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 811-03114
Fidelity Select Portfolios
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
245 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary
245 Summer St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
617-563-7000
Date of fiscal year end: | July 31 |
Date of reporting period: | January 31, 2020 |
Item 1.
Reports to Stockholders
Fidelity® Real Estate Investment Portfolio
Semi-Annual Report
January 31, 2020
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Contents
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Investment Summary (Unaudited)
Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
Prologis, Inc. | 11.4 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 6.1 |
UDR, Inc. | 5.8 |
Boston Properties, Inc. | 5.5 |
Welltower, Inc. | 5.5 |
Duke Realty Corp. | 4.8 |
Equity Residential (SBI) | 4.5 |
Ventas, Inc. | 4.5 |
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | 4.0 |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 3.0 |
55.1 |
Top Five REIT Sectors as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
REITs - Apartments | 20.7 |
REITs - Diversified | 14.8 |
REITs - Office Property | 13.0 |
REITs - Warehouse/Industrial | 12.3 |
REITs - Health Care | 11.5 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)
As of January 31, 2020* | ||
Stocks | 98.2% | |
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | 1.8% |
* Foreign investments - 1.0%
Schedule of Investments January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.2% | |||
Shares | Value (000s) | ||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 96.6% | |||
REITs - Apartments - 20.7% | |||
American Homes 4 Rent Class A | 3,603,800 | $98,492 | |
Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A | 1,638,203 | 86,350 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 456,600 | 98,941 | |
Equity Residential (SBI) | 2,370,500 | 196,941 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 204,600 | 63,377 | |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 3,425,800 | 107,810 | |
UDR, Inc. | 5,308,441 | 254,327 | |
906,238 | |||
REITs - Diversified - 14.8% | |||
Crown Castle International Corp. | 310,800 | 46,570 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2,158,800 | 265,511 | |
Duke Realty Corp. | 5,835,100 | 211,872 | |
Equinix, Inc. | 143,600 | 84,685 | |
Washington REIT (SBI) | 1,288,500 | 39,222 | |
647,860 | |||
REITs - Health Care - 11.5% | |||
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. | 2,059,500 | 65,966 | |
Ventas, Inc. | 3,399,054 | 196,669 | |
Welltower, Inc. | 2,808,640 | 238,482 | |
501,117 | |||
REITs - Hotels - 3.9% | |||
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 1,366,500 | 10,905 | |
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 5,037,000 | 48,708 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 5,458,905 | 89,199 | |
RLJ Lodging Trust | 1,428,400 | 22,226 | |
171,038 | |||
REITs - Management/Investment - 1.5% | |||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 857,300 | 39,059 | |
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust | 2,380,000 | 26,347 | |
65,406 | |||
REITs - Manufactured Homes - 6.6% | |||
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | 2,414,974 | 175,689 | |
Sun Communities, Inc. | 700,563 | 113,610 | |
289,299 | |||
REITs - Office Property - 13.0% | |||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 1,687,000 | 241,831 | |
Brandywine Realty Trust (SBI) | 4,193,500 | 65,502 | |
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (SBI) | 1,115,223 | 55,884 | |
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. | 1,441,500 | 31,655 | |
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A | 2,174,100 | 50,417 | |
SL Green Realty Corp. | 1,095,046 | 100,788 | |
VEREIT, Inc. | 2,300,200 | 22,450 | |
568,527 | |||
REITs - Regional Malls - 2.1% | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 691,972 | 92,136 | |
REITs - Shopping Centers - 5.2% | |||
Acadia Realty Trust (SBI) | 1,564,323 | 38,826 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | 4,209,990 | 80,200 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | 1,764,300 | 109,457 | |
228,483 | |||
REITs - Single Tenant - 0.1% | |||
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 79,380 | 4,190 | |
REITs - Storage - 4.9% | |||
CubeSmart | 2,616,500 | 82,865 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 1,189,340 | 131,636 | |
214,501 | |||
REITs - Warehouse/Industrial - 12.3% | |||
Americold Realty Trust | 1,206,600 | 41,592 | |
Prologis, Inc. | 5,369,430 | 498,713 | |
540,305 | |||
TOTAL EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) | 4,229,100 | ||
Media - 0.6% | |||
Advertising - 0.6% | |||
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (a) | 9,666,300 | 26,389 | |
Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0% | |||
Real Estate Development - 1.0% | |||
Instone Real Estate Group BV (a)(b) | 1,714,393 | 44,396 | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | |||
(Cost $2,850,962) | 4,299,885 | ||
Money Market Funds - 1.6% | |||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (c) | |||
(Cost $67,407) | 67,395,065 | 67,409 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.8% | |||
(Cost $2,918,369) | 4,367,294 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.2% | 10,069 | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $4,377,363 |
Legend
(a) Non-income producing
(b) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $44,396,000 or 1.0% of net assets.
(c) Affiliated fund that is generally 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. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
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 |
(Amounts in thousands) | |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund | $503 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund | 4 |
Total | $507 |
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Investment Valuation
All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amount) | January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | |
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,850,962) | $4,299,885 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $67,407) | 67,409 | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $2,918,369) | $4,367,294 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 14,977 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 3,408 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 71 | |
Prepaid expenses | 28 | |
Other receivables | 382 | |
Total assets | 4,386,160 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $1,496 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 4,293 | |
Accrued management fee | 1,937 | |
Transfer agent fee payable | 577 | |
Other affiliated payables | 88 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 406 | |
Total liabilities | 8,797 | |
Net Assets | $4,377,363 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $2,878,507 | |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | 1,498,856 | |
Net Assets | $4,377,363 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,377,363 ÷ 95,836 shares) | $45.68 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | |
Investment Income | ||
Dividends | $58,793 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $4 from security lending) | 507 | |
Total income | 59,300 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $11,686 | |
Transfer agent fees | 3,578 | |
Accounting fees | 528 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 18 | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | 13 | |
Registration fees | 48 | |
Audit | 27 | |
Legal | 5 | |
Miscellaneous | 13 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 15,916 | |
Expense reductions | (49) | |
Total expenses after reductions | 15,867 | |
Net investment income (loss) | 43,433 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers | 161,522 | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 161,522 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities | 66,509 | |
Net gain (loss) | 228,031 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $271,464 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | Year ended July 31, 2019 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $43,433 | $97,986 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 161,522 | 141,846 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 66,509 | 218,711 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 271,464 | 458,543 |
Distributions to shareholders | (261,930) | (174,814) |
Share transactions | ||
Proceeds from sales of shares | 335,973 | 667,239 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 246,001 | 164,334 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (518,352) | (749,846) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 63,622 | 81,727 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 73,156 | 365,456 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 4,304,207 | 3,938,751 |
End of period | $4,377,363 | $4,304,207 |
Other Information | ||
Shares | ||
Sold | 7,283 | 15,336 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,467 | 3,892 |
Redeemed | (11,270) | (17,591) |
Net increase (decrease) | 1,480 | 1,637 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Highlights
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $45.62 | $42.48 | $42.92 | $47.35 | $40.80 | $37.56 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | .46 | 1.06 | .81 | .72 | .75 | .67 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.41 | 3.98 | .49 | (3.12) | 8.36 | 3.19 |
Total from investment operations | 2.87 | 5.04 | 1.30 | (2.40) | 9.11 | 3.86 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.77) | (1.04) | (.82) | (.71) | (.73) | (.63) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (2.04) | (.87) | (.92) | (1.32) | (1.83) | – |
Total distributions | (2.81) | (1.90)B | (1.74) | (2.03) | (2.56) | (.63) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | – | –C | –C | .01 |
Net asset value, end of period | $45.68 | $45.62 | $42.48 | $42.92 | $47.35 | $40.80 |
Total ReturnD,E | 6.48% | 12.29% | 3.13% | (4.94)% | 24.00% | 10.34% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | .73%H | .74% | .76% | .76% | .78% | .78% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .73%H | .74% | .75% | .76% | .77% | .78% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .72%H | .74% | .75% | .76% | .77% | .78% |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.98%H | 2.46% | 1.99% | 1.69% | 1.81% | 1.66% |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $4,377 | $4,304 | $3,939 | $4,321 | $5,567 | $4,382 |
Portfolio turnover rateI | 23%H | 23% | 20%J | 15% | 24% | 34% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total distributions of $1.90 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $1.036 and distributions from net realized gain of $.865 per share.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any 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 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 reductions from 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.
