Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
Annual Report
December 31, 2020
Contents
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Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Performance: The Bottom Line
Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The hypothetical investment and the average annual total returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund’s total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.
Average Annual Total Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2020 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Life of fundA |
| Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 4.75% | 7.15% | 5.66% |
A From March 17, 2011
$10,000 Over Life of Fund
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund on March 17, 2011, when the fund started.
The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global performed over the same period.
| Period Ending Values |
| $17,155 | Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund |
| $17,765 | J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global |
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
Market Recap: Emerging-markets debt gained 5.88% in 2020, as measured by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global, capping a highly volatile and unpredictable year that will be remembered for the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In March, the index returned -12.55%, as the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus hampered global economic growth. However, the asset class began to recover in late March, amid a historically rapid and expansive global monetary/fiscal-policy response, along with progress on potential COVID-19 treatments and signs of an early recovery in economic activity. Later in the year, investors reacted favorably to U.S. election results and vaccine developments, including the December approval of two COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. Among country components of the J.P Morgan index, markets sensitive to oil prices, including Nigeria (+14%) and Ghana (+12%), fared well amid improved pricing and demand for energy late in the year. Mexico – the index's largest country component in 2020, at 10%, on average – gained about 7%. Bonds of Pemex, the country's state-owned oil company, rose on optimism that the government would maintain its support for Pemex by ensuring adequate liquidity and debt service. Conversely, Lebanon (-75%) was the weakest country components within the index. Following its default in March, the nation remained in a deep political and economic crisis, and anti-government protests continued through year-end, as it defaulted in March.
Comments from Co-Portfolio Managers Timothy Gill and Nader Nazmi: For the year, the fund gained 4.75, lagging the benchmark J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global. Market selection detracted from the fund’s performance versus the benchmark, primarily due to our overweighting in Argentina, a market that returned -24% in the benchmark in 2020. Security selection in Mexico also hurt, through our positioning in bonds issued by Pemex – Mexico's state-owned oil company. These bonds declined early in the period amid volatility in the energy sector. Security selection in Venezuela, which was not a part of the J.P. Morgan index in 2020, also detracted. These bonds returned about -19% within the fund. Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) restrictions on secondary market trading of Venezuela bonds led to continued deterioration in the bonds’ prices. Security selection in Kazakhstan also hampered our relative result, as did an underweighting in this outperforming market. Positioning in Lebanon also detracted. Conversely, an underweighting and security selection in Ecuador helped most versus the benchmark, as this country significantly lagged the index. A non-benchmark position in U.S. Treasuries was another noteworthy relative contributor. The fund held U.S. Treasury bonds as a duration-management tool, a liquidity store, a proxy for higher-quality emerging-markets sovereign debt and a partial hedge against the impact of market volatility. We sold the fund’s stake in Treasuries by year-end.
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
Notes to shareholders: On September 18, 2020, Nader Nazmi assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund, succeeding Jonathan Kelly.
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Investment Summary (Unaudited)
Top Five Countries as of December 31, 2020
| (excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets |
| Mexico | 11.3 |
| Turkey | 6.9 |
| Argentina | 5.4 |
| Russia | 4.9 |
| Indonesia | 4.7 |
Percentages are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
Top Five Holdings as of December 31, 2020
| (by issuer, excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets |
| Petroleos Mexicanos | 7.9 |
| Turkish Republic | 6.4 |
| Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation | 4.9 |
| Indonesian Republic | 4.5 |
| Ukraine Government | 3.9 |
| | 27.6 |
Coupon distribution shows the range of stated interest rates on the fund's investments, excluding short-term investments.
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)
| As of December 31, 2020 |
| | Corporate Bonds | 31.1% |
| | Government Obligations | 56.4% |
| | Preferred Securities | 2.0% |
| | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | 10.5% |
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Schedule of Investments December 31, 2020
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
| Nonconvertible Bonds - 31.1% | | | |
| | | Principal Amount(a) | Value |
| Argentina - 1.7% | | | |
| Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 SA: | | | |
| 6.875% 2/1/27 (b) | | $97,656 | $68,359 |
| 9.375% 2/1/27 pay-in-kind (b)(c) | | 5,229,558 | 4,508,860 |
| Banco Macro SA 6.75% 11/4/26 (b)(c) | | 4,110,000 | 3,524,325 |
| Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA 6.75% 5/2/25 (b) | | 1,610,000 | 1,471,138 |
| YPF SA: | | | |
| 8.5% 3/23/25 (b) | | 4,347,000 | 3,526,114 |
| 8.75% 4/4/24 (b) | | 13,693,000 | 12,066,956 |
|
| TOTAL ARGENTINA | | | 25,165,752 |
|
| Azerbaijan - 0.3% | | | |
| Southern Gas Corridor CJSC 6.875% 3/24/26 (b) | | 3,116,000 | 3,754,780 |
| State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic 6.95% 3/18/30 (Reg. S) | | 935,000 | 1,195,736 |
|
| TOTAL AZERBAIJAN | | | 4,950,516 |
|
| Bahrain - 0.8% | | | |
| The Oil and Gas Holding Co.: | | | |
| 7.5% 10/25/27 (b) | | 5,624,000 | 6,411,360 |
| 7.625% 11/7/24 (b) | | 3,925,000 | 4,389,867 |
| 8.375% 11/7/28 (b) | | 1,065,000 | 1,254,038 |
|
| TOTAL BAHRAIN | | | 12,055,265 |
|
| Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.3% | | | |
| Galaxy Pipeline Assets BidCo Ltd. 2.625% 3/31/36 (b) | | 3,445,000 | 3,565,575 |
| Bermuda - 0.2% | | | |
| GeoPark Ltd. 6.5% 9/21/24 (b) | | 2,205,000 | 2,284,242 |
| British Virgin Islands - 1.7% | | | |
| 1MDB Global Investments Ltd. 4.4% 3/9/23 | | 23,800,000 | 24,090,805 |
| Canada - 0.6% | | | |
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 7.25% 4/1/23 (b) | | 9,082,000 | 9,311,956 |
| Cayman Islands - 1.3% | | | |
| Baidu.com, Inc.: | | | |
| 1.72% 4/9/26 | | 1,480,000 | 1,498,592 |
| 2.375% 10/9/30 | | 1,395,000 | 1,425,952 |
| DP World Crescent Ltd.: | | | |
| 3.7495% 1/30/30 (b) | | 1,075,000 | 1,169,063 |
| 3.875% 7/18/29 (Reg. S) | | 3,090,000 | 3,391,275 |
| Meituan: | | | |
| 2.125% 10/28/25 (b) | | 2,330,000 | 2,367,675 |
| 3.05% 10/28/30 (b) | | 1,995,000 | 2,078,541 |
| NagaCorp Ltd.: | | | |
| 7.95% 7/6/24 (Reg. S) | | 1,960,000 | 2,041,463 |
| 9.375% 5/21/21 (b) | | 2,005,000 | 2,036,955 |
