UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-3587
Fidelity Financial Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Eric D. Roiter, Secretary
82 Devonshire St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-563-7000
Date of fiscal year end: | November 30 |
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Date of reporting period: | May 31, 2003 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
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Semiannual Report
May 31, 2003
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Contents
Chairman's Message | <Click Here> | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
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Semiannual Report
Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
This shareholder update and report on the performance of your fund is among the first to be produced under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Public Company Accounting and Investor Protection Act of 2002. This act requires that public companies certify, under penalty of law, the financial information they report to shareholders. It was adopted by Congress in reaction to several incidents of corporate malfeasance that brought the integrity of management of some publicly traded companies into question.
After the act was signed into law, the Securities and Exchange Commission interpreted it as applying to mutual funds as well as public companies. Thus, every mutual fund now is required to certify that the financial information provided in annual and semiannual reports to shareholders fully and fairly presents its financial position.
There is little doubt that the intent of Congress and regulators in this matter is a noble one - to improve the accuracy and accountability of financial reporting to investors by corporate America. We in no way condone any of the activities that brought about these requirements, and we welcome any and every reasonable proposal to strengthen investor protection and information disclosure.
That said, we are proud that mutual funds have always provided full and fair disclosure. Governed by the Investment Company Act of 1940 - and monitored and regulated by federal and state agencies, industry oversight associations, and independent directors - mutual funds are among the most transparent of all financial products. For example, the prices of mutual fund shares are established and published every business day, and the majority of members of the Board of Trustees that oversees our funds are not affiliated with the business of Fidelity. The disclosure standards of mutual funds actually have become models for governance and transparency across corporate America.
We are, of course, complying in full with the letter of this new requirement and hope that any future efforts by Congress to reassure investors about the honesty of corporate America will focus on practical and substantive solutions of genuine value to shareholders.
This sort of careful consideration was evident as Congress deliberated President Bush's tax cut package this spring, then enacted legislation that contains a variety of benefits for American families, investors and businesses. Although the final bill did not completely eliminate the tax that individual investors pay when they receive dividends from companies, it still will benefit American investors, and we applaud it in the spirit of compromise that marked the debate in Congress.
At Fidelity, we are committed to acting at all times in accordance with the highest standards of integrity and in the best interests of our fund shareholders. We are proud of the amount of information we provide to those who invest in our funds and pleased to continue that level of communication with you in these reports.
Semiannual Report
President's Message - continued
Best regards,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
Semiannual Report
Investment Changes
Top Ten Investments as of May 31, 2003 |
(by issuer, excluding cash equivalents) | % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
EVI, Inc. $2.50 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
Tyco International Ltd. liquid yield option note 0% 11/17/20 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.75% 2/1/09 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
Tyco International Group SA 3.125% 1/15/23 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
Sanmina-SCI Corp. 4.25% 5/1/04 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Liberty Media Corp. 3.25% 3/15/31 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
Baxter International, Inc. $3.50 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
CIENA Corp. 3.75% 2/1/08 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Northrop Grumman Corp. $7.25 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Devon Energy Corp. 0% 6/27/20 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| 22.9 | |
Top Five Market Sectors as of May 31, 2003 |
| % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
Information Technology | 19.8 | 15.9 |
Consumer Discretionary | 15.1 | 12.7 |
Health Care | 13.6 | 18.9 |
Financials | 12.3 | 16.3 |
Industrials | 10.5 | 12.5 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) |
As of May 31, 2003 * | As of November 30, 2002 ** |
 | Convertible Securities 84.3% | |  | Convertible Securities 82.8% | |
 | Stocks 11.4% | |  | Stocks 15.5% | |
 | Nonconvertible Bonds 2.7% | |  | Nonconvertible Bonds 0.7% | |
 | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 1.6% | |  | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 1.0% | |
* Foreign investments | 12.2% | | ** Foreign investments | 7.5% | |

Semiannual Report
Investments May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Corporate Bonds - 58.5% |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - 55.8% |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.1% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.3% |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.: | | | | |
0% 5/25/21 (f) | | $ 5,400 | | $ 3,008 |
0% 5/25/21 | | 3,000 | | 1,671 |
| | 4,679 |
Household Durables - 0.8% |
Lennar Corp. 0% 4/4/21 | | 24,000 | | 13,350 |
Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.3% |
Amazon.com, Inc. 4.75% 2/1/09 | | 51,050 | | 48,498 |
School Specialty, Inc. 6% 8/1/08 | | 5,000 | | 5,173 |
| | 53,671 |
Media - 4.1% |
Adelphia Communications Corp. 3.25% 5/1/21 (c) | | 20,000 | | 2,100 |
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.: | | | | |
1.8% 9/16/04 | | 9,600 | | 9,228 |
1.87% 6/1/06 | | 11,800 | | 10,280 |
4.5% 3/15/23 (f) | | 3,600 | | 5,220 |
Lamar Advertising Co. 5.25% 9/15/06 | | 1,000 | | 1,019 |
Liberty Media Corp.: | | | | |
3.25% 3/15/31 | | 34,100 | | 36,959 |
(Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.)) 3.25% 3/15/31 (f) | | 1,600 | | 1,734 |
| | 66,540 |
Specialty Retail - 0.6% |
Sonic Automotive, Inc. 5.25% 5/7/09 | | 10,425 | | 9,519 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | 147,759 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.9% |
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.9% |
Duane Reade, Inc. 2.1478% 4/16/22 (e) | | 2,400 | | 1,223 |
Koninklijke Ahold NV 3% 9/30/03 | NLG | 21,940 | | 11,187 |
Performance Food Group Co. 5.5% 10/16/08 | | 2,000 | | 2,604 |
| | 15,014 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - continued |
ENERGY - 1.6% |
Oil & Gas - 1.6% |
Devon Energy Corp. 0% 6/27/20 | | $ 43,000 | | $ 23,435 |
Evergreen Resources, Inc. 4.75% 12/15/21 (f) | | 2,000 | | 2,680 |
| | 26,115 |
FINANCIALS - 5.3% |
Capital Markets - 0.4% |
E*TRADE Group, Inc. 6% 2/1/07 | | 6,200 | | 5,773 |
Consumer Finance - 0.4% |
Providian Financial Corp. 3.25% 8/15/05 | | 7,000 | | 6,448 |
Diversified Financial Services - 3.5% |
Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp. 3.75% 11/15/22 (f) | | 5,000 | | 5,734 |
IOS Capital LLC 5% 5/1/07 (f) | | 13,400 | | 13,274 |
Navistar Financial Corp.: | | | | |
4.75% 4/1/09 (f) | | 1,822 | | 1,683 |
4.75% 4/1/09 | | 10,700 | | 9,884 |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance BV 0.375% 11/15/22 (f) | | 7,000 | | 9,100 |
Verizon Global Funding Corp. 0% 5/15/21 | | 29,850 | | 17,761 |
| | 57,436 |
Insurance - 0.5% |
Aon Corp. 3.5% 11/15/12 (f) | | 2,000 | | 2,750 |
Ohio Casualty Corp.: | | | | |
5% 3/19/22 (f) | | 1,880 | | 1,862 |
5% 3/19/22 | | 4,000 | | 3,963 |
| | 8,575 |
Real Estate - 0.5% |
EOP Operating LP 7.25% 11/15/08 (f) | | 8,000 | | 8,580 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | 86,812 |
HEALTH CARE - 9.9% |
Biotechnology - 2.1% |
Celgene Corp. 1.75% 6/1/08 (f) | | 2,000 | | 2,045 |
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 3.5% 2/1/22 (f) | | 4,000 | | 4,440 |
Connetics Corp. 2.25% 5/30/08 (f) | | 1,000 | | 1,036 |
CV Therapeutics, Inc. 4.75% 3/7/07 | | 3,000 | | 2,844 |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 2% 12/15/07 (f) | | 8,500 | | 11,121 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - continued |
HEALTH CARE - continued |
Biotechnology - continued |
Invitrogen Corp.: | | | | |
2.25% 12/15/06 (f) | | $ 5,000 | | $ 4,650 |
5.5% 3/1/07 | | 7,000 | | 7,053 |
| | 33,189 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.7% |
Medtronic, Inc. 1.25% 9/15/21 | | 15,390 | | 16,399 |
Resmed, Inc. 4% 6/20/06 | | 8,030 | | 8,336 |
Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. 2.25% 6/15/13 (f) | | 3,000 | | 3,480 |
| | 28,215 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.8% |
AmeriSource Health Corp. 5% 12/1/07 | | 2,000 | | 2,723 |
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 4.5% 6/1/09 | | 14,300 | | 13,871 |
Service Corp. International (SCI) 6.75% 6/22/08 | | 10,150 | | 10,740 |
Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.: | | | | |
5.25% 2/1/09 (f) | | 1,240 | | 1,283 |
5.25% 2/1/09 | | 700 | | 724 |
| | 29,341 |
Pharmaceuticals - 4.3% |
Allergan, Inc.: | | | | |
0% 11/6/22 (f) | | 10,000 | | 9,632 |
0% 11/6/22 | | 3,000 | | 2,890 |
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6.5% 7/15/08 | | 18,400 | | 17,848 |
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 5.5% 5/1/09 (f) | | 1,500 | | 1,215 |
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. 2.5% 6/4/32 | | 2,600 | | 3,085 |
Roche Holdings, Inc.: | | | | |
0% 1/19/15 (f) | | 10,000 | | 7,525 |
0% 7/25/21 (f) | | 37,380 | | 21,353 |
Sepracor, Inc. 5.75% 11/15/06 | | 7,700 | | 6,939 |
| | 70,487 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | 161,232 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - continued |
INDUSTRIALS - 7.3% |
Airlines - 0.2% |
Continental Airlines, Inc. 4.5% 2/1/07 | | $ 2,500 | | $ 1,799 |
Northwest Airlines Corp. 6.625% 5/15/23 (f) | | 1,250 | | 1,160 |
| | 2,959 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.6% |
Labor Ready, Inc. 6.25% 6/15/07 (f) | | 7,500 | | 9,113 |
Construction & Engineering - 0.2% |
Shaw Group, Inc. 0% 5/1/21 | | 4,700 | | 2,996 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 6.3% |
Tyco International Group SA: | | | | |
2.75% 1/15/18 (f) | | 11,272 | | 12,104 |
3.125% 1/15/23 (f) | | 38,300 | | 41,939 |
Tyco International Ltd. liquid yield option note 0% 11/17/20 | | 64,950 | | 49,037 |
| | 103,080 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 118,148 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.4% |
