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Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products
Initial Class
Portfolios
Communication Services Portfolio (formerly known as Telecommunications Portfolio)
Consumer Discretionary Portfolio
Consumer Staples Portfolio
Energy Portfolio
Financial Services Portfolio
Health Care Portfolio
Industrials Portfolio
Materials Portfolio
Technology Portfolio
Utilities Portfolio
Prospectus
April 30, 2018
As Revised November 30, 2018
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Contents
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Communication Services Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.55% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.21% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.76% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $78 |
| 3 years | $243 |
| 5 years | $422 |
| 10 years | $942 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 74% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the development, production, or distribution of communication services.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Communication Services Concentration. The communication services industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, intense competition, technology changes, general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and spending, and changes in consumer and business preferences.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 17.46% | September 30, 2010 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (21.12)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 2.05% | 10.01% | 5.68% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | (5.71)% | 8.93% | 4.63% |
On October 17, 2018 shareholders approved a proposal to change the concentration policy of the fund. Effective December 1, 2018, the fund will concentrate in communication services companies and the fund’s investment policies will change to reflect the fund’s amended concentration policy.
Prior to December 1, 2018, the fund was named VIP Telecommunications Portfolio and operated under certain different investment policies. The fund's historical performance may not represent its current investment policies. Prior to December 1, 2018, MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index was named MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index and had a different composition. Index returns for the periods shown prior to December 1, 2018 are attributable to the index's prior composition.
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Matthew Drukker (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.17% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.71% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $73 |
| 3 years | $227 |
| 5 years | $395 |
| 10 years | $883 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 81% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of consumer discretionary products and services.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Consumer Discretionary Industry Concentration. The consumer discretionary industries can be significantly affected by the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, competition, consumer confidence and spending, and changes in demographics and consumer tastes.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 18.55% | September 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (22.07)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 22.16% | 15.80% | 11.53% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Discretionary 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 22.90% | 17.05% | 12.98% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Katherine Shaw (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since August 2017.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.14% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.68% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $69 |
| 3 years | $218 |
| 5 years | $379 |
| 10 years | $847 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of consumer staples.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Consumer Staples Industry Concentration. The consumer staples industries can be significantly affected by demographics and product trends, competitive pricing, food fads, marketing campaigns, environmental factors, government regulation, the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, consumer confidence, and the cost of commodities.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.69% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (12.06)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 14.66% | 12.90% | 9.62% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Staples 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 11.91% | 13.42% | 10.16% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
James McElligott (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since March 2014.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Energy Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.55% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.14% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.69% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $70 |
| 3 years | $221 |
| 5 years | $384 |
| 10 years | $859 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 66% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the energy field including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity and coal, and newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Energy Industry Concentration. The energy industries can be significantly affected by fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other government regulations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 24.54% | December 31, 2010 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (37.77)% | September 30, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | (2.47)% | 2.46% | (0.94)% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Energy 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | (2.33)% | 2.00% | 0.74% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
John Dowd (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since May 2006.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Financial Services Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.15% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.69% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $70 |
| 3 years | $221 |
| 5 years | $384 |
| 10 years | $859 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in providing financial services to consumers and industry.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Financials Industry Concentration. The financials industries are subject to extensive government regulation, can be subject to relatively rapid change due to increasingly blurred distinctions between service segments, and can be significantly affected by availability and cost of capital funds, changes in interest rates, the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and price competition.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 38.18% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (28.38)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 21.25% | 15.52% | 3.67% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI US IMI Financials 5% Capped Linked Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 18.81% | 17.52% | 4.97% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Christopher Lee (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since May 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Health Care Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.13% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.67% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $68 |
| 3 years | $214 |
| 5 years | $373 |
| 10 years | $835 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 74% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of products or services used for or in connection with health care or medicine.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Health Care Industry Concentration. The health care industries are subject to government regulation and reimbursement rates, as well as government approval of products and services, which could have a significant effect on price and availability, and can be significantly affected by rapid obsolescence and patent expirations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.59% | March 31, 2013 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (17.89)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 25.05% | 19.83% | 13.05% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Health Care 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 23.44% | 18.07% | 11.64% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Edward Yoon (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since October 2008.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Industrials Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.15% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.69% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $70 |
| 3 years | $221 |
| 5 years | $384 |
| 10 years | $859 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply, or sale of industrial products, services, or equipment.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Industrials Industry Concentration. Industrial industries can be significantly affected by general economic trends, changes in consumer sentiment and spending, commodity prices, legislation, government regulation and spending, import controls, worldwide competition, and liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 24.16% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (24.68)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 20.15% | 15.19% | 9.87% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Industrials 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.60% | 16.88% | 8.92% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Tobias Welo (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2007.
Janet Glazer (co-manager) has managed the fund since December 2018.
It is expected that Mr. Welo will transition off of the fund effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Glazer will assume sole portfolio manager responsibilities for the fund.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Materials Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.19% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.73% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $75 |
| 3 years | $233 |
| 5 years | $406 |
| 10 years | $906 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Materials Industry Concentration. The materials industries can be significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar, import and export controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 26.30% | September 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (30.36)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 26.08% | 9.55% | 7.79% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 23.59% | 12.35% | 6.76% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Richard Malnight (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since November 2017.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Technology Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.14% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.68% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $69 |
| 3 years | $218 |
| 5 years | $379 |
| 10 years | $847 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 68% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in offering, using, or developing products, processes, or services that will provide or will benefit significantly from technological advances and improvements.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Technology Industry Concentration. The technology industries can be significantly affected by obsolescence of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants, and general economic conditions.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 34.64% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (27.20)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 50.78% | 20.61% | 12.80% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Information Technology 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 37.20% | 20.52% | 11.87% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Charlie Chai (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2005.
Nidhi Gupta (co-manager) has managed the fund since July 2018.
It is expected that Mr. Chai will retire effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Gupta will assume sole portfolio management responsibilities for the fund.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Utilities Portfolio/Initial Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.15% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.69% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $70 |
| 3 years | $221 |
| 5 years | $384 |
| 10 years | $859 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 52% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the utilities industry and companies deriving a majority of their revenues from their utility operations.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Utilities Industry Concentration. The utilities industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, interest rate changes, financing difficulties, supply and demand of services or fuel, intense competition, natural resource conservation, and commodity price fluctuations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.37% | March 31, 2013 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (25.89)% | September 30, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Initial Class | 17.88% | 12.09% | 5.92% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Utilities 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 12.58% | 13.02% | 6.82% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Douglas Simmons (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since October 2006.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Basics
Investment Details
Principal Investment Strategies
VIP Communication Services PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the development, production, or distribution of communication services. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, interactive media and services including search engines, social media and networking platforms; companies that produce and sell entertainment and media such as movies, TV, cable, radio, internet and satellite companies; interactive gaming and home entertainment products and services; advertising; publishing and public relations companies; operators of fixed-line telecommunications networks and companies; providers of cellular or wireless communications services and equipment; and providers of communications and high-density data transmission services and equipment.
VIP Consumer Discretionary PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of consumer discretionary products and services. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Consumer discretionary products and services are non-essential products and services whose demand tends to increase as consumers' disposable income increases, such as automobiles, apparel, electronics, home furnishings, and travel and leisure products and services.
These companies may include, for example, publishers; catalog and internet retailers; department stores and specialty retailers including apparel, electronics, automotive, and home furnishing stores; manufacturers of auto parts and accessories, tire and rubber, autos, motorcycles, and scooters; manufacturers of consumer electronic products, including TVs and DVD players; manufacturers of household appliances and home furnishings; residential construction companies; manufacturers of leisure products; manufacturers of apparel, accessories, footwear, textiles, and luxury goods; gaming facility, hotel, cruise and travel agency owners and operators; restaurants and caterers; companies providing educational, home security, legal, and personal services; advertising and public relations companies; and TV and cable companies.
VIP Consumer Staples PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of consumer staples. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Consumer staples tend to be essential products whose demand remains stable over economic cycles, such as food, beverages, tobacco, and household and personal care products.
These companies may include, for example, drug stores and pharmacies; retail food stores and super centers; producers of packaged foods and tobacco products; breweries, vintners, distillers, and non-alcoholic beverage producers; producers of agricultural products; and producers of non-durable household products and personal and beauty care products.
VIP Energy PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies in the energy field, including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity and coal, and newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale and solar power. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Energy products and services are those related to the exploration, extraction, production, sale, or distribution of energy resources, including oil, gas, electricity, coal, and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power.
These companies may include, for example, integrated oil companies; drilling contractors and rig owners; drilling rig and equipment manufacturers and providers of supplies and services to companies engaged in oil and gas drilling; companies engaged in the exploration, production, refining, or marketing of oil, gas, and/or refined products; and companies involved in the production and mining of coal, related products, and other consumable fuels.
VIP Financial Services PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies that provide financial services to consumers and industry. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, investment banks; brokerage and asset management firms; companies providing life, health, and/or property and casualty insurance; commercial banks; financial institutions providing mortgages and mortgage-related services, including mortgage REITS; providers of personal loans and other consumer finance services; credit agencies; stock exchanges; investment management firms; institutions providing custody services; and reinsurance companies.