H Annualized
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the period ended January 31, 2020
(Amounts in thousands except percentages)
1. Organization.
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Select Portfolios (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Share transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets may contain exchanges between affiliated funds. 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.
Effective January 1, 2020:
Investment advisers Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, merged with and into Fidelity Management & Research Company. In connection with the merger transactions, the resulting, merged investment adviser was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to "Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC".
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. converted from a Massachusetts corporation to a Massachusetts LLC, and changed its name to "Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC".
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
- Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
- Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
- Level 3 – unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
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 a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. 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 or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
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 per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain.
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. 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) for the Fund, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a 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 of $364 are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, respectively.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, deferred trustees compensation, and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $1,479,901 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (51,655) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $1,428,246 |
Tax cost | $2,939,048 |
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.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $495,252 and $698,949, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) 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 an annualized group fee rate that averaged .23% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .53% of the Fund's average net assets.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annualized rate of .16% of average net assets.
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
% of Average Net Assets | |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | .02 |
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
Amount | |
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio | $20 |
Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.
6. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 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 $5 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.
7. Security Lending.
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to less than five hundred dollars. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.
8. Expense Reductions.
Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $39 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's transfer agent, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses by $1.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of operating expenses in the amount of $9.
9. 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.
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 (August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, 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. 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.
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.
Annualized Expense Ratio-A | Beginning Account Value August 1, 2019 | Ending Account Value January 31, 2020 | Expenses Paid During Period-B August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020 | |
Actual | .73% | $1,000.00 | $1,064.80 | $3.79 |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,021.47 | $3.71 |
A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
C 5% return per year before expenses
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.Approval of Amended and Restated Advisory Contracts. At its November 2019 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to approve an amended and restated management contract and sub-advisory agreements (Amended and Restated Contracts) for a stub period of January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 in connection with a consolidation of certain of Fidelity's advisory businesses. The Board considered that, on or about January 1, 2020, FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) expected to merge with and into FMR and, after the merger, FMR expected to redomicile as a Delaware limited liability company. The Board also approved the termination of the sub-advisory agreement with FMRC upon the completion of the merger. The Board noted that the Amended and Restated Contracts will reflect the replacement of SelectCo with FMR and will take effect upon the completion of the merger. The Board noted that references to FMR in the Amended and Restated Contracts would be updated to reflect FMR's new form of organization and domicile and considered that the definition of "group assets" for purposes of the fund's group fee would be modified to avoid double-counting assets once the reorganization is complete. The Board also noted Fidelity's assurance that neither the planned consolidation nor the Amended and Restated Contracts will change the investment processes, the level or nature of services provided, the resources and personnel allocated, trading and compliance operations, or any fees paid by the fund.The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by 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. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.At its January 2020 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have 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, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted that Fidelity has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board also noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, 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 supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also 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 noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.The Board noted that it and the boards of certain other Fidelity funds had formed an ad hoc Committee on Transfer Agency Fees to review the variety of transfer agency fee structures throughout the industry and Fidelity's competitive positioning with respect to industry participants.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 a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest, and to the support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and index funds; (vii) lowering expense caps for certain existing funds and classes, and converting certain voluntary expense caps to contractual caps, to reduce expenses borne by shareholders; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers, liquidations, and share class consolidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index). In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of both the highest performing and lowest performing fund share classes, where applicable, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended June 30, 2019, as shown below.Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio
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Fidelity Real Estate Investment Portfolio
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REA-SANN-0320
1.706448.121
Fidelity® International Real Estate Fund
Semi-Annual Report
January 31, 2020
Includes Fidelity and Fidelity Advisor share classes
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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a financial advisor, broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
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Contents
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/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may also call 1-800-544-8544 if you’re an individual investing directly with Fidelity, call 1-800-835-5092 if you’re a plan sponsor or participant with Fidelity as your recordkeeper or call 1-877-208-0098 on institutional accounts or if you’re an advisor or invest through one to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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, http://www.institutional.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Note to shareholders:
As part of a regular review of its organizational structure, Fidelity has decided to merge certain entities to streamline operations, increase efficiency, simplify reporting, and reduce legal, compliance, and accounting complexity and costs. In separate events, Fidelity has merged four of its investment advisers and two of its broker-dealers.
Effective on or about January 1, 2020, following any required regulatory notices and approvals:
Investment advisers Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, merged with and into Fidelity Management & Research Company. In connection with the merger transactions, the resulting, merged investment adviser was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to “Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC”.
Broker-dealer Fidelity Distributors Corporation merged with and into Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. (“FIISC”). FIISC was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to “Fidelity Distributors Company LLC”.
These mergers are not expected to affect fund shareholders or Fidelity clients, nor are they expected to result in any changes to the day-to-day management of Fidelity’s brokerage services, the Fidelity funds, their investment policies and practices, their portfolio management teams, or the funds’ expenses.
