equity prices late in 2007, pushing some market measures into negative territory for the year overall, particularly smaller-cap and value-oriented benchmarks. In fact, the entire second half of 2007 was negative for many equity yardsticks, as the credit crunch - precipitated by the housing market slowdown and the subprime mortgage crisis - weighed heavily on investor sentiment. Meanwhile, sharply higher energy prices pressured consumer spending, adding a further layer of anxiety in much of the back half of the period. In an attempt to re-stimulate the economy, the Federal Reserve Board lowered its discount rate and made three cuts to the federal funds target rate. Despite these actions, stocks generally slumped across the board in November and December.
Contrafund had a very good year, returning 19.78% and beating the S&P 500 by a wide margin. The fund's healthy outperformance relative to the index was driven by three main factors: its growth stock bias during a period when growth outpaced value by more than 10 percentage points; extremely productive stock selection, especially in the technology sector; and astute industry positioning by avoiding the most-toxic areas of the weak financials group. The fund's three top relative contributors, leading competitors in the strong Internet and wireless markets, were consumer electronics giant Apple, paid-search engine Google and Research In Motion, a Canada-based out-of-index holding whose popular BlackBerry brand dominates the wireless messaging market. Also making sizable contributions were such stocks as America Movil, a leading wireless provider in Mexico, and insurance conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Relative performance was tempered by a large stake in biopharmaceutical firm Genentech, which stumbled on market worries about delays in its product pipeline. Performance also suffered from holding no stake or only minimal stakes in some of the S&P 500's best-performing stocks, including such names as integrated oil company Chevron and software leader Microsoft.
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 (July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. A small balance maintenance fee of $12.00 that is charged once a year may apply for certain accounts with a value of less than $2,000. This fee is not included in the table below. If it was, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value lower, by this amount. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central 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. A small balance maintenance fee of $12.00 that is charged once a year may apply for certain accounts with a value of less than $2,000. This fee is not included in the table below. If it was, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value lower, by this amount. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
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Shareholder Expense Example - continued
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | |
Actual | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,098.70 | $ 4.71 |
Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,020.72 | $ 4.53 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of .89%; multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
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Investment Changes
Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) | 5.4 | 4.4 |
Apple, Inc. | 3.7 | 2.6 |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A | 3.2 | 2.5 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2.9 | 2.6 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 2.9 | 2.6 |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 2.1 | 1.8 |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1.8 | 1.6 |
America Movil SAB de CV Series | 1.7 | 2.4 |
Genentech, Inc. | 1.5 | 1.8 |
The Walt Disney Co. | 1.3 | 1.5 |
26.5 | ||
Top Five Market Sectors as of December 31, 2007 | ||
% of fund's | % of fund's net assets | |
Information Technology | 23.8 | 20.4 |
Energy | 11.9 | 10.5 |
Financials | 11.4 | 15.0 |
Health Care | 10.0 | 10.6 |
Industrials | 8.6 | 8.3 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) | |||||||
As of December 31, 2007* | As of June 30, 2007** | ||||||
![]() | Stocks 89.6% | ![]() | Stocks 91.4% | ||||
![]() | Short-Term | ![]() | Short-Term | ||||
* Foreign investments | 25.3% | ** Foreign investments | 24.4% |
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Investments December 31, 2007
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 89.6% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.2% | |||
Auto Components - 0.1% | |||
Gentex Corp. | 806,400 | $ 14,330 | |
Johnson Controls, Inc. | 1,146,300 | 41,313 | |
WABCO Holdings, Inc. | 158,900 | 7,959 | |
63,602 | |||
Automobiles - 0.2% | |||
DaimlerChrysler AG | 483,600 | 46,247 | |
Toyota Motor Corp. | 2,011,100 | 106,759 | |
153,006 | |||
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0% | |||
Strayer Education, Inc. | 60,000 | 10,235 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.6% | |||
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (a)(e) | 1,596,102 | 24,851 | |
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.: | |||
Class A (a)(d) | 2,337,450 | 343,769 | |
Class B (a) | 83,272 | 10,247 | |
IHOP Corp. | 202,309 | 7,400 | |
McDonald's Corp. | 9,195,170 | 541,687 | |
Tim Hortons, Inc. (e) | 9,618,032 | 355,194 | |
1,283,148 | |||
Household Durables - 0.7% | |||
Gafisa SA ADR (a)(d) | 2,365,895 | 88,603 | |
Garmin Ltd. | 3,915,540 | 379,807 | |
Snap-On, Inc. (d) | 1,745,086 | 84,183 | |
552,593 | |||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3% | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 897,808 | 83,173 | |
Blue Nile, Inc. (a) | 145,500 | 9,903 | |
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive Series A (a) | 2,470,890 | 47,145 | |
Priceline.com, Inc. (a) | 1,150,300 | 132,123 | |
272,344 | |||
Media - 1.6% | |||
Dolan Media Co. | 618,350 | 18,037 | |
E.W. Scripps Co. Class A | 622,190 | 28,005 | |
Focus Media Holding Ltd. ADR (a)(d) | 2,470,738 | 140,363 | |
The Walt Disney Co. | 33,658,806 | 1,086,506 | |
The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC Class A-1 (f) | 41,234 | 41,234 | |
Vivendi | 214,997 | 9,846 | |
1,323,991 | |||
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - continued | |||
Multiline Retail - 0.4% | |||
Marks & Spencer Group PLC | 25,940,047 | $ 288,618 | |
Specialty Retail - 1.0% | |||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 270,500 | 10,276 | |
Gamestop Corp. Class A (a) | 4,773,340 | 296,472 | |
H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares) | 377,728 | 22,988 | |
Inditex SA | 1,214,800 | 74,496 | |
J. Crew Group, Inc. (a)(d)(e) | 5,911,949 | 285,015 | |
TJX Companies, Inc. | 5,374,448 | 154,408 | |
843,655 | |||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% | |||
Gildan Activewear, Inc. (a) | 398,300 | 16,412 | |
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (d) | 126,200 | 5,978 | |
NIKE, Inc. Class B (d) | 3,583,400 | 230,198 | |
252,588 | |||
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | 5,043,780 | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - 7.2% | |||
Beverages - 2.6% | |||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a) | 204,600 | 7,703 | |
Diageo PLC sponsored ADR | 1,570,100 | 134,762 | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 12,844,373 | 974,888 | |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 16,473,891 | 1,011,003 | |
2,128,356 | |||
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.8% | |||
Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1,836,023 | 128,081 | |
CVS Caremark Corp. | 2,461,100 | 97,829 | |
Koninklijke Ahold NV sponsored ADR | 2,760,413 | 38,094 | |
Susser Holdings Corp. (a)(e) | 1,441,800 | 29,557 | |
Tesco PLC | 36,796,637 | 348,915 | |
642,476 | |||
Food Products - 1.0% | |||
Bunge Ltd. | 564,600 | 65,725 | |
Cosan Ltd. Class A | 3,542,700 | 44,638 | |
Groupe Danone | 1,978,344 | 178,546 | |
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a) | 504,433 | 16,142 | |
Kellogg Co. | 2,241,434 | 117,518 | |
Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A | 610,300 | 19,914 | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.) | 265,700 | 10,073 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
CONSUMER STAPLES - continued | |||
Food Products - continued | |||
Nestle SA (Reg.) | 535,828 | $ 245,409 | |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)(e) | 3,119,827 | 71,725 | |
