Exhibit 16(b)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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| Fidelity Advisor Series I | | Fidelity Hanover Street Trust |
| Fidelity Advisor Series VII | | Fidelity Hastings Street Trust |
| Fidelity Advisor Series VIII | | Fidelity Investment Trust |
| Fidelity Beacon Street Trust | | Fidelity Magellan Fund |
| Fidelity Capital Trust | | Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust |
| Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC | | Fidelity Puritan Trust |
| Fidelity Commonwealth Trust | | Fidelity Securities Fund |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust | | Fidelity Select Portfolios |
| Fidelity Congress Street Fund | | Fidelity Summer Street Trust |
| Fidelity Contrafund | | Fidelity Trend Fund |
| Fidelity Covington Trust | | Variable Insurance Products Fund |
| Fidelity Destiny Portfolios | | Variable Insurance Products Fund II |
| Fidelity Devonshire Trust | | Variable Insurance Products Fund III |
| Fidelity Exchange Fund | | Variable Insurance Products Fund IV |
| Fidelity Financial Trust | | |
in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Joseph R. Fleming, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm and Anthony H. Zacharski each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys–in–fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N–1A, Form N–8A, Form N–14, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre–Effective Amendments, or Post–Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in–fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys–in–fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after August 1, 2008.
WITNESS our hands on this first day of August 2008.
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/s/ James C. Curvey | | | | /s/ Cornelia M. Small |
| James C. Curvey | | | | Cornelia M. Small |
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/s/ Dennis J. Dirks | | | | /s/ William S. Stavropoulos |
| Dennis J. Dirks | | | | William S. Stavropoulos |
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/s/ Alan J. Lacy | | | | /s/ David M. Thomas |
| Alan J. Lacy | | | | David M. Thomas |
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/s/ Ned C. Lautenbach | | | | /s/ Michael E. Wiley |
| Ned C. Lautenbach | | | | Michael E. Wiley |
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/s/ Joseph Mauriello | | | | |
| Joseph Mauriello | | | | |