| Odebrecht Finance Ltd. 7.125% 6/26/42 (b)(d) | | 11,905,000 | 528,284 |
| Sparc Em Spc 0% 12/5/22 (b) | | 156,270 | 152,169 |
| Termocandelaria Power Ltd. 7.875% 1/30/29 (b) | | 1,350,000 | 1,485,000 |
|
| TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS | | | 18,174,969 |
|
| Chile - 0.6% | | | |
| Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco): | | | |
| 3.15% 1/14/30 (b) | | 1,645,000 | 1,793,564 |
| 3.15% 1/15/51 (b) | | 1,140,000 | 1,148,550 |
| 3.7% 1/30/50 (b) | | 2,130,000 | 2,340,338 |
| VTR Comunicaciones SpA 5.125% 1/15/28 (b) | | 2,980,000 | 3,171,838 |
|
| TOTAL CHILE | | | 8,454,290 |
|
| Colombia - 0.2% | | | |
| Ecopetrol SA 6.875% 4/29/30 | | 1,115,000 | 1,430,266 |
| Oleoducto Central SA 4% 7/14/27 (b) | | 1,900,000 | 2,060,313 |
|
| TOTAL COLOMBIA | | | 3,490,579 |
|
| Georgia - 0.6% | | | |
| Georgia Bank Joint Stock Co. 6% 7/26/23 (b) | | 4,805,000 | 5,015,219 |
| Georgian Oil & Gas Corp. 6.75% 4/26/21 (b) | | 2,424,000 | 2,436,878 |
| JSC Georgian Railway 7.75% 7/11/22 (b) | | 898,000 | 944,584 |
| Silknet JSC 11% 4/2/24 (Reg. S) | | 250,000 | 271,250 |
|
| TOTAL GEORGIA | | | 8,667,931 |
|
| Hong Kong - 0.2% | | | |
| Lenovo Group Ltd. 3.421% 11/2/30 (b) | | 2,865,000 | 3,018,899 |
| Indonesia - 0.2% | | | |
| Delta Merlin Dunia Tekstil PT 8.625% 3/12/24 (b)(d) | | 920,000 | 43,413 |
| Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Tbk PT 5.45% 5/15/30 (b) | | 1,015,000 | 1,221,172 |
| PT Adaro Indonesia 4.25% 10/31/24 (b) | | 2,015,000 | 2,074,191 |
|
| TOTAL INDONESIA | | | 3,338,776 |
|
| Israel - 0.3% | | | |
| Leviathan Bond Ltd.: | | | |
| 5.75% 6/30/23 (Reg. S) (b) | | 2,220,000 | 2,364,300 |
| 6.125% 6/30/25 (Reg. S) (b) | | 2,325,000 | 2,551,688 |
|
| TOTAL ISRAEL | | | 4,915,988 |
|
| Kazakhstan - 0.3% | | | |
| JSC Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan 5.5% 12/21/22 (b) | | 667,927 | 669,388 |
| KazMunaiGaz National Co.: | | | |
| 3.5% 4/14/33 (b) | | 2,010,000 | 2,185,875 |
| 5.75% 4/19/47 (b) | | 1,010,000 | 1,351,822 |
|
| TOTAL KAZAKHSTAN | | | 4,207,085 |
|
| Luxembourg - 1.1% | | | |
| B2W Digital Lux SARL 4.375% 12/20/30 (b) | | 1,855,000 | 1,919,925 |
| CSN Resources SA 7.625% 2/13/23 (b) | | 7,422,000 | 7,691,048 |
| Millicom International Cellular SA 4.5% 4/27/31 (b) | | 1,670,000 | 1,803,600 |
| Rumo Luxembourg SARL 7.375% 2/9/24 (b) | | 4,900,000 | 5,103,656 |
|
| TOTAL LUXEMBOURG | | | 16,518,229 |
|
| Malaysia - 0.1% | | | |
| Petronas Capital Ltd. 3.5% 4/21/30 (b) | | 1,730,000 | 1,993,419 |
| Mexico - 9.0% | | | |
| America Movil S.A.B. de CV 6.45% 12/5/22 | MXN | 110,740,000 | 5,646,699 |
| Axtel S.A.B. de CV 6.375% 11/14/24 (b) | | 130,000 | 135,484 |
| Metalsa SA de CV 4.9% 4/24/23 (b) | | 1,678,000 | 1,753,510 |
| Petroleos Mexicanos: | | | |
| 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 3.650% 3.8706% 3/11/22 (c)(e) | | 2,958,000 | 2,993,496 |
| 3.5% 1/30/23 | | 4,187,000 | 4,269,903 |
| 4.875% 1/24/22 | | 4,315,000 | 4,437,115 |
| 4.875% 1/18/24 | | 15,847,000 | 16,579,924 |
| 5.375% 3/13/22 | | 1,590,000 | 1,638,197 |
| 6.5% 6/2/41 | | 2,587,000 | 2,401,464 |
| 6.625% 6/15/35 | | 18,441,000 | 18,164,385 |
| 6.75% 9/21/47 | | 8,407,000 | 7,881,563 |
| 6.875% 10/16/25 (b) | | 5,140,000 | 5,621,361 |
| 6.95% 1/28/60 | | 8,825,000 | 8,283,586 |
| 7.69% 1/23/50 | | 38,733,000 | 39,052,530 |
| 8.625% 2/1/22 | | 3,212,000 | 3,437,844 |
| 8.625% 12/1/23 (c) | | 320,000 | 346,500 |
| TV Azteca SA de CV 8.25% 8/9/24 (Reg. S) | | 13,385,000 | 7,499,749 |
| Unifin Financiera SAPI de CV 7.375% 2/12/26 (b) | | 1,018,000 | 972,508 |
|
| TOTAL MEXICO | | | 131,115,818 |
|
| Mongolia - 0.1% | | | |
| Development Bank of Mongolia 7.25% 10/23/23 (b) | | 720,000 | 775,800 |
| Netherlands - 1.6% | | | |
| Cimpor Financial Operations BV 5.75% 7/17/24 (b) | | 1,937,000 | 1,685,795 |
| IHS Netherlands Holdco BV 7.125% 3/18/25 (b) | | 4,125,000 | 4,327,383 |
| Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Finance BV 6.95% 7/10/42 (b) | | 710,000 | 1,054,572 |
| Metinvest BV 7.75% 4/23/23 (b) | | 4,039,000 | 4,301,535 |
| Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance BV 8% 7/25/22 (b)(d) | | 15,783,000 | 3,945,750 |
| Petrobras Global Finance BV: | | | |
| 6.75% 6/3/50 | | 2,420,000 | 2,997,019 |
| 7.375% 1/17/27 | | 445,000 | 551,800 |
| Prosus NV: | | | |
| 3.68% 1/21/30 (b) | | 650,000 | 705,656 |
| 3.832% 2/8/51 (b) | | 1,590,000 | 1,561,380 |
| 4.027% 8/3/50 (b) | | 650,000 | 674,375 |
| VimpelCom Holdings BV 3.375% 11/25/27 (b) | | 1,440,000 | 1,483,200 |
|
| TOTAL NETHERLANDS | | | 23,288,465 |
|
| Panama - 0.1% | | | |
| Cable Onda SA 4.5% 1/30/30 (b) | | 1,455,000 | 1,605,047 |
| Paraguay - 0.2% | | | |
| Telefonica Celular del Paraguay SA 5.875% 4/15/27 (b) | | 3,000,000 | 3,200,625 |
| Peru - 0.3% | | | |
| Camposol SA 6% 2/3/27 (b) | | 855,000 | 899,620 |
| Telefonica del Peru SA 7.375% 4/10/27 (b) | PEN | 10,090,000 | 2,912,721 |
|
| TOTAL PERU | | | 3,812,341 |
|
| Saudi Arabia - 1.6% | | | |
| Saudi Arabian Oil Co.: | | | |
| 1.625% 11/24/25 (b) | | 1,420,000 | 1,448,400 |
| 3.5% 4/16/29 (b) | | 14,389,000 | 15,949,307 |
| 4.375% 4/16/49 (b) | | 4,596,000 | 5,553,979 |
|
| TOTAL SAUDI ARABIA | | | 22,951,686 |
|
| Singapore - 0.2% | | | |
| Indika Energy Capital IV Pte Ltd. 8.25% 10/22/25 (b) | | 2,060,000 | 2,227,375 |
| South Africa - 2.2% | | | |
| Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.: | | | |
| 5.75% 1/26/21 (b) | | 26,430,000 | 26,363,925 |
| 6.75% 8/6/23 (b) | | 4,987,000 | 5,063,363 |
|
| TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA | | | 31,427,288 |
|
| Spain - 0.2% | | | |
| EnfraGen Energia Sur SA 5.375% 12/30/30 (b) | | 2,590,000 | 2,683,888 |
| Turkey - 0.5% | | | |
| Petkim Petrokimya Holding A/S 5.875% 1/26/23 (b) | | 1,928,000 | 1,965,958 |
| T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A/S 5.125% 5/3/22 (b) | | 3,837,000 | 3,846,593 |
| Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO 5.75% 1/30/23 (b) | | 2,075,000 | 2,089,914 |
|
| TOTAL TURKEY | | | 7,902,465 |
|
| United Arab Emirates - 0.3% | | | |
| Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC 4% 10/3/49 (b) | | 670,000 | 801,697 |
| ADES International Holding Ltd. 8.625% 4/24/24 (b) | | 3,015,000 | 3,007,463 |
|
| TOTAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | | | 3,809,160 |
|
| United Kingdom - 2.0% | | | |
| Antofagasta PLC 2.375% 10/14/30 (b) | | 4,140,000 | 4,176,225 |
| Biz Finance PLC 9.625% 4/27/22 (b) | | 2,344,250 | 2,447,397 |
| DTEK Finance PLC 10.75% 12/31/24 pay-in-kind (c) | | 2,779,000 | 1,719,506 |
| Liquid Telecommunications Financing PLC 8.5% 7/13/22 (b) | | 1,645,000 | 1,675,844 |
| NAK Naftogaz Ukraine: | | | |
| 7.375% 7/19/22 (Reg. S) | | 2,827,000 | 2,910,043 |
| 7.625% 11/8/26 (b) | | 1,235,000 | 1,275,138 |
| Oschadbank Via SSB #1 PLC 9.375% 3/10/23 (b) | | 1,009,000 | 1,055,351 |
| Tullow Oil PLC 6.25% 4/15/22 (b) | | 14,760,000 | 11,771,100 |
| Vedanta Resources PLC 6.375% 7/30/22 (b) | | 2,870,000 | 2,539,053 |
|
| TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM | | | 29,569,657 |
|
| United States of America - 2.2% | | | |
| Azul Investments LLP 5.875% 10/26/24 (b) | | 4,565,000 | 4,258,289 |
| Citgo Holding, Inc. 9.25% 8/1/24 (b) | | 2,682,000 | 2,467,440 |
| Citgo Petroleum Corp. 6.25% 8/15/22 (b) | | 10,523,000 | 10,312,540 |
| Kosmos Energy Ltd. 7.125% 4/4/26 (b) | | 9,060,000 | 8,519,231 |
| Stillwater Mining Co. 6.125% 6/27/22 (b) | | 6,789,000 | 6,878,106 |
|
| TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | | | 32,435,606 |
|
| Venezuela - 0.1% | | | |
| Petroleos de Venezuela SA: | | | |
| 5.375% 4/12/27 (d) | | 6,115,000 | 195,680 |
| 5.5% 4/12/37 (d) | | 3,475,000 | 111,200 |
| 6% 5/16/24 (b)(d) | | 8,980,000 | 287,360 |