Investment Summary (Unaudited)
Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
Vonovia SE | 5.4 |
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. | 5.1 |
Advance Residence Investment Corp. | 4.6 |
Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. | 3.8 |
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 3.7 |
PSP Swiss Property AG | 2.9 |
LEG Immobilien AG | 2.8 |
Parkway Life REIT | 2.8 |
ARGAN SA | 2.5 |
Derwent London PLC | 2.2 |
35.8 |
Top Five Countries as of January 31, 2020
(excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets |
Japan | 23.0 |
United Kingdom | 13.0 |
Singapore | 8.5 |
Germany | 8.2 |
Sweden | 6.2 |
Top Five REIT Sectors as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
REITs - Diversified | 9.7 |
REITs - Apartments | 6.3 |
REITs - Health Care | 6.2 |
REITs - Warehouse/Industrial | 4.1 |
REITs - Office Property | 2.7 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)
As of January 31, 2020* | ||
Stocks | 93.7% | |
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | 6.3% |
* Foreign investments - 91.0%
Schedule of Investments January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 93.7% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Australia - 4.2% | |||
360 Capital Group Ltd. unit | 3,856,668 | $2,751,611 | |
Arena (REIT) unit | 3,782,575 | 7,802,871 | |
DEXUS Property Group unit | 928,203 | 7,832,308 | |
Ingenia Communities Group unit | 1,850,953 | 5,897,165 | |
National Storage (REIT) unit | 1,094,880 | 1,569,405 | |
TOTAL AUSTRALIA | 25,853,360 | ||
Bailiwick of Guernsey - 1.0% | |||
Sirius Real Estate Ltd. | 5,366,685 | 6,406,384 | |
Belgium - 2.3% | |||
Home Invest Belgium SA | 23,953 | 2,975,288 | |
Montea SICAFI SCA | 27,400 | 2,710,607 | |
VGP NV | 31,500 | 3,545,910 | |
Warehouses de Pauw | 163,952 | 4,689,421 | |
TOTAL BELGIUM | 13,921,226 | ||
Bermuda - 2.8% | |||
Great Eagle Holdings Ltd. | 1,391,164 | 4,241,619 | |
Tai Cheung Holdings Ltd. | 10,213,000 | 8,082,207 | |
Wing Tai Properties Ltd. | 7,776,000 | 4,879,859 | |
TOTAL BERMUDA | 17,203,685 | ||
Cayman Islands - 3.8% | |||
Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. | 3,676,500 | 23,488,987 | |
Finland - 0.5% | |||
Kojamo OYJ | 156,100 | 2,870,374 | |
France - 2.5% | |||
ARGAN SA (a) | 178,290 | 15,541,776 | |
Germany - 8.2% | |||
LEG Immobilien AG | 141,178 | 17,434,455 | |
Vonovia SE | 573,549 | 32,784,310 | |
TOTAL GERMANY | 50,218,765 | ||
Hong Kong - 1.9% | |||
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. | 945,000 | 3,527,660 | |
Magnificent Hotel Investment Ltd. | 169,123,000 | 3,371,969 | |
Sino Land Ltd. | 3,573,561 | 4,870,182 | |
TOTAL HONG KONG | 11,769,811 | ||
Ireland - 3.3% | |||
Hibernia (REIT) PLC | 4,083,861 | 6,214,071 | |
Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC | 5,732,700 | 10,541,317 | |
Yew Grove REIT PLC | 3,111,300 | 3,347,070 | |
TOTAL IRELAND | 20,102,458 | ||
Italy - 0.8% | |||
COIMA RES SpA (b) | 464,087 | 4,663,143 | |
Japan - 23.0% | |||
Advance Residence Investment Corp. | 8,938 | 28,108,832 | |
Goldcrest Co. Ltd. | 143,100 | 2,459,920 | |
Health Care & Medical Investment Corp. | 4,627 | 5,852,751 | |
Ichigo Real Estate Investment Corp. | 3,000 | 3,241,675 | |
Japan Rental Housing Investment, Inc. | 7,674 | 7,632,633 | |
Katitas Co. Ltd. | 69,000 | 2,772,340 | |
Kenedix, Inc. | 1,464,000 | 7,364,301 | |
LaSalle Logiport REIT | 1,165 | 1,880,330 | |
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. | 1,603,800 | 31,409,575 | |
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. | 867,300 | 22,970,886 | |
Nippon Healthcare Investment Corp. | 2,800 | 5,656,623 | |
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. | 173,300 | 4,267,689 | |
Park24 Co. Ltd. | 200,800 | 5,042,632 | |
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. | 342,800 | 12,620,361 | |
TOTAL JAPAN | 141,280,548 | ||
Mexico - 0.5% | |||
Corporacion Inmobiliaria Vesta S.A.B. de CV | 1,585,162 | 2,904,306 | |
New Zealand - 1.3% | |||
Arvida Group Ltd. | 3,957,800 | 4,695,606 | |
Auckland International Airport Ltd. | 270,397 | 1,505,065 | |
Stride Property Group unit | 1,099,602 | 1,703,274 | |
TOTAL NEW ZEALAND | 7,903,945 | ||
Norway - 2.1% | |||
Entra ASA (b) | 760,400 | 13,028,886 | |
Singapore - 8.5% | |||
Parkway Life REIT | 6,650,300 | 17,414,521 | |
United Industrial Corp. Ltd. | 5,252,800 | 10,815,947 | |
UOL Group Ltd. | 1,902,547 | 11,052,034 | |
Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. | 8,557,481 | 12,519,392 | |
TOTAL SINGAPORE | 51,801,894 | ||
Spain - 1.6% | |||
Arima Real Estate SOCIMI SA (c) | 241,300 | 3,104,320 | |
Cellnex Telecom SA (b) | 48,900 | 2,436,126 | |
Melia Hotels International SA | 517,703 | 4,162,649 | |
TOTAL SPAIN | 9,703,095 | ||
Sweden - 6.2% | |||
Amasten Fastighets AB (c) | 3,307,647 | 3,209,073 | |
Catena AB | 160,000 | 6,930,580 | |
Fastighets AB Balder (c) | 147,200 | 6,993,869 | |
Heba Fastighets AB (B Shares) | 132,301 | 1,214,868 | |
Hufvudstaden AB (A Shares) | 154,700 | 3,066,071 | |
John Mattson Fastighetsforetag (c) | 104,000 | 1,523,232 | |
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget I Norden AB (B Shares) | 1,409,500 | 3,477,301 | |
Stendorren Fastigheter AB | 253,400 | 4,474,753 | |
Torslanda Property Investment AB | 77,100 | 1,505,656 | |
Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB | 283,000 | 5,426,648 | |
TOTAL SWEDEN | 37,822,051 | ||
Switzerland - 3.5% | |||
Flughafen Zuerich AG | 23,320 | 4,060,179 | |
PSP Swiss Property AG | 116,104 | 17,574,713 | |
TOTAL SWITZERLAND | 21,634,892 | ||
United Kingdom - 13.0% | |||
Assura PLC | 8,960,756 | 9,205,824 | |
Big Yellow Group PLC | 334,900 | 5,213,956 | |
Derwent London PLC | 248,100 | 13,465,020 | |
Grainger Trust PLC | 3,420,938 | 13,380,387 | |
Great Portland Estates PLC | 319,100 | 3,923,812 | |
Helical Bar PLC | 1,329,726 | 8,428,335 | |
Land Securities Group PLC | 369,700 | 4,579,211 | |
Londonmetric Properity PLC | 1,227,731 | 3,693,136 | |
Rightmove PLC | 710,000 | 6,167,237 | |
Safestore Holdings PLC | 328,466 | 3,491,602 | |
Shaftesbury PLC | 311,300 | 3,695,534 | |
UK Coal PLC (a) | 2,298,400 | 4,552,556 | |
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM | 79,796,610 | ||
United States of America - 2.7% | |||
CoStar Group, Inc. (c) | 7,200 | 4,701,528 | |
Prologis, Inc. | 130,300 | 12,102,264 | |
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 16,803,792 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | |||
(Cost $502,422,061) | 574,719,988 | ||
Money Market Funds - 6.3% | |||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (d) | 38,850,475 | 38,858,245 | |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.59% (d)(e) | 21,041 | 21,043 | |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS | |||
(Cost $38,879,177) | 38,879,288 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0% | |||
(Cost $541,301,238) | 613,599,276 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0% | (163,215) | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $613,436,061 |
Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.