Unilever NV (NY Shares) | 565,300 | 20,611 | |
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. | 455,910 | 26,694 | |
816,995 | |||
Household Products - 2.8% | |||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 7,221,111 | 562,958 | |
Procter & Gamble Co. | 23,175,470 | 1,701,543 | |
2,264,501 | |||
Personal Products - 0.0% | |||
Chattem, Inc. (a) | 106,494 | 8,045 | |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | 5,860,373 | ||
ENERGY - 11.9% | |||
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.8% | |||
Cameron International Corp. (a) | 190,600 | 9,174 | |
FMC Technologies, Inc. (a) | 1,470,368 | 83,370 | |
Halliburton Co. | 274,200 | 10,395 | |
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a) | 2,564,046 | 188,355 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 14,750,315 | 1,450,988 | |
Smith International, Inc. | 6,918,579 | 510,937 | |
Transocean, Inc. (a) | 432,371 | 61,894 | |
2,315,113 | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 9.1% | |||
Addax Petroleum, Inc. | 559,800 | 24,199 | |
Apache Corp. | 836,400 | 89,946 | |
BG Group PLC sponsored ADR | 778,500 | 88,944 | |
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. | 2,794,906 | 204,171 | |
Canadian Oil Sands Trust | 2,789,300 | 108,675 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 3,607,695 | 141,422 | |
Devon Energy Corp. | 102,200 | 9,087 | |
EnCana Corp. | 13,713,448 | 931,667 | |
EOG Resources, Inc. | 3,952,029 | 352,719 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 25,203,837 | 2,361,347 | |
Hess Corp. | 538,800 | 54,343 | |
Murphy Oil Corp. | 2,465,400 | 209,165 | |
Newfield Exploration Co. (a) | 227,700 | 12,000 | |
Noble Energy, Inc. | 7,153,136 | 568,817 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1,008,302 | 77,629 | |
Common Stocks - continued | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
ENERGY - continued | |||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued | |||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras sponsored ADR | 7,036,800 | $ 810,921 | |
Petroplus Holdings AG (e) | 4,141,422 | 320,482 | |
Range Resources Corp. | 466,700 | 23,970 | |
SandRidge Energy, Inc. | 1,310,300 | 46,987 | |
Sasol Ltd. sponsored ADR | 187,000 | 9,251 | |
Southwestern Energy Co. (a) | 393,300 | 21,915 | |
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 1,188,100 | 129,040 | |
Valero Energy Corp. | 6,897,005 | 482,997 | |
W&T Offshore, Inc. | 1,134,700 | 33,996 | |
Williams Companies, Inc. | 232,100 | 8,305 | |
XTO Energy, Inc. | 4,816,541 | 247,378 | |
7,369,373 | |||
TOTAL ENERGY | 9,684,486 | ||
FINANCIALS - 11.4% | |||
Capital Markets - 1.3% | |||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 4,485,118 | 218,694 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Class A | 150,000 | 32,520 | |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 11,737,394 | 299,890 | |
Franklin Resources, Inc. | 655,695 | 75,031 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 864,700 | 185,954 | |
Invesco Ltd. | 1,416,400 | 44,447 | |
Legg Mason, Inc. | 274,800 | 20,102 | |
SEI Investments Co. | 3,137,781 | 100,942 | |
State Street Corp. | 9,500 | 771 | |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,057,400 | 64,375 | |
1,042,726 | |||
Commercial Banks - 1.3% | |||
Allied Irish Banks PLC | 1,556,900 | 35,762 | |
Banco do Brasil SA | 2,335,700 | 39,497 | |
Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA sponsored ADR (non-vtg.) | 3,204,600 | 82,871 | |
Banco Santander SA sponsored ADR | 7,965,800 | 171,583 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC sponsored ADR | 32,100 | 2,687 | |
M&T Bank Corp. | 39,500 | 3,222 | |
National Australia Bank Ltd. | 1,415,755 | 46,862 | |
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom) | 2,222,500 | 81,427 | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank | 1,124,300 | 78,646 | |
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Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA (Unibanco) GDR | 336,500 | $ 46,989 | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | 16,653,298 | 502,763 | |
1,092,309 | |||
Consumer Finance - 0.8% | |||
American Express Co. | 12,593,150 | 655,096 | |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.8% | |||
Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros - BM&F SA | 4,133,500 | 57,474 | |
Bovespa Holding SA | 483,000 | 9,047 | |
Citigroup, Inc. | 10,416,578 | 306,664 | |
CME Group, Inc. | 183,850 | 126,121 | |
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a) | 239,500 | 46,104 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 2,006,000 | 87,562 | |
MSCI, Inc. Class A | 183,300 | 7,039 | |
640,011 | |||
Insurance - 7.2% | |||
Admiral Group PLC | 9,241,322 | 201,972 | |
Allstate Corp. | 4,587,884 | 239,625 | |
American International Group, Inc. | 9,854,426 | 574,513 | |
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a) | 224,420 | 15,788 | |
Assurant, Inc. | 1,287,120 | 86,108 | |
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 3,066,500 | 119,502 | |
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A (a) | 18,201 | 2,577,262 | |
Everest Re Group Ltd. | 1,269,820 | 127,490 | |
Loews Corp. | 6,050,784 | 304,596 | |
Markel Corp. (a) | 46,252 | 22,714 | |
MetLife, Inc. | 5,361,184 | 330,356 | |
MetLife, Inc. unit | 3,634,300 | 111,173 | |
Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 140,800 | 9,693 | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | 3,511,634 | 326,722 | |
The Chubb Corp. | 9,782,700 | 533,940 | |
W.R. Berkley Corp. | 4,111,400 | 122,561 | |
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. | 131,850 | 67,777 | |
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. | 1,411,238 | 53,585 | |
Zenith National Insurance Corp. | 408,300 | 18,263 | |
5,843,640 | |||
TOTAL FINANCIALS | 9,273,782 | ||
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HEALTH CARE - 10.0% | |||
Biotechnology - 3.0% | |||
Celgene Corp. (a) | 2,918,504 | $ 134,864 | |
CSL Ltd. | 2,044,692 | 65,119 | |
Genentech, Inc. (a) | 18,603,442 | 1,247,733 | |
Genmab AS (a)(d) | 954,000 | 57,694 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a) | 16,216,194 | 746,107 | |
GTx, Inc. (a) | 921,507 | 13,224 | |
MannKind Corp. (a)(d)(e) | 6,656,676 | 52,987 | |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 (a)(f) | 304,338 | 721 | |
Medarex, Inc. (a)(d)(e) | 6,774,903 | 70,594 | |
Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 378,653 | 13,154 | |
ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 170,400 | 9,478 | |
OREXIGEN Therapeutics, Inc. | 440,928 | 6,283 | |
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a) | 849,376 | 9,683 | |
2,427,641 | |||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.8% | |||
Alcon, Inc. | 1,619,300 | 231,625 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 2,520,240 | 210,642 | |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 1,965,740 | 186,352 | |
China Medical Technologies, Inc. sponsored ADR (d) | 190,200 | 8,443 | |
DENTSPLY International, Inc. | 4,792,374 | 215,753 | |
Gen-Probe, Inc. (a) | 1,438,000 | 90,493 | |
Hologic, Inc. (a)(d) | 1,395,625 | 95,796 | |
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) | 84,553 | 27,437 | |
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (a) | 1,430,413 | 80,361 | |
Mindray Medical International Ltd. sponsored ADR | 1,017,175 | 43,708 | |
NuVasive, Inc. (a) | 1,163,663 | 45,988 | |
Smith & Nephew PLC | 1,212,200 | 13,921 | |
Stereotaxis, Inc. (a) | 646,514 | 7,900 | |
Stryker Corp. | 2,230,800 | 166,685 | |
TomoTherapy, Inc. | 1,338,090 | 26,173 | |
1,451,277 | |||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7% | |||
Aetna, Inc. | 1,421,300 | 82,052 | |
Amedisys, Inc. (a) | 472,200 | 22,911 | |
athenahealth, Inc. | 213,300 | 7,679 | |
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) | 565,051 | 34,694 | |
HMS Holdings Corp. (a) | 81,599 | 2,710 | |
Humana, Inc. (a) | 295,406 | 22,247 | |
McKesson Corp. | 749,300 | 49,087 | |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a) | 2,376,254 | 240,952 | |
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Nighthawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (a)(e) | 1,602,450 | $ 33,732 | |
Patterson Companies, Inc. (a) | 170,571 | 5,791 | |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 374,409 | 21,791 | |
VCA Antech, Inc. (a) | 1,140,151 | 50,429 | |
574,075 | |||
Health Care Technology - 0.1% | |||
HLTH Corp. (a) | 3,831,679 | 51,344 | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6% | |||