| 6% 11/15/26 (b)(d) | | 15,840,000 | 514,800 |
| 9.75% 5/17/35 (b)(d) | | 12,585,000 | 377,550 |
| 12.75% 2/17/22 (b)(d) | | 3,065,000 | 98,080 |
|
| TOTAL VENEZUELA | | | 1,584,670 |
|
| TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | |
| (Cost $477,684,770) | | | 452,594,167 |
|
| Government Obligations - 56.4% | | | |
| Angola - 0.6% | | | |
| Angola Republic: | | | |
| 8.25% 5/9/28 (b) | | 3,115,000 | 2,989,427 |
| 9.375% 5/8/48 (b) | | 2,020,000 | 1,907,006 |
| 9.5% 11/12/25 (b) | | 3,040,000 | 3,162,550 |
|
| TOTAL ANGOLA | | | 8,058,983 |
|
| Argentina - 3.7% | | | |
| Argentine Republic: | | | |
| 0.125% 7/9/30 (f) | | 61,944,632 | 25,180,493 |
| 0.125% 7/9/35 (f) | | 21,353,027 | 7,815,208 |
| 0.125% 1/9/38 (f) | | 10,211,997 | 4,177,345 |
| 1% 7/9/29 | | 5,953,783 | 2,589,896 |
| Province of Santa Fe 7% 3/23/23 (b) | | 7,365,000 | 5,523,750 |
| Provincia de Cordoba: | | | |
| 7.125% 6/10/21 (b) | | 9,245,000 | 6,067,031 |
| 7.45% 9/1/24 (b) | | 4,345,000 | 2,611,073 |
|
| TOTAL ARGENTINA | | | 53,964,796 |
|
| Barbados - 0.4% | | | |
| Barbados Government: | | | |
| 6.5% 2/1/21 (b) | | 104,251 | 103,730 |
| 6.5% 10/1/29 (b) | | 5,915,000 | 5,977,847 |
|
| TOTAL BARBADOS | | | 6,081,577 |
|
| Benin - 0.1% | | | |
| Republic of Benin 5.75% 3/26/26 (b) | EUR | 1,530,000 | 1,971,342 |
| Bermuda - 0.3% | | | |
| Bermuda Government: | | | |
| 2.375% 8/20/30 (b) | | 525,000 | 550,725 |
| 3.375% 8/20/50 (b) | | 965,000 | 1,039,486 |
| 3.717% 1/25/27 (b) | | 620,000 | 693,625 |
| 4.75% 2/15/29 (b) | | 2,270,000 | 2,769,400 |
|
| TOTAL BERMUDA | | | 5,053,236 |
|
| Brazil - 2.6% | | | |
| Brazilian Federative Republic: | | | |
| 2.875% 6/6/25 | | 1,525,000 | 1,589,050 |
| 3.875% 6/12/30 | | 5,950,000 | 6,277,250 |
| 4.75% 1/14/50 | | 995,000 | 1,061,541 |
| 5.625% 1/7/41 | | 5,431,000 | 6,418,763 |
| 5.625% 2/21/47 | | 2,183,000 | 2,602,545 |
| 7.125% 1/20/37 | | 2,115,000 | 2,869,130 |
| 8.25% 1/20/34 | | 9,059,000 | 13,178,014 |
| 10% 1/1/27 | BRL | 16,410,000 | 3,729,221 |
|
| TOTAL BRAZIL | | | 37,725,514 |
|
| Cameroon - 1.0% | | | |
| Cameroon Republic 9.5% 11/19/25 (b) | | 12,700,000 | 14,053,344 |
| Chile - 0.1% | | | |
| Chilean Republic 3.86% 6/21/47 | | 1,170,000 | 1,426,303 |
| China - 0.2% | | | |
| Peoples Republic of China 1.2% 10/21/30 (b) | | 2,535,000 | 2,528,422 |
| Colombia - 0.4% | | | |
| Colombian Republic: | | | |
| 4.125% 5/15/51 | | 1,315,000 | 1,460,965 |
| 5% 6/15/45 | | 3,540,000 | 4,326,544 |
|
| TOTAL COLOMBIA | | | 5,787,509 |
|
| Costa Rica - 0.1% | | | |
| Costa Rican Republic: | | | |
| 5.625% 4/30/43 (b) | | 1,995,000 | 1,665,202 |
| 7% 4/4/44 (b) | | 305,000 | 278,980 |
|
| TOTAL COSTA RICA | | | 1,944,182 |
|
| Dominican Republic - 2.6% | | | |
| Dominican Republic: | | | |
| 5.875% 1/30/60 (b) | | 3,525,000 | 3,864,281 |
| 5.95% 1/25/27 (b) | | 4,186,000 | 4,883,231 |
| 6% 7/19/28 (b) | | 2,999,000 | 3,565,998 |
| 6.4% 6/5/49 (b) | | 4,072,000 | 4,780,783 |
| 6.5% 2/15/48 (b) | | 395,000 | 465,483 |
| 6.5% 2/15/48 (Reg. S) | | 1,450,000 | 1,708,734 |
| 6.85% 1/27/45 (b) | | 4,046,000 | 4,922,212 |
| 6.875% 1/29/26 (b) | | 4,946,000 | 5,956,839 |
| 7.45% 4/30/44 (b) | | 6,031,000 | 7,776,221 |
|
| TOTAL DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | | | 37,923,782 |
|
| Ecuador - 0.5% | | | |
| Ecuador Republic: | | | |
| 0.5% 7/31/30 (b)(f) | | 7,120,000 | 4,574,600 |
| 0.5% 7/31/35 (b)(f) | | 5,940,000 | 3,222,450 |
|
| TOTAL ECUADOR | | | 7,797,050 |
|
| Egypt - 3.7% | | | |
| Arab Republic of Egypt: | | | |
| , yield at date of purchase 12.451% to 13.619% 1/26/21 to 7/6/21 | EGP | 83,300,000 | 5,075,405 |
| 7.0529% 1/15/32 (b) | | 830,000 | 903,922 |
| 7.5% 1/31/27 (b) | | 19,706,000 | 22,729,639 |
| 7.6003% 3/1/29 (b) | | 9,841,000 | 11,301,773 |
| 7.903% 2/21/48 (b) | | 2,940,000 | 3,195,413 |
| 8.5% 1/31/47 (b) | | 7,939,000 | 9,000,841 |
| 8.7002% 3/1/49 (b) | | 820,000 | 947,869 |
|
| TOTAL EGYPT | | | 53,154,862 |
|
| El Salvador - 0.6% | | | |
| El Salvador Republic: | | | |
| 5.875% 1/30/25 (b) | | 475,000 | 447,391 |
| 7.1246% 1/20/50 (b) | | 4,252,000 | 3,786,938 |
| 7.625% 2/1/41 (b) | | 1,035,000 | 961,580 |
| 7.75% 1/24/23 (b) | | 3,280,000 | 3,236,950 |
| 9.5% 7/15/52 (b) | | 230,000 | 232,013 |
|
| TOTAL EL SALVADOR | | | 8,664,872 |
|
| Gabon - 0.3% | | | |
| Gabonese Republic 6.375% 12/12/24 (b) | | 4,630,000 | 4,815,200 |
| Georgia - 0.1% | | | |
| Georgia Republic 6.875% 4/12/21 (b) | | 1,355,000 | 1,370,667 |
| Ghana - 0.6% | | | |
| Ghana Republic: | | | |
| 8.125% 1/18/26 (b) | | 5,098,076 | 5,706,659 |
| 10.75% 10/14/30 (b) | | 2,125,000 | 2,837,539 |
|
| TOTAL GHANA | | | 8,544,198 |
|
| Guatemala - 0.3% | | | |
| Guatemalan Republic: | | | |
| 4.9% 6/1/30 (b) | | 485,000 | 563,964 |
| 5.375% 4/24/32 (b) | | 2,015,000 | 2,450,744 |
| 6.125% 6/1/50 (b) | | 1,355,000 | 1,786,906 |
|
| TOTAL GUATEMALA | | | 4,801,614 |
|
| Honduras - 0.1% | | | |
| Republic of Honduras 5.625% 6/24/30 (b) | | 1,205,000 | 1,368,428 |
| Indonesia - 4.5% | | | |
| Indonesian Republic: | | | |
| 3.85% 10/15/30 | | 2,650,000 | 3,076,484 |
| 4.1% 4/24/28 | | 5,340,000 | 6,201,075 |
| 5.125% 1/15/45 (b) | | 4,853,000 | 6,245,204 |
| 5.25% 1/17/42 (b) | | 3,000,000 | 3,877,500 |
| 5.95% 1/8/46 (b) | | 2,100,000 | 3,022,031 |
| 6.625% 2/17/37 (b) | | 3,549,000 | 5,041,798 |
| 6.75% 1/15/44 (b) | | 5,105,000 | 7,829,794 |
| 7% 9/15/30 | IDR | 46,410,000,000 | 3,534,427 |
| 7.75% 1/17/38 (b) | | 8,743,000 | 13,710,117 |
| 8.5% 10/12/35 (b) | | 8,199,000 | 13,410,489 |
|
| TOTAL INDONESIA | | | 65,948,919 |
|
| Iraq - 0.3% | | | |
| Republic of Iraq 5.8% 1/15/28 (Reg. S) | | 4,709,063 | 4,373,542 |
| Israel - 0.2% | | | |
| Israeli State 3.375% 1/15/50 | | 3,230,000 | 3,570,830 |
| Ivory Coast - 0.6% | | | |
| Ivory Coast: | | | |
| 4.875% 1/30/32 (b) | EUR | 2,150,000 | 2,695,494 |
| 5.875% 10/17/31 (b) | EUR | 3,125,000 | 4,217,317 |
| 6.125% 6/15/33 (b) | | 950,000 | 1,070,234 |
| 6.375% 3/3/28 (b) | | 645,000 | 736,106 |
|
| TOTAL IVORY COAST | | | 8,719,151 |
|
| Jamaica - 0.3% | | | |
| Jamaican Government: | | | |
| 6.75% 4/28/28 | | 1,725,000 | 2,098,570 |
| 7.875% 7/28/45 | | 1,685,000 | 2,409,023 |
|
| TOTAL JAMAICA | | | 4,507,593 |
|
| Jordan - 0.5% | | | |
| Jordanian Kingdom: | | | |
| 4.95% 7/7/25 (b) | | 4,170,000 | 4,420,200 |
| 6.125% 1/29/26 (b) | | 1,900,000 | 2,108,406 |
|
| TOTAL JORDAN | | | 6,528,606 |
|
| Kenya - 0.3% | | | |
| Republic of Kenya: | | | |
| 6.875% 6/24/24 (b) | | 3,015,000 | 3,300,483 |
| 7% 5/22/27 (b) | | 1,285,000 | 1,412,697 |
|
| TOTAL KENYA | | | 4,713,180 |
|
| Lebanon - 0.1% | | | |
| Lebanese Republic: | | | |
| 5.8% 12/31/49 (d) | | 5,875,000 | 734,375 |
| 6% 1/27/23 (d) | | 1,587,000 | 190,440 |
| 6.1% 10/4/22 (d) | | 685,000 | 82,200 |
| 6.375% 12/31/49 (d) | | 7,072,000 | 884,000 |
|
| TOTAL LEBANON | | | 1,891,015 |
|
| Mexico - 2.3% | | | |
| United Mexican States: | | | |
| 3.25% 4/16/30 | | 4,960,000 | 5,375,400 |
| 3.75% 1/11/28 | | 3,415,000 | 3,847,211 |
| 3.9% 4/27/25 | | 1,460,000 | 1,642,412 |
| 4.5% 4/22/29 | | 2,040,000 | 2,391,900 |
| 4.75% 4/27/32 | | 970,000 | 1,165,819 |
| 5.75% 10/12/2110 | | 3,735,000 | 4,958,213 |
| 6.05% 1/11/40 | | 10,222,000 | 13,700,674 |
|
| TOTAL MEXICO | | | 33,081,629 |
|
| Mongolia - 0.2% | | | |
| Mongolia Government 5.125% 4/7/26 (b) | | 2,480,000 | 2,659,800 |
| Montenegro - 0.1% | | | |
| Republic of Montenegro 2.875% 12/16/27 (b) | EUR | 1,615,000 | 1,931,039 |
| Morocco - 0.4% | | | |
| Moroccan Kingdom: | | | |
| 2.375% 12/15/27 (b) | | 3,075,000 | 3,086,531 |
| 3% 12/15/32 (b) | | 690,000 | 698,625 |
| 4% 12/15/50 (b) | | 735,000 | 756,131 |
| 5.5% 12/11/42 (b) | | 920,000 | 1,146,263 |
|
| TOTAL MOROCCO | | | 5,687,550 |
|
| Nigeria - 1.5% | | | |
