Exhibit 14(a)
Consentof Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statements on Form N-14 of Fidelity Securities Fund and Fidelity Puritan Trust of our reports dated September 16, 2024 and September 12, 2024, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appear in Fidelity Blue Chip Value Fund’s and Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund’s, respectively, (each a series of Fidelity Securities Fund) Annual Reports on Form N-CSR for the year ended July 31, 2024; of our report dated December 16, 2024 relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appears in Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund’s (a series of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended October 31, 2024; of our report dated January 16, 2024 relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appears in Fidelity Advisor Dividend Growth Fund’s (a series of Fidelity Advisor Series I) Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended November 30, 2023. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Additional Information About the Funds” and “Experts” in such Registration Statements and to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” in the Prospectus and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statement of Additional Information dated January 29, 2024 for Fidelity Advisor Dividend Growth Fund and to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights” in the Prospectus and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statement of Additional Information dated December 30, 2024 for Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund, which are also incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.
| /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | |
| Boston, Massachusetts | |
| December 31, 2024 | |