VIP Health Care PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of products or services used for or in connection with health care or medicine. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, companies engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, or marketing of products based on biotechnology research; companies engaged in research, development, or production of pharmaceuticals, including veterinary drugs; manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers of health care equipment, devices, and supplies including drug delivery systems and eye care products; and owners and operators of health care facilities, HMOs, and other managed plans.
VIP Industrials PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply, or sale of industrial products, services, or equipment. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Industrial products, services and equipment, such as capital goods, construction services, machinery, commercial services, and transportation, are generally considered to be sensitive to the business cycle.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of civil or military aerospace and defense equipment, building components, and home improvement products and equipment; civil engineering companies and large-scale contractors; companies that produce electrical components or equipment; manufacturers of industrial machinery and industrial components and products; providers of commercial printing services; companies providing business support services and office supplies, environmental and facilities maintenance; companies providing transportation services, including airlines, couriers, marine, road & rail and transportation infrastructure.
VIP Materials PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Materials refers to industrial or agricultural materials and unfinished goods, such as chemicals, gases, metals, or other natural or synthetic materials.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of sand, lime, concrete and other building materials, metal, glass, plastic, or cardboard containers or packaging; producers of industrial and basic chemicals, including plastics, synthetic fibers, and commodity-based paints and pigments; fertilizer and other agriculture-related chemical products; companies that produce adhesives, sealants, and other high value-added chemicals; producers of aluminum and related materials; companies engaged in producing and extracting metals and minerals; producers of gold, iron, steel, and companies mining precious metals and minerals; and manufacturers of timber, related wood products, and paper.
VIP Technology PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies which the Adviser believes have, or will develop, products, processes or services that will provide or will benefit significantly from technological advances and improvements. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of communications equipment, products, and services, personal computers and other computer hardware components and peripherals; companies developing and marketing internet software and services; providers of information technology and systems integration services; providers of commercial data processing and/or business outsourcing services; companies developing and producing database management, home entertainment, educational, specialty, enterprise, and business software; manufacturers of electronic equipment, instruments or components, including copiers and faxes; semiconductor and related equipment manufacturers; and other information technology companies.
VIP Utilities PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies in the utilities industry and companies deriving a majority of their revenues from their utility operations. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, companies that produce electricity, including nuclear and non-nuclear facilities; companies that distribute and transmit natural and manufactured gas; water treatment and other utility companies; and other companies that operate as independent power producers, gas and power marketing and trading specialists and/or integrated energy merchants. In managing the fund the Adviser generally emphasizes power and gas utilities and not telephone companies and telecommunications utilities.
The following applies to all funds. See the sections above for information unique to each fund.
Each fund seeks capital appreciation.
The Adviser does not place any emphasis on income when selecting securities, except when it believes that income may have a favorable effect on a security's market value.
The Adviser normally invests each fund's assets primarily in common stocks.
Each fund may invest in domestic and foreign securities. Foreign stocks may make up a majority of some funds' assets at times.
In addition to concentrating on particular industries, each fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in relatively few companies and may invest up to 25% in a single company. The funds are considered non-diversified.
In buying and selling securities for a fund, the Adviser relies on fundamental analysis, which involves a bottom-up assessment of a company's potential for success in light of factors including its financial condition, earnings outlook, strategy, management, industry position, and economic and market conditions.
If the Adviser's strategies do not work as intended, the fund may not achieve its objective.
Each fund has a policy of investing primarily in companies engaged in specified activities. Each fund also has a policy of normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in specified activities. These policies can be changed without a vote only upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders of the affected fund.
Description of Principal Security Types
Equity securities represent an ownership interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in an issuer. Different types of equity securities provide different voting and dividend rights and priority in the event of the bankruptcy of the issuer. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, and warrants.
Principal Investment Risks
Many factors affect each fund's performance. A fund's share price changes daily based on changes in market conditions and interest rates and in response to other economic, political, or financial developments. A fund's reaction to these developments will be affected by the types of securities in which the fund invests, the financial condition, industry and economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and the fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Because each fund concentrates its investments in a particular industry or group of related industries, the fund's performance could depend heavily on the performance of that industry or group of industries and could be more volatile than the performance of less concentrated funds. In addition, because each fund may invest a significant percentage of assets in a single issuer, the fund's performance could be closely tied to that one issuer and could be more volatile than the performance of more diversified funds. When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money by investing in a fund.
The following factors can significantly affect a fund's performance:
Stock Market Volatility. The value of equity securities fluctuates in response to issuer, political, market, and economic developments. Fluctuations, especially in foreign markets, can be dramatic over the short as well as long term, and different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of equity securities can react differently to these developments. For example, stocks of companies in one sector can react differently from those in another, large cap stocks can react differently from small cap stocks, and "growth" stocks can react differently from "value" stocks. Issuer, political, or economic developments can affect a single issuer, issuers within an industry or economic sector or geographic region, or the market as a whole. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact the market as a whole. Terrorism and related geo-political risks have led, and may in the future lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
Foreign Exposure. Foreign securities, foreign currencies, and securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations can involve additional risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions in foreign countries. These risks include fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; withholding or other taxes; trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks; and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of these factors can make foreign investments, especially those in emerging markets, more volatile and potentially less liquid than U.S. investments. In addition, foreign markets can perform differently from the U.S. market.
Investing in emerging markets can involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in more developed foreign markets. The extent of economic development; political stability; market depth, infrastructure, and capitalization; and regulatory oversight can be less than in more developed markets. Emerging market economies can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties. All of these factors can make emerging market securities more volatile and potentially less liquid than securities issued in more developed markets.
Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers or providers in, or foreign exchange rates with, a different country or region.
Industry Concentration. Market conditions, interest rates, and economic, regulatory, or financial developments could significantly affect a single industry or group of related industries, and the securities of companies in that industry or group of industries could react similarly to these or other developments. In addition, from time to time, a small number of companies may represent a large portion of a single industry or group of related industries as a whole, and these companies can be sensitive to adverse economic, regulatory, or financial developments.
The consumer discretionary industries can be significantly affected by the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, competition, and consumer confidence. Success can depend heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending. Changes in demographics and consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, consumer discretionary products.
The consumer staples industries can be significantly affected by demographic and product trends, competitive pricing, food fads, marketing campaigns, and environmental factors, as well as the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, consumer confidence, and the cost of commodities. Regulations and policies of various domestic and foreign governments affect agricultural products as well as other consumer staples.
The energy industries can be significantly affected by fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels caused by geopolitical events, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, weather or meteorological events, and tax and other government regulations.
The financials industries are subject to extensive government regulation which can limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. Profitability can be largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital and the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively affect the financial services industries. Insurance companies can be subject to severe price competition. The financial services industries can be subject to relatively rapid change as distinctions between financial service segments become increasingly blurred.
The health care industries are subject to government regulation and reimbursement rates, as well as government approval of products and services, which could have a significant effect on price and availability. Furthermore, the types of products or services produced or provided by health care companies quickly can become obsolete. In addition, pharmaceutical companies and other companies in the health care industries can be significantly affected by patent expirations.
The industrials industries can be significantly affected by general economic trends, including employment, economic growth, and interest rates, changes in consumer sentiment and spending, commodity prices, legislation, government regulation and spending, import controls, and worldwide competition. Companies in these industries also can be adversely affected by liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
The materials industries can be significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar, import and export controls, and worldwide competition. At times, worldwide production of materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or economic downturns, which has led to commodity price declines and unit price reductions. Companies in these industries also can be adversely affected by liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
The technology industries can be significantly affected by obsolescence of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants, and general economic conditions.
The communication services industries can be significantly affected by federal and state government regulation, intense competition, and obsolescence of existing technology. Many communication services companies compete for market share and can be impacted by competition from new market entrants, consumer and business confidence and spending, changes in consumer and business preferences, and general economic conditions. Certain communication services companies may be more susceptible than other companies to hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could adversely affect their businesses.
The utilities industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, interest rate changes, financing difficulties, supply and demand of services or fuel, changes in taxation, natural resource conservation, intense competition, and commodity price fluctuations.
Issuer-Specific Changes. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or issuer, and changes in general economic or political conditions can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security's or instrument's value. The value of securities of smaller, less well-known issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers. Smaller issuers can have more limited product lines, markets, or financial resources.
In response to market, economic, political, or other conditions, a fund may temporarily use a different investment strategy for defensive purposes. If the fund does so, different factors could affect its performance and the fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Other Investment Strategies
In addition to the principal investment strategies discussed above, the Adviser may lend a fund's securities to broker-dealers or other institutions to earn income for the fund.
The Adviser may also use various techniques, such as buying and selling futures contracts and exchange traded funds, to increase or decrease a fund's exposure to changing security prices or other factors that affect security values.
Valuing Shares
Each fund is open for business each day the NYSE is open.
The NAV is the value of a single share. Fidelity normally calculates NAV as of the close of business of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Each fund's assets normally are valued as of this time for the purpose of computing NAV. Fidelity calculates NAV separately for each class of shares of a multiple class fund.
NAV is not calculated and a fund will not process purchase and redemption requests submitted on days when the fund is not open for business. The time at which shares are priced and until which purchase and redemption orders are accepted may be changed as permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
To the extent that a fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the fund is not open for business, the value of the fund's assets may be affected on those days. In addition, trading in some of a fund's assets may not occur on days when the fund is open for business.