Communications Equipment - 6.6% |
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.: | | | | |
0% 6/15/13 (f)(g) | | 2,000 | | 2,000 |
1% 6/15/08 (f) | | 2,000 | | 2,000 |
Avaya, Inc. 0% 10/31/21 | | 15,200 | | 7,714 |
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 2% 1/1/07 | | 21,000 | | 17,502 |
CIENA Corp. 3.75% 2/1/08 | | 31,500 | | 25,830 |
Comverse Technology, Inc.: | | | | |
1.5% 12/1/05 (f) | | 4,900 | | 4,539 |
1.5% 12/1/05 | | 1,500 | | 1,389 |
Corning, Inc. 0% 11/8/15 | | 13,300 | | 9,776 |
Juniper Networks, Inc. 4.75% 3/15/07 | | 17,320 | | 16,173 |
Lucent Technologies, Inc. 2.75% 6/15/25 | | 10,000 | | 9,950 |
Nortel Networks Corp. 4.25% 9/1/08 | | 12,600 | | 10,805 |
| | 107,678 |
Computers & Peripherals - 0.1% |
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. 1.5% 6/1/23 (f) | | 2,000 | | 2,000 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - continued |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued |
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 4.5% |
Global Imaging Systems, Inc. 4% 11/15/08 (f) | | $ 5,000 | | $ 5,575 |
Sanmina-SCI Corp.: | | | | |
0% 9/12/20 | | 20,500 | | 9,686 |
4.25% 5/1/04 | | 39,600 | | 39,501 |
Solectron Corp. liquid yield option note 0% 11/20/20 | | 26,940 | | 14,817 |
Tech Data Corp. 2% 12/15/21 | | 4,000 | | 3,653 |
| | 73,232 |
Internet Software & Services - 0.8% |
America Online, Inc. 0% 12/6/19 | | 15,900 | | 9,461 |
DoubleClick, Inc. 4.75% 3/15/06 | | 2,890 | | 2,803 |
| | 12,264 |
IT Services - 0.5% |
CNET, Inc. 5% 3/1/06 | | 9,945 | | 8,752 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.1% |
Atmel Corp. 0% 5/23/21 | | 8,500 | | 3,145 |
Conexant Systems, Inc. 4% 2/1/07 | | 18,500 | | 14,615 |
Credence Systems Corp. 1.5% 5/15/08 (f) | | 3,000 | | 3,092 |
FEI Co. 5.5% 8/15/08 | | 3,200 | | 3,040 |
General Semiconductor, Inc. 5.75% 12/15/06 | | 2,500 | | 2,511 |
Infineon Technologies AG 4.25% 2/6/07 | EUR | 12,000 | | 11,847 |
LSI Logic Corp. 4% 11/1/06 | | 14,200 | | 13,171 |
NVIDIA Corp. 4.75% 10/15/07 | | 20,510 | | 20,690 |
PMC-Sierra, Inc. 3.75% 8/15/06 | | 2,000 | | 1,810 |
Semtech Corp. 4.5% 2/1/07 | | 4,500 | | 4,382 |
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. 4% 3/15/05 | | 5,400 | | 4,968 |
| | 83,271 |
Software - 0.8% |
Amdocs Ltd. yankee 2% 6/1/08 | | 11,200 | | 10,948 |
MSC.Software Corp. 2.5% 5/5/08 (f) | | 2,500 | | 2,725 |
| | 13,673 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | 300,870 |
MATERIALS - 2.3% |
Metals & Mining - 2.3% |
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. yankee 4.5% 2/15/12 | | 14,400 | | 15,805 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Convertible Bonds - continued |
MATERIALS - continued |
Metals & Mining - continued |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: | | | | |
7% 2/11/11 (f) | | $ 15,600 | | $ 18,701 |
8.25% 1/31/06 | | 1,500 | | 2,465 |
| | 36,971 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.7% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2% |
Level 3 Communications, Inc. 6% 9/15/09 | | 6,250 | | 3,906 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.5% |
American Tower Corp. 6.25% 10/15/09 | | 4,500 | | 4,118 |
Nextel Partners, Inc. 1.5% 11/15/08 (f) | | 4,000 | | 3,980 |
| | 8,098 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | | 12,004 |
UTILITIES - 0.3% |
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power - 0.3% |
El Paso Corp. 0% 2/28/21 | | 10,400 | | 4,368 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS | | 909,293 |
Nonconvertible Bonds - 2.7% |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.7% |
Household Durables - 0.1% |
Champion Home Builders Co. 11.25% 4/15/07 | | 1,045 | | 956 |
Media - 0.6% |
Charter Communications Holdings LLC/Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp.: | | | | |
8.625% 4/1/09 | | 3,860 | | 2,741 |
9.625% 11/15/09 | | 440 | | 312 |
10% 4/1/09 | | 7,035 | | 4,995 |
10% 5/15/11 | | 2,590 | | 1,813 |
| | 9,861 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | 10,817 |
Corporate Bonds - continued |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Nonconvertible Bonds - continued |
ENERGY - 0.2% |
Oil & Gas - 0.2% |
The Coastal Corp.: | | | | |
6.5% 6/1/08 | | $ 360 | | $ 303 |
7.75% 6/15/10 | | 2,390 | | 2,097 |
| | 2,400 |
INDUSTRIALS - 0.2% |
Aerospace & Defense - 0.2% |
BE Aerospace, Inc.: | | | | |
8% 3/1/08 | | 1,250 | | 900 |
9.5% 11/1/08 | | 3,335 | | 2,501 |
| | 3,401 |
Airlines - 0.0% |
Continental Airlines, Inc. 8% 12/15/05 | | 610 | | 482 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 3,883 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.6% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.6% |
Level 3 Communications, Inc. 0% 3/15/10 (d) | | 15,000 | | 9,975 |
UTILITIES - 1.0% |
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power - 1.0% |
AES Corp. 9.5% 6/1/09 | | 8,000 | | 7,540 |
El Paso Corp. 7% 5/15/11 | | 7,200 | | 6,192 |
Williams Companies, Inc. 8.125% 3/15/12 (f) | | 2,800 | | 2,744 |
| | 16,476 |
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS | | 43,551 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $882,143) | 952,844 |
Common Stocks - 11.4% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.9% |
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.7% |
eBay, Inc. (a) | 25,000 | | $ 2,543 |
USA Interactive (a) | 225,000 | | 8,651 |
| | 11,194 |
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.2% |
Mega Bloks, Inc. | 178,200 | | 2,654 |
Mega Bloks, Inc. (a)(f) | 21,800 | | 325 |
| | 2,979 |
Media - 1.7% |
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a) | 750,000 | | 2,250 |
EchoStar Communications Corp. Class A (a) | 663,768 | | 22,289 |
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (a) | 340,200 | | 1,572 |
Walt Disney Co. | 125,000 | | 2,456 |
| | 28,567 |
Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% |
Coach, Inc. (a) | 108,043 | | 5,308 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | 48,048 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.3% |
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4% |
Sysco Corp. | 126,400 | | 3,911 |
Whole Foods Market, Inc. (a) | 61,955 | | 3,380 |
| | 7,291 |
Food Products - 0.7% |
Dean Foods Co. (a) | 233,200 | | 10,669 |
Personal Products - 0.2% |
Gillette Co. | 120,100 | | 4,037 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | 21,997 |
ENERGY - 2.1% |
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.3% |
BJ Services Co. (a) | 50,000 | | 2,036 |
Maverick Tube Corp. (a) | 200,000 | | 4,004 |
National-Oilwell, Inc. (a) | 320,900 | | 7,804 |
Precision Drilling Corp. (a) | 100,000 | | 3,863 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
ENERGY - continued |
Energy Equipment & Services - continued |
Trican Well Service Ltd. (a) | 150,000 | | $ 2,247 |
W-H Energy Services, Inc. (a) | 52,200 | | 1,136 |
| | 21,090 |
Oil & Gas - 0.8% |
Apache Corp. | 124,950 | | 8,237 |
EnCana Corp. | 125,000 | | 4,577 |
| | 12,814 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | 33,904 |
FINANCIALS - 0.8% |
Capital Markets - 0.2% |
Bank of New York Co., Inc. | 84,900 | | 2,457 |
Consumer Finance - 0.2% |
SLM Corp. | 27,300 | | 3,276 |
Insurance - 0.4% |
American International Group, Inc. | 116,800 | | 6,760 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | 12,493 |
HEALTH CARE - 1.8% |
Biotechnology - 0.4% |
Amgen, Inc. (a) | 100,000 | | 6,471 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.3% |
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a) | 82,800 | | 4,645 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.1% |
Service Corp. International (SCI) (a) | 250,000 | | 1,040 |
Pharmaceuticals - 1.0% |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 240,700 | | 13,378 |
Wyeth | 76,600 | | 3,359 |
| | 16,737 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | 28,893 |
INDUSTRIALS - 0.7% |
Aerospace & Defense - 0.2% |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 68,700 | | 3,189 |
Electrical Equipment - 0.0% |
Aura Systems, Inc. warrants 5/31/05 (a) | 1 | | 0 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INDUSTRIALS - continued |
Machinery - 0.4% |
AGCO Corp. (a) | 122,000 | | $ 2,181 |
Terex Corp. (a) | 238,000 | | 4,225 |
| | 6,406 |
Road & Rail - 0.1% |
Mullen Transportation, Inc. | 50,000 | | 1,160 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 10,755 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.8% |
Internet Software & Services - 0.4% |
Yahoo!, Inc. (a) | 236,100 | | 7,048 |
Software - 0.4% |
BEA Systems, Inc. (a) | 553,452 | | 5,999 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | 13,047 |
MATERIALS - 0.5% |
Chemicals - 0.3% |
Lyondell Chemical Co. | 280,800 | | 4,044 |
Metals & Mining - 0.2% |
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA sponsored ADR | 50,000 | | 1,473 |
Kinross Gold Corp. (a) | 250,000 | | 1,754 |
Placer Dome, Inc. | 70,000 | | 767 |
| | 3,994 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | 8,038 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.5% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5% |
SBC Communications, Inc. | 145,200 | | 3,697 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 137,100 | | 5,189 |
| | 8,886 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $159,760) | 186,061 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 28.5% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.4% |
Media - 2.4% |
Radio One, Inc.: | | | |
$65.00 (f) | 5,970 | | $ 6,239 |
$65.00 | 20,495 | | 21,419 |
Tribune Co. (America Online, Inc.) $3.14 PHONES | 138,600 | | 11,824 |
| | 39,482 |
ENERGY - 5.0% |
Energy Equipment & Services - 3.1% |
EVI, Inc. $2.50 | 955,600 | | 49,574 |
Oil & Gas - 1.9% |
Chesapeake Energy Corp.: | | | |
$3.00 (f) | 31,400 | | 2,006 |
$3.375 (f) | 283,600 | | 21,341 |
Teekay Shipping Corp. Series A, $1.8125 | 289,000 | | 8,210 |
| | 31,557 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | 81,131 |
FINANCIALS - 6.2% |
Diversified Financial Services - 4.4% |
AES Trust III $3.375 | 108,700 | | 3,366 |
AES Trust VII: | | | |
$3.00 (f) | 126,215 | | 4,584 |
$3.00 | 90,900 | | 3,301 |
Central Parking Finance Trust $1.3125 TIPS (f) | 50,000 | | 788 |
Equity Securities Trust I (Cablevision Systems Corp. - NY Group Class A) $2.34 | 438,400 | | 9,667 |
Fleetwood Capital Trust III $4.75 | 32,000 | | 1,548 |
Newell Financial Trust I $2.625 QUIPS | 87,300 | | 4,147 |
News Corp. Finance Trust II (British Sky Broadcasting PLC (BSkyB)) $7.50 (f) | 15,000 | | 15,975 |
Pioneer Standard Financial Trust $3.375 | 145,500 | | 6,648 |
Titan Capital Trust $2.875 | 31,000 | | 1,573 |
TXI Capital Trust I $2.75 SPURS | 44,000 | | 1,474 |
Union Pacific Capital Trust $3.125 | 178,296 | | 9,193 |
Xerox Capital Trust II $3.75 (f) | 135,000 | | 9,495 |
| | 71,759 |
Insurance - 1.4% |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. $3.50 | 120,000 | | 6,236 |
St. Paul Companies, Inc. $4.50 | 46,900 | | 3,248 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
FINANCIALS - continued |
Insurance - continued |
Travelers Property Casualty Corp. $1.125 | 313,000 | | $ 7,843 |
UnumProvident Corp. $2.0625 | 200,000 | | 5,869 |
| | 23,196 |
Real Estate - 0.4% |
Equity Office Properties Trust Series B, $2.625 | 30,300 | | 1,493 |