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(a) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
(b) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $20,128,155 or 3.3% of net assets.
(c) Non-income producing
(d) Affiliated fund that is generally 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. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
(e) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
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 | $221,532 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund | 13,171 |
Total | $234,703 |
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2020, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: | ||||
Description | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Investments in Securities: | ||||
Equities: | ||||
Communication Services | $8,603,363 | $8,603,363 | $-- | $-- |
Consumer Discretionary | 7,534,618 | 4,162,649 | 3,371,969 | -- |
Health Care | 4,695,606 | -- | 4,695,606 | -- |
Industrials | 15,309,404 | 8,761,707 | 6,547,697 | -- |
Real Estate | 538,576,997 | 273,890,039 | 264,686,958 | -- |
Money Market Funds | 38,879,288 | 38,879,288 | -- | -- |
Total Investments in Securities: | $613,599,276 | $334,297,046 | $279,302,230 | $-- |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $19,789) — See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $502,422,061) | $574,719,988 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $38,879,177) | 38,879,288 | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $541,301,238) | $613,599,276 | |
Cash | 46,329 | |
Foreign currency held at value (cost $118,138) | 127,298 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 9,200,160 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 494,993 | |
Dividends receivable | 1,637,572 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 42,719 | |
Prepaid expenses | 4,032 | |
Other receivables | 391 | |
Total assets | 625,152,770 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $10,763,051 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 422,961 | |
Accrued management fee | 347,134 | |
Distribution and service plan fees payable | 8,039 | |
Other affiliated payables | 96,613 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 58,177 | |
Collateral on securities loaned | 20,734 | |
Total liabilities | 11,716,709 | |
Net Assets | $613,436,061 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $553,709,970 | |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | 59,726,091 | |
Net Assets | $613,436,061 | |
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price | ||
Class A: | ||
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($13,539,427 ÷ 1,048,815 shares)(a) | $12.91 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $12.91) | $13.70 | |
Class M: | ||
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($4,033,708 ÷ 314,630 shares)(a) | $12.82 | |
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $12.82) | $13.28 | |
Class C: | ||
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($4,220,372 ÷ 334,263 shares)(a) | $12.63 | |
International Real Estate: | ||
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($266,228,077 ÷ 20,364,135 shares) | $13.07 | |
Class I: | ||
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($175,184,348 ÷ 13,490,037 shares) | $12.99 | |
Class Z: | ||
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($150,230,129 ÷ 11,581,775 shares) | $12.97 |
(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.
Statement of Operations
Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends | $6,002,186 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $13,171 from security lending) | 234,703 | |
Income before foreign taxes withheld | 6,236,889 | |
Less foreign taxes withheld | (483,495) | |
Total income | 5,753,394 | |
Expenses | ||
Management fee | $1,972,660 | |
Transfer agent fees | 421,743 | |
Distribution and service plan fees | 45,592 | |
Accounting fees | 145,458 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 51,917 | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | 1,777 | |
Registration fees | 48,608 | |
Audit | 32,700 | |
Legal | 691 | |
Miscellaneous | 1,843 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 2,722,989 | |
Expense reductions | (9,797) | |
Total expenses after reductions | 2,713,192 | |
Net investment income (loss) | 3,040,202 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $154,874) | 17,655,149 | |
Fidelity Central Funds | (210) | |
Foreign currency transactions | 13,245 | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 17,668,184 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $104,528) | 44,426,991 | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 49,102 | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 44,476,093 | |
Net gain (loss) | 62,144,277 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $65,184,479 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | Year ended July 31, 2019 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $3,040,202 | $10,195,011 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 17,668,184 | (5,967,988) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 44,476,093 | 27,092,050 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 65,184,479 | 31,319,073 |
Distributions to shareholders | (30,291,251) | (11,430,699) |
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) | 10,626,119 | (67,131,164) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 45,519,347 | (47,242,790) |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 567,916,714 | 615,159,504 |
End of period | $613,436,061 | $567,916,714 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Highlights
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Class A
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.14 | $11.63 | $11.03 | $10.46 | $10.56 | $10.85 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | .05 | .16 | .23 | .16 | .15 | .26B |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.34 | .55 | .69 | .79 | .02 | (.10)C |
Total from investment operations | 1.39 | .71 | .92 | .95 | .17 | .16 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.24) | (.17) | (.21) | (.13) | (.15) | (.14) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.03) | (.11) | (.25) | (.12) | (.31) |
Total distributions | (.62) | (.20) | (.32) | (.38) | (.27) | (.45) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | –D | –D | –D | –D |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.91 | $12.14 | $11.63 | $11.03 | $10.46 | $10.56 |
Total ReturnE,F,G | 11.85% | 6.21% | 8.49% | 9.48% | 1.75% | 1.67%C |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.26%J | 1.32% | 1.36% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.34% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.26%J | 1.32% | 1.36% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.34% |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.26%J | 1.31% | 1.35% | 1.35% | 1.33% | 1.34% |
Net investment income (loss) | .73%J | 1.35% | 2.03% | 1.60% | 1.51% | 2.45%B |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $13,539 | $12,564 | $11,319 | $10,170 | $14,020 | $17,162 |
Portfolio turnover rateK | 72%J | 52% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 82% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.14 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.15%.
C Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.01 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been 1.64%.
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
E Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
G Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
H Fees and expenses of any 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.
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 reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class 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 class.
J Annualized
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Class M
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.02 | $11.53 | $10.93 | $10.39 | $10.49 | $10.76 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | .03 | .12 | .20 | .13 | .12 | .22B |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.33 | .54 | .68 | .77 | .02 | (.08)C |
Total from investment operations | 1.36 | .66 | .88 | .90 | .14 | .14 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.18) | (.14) | (.17) | (.12) | (.11) | (.10) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.03) | (.11) | (.25) | (.12) | (.31) |
Total distributions | (.56) | (.17) | (.28) | (.36)D | (.24)E | (.41) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | –F | –F | –F | –F |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.82 | $12.02 | $11.53 | $10.93 | $10.39 | $10.49 |
Total ReturnG,H,I | 11.69% | 5.86% | 8.19% | 9.07% | 1.43% | 1.49%C |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsJ,K | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.59%L | 1.62% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.66% | 1.64% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.58%L | 1.62% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.66% | 1.64% |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.58%L | 1.61% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.64% | 1.63% |
Net investment income (loss) | .41%L | 1.06% | 1.74% | 1.31% | 1.20% | 2.15%B |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $4,034 | $3,703 | $4,360 | $4,147 | $4,545 | $4,939 |
Portfolio turnover rateM | 72%L | 52% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 82% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.14 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .86%.
C Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.01 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been 1.46%.
D Total distributions of $.36 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.115 and distributions from net realized gain of $.246 per share.
E Total distributions of $.24 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.114 and distributions from net realized gain of $.121 per share.
F Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
G Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
I Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.
J Fees and expenses of any 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.
K 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 reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class 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 class.
L Annualized
M Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Class C
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $11.80 | $11.33 | $10.73 | $10.21 | $10.32 | $10.60 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | –B | .07 | .15 | .09 | .07 | .17C |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.31 | .55 | .67 | .76 | .02 | (.08)D |
Total from investment operations | 1.31 | .62 | .82 | .85 | .09 | .09 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.12) | (.10) | (.09) | (.07) | (.07) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.03) | (.11) | (.25) | (.12) | (.30) |
Total distributions | (.48) | (.15) | (.22)E | (.33)F | (.20)G | (.37) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | –B | –B | –B | –B |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.63 | $11.80 | $11.33 | $10.73 | $10.21 | $10.32 |
Total ReturnH,I,J | 11.44% | 5.56% | 7.70% | 8.69% | .93% | .97%D |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsK,L | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | 1.99%M | 2.02% | 2.05% | 2.09% | 2.10% | 2.09% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | 1.99%M | 2.02% | 2.04% | 2.08% | 2.10% | 2.09% |
Expenses net of all reductions | 1.99%M | 2.01% | 2.04% | 2.08% | 2.09% | 2.09% |
Net investment income (loss) | .01%M | .66% | 1.35% | .87% | .75% | 1.70%C |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $4,220 | $3,869 | $4,894 | $4,818 | $5,668 | $6,548 |
Portfolio turnover rateN | 72%M | 52% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 82% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.13 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .41%.
D Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.01 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been .94%.
E Total distributions of $.22 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.103 and distributions from net realized gain of $.112 per share.
F Total distributions of $.33 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.085 and distributions from net realized gain of $.246 per share.
G Total distributions of $.20 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.074 and distributions from net realized gain of $.121 per share.
H Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
I Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
J Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.
K Fees and expenses of any 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.
L 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 reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class 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 class.
M Annualized
N Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.31 | $11.78 | $11.17 | $10.58 | $10.68 | $10.96 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | .06 | .19 | .27 | .19 | .17 | .28B |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.36 | .56 | .70 | .79 | .02 | (.09)C |
Total from investment operations | 1.42 | .75 | .97 | .98 | .19 | .19 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.28) | (.19) | (.24) | (.15) | (.17) | (.16) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.03) | (.11) | (.25) | (.12) | (.31) |
Total distributions | (.66) | (.22) | (.36)D | (.39)E | (.29) | (.47) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | –F | –F | –F | –F |
Net asset value, end of period | $13.07 | $12.31 | $11.78 | $11.17 | $10.58 | $10.68 |
Total ReturnG,H | 12.01% | 6.49% | 8.84% | 9.74% | 1.94% | 1.95%C |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | .98%K | 1.02% | 1.05% | 1.12% | 1.13% | 1.12% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .98%K | 1.02% | 1.05% | 1.12% | 1.13% | 1.12% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .98%K | 1.01% | 1.04% | 1.11% | 1.11% | 1.12% |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.01%K | 1.65% | 2.34% | 1.84% | 1.73% | 2.67%B |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $266,228 | $251,947 | $244,195 | $226,027 | $341,407 | $330,910 |
Portfolio turnover rateL | 72%K | 52% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 82% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.14 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.38%.
C Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.01 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been 1.92%.
D Total distributions of $.36 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.244 and distributions from net realized gain of $.112 per share.
E Total distributions of $.39 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.147 and distributions from net realized gain of $.246 per share.
F Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
G Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
I Fees and expenses of any 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.
J 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 reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class 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 class.
K Annualized
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Class I
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.23 | $11.70 | $11.13 | $10.54 | $10.64 | $10.92 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss)A | .07 | .20 | .28 | .20 | .19 | .29B |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.36 | .55 | .68 | .79 | .02 | (.09)C |
Total from investment operations | 1.43 | .75 | .96 | .99 | .21 | .20 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.28) | (.19) | (.28) | (.16) | (.19) | (.17) |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | (.03) | (.11) | (.25) | (.12) | (.31) |
Total distributions | (.67)D | (.22) | (.39) | (.40)E | (.31) | (.48) |
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | – | – | –F | –F | –F | –F |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.99 | $12.23 | $11.70 | $11.13 | $10.54 | $10.64 |
Total ReturnG,H | 12.10% | 6.61% | 8.88% | 9.89% | 2.15% | 2.01%C |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J | ||||||
Expenses before reductions | .93%K | .94% | .96% | .95% | .97% | 1.03% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .92%K | .94% | .96% | .95% | .97% | 1.03% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .92%K | .93% | .95% | .95% | .96% | 1.03% |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.07%K | 1.74% | 2.44% | 2.00% | 1.89% | 2.76%B |
Supplemental Data | ||||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $175,184 | $137,778 | $350,392 | $171,444 | $98,238 | $37,426 |
Portfolio turnover rateL | 72%K | 52% | 56% | 55% | 71% | 82% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.14 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.46%.
C Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.01 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been 1.98%.
D Total distributions of $.67 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.284 and distributions from net realized gain of $.381 per share.
E Total distributions of $.40 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.157 and distributions from net realized gain of $.246 per share.
F Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
G Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
I Fees and expenses of any 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.
J 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 reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class 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 class.
K Annualized
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund Class Z
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |
2020 | 2019 A | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.25 | $11.16 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss)B | .07 | .30 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.35 | .79 |
Total from investment operations | 1.42 | 1.09 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.32) | – |
Distributions from net realized gain | (.38) | – |
Total distributions | (.70) | – |
Net asset value, end of period | $12.97 | $12.25 |
Total ReturnC,D | 12.06% | 9.77% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | ||
Expenses before reductions | .83%G | .84%G |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .82%G | .84%G |
Expenses net of all reductions | .82%G | .83%G |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.17%G | 3.02%G |
Supplemental Data | ||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $150,230 | $158,056 |
Portfolio turnover rateH | 72%G | 52% |
A For the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to July 31, 2019.
B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any 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 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 reductions from 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.
G Annualized
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the period ended January 31, 2020
1. Organization.
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Select Portfolios (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 M, Class C, International Real Estate, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions.
Effective January 1, 2020:
Investment advisers Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, merged with and into Fidelity Management & Research Company. In connection with the merger transactions, the resulting, merged investment adviser was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to "Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC".
Broker-dealer Fidelity Distributors Corporation merged with and into Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. ("FIISC"). FIISC was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to "Fidelity Distributors Company LLC".
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. converted from a Massachusetts corporation to a Massachusetts LLC, and changed its name to "Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC".
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
- Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
- Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
- Level 3 – unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
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 a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. 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 or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of January 31, 2020 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and 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 rates 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 per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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 may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. 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 under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. 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. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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 GAAP.