NAV is calculated using the values of other open-end funds, if any, in which a fund invests (referred to as underlying funds). Shares of underlying funds are valued at their respective NAVs. Other assets are valued primarily on the basis of market quotations, official closing prices, or information furnished by a pricing service. Certain short-term securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost. If market quotations, official closing prices, or information furnished by a pricing service are not readily available or, in the Adviser's opinion, are deemed unreliable for a security, then that security will be fair valued in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies. For example, if, in the Adviser's opinion, a security's value has been materially affected by events occurring before a fund's pricing time but after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, then that security will be fair valued in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies. Fair value pricing will be used for high yield debt securities when available pricing information is determined to be stale or for other reasons not to accurately reflect fair value.
Arbitrage opportunities may exist when trading in a portfolio security or securities is halted and does not resume before a fund calculates its NAV. These arbitrage opportunities may enable short-term traders to dilute the NAV of long-term investors. Securities trading in overseas markets present time zone arbitrage opportunities when events affecting portfolio security values occur after the close of the overseas markets but prior to the close of the U.S. market. Fair valuation of a fund's portfolio securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of NAV by short-term traders.
Policies regarding excessive trading may not be effective to prevent short-term NAV arbitrage trading, particularly in regard to omnibus accounts.
Fair value pricing is based on subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value of a security may differ materially from the value that would be realized if the security were sold.
Shareholder Information
Additional Information about the Purchase and Sale of Shares
As used in this prospectus, the term "shares" generally refers to the shares offered through this prospectus.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
A fund may reject for any reason, or cancel as permitted or required by law, any purchase orders, including transactions deemed to represent excessive trading, at any time.
Excessive trading of fund shares can harm variable product owners in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term variable product owners by increasing costs paid by a fund (such as brokerage commissions or spreads paid to dealers who sell money market instruments), disrupting portfolio management strategies, and diluting the value of the shares in cases in which fluctuations in markets are not fully priced into the fund's NAV.
Purchase and redemption transactions submitted to a fund by Permitted Accounts reflect the transactions of multiple variable product owners whose individual transactions are often not disclosed to the fund, making it difficult to determine whether an individual variable product owner is engaging in excessive trading. Excessive trading in Permitted Accounts is likely to go undetected by a fund and may increase costs to the fund and disrupt its portfolio management.
Each fund reserves the right at any time to restrict purchases or impose conditions that are more restrictive on excessive trading than those stated in this prospectus.
Excessive Trading Policy
The Board of Trustees has adopted policies designed to discourage excessive trading of fund shares. Under these policies, insurance companies will be permitted to apply the fund's excessive trading policy (described below), or their own excessive trading policy if approved by the Adviser. In these cases, the fund will typically not request or receive individual account data but will rely on the insurance company to monitor trading activity in good faith in accordance with its or the fund's policies. Reliance on insurance companies increases the risk that excessive trading may go undetected. For other insurance companies, the fund will monitor trading activity at the Permitted Account level to attempt to identify disruptive trades. The fund may request variable product owner transaction information, as frequently as daily, from any insurance company at any time, and may apply the fund's policy to transactions that exceed thresholds established by the Board of Trustees. The fund may prohibit purchases of fund shares by an insurance company or by some or all of any Permitted Accounts. There is no assurance that the Adviser will request data with sufficient frequency to detect or deter excessive trading in Permitted Accounts effectively.
Under the excessive trading policy, excessive trading activity is measured by the number of roundtrip transactions in a variable product owner's account. A roundtrip transaction occurs when a variable product owner sells fund shares within 30 days of the purchase date. For purposes of the fund's policy, exchanges are treated as a sale and a purchase.
Variable product owners with two or more roundtrip transactions in a single fund within a rolling 90-day period will be blocked from making additional purchases of the fund or limited to trading by U.S. mail for 85 days. Variable product owners with four or more roundtrip transactions across all Fidelity® funds within any rolling 12-month period will be blocked from making additional purchases for at least 85 days or limited to trading by U.S. mail for 12 months across all Fidelity® funds. Any roundtrip within 12 months of the expiration of a multi-fund block or U.S. mail restriction will initiate another multi-fund block or a 12-month U.S. mail restriction. Repeat offenders may be subject to long-term or permanent U.S. mail restrictions on purchases in any account under the variable product owner's control at any time. In addition to enforcing these roundtrip limitations, the fund may in its discretion restrict, reject, or cancel any purchases that, in FMR's opinion, may be disruptive to the management of the fund or otherwise not be in the fund's interests. The administration and effectiveness of these sanctions will in large part depend on the rights, ability, and willingness of insurance companies to impose the sanctions.
The fund's excessive trading policy does not apply to transactions of $5,000 or less, or transactions which have been demonstrated to the fund to be (i) systematic withdrawal and/or contribution programs, (ii) mandatory retirement distributions, (iii) transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor, sponsors of certain other employee benefit plans or qualified fund of fund(s), or (iv) transactions in certain company-owned accounts. A qualified fund of fund(s) must demonstrate that it has an investment strategy coupled with policies designed to control frequent trading that have been determined by the fund's Treasurer to be reasonably effective.
The fund's policies are separate from any insurance company policies and procedures applicable to variable product owner transactions. The variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus will contain a description of the insurance company's policies and procedures, if any, with respect to excessive trading. If you purchase or sell fund shares through an insurance company, you may wish to contact the insurance company to determine the policies applicable to your account.
The fund's Treasurer is authorized to suspend the fund's policies during periods of severe market turbulence or national emergency. The fund reserves the right to modify its policies at any time without prior notice.
The fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions of fund shares by investors, except to the extent permitted by the policies described above.
As described in "Valuing Shares," the fund also uses fair value pricing to help reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders. There is no assurance that the fund's excessive trading policy will be effective, or will successfully detect or deter excessive or disruptive trading.
Buying Shares
Eligibility
Shares are generally available only to investors residing in the United States.
Price to Buy
The price to buy one share is its NAV. Shares are sold without a sales charge.
Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
Each fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept orders to buy shares on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the fund, and shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after the order is received by the authorized intermediaries. Orders by qualified funds of funds, including mutual funds for which Fidelity serves as investment manager, will be treated as received by the fund at the same time that the corresponding orders are received in proper form by the funds of funds.
Each fund may stop offering shares completely or may offer shares only on a limited basis, for a period of time or permanently.
Under applicable anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, purchase orders may be suspended, restricted, or canceled and the monies may be withheld.
Selling Shares
The price to sell one share is its NAV.
Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form. Normally, redemptions will be processed by the next business day, but it may take up to seven days to pay the redemption proceeds if making immediate payment would adversely affect a fund.
Each fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept orders to sell shares on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the fund, and shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after the order is received by the authorized intermediaries. Orders by qualified funds of funds, including mutual funds for which Fidelity serves as investment manager, will be treated as received by the fund at the same time that the corresponding orders are received in proper form by the funds of funds.
See "Policies Concerning the Redemption of Fund Shares" below for additional redemption information.
Redemptions may be suspended or payment dates postponed when the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays), when trading on the NYSE is restricted, or as permitted by the SEC.
Redemption proceeds may be paid in securities or other property rather than in cash if the Adviser determines it is in the best interests of a fund.
Under applicable anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, redemption requests may be suspended, restricted, canceled, or processed and the proceeds may be withheld.
Each fund offers its shares to Permitted Accounts that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with FMR and/or each other. Each fund currently does not foresee any disadvantages to variable product owners arising out of the fact that the fund offers its shares to separate accounts of insurance companies that offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products (as well as other Permitted Accounts). Nevertheless, the Board of Trustees that oversees each fund intends to monitor events to identify any material irreconcilable conflicts that may possibly arise and to determine what action, if any, should be taken in response.
Variable product owners may be asked to provide additional information in order for Fidelity to verify their identities in accordance with requirements under anti-money laundering regulations. Accounts may be restricted and/or closed, and the monies withheld, pending verification of this information or as otherwise required under these and other federal regulations.
Policies Concerning the Redemption of Fund Shares
If your account is held directly with a fund, the length of time that a fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds depends on the method you have elected to receive such proceeds. A fund typically expects to make payment of redemption proceeds by wire, automated clearing house (ACH) or by issuing a check by the next business day following receipt of a redemption order in proper form. Proceeds from the periodic and automatic sale of shares of a Fidelity® money market fund that are used to buy shares of another Fidelity® fund are settled simultaneously.
If your account is held through an intermediary, the length of time that a fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds depends, in part, on the terms of the agreement in place between the intermediary and a fund. For redemption proceeds that are paid either directly to you from a fund or to your intermediary for transmittal to you, a fund typically expects to make payments by wire, by ACH or by issuing a check on the next business day following receipt of a redemption order in proper form from the intermediary by a fund. Redemption orders that are processed through investment professionals that utilize the National Securities Clearing Corporation will generally settle one to three business days following receipt of a redemption order in proper form.
As noted elsewhere, payment of redemption proceeds may take longer than the time a fund typically expects and may take up to seven days from the date of receipt of the redemption order as permitted by applicable law.