| Republic of Nigeria: | | | |
| 6.375% 7/12/23 (b) | | 960,000 | 1,037,100 |
| 6.5% 11/28/27 (b) | | 3,892,000 | 4,192,414 |
| 7.143% 2/23/30 (b) | | 1,295,000 | 1,394,148 |
| 7.625% 11/21/25 (b) | | 12,623,000 | 14,488,837 |
|
| TOTAL NIGERIA | | | 21,112,499 |
|
| Oman - 0.9% | | | |
| Sultanate of Oman: | | | |
| 3.875% 3/8/22 (b) | | 670,000 | 672,722 |
| 4.125% 1/17/23 (b) | | 1,800,000 | 1,815,188 |
| 4.75% 6/15/26 (b) | | 3,347,000 | 3,339,678 |
| 5.375% 3/8/27 (b) | | 2,516,000 | 2,563,961 |
| 6.75% 1/17/48 (b) | | 4,530,000 | 4,474,791 |
|
| TOTAL OMAN | | | 12,866,340 |
|
| Pakistan - 0.4% | | | |
| Islamic Republic of Pakistan: | | | |
| 6.875% 12/5/27 (b) | | 1,500,000 | 1,557,188 |
| 8.25% 4/15/24 (b) | | 1,180,000 | 1,281,038 |
| The Third Pakistan International Sukuk Co. Ltd.: | | | |
| 5.5% 10/13/21 (b) | | 2,125,000 | 2,148,242 |
| 5.625% 12/5/22 (b) | | 1,005,000 | 1,025,728 |
|
| TOTAL PAKISTAN | | | 6,012,196 |
|
| Panama - 0.2% | | | |
| Panamanian Republic: | | | |
| 2.252% 9/29/32 | | 1,875,000 | 1,929,375 |
| 3.87% 7/23/60 | | 1,390,000 | 1,636,725 |
|
| TOTAL PANAMA | | | 3,566,100 |
|
| Paraguay - 0.5% | | | |
| Republic of Paraguay: | | | |
| 4.95% 4/28/31 (b) | | 3,865,000 | 4,666,988 |
| 5.4% 3/30/50 (b) | | 1,625,000 | 2,051,055 |
| 5.6% 3/13/48 (b) | | 445,000 | 571,269 |
|
| TOTAL PARAGUAY | | | 7,289,312 |
|
| Peru - 0.3% | | | |
| Peruvian Republic: | | | |
| 1.862% 12/1/32 | | 1,385,000 | 1,398,158 |
| 2.78% 12/1/60 | | 1,485,000 | 1,494,653 |
| 5.625% 11/18/50 | | 890,000 | 1,394,630 |
|
| TOTAL PERU | | | 4,287,441 |
|
| Qatar - 3.4% | | | |
| State of Qatar: | | | |
| 3.75% 4/16/30 (b) | | 12,765,000 | 14,986,908 |
| 4% 3/14/29 (b) | | 5,455,000 | 6,470,994 |
| 4.4% 4/16/50 (b) | | 4,385,000 | 5,700,500 |
| 4.5% 4/23/28 (b) | | 2,565,000 | 3,110,063 |
| 4.817% 3/14/49 (b) | | 11,149,000 | 15,183,544 |
| 5.103% 4/23/48 (b) | | 2,960,000 | 4,158,800 |
|
| TOTAL QATAR | | | 49,610,809 |
|
| Romania - 0.8% | | | |
| Romanian Republic: | | | |
| 3% 2/14/31 (b) | | 3,946,000 | 4,223,453 |
| 3.624% 5/26/30 (b) | EUR | 3,585,000 | 5,217,217 |
| 4.625% 4/3/49 | EUR | 1,360,000 | 2,242,949 |
|
| TOTAL ROMANIA | | | 11,683,619 |
|
| Russia - 4.9% | | | |
| Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation: | | | |
| 4.25% 6/23/27(Reg. S) | | 3,200,000 | 3,656,000 |
| 4.375% 3/21/29(Reg. S) | | 11,000,000 | 12,837,000 |
| 5.1% 3/28/35 (b) | | 13,200,000 | 16,660,875 |
| 5.1% 3/28/35(Reg. S) | | 4,600,000 | 5,806,063 |
| 5.25% 6/23/47 (b) | | 7,600,000 | 10,488,000 |
| 5.25% 6/23/47(Reg. S) | | 4,000,000 | 5,520,000 |
| 5.625% 4/4/42 (b) | | 4,000,000 | 5,561,250 |
| 5.875% 9/16/43 (b) | | 1,850,000 | 2,667,469 |
| 5.875% 9/16/43 (Reg. S) | | 200,000 | 288,375 |
| 7.6% 7/20/22 | RUB | 255,955,000 | 3,622,873 |
| 8.5% 9/17/31 | RUB | 219,375,000 | 3,552,602 |
|
| TOTAL RUSSIA | | | 70,660,507 |
|
| Rwanda - 0.4% | | | |
| Rwanda Republic 6.625% 5/2/23 (b) | | 5,504,000 | 5,817,040 |
| Saudi Arabia - 1.2% | | | |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: | | | |
| 3.25% 10/22/30 (b) | | 2,385,000 | 2,626,481 |
| 3.625% 3/4/28 (b) | | 1,770,000 | 1,986,825 |
| 3.75% 1/21/55 (b) | | 3,755,000 | 4,101,164 |
| 4.5% 10/26/46 (b) | | 481,000 | 582,311 |
| 4.5% 4/22/60 (b) | | 3,880,000 | 4,869,400 |
| 4.625% 10/4/47 (b) | | 3,040,000 | 3,753,450 |
|
| TOTAL SAUDI ARABIA | | | 17,919,631 |
|
| Serbia - 0.1% | | | |
| Republic of Serbia 2.125% 12/1/30 (b) | | 1,970,000 | 1,942,913 |
| Sri Lanka - 0.2% | | | |
| Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: | | | |
| 7.55% 3/28/30 (b) | | 1,385,000 | 785,988 |
| 7.85% 3/14/29 (b) | | 2,568,000 | 1,461,353 |
|
| TOTAL SRI LANKA | | | 2,247,341 |
|
| Turkey - 6.4% | | | |
| Turkish Republic: | | | |
| 3.25% 3/23/23 | | 14,395,000 | 14,359,013 |
| 4.25% 3/13/25 | | 10,115,000 | 10,130,805 |
| 4.875% 10/9/26 | | 4,570,000 | 4,618,556 |
| 4.875% 4/16/43 | | 4,735,000 | 4,143,125 |
| 5.125% 3/25/22 | | 3,204,000 | 3,274,088 |
| 5.125% 2/17/28 | | 3,070,000 | 3,108,375 |
| 5.25% 3/13/30 | | 5,910,000 | 5,930,316 |
| 5.6% 11/14/24 | | 2,295,000 | 2,399,709 |
| 5.75% 5/11/47 | | 14,665,000 | 13,931,750 |
| 5.95% 1/15/31 | | 2,685,000 | 2,799,113 |
| 6% 1/14/41 | | 6,762,000 | 6,666,909 |
| 6.25% 9/26/22 | | 10,514,000 | 11,003,558 |
| 6.35% 8/10/24 | | 1,615,000 | 1,730,573 |
| 6.375% 10/14/25 | | 3,475,000 | 3,751,914 |
| 6.75% 5/30/40 | | 3,112,000 | 3,310,390 |
| 7.25% 12/23/23 | | 1,613,000 | 1,760,186 |
| 7.375% 2/5/25 | | 841,000 | 937,715 |
|
| TOTAL TURKEY | | | 93,856,095 |
|
| Ukraine - 3.9% | | | |
| Ukraine Government: | | | |
| 7.253% 3/15/33 (b) | | 3,445,000 | 3,755,050 |
| 7.375% 9/25/32 (b) | | 2,130,000 | 2,340,338 |
| 7.75% 9/1/21 (b) | | 23,433,000 | 24,300,021 |
| 7.75% 9/1/22 (b) | | 10,529,000 | 11,276,559 |
| 7.75% 9/1/23 (b) | | 3,860,000 | 4,246,000 |
| 7.75% 9/1/24 (b) | | 2,779,000 | 3,082,085 |
| 7.75% 9/1/25 (b) | | 1,750,000 | 1,956,172 |
| 7.75% 9/1/26 (b) | | 1,895,000 | 2,138,981 |
| 7.75% 9/1/27 (b) | | 1,344,000 | 1,525,440 |
| 9.75% 11/1/28 (b) | | 1,210,000 | 1,488,300 |
|
| TOTAL UKRAINE | | | 56,108,946 |
|
| United Arab Emirates - 1.5% | | | |
| Emirate of Abu Dhabi: | | | |
| 1.7% 3/2/31 (b) | | 3,465,000 | 3,456,338 |
| 3.125% 4/16/30 (b) | | 5,190,000 | 5,861,456 |
| 3.125% 9/30/49 (b) | | 8,072,000 | 8,621,905 |
| 3.875% 4/16/50 (b) | | 2,990,000 | 3,631,916 |
|
| TOTAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | | | 21,571,615 |
|
| Uruguay - 0.4% | | | |
| Uruguay Republic 5.1% 6/18/50 | | 3,930,000 | 5,499,544 |
| Uzbekistan - 0.2% | | | |
| Republic of Uzbekistan: | | | |
| 3.7% 11/25/30 (b) | | 1,595,000 | 1,678,738 |
| 4.75% 2/20/24 (b) | | 1,110,000 | 1,208,235 |
|
| TOTAL UZBEKISTAN | | | 2,886,973 |
|
| Venezuela - 0.3% | | | |
| Venezuelan Republic: | | | |
| 9.25% 9/15/27(d) | | 27,915,000 | 2,512,350 |
| 11.95% 8/5/31 (Reg. S) (d) | | 17,015,000 | 1,531,350 |
| 12.75% 8/23/22 (d) | | 3,625,000 | 326,250 |
|
| TOTAL VENEZUELA | | | 4,369,950 |
|
| Vietnam - 0.8% | | | |
| Vietnamese Socialist Republic 5.5% 3/12/28 | | 11,711,333 | 11,689,374 |
| TOTAL GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS | | | |
| (Cost $803,426,758) | | | 821,646,980 |
|
| Preferred Securities - 2.0% | | | |
| Cayman Islands - 1.3% | | | |
| Banco Do Brasil SA 6.25% (b)(c)(g) | | 1,650,000 | 1,711,801 |
| Banco Mercantil del Norte SA 7.625% (b)(c)(g) | | 1,285,000 | 1,475,214 |
| Cosan Overseas Ltd. 8.25% (g) | | 10,515,000 | 10,889,226 |
| DP World Salaam 6% (Reg. S) (c)(g) | | 1,085,000 | 1,209,436 |
| Itau Unibanco Holding SA 6.125% (b)(c)(g) | | 3,575,000 | 3,669,617 |
| Odebrecht Finance Ltd. 7.5% (b)(d)(g) | | 11,015,000 | 488,791 |
|
| TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS | | | 19,444,085 |
|
| Ireland - 0.7% | | | |
| Alfa Bond Issuance PLC 8% (Reg. S) (c)(g) | | 4,735,000 | 4,962,936 |
| Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.25% (Reg. S) (c)(g) | | 4,530,000 | 4,831,497 |
|
| TOTAL IRELAND | | | 9,794,433 |
|
| TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES | | | |
| (Cost $33,988,230) | | | 29,238,518 |
| | | Shares | Value |
|
| Money Market Funds - 8.2% | | | |
| Fidelity Cash Central Fund 0.11% (h) | | | |
| (Cost $119,960,148) | | 119,940,724 | 119,964,712 |
| TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 97.7% | | | |
| (Cost $1,435,059,906) | | | 1,423,444,377 |
| NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 2.3% | | | 32,797,126 |
| NET ASSETS - 100% | | | $1,456,241,503 |
Currency Abbreviations
BRL – Brazilian real
EGP – Egyptian pound
EUR – European Monetary Unit
IDR – Indonesian rupiah
MXN – Mexican peso
PEN – Peruvian new sol
RUB – Russian ruble
Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.