Covance, Inc. (a) | 126,300 | 10,940 | |
Dionex Corp. (a) | 319,137 | 26,444 | |
Invitrogen Corp. (a) | 655,300 | 61,212 | |
Medivation, Inc. (a) | 633,843 | 9,127 | |
Millipore Corp. (a) | 236,212 | 17,286 | |
QIAGEN NV (a) | 1,375,600 | 28,956 | |
Techne Corp. (a) | 700,216 | 46,249 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a) | 1,684,005 | 97,133 | |
Waters Corp. (a) | 2,954,061 | 233,578 | |
530,925 | |||
Pharmaceuticals - 3.8% | |||
Abbott Laboratories | 4,790,783 | 269,002 | |
Allergan, Inc. | 2,991,094 | 192,148 | |
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (a) | 651,741 | 11,321 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 5,738,300 | 152,180 | |
Johnson & Johnson | 3,244,300 | 216,395 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 17,615,250 | 1,023,622 | |
Novo Nordisk AS Series B | 1,560,600 | 102,320 | |
Pronova BioPharma ASA | 7,608,200 | 30,800 | |
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) | 3,621,825 | 618,608 | |
Schering-Plough Corp. | 16,068,162 | 428,056 | |
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d) | 159,286 | 2,181 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sponsored ADR | 182,900 | 8,501 | |
XenoPort, Inc. (a) | 438,010 | 24,476 | |
3,079,610 | |||
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | 8,114,872 | ||
INDUSTRIALS - 8.6% | |||
Aerospace & Defense - 1.3% | |||
General Dynamics Corp. | 579,654 | 51,583 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 4,524,913 | 476,292 | |
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Precision Castparts Corp. | 862,200 | $ 119,587 | |
Raytheon Co. | 774,600 | 47,018 | |
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A | 2,535,200 | 87,464 | |
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a) | 635,602 | 33,897 | |
The Boeing Co. | 1,951,674 | 170,693 | |
United Technologies Corp. | 622,200 | 47,623 | |
1,034,157 | |||
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.5% | |||
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 6,755,325 | 365,598 | |
Airlines - 0.1% | |||
Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR (a) | 1,806,002 | 71,229 | |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2% | |||
Advisory Board Co. (a) | 154,619 | 9,925 | |
Covanta Holding Corp. (a) | 1,508,790 | 41,733 | |
FTI Consulting, Inc. (a) | 170,000 | 10,479 | |
IHS, Inc. Class A (a) | 419,851 | 25,426 | |
InnerWorkings, Inc. (a) | 595,200 | 10,273 | |
Interface, Inc. Class A | 1,771,403 | 28,909 | |
Robert Half International, Inc. | 786,200 | 21,259 | |
Stericycle, Inc. (a) | 268,100 | 15,925 | |
163,929 | |||
Construction & Engineering - 1.0% | |||
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)(e) | 7,210,254 | 689,372 | |
KBR, Inc. | 1,637,100 | 63,519 | |
URS Corp. (a) | 727,100 | 39,503 | |
792,394 | |||
Electrical Equipment - 2.6% | |||
ABB Ltd. sponsored ADR | 4,815,000 | 138,672 | |
Alstom SA | 45,700 | 9,804 | |
Cooper Industries Ltd. Class A | 12,846,841 | 679,341 | |
Emerson Electric Co. | 143,700 | 8,142 | |
First Solar, Inc. (a) | 131,348 | 35,088 | |
Q-Cells AG (a) | 3,213,187 | 457,678 | |
Renewable Energy Corp. AS (a)(d) | 8,389,175 | 426,058 | |
Roper Industries, Inc. | 125,600 | 7,855 | |
SolarWorld AG | 2,724,984 | 166,033 | |
Sunpower Corp. Class A (a)(d) | 664,537 | 86,649 | |
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Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 933,800 | $ 76,870 | |
Vestas Wind Systems AS (a) | 100,000 | 10,804 | |
2,102,994 | |||
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.2% | |||
General Electric Co. | 444,833 | 16,490 | |
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | 3,826,000 | 43,402 | |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (NY Shares) | 474,700 | 20,293 | |
McDermott International, Inc. (a) | 95,801 | 5,655 | |
Siemens AG sponsored ADR | 614,400 | 96,682 | |
182,522 | |||
Machinery - 2.3% | |||
Astec Industries, Inc. (a) | 58,206 | 2,165 | |
Bucyrus International, Inc. Class A | 344,700 | 34,260 | |
Cummins, Inc. | 1,057,095 | 134,642 | |
Danaher Corp. | 8,847,309 | 776,263 | |
Deere & Co. | 2,144,000 | 199,649 | |
IDEX Corp. | 1,715,549 | 61,983 | |
Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. Class A | 436,100 | 20,266 | |
ITT Corp. | 460,800 | 30,431 | |
Kennametal, Inc. | 807,442 | 30,570 | |
Manitowoc Co., Inc. | 208,900 | 10,201 | |
PACCAR, Inc. | 8,650,141 | 471,260 | |
Pall Corp. | 2,324,700 | 93,732 | |
SPX Corp. | 387,790 | 39,884 | |
1,905,306 | |||
Road & Rail - 0.4% | |||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 709,000 | 59,010 | |
Canadian National Railway Co. | 4,982,100 | 233,924 | |
CSX Corp. | 394,900 | 17,368 | |
Union Pacific Corp. | 274,500 | 34,483 | |
344,785 | |||
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | 6,962,914 | ||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 23.8% | |||
Communications Equipment - 2.9% | |||
Aruba Networks, Inc. (e) | 4,047,477 | 60,348 | |
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a) | 549,407 | 18,059 | |
Ciena Corp. (a) | 739,500 | 25,224 | |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | 19,490,000 | $ 527,594 | |
Juniper Networks, Inc. (a) | 300,000 | 9,960 | |
Nice Systems Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) | 58,800 | 2,018 | |
Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR | 14,838,486 | 569,649 | |
Nortel Networks Corp. (a) | 2,051,700 | 30,934 | |
Research In Motion Ltd. (a) | 9,441,809 | 1,070,701 | |
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a) | 1,144,636 | 30,608 | |
Starent Networks Corp. | 341,204 | 6,227 | |
2,351,322 | |||
Computers & Peripherals - 7.5% | |||
Apple, Inc. (a) | 15,131,237 | 2,997,195 | |
Dell, Inc. (a) | 9,901,363 | 242,682 | |
EMC Corp. (a) | 9,102,600 | 168,671 | |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 45,785,000 | 2,311,227 | |
Logitech International SA (a) | 1,896,500 | 69,488 | |
NCR Corp. (a) | 5,468,400 | 137,257 | |
Netezza Corp. | 238,300 | 3,289 | |
Synaptics, Inc. (a) | 444,703 | 18,304 | |
Teradata Corp. (a) | 724,900 | 19,870 | |
Western Digital Corp. (a) | 3,050,600 | 92,159 | |
6,060,142 | |||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.3% | |||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a) | 393,200 | 14,446 | |
Amphenol Corp. Class A | 8,203,412 | 380,392 | |
Flextronics International Ltd. (a) | 1,463,500 | 17,650 | |
FLIR Systems, Inc. (a)(e) | 7,363,538 | 230,479 | |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn) | 25,220,142 | 157,091 | |
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a) | 1,233,600 | 140,384 | |
Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a) | 1,671,575 | 50,548 | |
Tyco Electronics Ltd. | 1,400,000 | 51,982 | |
1,042,972 | |||
Internet Software & Services - 6.4% | |||
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a) | 3,380,692 | 116,972 | |
Bankrate, Inc. (a)(d)(e) | 1,187,000 | 57,083 | |
Constant Contact, Inc. (d)(e) | 1,486,116 | 31,951 | |
Dice Holdings, Inc. | 567,610 | 4,535 | |
Equinix, Inc. (a) | 401,300 | 40,559 | |
Google, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a) | 6,340,219 | 4,384,135 | |
Mercadolibre, Inc. | 528,500 | 39,046 | |
NHN Corp. (a) | 159,566 | 38,541 | |
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Open Text Corp. (a) | 300,000 | $ 9,475 | |
VeriSign, Inc. (a) | 9,059,984 | 340,746 | |
VistaPrint Ltd. (a)(e) | 2,538,487 | 108,774 | |
5,171,817 | |||
IT Services - 1.7% | |||
Accenture Ltd. Class A | 6,952,400 | 250,495 | |
ExlService Holdings, Inc. (a) | 399,100 | 9,211 | |
Mastercard, Inc. Class A (d) | 2,473,441 | 532,285 | |
Paychex, Inc. | 3,732,421 | 135,188 | |
Redecard SA | 1,070,600 | 17,442 | |
Sapient Corp. (a)(e) | 7,164,100 | 63,116 | |
SRA International, Inc. Class A (a) | 3,726,200 | 109,737 | |
The Western Union Co. | 3,459,768 | 84,003 | |
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)(e) | 6,710,817 | 156,026 | |
Wright Express Corp. (a) | 384,682 | 13,652 | |
1,371,155 | |||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.3% | |||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 2,553,300 | 45,347 | |
ASML Holding NV (NY Shares) (a) | 1,692,322 | 52,953 | |
Broadcom Corp. Class A (a) | 345,200 | 9,024 | |
Cavium Networks, Inc. | 1,009,091 | 23,229 | |
FEI Co. (a) | 325,459 | 8,081 | |
Intel Corp. | 13,021,350 | 347,149 | |
Lam Research Corp. (a) | 2,722,165 | 117,679 | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a) | 5,648,552 | 78,967 | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a) | 1,392,800 | 123,249 | |