Redemption Methods Available. Generally a fund expects to pay redemption proceeds in cash. To do so, a fund typically expects to satisfy redemption requests either by using available cash (or cash equivalents) or by selling portfolio securities. On a less regular basis, a fund may also satisfy redemption requests by utilizing one or more of the following sources, if permitted: borrowing from another Fidelity® fund; drawing on an available line or lines of credit from a bank or banks; or using reverse repurchase agreements. These methods may be used during both normal and stressed market conditions.
In addition to paying redemption proceeds in cash, a fund reserves the right to pay part or all of your redemption proceeds in readily marketable securities instead of cash (redemption in-kind). Redemption in-kind proceeds will typically be made by delivering the selected securities to the redeeming shareholder within seven days after the receipt of the redemption order in proper form by a fund.
Dividends and Capital Gain Distributions
Each fund earns dividends, interest, and other income from its investments, and distributes this income (less expenses) to shareholders as dividends. Each fund also realizes capital gains from its investments, and distributes these gains (less any losses) to shareholders as capital gain distributions.
Each fund normally pays dividends in February and December, and capital gain distributions in February. Each fund also normally pays capital gain distributions in December, if necessary, to ensure that each fund is not subject to a fund-level excise tax.
Any dividends and capital gain distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares.
Fund Services
Fund Management
Each fund is a mutual fund, an investment that pools shareholders' money and invests it toward a specified goal.
Adviser
SelectCo. The Adviser is each fund's manager. The address of the Adviser is 6501 S Fiddler's Green Circle, STE 600, Greenwood Village, Denver, Colorado 80111.
The Adviser began managing the funds on August 1, 2013. Prior to such date, FMR, an affiliated investment adviser, managed the funds.
As of December 31, 2017, the Adviser had approximately $6.2 billion in discretionary assets under management, and approximately $2.45 trillion when combined with all of its affiliates' assets under management.
As the manager, the Adviser has overall responsibility for directing each fund's investments and handling its business affairs.
Sub-Adviser(s)
FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC), at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. FMRC has day-to-day responsibility for choosing investments for VIP Communication Services Portfolio, VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, VIP Energy Portfolio, VIP Financial Services Portfolio, VIP Health Care Portfolio, VIP Industrials Portfolio, VIP Materials Portfolio, and VIP Utilities Portfolio. FMRC has day-to-day responsibility for choosing certain types of investments for VIP Technology Portfolio.
FMRC is an affiliate of the Adviser. As of December 31, 2017, FMRC had approximately $1.1 trillion in discretionary assets under management.
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), at 1 St. Martin's Le Grand, London, EC1A 4AS, United Kingdom, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. As of December 31, 2017, FMR UK had approximately $22.2 billion in discretionary assets under management. FMR UK may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for each fund. FMR UK is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), at Floor 19, 41 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. As of December 31, 2017, FMR H.K. had approximately $18.2 billion in discretionary assets under management. Currently, FMR H.K. has day-to-day responsibility for choosing certain types of investments for VIP Technology Portfolio. FMR H.K. may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for VIP Communication Services Portfolio, VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, VIP Energy Portfolio, VIP Financial Services Portfolio, VIP Health Care Portfolio, VIP Industrials Portfolio, VIP Materials Portfolio, and VIP Utilities Portfolio. FMR H.K. is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan), at Kamiyacho Prime Place, 1-17, Toranomon-4-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. FMR Japan was organized in 2008 to provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States. FMR Japan may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for each fund. FMR Japan is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Katherine Shaw is portfolio manager of VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, which she has managed since August 2017. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2007, Ms. Shaw has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
James McElligott is portfolio manager of VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, which he has managed since March 2014. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2003, Mr. McElligott has worked as a research analyst, co-sector leader, and portfolio manager.
John Dowd is portfolio manager of VIP Energy Portfolio, which he has managed since May 2006. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2005, Mr. Dowd has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Christopher Lee is portfolio manager of VIP Financial Services Portfolio, which he has managed since May 2013. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2004, Mr. Lee has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Edward Yoon is portfolio manager of VIP Health Care Portfolio, which he has managed since October 2008. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2006, Mr. Yoon has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Tobias Welo is portfolio manager of VIP Industrials Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2007. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2005, Mr. Welo has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR’s Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
Janet Glazer is co-manager of VIP Industrials Portfolio, which she has managed since December 2018. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2011, Ms. Glazer has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
It is expected that Mr. Welo will transition off of the fund effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Glazer will assume sole portfolio manager responsibilities for the fund.
Richard Malnight is portfolio manager of VIP Materials Portfolio, which he has managed since November 2017. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2007, Mr. Malnight has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR’s Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
Charlie Chai is portfolio manager of VIP Technology Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2005. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 1997, Mr. Chai has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Nidhi Gupta is co-manager of VIP Technology Portfolio, which she has managed since July 2018. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2008, Ms. Gupta has worked as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager.
It is expected that Mr. Chai will retire effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Gupta will assume sole portfolio management responsibilities for the fund.
Matthew Drukker is portfolio manager of VIP Communication Services Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2013. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2008, Mr. Drukker has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Douglas Simmons is portfolio manager of VIP Utilities Portfolio, which he has managed since October 2006. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2003, Mr. Simmons has worked as a portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR’s Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
The statement of additional information (SAI) provides additional information about the compensation of, any other accounts managed by, and any fund shares held by the portfolio managers.
From time to time a manager, analyst, or other Fidelity employee may express views regarding a particular company, security, industry, or market sector. The views expressed by any such person are the views of only that individual as of the time expressed and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity® fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity® fund.
Advisory Fee(s)
Each fund pays a management fee to the Adviser. The management fee is calculated and paid to the Adviser every month. The fee is calculated by adding a group fee rate to an individual fund fee rate, dividing by twelve, and multiplying the result by the fund's average net assets throughout the month.
The group fee rate is based on the average net assets of all funds advised by SelectCo or FMR. This rate cannot rise above 0.52%, and it drops as total assets under management increase.
For December 2017, the group fee rate was 0.24%. The individual fund fee rate is 0.30%.
The total management fee, as a percentage of a fund's average net assets, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, for each fund is shown in the following table. Because each fund's management fee rate may fluctuate, a fund's management fee may be higher or lower in the future.
| VIP Communication Services Portfolio | 0.55% |
| VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Energy Portfolio | 0.55% |
| VIP Financial Services Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Health Care Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Industrials Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Materials Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Technology Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Utilities Portfolio | 0.54% |
The Adviser pays FMRC, FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan for providing sub-advisory services.
The basis for the Board of Trustees approving the management contract and sub-advisory agreements for each fund is available in each fund's semi-annual report for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2017.
From time to time, the Adviser or its affiliates may agree to reimburse or waive certain fund expenses while retaining the ability to be repaid if expenses fall below the specified limit prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Reimbursement or waiver arrangements can decrease expenses and boost performance.
The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to reimburse fund shares to the extent that total operating expenses (excluding interest, certain taxes, certain securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees, proxy and shareholder meeting expenses, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of average net assets, exceed the following rates. Voluntary arrangements may be discontinued at any time.
| VIP Communication Services Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Energy Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Financial Services Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Health Care Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Industrials Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Materials Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Technology Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
| VIP Utilities Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.00% |
Fund Distribution
Each fund is composed of multiple classes of shares. All classes of a fund have a common investment objective and investment portfolio.
Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) distributes Initial Class shares.
Intermediaries may receive from the Adviser, FDC, and/or their affiliates compensation for their services intended to result in the sale of Initial Class shares. This compensation may take the form of payments for additional distribution-related activities and/or shareholder services and payments for educational seminars and training, including seminars sponsored by Fidelity, or by an intermediary. These payments are described in more detail in this section and in the SAI.
Distribution and Service Plan(s)
Initial Class of each fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) that recognizes that the Adviser may use its management fee revenues, as well as its past profits or its resources from any other source, to pay FDC for expenses incurred in connection with providing services intended to result in the sale of Initial Class shares and/or support services that benefit variable product owners. The Adviser, directly or through FDC, may pay significant amounts to intermediaries that provide those services. Currently, the Board of Trustees of each fund has authorized such payments for Initial Class. Variable product owners should speak with their investment professionals to learn more about any payments their firms may receive from the Adviser, FDC, and/or their affiliates, as well as fees and/or commissions the investment professional charges. Variable product owners should also consult disclosures made by their investment professionals at the time of purchase.
If payments made by the Adviser to FDC or to intermediaries under a Distribution and Service Plan were considered to be paid out of Initial Class's assets on an ongoing basis, they might increase the cost of a shareholder's investment and might cost a shareholder more than paying other types of sales charges.
Appendix
Financial Highlights
Financial Highlights are intended to help you understand the financial history of fund shares for the past 5 years (or, if shorter, the period of operations). Certain information reflects financial results for a single share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). The annual information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with fund financial statements, is included in the annual report. Annual reports are available for free upon request.