Legend
(a) Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
(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 $802,605,660 or 55.1% of net assets.
(c) Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end.
(d) Non-income producing - Security is in default.
(e) Coupon is indexed to a floating interest rate which may be multiplied by a specified factor and/or subject to caps or floors.
(f) Security initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specified date. The rate shown is the rate at period end.
(g) Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.
(h) 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, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, 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 | $500,586 |
| Total | $500,586 |
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.
The value, beginning of period, for the Fidelity Cash Central Fund was $128,750,311. Net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on Fidelity Cash Central Fund is presented in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Purchases and sales of the Fidelity Cash Central Fund were $1,679,979,271 and $1,688,767,853, respectively, during the period.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 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: | | | | |
| Corporate Bonds | $452,594,167 | $-- | $452,594,167 | $-- |
| Government Obligations | 821,646,980 | -- | 821,646,980 | -- |
| Preferred Securities | 29,238,518 | -- | 29,238,518 | -- |
| Money Market Funds | 119,964,712 | 119,964,712 | -- | -- |
| Total Investments in Securities: | $1,423,444,377 | $119,964,712 | $1,303,479,665 | $-- |
Other Information
The composition of credit quality ratings as a percentage of Total Net Assets is as follows (Unaudited):
| AAA,AA,A | 10.1% |
| BBB | 12.4% |
| BB | 21.0% |
| B | 25.0% |
| CCC,CC,C | 11.8% |
| D | 0.1% |
| Not Rated | 9.1% |
| Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets | 10.5% |
| | 100% |
We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| | | December 31, 2020 |
| Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,315,099,758) | $1,303,479,665 | |
| Fidelity Central Funds (cost $119,960,148) | 119,964,712 | |
| Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,435,059,906) | | $1,423,444,377 |
| Cash | | 1,724,960 |
| Foreign currency held at value (cost $964) | | 962 |
| Receivable for fund shares sold | | 13,183,203 |
| Interest receivable | | 21,628,311 |
| Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | 10,381 |
| Total assets | | 1,459,992,194 |
| Liabilities | | |
| Payable for investments purchased | $1,585,230 | |
| Payable for fund shares redeemed | 2,152,482 | |
| Other payables and accrued expenses | 12,979 | |
| Total liabilities | | 3,750,691 |
| Net Assets | | $1,456,241,503 |
| Net Assets consist of: | | |
| Paid in capital | | $1,534,020,352 |
| Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | (77,778,849) |
| Net Assets | | $1,456,241,503 |
| Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,456,241,503 ÷ 152,664,185 shares) | | $9.54 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Operations
| | | Year ended December 31, 2020 |
| Investment Income | | |
| Dividends | | $2,145,847 |
| Interest | | 76,309,786 |
| Income from Fidelity Central Funds | | 500,586 |
| Income before foreign taxes withheld | | 78,956,219 |
| Less foreign taxes withheld | | (7,812) |
| Total income | | 78,948,407 |
| Expenses | | |
| Custodian fees and expenses | $30,761 | |
| Independent trustees' fees and expenses | 7,988 | |
| Legal | 3,205 | |
| Miscellaneous | 3,316 | |
| Total expenses before reductions | 45,270 | |
| Expense reductions | (7,884) | |
| Total expenses after reductions | | 37,386 |
| Net investment income (loss) | | 78,911,021 |
| Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | |
| Net realized gain (loss) on: | | |
| Investment securities: | | |
| Unaffiliated issuers | (56,451,798) | |
| Fidelity Central Funds | 2,983 | |
| Foreign currency transactions | (100,855) | |
| Total net realized gain (loss) | | (56,549,670) |
| Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | |
| Investment securities: | | |
| Unaffiliated issuers | 38,850,666 | |
| Fidelity Central Funds | (1) | |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 1,538 | |
| Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 38,852,203 |
| Net gain (loss) | | (17,697,467) |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $61,213,554 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | Year ended December 31, 2020 | Year ended December 31, 2019 |
| Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
| Operations | | |
| Net investment income (loss) | $78,911,021 | $85,316,357 |
| Net realized gain (loss) | (56,549,670) | 1,500,190 |
| Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 38,852,203 | 46,630,499 |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 61,213,554 | 133,447,046 |
| Distributions to shareholders | (72,323,958) | (79,637,674) |
| Share transactions | | |
| Proceeds from sales of shares | 104,554,301 | 270,395,401 |
| Reinvestment of distributions | 72,323,579 | 79,500,514 |
| Cost of shares redeemed | (173,467,243) | (193,767,304) |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 3,410,637 | 156,128,611 |
| Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (7,699,767) | 209,937,983 |
| Net Assets | | |
| Beginning of period | 1,463,941,270 | 1,254,003,287 |
| End of period | $1,456,241,503 | $1,463,941,270 |
| Other Information | | |
| Shares | | |
| Sold | 11,789,537 | 28,479,446 |
| Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 8,027,161 | 8,334,714 |
| Redeemed | (19,697,926) | (20,308,378) |
| Net increase (decrease) | 118,772 | 16,505,782 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Highlights
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
| | | | | | |
| Years ended December 31, | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $9.60 | $9.22 | $10.25 | $9.96 | $9.16 |
| Income from Investment Operations | | | | | |
| Net investment income (loss)A | .519 | .604 | .576 | .672 | .693 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.103) | .341 | (1.045) | .369 | .719 |
| Total from investment operations | .416 | .945 | (.469) | 1.041 | 1.412 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.476) | (.565) | (.561) | (.709) | (.612) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | – | – | (.042) | – |
| Total distributions | (.476) | (.565) | (.561) | (.751) | (.612) |
| Net asset value, end of period | $9.54 | $9.60 | $9.22 | $10.25 | $9.96 |
| Total ReturnB | 4.75% | 10.46% | (4.66)% | 10.66% | 15.70% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsC,D | | | | | |
| Expenses before reductions | - %E | - %E | - %E | .32% | .82% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | - %E | - %E | - %E | .32% | .81% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | - %E | - %E | - %E | .32% | .81% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 5.73% | 6.35% | 5.95% | 6.53% | 7.07% |
| Supplemental Data | | | | | |
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $1,456,242 | $1,463,941 | $1,254,003 | $1,366,805 | $529,354 |
| Portfolio turnover rateF | 84% | 61%G | 43% | 57% | 47% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
C Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
D Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment advisor, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
E Amount represents less than .005%.