Reckson Associates Realty Corp. Series A, $1.91 | 62,200 | | 1,510 |
Simon Property Group, Inc. $6.50 | 18,000 | | 1,827 |
SL Green Realty Corp. $2.00 PIERS | 43,100 | | 1,487 |
| | 6,317 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | 101,272 |
HEALTH CARE - 1.9% |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9% |
Baxter International, Inc. $3.50 | 653,000 | | 31,344 |
INDUSTRIALS - 2.3% |
Aerospace & Defense - 1.8% |
Northrop Grumman Corp. $7.25 | 239,900 | | 23,978 |
Raytheon Co. $4.13 | 106,400 | | 5,899 |
| | 29,877 |
Road & Rail - 0.5% |
CNF Trust I Series A, $2.50 TECONS | 42,500 | | 2,036 |
Kansas City Southern $21.25 (f) | 10,000 | | 5,295 |
| | 7,331 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 37,208 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.6% |
Communications Equipment - 0.6% |
Lucent Technologies Capital Trust I $77.50 | 10,000 | | 8,625 |
MATERIALS - 1.7% |
Containers & Packaging - 1.3% |
Owens-Illinois, Inc. $2.375 | 395,800 | | 10,825 |
Sealed Air Corp. Series A, $2.00 | 197,800 | | 9,811 |
| | 20,636 |
Metals & Mining - 0.3% |
Phelps Dodge Corp. Series A $6.75 MEDS | 54,000 | | 5,042 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
MATERIALS - continued |
Paper & Forest Products - 0.1% |
Boise Cascade Corp. $3.75 | 41,000 | | $ 1,736 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | 27,414 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.9% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.7% |
ALLTEL Corp. $3.875 PRIDES | 179,900 | | 8,860 |
CenturyTel, Inc. $1.7187 ACES | 393,500 | | 11,007 |
Citizens Communications Co. $1.69 | 327,000 | | 8,018 |
| | 27,885 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.2% |
Crown Castle International Corp. $3.125 PIERS | 320,000 | | 11,360 |
Nextel Communications, Inc. $0.00 (a) | 17,000 | | 7,129 |
| | 18,489 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | | 46,374 |
UTILITIES - 5.5% |
Electric Utilities - 3.3% |
Ameren Corp. $2.438 ACES | 120,000 | | 3,428 |
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. $1.165 ZENS | 540,800 | | 16,865 |
Cinergy Corp. $4.75 PRIDES | 102,600 | | 6,243 |
Dominion Resources, Inc. $4.375 | 184,300 | | 9,753 |
FPL Group, Inc. $4.00 | 155,500 | | 8,932 |
TXU Corp. $4.063 PRIDES | 260,000 | | 8,320 |
| | 53,541 |
Gas Utilities - 0.6% |
KeySpan Corp. $4.375 MEDS | 190,100 | | 9,657 |
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power - 1.6% |
Citizens Utilities Trust $2.50 EPPICS | 334,200 | | 17,211 |
El Paso Corp. $4.50 | 75,000 | | 2,324 |
Sierra Pacific Resources $4.50 PIES | 137,000 | | 4,144 |
Williams Companies, Inc. $2.75 (f) | 60,000 | | 3,225 |
| | 26,904 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | 90,102 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $439,642) | 462,952 |
Money Market Funds - 2.3% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 1.3% (b) | 35,137,101 | | $ 35,137 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 1.31% (b) | 2,699,200 | | 2,699 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $37,836) | 37,836 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.7% (Cost $1,519,381) | | 1,639,693 |
NET OTHER ASSETS - (0.7)% | | (11,103) |
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 1,628,590 |
Currency Abbreviations |
EUR | - | European Monetary Unit |
NLG | - | Dutch guilder |
Security Type Abbreviations |
ACES | - | Automatic Common Exchange Securities |
EPPICS | - | Equity Providing Income Convertible Securities |
MEDS | - | Mandatorily Exchangeable Debt Securities |
PHONES | - | Participating Hybrid Option Note Exchangeable Security |
PIERS | - | Preferred Home Equity Securities |
PIES | - | Premium Income Equity Securities |
PRIDES | - | Preferred Redeemable Increased Dividend Equity Securities |
QUIPS | - | Quarterly Income Preferred Securities |
SPURS | - | Shared Preference Redeemable Securities |
TECONS | - | Term Convertible Shares |
TIPS | - | Trust Issued Preferred Securities |
ZENS | - | Zero Exchangeable Sub Notes |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent fiscal year end is available upon request. |
(c) Non-income producing - issuer filed for bankruptcy or is in default of interest payments. |
(d) Debt obligation initially issued in zero coupon form which converts to coupon form at a specified rate and date. The rate shown is the rate at period end. |
(e) Debt obligation initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specified date. The rate shown is the rate at period end. |
(f) 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 period end, the value of these securities amounted to $304,350,000 or 18.7% of net assets. |
(g) The coupon rate shown on floating or adjustable rate securities represents the rate at period end. |
Other Information |
The composition of credit quality ratings as a percentage of net assets is as follows (ratings are unaudited): |
AAA,AA,A | 2.9% |
BBB | 7.3% |
BB | 12.9% |
B | 18.1% |
CCC,CC,C | 9.3% |
Not Rated | 8.0% |
Equities | 39.9% |
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets | 1.6% |
We have used ratings from Moody's® Investors Services, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. |
Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: |
United States of America | 87.8% |
Luxembourg | 3.3% |
Bermuda | 3.0% |
Canada | 2.6% |
Netherlands | 1.3% |
Others (individually less than 1%) | 2.0% |
| 100.0% |
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $1,070,931,000 and $1,038,025,000, respectively. |
The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $28,000 for the period. |
Income Tax Information |
At November 30, 2002, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $369,106,000 of which $152,480,000 and $216,626,000 will expire on November 30, 2009 and 2010, respectively. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amount) | May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
| | |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $1,699) (cost $1,519,381) - See accompanying schedule | | $ 1,639,693 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 15,043 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 2,370 |
Dividends receivable | | 457 |
Interest receivable | | 8,441 |
Other receivables | | 9 |
Total assets | | 1,666,013 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 32,609 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 1,106 | |
Accrued management fee | 850 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 159 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 2,699 | |
Total liabilities | | 37,423 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 1,628,590 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 1,854,339 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 15,513 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | | (361,601) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 120,339 |
Net Assets, for 88,490 shares outstanding | | $ 1,628,590 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,628,590 ÷ 88,490 shares) | | $ 18.40 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
| | |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends | | $ 15,928 |
Interest | | 25,175 |
Security lending | | 15 |
Total income | | 41,118 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee Basic fee | $ 3,480 | |
Performance adjustment | 1,301 | |
Transfer agent fees | 1,442 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 166 | |
Non-interested trustees' compensation | 2 | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 19 | |
Registration fees | 29 | |
Audit | 22 | |
Legal | 4 | |
Miscellaneous | 19 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 6,484 | |
Expense reductions | (196) | 6,288 |
Net investment income (loss) | | 34,830 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | | |
Investment securities | 16,545 | |
Foreign currency transactions | (39) | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | 16,506 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities | 120,500 | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 27 | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 120,527 |
Net gain (loss) | | 137,033 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ 171,863 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) | Year ended November 30, 2002A |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 34,830 | $ 70,524 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 16,506 | (206,449) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 120,527 | (25,832) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 171,863 | (161,757) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (39,365) | (85,392) |
Share transactions Net proceeds from sales of shares | 195,137 | 351,508 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 35,642 | 77,521 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (157,759) | (492,829) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 73,020 | (63,800) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 205,518 | (310,949) |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 1,423,072 | 1,734,021 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $15,513 and undistributed net investment income of $20,048, respectively) | $ 1,628,590 | $ 1,423,072 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 11,415 | 18,929 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,176 | 4,132 |
Redeemed | (9,394) | (27,692) |
Net increase (decrease) | 4,197 | (4,631) |
A Certain amounts have been reclassified. See Note 1 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended May 31, 2003 | Years ended November 30, |
| (Unaudited) | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 16.88 | $ 19.50 | $ 24.04 | $ 22.43 | $ 18.61 | $ 19.57 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .41 | .79 F,G | .69 | .77 | .57 | .60 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1.58 | (2.46) F,G | (.17) | 3.18 | 5.01 | .86 |
Total from investment operations | 1.99 | (1.67) | .52 | 3.95 | 5.58 | 1.46 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.47) | (.95) | (.72) | (.64) | (.62) | (.58) |
Distributions from net realized gain | - | - | (4.34) | (1.70) | (1.14) | (1.84) |
Total distributions | (.47) | (.95) | (5.06) | (2.34) | (1.76) | (2.42) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 18.40 | $ 16.88 | $ 19.50 | $ 24.04 | $ 22.43 | $ 18.61 |
Total Return B, C | 12.15% | (8.97)% | 1.56% | 18.07% | 32.36% | 8.88% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets E | | | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .90% A | .88% | .81% | .78% | .85% | .79% |
Expenses net of voluntary waivers, if any | .90% A | .88% | .81% | .78% | .85% | .79% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .87% A | .85% | .76% | .77% | .82% | .77% |
Net investment income (loss) | 4.84% A | 4.40%F,G | 3.40% | 2.96% | 2.85% | 3.21% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 1,629 | $ 1,423 | $ 1,734 | $ 1,843 | $ 1,214 | $ 987 |
Portfolio turnover rate | 148% A | 138% | 282% | 262% | 246% | 223% |
A Annualized
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
E Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of any voluntary waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the fund.