VIP Communication Services Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.10 | $10.85 | $10.74 | $10.77 | $9.27 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .26 | .19 | .15 | .36B | .17 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | –C | 2.28 | .10D | .03 | 1.77 |
| Total from investment operations | .26 | 2.47 | .25 | .39 | 1.94 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.39) | (.15) | (.13)E | (.40) | (.15) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.23) | (.08) | (.01)E | (.02) | (.30) |
| Total distributions | (.62) | (.22)F | (.14) | (.42) | (.45) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –C | –C | –C | –C | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $12.74 | $13.10 | $10.85 | $10.74 | $10.77 |
| Total ReturnG,H | 2.05% | 22.81% | 2.34% | 3.59% | 21.28% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .76% | .78% | .88% | .96% | 1.02% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .76% | .78% | .88% | .95% | 1.00% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .74% | .77% | .87% | .93% | .99% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 2.02% | 1.52% | 1.36% | 3.31%B | 1.64% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $6,067 | $15,797 | $4,839 | $3,723 | $4,535 |
| Portfolio turnover rateK | 74% | 100% | 64% | 99% | 136% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.21 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.41%.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
E The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
F Total distributions of $.22 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.147 and distributions from net realized gain of $.077 per share.
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
I Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $18.33 | $17.88 | $19.01 | $18.54 | $14.24 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .12 | .15 | .13 | .08 | .03 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.93 | .73 | .73 | 1.59 | 5.58 |
| Total from investment operations | 4.05 | .88 | .86 | 1.67 | 5.61 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.11) | (.14) | (.09) | (.10) | (.02) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (.30) | (1.91) | (1.11) | (1.30) |
| Total distributions | (.11) | (.44) | (2.00) | (1.20)B | (1.32) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –C | .01 | .01 | –C | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $22.27 | $18.33 | $17.88 | $19.01 | $18.54 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 22.16% | 5.24% | 4.71% | 9.64% | 41.10% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .71% | .70% | .70% | .72% | .76% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .71% | .70% | .70% | .72% | .75% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .70% | .70% | .69% | .71% | .75% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .58% | .86% | .69% | .45% | .16% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $22,057 | $23,677 | $42,048 | $21,446 | $32,004 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 81% | 43% | 46% | 129% | 122% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total distributions of $1.20 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $0.097 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.106 per share.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $17.48 | $18.25 | $18.08 | $16.44 | $14.03 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .32 | .33 | .28 | .28 | .31 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.24 | .30 | 1.34 | 2.21 | 2.73 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.56 | .63 | 1.62 | 2.49 | 3.04 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.32) | (.33)B | (.27) | (.24) | (.31) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (1.07)B | (1.18) | (.61) | (.32) |
| Total distributions | (.32) | (1.40) | (1.45) | (.85) | (.63) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,C | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $19.72 | $17.48 | $18.25 | $18.08 | $16.44 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 14.66% | 3.72% | 9.46% | 15.66% | 21.80% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .68% | .68% | .69% | .71% | .73% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .68% | .68% | .69% | .70% | .72% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .68% | .67% | .68% | .70% | .72% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.69% | 1.79% | 1.61% | 1.66% | 1.94% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $29,388 | $38,192 | $28,077 | $22,943 | $25,736 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 41% | 45% | 38% | 78% | 36% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Energy Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $20.72 | $15.57 | $20.45 | $23.95 | $19.53 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .32B | .13 | .24 | .22 | .20 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.85) | 5.14 | (4.30) | (3.23) | 4.58 |
| Total from investment operations | (.53) | 5.27 | (4.06) | (3.01) | 4.78 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.32) | (.12) | (.23) | (.23) | (.22) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.01) | – | (.60) | (.28) | (.14) |
| Total distributions | (.33) | (.12) | (.83) | (.50)C | (.36) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –D | –D | .01 | .01 | –D |
| Net asset value, end of period | $19.86 | $20.72 | $15.57 | $20.45 | $23.95 |
| Total ReturnE,F | (2.47)% | 33.84% | (20.54)% | (12.59)% | 24.55% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .69% | .68% | .68% | .68% | .70% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .68% | .68% | .68% | .67% | .69% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .67% | .67% | .67% | .67% | .69% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.73%B | .71% | 1.25% | .91% | .88% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $43,633 | $63,955 | $46,360 | $70,828 | $94,202 |
| Portfolio turnover rateI | 66% | 87% | 70% | 99% | 90% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.21 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .62%.
C Total distributions of $.50 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.227 and distributions from net realized gain of $.273 per share.
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Financial Services Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $11.50 | $9.74 | $10.23 | $9.33 | $7.05 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .11 | .12 | .10 | .12 | .11 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.33 | 1.70 | (.48) | .90 | 2.27 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.44 | 1.82 | (.38) | 1.02 | 2.38 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.09) | (.06) | (.11) | (.12) | (.10) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.13) | – | – | – | – |
| Total distributions | (.22) | (.06) | (.11) | (.12) | (.10) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $13.72 | $11.50 | $9.74 | $10.23 | $9.33 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 21.25% | 18.72% | (3.69)% | 10.88% | 33.86% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .69% | .72% | .71% | .73% | .81% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .69% | .72% | .71% | .72% | .81% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .69% | .71% | .71% | .72% | .79% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .91% | 1.18% | 1.02% | 1.21% | 1.29% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $44,248 | $41,404 | $20,570 | $23,351 | $27,726 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 72% | 87% | 59% | 58% | 211% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Health Care Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $21.28 | $25.92 | $27.70 | $22.56 | $15.51 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .07 | .04 | –B | (.02) | –B |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 5.26 | (2.86) | 1.70 | 7.21 | 8.42 |
| Total from investment operations | 5.33 | (2.82) | 1.70 | 7.19 | 8.42 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.07) | (.04) | – | – | – |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.10) | (1.78) | (3.49) | (2.06) | (1.37) |
| Total distributions | (.17) | (1.82) | (3.49) | (2.06) | (1.37) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –B | –B | .01 | .01 | –B |
| Net asset value, end of period | $26.44 | $21.28 | $25.92 | $27.70 | $22.56 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 25.05% | (10.43)% | 6.37% | 32.83% | 56.12% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .67% | .67% | .66% | .67% | .69% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .67% | .67% | .66% | .67% | .69% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .66% | .66% | .65% | .66% | .68% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .30% | .19% | - %G | (.07)% | (.01)% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $131,698 | $130,887 | $226,283 | $236,566 | $167,493 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 74% | 53% | 77% | 104% | 93% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount represents less than .005%.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Industrials Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $20.88 | $20.25 | $22.92 | $22.17 | $16.88 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .16 | .18 | .17 | .18 | .17 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.91 | 2.50 | (.55) | 1.17 | 6.48 |
| Total from investment operations | 4.07 | 2.68 | (.38) | 1.35 | 6.65 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.16) | (.13) | (.18) | (.20) | (.16) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.94) | (1.92) | (2.11) | (.40) | (1.20) |
| Total distributions | (1.10) | (2.05) | (2.29) | (.60) | (1.36) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $23.85 | $20.88 | $20.25 | $22.92 | $22.17 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 20.15% | 15.87% | (1.89)% | 6.21% | 39.80% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .69% | .70% | .69% | .69% | .72% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .68% | .70% | .69% | .69% | .72% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .68% | .69% | .69% | .69% | .72% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .72% | .94% | .83% | .81% | .84% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $44,205 | $42,322 | $35,852 | $46,692 | $55,234 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 64% | 62% | 69% | 70% | 64% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Materials Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.16 | $12.18 | $14.84 | $15.53 | $13.27 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .15 | .17 | .17 | .15 | .11 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.25 | 1.23 | (1.33) | (.09) | 2.77 |
| Total from investment operations | 3.40 | 1.40 | (1.16) | .06 | 2.88 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.13) | (.11) | (.19) | (.15) | (.17) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.25) | (.31) | (1.32) | (.60) | (.45) |
| Total distributions | (.38) | (.42) | (1.50)B | (.75) | (.62) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,C | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $16.18 | $13.16 | $12.18 | $14.84 | $15.53 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 26.08% | 12.20% | (9.01)% | .37% | 22.15% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .73% | .77% | .75% | .75% | .76% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .73% | .77% | .75% | .74% | .76% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .72% | .76% | .75% | .73% | .75% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.05% | 1.37% | 1.23% | 1.00% | .77% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $19,126 | $12,726 | $11,432 | $17,469 | $21,067 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 64% | 56% | 68% | 78% | 68% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total distributions of $1.50 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.185 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.319 per share.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Technology Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.76 | $11.91 | $11.83 | $12.43 | $10.33 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .01 | .02 | .02 | .01 | .01 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 6.41 | 1.22 | .71 | 1.38 | 2.78 |
| Total from investment operations | 6.42 | 1.24 | .73 | 1.39 | 2.79 |
| Distributions from net investment income | –B | (.02) | (.02) | (.01) | (.02) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.75) | (.37) | (.63) | (1.98) | (.67) |
| Total distributions | (.75) | (.39) | (.65) | (1.99) | (.69) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $18.43 | $12.76 | $11.91 | $11.83 | $12.43 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 50.78% | 11.37% | 6.27% | 11.91% | 27.81% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .68% | .70% | .69% | .70% | .73% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .68% | .70% | .69% | .69% | .72% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .67% | .69% | .68% | .69% | .72% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .03% | .17% | .16% | .13% | .10% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $154,984 | $75,480 | $70,596 | $69,964 | $61,534 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 68% | 67% | 68% | 67% | 113% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Utilities Portfolio Initial Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $14.49 | $13.17 | $15.62 | $13.45 | $11.41 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .33 | .34 | .31 | .31 | .32 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.26 | 1.49 | (1.98) | 2.63 | 2.06 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.59 | 1.83 | (1.67) | 2.94 | 2.38 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.35) | (.26) | (.33)B | (.27) | (.35) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (.25) | (.45)B | (.51) | – |
| Total distributions | (.35) | (.52)C | (.78) | (.77)D | (.35) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –E | .01 | –E | –E | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $16.73 | $14.49 | $13.17 | $15.62 | $13.45 |
| Total ReturnF,G | 17.88% | 14.17% | (10.78)% | 21.77% | 21.02% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .69% | .70% | .71% | .70% | .74% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .69% | .70% | .71% | .70% | .73% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .68% | .69% | .70% | .69% | .71% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 2.06% | 2.30% | 2.17% | 2.01% | 2.44% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $26,377 | $26,194 | $21,960 | $36,599 | $25,824 |
| Portfolio turnover rateJ | 52% | 83% | 88% | 113% | 156% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
C Total distributions of $.52 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.263 and distributions from net realized gain of $.253 per share.