NVIDIA Corp. (a) | 4,911,173 | 167,078 | |
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 36,956 | 21,950 | |
Sigma Designs, Inc. (a) | 292,000 | 16,118 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR | 1,961,900 | 19,541 | |
Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a) | 575,044 | 23,922 | |
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (a) | 652,800 | 24,154 | |
Zoran Corp. (a) | 758,721 | 17,079 | |
1,095,520 | |||
Software - 2.7% | |||
Activision, Inc. (a) | 5,809,700 | 172,548 | |
Adobe Systems, Inc. (a) | 13,589,308 | 580,671 | |
Autonomy Corp. PLC (a) | 1,628,653 | 28,605 | |
BMC Software, Inc. (a) | 2,422,950 | 86,354 | |
CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)(e) | 4,296,222 | 90,994 | |
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Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) | 1,011,400 | $ 59,076 | |
Gameloft (a) | 2,545,730 | 22,291 | |
Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd. ADR | 51,400 | 1,217 | |
McAfee, Inc. (a) | 5,531,135 | 207,418 | |
Nintendo Co. Ltd. | 459,000 | 271,912 | |
Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d) | 1,570,957 | 29,345 | |
Oracle Corp. (a) | 3,867,400 | 87,326 | |
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a) | 3,258,818 | 204,295 | |
Taleo Corp. Class A (a) | 969,251 | 28,864 | |
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a) | 1,644,957 | 166,773 | |
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)(e) | 1,565,056 | 49,252 | |
VMware, Inc. Class A (d) | 1,484,000 | 126,125 | |
2,213,066 | |||
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 19,305,994 | ||
MATERIALS - 6.9% | |||
Chemicals - 2.2% | |||
Bayer AG | 4,183,732 | 380,720 | |
Ecolab, Inc. | 6,099,063 | 312,333 | |
Monsanto Co. | 4,031,465 | 450,274 | |
Nalco Holding Co. | 3,301,771 | 79,837 | |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 227,900 | 32,808 | |
Praxair, Inc. | 5,041,068 | 447,193 | |
Rohm & Haas Co. | 142,100 | 7,541 | |
The Mosaic Co. (a) | 614,700 | 57,991 | |
Wacker Chemie AG | 169,400 | 48,876 | |
1,817,573 | |||
Metals & Mining - 4.6% | |||
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. | 879,300 | 48,162 | |
Anglo American PLC ADR | 12,064,441 | 366,397 | |
Anglo Platinum Ltd. | 45,931 | 6,762 | |
ArcelorMittal SA (NY Reg.) Class A | 1,713,129 | 132,511 | |
B2Gold Corp. (a) | 5,000,000 | 11,826 | |
Barrick Gold Corp. | 8,342,200 | 350,800 | |
BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (d) | 7,512,220 | 526,156 | |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce sponsored ADR | 2,209,800 | 72,194 | |
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA sponsored ADR | 950,129 | 53,777 | |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (a) | 5,577,400 | 32,727 | |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. | 71,500 | 6,122 | |
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Franco-Nevada Corp. | 3,797,400 | $ 57,904 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B | 3,934,561 | 403,056 | |
Goldcorp, Inc. | 15,349,183 | 522,170 | |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. | 555,200 | 19,199 | |
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a) | 16,627,200 | 180,740 | |
Kinross Gold Corp. (a) | 11,157,179 | 205,502 | |
Lihir Gold Ltd. (a) | 58,532,976 | 185,081 | |
Lundin Mining Corp. (a) | 4,446,200 | 42,692 | |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. | 4,555,994 | 132,089 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. | 820,500 | 3,536 | |
Novamerican Steel, Inc. warrants 3/7/11 (a) | 820,500 | 821 | |
POSCO sponsored ADR | 1,049,800 | 157,900 | |
Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR | 1,633,797 | 60,663 | |
Red Back Mining, Inc. (a) | 6,119,200 | 43,667 | |
Rio Tinto PLC (Reg.) | 422,926 | 44,397 | |
Silver Bear Resources, Inc. (e) | 2,391,300 | 6,739 | |
Silvercorp Metals, Inc. | 770,400 | 7,273 | |
Vedanta Resources PLC | 209,300 | 8,508 | |
Xstrata PLC | 127,800 | 9,014 | |
3,698,385 | |||
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1% | |||
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. | 2,890,400 | 12,697 | |
Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. | 20,920,000 | 52,910 | |
65,607 | |||
TOTAL MATERIALS | 5,581,565 | ||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.6% | |||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5% | |||
AT&T, Inc. | 6,249,343 | 259,723 | |
Cbeyond, Inc. (a) | 487,220 | 18,997 | |
Iliad Group SA | 291,860 | 31,349 | |
Telefonica SA sponsored ADR | 445,900 | 43,515 | |
353,584 | |||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.1% | |||
America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR | 23,042,400 | 1,414,573 | |
American Tower Corp. Class A (a) | 226,274 | 9,639 | |
Bharti Airtel Ltd. (a) | 7,972,568 | 201,595 | |
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NII Holdings, Inc. (a) | 1,988,000 | $ 96,060 | |
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR | 275,000 | 10,263 | |
1,732,130 | |||
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | 2,085,714 | ||
UTILITIES - 1.0% | |||
Electric Utilities - 0.6% | |||
Allegheny Energy, Inc. | 1,633,500 | 103,907 | |
E.ON AG sponsored ADR | 1,715,900 | 120,714 | |
Edison International | 183,400 | 9,788 | |
Entergy Corp. | 609,300 | 72,824 | |
Exelon Corp. | 967,500 | 78,987 | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | 570,600 | 41,277 | |
FPL Group, Inc. | 281,900 | 19,107 | |
PPL Corp. | 1,000,900 | 52,137 | |
498,741 | |||
Gas Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Questar Corp. | 141,000 | 7,628 | |
Southern Union Co. | 1,749,130 | 51,354 | |
58,982 | |||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.2% | |||
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. | 715,485 | 73,359 | |
International Power PLC | 5,890,400 | 54,339 | |
127,698 | |||
Multi-Utilities - 0.1% | |||
Veolia Environnement | 486,986 | 44,384 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd | 20,877,500 | 49,874 | |
YTL Corp. Bhd rights 1/7/08 (a) | 1,391,833 | 715 | |
94,973 | |||
TOTAL UTILITIES | 780,394 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $48,072,087) | 72,693,874 | ||
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
HEALTH CARE - 0.0% | |||
Biotechnology - 0.0% | |||
Fluidigm Corp. (f) | 4,389,865 | $ 17,559 | |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $17,559) | 17,559 | ||
Money Market Funds - 11.0% | |||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 4.58% (b) | 8,065,387,372 | 8,065,387 | |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 4.65% (b)(c) | 829,911,713 | 829,912 | |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $8,895,299) | 8,895,299 | ||
Cash Equivalents - 0.0% | |||
Maturity Amount (000s) | |||
Investments in repurchase agreements in a joint trading account at 1.28%, dated 12/31/07 due 1/2/08 (Collateralized by U.S. Government Obligations) # | $ 3,944 | 3,944 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.6% (Cost $56,988,889) | 81,610,676 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS - (0.6)% | (466,709) | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 81,143,967 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. |
(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(e) Affiliated company |
(f) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $59,514,000 or 0.1% of net assets. |
Additional information on each holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost (000s) |
Fluidigm Corp. | 10/9/07 | $ 17,559 |
MannKind Corp. warrants 8/3/10 | 8/3/05 | $ 8 |
The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC Class A-1 | 10/19/05 | $ 41,234 |
# Additional Information on each counterparty to the repurchase agreement is as follows: |
Repurchase Agreement / Counterparty | Value |
$3,944,000 due 1/02/08 at 1.28% | |
Banc of America Securities LLC | $ 750 |
Barclays Capital, Inc. | 1,287 |
Goldman, Sachs & Co. | 1,907 |
$ 3,944 |
Affiliated Central Funds |
Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows: |
Fund | Income earned |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund | $ 316,087 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund | 14,546 |
Total | $ 330,633 |
Other Affiliated Issuers |
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows: |
Affiliates | Value, beginning of period | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Dividend Income | Value, |
Akamai Technologies, Inc. | $ 447,760 | $ 33,447 | $ 226,133 | $ - | $ - |