F Effective December 1, 2001, the fund adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium and discount on all debt securities, as required. Per share data and ratios for periods prior to adoption have not been restated to reflect this change.
G As a result of a revision to reflect accretion of market discount using the interest method, certain amounts for the year ended November 30, 2002 have been reclassified from what was previously reported. The impact of this change was a decrease to net investment income of $0.06 per share with a corresponding increase to net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share. The ratio of net investment income to average net assets decreased from 4.76% to 4.40%. The reclassification has no impact on the net assets of the fund.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies.
Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Financial Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value per share (NAV calculation) is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price (closing bid price or last evaluated quote if no sale has occurred) on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Debt securities for which quotations are readily available are valued at their most recent bid prices (sales prices if the principal market is an exchange) in the principal market in which such securities are normally traded, as determined by recognized dealers in such securities, or securities are valued on the basis of information provided by a pricing service. Pricing services use valuation matrices that incorporate both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques. If an event that is expected to materially affect the value of a security occurs after the close of an exchange or market on which that security trades, but prior to the NAV calculation, then that security will be fair valued taking the event into account. Securities (including restricted securities) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Price movements in futures contracts and ADRs, market and trading trends, the bid/ask quotes of brokers and off-exchange institutional trading may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security's fair value. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued on the basis of amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each business day.
Foreign Currency. The fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Foreign Currency - continued
currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is accrued as earned. 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 collectibility of interest is reasonably assured.
Reclassification of Financial Information. As a result of a revision to reflect accretion of market discount using the interest method, certain amounts for the year ended November 30, 2002 have been reclassified from what was previously reported. Net investment income for the fund decreased by $5,674 with a corresponding decrease to realized loss of $8,023 and an increase to unrealized loss of $2,349. The reclassification has no impact on the net assets of the fund.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among the funds in the trust.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year the fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required in the accompanying financial statements. 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 recorded on the ex-dividend date.
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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent and temporary book and tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary differences will reverse in a subsequent period. These differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, prior period premium and discount on debt securities, market discount, contingent interest, non-taxable dividends, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The federal tax cost of investments including unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end was as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 179,017 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | (50,557) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 128,460 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 1,511,233 | |
2. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts. These accounts are then invested in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Government obligations. The fund may also invest directly with institutions, in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by commercial paper obligations and corporate obligations. The custodian bank receives the collateral, which is marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest).
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
Restricted Securities. The fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included under the captions "Legend" and/or "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
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3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Information regarding purchases and sales of securities is included under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the fund with investment management related services for which the fund pays a monthly management fee.
The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .20% of the fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .28% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .15% of the fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the fund's relative investment performance as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .66% of the fund's average net assets.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annualized rate of ..20% of average net assets.
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records and administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Central Funds. The fund may invest in affiliated Central Funds managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR. The Central Funds are open-end investment companies available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by FMR and its affiliates. The Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and do not pay a management fee. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as income in the accompanying financial statements and totaled $324 for the period.
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(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
Brokerage Commissions. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms are shown under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Committed Line of Credit.
The fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $3.5 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
6. Security Lending.
The fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. The fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Cash collateral is invested in cash equivalents. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
7. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the fund provided services to the fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the fund totaling $192 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the fund's custody expenses by $4.
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Contents
Chairman's Message | <Click Here> | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Footnotes to the financial statements. |
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Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
This shareholder update and report on the performance of your fund is among the first to be produced under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Public Company Accounting and Investor Protection Act of 2002. This act requires that public companies certify, under penalty of law, the financial information they report to shareholders. It was adopted by Congress in reaction to several incidents of corporate malfeasance that brought the integrity of management of some publicly traded companies into question.
After the act was signed into law, the Securities and Exchange Commission interpreted it as applying to mutual funds as well as public companies. Thus, every mutual fund now is required to certify that the financial information provided in annual and semiannual reports to shareholders fully and fairly presents its financial position.
There is little doubt that the intent of Congress and regulators in this matter is a noble one - to improve the accuracy and accountability of financial reporting to investors by corporate America. We in no way condone any of the activities that brought about these requirements, and we welcome any and every reasonable proposal to strengthen investor protection and information disclosure.
That said, we are proud that mutual funds have always provided full and fair disclosure. Governed by the Investment Company Act of 1940 - and monitored and regulated by federal and state agencies, industry oversight associations, and independent directors - mutual funds are among the most transparent of all financial products. For example, the prices of mutual fund shares are established and published every business day, and the majority of members of the Board of Trustees that oversees our funds are not affiliated with the business of Fidelity. The disclosure standards of mutual funds actually have become models for governance and transparency across corporate America.
We are, of course, complying in full with the letter of this new requirement and hope that any future efforts by Congress to reassure investors about the honesty of corporate America will focus on practical and substantive solutions of genuine value to shareholders.
This sort of careful consideration was evident as Congress deliberated President Bush's tax cut package this spring, then enacted legislation that contains a variety of benefits for American families, investors and businesses. Although the final bill did not completely eliminate the tax that individual investors pay when they receive dividends from companies, it still will benefit American investors, and we applaud it in the spirit of compromise that marked the debate in Congress.
At Fidelity, we are committed to acting at all times in accordance with the highest standards of integrity and in the best interests of our fund shareholders. We are proud of the amount of information we provide to those who invest in our funds and pleased to continue that level of communication with you in these reports.
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President's Message - continued
Best regards,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Investment Changes
Top Ten Stocks as of May 31, 2003 |
| % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
Burlington Resources, Inc. | 4.8 | 2.1 |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 4.5 | 4.8 |
Citigroup, Inc. | 3.9 | 1.8 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 3.9 | 2.4 |
AOL Time Warner, Inc. | 3.8 | 3.0 |
Morgan Stanley | 3.7 | 3.6 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 3.1 | 0.2 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 2.6 | 2.0 |
Alcoa, Inc. | 2.5 | 1.3 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| 35.2 | |
Top Five Market Sectors as of May 31, 2003 |
| % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
Financials | 28.5 | 32.3 |
Industrials | 19.3 | 16.2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 13.2 | 9.5 |
Information Technology | 11.6 | 11.0 |
Energy | 9.2 | 8.1 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) |
As of May 31, 2003* | As of November 30, 2002** |
 | Stocks 97.3% | |  | Stocks 92.3% | |
 | Convertible Securities 1.3% | |  | Convertible Securities 2.6% | |
 | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 1.4% | |  | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 5.1% | |
* Foreign investments | 2.7% | | ** Foreign investments | 4.5% | |

Semiannual Report
Investments May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 97.3% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 13.2% |
Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.0% |
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 466,000 | | $ 16,748 |
USA Interactive (a) | 2,231,650 | | 85,807 |
| | 102,555 |
Media - 6.3% |
AOL Time Warner, Inc. (a) | 25,884,600 | | 393,964 |
Belo Corp. Series A | 3,314,700 | | 77,564 |
Comcast Corp. Class A (special) (a) | 3,872,200 | | 111,597 |
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | 153,000 | | 9,671 |
News Corp. Ltd. ADR | 1,065,500 | | 32,785 |
Omnicom Group, Inc. | 177,700 | | 12,405 |
Washington Post Co. Class B | 12,850 | | 9,310 |
| | 647,296 |
Multiline Retail - 1.4% |
Federated Department Stores, Inc. | 2,221,400 | | 72,196 |
Target Corp. | 1,967,400 | | 72,066 |
| | 144,262 |
Specialty Retail - 3.0% |
Home Depot, Inc. | 7,322,500 | | 237,908 |
TJX Companies, Inc. | 3,498,400 | | 63,671 |
| | 301,579 |
Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.5% |
NIKE, Inc. Class B | 2,706,700 | | 151,548 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | 1,347,240 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.8% |
Food Products - 1.3% |
Campbell Soup Co. | 1,080,200 | | 26,951 |
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.) | 3,749,900 | | 100,872 |
Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A | 623,500 | | 5,923 |
| | 133,746 |
Personal Products - 0.5% |
Gillette Co. | 1,582,200 | | 53,178 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | 186,924 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
ENERGY - 9.2% |
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.3% |
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. | 2,022,900 | | $ 46,001 |
Schlumberger Ltd. (NY Shares) | 1,803,100 | | 87,667 |
| | 133,668 |
Oil & Gas - 7.9% |
Burlington Resources, Inc. | 9,113,200 | | 485,640 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 8,712,400 | | 317,131 |
| | 802,771 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | 936,439 |
FINANCIALS - 28.4% |
Capital Markets - 17.1% |
Bank of New York Co., Inc. | 7,325,900 | | 212,012 |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 47,524,540 | | 460,988 |
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. Class A | 537,400 | | 7,147 |
Mellon Financial Corp. | 7,329,800 | | 199,151 |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | 1,584,200 | | 68,596 |
Morgan Stanley | 8,363,993 | | 382,653 |
Northern Trust Corp. | 5,865,000 | | 223,808 |
State Street Corp. | 5,089,000 | | 194,960 |
| | 1,749,315 |
Commercial Banks - 2.4% |
Bank of America Corp. | 2,436,400 | | 180,781 |
Synovus Financial Corp. | 1,777,300 | | 40,558 |
Wachovia Corp. | 626,257 | | 25,163 |
| | 246,502 |
Diversified Financial Services - 4.0% |
Citigroup, Inc. | 9,775,741 | | 401,001 |
GATX Corp. | 599,200 | | 10,180 |
| | 411,181 |
Insurance - 2.5% |
Allstate Corp. | 1,241,400 | | 44,678 |
American International Group, Inc. | 2,686,700 | | 155,506 |
Aon Corp. | 1,894,600 | | 48,615 |
| | 248,799 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
FINANCIALS - continued |
Real Estate - 1.5% |
Duke Realty Corp. | 2,632,800 | | $ 74,719 |
ProLogis | 2,921,278 | | 78,553 |