D Total distributions of $.77 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.267 and distributions from net realized gain of $.506 per share.
E Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
F Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
G Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
H Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Additional Index Information
MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Discretionary 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Consumer Discretionary companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Consumer Discretionary Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Staples 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Consumer Staples companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Consumer Staples Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Energy 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Energy companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Energy Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Financials 5% Capped Linked Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Financials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to September 1, 2016 are returns of the MSCI U.S. IM Financials 25/50 Index; returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Financials Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Health Care 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Health Care companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Health Care Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Industrials 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Industrials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Industrials Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Information Technology 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Information Technology companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Technology Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Materials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Materials Index.
MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Telecommunications Services companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Telecommunications Services Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Utilities 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Utilities companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Utilities Index.
S&P 500® Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation to represent U.S. equity performance.
MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Communication Services companies in the MSCI US Investable Market 2500 Index. Prior to December 1, 2018, the index was named MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index and had a different composition. Index returns for the periods shown prior to December 1, 2018 are attributable to the index’s prior composition.
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Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products
Investor Class
Portfolios
Communication Services Portfolio (formerly known as Telecommunications Portfolio)
Consumer Discretionary Portfolio
Consumer Staples Portfolio
Energy Portfolio
Financial Services Portfolio
Health Care Portfolio
Industrials Portfolio
Materials Portfolio
Technology Portfolio
Utilities Portfolio
Prospectus
April 30, 2018
As Revised November 30, 2018
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Contents
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Communication Services Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.55% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.29% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.84% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $86 |
| 3 years | $268 |
| 5 years | $466 |
| 10 years | $1,037 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 74% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the development, production, or distribution of communication services.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Communication Services Concentration. The communication services industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, intense competition, technology changes, general economic conditions, consumer and business confidence and spending, and changes in consumer and business preferences.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 17.51% | September 30, 2010 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (21.15)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 1.89% | 9.94% | 5.59% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | (5.71)% | 8.93% | 4.63% |
On October 17, 2018 shareholders approved a proposal to change the concentration policy of the fund. Effective December 1, 2018, the fund will concentrate in communication services companies and the fund’s investment policies will change to reflect the fund’s amended concentration policy.
Prior to December 1, 2018, the fund was named VIP Telecommunications Portfolio and operated under certain different investment policies. The fund's historical performance may not represent its current investment policies. Prior to December 1, 2018, MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index was named MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index and had a different composition. Index returns for the periods shown prior to December 1, 2018 are attributable to the index's prior composition.
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Matthew Drukker (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.25% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.79% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $81 |
| 3 years | $252 |
| 5 years | $439 |
| 10 years | $978 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 81% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture and distribution of consumer discretionary products and services.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Consumer Discretionary Industry Concentration. The consumer discretionary industries can be significantly affected by the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, competition, consumer confidence and spending, and changes in demographics and consumer tastes.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 18.42% | September 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (22.07)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 22.07% | 15.73% | 11.45% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Discretionary 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 22.90% | 17.05% | 12.98% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Katherine Shaw (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since August 2017.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.22% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.76% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $78 |
| 3 years | $243 |
| 5 years | $422 |
| 10 years | $942 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of consumer staples.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Consumer Staples Industry Concentration. The consumer staples industries can be significantly affected by demographics and product trends, competitive pricing, food fads, marketing campaigns, environmental factors, government regulation, the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, consumer confidence, and the cost of commodities.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.71% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (12.12)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 14.52% | 12.82% | 9.53% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Staples 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 11.91% | 13.42% | 10.16% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
James McElligott (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since March 2014.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Energy Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.55% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.22% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.77% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $79 |
| 3 years | $246 |
| 5 years | $428 |
| 10 years | $954 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 66% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the energy field including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity and coal, and newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale, and solar power.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Energy Industry Concentration. The energy industries can be significantly affected by fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, and tax and other government regulations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 24.51% | December 31, 2010 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (37.79)% | September 30, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | (2.57)% | 2.38% | (1.03)% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Energy 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | (2.33)% | 2.00% | 0.74% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
John Dowd (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since May 2006.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Financial Services Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.23% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.77% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $79 |
| 3 years | $246 |
| 5 years | $428 |
| 10 years | $954 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 72% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in providing financial services to consumers and industry.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Financials Industry Concentration. The financials industries are subject to extensive government regulation, can be subject to relatively rapid change due to increasingly blurred distinctions between service segments, and can be significantly affected by availability and cost of capital funds, changes in interest rates, the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and price competition.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 38.02% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (28.53)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 21.18% | 15.42% | 3.59% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI US IMI Financials 5% Capped Linked Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 18.81% | 17.52% | 4.97% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Christopher Lee (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since May 2013.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Health Care Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.21% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.75% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $77 |
| 3 years | $240 |
| 5 years | $417 |
| 10 years | $930 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 74% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of products or services used for or in connection with health care or medicine.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Health Care Industry Concentration. The health care industries are subject to government regulation and reimbursement rates, as well as government approval of products and services, which could have a significant effect on price and availability, and can be significantly affected by rapid obsolescence and patent expirations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.53% | March 31, 2013 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (17.84)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 24.97% | 19.72% | 12.96% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Health Care 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 23.44% | 18.07% | 11.64% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Edward Yoon (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since October 2008.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Industrials Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.23% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.77% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $79 |
| 3 years | $246 |
| 5 years | $428 |
| 10 years | $954 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply, or sale of industrial products, services, or equipment.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Industrials Industry Concentration. Industrial industries can be significantly affected by general economic trends, changes in consumer sentiment and spending, commodity prices, legislation, government regulation and spending, import controls, worldwide competition, and liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 24.08% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (24.61)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 20.05% | 15.10% | 9.77% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Industrials 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.60% | 16.88% | 8.92% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Tobias Welo (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2007.
Janet Glazer (co-manager) has managed the fund since December 2018.
It is expected that Mr. Welo will transition off of the fund effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Glazer will assume sole portfolio manager responsibilities for the fund.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Materials Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.27% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.81% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $83 |
| 3 years | $259 |
| 5 years | $450 |
| 10 years | $1,002 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 64% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Materials Industry Concentration. The materials industries can be significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar, import and export controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 26.30% | September 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (30.40)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 26.02% | 9.47% | 7.70% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 23.59% | 12.35% | 6.76% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Richard Malnight (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since November 2017.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Technology Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.22% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.76% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $78 |
| 3 years | $243 |
| 5 years | $422 |
| 10 years | $942 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 68% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in offering, using, or developing products, processes, or services that will provide or will benefit significantly from technological advances and improvements.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets, particularly emerging markets, can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Technology Industry Concentration. The technology industries can be significantly affected by obsolescence of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants, and general economic conditions.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 34.58% | June 30, 2009 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (27.10)% | December 31, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 50.67% | 20.52% | 12.71% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Information Technology 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 37.20% | 20.52% | 11.87% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Charlie Chai (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since January 2005.
Nidhi Gupta (co-manager) has managed the fund since July 2018.
It is expected that Mr. Chai will retire effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Gupta will assume sole portfolio management responsibilities for the fund.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Summary
Fund/Class:
VIP Utilities Portfolio/Investor Class
Investment Objective
The fund seeks capital appreciation.
Fee Table
The following table describes the fees and expenses that may be incurred, directly or indirectly, when you, as a variable product owner, buy and hold interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund. The table does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall fees and expenses would be higher.
Fees
| (fees paid directly from your investment) | Not Applicable |
Annual Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
| Management fee | 0.54% | |
| Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) fees | None | |
| Other expenses | 0.23% | |
| Total annual operating expenses | 0.77% |
This example helps compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Let's say, hypothetically, that the annual return for shares of the fund is 5% and that the fees and the annual operating expenses for shares of the fund are exactly as described in the fee table. This example illustrates the effect of fees and expenses, but is not meant to suggest actual or expected fees and expenses or returns, all of which may vary. This example does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if it did, overall expenses would be higher. For every $10,000 invested, here's how much you, as a variable product owner, would pay in total expenses if all interests in a separate account that invests in shares of the fund were redeemed at the end of each time period indicated:
| 1 year | $79 |
| 3 years | $246 |
| 5 years | $428 |
| 10 years | $954 |
Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 52% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
- Normally investing primarily in common stocks.
- Normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in the utilities industry and companies deriving a majority of their revenues from their utility operations.