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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $74,307,879 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (15,974,582) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $58,333,297 |
Tax cost | $555,265,979 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
No expiration | |
Short-term | $(6,971,465) |
Long-term | (3,546,415) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(10,517,880) |
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.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $199,554,957 and $238,040,190, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) 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 .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .23% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .68% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. 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 Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, 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, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:
Distribution Fee | Service Fee | Total Fees | Retained by FDC | |
Class A | -% | .25% | $16,042 | $274 |
Class M | .25% | .25% | 9,630 | – |
Class C | .75% | .25% | 19,920 | 1,364 |
$45,592 | $1,638 |
Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class M shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.
For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:
Retained by FDC | |
Class A | $3,392 |
Class M | 191 |
Class C(a) | 106 |
$3,689 |
(a) When 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 LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.
For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
Amount | % of Class-Level Average Net Assets(a) | |
Class A | $14,836 | .23 |
Class M | 5,891 | .31 |
Class C | 4,149 | .21 |
International Real Estate | 252,057 | .20 |
Class I | 110,865 | .14 |
Class Z | 33,945 | .04 |
$421,743 |
(a) Annualized
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
% of Average Net Assets | |
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund | .05 |
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
Amount | |
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund | $7 |
Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.
6. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 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 $683 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.
7. Security Lending.
The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. 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 rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.
8. Expense Reductions.
Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $105 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $159.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $1,183.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed the Fund $8,350 for an operational error which is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
Six months ended January 31, 2020 | Year ended July 31, 2019(a) | |
Distributions to shareholders | ||
Class A | $630,346 | $196,960 |
Class M | 173,347 | 62,893 |
Class C | 159,950 | 65,239 |
International Real Estate | 12,840,614 | 4,435,790 |
Class I | 7,773,385 | 6,669,817 |
Class Z | 8,713,609 | – |
Total | $30,291,251 | $11,430,699 |
(a) Distributions for Class Z are for the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to July 31, 2019.
10. Share Transactions.
Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:
Shares | Shares | Dollars | Dollars | |
Six months ended January 31, 2020 | Year ended July 31, 2019(a) | Six months ended January 31, 2020 | Year ended July 31, 2019(a) | |
Class A | ||||
Shares sold | 94,302 | 472,994 | $1,176,512 | $5,313,193 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 51,661 | 17,333 | 622,640 | 194,298 |
Shares redeemed | (132,145) | (428,760) | (1,628,259) | (4,759,683) |
Net increase (decrease) | 13,818 | 61,567 | $170,893 | $747,808 |
Class M | ||||
Shares sold | 15,521 | 23,497 | $191,846 | $267,526 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 14,421 | 5,638 | 172,674 | 62,748 |
Shares redeemed | (23,344) | (99,377) | (286,463) | (1,119,109) |
Net increase (decrease) | 6,598 | (70,242) | $78,057 | $(788,835) |
Class C | ||||
Shares sold | 43,110 | 42,567 | $519,944 | $479,546 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 12,184 | 5,468 | 143,643 | 59,927 |
Shares redeemed | (49,023) | (151,808) | (584,845) | (1,704,243) |
Net increase (decrease) | 6,271 | (103,773) | $78,742 | $(1,164,770) |
International Real Estate | ||||
Shares sold | 2,006,317 | 4,174,499 | $25,475,126 | $48,652,179 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 991,983 | 370,043 | 12,108,255 | 4,196,287 |
Shares redeemed | (3,095,104) | (4,817,564) | (38,473,668) | (55,757,179) |
Net increase (decrease) | (96,804) | (273,022) | $(890,287) | $(2,908,713) |
Class I | ||||
Shares sold | 3,015,420 | 6,400,193 | $37,765,835 | $72,117,647 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 601,564 | 224,016 | 7,304,060 | 2,522,420 |
Shares redeemed | (1,389,932) | (25,306,136) | (17,434,395) | (291,874,610) |
Net increase (decrease) | 2,227,052 | (18,681,927) | $27,635,500 | $(217,234,543) |
Class Z | ||||
Shares sold | 1,588,919 | 14,322,745 | $19,586,525 | $171,342,506 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 100,687 | – | 1,220,108 | – |
Shares redeemed | (3,013,789) | (1,416,787) | (37,253,419) | (17,124,617) |
Net increase (decrease) | (1,324,183) | 12,905,958 | $(16,446,786) | $154,217,889 |
(a) Share transactions for Class Z are for the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to July 31, 2019.
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.
At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers Fidelity International Fund was the owner of record of approximately 15% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.
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 (August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020).
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 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.
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.
Annualized Expense Ratio-A | Beginning Account Value August 1, 2019 | Ending Account Value January 31, 2020 | Expenses Paid During Period-B August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020 | |
Class A | 1.26% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,118.50 | $6.71 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,018.80 | $6.39 | |
Class M | 1.58% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,116.90 | $8.41 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,017.19 | $8.01 | |
Class C | 1.99% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,114.40 | $10.58 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,015.13 | $10.08 | |
International Real Estate | .98% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,120.10 | $5.22 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,020.21 | $4.98 | |
Class I | .92% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,121.00 | $4.90 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,020.51 | $4.67 | |
Class Z | .82% | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,120.60 | $4.37 | |
Hypothetical-C | $1,000.00 | $1,021.01 | $4.17 |
A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
C 5% return per year before expenses
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity International Real Estate Fund
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.Approval of Amended and Restated Advisory Contracts. At its November 2019 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to approve an amended and restated management contract and sub-advisory agreements (Amended and Restated Contracts) for a stub period of January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 in connection with a consolidation of certain of Fidelity's advisory businesses. The Board considered that, on or about January 1, 2020, FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) expected to merge with and into FMR and, after the merger, FMR expected to redomicile as a Delaware limited liability company. The Board also approved the termination of the sub-advisory agreement with FMRC upon the completion of the merger. The Board noted that the Amended and Restated Contracts will reflect the replacement of SelectCo with FMR and will take effect upon the completion of the merger. The Board noted that references to FMR in the Amended and Restated Contracts would be updated to reflect FMR's new form of organization and domicile and considered that the definition of "group assets" for purposes of the fund's group fee would be modified to avoid double-counting assets once the reorganization is complete. The Board also noted Fidelity's assurance that neither the planned consolidation nor the Amended and Restated Contracts will change the investment processes, the level or nature of services provided, the resources and personnel allocated, trading and compliance operations, or any fees paid by the fund.The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by 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. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.At its January 2020 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have 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, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted that Fidelity has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board also noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, 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 supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also 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 noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.The Board noted that it and the boards of certain other Fidelity funds had formed an ad hoc Committee on Transfer Agency Fees to review the variety of transfer agency fee structures throughout the industry and Fidelity's competitive positioning with respect to industry participants.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 a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest, and to the support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and index funds; (vii) lowering expense caps for certain existing funds and classes, and converting certain voluntary expense caps to contractual caps, to reduce expenses borne by shareholders; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers, liquidations, and share class consolidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index). In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of both the highest performing and lowest performing fund share classes, where applicable, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended June 30, 2019, as shown below.Fidelity International Real Estate Fund