F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
G Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
Investment Summary (Unaudited)
Top Five Countries as of December 31, 2020
| (excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets |
| Mexico | 10.3 |
| Indonesia | 9.3 |
| Brazil | 8.7 |
| Russia | 8.1 |
| South Africa | 7.0 |
Percentages are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
Top Five Holdings as of December 31, 2020
| (by issuer, excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets |
| United Mexican States | 10.3 |
| Indonesian Republic | 9.3 |
| Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation | 8.1 |
| South African Republic | 7.0 |
| Brazil Letras Do Tesouro Nacio | 5.5 |
| | 40.2 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)
| As of December 31, 2020 |
| | Government Obligations | 84.5% |
| | Supranational Obligations | 0.5% |
| | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) | 15.0% |
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
Schedule of Investments December 31, 2020
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
| Foreign Government and Government Agency Obligations - 84.5% | | | |
| | | Principal Amount | Value |
| Brazil - 8.7% | | | |
| Brazil Letras Do Tesouro Nacio, yield at date of purchase 4.4699% to 5.8758% 7/1/22 to 7/1/23 | BRL | $156,500,000 | $27,148,913 |
| Brazilian Federative Republic: | | | |
| 10% 1/1/23 | BRL | 5,750,000 | 1,222,462 |
| 10% 1/1/25 | BRL | 16,500,000 | 3,672,327 |
| 10% 1/1/27 | BRL | 46,000,000 | 10,453,636 |
| 10% 1/1/31 | BRL | 2,500,000 | 585,207 |
|
| TOTAL BRAZIL | | | 43,082,545 |
|
| Chile - 2.7% | | | |
| Bonos de La Tesoreria de La Republica de Chile: | | | |
| 4.5% 3/1/26 | CLP | 4,225,000,000 | 6,809,514 |
| 5% 3/1/35 | CLP | 3,725,000,000 | 6,302,924 |
|
| TOTAL CHILE | | | 13,112,438 |
|
| Colombia - 4.8% | | | |
| Colombian Republic 7.5% 8/26/26 | COP | 12,000,000,000 | 4,048,942 |
| Titulos de Tesoreria B: | | | |
| 5.75% 11/3/27 | COP | 37,850,000,000 | 11,708,067 |
| 7% 6/30/32 | COP | 24,500,000,000 | 7,890,141 |
|
| TOTAL COLOMBIA | | | 23,647,150 |
|
| Czech Republic - 1.8% | | | |
| Czech Republic: | | | |
| 0.95% 5/15/30 (Reg. S) | CZK | 153,500,000 | 6,936,249 |
| 1.2% 3/13/31 | CZK | 45,000,000 | 2,075,353 |
|
| TOTAL CZECH REPUBLIC | | | 9,011,602 |
|
| Dominican Republic - 0.2% | | | |
| Dominican Republic 9.75% 6/5/26 (Reg. S) | DOP | 40,000,000 | 734,764 |
| Hungary - 3.3% | | | |
| Hungarian Republic: | | | |
| 1.75% 10/26/22 | HUF | 475,000,000 | 1,636,139 |
| 3.25% 10/22/31 | HUF | 1,015,000,000 | 3,783,162 |
| 5.5% 6/24/25 | HUF | 675,000,000 | 2,705,743 |
| 6.75% 10/22/28 | HUF | 1,775,000,000 | 8,155,471 |
|
| TOTAL HUNGARY | | | 16,280,515 |
|
| Indonesia - 9.3% | | | |
| Indonesian Republic: | | | |
| 8.125% 5/15/24 | IDR | 120,750,000,000 | 9,389,279 |
| 8.25% 5/15/29 | IDR | 90,250,000,000 | 7,332,411 |
| 8.25% 5/15/36 | IDR | 124,250,000,000 | 10,214,146 |
| 8.375% 9/15/26 | IDR | 120,750,000,000 | 9,776,023 |
| 8.375% 3/15/34 | IDR | 113,000,000,000 | 9,329,537 |
|
| TOTAL INDONESIA | | | 46,041,396 |
|
| Korea (South) - 0.5% | | | |
| Korean Republic 2.25% 9/10/23 | KRW | 2,500,000,000 | 2,371,759 |
| Malaysia - 4.8% | | | |
| Malaysian Government: | | | |
| 3.828% 7/5/34 | MYR | 16,000,000 | 4,237,415 |
| 3.885% 8/15/29 | MYR | 20,500,000 | 5,582,077 |
| 3.899% 11/16/27 | MYR | 8,500,000 | 2,306,596 |
| 4.059% 9/30/24 | MYR | 43,500,000 | 11,574,542 |
|
| TOTAL MALAYSIA | | | 23,700,630 |
|
| Mexico - 10.3% | | | |
| United Mexican States: | | | |
| 5.75% 3/5/26 | MXN | 255,000,000 | 13,407,058 |
| 6.75% 3/9/23 | MXN | 410,000,000 | 21,620,833 |
| 7.75% 11/23/34 | MXN | 117,000,000 | 6,915,814 |
| 7.75% 11/13/42 | MXN | 113,000,000 | 6,533,864 |
| 8.5% 5/31/29 | MXN | 35,000,000 | 2,141,935 |
|
| TOTAL MEXICO | | | 50,619,504 |
|
| Peru - 2.7% | | | |
| Peruvian Republic: | | | |
| 5.4% 8/12/34(Reg. S) | PEN | 14,250,000 | 4,339,507 |
| 6.35% 8/12/28 | PEN | 6,500,000 | 2,277,553 |
| 6.95% 8/12/31 | PEN | 19,250,000 | 6,898,812 |
|
| TOTAL PERU | | | 13,515,872 |
|
| Philippines - 0.3% | | | |
| Philippine Republic: | | | |
| 3.9% 11/26/22 | PHP | 30,000,000 | 635,197 |
| 6.25% 1/14/36 | PHP | 30,000,000 | 799,384 |
|
| TOTAL PHILIPPINES | | | 1,434,581 |
|
| Poland - 4.7% | | | |
| Polish Government: | | | |
| 2.25% 10/25/24 | PLN | 16,250,000 | 4,668,205 |
| 2.5% 7/25/26 | PLN | 47,000,000 | 13,879,450 |
| 2.75% 10/25/29 | PLN | 15,250,000 | 4,643,418 |
|
| TOTAL POLAND | | | 23,191,073 |
|
| Romania - 4.6% | | | |
| Romanian Republic: | | | |
| 3.4% 3/8/22 | RON | 13,250,000 | 3,363,121 |
| 3.65% 9/24/31 | RON | 3,500,000 | 906,285 |
| 4.75% 2/24/25 | RON | 52,000,000 | 14,044,360 |
| 5% 2/12/29 | RON | 14,250,000 | 4,099,907 |
|
| TOTAL ROMANIA | | | 22,413,673 |
|
| Russia - 8.1% | | | |
| Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation: | | | |
| 6.5% 2/28/24 | RUB | 775,000,000 | 10,915,530 |
| 7.05% 1/19/28 | RUB | 1,225,000,000 | 17,853,065 |
| 7.6% 7/20/22 | RUB | 150,000,000 | 2,123,150 |
| 7.7% 3/16/39 | RUB | 116,500,000 | 1,794,254 |
| 8.5% 9/17/31 | RUB | 445,000,000 | 7,206,417 |
|
| TOTAL RUSSIA | | | 39,892,416 |
|
| Singapore - 3.0% | | | |
| Republic of Singapore: | | | |
| 2.375% 6/1/25 | SGD | 12,000,000 | 9,862,696 |
| 2.875% 7/1/29 | SGD | 5,600,000 | 4,954,964 |
|
| TOTAL SINGAPORE | | | 14,817,660 |
|
| South Africa - 7.0% | | | |
| South African Republic: | | | |
| 6.5% 2/28/41 | ZAR | 175,250,000 | 7,820,177 |
| 8% 1/31/30 | ZAR | 45,000,000 | 2,919,892 |
| 8.75% 2/28/48 | ZAR | 70,000,000 | 3,901,993 |
| 8.875% 2/28/35 | ZAR | 176,000,000 | 10,549,809 |
| 10.5% 12/21/26 | ZAR | 115,250,000 | 9,296,156 |
|
| TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA | | | 34,488,027 |
|
| Thailand - 4.8% | | | |
| Kingdom of Thailand: | | | |
| 1.6% 6/17/35 | THB | 192,500,000 | 6,467,584 |
| 3.3% 6/17/38 | THB | 200,000,000 | 8,247,242 |
| 4.875% 6/22/29 | THB | 210,000,000 | 9,104,771 |
|
| TOTAL THAILAND | | | 23,819,597 |
|
| Turkey - 2.5% | | | |
| Turkish Republic: | | | |
| 8% 3/12/25 | TRY | 39,500,000 | 4,479,820 |
| 9.2% 9/22/21 | TRY | 34,500,000 | 4,444,202 |
| 11% 2/24/27 | TRY | 28,750,000 | 3,602,936 |
|
| TOTAL TURKEY | | | 12,526,958 |
|
| Uruguay - 0.4% | | | |
| Uruguay Republic 8.5% 3/15/28 (Reg. S) | UYU | 72,000,000 | 1,781,989 |
| TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS | | | |
| (Cost $388,501,021) | | | 416,484,149 |
|
| Supranational Obligations - 0.5% | | | |
International Finance Corp. 5.85% 11/25/22
(Cost $2,414,878) | INR | 175,000,000 | 2,439,985 |
| | | Shares | Value |
|
| Money Market Funds - 13.9% | | | |
| Fidelity Cash Central Fund 0.11% (a) | | | |
| (Cost $68,228,613) | | 68,214,970 | 68,228,613 |
| TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 98.9% | | | |
| (Cost $459,144,512) | | | 487,152,747 |
| NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 1.1% | | | 5,595,688 |
| NET ASSETS - 100% | | | $492,748,435 |
| Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | | | | |
| Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) |
| CNY | 233,358,000 | USD | 35,636,425 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | $(24,191) |
| CNY | 15,006,000 | USD | 2,295,900 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | (5,868) |
| COP | 3,525,000,000 | USD | 1,029,498 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 1,431 |
| CZK | 186,658,000 | USD | 8,772,887 | Bank Of America NA | 3/4/21 | (79,331) |
| EGP | 114,908,000 | USD | 7,222,376 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 82,646 |
| HUF | 58,278,000 | USD | 201,090 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | (4,783) |
| IDR | 19,725,500,000 | USD | 1,374,700 | State Street Bank And Tr Co | 3/4/21 | 21,826 |
| IDR | 12,732,600,000 | USD | 886,742 | State Street Bank And Tr Co | 3/4/21 | 14,700 |
| INR | 182,009,000 | USD | 2,458,003 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 18,133 |
| KRW | 2,741,600,000 | USD | 2,298,457 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | 221,383 |
| MYR | 8,631,000 | USD | 2,137,974 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 3,306 |
| PEN | 13,000 | USD | 3,625 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | (34) |
| PHP | 26,474,000 | USD | 548,957 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | 1,581 |
| PLN | 50,004,000 | USD | 13,817,126 | Bank Of America NA | 3/4/21 | (428,025) |
| PLN | 2,464,000 | USD | 663,613 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | (3,851) |
| RON | 2,417,000 | USD | 606,306 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 401 |
| SGD | 3,116,000 | USD | 2,350,589 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 7,264 |
| THB | 315,537,000 | USD | 10,611,636 | JPMorgan Chase Bank | 3/4/21 | (65,418) |
| TRY | 9,072,000 | USD | 1,155,508 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 38,795 |
| USD | 1,879,195 | BRL | 9,520,000 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 48,403 |
| USD | 1,217,671 | BRL | 6,257,000 | State Street Bank And Tr Co | 3/4/21 | 14,387 |
| USD | 4,210,648 | IDR | 59,749,100,000 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | (19,468) |
| USD | 721,505 | MXN | 14,437,000 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 744 |
| USD | 604,409 | MXN | 12,057,000 | State Street Bank And Tr Co | 3/4/21 | 2,468 |
| USD | 2,451,249 | PLN | 9,005,000 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 40,065 |
| USD | 521,078 | RUB | 38,294,000 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 6,298 |
| USD | 801,147 | RUB | 60,046,000 | State Street Bank And Tr Co | 3/4/21 | (6,041) |
| USD | 2,495,509 | SGD | 3,298,000 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | (62) |
| USD | 190,404 | TRY | 1,509,000 | Bank Of America NA | 3/4/21 | (8,252) |
| USD | 1,233,032 | ZAR | 18,246,000 | Citibank NA | 3/4/21 | 551 |
| ZAR | 6,752,000 | USD | 456,019 | BNP Paribas | 3/4/21 | 65 |
| ZAR | 6,151,000 | USD | 415,285 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 3/4/21 | 203 |
| TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS | | | | | | $(120,674) |
| | | | | | Unrealized Appreciation | 524,650 |
| | | | | | Unrealized Depreciation | (645,324) |
For the period, the average contract value for forward foreign currency contracts was $193,638,800. Contract value represents contract amount in United States dollars plus or minus unrealized appreciation or depreciation, respectively
Currency Abbreviations
BRL – Brazilian real
CLP – Chilean peso
COP – Colombian peso
CZK – Czech koruna
DOP – Dominican Republic peso
HUF – Hungarian forint
IDR – Indonesian rupiah
INR – Indian rupee
KRW – Korean won
MXN – Mexican peso
MYR – Malyasian ringgit
PEN – Peruvian new sol
PHP – Philippine peso
PLN – Polish zloty
RON – Romanian leu (new)
RUB – Russian ruble
SGD – Singapore dollar
THB – Thai baht
TRY – Turkish Lira
UYU – Uruguay peso
ZAR – South African rand
Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.