- Investing in domestic and foreign issuers.
- Using fundamental analysis of factors such as each issuer's financial condition and industry position, as well as market and economic conditions, to select investments.
Principal Investment Risks
- Stock Market Volatility. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of securities can react differently to these developments.
- Foreign Exposure. Foreign markets can be more volatile than the U.S. market due to increased risks of adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments and can perform differently from the U.S. market.
- Utilities Industry Concentration. The utilities industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, interest rate changes, financing difficulties, supply and demand of services or fuel, intense competition, natural resource conservation, and commodity price fluctuations.
- Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than, and can perform differently from, the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.
In addition, the fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of a smaller number of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a more diversified fund.
You could lose money by investing in the fund.
Performance
The following information is intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the fund. The information illustrates the changes in the performance of the fund's shares from year to year and compares the performance of the fund's shares to the performance of a securities market index and an additional index over various periods of time. The indexes have characteristics relevant to the fund's investment strategies. Index descriptions appear in the "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus. Returns for shares of the fund do not include the effect of any sales charges or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product; if they did, returns for shares of the fund would be lower. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Year-by-Year Returns
| During the periods shown in the chart: | Returns | Quarter ended |
| Highest Quarter Return | 14.35% | March 31, 2013 |
| Lowest Quarter Return | (25.91)% | September 30, 2008 |
Average Annual Returns
| For the periods ended December 31, 2017 | Past 1 year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years |
| Investor Class | 17.83% | 12.01% | 5.83% |
| S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 21.83% | 15.79% | 8.50% |
| MSCI U.S. IMI Utilities 25-50 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 12.58% | 13.02% | 6.82% |
Investment Adviser
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) (the Adviser), an affiliate of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), is the fund's manager. FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC) and other investment advisers serve as sub-advisers for the fund.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Douglas Simmons (portfolio manager) has managed the fund since October 2006.
Purchase and Sale of Shares
Only Permitted Accounts, including separate accounts of insurance companies and qualified funds of funds that have signed the appropriate agreements with the fund, if applicable, can buy or sell shares. Insurance companies offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products through separate accounts. A qualified fund of funds is an eligible insurance-dedicated mutual fund that invests in other mutual funds.
Permitted Accounts - not variable product owners - are the shareholders of the fund. Variable product owners hold interests in separate accounts, including separate accounts that are shareholders of qualified funds of funds. The terms of the offering of interests in separate accounts are included in the variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus.
The price to buy one share is its net asset value per share (NAV). Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The price to sell one share is its NAV. Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
The fund is open for business each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open.
The fund has no minimum investment requirement.
Tax Information
Variable product owners seeking to understand the tax consequences of their investment should consult with their tax advisers or the insurance company that issued their variable product, or refer to their variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus. Insurance company separate accounts generally do not pay tax on dividends or capital gain distributions from the fund.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
The fund, the Adviser, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), and/or their affiliates may pay intermediaries, which may include insurance companies and their affiliated broker-dealers and service-providers (who may be affiliated with the Adviser or FDC), for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your intermediary and your investment professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your investment professional or visit your intermediary's web site for more information.
Fund Basics
Investment Details
Principal Investment Strategies
VIP Communication Services PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the development, production, or distribution of communication services. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, interactive media and services including search engines, social media and networking platforms; companies that produce and sell entertainment and media such as movies, TV, cable, radio, internet and satellite companies; interactive gaming and home entertainment products and services; advertising; publishing and public relations companies; operators of fixed-line telecommunications networks and companies; providers of cellular or wireless communications services and equipment; and providers of communications and high-density data transmission services and equipment.
VIP Consumer Discretionary PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of consumer discretionary products and services. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Consumer discretionary products and services are non-essential products and services whose demand tends to increase as consumers' disposable income increases, such as automobiles, apparel, electronics, home furnishings, and travel and leisure products and services.
These companies may include, for example, publishers; catalog and internet retailers; department stores and specialty retailers including apparel, electronics, automotive, and home furnishing stores; manufacturers of auto parts and accessories, tire and rubber, autos, motorcycles, and scooters; manufacturers of consumer electronic products, including TVs and DVD players; manufacturers of household appliances and home furnishings; residential construction companies; manufacturers of leisure products; manufacturers of apparel, accessories, footwear, textiles, and luxury goods; gaming facility, hotel, cruise and travel agency owners and operators; restaurants and caterers; companies providing educational, home security, legal, and personal services; advertising and public relations companies; and TV and cable companies.
VIP Consumer Staples PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of consumer staples. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Consumer staples tend to be essential products whose demand remains stable over economic cycles, such as food, beverages, tobacco, and household and personal care products.
These companies may include, for example, drug stores and pharmacies; retail food stores and super centers; producers of packaged foods and tobacco products; breweries, vintners, distillers, and non-alcoholic beverage producers; producers of agricultural products; and producers of non-durable household products and personal and beauty care products.
VIP Energy PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies in the energy field, including the conventional areas of oil, gas, electricity and coal, and newer sources of energy such as nuclear, geothermal, oil shale and solar power. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Energy products and services are those related to the exploration, extraction, production, sale, or distribution of energy resources, including oil, gas, electricity, coal, and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power.
These companies may include, for example, integrated oil companies; drilling contractors and rig owners; drilling rig and equipment manufacturers and providers of supplies and services to companies engaged in oil and gas drilling; companies engaged in the exploration, production, refining, or marketing of oil, gas, and/or refined products; and companies involved in the production and mining of coal, related products, and other consumable fuels.
VIP Financial Services PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies that provide financial services to consumers and industry. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, investment banks; brokerage and asset management firms; companies providing life, health, and/or property and casualty insurance; commercial banks; financial institutions providing mortgages and mortgage-related services, including mortgage REITS; providers of personal loans and other consumer finance services; credit agencies; stock exchanges; investment management firms; institutions providing custody services; and reinsurance companies.
VIP Health Care PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the design, manufacture, or sale of products or services used for or in connection with health care or medicine. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, companies engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, or marketing of products based on biotechnology research; companies engaged in research, development, or production of pharmaceuticals, including veterinary drugs; manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers of health care equipment, devices, and supplies including drug delivery systems and eye care products; and owners and operators of health care facilities, HMOs, and other managed plans.
VIP Industrials PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, supply, or sale of industrial products, services, or equipment. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Industrial products, services and equipment, such as capital goods, construction services, machinery, commercial services, and transportation, are generally considered to be sensitive to the business cycle.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of civil or military aerospace and defense equipment, building components, and home improvement products and equipment; civil engineering companies and large-scale contractors; companies that produce electrical components or equipment; manufacturers of industrial machinery and industrial components and products; providers of commercial printing services; companies providing business support services and office supplies, environmental and facilities maintenance; companies providing transportation services, including airlines, couriers, marine, road & rail and transportation infrastructure.
VIP Materials PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies engaged in the manufacture, mining, processing, or distribution of raw materials and intermediate goods. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
Materials refers to industrial or agricultural materials and unfinished goods, such as chemicals, gases, metals, or other natural or synthetic materials.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of sand, lime, concrete and other building materials, metal, glass, plastic, or cardboard containers or packaging; producers of industrial and basic chemicals, including plastics, synthetic fibers, and commodity-based paints and pigments; fertilizer and other agriculture-related chemical products; companies that produce adhesives, sealants, and other high value-added chemicals; producers of aluminum and related materials; companies engaged in producing and extracting metals and minerals; producers of gold, iron, steel, and companies mining precious metals and minerals; and manufacturers of timber, related wood products, and paper.
VIP Technology PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies which the Adviser believes have, or will develop, products, processes or services that will provide or will benefit significantly from technological advances and improvements. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, manufacturers of communications equipment, products, and services, personal computers and other computer hardware components and peripherals; companies developing and marketing internet software and services; providers of information technology and systems integration services; providers of commercial data processing and/or business outsourcing services; companies developing and producing database management, home entertainment, educational, specialty, enterprise, and business software; manufacturers of electronic equipment, instruments or components, including copiers and faxes; semiconductor and related equipment manufacturers; and other information technology companies.
VIP Utilities PortfolioThe fund invests primarily in companies in the utilities industry and companies deriving a majority of their revenues from their utility operations. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of companies principally engaged in these activities.
These companies may include, for example, companies that produce electricity, including nuclear and non-nuclear facilities; companies that distribute and transmit natural and manufactured gas; water treatment and other utility companies; and other companies that operate as independent power producers, gas and power marketing and trading specialists and/or integrated energy merchants. In managing the fund the Adviser generally emphasizes power and gas utilities and not telephone companies and telecommunications utilities.
The following applies to all funds. See the sections above for information unique to each fund.
Each fund seeks capital appreciation.
The Adviser does not place any emphasis on income when selecting securities, except when it believes that income may have a favorable effect on a security's market value.
The Adviser normally invests each fund's assets primarily in common stocks.
Each fund may invest in domestic and foreign securities. Foreign stocks may make up a majority of some funds' assets at times.
In addition to concentrating on particular industries, each fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in relatively few companies and may invest up to 25% in a single company. The funds are considered non-diversified.
In buying and selling securities for a fund, the Adviser relies on fundamental analysis, which involves a bottom-up assessment of a company's potential for success in light of factors including its financial condition, earnings outlook, strategy, management, industry position, and economic and market conditions.