| | 153,272 |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.9% |
Fannie Mae | 305,400 | | 22,600 |
Golden West Financial Corp., Delaware | 922,500 | | 71,761 |
| | 94,361 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | 2,903,430 |
HEALTH CARE - 2.3% |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.7% |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 1,811,600 | | 72,464 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.2% |
WebMD Corp. (a) | 2,704,500 | | 26,883 |
Pharmaceuticals - 1.4% |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,875,000 | | 104,213 |
Pfizer, Inc. | 698,100 | | 21,655 |
Schering-Plough Corp. | 850,800 | | 15,697 |
| | 141,565 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | 240,912 |
INDUSTRIALS - 19.3% |
Aerospace & Defense - 1.7% |
Boeing Co. | 1,101,300 | | 33,777 |
Goodrich Corp. | 1,534,600 | | 28,037 |
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 2,313,640 | | 107,399 |
| | 169,213 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.1% |
Equifax, Inc. | 313,100 | | 7,928 |
Electrical Equipment - 2.2% |
Emerson Electric Co. | 4,349,000 | | 227,453 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 2.3% |
General Electric Co. | 7,492,340 | | 215,030 |
Teleflex, Inc. | 587,400 | | 25,335 |
| | 240,365 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INDUSTRIALS - continued |
Machinery - 7.7% |
Caterpillar, Inc. | 1,863,300 | | $ 97,171 |
Cummins, Inc. | 999,100 | | 34,249 |
Dover Corp. | 1,986,100 | | 60,199 |
Eaton Corp. | 2,632,400 | | 220,937 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 3,665,900 | | 227,469 |
Navistar International Corp. (a) | 1,281,000 | | 39,480 |
PACCAR, Inc. | 1,650,800 | | 109,399 |
| | 788,904 |
Road & Rail - 5.3% |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 7,619,000 | | 167,008 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 4,294,400 | | 261,915 |
Werner Enterprises, Inc. (c) | 4,751,228 | | 108,898 |
| | 537,821 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 1,971,684 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 10.8% |
Communications Equipment - 3.4% |
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (a) | 14,693,400 | | 39,525 |
Alcatel SA sponsored ADR | 1,959,270 | | 18,104 |
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a) | 8,249,800 | | 50,076 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) | 928,900 | | 15,122 |
Enterasys Networks, Inc. (a) | 2,232,800 | | 7,748 |
Motorola, Inc. | 13,948,100 | | 118,838 |
Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR | 3,375,500 | | 60,894 |
Nortel Networks Corp. (a) | 9,457,800 | | 29,698 |
Tellabs, Inc. (a) | 1,398,100 | | 11,101 |
| | 351,106 |
Computers & Peripherals - 0.9% |
Apple Computer, Inc. (a) | 715,800 | | 12,863 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | 1,036,000 | | 20,202 |
International Business Machines Corp. | 421,900 | | 37,144 |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) | 5,216,300 | | 22,587 |
| | 92,796 |
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 0.5% |
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a) | 990,400 | | 16,867 |
Avnet, Inc. (a) | 698,200 | | 9,496 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued |
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - continued |
Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A (a) | 1,500,100 | | $ 16,531 |
Molex, Inc. | 335,300 | | 9,174 |
| | 52,068 |
IT Services - 0.4% |
Electronic Data Systems Corp. | 800,400 | | 16,128 |
SunGard Data Systems, Inc. (a) | 1,064,400 | | 24,481 |
The BISYS Group, Inc. (a) | 343,900 | | 6,190 |
| | 46,799 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.5% |
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) | 1,406,500 | | 54,221 |
Broadcom Corp. Class A (a) | 549,200 | | 13,444 |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a) | 365,400 | | 4,038 |
LSI Logic Corp. (a) | 1,395,000 | | 8,928 |
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) | 16,229,900 | | 183,722 |
Novellus Systems, Inc. (a) | 1,544,900 | | 53,531 |
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,799,600 | | 36,892 |
| | 354,776 |
Software - 2.1% |
BEA Systems, Inc. (a) | 5,891,400 | | 63,863 |
Intuit, Inc. (a) | 413,600 | | 19,063 |
Microsoft Corp. | 715,400 | | 17,606 |
Network Associates, Inc. (a) | 4,331,500 | | 52,584 |
PeopleSoft, Inc. (a) | 2,535,205 | | 41,476 |
Reynolds & Reynolds Co. Class A | 604,600 | | 17,896 |
| | 212,488 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | 1,110,033 |
MATERIALS - 2.8% |
Metals & Mining - 2.5% |
Alcoa, Inc. | 10,240,200 | | 252,011 |
Paper & Forest Products - 0.3% |
International Paper Co. | 820,400 | | 30,084 |
TOTAL MATERIALS | | 282,095 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.3% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 5.2% |
BellSouth Corp. | 4,398,650 | | 116,608 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - continued |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - continued |
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a) | 1,615,400 | | $ 11,485 |
Time Warner Telecom, Inc. Class A (a) | 1,099,800 | | 6,379 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 10,476,200 | | 396,524 |
| | 530,996 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1% |
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR | 629,900 | | 13,801 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | | 544,797 |
UTILITIES - 4.2% |
Electric Utilities - 3.5% |
Allegheny Energy, Inc. (a) | 663,400 | | 5,765 |
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 2,528,100 | | 73,416 |
DQE, Inc. | 237,000 | | 3,896 |
Entergy Corp. | 2,093,900 | | 108,234 |
Exelon Corp. | 1,790,000 | | 102,567 |
Wisconsin Energy Corp. | 1,918,200 | | 53,422 |
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1,077,300 | | 16,580 |
| | 363,880 |
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power - 0.7% |
AES Corp. (a) | 950,500 | | 7,528 |
Duke Energy Corp. | 3,180,100 | | 61,630 |
| | 69,158 |
TOTAL UTILITIES | | 433,038 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $9,378,171) | 9,956,592 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.4% |
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FINANCIALS - 0.1% |
Capital Markets - 0.1% |
State Street Corp. $13.50 | 32,950 | | 6,621 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.3% |
Communications Equipment - 0.3% |
Nortel Networks Corp. $1,999.97 | 511 | | $ 29,763 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $30,146) | 36,384 |
Convertible Bonds - 0.9% |
| Principal Amount (000s) | | |
HEALTH CARE - 0.1% |
Biotechnology - 0.1% |
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 5.5% 1/15/07 | | $ 7,590 | | 7,249 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.5% |
Communications Equipment - 0.2% |
Avaya, Inc. 0% 10/31/21 | | 8,980 | | 4,557 |
CIENA Corp. 3.75% 2/1/08 | | 16,930 | | 13,883 |
| | 18,440 |
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 0.2% |
Agilent Technologies, Inc. 3% 12/1/21 | | 29,030 | | 28,611 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1% |
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.5% 2/1/10 (d) | | 5,882 | | 7,095 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | 54,146 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.3% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3% |
Level 3 Communications, Inc.: | | | | |
6% 9/15/09 | | 33,660 | | 21,038 |
6% 3/15/10 | | 11,760 | | 7,174 |
| | 28,212 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS (Cost $76,995) | 89,607 |
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.1% |
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U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 1.11% 7/3/03 (Cost $8,491) | | 8,500 | | 8,492 |
Money Market Funds - 2.3% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 1.3% (b) | 189,413,633 | | $ 189,414 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 1.31% (b) | 47,108,000 | | 47,108 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $236,522) | 236,522 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.0% (Cost $9,730,325) | | 10,327,597 |
NET OTHER ASSETS - (1.0)% | | (99,714) |
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 10,227,883 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent fiscal year end is available upon request. |
(c) Affiliated company |
(d) 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 period end, the value of these securities amounted to $7,095,000 or 0.1% of net assets. |
Other Information |
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $6,268,719,000 and $6,183,351,000, respectively. |
The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $497,000 for the period. |
Income Tax Information |
At November 30, 2002, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $614,477,000 all of which will expire on November 30, 2010. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending November 30, 2003 approximately $192,413,000 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2002 to November 30, 2002. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amount) | May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
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Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $46,466) (cost $9,730,325) - See accompanying schedule | | $ 10,327,597 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 64,959 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 6,925 |
Dividends receivable | | 10,818 |
Interest receivable | | 1,697 |
Other receivables | | 1,243 |
Total assets | | 10,413,239 |
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Liabilities | | |
Payable for investments purchased | $ 123,718 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 10,260 | |
Accrued management fee | 3,953 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 317 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 47,108 | |
Total liabilities | | 185,356 |
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Net Assets | | $ 10,227,883 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | 10,478,212 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 23,531 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | | (871,135) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | 597,275 |
Net Assets, for 525,058 shares outstanding | | $ 10,227,883 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($10,227,883 ÷ 525,058 shares) | | $ 19.48 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
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Investment Income | | |
Dividends (including $180 received from affiliated issuers) | | $ 90,965 |
Interest | | 7,660 |
Security lending | | 90 |
Total income | | 98,715 |
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Expenses | | |
Management fee | $ 22,425 | |
Transfer agent fees | 9,652 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 425 | |
Non-interested trustees' compensation | 18 | |
Depreciation deferred trustee compensation account | (36) | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 90 | |
Registration fees | 26 | |
Audit | 56 | |
Legal | 23 | |
Miscellaneous | 67 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 32,746 | |
Expense reductions | (3,302) | 29,444 |
Net investment income (loss) | | 69,271 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | | |
Investment securities | (8,701) | |
Foreign currency transactions | (3) | |
Futures contracts | 3,494 | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | (5,210) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities | | 370,343 |
Net gain (loss) | | 365,133 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ 434,404 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) | Year ended November 30, 2002 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 69,271 | $ 138,094 |
Net realized gain (loss) | (5,210) | (812,590) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 370,343 | (192,103) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 434,404 | (866,599) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (69,405) | (130,488) |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain | - | (483,185) |
Total distributions | (69,405) | (613,673) |
Share transactions Net proceeds from sales of shares | 569,856 | 1,021,592 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 65,729 | 582,605 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (928,574) | (1,997,487) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | (292,989) | (393,290) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | 72,010 | (1,873,562) |
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Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 10,155,873 | 12,029,435 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $23,531 and undistributed net investment income of $23,665, respectively) | $ 10,227,883 | $ 10,155,873 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 32,198 | 52,428 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 3,851 | 28,094 |
Redeemed | (53,384) | (105,330) |
Net increase (decrease) | (17,335) | (24,808) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended May 31, 2003 | Years ended November 30, |
| (Unaudited) | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 18.72 | $ 21.21 | $ 27.49 | $ 30.34 | $ 30.73 | $ 28.81 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .13 | .24 F | .34 | .40 | .37 | .35 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .76 | (1.65) F | (1.15) | .50 | 2.01 | 4.84 |
Total from investment operations | .89 | (1.41) | (.81) | .90 | 2.38 | 5.19 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.13) | (.23) | (.39) | (.40) | (.35) | (.33) |
Distributions from net realized gain | - | (.85) | (5.08) | (3.35) | (2.42) | (2.94) |
Total distributions | (.13) | (1.08) | (5.47) | (3.75) | (2.77) | (3.27) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 19.48 | $ 18.72 | $ 21.21 | $ 27.49 | $ 30.34 | $ 30.73 |
Total Return B, C | 4.85% | (7.08)% | (4.33)% | 3.50% | 8.25% | 20.05% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets E | | | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .71% A | .70% | .67% | .67% | .66% | .68% |
Expenses net of voluntary waivers, if any | .71% A | .70% | .67% | .67% | .66% | .68% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .64% A | .63% | .62% | .63% | .64% | .66% |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.50% A | 1.26% F | 1.49% | 1.47% | 1.19% | 1.20% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 10,228 | $ 10,156 | $ 12,029 | $ 13,401 | $ 18,184 | $ 18,606 |
Portfolio turnover rate | 137% A | 135% | 136% | 151% | 71% | 62% |
A Annualized
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
E Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of any voluntary waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the fund.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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F Effective December 1, 2001, the fund adopted the provisions of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began amortizing premium and discount on all debt securities, as required. Per share data and ratios for periods prior to adoption have not been restated to reflect this change.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies.