Legend
(a) 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, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, 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 | $9,716 |
| Total | $9,716 |
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.
The value, beginning of period, for the Fidelity Cash Central Fund was $0. Net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on Fidelity Cash Central Fund is presented in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Purchases and sales of the Fidelity Cash Central Fund were $516,484,003 and $448,255,390, respectively, during the period.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 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: | | | | |
| Foreign Government and Government Agency Obligations | $416,484,149 | $-- | $416,484,149 | $-- |
| Supranational Obligations | 2,439,985 | -- | 2,439,985 | -- |
| Money Market Funds | 68,228,613 | 68,228,613 | -- | -- |
| Total Investments in Securities: | $487,152,747 | $68,228,613 | $418,924,134 | $-- |
| Derivative Instruments: | | | | |
| Assets | | | | |
| Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | $524,650 | $-- | $524,650 | $-- |
| Total Assets | $524,650 | $-- | $524,650 | $-- |
| Liabilities | | | | |
| Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | $(645,324) | $-- | $(645,324) | $-- |
| Total Liabilities | $(645,324) | $-- | $(645,324) | $-- |
| Total Derivatives Instruments | $(120,674) | $-- | $(120,674) | $-- |
Value of Derivative Instruments
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of December 31, 2020. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
| Primary Risk Exposure / Derivative Type | Value |
| | Asset | Liability |
| Foreign Exchange Risk | | |
| Forward Foreign Currency Contracts(a) | $524,650 | $(645,324) |
| Total Foreign Exchange Risk | 524,650 | (645,324) |
| Total Value of Derivatives | $524,650 | $(645,324) |
(a) Gross value is presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts line-items.
Other Information
The composition of credit quality ratings as a percentage of Total Net Assets is as follows (Unaudited):
| AAA,AA,A | 8.8% |
| BBB | 18.0% |
| BB | 15.8% |
| Not Rated | 42.4% |
| Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets | 15.0% |
| | 100% |
We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Fidelity® Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| | | December 31, 2020 |
| Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $390,915,899) | $418,924,134 | |
| Fidelity Central Funds (cost $68,228,613) | 68,228,613 | |
| Total Investment in Securities (cost $459,144,512) | | $487,152,747 |
| Segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments | | 400,000 |
| Cash | | 4 |
| Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | 524,650 |
| Receivable for fund shares sold | | 4,268,448 |
| Interest receivable | | 6,735,220 |
| Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | 5,067 |
| Total assets | | 499,086,136 |
| Liabilities | | |
| Payable for investments purchased | $4,941,246 | |
| Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | 645,324 | |
| Payable for fund shares redeemed | 707,371 | |
| Accrued management fee | 16,282 | |
| Other payables and accrued expenses | 27,478 | |
| Total liabilities | | 6,337,701 |
| Net Assets | | $492,748,435 |
| Net Assets consist of: | | |
| Paid in capital | | $461,509,657 |
| Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | 31,238,778 |
| Net Assets | | $492,748,435 |
| Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($492,748,435 ÷ 45,582,769 shares) | | $10.81 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Operations
| | | For the period
October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to
December 31, 2020 |
| Investment Income | | |
| Interest | | $3,001,346 |
| Income from Fidelity Central Funds | | 9,716 |
| Income before foreign taxes withheld | | 3,011,062 |
| Less foreign taxes withheld | | (163,857) |
| Total income | | 2,847,205 |
| Expenses | | |
| Custodian fees and expenses | $27,478 | |
| Independent trustees' fees and expenses | 151 | |
| Total expenses before reductions | 27,629 | |
| Expense reductions | (25,201) | |
| Total expenses after reductions | | 2,428 |
| Net investment income (loss) | | 2,844,777 |
| Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | |
| Net realized gain (loss) on: | | |
| Investment securities: | | |
| Unaffiliated issuers | 1,807,811 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | 4,938,164 | |
| Foreign currency transactions | (3,673,290) | |
| Total net realized gain (loss) | | 3,072,685 |
| Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | |
| Investment securities: | | |
| Unaffiliated issuers | 28,008,235 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | (120,674) | |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 269,133 | |
| Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 28,156,694 |
| Net gain (loss) | | 31,229,379 |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $34,074,156 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
| | For the period
October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to
December 31, 2020 |
| Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | |
| Operations | |
| Net investment income (loss) | $2,844,777 |
| Net realized gain (loss) | 3,072,685 |
| Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 28,156,694 |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 34,074,156 |
| Distributions to shareholders | (2,835,380) |
| Share transactions | |
| Proceeds from sales of shares | 463,346,142 |
| Reinvestment of distributions | 2,835,370 |
| Cost of shares redeemed | (4,671,853) |
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 461,509,659 |
| Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 492,748,435 |
| Net Assets | |
| Beginning of period | – |
| End of period | $492,748,435 |
| Other Information | |
| Shares | |
| Sold | 45,757,077 |
| Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 264,740 |
| Redeemed | (439,048) |
| Net increase (decrease) | 45,582,769 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Financial Highlights
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
| | |
| Years ended December 31, | 2020 A |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $10.00 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |
| Net investment income (loss)B | .067 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .806 |
| Total from investment operations | .873 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.063) |
| Total distributions | (.063) |
| Net asset value, end of period | $10.81 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 8.74% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |
| Expenses before reductions | .04%G |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | - %G,H |
| Expenses net of all reductions | - %G,H |
| Net investment income (loss) | 3.69%G |
| Supplemental Data | |
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $492,748 |
| Portfolio turnover rateI | 17%J |
A For the period October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020.
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment advisor, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
G Annualized
H Amount represents less than .005%.
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
J Amount not annualized.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended December 31, 2020
1. Organization.
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund and Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund (the Funds) are non-diversified funds of Fidelity Hastings Street Trust (the Trust). Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Shares of the Funds are only available for purchase by mutual funds for which Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) or an affiliate serves as an investment manager. 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. Investments in emerging markets, if applicable, can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.
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 Funds invest 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 Funds' Schedules of Investments list each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of each Fund, but do not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, each 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, which are not covered by the Funds' Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
Each 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 - Investment 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 Funds:
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 each Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by each Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, each 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, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees each 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 each Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
Each 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 each Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds, foreign government and government agency, preferred securities and supranational obligations are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. For foreign debt securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The Funds invests a significant portion of its assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
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 December 31, 2020 is included at the end of each Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. 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.
Realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions arise from the disposition of foreign currency, realized changes in the value of foreign currency between the trade and settlement dates on security transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on transaction date and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Unrealized gains and losses on assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of foreign currency, and from assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, other than investments, which are held at period end.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds' 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 for certain Funds include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Paid in Kind (PIK) income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
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, each 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. As of December 31, 2020, each Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is each Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. Each Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. Each 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 each Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, 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, market discount, 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 for each Fund:
| | Tax cost | Gross unrealized appreciation | Gross unrealized depreciation | Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $1,425,060,360 | $ 102,192,360 | $(103,808,343) | $(1,615,983) |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | 459,178,780 | 28,052,975 | (32,265) | 28,020,710 |
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows for each Fund:
| | Undistributed ordinary income | Capital loss carryforward | Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $– | $(72,630,669) | $(1,605,719) |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | 3,888,051 | – | 27,350,726 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Funds 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 fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
| | No expiration | | |
| | Short-term | Long-term | Total capital loss carryfoward |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $(9,231,004) | $(63,399,665) | $(72,630,669) |
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
| December 31, 2020 | | |
| | Ordinary Income | Total |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $72,323,958 | $72,323,958 |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund(a) | 2,835,380 | 2,835,380 |
(a) For the period October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020.
| December 31, 2019 | | |
| | Ordinary Income | Total |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $79,637,674 | $79,637,674 |
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). The Funds 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 each applicable Fund's Schedule of Investments.
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Funds' investment objective allows the Funds to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including forward foreign currency contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified asset based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.
The Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund (the Fund) used derivatives to increase returns, to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.
The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:
| Foreign Exchange Risk | Foreign exchange rate risk relates to fluctuations in the value of an asset or liability due to changes in currency exchange rates.
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The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. On certain OTC derivatives such as forward foreign currency contracts, the Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk by entering into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) Master Agreement with each of its counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreement gives the Fund the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement upon the deterioration in the credit quality of the counterparty beyond specified levels. The ISDA Master Agreement gives each party the right, upon an event of default by the other party or a termination of the agreement, to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to one net payable by one party to the other. To mitigate counterparty credit risk on bi-lateral OTC derivatives, the Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities once the Fund's net unrealized appreciation on outstanding derivative contracts under an ISDA Master Agreement exceeds certain applicable thresholds, subject to certain minimum transfer provisions. The collateral received is held in segregated accounts with the Fund's custodian bank in accordance with the collateral agreements entered into between the Fund, the counterparty and the Fund's custodian bank. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral even though it is held by the Fund's custodian bank. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk related to bi-lateral OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund.
Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Forward foreign currency contracts represent obligations to purchase or sell foreign currency on a specified future date at a price fixed at the time the contracts are entered into. The Funds used forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to manage exposure to certain foreign currencies.
Forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily and fluctuations in exchange rates on open contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) and reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Fund realizes a gain or loss equal to the difference between the closing value and the value at the time it was opened. Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.