American Commercial Lines, Inc. | 141,680 | - | 118,677 | - | - |
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 43,762 | - | 28,651 | - | - |
Aruba Networks, Inc. | - | 78,217 | - | - | 60,348 |
Bankrate, Inc. | - | 56,545 | - | - | 57,083 |
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. | 25,536 | 25,742 | 9,753 | - | 24,851 |
CommVault Systems, Inc. | - | 74,992 | - | - | 90,994 |
Constant Contact, Inc. | - | 37,759 | - | - | 31,951 |
FLIR Systems, Inc. | 50,142 | 90,462 | - | - | 230,479 |
J. Crew Group, Inc. | 129,543 | 103,420 | 1,880 | - | 285,015 |
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | 143,128 | 200,843 | 16,944 | - | 689,372 |
Kyphon, Inc. | 95,357 | 6,889 | 179,520 | - | - |
MannKind Corp. | 78,647 | 17,042 | - | - | 52,987 |
Medarex, Inc. | 116,476 | 8,617 | 18,107 | - | 70,594 |
Nighthawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. | 44,047 | 9,849 | 10,654 | - | 33,732 |
NII Holdings, Inc. | 628,113 | 51,535 | 507,483 | - | - |
Opsware, Inc. | 54,592 | - | 88,201 | - | - |
Panera Bread Co. Class A | 140,063 | - | 142,154 | - | - |
Petroplus Holdings AG | 134,674 | 154,082 | - | - | 320,482 |
Sapient Corp. | - | 59,537 | - | - | 63,116 |
Silver Bear Resources, Inc. | - | 7,137 | - | - | 6,739 |
Susser Holdings Corp. | 16,957 | 10,120 | - | - | 29,557 |
Taleo Corp. Class A | - | 29,490 | 9,721 | - | - |
Tim Hortons, Inc. | 234,667 | 57,350 | 16,173 | 2,619 | 355,194 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. | 79,336 | 17,304 | - | - | 71,725 |
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. | - | 50,183 | - | - | 49,252 |
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. | 117,286 | 137,468 | 7,641 | - | 156,026 |
VistaPrint Ltd. | 52,539 | 37,585 | - | - | 108,774 |
Zumiez, Inc. | - | 64,077 | 49,523 | - | - |
Total | $ 2,774,305 | $ 1,419,692 | $ 1,431,215 | $ 2,619 | $ 2,788,271 |
Other Information |
Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: |
United States of America | 74.7% |
Canada | 5.5% |
Bermuda | 2.2% |
United Kingdom | 2.1% |
Switzerland | 2.1% |
Netherlands Antilles | 1.8% |
Mexico | 1.7% |
Germany | 1.7% |
Brazil | 1.5% |
Australia | 1.0% |
Others (individually less than 1%) | 5.7% |
100.0% |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amount) | December 31, 2007 | |
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $803,014 and repurchase agreements of $3,944) - See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $45,957,197) | $ 69,927,106 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $8,895,299) | 8,895,299 | |
Other affiliated issuers (cost $2,136,393) | 2,788,271 | |
Total Investments (cost $56,988,889) | $ 81,610,676 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 88,466 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 486,798 | |
Dividends receivable | 73,311 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 34,092 | |
Prepaid expenses | 573 | |
Other receivables | 2,188 | |
Total assets | 82,296,104 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable to custodian bank | $ 108 | |
Payable for investments purchased | 43,910 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 206,760 | |
Distributions payable | 10,049 | |
Accrued management fee | 47,916 | |
Other affiliated payables | 11,253 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 2,229 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 829,912 | |
Total liabilities | 1,152,137 | |
Net Assets | $ 81,143,967 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $ 55,526,124 | |
Undistributed net investment income | 37,973 | |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | 958,472 | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 24,621,398 | |
Net Assets, for 1,109,833 shares outstanding | $ 81,143,967 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($81,143,967 ÷ 1,109,833 shares) | $ 73.11 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Year ended December 31, 2007 | |
Investment Income | ||
Dividends (including $2,619 earned from other affiliated issuers) | $ 821,152 | |
Interest | 568 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds | 330,633 | |
Total income | 1,152,353 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $ 412,335 | |
Performance adjustment | 115,225 | |
Transfer agent fees | 124,382 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 3,029 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 2,894 | |
Independent trustees' compensation | 253 | |
Appreciation in deferred trustee compensation account | 5 | |
Registration fees | (339) | |
Audit | 429 | |
Legal | 414 | |
Interest | 4 | |
Miscellaneous | 752 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 659,383 | |
Expense reductions | (5,525) | 653,858 |
Net investment income (loss) | 498,495 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers | 4,726,451 | |
Other affiliated issuers | 344,288 | |
Foreign currency transactions | (1,259) | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 5,069,480 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $86) | 7,732,969 | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (176) | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 7,732,793 | |
Net gain (loss) | 12,802,273 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ 13,300,768 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Year ended | Year ended |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $ 498,495 | $ 401,287 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 5,069,480 | 6,309,858 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 7,732,793 | 323,789 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | 13,300,768 | 7,034,934 |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (460,400) | (378,165) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | (4,689,324) | (6,270,983) |
Total distributions | (5,149,724) | (6,649,148) |
Share transactions | 10,836,141 | 12,219,016 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 5,046,930 | 6,514,186 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (11,466,420) | (10,685,444) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 4,416,651 | 8,047,758 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 12,567,695 | 8,433,544 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 68,576,272 | 60,142,728 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $37,973 and undistributed net investment income of $14,332, respectively) | $ 81,143,967 | $ 68,576,272 |
Other Information Shares | ||
Sold | 152,510 | 183,232 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 69,556 | 100,360 |
Redeemed | (163,926) | (160,606) |
Net increase (decrease) | 58,140 | 122,986 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
Years ended December 31, | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 |
Selected Per-Share Data | |||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 65.21 | $ 64.76 | $ 56.74 | $ 49.35 | $ 38.60 |
Income from Investment Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss) C | .48 | .41 | .27 | .04 | - G |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 12.34 | 6.92 | 8.95 | 7.40 | 10.79 |
Total from investment operations | 12.82 | 7.33 | 9.22 | 7.44 | 10.79 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.44) | (.39) | (.23) | (.05) | (.04) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (4.48) | (6.49) | (.97) | - | - |
Total distributions | (4.92) | (6.88) | (1.20) | (.05) | (.04) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 73.11 | $ 65.21 | $ 64.76 | $ 56.74 | $ 49.35 |
Total Return A, B | 19.78% | 11.54% | 16.23% | 15.07% | 27.95% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F | |||||
Expenses before reductions | .89% | .90% | .91% | .94% | 1.00% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .89% | .90% | .91% | .94% | 1.00% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .89% | .89% | .88% | .92% | .98% |
Net investment income (loss) | .68% | .62% | .46% | .08% | .01% |
Supplemental Data | |||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 81,144 | $ 68,576 | $ 60,143 | $ 44,477 | $ 35,933 |
Portfolio turnover rate E | 56% | 76% | 60% | 64% | 67% |
A Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
B Total returns do not include the effect of the former sales charges.
C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
D Fees and expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund.
G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended December 31, 2007
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Organization.