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Financial Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value per share (NAV calculation) is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price (closing bid price or last evaluated quote if no sale has occurred) on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Debt securities for which quotations are readily available are valued at their most recent bid prices (sales prices if the principal market is an exchange) in the principal market in which such securities are normally traded, as determined by recognized dealers in such securities, or securities are valued on the basis of information provided by a pricing service. Pricing services use valuation matrices that incorporate both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques. If an event that is expected to materially affect the value of a security occurs after the close of an exchange or market on which that security trades, but prior to the NAV calculation, then that security will be fair valued taking the event into account. Securities (including restricted securities) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Price movements in futures contracts and ADRs, market and trading trends, the bid/ask quotes of brokers and off-exchange institutional trading may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security's fair value. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued on the basis of amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each business day.
Foreign Currency. The fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
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.
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1. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Investment Transactions and Income. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. The fund estimates the components of distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among the funds in the trust.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the fund or are invested in a cross-section of other Fidelity funds, and are marked-to-market. Deferred amounts remain in the fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year the fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required in the accompanying financial statements.
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 recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent and temporary book and tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary differences will reverse in a subsequent period. These differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, market discount, contingent interest, non-taxable dividends, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued
The federal tax cost of investments including unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end was as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 1,024,020 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | (483,409) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 540,611 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 9,786,986 | |
2. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts. These accounts are then invested in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Government obligations. The fund may also invest directly with institutions, in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by commercial paper obligations and corporate obligations. The custodian bank receives the collateral, which is marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest).
Futures Contracts. The fund may use futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market. Buying futures tends to increase the fund's exposure to the underlying instrument, while selling futures tends to decrease the fund's exposure to the underlying instrument or hedge other fund investments. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments or if the counter-parties do not perform under the contracts' terms. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.
Restricted Securities. The fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included under the captions "Legend" and/or "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Information regarding purchases and sales of securities is included under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
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4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the fund with investment management related services for which the fund pays a monthly management fee.
The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .20% of the fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .28% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate was .48% of the fund's average net assets.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annualized rate of ..21% of average net assets.
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records and administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Central Funds. The fund may invest in affiliated Central Funds managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR. The Central Funds are open-end investment companies available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by FMR and its affiliates. The Central Funds seek preservation of
capital and current income and do not pay a management fee. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as income in the accompanying financial statements and totaled $2,664 for the period.
Brokerage Commissions. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms are shown under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Committed Line of Credit.
The fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $3.5 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
6. Security Lending.
The fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. The fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Cash collateral is invested in cash equivalents. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
7. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the fund provided services to the fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the fund totaling $3,282 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the fund's custodian and transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the fund's custody and transfer agent expenses by $2 and $18, respectively.
8. Transactions with Affiliated Companies.
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Transactions during the period with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
Affiliate | Purchase Cost | | Sales Cost | | Dividend Income | | Value |
Werner Enterprises, Inc. | $ 25,456 | | $ - | | $ 180 | | $ 108,898 |
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Contents
Chairman's Message | <Click Here> | Ned Johnson's message to shareholders. |
Investment Changes | <Click Here> | A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months. |
Investments | <Click Here> | A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values. |
Financial Statements | <Click Here> | Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights. |
Notes | <Click Here> | Notes to the financial statements. |
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Chairman's Message
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Dear Shareholder:
This shareholder update and report on the performance of your fund is among the first to be produced under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Public Company Accounting and Investor Protection Act of 2002. This act requires that public companies certify, under penalty of law, the financial information they report to shareholders. It was adopted by Congress in reaction to several incidents of corporate malfeasance that brought the integrity of management of some publicly traded companies into question.
After the act was signed into law, the Securities and Exchange Commission interpreted it as applying to mutual funds as well as public companies. Thus, every mutual fund now is required to certify that the financial information provided in annual and semiannual reports to shareholders fully and fairly presents its financial position.
There is little doubt that the intent of Congress and regulators in this matter is a noble one - to improve the accuracy and accountability of financial reporting to investors by corporate America. We in no way condone any of the activities that brought about these requirements, and we welcome any and every reasonable proposal to strengthen investor protection and information disclosure.
That said, we are proud that mutual funds have always provided full and fair disclosure. Governed by the Investment Company Act of 1940 - and monitored and regulated by federal and state agencies, industry oversight associations, and independent directors - mutual funds are among the most transparent of all financial products. For example, the prices of mutual fund shares are established and published every business day, and the majority of members of the Board of Trustees that oversees our funds are not affiliated with the business of Fidelity. The disclosure standards of mutual funds actually have become models for governance and transparency across corporate America.
We are, of course, complying in full with the letter of this new requirement and hope that any future efforts by Congress to reassure investors about the honesty of corporate America will focus on practical and substantive solutions of genuine value to shareholders.
This sort of careful consideration was evident as Congress deliberated President Bush's tax cut package this spring, then enacted legislation that contains a variety of benefits for American families, investors and businesses. Although the final bill did not completely eliminate the tax that individual investors pay when they receive dividends from companies, it still will benefit American investors, and we applaud it in the spirit of compromise that marked the debate in Congress.
At Fidelity, we are committed to acting at all times in accordance with the highest standards of integrity and in the best interests of our fund shareholders. We are proud of the amount of information we provide to those who invest in our funds and pleased to continue that level of communication with you in these reports.