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IRE-SANN-0320
1.801330.116
Fidelity Flex® Funds
Fidelity Flex® Real Estate Fund
Semi-Annual Report
January 31, 2020
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Contents
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees |
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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
Investment Summary (Unaudited)
Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
Prologis, Inc. | 11.4 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 6.1 |
UDR, Inc. | 5.8 |
Boston Properties, Inc. | 5.5 |
Welltower, Inc. | 5.5 |
Duke Realty Corp. | 4.8 |
Ventas, Inc. | 4.5 |
Equity Residential (SBI) | 4.5 |
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | 4.0 |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 3.0 |
55.1 |
Top Five REIT Sectors as of January 31, 2020
% of fund's net assets | |
REITs - Apartments | 20.7 |
REITs - Diversified | 14.8 |
REITs - Office Property | 13.1 |
REITs - Warehouse/Industrial | 12.3 |
REITs - Health Care | 11.5 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)
As of January 31, 2020* | ||
Stocks | 98.3% | |
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | 1.7% |
* Foreign investments - 1.0%
Schedule of Investments January 31, 2020 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.3% | |||
Shares | Value | ||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 96.7% | |||
REITs - Apartments - 20.7% | |||
American Homes 4 Rent Class A | 1,951 | $53,321 | |
Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A | 880 | 46,385 | |
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 235 | 50,922 | |
Equity Residential (SBI) | 1,277 | 106,093 | |
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 112 | 34,693 | |
Invitation Homes, Inc. | 1,842 | 57,968 | |
UDR, Inc. | 2,856 | 136,831 | |
486,213 | |||
REITs - Diversified - 14.8% | |||
Crown Castle International Corp. | 167 | 25,023 | |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 1,159 | 142,545 | |
Duke Realty Corp. | 3,135 | 113,832 | |
Equinix, Inc. | 77 | 45,409 | |
Washington REIT (SBI) | 706 | 21,491 | |
348,300 | |||
REITs - Health Care - 11.5% | |||
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. | 1,102 | 35,297 | |
Ventas, Inc. | 1,839 | 106,405 | |
Welltower, Inc. | 1,512 | 128,384 | |
270,086 | |||
REITs - Hotels - 3.9% | |||
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 747 | 5,961 | |
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. | 2,738 | 26,476 | |
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 2,947 | 48,154 | |
RLJ Lodging Trust | 776 | 12,075 | |
92,666 | |||
REITs - Management/Investment - 1.5% | |||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 461 | 21,003 | |
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust | 1,297 | 14,358 | |
35,361 | |||
REITs - Manufactured Homes - 6.6% | |||
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | 1,308 | 95,157 | |
Sun Communities, Inc. | 377 | 61,138 | |
156,295 | |||
REITs - Office Property - 13.1% | |||
Boston Properties, Inc. | 906 | 129,875 | |
Brandywine Realty Trust (SBI) | 2,307 | 36,035 | |
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (SBI) | 604 | 30,266 | |
Mack-Cali Realty Corp. | 782 | 17,173 | |
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A | 1,170 | 27,132 | |
SL Green Realty Corp. | 593 | 54,580 | |
VEREIT, Inc. | 1,248 | 12,180 | |
307,241 | |||
REITs - Regional Malls - 2.1% | |||
Simon Property Group, Inc. | 369 | 49,132 | |
REITs - Shopping Centers - 5.2% | |||
Acadia Realty Trust (SBI) | 859 | 21,320 | |
Kimco Realty Corp. | 2,273 | 43,301 | |
Regency Centers Corp. | 949 | 58,876 | |
123,497 | |||
REITs - Single Tenant - 0.1% | |||
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 37 | 1,953 | |
REITs - Storage - 4.9% | |||
CubeSmart | 1,405 | 44,496 | |
Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 639 | 70,725 | |
115,221 | |||
REITs - Warehouse/Industrial - 12.3% | |||
Americold Realty Trust | 657 | 22,647 | |
Prologis, Inc. | 2,882 | 267,681 | |
290,328 | |||
TOTAL EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) | 2,276,293 | ||
Media - 0.6% | |||
Advertising - 0.6% | |||
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (a) | 5,139 | 14,029 | |
Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0% | |||
Real Estate Development - 1.0% | |||
Instone Real Estate Group BV (a)(b) | 935 | 24,213 | |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | |||
(Cost $2,099,895) | 2,314,535 | ||
Money Market Funds - 1.0% | |||
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (c) | |||
(Cost $23,509) | 23,504 | 23,509 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.3% | |||
(Cost $2,123,404) | 2,338,044 | ||
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.7% | 15,356 | ||
NET ASSETS - 100% | $2,353,400 |
Legend
(a) Non-income producing
(b) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $24,213 or 1.0% of net assets.
(c) Affiliated fund that is generally 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. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
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 | $177 |
Total | $177 |
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | ||
Assets | ||
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,099,895) | $2,314,535 | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $23,509) | 23,509 | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $2,123,404) | $2,338,044 | |
Cash | 10,981 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 5,715 | |
Receivable for fund shares sold | 1,250 | |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | 96 | |
Total assets | 2,356,086 | |
Liabilities | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $2,686 | |
Total liabilities | 2,686 | |
Net Assets | $2,353,400 | |
Net Assets consist of: | ||
Paid in capital | $2,149,260 | |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | 204,140 | |
Net Assets | $2,353,400 | |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,353,400 ÷ 198,135 shares) | $11.88 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Operations
Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | ||
Investment Income | ||
Dividends | $23,350 | |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds | 177 | |
Total income | 23,527 | |
Expenses | ||
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | $5 | |
Commitment fees | 2 | |
Total expenses | 7 | |
Net investment income (loss) | 23,520 | |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | ||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | ||
Investment securities: | ||
Unaffiliated issuers | 12,849 | |
Foreign currency transactions | 3 | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | 12,852 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities | 83,405 | |
Net gain (loss) | 96,257 | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $119,777 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Six months ended January 31, 2020 (Unaudited) | Year ended July 31, 2019 | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations | ||
Net investment income (loss) | $23,520 | $27,158 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 12,852 | 1,810 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 83,405 | 76,047 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 119,777 | 105,015 |
Distributions to shareholders | (33,454) | (24,159) |
Share transactions | ||
Proceeds from sales of shares | 795,656 | 918,998 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 33,454 | 24,159 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (47,067) | (251,584) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 782,043 | 691,573 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 868,366 | 772,429 |
Net Assets | ||
Beginning of period | 1,485,034 | 712,605 |
End of period | $2,353,400 | $1,485,034 |
Other Information | ||
Shares | ||
Sold | 68,382 | 83,983 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,878 | 2,284 |
Redeemed | (3,931) | (24,138) |
Net increase (decrease) | 67,329 | 62,129 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Highlights
Fidelity Flex Real Estate Fund
Six months ended (Unaudited) January 31, | Years endedJuly 31, | |||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 A | |
Selected Per–Share Data | ||||
Net asset value, beginning of period | $11.35 | $10.38 | $10.35 | $10.00 |
Income from Investment Operations | ||||
Net investment income (loss)B | .16 | .34 | .28 | .11 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .60 | .98 | .05 | .29 |
Total from investment operations | .76 | 1.32 | .33 | .40 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.23) | (.32) | (.26) | (.05) |
Distributions from net realized gain | – | (.02) | (.04) | – |
Total distributions | (.23) | (.35)C | (.30) | (.05) |
Net asset value, end of period | $11.88 | $11.35 | $10.38 | $10.35 |
Total ReturnD,E | 6.77% | 13.00% | 3.28% | 4.01% |
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | ||||
Expenses before reductions | - %H,I | - %I | .01% | - %H,I |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | - %H,I | - %I | .01% | - %H,I |
Expenses net of all reductions | - %H,I | - %I | .01% | - %H,I |
Net investment income (loss) | 2.66%H | 3.16% | 2.78% | 2.64%H |
Supplemental Data | ||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $2,353 | $1,485 | $713 | $265 |
Portfolio turnover rateJ | 21%H | 45% | 91% | 9%K |
A For the period March 8, 2017 (commencement of operations) to July 31, 2017.