Fidelity Contrafund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Contrafund (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Fund is currently closed to most new accounts. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.
A complete list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's web site or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Security Valuation. Investments are valued and net asset value (NAV) per share is calculated (NAV calculation) as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Wherever possible, the Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the 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, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price. Investments in open-end mutual funds,
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including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value each business day. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.
When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or do not accurately reflect fair value, valuations may be determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. For example, when developments occur between the close of a market and the close of the NYSE that may materially affect the value of some or all of the securities, or when trading in a security is halted, those securities may be fair valued. Factors used in the determination of fair value may include monitoring news to identify significant market or security specific events such as changes in the value of U.S. securities markets, reviewing developments in foreign markets and evaluating the performance of ADRs, futures contracts and exchange-traded funds. Because the Fund's utilization of fair value pricing depends on market activity, the frequency with which fair value pricing is used cannot be predicted and may be utilized to a significant extent. The value of securities used for NAV calculation under fair value pricing may differ from published prices for the same securities.
Foreign Currency. The Fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
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 and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends
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(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Investment Transactions and Income - continued
from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
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. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), Independent Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and filing its U.S. federal tax return. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (FIN 48), on June 29, 2007. FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. Each of the Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
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. In addition, the Fund will claim a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.
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 foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, deferred trustees compensation 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 | $ 25,569,653 | |
Unrealized depreciation | (1,038,412) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 24,531,241 | |
Undistributed long-term capital gain | 715,642 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 57,079,435 |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
December 31, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |
Ordinary Income | $ 554,573 | $ 473,416 |
Long-term Capital Gains | 4,595,151 | 6,175,732 |
Total | $ 5,149,724 | $ 6,649,148 |
New Accounting Pronouncement. In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.
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(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
4. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. FMR has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the Fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts which are then invested in repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are collateralized by government or non-government securities. Upon settlement date, collateral is held in segregated accounts with custodian banks and may be obtained in the event of a default of the counterparty. The Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the value of the collateral may decline.
Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $37,861,241 and $41,378,833, respectively.
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the Fund's relative investment performance as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.
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Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period the transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annual rate of .17% of average net assets. Effective January 1, 2008, Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR replaced FSC as transfer agent for the Fund.
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. FSC maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.
Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $294 for the period.
7. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $4.2 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $148 and is reflected in Miscellaneous Expense on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Security Lending.
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less fees and expenses associated
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(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
8. Security Lending - continued
with the loan, plus any premium payments that may be received on the loan of certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Net income from lending portfolio securities during the period amounted to $14,546.
9. Bank Borrowings.
The Fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions. The Fund has established borrowing arrangements with certain banks. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. The average daily loan balance during the period for which loans were outstanding amounted to $7,653. The weighted average interest rate was 5.56%. The interest expense amounted to $4 under the bank borrowing program. At period end, there were no bank borrowings outstanding.
10. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $2,430 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian and transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody and transfer agent expenses by $81 and $2,999 respectively.
11. 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 United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is conducting an investigation of FMR (covering the years 2002 to 2004) arising from gifts, gratuities and business entertainment provided by certain brokers to certain individuals who were employed on FMR's domestic equity trading desk during that period. FMR is in discussions with the SEC staff regarding the possible resolution of the matter, but as of period-end no final resolution has been reached.
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11. Other - continued
In December 2006, the Independent Trustees completed their own investigation of the matter with the assistance of independent counsel. The Independent Trustees and FMR agree that, despite the absence of proof that the Fidelity mutual funds experienced diminished execution quality as a result of the improper receipt of gifts and business entertainment, the conduct at issue was serious and is worthy of redress. Accordingly, the Independent Trustees have requested and FMR has agreed to pay $42 million to Fidelity mutual funds, plus interest to be determined at the time that payment is made. A method of allocating this payment among the funds has not yet been determined. The total payment to the Fund is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Fund's net assets. In addition, FMR reimbursed related legal expenses which are recorded in the accompanying Statement of Operations as an expense reduction.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Fidelity Contrafund and the Shareholders of Fidelity Contrafund:
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 Fidelity Contrafund (a fund of Fidelity Contrafund) at December 31, 2007, 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 five years in the period then ended, 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 Fidelity Contrafund's 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 December 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 14, 2008
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Trustees and Officers
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 James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 373 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 368 funds advised by FMR 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. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 72nd birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. 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 1-800-544-8544.
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 | |
Edward C. Johnson 3d (77) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 1984 Mr. Johnson is Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Johnson serves as President (2006-present), Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC; Chairman and a Director of FMR; Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (FRAC); Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc.; and Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as Chairman and Director of Fidelity International Limited (FIL). Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related. | |
James C. Curvey (72) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) or Member of the Advisory Board (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2006-present) and Director of FMR LLC. Mr. Curvey joined Fidelity in 1982 and served in numerous senior management positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer of FMR LLC (1997-2000) and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (2000-2002). In addition, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Geerlings & Wade, Inc. (wine distribution). |
* 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 FMR. 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 | |
Dennis J. Dirks (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) (1999-2003). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) (1999-2003) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) (1999-2003). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003) and Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation (2001-2003). Mr. Dirks also serves as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-present) and a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-present). | |
Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (65) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (1989-2002). He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2001-present), Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Saint Barnabas Health Care System. | |
George H. Heilmeier (71) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Dr. Heilmeier is Chairman Emeritus of Telcordia Technologies (communication software and systems), where prior to his retirement, he served as company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of The Mitre Corporation (systems engineering and information technology support for the government), and HRL Laboratories (private research and development, 2004-present). He is Chairman of the General Motors Science & Technology Advisory Board and a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Heilmeier is a member of the Defense Science Board and the National Security Agency Advisory Board. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Dr. Heilmeier served as a Director of TRW Inc. (automotive, space, defense, and information technology, 1992-2002), Compaq (1994-2002), Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) (technology-based business outsourcing, 1995-2002), INET Technologies Inc. (telecommunications network surveillance, 2001-2004), and Teletech Holdings (customer management services). He is the recipient of the 2005 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his invention of the liquid crystal display, and a member of the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. | |
James H. Keyes (67) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr. Keyes was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls, Inc. (automotive supplier, 1993-2003). He currently serves as a member of the boards of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies), Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, 2002-present), and Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions). | |
Marie L. Knowles (61) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. She currently serves as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing) and McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, 2002-present). Ms. Knowles is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution and the Catalina Island Conservancy and also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California. | |
Ned C. Lautenbach (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2000 Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach has been a partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (private equity investment firm) since September 1998. Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from 1968 until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Lautenbach serves as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-present) and Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial) as well as the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present), as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. | |
Cornelia M. Small (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Ms. Small is a member (2000-present) and Chairperson (2002-present) of the Investment Committee, and a member (2002-present) of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. Previously, she served as Chief Investment Officer (1999-2000), Director of Global Equity Investments (1996-1999), and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark (1990-1997) and Scudder Kemper Investments (1997-1999). In addition, Ms. Small served as Co-Chair (2000-2003) of the Annual Fund for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. | |
William S. Stavropoulos (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2001 Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company. Since joining The Dow Chemical Company in 1967, Mr. Stavropoulos served in numerous senior management positions, including President (1993-2000; 2002-2003), CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), and Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2004). Currently, he is a Director of NCR Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions), Chemical Financial Corporation, Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate, 2002-present), Tyco International, Inc. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital (private equity investment firm, 2005-present). He is a special advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc., a private equity investment firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of The Business Council, J.P. Morgan International Council and the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science. | |