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President's Message - continued
Best regards,
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d
Edward C. Johnson 3d
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Investment Changes
Top Ten Stocks as of May 31, 2003 |
| % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
EchoStar Communications Corp. Class A | 6.9 | 4.2 |
Xerox Corp. | 4.9 | 3.9 |
Nextel Communications, Inc. Class A | 4.4 | 1.6 |
AOL Time Warner, Inc. | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First Data Corp. | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Tyco International Ltd. | 2.4 | 0.7 |
Microsoft Corp. | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. | 1.8 | 1.7 |
Dow Chemical Co. | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 32.2 | |
Top Five Market Sectors as of May 31, 2003 |
| % of fund's net assets | % of fund's net assets 6 months ago |
Information Technology | 19.0 | 12.2 |
Consumer Discretionary | 18.7 | 16.9 |
Financials | 13.7 | 20.4 |
Industrials | 12.9 | 13.4 |
Telecommunication Services | 9.5 | 3.7 |
Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets) |
As of May 31, 2003 * | As of November 30, 2002 ** |
 | Stocks 89.7% | |  | Stocks 97.4% | |
 | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 10.3% | |  | Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets 2.6% | |
* Foreign investments | 6.7% | | ** Foreign investments | 6.5% | |

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Investments May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 89.7% |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 18.7% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.2% |
Hilton Hotels Corp. | 138,500 | | $ 1,920 |
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 28 | | 0 |
Marriott International, Inc. Class A | 200,000 | | 7,820 |
| | 9,740 |
Household Durables - 0.1% |
Snap-On, Inc. | 29,600 | | 900 |
Tupperware Corp. | 90,600 | | 1,439 |
| | 2,339 |
Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.5% |
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) | 550,000 | | 19,767 |
Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0% |
Mattel, Inc. | 49,400 | | 1,063 |
Media - 14.8% |
ADVO, Inc. (a) | 59,500 | | 2,437 |
AOL Time Warner, Inc. (a) | 11,202,679 | | 170,505 |
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (a) | 1,342,300 | | 54,632 |
EchoStar Communications Corp. Class A (a) | 9,100,000 | | 305,577 |
EMI Group PLC | 12,834,900 | | 26,031 |
Liberty Media Corp. Class A (a) | 3,664,000 | | 42,869 |
Scholastic Corp. (a) | 1,121,300 | | 34,940 |
Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.) (a) | 429,600 | | 19,555 |
| | 656,546 |
Specialty Retail - 2.8% |
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) | 1,900,000 | | 79,496 |
CDW Computer Centers, Inc. (a) | 400,000 | | 16,296 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 450,700 | | 14,643 |
Office Depot, Inc. (a) | 1,011,400 | | 13,553 |
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. | 46,500 | | 935 |
| | 124,923 |
Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3% |
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (a) | 513,300 | | 15,070 |
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY | | 829,448 |
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.1% |
Beverages - 1.1% |
The Coca-Cola Co. | 1,074,400 | | 48,960 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
CONSUMER STAPLES - continued |
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6% |
Sysco Corp. | 877,600 | | $ 27,153 |
Tobacco - 0.4% |
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. | 536,900 | | 18,303 |
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES | | 94,416 |
ENERGY - 4.2% |
Energy Equipment & Services - 3.2% |
BJ Services Co. (a) | 1,354,533 | | 55,143 |
ENSCO International, Inc. | 150,000 | | 4,500 |
GlobalSantaFe Corp. | 900,000 | | 22,392 |
Nabors Industries Ltd. (a) | 769,700 | | 34,698 |
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (a) | 53,700 | | 1,965 |
Weatherford International Ltd. (a) | 550,000 | | 24,943 |
| | 143,641 |
Oil & Gas - 1.0% |
ConocoPhillips | 200,000 | | 10,794 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 900,000 | | 32,760 |
| | 43,554 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | 187,195 |
FINANCIALS - 13.7% |
Capital Markets - 4.7% |
Bank of New York Co., Inc. | 1,664,600 | | 48,174 |
Charles Schwab Corp. | 6,678,919 | | 64,786 |
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. | 248,300 | | 8,159 |
Janus Capital Group, Inc. | 315,000 | | 4,898 |
Legg Mason, Inc. | 158,510 | | 10,241 |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | 1,013,400 | | 43,880 |
Morgan Stanley | 647,780 | | 29,636 |
| | 209,774 |
Commercial Banks - 2.9% |
Bank of America Corp. | 234,100 | | 17,370 |
Bank One Corp. | 1,513,900 | | 56,559 |
Comerica, Inc. | 608,000 | | 28,132 |
Fifth Third Bancorp | 473,900 | | 27,249 |
| | 129,310 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
FINANCIALS - continued |
Consumer Finance - 2.5% |
American Express Co. | 1,180,700 | | $ 49,188 |
Capital One Financial Corp. | 480,100 | | 23,126 |
MBNA Corp. | 1,805,000 | | 36,190 |
| | 108,504 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.6% |
Moody's Corp. | 536,600 | | 27,984 |
Insurance - 3.0% |
ACE Ltd. | 1,499,200 | | 54,721 |
AMBAC Financial Group, Inc. | 486,600 | | 32,461 |
American International Group, Inc. | 627,900 | | 36,343 |
Aon Corp. | 328,700 | | 8,434 |
| | 131,959 |
TOTAL FINANCIALS | | 607,531 |
HEALTH CARE - 7.1% |
Biotechnology - 1.8% |
Biogen, Inc. (a) | 1,177,300 | | 49,965 |
Genentech, Inc. (a) | 458,600 | | 28,713 |
Trimeris, Inc. (a) | 33,200 | | 1,638 |
| | 80,316 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.3% |
Alcon, Inc. | 100,000 | | 4,250 |
Baxter International, Inc. | 430,700 | | 10,914 |
Becton, Dickinson & Co. | 680,000 | | 27,200 |
C.R. Bard, Inc. | 200,000 | | 14,030 |
Cooper Companies, Inc. | 48,800 | | 1,685 |
| | 58,079 |
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.0% |
Health Management Associates, Inc. Class A | 1,332,400 | | 24,849 |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a) | 1,371,500 | | 44,094 |
Per-Se Technologies, Inc. warrants 7/8/03 (a) | 52,343 | | 0 |
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (a) | 200,000 | | 12,672 |
WebMD Corp. (a) | 738,600 | | 7,342 |
| | 88,957 |
Pharmaceuticals - 2.0% |
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) | 225,300 | | 6,712 |
Biovail Corp. (a) | 661,700 | | 30,996 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
HEALTH CARE - continued |
Pharmaceuticals - continued |
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a) | 99,500 | | $ 5,025 |
Merck & Co., Inc. | 823,400 | | 45,765 |
| | 88,498 |
TOTAL HEALTH CARE | | 315,850 |
INDUSTRIALS - 12.9% |
Airlines - 2.1% |
JetBlue Airways Corp. (a) | 27,200 | | 919 |
Ryanair Holdings PLC: | | | |
warrants (UBS Warrant Programme) 2/25/04 (a) | 1,587,379 | | 10,855 |
sponsored ADR (a) | 1,170,100 | | 48,524 |
Southwest Airlines Co. | 2,082,700 | | 33,469 |
| | 93,767 |
Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.0% |
Central Parking Corp. | 32,900 | | 373 |
Equifax, Inc. | 771,100 | | 19,524 |
Monster Worldwide, Inc. | 69,156 | | 1,373 |
Robert Half International, Inc. (a) | 912,200 | | 15,462 |
Sothebys Holdings, Inc. Class A (ltd. vtg.) (a) | 527,800 | | 4,280 |
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. (a) | 114,200 | | 2,382 |
| | 43,394 |
Electrical Equipment - 0.5% |
Emerson Electric Co. | 400,000 | | 20,920 |
Industrial Conglomerates - 2.9% |
3M Co. | 174,700 | | 22,094 |
Tyco International Ltd. | 6,029,900 | | 106,729 |
| | 128,823 |
Machinery - 3.3% |
Caterpillar, Inc. | 500,000 | | 26,075 |
Cummins, Inc. | 402,600 | | 13,801 |
Danaher Corp. | 100,000 | | 6,692 |
Deere & Co. | 400,000 | | 17,468 |
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 372,900 | | 23,138 |
Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. Class A | 820,400 | | 35,934 |
Parker Hannifin Corp. | 553,200 | | 22,366 |
| | 145,474 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INDUSTRIALS - continued |
Marine - 0.4% |
Irish Continental Group PLC (c) | 2,101,733 | | $ 19,295 |
Road & Rail - 2.7% |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. | 878,900 | | 25,936 |
CSX Corp. | 586,300 | | 19,201 |
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 2,498,000 | | 54,756 |
Union Pacific Corp. | 343,000 | | 20,920 |
| | 120,813 |
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS | | 572,486 |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 19.0% |
Communications Equipment - 1.9% |
Alcatel SA sponsored ADR | 1,750,000 | | 16,170 |
Enterasys Networks, Inc. (a) | 450,400 | | 1,563 |
Lucent Technologies, Inc. (a) | 7,000,000 | | 15,470 |
Nortel Networks Corp. (a) | 9,612,700 | | 30,184 |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR (a) | 1,878,600 | | 19,537 |
| | 82,924 |
Computers & Peripherals - 0.4% |
Apple Computer, Inc. (a) | 732,200 | | 13,158 |
Seagate Technology | 327,500 | | 4,962 |
| | 18,120 |
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 0.5% |
Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A (a) | 1,739,100 | | 19,165 |
Lexar Media, Inc. (a) | 559,900 | | 4,126 |
| | 23,291 |
Internet Software & Services - 1.8% |
Netegrity, Inc. (a) | 73,836 | | 449 |
RealNetworks, Inc. (a) | 1,871,400 | | 14,878 |
VeriSign, Inc. (a) | 2,619,100 | | 39,234 |
Yahoo!, Inc. (a) | 850,000 | | 25,373 |
| | 79,934 |
IT Services - 3.8% |
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Class A (a) | 706,100 | | 32,721 |
First Data Corp. | 2,914,700 | | 120,727 |
Paychex, Inc. | 513,288 | | 15,666 |
| | 169,114 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued |
Office Electronics - 4.9% |
Xerox Corp. (a) | 19,902,300 | | $ 217,532 |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.8% |
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) | 1,516,510 | | 58,461 |
Atmel Corp. (a) | 6,274,700 | | 19,012 |
| | 77,473 |
Software - 3.9% |
BEA Systems, Inc. (a) | 3,268,660 | | 35,432 |
Microsoft Corp. | 3,562,700 | | 87,678 |
Reynolds & Reynolds Co. Class A | 1,090,000 | | 32,264 |
Synopsys, Inc. (a) | 62,800 | | 3,849 |
VERITAS Software Corp. (a) | 500,000 | | 13,875 |
| | 173,098 |
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | | 841,486 |
MATERIALS - 2.2% |
Chemicals - 2.2% |
Dow Chemical Co. | 2,126,900 | | 67,635 |
PPG Industries, Inc. | 625,800 | | 30,433 |
| | 98,068 |
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 9.5% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.4% |
BellSouth Corp. | 500,000 | | 13,255 |
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (a) | 27,800 | | 142 |
Qwest Communications International, Inc. (a) | 17,556,100 | | 78,827 |
SBC Communications, Inc. | 1,000,000 | | 25,460 |
Time Warner Telecom, Inc. Class A (a) | 1,231,500 | | 7,143 |
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 700,000 | | 26,495 |
| | 151,322 |
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 6.1% |
American Tower Corp. Class A (a) | 1,824,360 | | 16,346 |
At Road, Inc. (a) | 56,700 | | 500 |
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (a) | 5,246,300 | | 40,764 |
Crown Castle International Corp. (a) | 2,067,569 | | 17,223 |
Nextel Communications, Inc. Class A (a) | 12,886,400 | | 193,167 |
| | 268,000 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES | | 419,322 |
Common Stocks - continued |
| Shares | | Value (Note 1) (000s) |
UTILITIES - 0.3% |
Multi-Utilities & Unregulated Power - 0.3% |
AES Corp. (a) | 1,838,600 | | $ 14,562 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $3,549,006) | 3,980,364 |
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0% |
| | | |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0% |
Communications Equipment - 0.0% |
Chorum Technologies Series E (d) | 41,400 | | 41 |
Procket Networks, Inc. Series C (d) | 1,721,344 | | 861 |
| | 902 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $17,714) | 902 |
Money Market Funds - 13.9% |
| | | |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 1.3% (b) | 605,222,740 | | 605,223 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 1.31% (b) | 11,302,100 | | 11,302 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $616,525) | 616,525 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.6% (Cost $4,183,245) | | 4,597,791 |
NET OTHER ASSETS - (3.6)% | | (157,856) |
NET ASSETS - 100% | $ 4,439,935 |
Legend |
(a) Non-income producing |
(b) The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent fiscal year end is available upon request. |
(c) Affiliated company |
(d) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. |
Additional information on each holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost (000s) |
Chorum Technologies Series E | 9/19/00 | $ 714 |
Procket Networks, Inc. Series C | 2/9/01 | $ 17,000 |
Other Information |
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $3,542,238,000 and $4,060,626,000, respectively. |
The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $349,000 for the period. |
The fund invested in securities that are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $902,000 or 0.0% of net assets. |
The fund participated in the interfund lending program as a borrower. The average daily loan balance during the period for which the loan was outstanding amounted to $5,814,000. The weighted average interest rate was 1.37%. At period end there were no interfund loans outstanding. |
Income Tax Information |
At November 30, 2002, the fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $2,595,388,000 of which $2,050,100,000 and $545,288,000 will expire on November 30, 2009 and 2010, respectively. |
The fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending November 30, 2003 approximately $19,316,000 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2002 to November 30, 2002. |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amount) | May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
| | |
Assets | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $10,563) (cost $4,183,245) - See accompanying schedule | | $ 4,597,791 |