B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
C Total distributions of $.35 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.324 and distributions from net realized gain of $.021 per share.
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any 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 Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from 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 expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund.
H Annualized
I Amount represents less than .005%.
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
K Amount not annualized.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the period ended January 31, 2020
1. Organization.
Fidelity Flex Real Estate Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Select Portfolios (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Share transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets may contain exchanges between affiliated funds. 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 is available only to certain fee-based accounts offered by Fidelity.
Effective January 1, 2020:
Investment advisers Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., FMR Co., Inc., and Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, merged with and into Fidelity Management & Research Company. In connection with the merger transactions, the resulting, merged investment adviser was then redomiciled from Massachusetts to Delaware, changed its corporate structure from a corporation to a limited liability company, and changed its name to "Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC".
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
- Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
- Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
- Level 3 – unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
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 a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. 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 or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
Foreign Currency. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and 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 rates 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 per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. 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 under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. 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.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $245,504 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (41,300) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $204,204 |
Tax cost | $2,133,840 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
No expiration | |
Short-term | $(2,962) |
Long-term | (9,789) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(12,751) |
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.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $937,113 and $186,934, respectively.
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services and the Fund does not pay any fees for these services. Under the management contract, the investment adviser or an affiliate pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
Amount | |
Fidelity Flex Real Estate Fund | $32 |
Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.
6. Committed Line of Credit.
The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 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 $2 and is reflected in Commitment fees on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.
7. Other.
The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of 14% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including 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 (August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020).
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, 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. 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.
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.
Annualized Expense Ratio-A | Beginning Account Value August 1, 2019 | Ending Account Value January 31, 2020 | Expenses Paid During Period-B August 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020 | |
Actual | - %-C | $1,000.00 | $1,067.70 | $--D |
Hypothetical-E | $1,000.00 | $1,025.14 | $--D |
A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
C Amount represents less than .005%.
D Amount represents less than $.005.
E 5% return per year before expenses
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity Flex Real Estate Fund
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.Approval of Amended and Restated Advisory Contracts. At its November 2019 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to approve an amended and restated management contract and sub-advisory agreements (Amended and Restated Contracts) for a stub period of January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 in connection with a consolidation of certain of Fidelity's advisory businesses. The Board considered that, on or about January 1, 2020, FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) expected to merge with and into FMR and, after the merger, FMR expected to redomicile as a Delaware limited liability company. The Board also approved the termination of the sub-advisory agreement with FMRC upon the completion of the merger. The Board noted that references to FMR in the Amended and Restated Contracts would be updated to reflect FMR's new form of organization and domicile. The Board also noted Fidelity's assurance that neither the planned consolidation nor the Amended and Restated Contracts will change the investment processes, the level or nature of services provided, the resources and personnel allocated, trading and compliance operations, or any fees paid by the fund.The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by 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. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.At its January 2020 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant and reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and the fact that no fee is payable under the management contract was fair and reasonable.Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage.Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted that Fidelity has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board also noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, 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 supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also 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 noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.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 a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest, and to the support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and index funds; (vii) lowering expense caps for certain existing funds and classes, and converting certain voluntary expense caps to contractual caps, to reduce expenses borne by shareholders; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers, liquidations, and share class consolidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. The Board reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance, as well as the fund's relative investment performance.Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board noted that the fund is available exclusively to certain Fidelity fee-based programs. The Board considered that the fund does not pay FMR a management fee for investment advisory services, but that FMR is indirectly compensated for its services out of the program fees. The Board also noted that FMR or an affiliate undertakes to pay all operating expenses of the fund with limited exceptions.Based on its review, the Board considered that the fund does not pay a management fee and concluded that the total expense ratio of the fund was 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 level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of the fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board noted that changes to fall-out benefits year-over-year reflect business developments at Fidelity's various businesses. The Board considered that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds had recently been established, and met periodically, to evaluate potential fall-out benefits (PFOB Committee). The Board noted that the PFOB Committee, among other things: (i) discussed the legal framework surrounding potential fall-out benefits; (ii) reviewed the Board's responsibilities and approach to potential fall-out benefits; and (iii) reviewed practices employed by competitor funds regarding the review of potential fall-out benefits.The Board concluded that the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund were not relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts because the fund pays no advisory fees and FMR or an affiliate bears all expenses of the fund with limited exceptions.Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that because the fund pays no advisory fees and FMR bears all expenses of the fund with limited exceptions, the realization of economies of scale was not a material factor in the Board's decision to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts.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 certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) consideration of performance fees for additional funds; (iii) changes in Fidelity's non-fund businesses and the impact of such changes on the funds; (iv) metrics for evaluating index fund and ETF performance and information about ETF trading characteristics; (v) the methodology with respect to evaluating competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee comparisons; (vi) the expense structures for different funds and classes; (vii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity, including collective investment trusts and separately managed accounts; and (viii) Fidelity's philosophies and strategies for evaluating funds and classes with lower or declining asset levels.Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Amended and Restated Contracts should be approved and the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.ZXL-SANN-0320
1.9881646.102
Item 2.
Code of Ethics
Not applicable.
Item 3.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Item 4.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Investments
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable
Item 7.
Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9.
Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fidelity Select Portfolios’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11.
Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Select Portfolios’s (the “Trust”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(a)(ii) There was no change in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the 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.
Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 13.
Exhibits
(a) | (1) | Not applicable. |
(a) | (2) | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT. |
(a) | (3) | Not applicable. |
(b) | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Fidelity Select Portfolios
By: | /s/Stacie M. Smith |
Stacie M. Smith | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | March 25, 2020 |
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/Stacie M. Smith |
Stacie M. Smith | |
President and Treasurer | |
Date: | March 25, 2020 |
By: | /s/John J. Burke III |
John J. Burke III | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: | March 25, 2020 |