Kenneth L. Wolfe (68) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Mr. Wolfe is Chairman and a Director of Hershey Foods Corporation (2007-present), where prior to his retirement in 2001, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Wolfe currently serves as a member of the board of Revlon Inc. (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wolfe served as a member of the boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (2003-2006) and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (1993-2007). |
Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers**:
Correspondence intended for Mr. Mauriello, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Lacy, and Mr. Arthur Johnson may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer and Mr. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Name, Age; Principal Occupation | |
Arthur E. Johnson (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Mr. Johnson serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor). In addition, Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present), and IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (document management systems and services). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson and Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d are not related. | |
Alan J. Lacy (54) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (a private equity firm). Mr. Lacy also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2005-2006; 2000-2005). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-present) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (global pharmaceuticals, 2007-present). Mr. Lacy is a Trustee of the National Parks Conservation Association and The Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Peter S. Lynch (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR, and Vice Chairman (2001-present) and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as a Trustee of the Fidelity funds (1990-2003). In addition, he serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. | |
Joseph Mauriello (63) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services firm, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Capital Ltd. (global insurance and re-insurance company, 2006-present) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-present). He also served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007). | |
David M. Thomas (58) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products holding company), and Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present). | |
Michael E. Wiley (57) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Member of the Advisory Board of Contrafund. Mr. Wiley also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-present). He serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production company, 2005-present). In addition, he also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Sr. Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting firm, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment firm), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services company, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production company, 2001-2005). | |
Kimberley H. Monasterio (44) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 President and Treasurer of Contrafund. Ms. Monasterio also serves as President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2007-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Previously, Ms. Monasterio served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2006). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Monasterio served as Treasurer (2000-2004) and Chief Financial Officer (2002-2004) of the Franklin Templeton Funds and Senior Vice President of Franklin Templeton Services, LLC (2000-2004). | |
Walter C. Donovan (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Vice President of Contrafund. Mr. Donovan also serves as Vice President of Fidelity's Equity Funds (2007-present). Mr. Donovan also serves as Executive Vice President of FMR (2005-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Donovan served as Vice President of Fidelity's High Income Funds (2005-2007), Fixed-Income Funds (2005-2006), certain Asset Allocation Funds (2005-2006), certain Balanced Funds (2005-2006), and as Vice President and Director of Fidelity's International Equity Trading group (1998-2005). | |
Bruce T. Herring (42) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Vice President of Contrafund. Mr. Herring also serves as Vice President of certain Equity Funds (2006-present). Mr. Herring is Senior Vice President of FMR (2006-present) and Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present). Previously, Mr. Herring served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds (2001-2005). | |
Eric D. Roiter (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 1998 Secretary of Contrafund. He also serves as Secretary of other Fidelity funds; Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-present) and FMR; Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2001-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2001-present), and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2001-present). Mr. Roiter is an Adjunct Member, Faculty of Law, at Boston College Law School (2003-present). Previously, Mr. Roiter served as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (1998-2005). | |
John B. McGinty, Jr. (45) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 Assistant Secretary of Contrafund. Mr. McGinty also serves as Assistant Secretary of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of FMR LLC (2004-present). Mr. McGinty also serves as Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer of FDC (2007-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. McGinty practiced law at Ropes & Gray, LLP. | |
R. Stephen Ganis (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) officer of Contrafund. Mr. Ganis also serves as AML officer of other Fidelity funds (2006-present) and FMR LLC (2003-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Ganis practiced law at Goodwin Procter, LLP (2000-2002). | |
Joseph B. Hollis (59) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2006 Chief Financial Officer of Contrafund. Mr. Hollis also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Hollis is President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2005-present). Mr. Hollis also serves as President and Director of Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Hollis served as Senior Vice President of Cash Management Services (1999-2002) and Investment Management Operations (2002-2005). | |
Kenneth A. Rathgeber (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Chief Compliance Officer of Contrafund. Mr. Rathgeber also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other Fidelity funds (2004-present) and Executive Vice President of Risk Oversight for Fidelity Investments (2002-present). He is Chief Compliance Officer of FMR (2005-present), FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2005-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2005-present), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Rathgeber served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. (1998-2002). | |
Bryan A. Mehrmann (46) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Mehrmann also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR. Previously, Mr. Mehrmann served as Vice President of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Group (FIIS)/Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Corporation, Inc. (FIIOC) Client Services (1998-2004). | |
Kenneth B. Robins (38) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Deputy Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Robins also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2004-present). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Robins worked at KPMG LLP, where he was a partner in KPMG's department of professional practice (2002-2004) and a Senior Manager (1999-2000). In addition, Mr. Robins served as Assistant Chief Accountant, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (2000-2002). | |
Robert G. Byrnes (41) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Byrnes also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Byrnes served as Vice President of FPCMS (2003-2005). Before joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Byrnes worked at Deutsche Asset Management where he served as Vice President of the Investment Operations Group (2000-2003). | |
Peter L. Lydecker (53) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2004 Assistant Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Lydecker also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2004) and is an employee of FMR. | |
Paul M. Murphy (60) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2007 Assistant Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Murphy also 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 Group (FPCMS) (1994-2007). | |
Gary W. Ryan (49) | |
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005 Assistant Treasurer of Contrafund. Mr. Ryan also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2005-present) and is an employee of FMR (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in FPCMS (1999-2005). |
** 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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Distributions
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Contrafund voted to pay on February 11, 2008, to shareholders of record at the opening of business on February 8, 2008 a distribution of $.65 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 December 31, 2007, $4,630,922,170 or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
The fund designates 98% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
The fund designates 100% 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 2008 of amounts for use in preparing 2007 income tax returns.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity Contrafund
Each year, typically in July, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly each month except August and takes into account throughout the year matters bearing on Advisory Contracts. The Board, acting directly and through its separate committees, considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. At the time of the renewal, the Board had 12 standing committees, each composed of Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. Each committee has adopted a written charter outlining the structure and purposes of the committee. One such committee, the Equity Contract Committee, meets periodically as needed throughout the year to consider matters specifically related to the annual renewal of Advisory Contracts. The committee requests and receives information on, and makes recommendations to the Independent Trustees concerning, the approval and annual review of the Advisory Contracts.
At its July 2007 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (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 management fee and total expenses of the fund; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by the investment adviser and its affiliates from the relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders. The Board also approved amendments to the fund's agreements with foreign sub-advisers to clarify that each sub-adviser provides services as an independent contractor.
In determining whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board ultimately reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts and the compensation to be received by Fidelity under the management contract is consistent with Fidelity's fiduciary duty under applicable law. In addition to evaluating the specific factors noted above, the Board, in reaching its determination, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by competitors to Fidelity, and that the fund's shareholders, with the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.
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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the background of the fund's portfolio manager and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. 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 the Investment Advisers' investment staff, their use of technology, and the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, and retaining portfolio managers and other research, advisory, and management personnel. The Board considered Fidelity's extensive global research capabilities that enable the Investment Advisers to aggregate data from various sources in an effort to produce positive investment results. The Board noted that Fidelity's 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. The Board also considered that Fidelity's portfolio managers and analysts have access to daily portfolio attribution that allows for monitoring of a fund's portfolio, as well as an electronic communication system that provides immediate real-time access to research concerning issuers and credit enhancers.
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, distribution, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the Investment Advisers' supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services. The Board also considered that Fidelity voluntarily pays for market data out of its own resources. The Board also considered the agreement reached between the Independent Trustees and Fidelity in December 2006 following an independent review of matters relating to receipt of travel, entertainment, gifts and gratuities in violation of Fidelity policies.
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Management Fees - continued
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through phone representatives and over the Internet, and investor education materials and asset allocation tools.
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing for a large variety of mutual fund investor services. For example, fund shareholders are offered the privilege of exchanging shares of the fund for shares of other Fidelity funds, as set forth in the fund's prospectus, without paying a sales charge. The Board noted that, since the last Advisory Contract renewals in July 2006, Fidelity has taken a number of actions that benefited particular funds, including (i) dedicating additional resources to investment research and to restructure the investment research teams; (ii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fee on Fidelity Advisor Floating Rate High Income Fund; (iii) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees on Fidelity's California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York AMT Tax-Free Money Market Funds, launching new Institutional Classes and Service Classes of these funds, and contractually agreeing to impose expense limitations on these funds; (iv) eliminating the exchange fee on the Fidelity Select Portfolios and reducing the pricing and bookkeeping fee rates for these funds; (v) reducing the maximum transfer agency fee rates on high income funds and certain equity funds; (vi) proposing amended management contracts that, if approved by shareholders, will add a performance adjustment component to the management fees paid by 18 Fidelity Advisor equity funds; (vii) contractually agreeing to reduce fees for Ultra-Short Central Fund and the money market Central Funds; (viii) waiving the Fidelity Advisor funds' contingent deferred sales charge on certain redemptions made through systematic withdrawal programs; and (ix) amending the management contracts for equity and fixed-income funds whose management contracts incorporate a "group fee" structure by adding four new fee "breakpoints" to the group fee rate schedules.