Receivable for investments sold | | 140,505 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | 1,688 |
Dividends receivable | | 4,349 |
Interest receivable | | 373 |
Other receivables | | 818 |
Total assets | | 4,745,524 |
| | |
Liabilities | | |
Payable to custodian bank | $ 121 | |
Payable for investments purchased | 286,583 | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | 5,119 | |
Accrued management fee | 2,281 | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | 183 | |
Collateral on securities loaned, at value | 11,302 | |
Total liabilities | | 305,589 |
| | |
Net Assets | | $ 4,439,935 |
Net Assets consist of: | | |
Paid in capital | | $ 6,414,889 |
Undistributed net investment income | | 15,650 |
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions | | (2,405,559) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | | 414,955 |
Net Assets, for 309,947 shares outstanding | | $ 4,439,935 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,439,935 ÷ 309,947 shares) | | $ 14.32 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Statements - continued
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) |
| | |
Investment Income | | |
Dividends (including $16,926 received from affiliated issuers) | | $ 44,881 |
Interest | | 1,554 |
Security lending | | 110 |
Total income | | 46,545 |
| | |
Expenses | | |
Management fee Basic fee | $ 12,106 | |
Performance adjustment | (2,286) | |
Transfer agent fees | 4,094 | |
Accounting and security lending fees | 319 | |
Non-interested trustees' compensation | 8 | |
Depreciation in deferred trustee compensation account | (13) | |
Custodian fees and expenses | 82 | |
Registration fees | 19 | |
Audit | 39 | |
Legal | 15 | |
Interest | 1 | |
Miscellaneous | 26 | |
Total expenses before reductions | 14,410 | |
Expense reductions | (1,605) | 12,805 |
Net investment income (loss) | | 33,740 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: | | |
Investment securities (including realized gain (loss) of $50,008 on sales of investments in affiliated issuers) | 208,460 | |
Foreign currency transactions | 78 | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | 208,538 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities | (35,768) | |
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | 297 | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | (35,471) |
Net gain (loss) | | 173,067 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ 206,807 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Amounts in thousands | Six months ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited) | Year ended November 30, 2002 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | |
Operations | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ 33,740 | $ 69,784 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 208,538 | (385,902) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (35,471) | (290,042) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 206,807 | (606,160) |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income | (67,225) | (68,843) |
Share transactions Net proceeds from sales of shares | 222,101 | 624,261 |
Reinvestment of distributions | 66,756 | 68,326 |
Cost of shares redeemed | (431,024) | (1,057,577) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | (142,167) | (364,990) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | (2,585) | (1,039,993) |
| | |
Net Assets | | |
Beginning of period | 4,442,520 | 5,482,513 |
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $15,650 and undistributed net investment income of $49,135, respectively) | $ 4,439,935 | $ 4,442,520 |
Other Information Shares | | |
Sold | 16,830 | 42,115 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 4,989 | 4,377 |
Redeemed | (33,102) | (71,382) |
Net increase (decrease) | (11,283) | (24,890) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
| Six months ended May 31, 2003 | Years ended November 30, |
| (Unaudited) | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ 13.83 | $ 15.84 | $ 24.46 | $ 23.82 | $ 21.40 | $ 20.47 |
Income from Invest- ment Operations | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) D | .11 | .21 | .17 | .05 | .05 | .13 F |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | .59 | (2.02) | (4.60) | 3.83 | 5.25 | 4.34 |
Total from investment operations | .70 | (1.81) | (4.43) | 3.88 | 5.30 | 4.47 |
Distributions from net investment income | (.21) | (.20) | (.08) | (.05) | (.14) | (.13) |
Distributions from net realized gain | - | - | (4.11) | (3.19) | (2.74) | (3.41) |
Total distributions | (.21) | (.20) | (4.19) | (3.24) | (2.88) | (3.54) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ 14.32 | $ 13.83 | $ 15.84 | $ 24.46 | $ 23.82 | $ 21.40 |
Total Return B, C | 5.17% | (11.57)% | (22.86)% | 17.02% | 27.93% | 27.16% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets E | | | | | |
Expenses before expense reductions | .69% A | 1.07% | .97% | .88% | .63% | .62% |
Expenses net of voluntary waivers, if any | .69% A | 1.07% | .97% | .88% | .63% | .62% |
Expenses net of all reductions | .62% A | .97% | .92% | .85% | .58% | .57% |
Net investment income (loss) | 1.63% A | 1.41% | .95% | .19% | .25% | .68% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (in millions) | $ 4,440 | $ 4,443 | $ 5,483 | $ 7,921 | $ 5,912 | $ 4,644 |
Portfolio turnover rate | 179% A | 191% | 187% | 249% | 310% | 266% |
A Annualized
B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
C Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the periods shown.
D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
E Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of any voluntary waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the fund.
F Investment income per share reflects a special dividend which amounted to $.03 per share.
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
For the period ended May 31, 2003 (Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies.
Fidelity Independence Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Financial Trust (the trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:
Security Valuation. Net asset value per share (NAV calculation) is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price (closing bid price or last evaluated quote if no sale has occurred) on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. If an event that is expected to materially affect the value of a security occurs after the close of an exchange or market on which that security trades, but prior to the NAV calculation, then that security will be fair valued taking the event into account. Securities (including restricted securities) for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Price movements in futures contracts and ADRs, market and trading trends, the bid/ask quotes of brokers and off-exchange institutional trading may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security's fair value. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for which quotations are not readily available are valued on the basis of amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value each business day.
Foreign Currency. The fund uses foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
1. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Investment Transactions and Income. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
Expenses. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among the funds in the trust.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a portion of, and may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of, their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are treated as though equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the fund or are invested in a cross-section of other Fidelity funds, and are marked-to-market. Deferred amounts remain in the fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year the fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required in the accompanying financial statements. 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 recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent and temporary book and tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary differences will reverse in a subsequent period. These differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
The federal tax cost of investments including unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end was as follows:
Unrealized appreciation | $ 502,644 | | |
Unrealized depreciation | (92,383) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $ 410,261 | |
Cost for federal income tax purposes | $ 4,187,530 | |
2. Operating Policies.
Repurchase Agreements. Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) has received an Exemptive Order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) which permits the fund and other affiliated entities of FMR to transfer uninvested cash balances into joint trading accounts. These accounts are then invested in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Government obligations. The fund may also invest directly with institutions, in repurchase agreements that are collateralized by commercial paper obligations and corporate obligations. The custodian bank receives the collateral, which is marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest).
Restricted Securities. The fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included under the captions "Legend" and/or "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
3. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Information regarding purchases and sales of securities is included under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the fund with investment management related services for which the fund pays a monthly management fee.
The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the fund's average net assets and a group fee rate that averaged .28% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ±.20% of the fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the fund's relative investment performance as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .47% of the fund's average net assets.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
4. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued
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Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent. FSC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annualized rate of ..20% of average net assets.
Accounting and Security Lending Fees. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records and administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Central Funds. The fund may invest in affiliated Central Funds managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR. The Central Funds are open-end investment companies available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by FMR and its affiliates. The Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and do not pay a management fee. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as income in the accompanying financial statements and totaled $1,550 for the period.
Brokerage Commissions. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms are shown under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating funds. Information regarding the fund's participation in the program is included under the caption "Other Information" at the end of the fund's Schedule of Investments.
5. Committed Line of Credit.
The fund participates with other funds managed by FMR in a $3.5 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro rata portion of the line of credit. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued
(Amounts in thousands except ratios)
6. Security Lending.
The fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. The fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Cash collateral is invested in cash equivalents. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
7. Expense Reductions.
Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the fund provided services to the fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the fund totaling $1,596 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the fund's custodian and transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the fund's custody and transfer agent expenses by $1 and $8, respectively.
8. Transactions with Affiliated Companies.
An affiliated company is a company in which the fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Transactions during the period with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
Affiliate | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Dividend Income | Value |
Arnotts PLC | $ - | $ 5,390 | $ - | $ - |
Irish Continental Group PLC | - | 6,614 | 396 | 19,295 |
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. | - | 92,182 | 16,530 | - |
TOTALS | $ - | $ 104,186 | $ 16,926 | $ 19,295 |
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FRE-USAN-0703
1.786813.100
Item 2. Code of Ethics
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Reserved
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8. Reserved
Item 9. Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Financial Trust disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Fidelity Financial Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(a)(ii) There were no significant changes in Fidelity Financial Trust internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of the evaluation referenced in (a)(i) above.
Item 10. Exhibits
(a) | | Not applicable. |
(b) | (1) | Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT. |
| (2) | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Fidelity Financial Trust
By: | /s/Maria Dwyer |
| Maria Dwyer |
| President and Treasurer |
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Date: | July 22, 2003 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/Maria Dwyer |
| Maria Dwyer |
| President and Treasurer |
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Date: | July 22, 2003 |
By: | /s/Timothy F. Hayes |
| Timothy F. Hayes |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: | July 22, 2003 |