Any open forward foreign currency contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Forward Foreign Currency Contracts." The contract amount and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying currency at period end.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, are noted in the table below.
| | Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 791,069,644 | 734,818,620 |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | 444,073,112 | 58,760,793 |
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Funds with investment management related services for which the Funds do not pay a management fee. Under the management contract, the investment adviser or an affiliate pays all ordinary operating expenses of the Funds, except custody fees, fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
Interfund Trades. Funds 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.
Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Funds for certain losses as follows:
| | Amount |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $11,588 |
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate 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 participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are as follows:
| | Amount |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | $3,254 |
During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Expense Reductions.
The investment adviser contractually agreed to reimburse each Fund to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through April 30, 2024. Some expenses, for example the compensation of the independent Trustees, and certain other expenses such as interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement.
The following Funds were in reimbursement during the period:
| | Expense Limitations | Reimbursement |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | .003% | $25,201 |
In addition, through arrangements with each applicable Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce each applicable Fund's expenses. All of the applicable expense reductions are noted in the table below.
| | | Custodian credits | |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | | $7,884 | |
9. Other.
The Funds' 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 Funds. In the normal course of business, the Funds may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, mutual funds and accounts managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of all of the outstanding shares of the Funds.
10. Credit Risk.
The Funds' relatively large investment in countries with limited or developing capital markets may involve greater risks than investments in more developed markets and the prices of such investments may be volatile. The yields of emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit risk. The consequences of political, social or economic changes in these markets may have disruptive effects on the market prices of the Fund's investments and the income they generate, as well as the Funds' ability to repatriate such amounts.
11. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Funds' performance.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Hastings Street Trust and Shareholders of each of the two funds listed in the table below
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds indicated in the table below (two of the funds constituting Fidelity Hastings Street Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2020, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2020, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
| Fund | Statement of operations | Statement of changes in net assets | Financial highlights |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | For the year ended December 31, 2020 | For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 | For each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2020 |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | For the period October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020 | For the period October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020 | For the period October 30, 2020 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2020 |
Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 12, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.
Trustees and Officers
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and officers of the trust and funds, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs each fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee each fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to each fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review each fund's performance. Each of the Trustees oversees 305 funds.
The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the funds is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee. Each Independent Trustee shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.
Each fund’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-8544.
Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.
In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing each fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the funds, is provided below.
Board Structure and Oversight Function. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Acting Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the funds. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.
Fidelity® funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The funds' Board oversees Fidelity's high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity® funds overseen by the funds' Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity® funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity® funds overseen by each Board.
The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, each fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the funds' activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the funds' business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the funds are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the funds' exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the funds' activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the funds' Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the funds' Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of Fidelity's risk management program for the Fidelity® funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Trustees."
Interested Trustees*:
Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2013-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Acting Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for each fund.
Independent Trustees:
Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+
Dennis J. Dirks (1948)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2005
Trustee
Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure), President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), President and a member of the Board of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation. Mr. Dirks currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.
Donald F. Donahue (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Donahue also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006) and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York, a member of the Board of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and a member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018).
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present), as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present) and as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present).
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-present). He is also a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board (2011-present) and a member of the UCLA Engineering Dean’s Executive Board (2016-present).
Garnett A. Smith (1947)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1997) and President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products). Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Mr. Smith previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions). Mr. Thomas currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and a member of the Board (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-present), as a member of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company – America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board (2011-2019) and as Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ The information includes the Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to the Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that the Trustee should serve as a Trustee for each fund.
Advisory Board Members and Officers:
Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Officers appear below in alphabetical order.
Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation
Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lautenbach also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida (2013-present) and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has in the past served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a Trustee of certain Fidelity® funds (2000-2020) and a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010); as well as Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company), during which time he served as Senior Vice President and as a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm). In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).
John J. Burke III (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).
William C. Coffey (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Secretary
Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).
Timothy M. Cohen (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019), Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).
Jonathan Davis (1968)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2010
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).
Laura M. Del Prato (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Assistant Treasurer
Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).
Colm A. Hogan (1973)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2020) and Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018).
Pamela R. Holding (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Vice President
Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).
Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).
Chris Maher (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020); Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance for Fidelity Investments and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity funds (2015-2020).
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1996-present).
Stacie M. Smith (1974)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
President and Treasurer
Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.
Marc L. Spector (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2016
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP (accounting firm, 2005-2013).
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).
Shareholder Expense Example
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include 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 a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020) for Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund and for the period (October 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020) for Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund. The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (July 1, 2020 to December 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 for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 | Ending Account Value
December 31, 2020 | Expenses Paid
During Period |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | - %-B | | | |
| Actual | | $1,000.00 | $1,089.80 | $ --C,D |
| Hypothetical-E | | $1,000.00 | $1,025.14 | $ --D,F |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | - %-B | | | |
| Actual | | $1,000.00 | $1,088.40 | $ --D,G |
| Hypothetical-E | | $1,000.00 | $1,025.14 | $ --D,F |
A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B Amount represents less than .005%.
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
D Amount represents less than $.005.
E 5% return per year before expenses
F Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
G Actual expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 63/366 (to reflect the period October 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020.)
Distributions (Unaudited)
The Board of Trustees of each fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:
| | Pay Date | Record Date | Dividends | Capital Gains |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 02/16/21 | 02/12/21 | $0.000 | $0.000 |
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund | 02/16/21 | 02/12/21 | $0.082 | $0.005 |
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A percentage of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year for the following funds were derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is generally exempt from state income tax:
| Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund | 1.34% |
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The funds will notify shareholders in January 2021 of amounts for use in preparing 2020 income tax returns.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund
At its June 2020 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), voted to approve the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements with affiliates of FMR (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are collectively referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, considered a broad range of information.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered 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, and the purpose of Series funds generally. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program, and whether this structure provide appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.
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 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 operationscapabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
Administrative Services. The Board considered the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory and administrative services to be 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. The Board also considered the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors.
Investment Performance. The fund is a new fund and therefore had no historical performance for the Board to review at the time it approved the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board considered the Investment Advisers' strength in fundamental, research-driven security selection, which the Board is familiar with through its supervision of other Fidelity funds. The Board also considered the fact that it oversees funds managed by FMR that have similar investment objectives and policies as the fund.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the shareholders of the fund.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio ..The Board considered that the fund will not pay FMR a management fee for investment advisory services. In reviewing the Advisory Contracts, the Board also considered the projected total expense ratio of the fund. The Board noted that FMR undertakes to pay all operating expenses of the fund, except transfer agent fees, 12b-1 fees, Independent Trustee fees and expenses, custodian fees and expenses, proxy and shareholder meeting expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation expenses). The Board also noted that the fund pays its non-operating expenses, including brokerage commissions and fees and expenses associated with the fund's securities lending program, if applicable.
The Board also noted that FMR has contractually agreed to reimburse the fund to the extent that total operating expenses, with certain exceptions, as a percentage of its average net assets, exceed 0.014% through April 30, 2024.
Based on its review, the Board considered that the fund will not pay a management fee and concluded that the fund's projected total expense ratio was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders will receive and the other factors considered.
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The fund is a new fund and therefore no revenue, cost, or profitability data was available for the Board to review in respect of the fund at the time it approved the Advisory Contracts. In connection with its future renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that because the fund will pay no advisory fees and FMR will bear all expenses of the fund, with certain limited exceptions, the realization of economies of scale was not a material factor in the Board's decision to approve the fund's Advisory Contracts.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Advisory Contracts, the Board received information explaining that the fund is offered exclusively to other Fidelity funds, which use the fund to gain exposure to a specific type of investment. The Board also noted that those Fidelity funds investing in the fund will benefit from investing in one centralized fund as the fund may deliver more uniform asset class performance and offer additional opportunities to generate returns and diversify the investing funds' fixed income allocations.
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 Advisory Contracts should be approved.
Proxy Voting Results
A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 9, 2020. The results of votes taken among shareholders on the proposals before them are reported below. Each vote reported represents one dollar of net asset value held on the record date for the meeting.
PROPOSAL 1
To elect a Board of Trustees.
| | # of
Votes | % of
Votes |
| Dennis J. Dirks |
| Affirmative | 16,472,355,224.707 | 98.191 |
| Withheld | 303,479,718.593 | 1.809 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Donald F. Donahue |
| Affirmative | 16,468,956,948.310 | 98.171 |
| Withheld | 306,877,994.990 | 1.829 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Bettina Doulton |
| Affirmative | 16,464,248,028.859 | 98.143 |
| Withheld | 311,586,914.440 | 1.857 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Vicki L. Fuller |
| Affirmative | 16,478,525,021.984 | 98.228 |
| Withheld | 297,309,921.315 | 1.772 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Patricia L. Kampling |
| Affirmative | 16,439,684,457.400 | 97.996 |
| Withheld | 336,150,485.900 | 2.004 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Alan J. Lacy |
| Affirmative | 16,412,329,233.918 | 97.833 |
| Withheld | 363,505,709.381 | 2.167 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Ned C. Lautenbach |
| Affirmative | 16,404,122,470.961 | 97.784 |
| Withheld | 371,712,472.339 | 2.216 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Robert A. Lawrence |
| Affirmative | 16,427,939,960.409 | 97.926 |
| Withheld | 347,894,982.890 | 2.074 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Joseph Mauriello |
| Affirmative | 16,416,374,561.038 | 97.857 |
| Withheld | 359,460,382.261 | 2.143 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Cornelia M. Small |
| Affirmative | 16,433,661,213.198 | 97.960 |
| Withheld | 342,173,730.101 | 2.040 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Garnett A. Smith |
| Affirmative | 16,423,425,367.640 | 97.899 |
| Withheld | 352,409,575.660 | 2.101 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| David M. Thomas |
| Affirmative | 16,438,311,280.023 | 97.988 |
| Withheld | 337,523,663.277 | 2.012 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Susan Tomasky |
| Affirmative | 16,453,903,290.163 | 98.081 |
| Withheld | 321,931,653.136 | 1.919 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
| Michael E. Wiley |
| Affirmative | 16,433,445,237.257 | 97.959 |
| Withheld | 342,389,706.042 | 2.041 |
| TOTAL | 16,775,834,943.300 | 100.000 |
PROPOSAL 2
To convert a fundamental investment policy to a non-fundamental investment policy.
| | # of
Votes | % of
Votes |
| Affirmative | 1,250,227,619.902 | 100.00 |
| Against | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Abstain | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Broker Non-Vote | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL | 1,250,227,619.902 | 100.000 |
|
| Proposal 1 reflects trust wide proposal and voting results. |
SED-ANN-0221
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