Investment Performance and Compliance. 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 custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by the Board over multiple periods. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2006, the fund's cumulative total returns, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten number noted below each chart corresponds to the percentile box and represents the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the fund. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.
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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and stated that the performance of the fund was in the third quartile for the one-year period and the first quartile for the three- and five-year periods. The Board also stated that the investment performance of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the three- and five-year periods, although the fund's one-year cumulative total return was lower than its benchmark.
The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board realizes that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.
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Management Fees - continued
The Board considered that FMR has taken steps to refocus and strengthen equity research, equity portfolio management, and compliance.
Based on its review, and giving particular weight to the nature and quality of the resources dedicated by the Investment Advisers to maintain and improve relative performance, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund will benefit the fund's shareholders, particularly in light of the Board's view that the fund's shareholders benefit from investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and services.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Fund Expenses. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expenses compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared. The Board also considered supplemental information about how the fund's management fee and total expenses ranked relative to groups based on Lipper classifications, which take into account a fund's market capitalization and style.
The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors, in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 10% means that 90% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.
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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2006. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's positive performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee was fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
In its review of the fund's total expenses, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund expenses, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the fund's positive performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered current and historical total expenses of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. The fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.
The Board noted that the fund's total expenses ranked below its competitive median for 2006.
In its review of total expenses, the Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information on clients that FMR and its affiliates service in other competitive markets, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients.
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Management Fees - continued
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's total expenses were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the audited books and records of Fidelity. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of the results of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board believes that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board has also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and any fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and determined that the amount of profit is a fair entrepreneurial profit for the management of the fund.
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions, including reductions that occur through operation of the transfer agent agreement. The transfer agent fee varies in part based on the number of accounts in the fund. If the number of accounts decreases or the average account size increases, the overall transfer agent fee rate decreases.
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The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR determines the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule. In connection with the renewal of the fund's management contract, the Board approved amendments to the fund's management contract that added four new fee breakpoints to the group fee rate schedule for assets under FMR's management above $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee rate declines under both the present and amended schedules, but that under the amended schedule, the group fee rate declines faster as assets under FMR's management exceed $1,386 billion. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board also considered that although the fund is partially closed to new investors, it continues to incur investment management expenses, and marketing and distribution expenses related to the retention of existing shareholders and assets. The Board further noted that the fund may continue to realize benefits from the group fee structure, even though assets may not be expected to grow significantly at the fund level. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will achieve a certain level of economies of scale as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
The Board further concluded that any potential economies of scale are being shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity in an appropriate manner.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on several topics, including (i) fund performance trends and actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance; (ii) Fidelity's portfolio manager compensation structure, including its effects on fund profitability and the extent to which portfolio manager compensation is linked to fund performance; (iii) Fidelity's fee structures; (iv) the funds' sub-advisory arrangements; and (v) accounts managed by Fidelity other than the Fidelity funds.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all material factors, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
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Managing Your Investments
Fidelity offers several ways to conveniently manage your personal investments via your telephone or PC. You can access your account information, conduct trades and research your investments 24 hours a day.
By Phone
Fidelity Automated Service Telephone provides a single toll-free number to access account balances, positions, quotes and trading. It's easy to navigate the service, and on your first call, the system will help you create a personal identification number (PIN) for security.
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Fidelity Automated
Service Telephone (FAST®)
1-800-544-5555
Press
1 For mutual fund and brokerage trading.
2 For quotes.*
3 For account balances and holdings.
4 To review orders and mutual
fund activity.
5 To change your PIN.
*0 To speak to a Fidelity representative.
By PC
Fidelity's web site on the Internet provides a wide range of information, including daily financial news, fund performance, interactive planning tools and news about Fidelity products and services.
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www.fidelity.com
* When you call the quotes line, please remember that a fund's yield and return will vary and, except for money market funds, share price will also vary. This means that you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. There is no assurance that money market funds will be able to maintain a stable $1 share price; an investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government. Total returns are historical and include changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and the effects of any sales charges.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
As of the end of the period, December 31, 2007, Fidelity Contrafund (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 determined that Marie L. Knowles is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Ms. Knowles is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a) Audit Fees.
For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Audit Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) for professional services rendered for the audits of the financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years, for the Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund and Fidelity Contrafund (the funds) and for all funds in the Fidelity Group of Funds are shown in the table below.
Fund | 2007A | 2006A |
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund | $71,000 | $62,000 |
Fidelity Contrafund | $291,000 | $278,000 |
All funds in the Fidelity Group of Funds audited by PwC | $14,700,000 | $13,900,000 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
(b) Audit-Related Fees.
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 the aggregate Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC for services rendered for assurance and related services to each fund that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the fund's financial statements, but not reported as Audit Fees, are shown in the table below.
Fund | 2007A | 2006A |
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund | $0 | $0 |
Fidelity Contrafund | $0 | $0 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Audit-Related Fees that were billed by PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (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") for assurance and related services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the fund's financial statements, but not reported as Audit Fees, are shown in the table below.
Billed By | 2007A | 2006A |
PwC | $0 | $0 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
Fees included in the audit-related category comprise assurance and related services (e.g., due diligence services) that are traditionally performed by the independent registered public accounting firm. These audit-related services include due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations and audits in connection with acquisitions, internal control reviews, attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
(c) Tax Fees.
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Tax Fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning for each fund is shown in the table below.
Fund | 2007A | 2006A |
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund | $2,700 | $2,600 |
Fidelity Contrafund | $3,800 | $3,600 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Tax Fees billed by PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for professional services rendered on behalf of the Fund Service Providers for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund is shown in the table below.
Billed By | 2007A | 2006A |
PwC | $0 | $0 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
Fees included in the Tax Fees category comprise all services performed by professional staff in the independent registered public accounting firm's tax division except those services related to the audit. Typically, this category would include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. Tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services include preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for refund and tax payment-planning services, assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.
(d) All Other Fees.
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Other Fees billed by PwC for all other non-audit services rendered to the funds is shown in the table below.
Fund | 2007A | 2006A |
Fidelity Advisor New Insights Fund | $6,400 | $5,200 |
Fidelity Contrafund | $47,900 | $47,000 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
In each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate Other Fees billed by PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for all other non-audit services rendered on behalf of the Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund is shown in the table below.
Billed By | 2007A | 2006A |
PwC | $215,000 | $125,000 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
Fees included in the All Other Fees category include services related to internal control reviews, strategy and other consulting, financial information systems design and implementation, consulting on other information systems, and other tax services unrelated to the fund.
(e) (1) | 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 a Fidelity Fund 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 a Fidelity fund (Covered Service) are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided. Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm for a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund (Non-Covered Service) but that are expected to exceed $50,000 are also subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
All Covered Services, as well as Non-Covered Services that are expected to exceed $50,000, 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. Neither pre-approval nor advance notice of Non-Covered Service engagements for which fees are not expected to exceed $50,000 is required; such engagements are to be reported to the Audit Committee monthly.
(e) (2) | Services approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X: |
Audit-Related Fees:
There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of each fund.
There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of the Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund.
Tax Fees:
There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of each fund.
There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of the Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund.
All Other Fees:
There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of each fund.
There were no amounts that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 on behalf of the Fund Service Providers that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each fund.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the aggregate fees billed by PwC of $1,530,000A and $1,375,000A for non-audit services rendered on behalf of the funds, FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) and Fund Service Providers relating to Covered Services and Non-Covered Services are shown in the table below.
2007A | 2006A | |
Covered Services | $275,000 | $185,000 |
Non-Covered Services | $1,255,000 | $1,190,000 |
A | Aggregate amounts may reflect rounding. |
(h) The trust's Audit Committee has considered Non-Covered 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 Independence Standards Board Standard No.1, regarding its independence from the funds and their related entities.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the trust's Board of Trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the 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 Contrafund
By: | /s/Kimberley Monasterio |
Kimberley Monasterio | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | February 28, 2008 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/Kimberley Monasterio |
Kimberley Monasterio | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | February 28, 2008 |
By: | /s/Joseph B. Hollis |
Joseph B. Hollis | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | February 28, 2008 |