If the Adviser's strategies do not work as intended, the fund may not achieve its objective.
Each fund has a policy of investing primarily in companies engaged in specified activities. Each fund also has a policy of normally investing at least 80% of assets in securities of companies principally engaged in specified activities. These policies can be changed without a vote only upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders of the affected fund.
Description of Principal Security Types
Equity securities represent an ownership interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in an issuer. Different types of equity securities provide different voting and dividend rights and priority in the event of the bankruptcy of the issuer. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, and warrants.
Principal Investment Risks
Many factors affect each fund's performance. A fund's share price changes daily based on changes in market conditions and interest rates and in response to other economic, political, or financial developments. A fund's reaction to these developments will be affected by the types of securities in which the fund invests, the financial condition, industry and economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and the fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Because each fund concentrates its investments in a particular industry or group of related industries, the fund's performance could depend heavily on the performance of that industry or group of industries and could be more volatile than the performance of less concentrated funds. In addition, because each fund may invest a significant percentage of assets in a single issuer, the fund's performance could be closely tied to that one issuer and could be more volatile than the performance of more diversified funds. When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money by investing in a fund.
The following factors can significantly affect a fund's performance:
Stock Market Volatility. The value of equity securities fluctuates in response to issuer, political, market, and economic developments. Fluctuations, especially in foreign markets, can be dramatic over the short as well as long term, and different parts of the market, including different market sectors, and different types of equity securities can react differently to these developments. For example, stocks of companies in one sector can react differently from those in another, large cap stocks can react differently from small cap stocks, and "growth" stocks can react differently from "value" stocks. Issuer, political, or economic developments can affect a single issuer, issuers within an industry or economic sector or geographic region, or the market as a whole. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact the market as a whole. Terrorism and related geo-political risks have led, and may in the future lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
Foreign Exposure. Foreign securities, foreign currencies, and securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations can involve additional risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions in foreign countries. These risks include fluctuations in foreign exchange rates; withholding or other taxes; trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks; and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets. All of these factors can make foreign investments, especially those in emerging markets, more volatile and potentially less liquid than U.S. investments. In addition, foreign markets can perform differently from the U.S. market.
Investing in emerging markets can involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in more developed foreign markets. The extent of economic development; political stability; market depth, infrastructure, and capitalization; and regulatory oversight can be less than in more developed markets. Emerging market economies can be subject to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties. All of these factors can make emerging market securities more volatile and potentially less liquid than securities issued in more developed markets.
Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers or providers in, or foreign exchange rates with, a different country or region.
Industry Concentration. Market conditions, interest rates, and economic, regulatory, or financial developments could significantly affect a single industry or group of related industries, and the securities of companies in that industry or group of industries could react similarly to these or other developments. In addition, from time to time, a small number of companies may represent a large portion of a single industry or group of related industries as a whole, and these companies can be sensitive to adverse economic, regulatory, or financial developments.
The consumer discretionary industries can be significantly affected by the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, competition, and consumer confidence. Success can depend heavily on disposable household income and consumer spending. Changes in demographics and consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, consumer discretionary products.
The consumer staples industries can be significantly affected by demographic and product trends, competitive pricing, food fads, marketing campaigns, and environmental factors, as well as the performance of the overall economy, interest rates, consumer confidence, and the cost of commodities. Regulations and policies of various domestic and foreign governments affect agricultural products as well as other consumer staples.
The energy industries can be significantly affected by fluctuations in energy prices and supply and demand of energy fuels caused by geopolitical events, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, weather or meteorological events, and tax and other government regulations.
The financials industries are subject to extensive government regulation which can limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. Profitability can be largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital and the rate of corporate and consumer debt defaults, and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change. Financial difficulties of borrowers can negatively affect the financial services industries. Insurance companies can be subject to severe price competition. The financial services industries can be subject to relatively rapid change as distinctions between financial service segments become increasingly blurred.
The health care industries are subject to government regulation and reimbursement rates, as well as government approval of products and services, which could have a significant effect on price and availability. Furthermore, the types of products or services produced or provided by health care companies quickly can become obsolete. In addition, pharmaceutical companies and other companies in the health care industries can be significantly affected by patent expirations.
The industrials industries can be significantly affected by general economic trends, including employment, economic growth, and interest rates, changes in consumer sentiment and spending, commodity prices, legislation, government regulation and spending, import controls, and worldwide competition. Companies in these industries also can be adversely affected by liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
The materials industries can be significantly affected by the level and volatility of commodity prices, the exchange value of the dollar, import and export controls, and worldwide competition. At times, worldwide production of materials has exceeded demand as a result of over-building or economic downturns, which has led to commodity price declines and unit price reductions. Companies in these industries also can be adversely affected by liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control.
The technology industries can be significantly affected by obsolescence of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competition from new market entrants, and general economic conditions.
The communication services industries can be significantly affected by federal and state government regulation, intense competition, and obsolescence of existing technology. Many communication services companies compete for market share and can be impacted by competition from new market entrants, consumer and business confidence and spending, changes in consumer and business preferences, and general economic conditions. Certain communication services companies may be more susceptible than other companies to hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could adversely affect their businesses.
The utilities industries can be significantly affected by government regulation, interest rate changes, financing difficulties, supply and demand of services or fuel, changes in taxation, natural resource conservation, intense competition, and commodity price fluctuations.
Issuer-Specific Changes. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or issuer, and changes in general economic or political conditions can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security's or instrument's value. The value of securities of smaller, less well-known issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers. Smaller issuers can have more limited product lines, markets, or financial resources.
In response to market, economic, political, or other conditions, a fund may temporarily use a different investment strategy for defensive purposes. If the fund does so, different factors could affect its performance and the fund may not achieve its investment objective.
Other Investment Strategies
In addition to the principal investment strategies discussed above, the Adviser may lend a fund's securities to broker-dealers or other institutions to earn income for the fund.
The Adviser may also use various techniques, such as buying and selling futures contracts and exchange traded funds, to increase or decrease a fund's exposure to changing security prices or other factors that affect security values.
Valuing Shares
Each fund is open for business each day the NYSE is open.
The NAV is the value of a single share. Fidelity normally calculates NAV as of the close of business of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Each fund's assets normally are valued as of this time for the purpose of computing NAV. Fidelity calculates NAV separately for each class of shares of a multiple class fund.
NAV is not calculated and a fund will not process purchase and redemption requests submitted on days when the fund is not open for business. The time at which shares are priced and until which purchase and redemption orders are accepted may be changed as permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
To the extent that a fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the fund is not open for business, the value of the fund's assets may be affected on those days. In addition, trading in some of a fund's assets may not occur on days when the fund is open for business.
NAV is calculated using the values of other open-end funds, if any, in which a fund invests (referred to as underlying funds). Shares of underlying funds are valued at their respective NAVs. Other assets are valued primarily on the basis of market quotations, official closing prices, or information furnished by a pricing service. Certain short-term securities are valued on the basis of amortized cost. If market quotations, official closing prices, or information furnished by a pricing service are not readily available or, in the Adviser's opinion, are deemed unreliable for a security, then that security will be fair valued in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies. For example, if, in the Adviser's opinion, a security's value has been materially affected by events occurring before a fund's pricing time but after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, then that security will be fair valued in good faith by the Adviser in accordance with applicable fair value pricing policies. Fair value pricing will be used for high yield debt securities when available pricing information is determined to be stale or for other reasons not to accurately reflect fair value.
Arbitrage opportunities may exist when trading in a portfolio security or securities is halted and does not resume before a fund calculates its NAV. These arbitrage opportunities may enable short-term traders to dilute the NAV of long-term investors. Securities trading in overseas markets present time zone arbitrage opportunities when events affecting portfolio security values occur after the close of the overseas markets but prior to the close of the U.S. market. Fair valuation of a fund's portfolio securities can serve to reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders, but there is no assurance that fair value pricing policies will prevent dilution of NAV by short-term traders.
Policies regarding excessive trading may not be effective to prevent short-term NAV arbitrage trading, particularly in regard to omnibus accounts.
Fair value pricing is based on subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value of a security may differ materially from the value that would be realized if the security were sold.
Shareholder Information
Additional Information about the Purchase and Sale of Shares
As used in this prospectus, the term "shares" generally refers to the shares offered through this prospectus.
Frequent Purchases and Redemptions
A fund may reject for any reason, or cancel as permitted or required by law, any purchase orders, including transactions deemed to represent excessive trading, at any time.
Excessive trading of fund shares can harm variable product owners in various ways, including reducing the returns to long-term variable product owners by increasing costs paid by a fund (such as brokerage commissions or spreads paid to dealers who sell money market instruments), disrupting portfolio management strategies, and diluting the value of the shares in cases in which fluctuations in markets are not fully priced into the fund's NAV.
Purchase and redemption transactions submitted to a fund by Permitted Accounts reflect the transactions of multiple variable product owners whose individual transactions are often not disclosed to the fund, making it difficult to determine whether an individual variable product owner is engaging in excessive trading. Excessive trading in Permitted Accounts is likely to go undetected by a fund and may increase costs to the fund and disrupt its portfolio management.
Each fund reserves the right at any time to restrict purchases or impose conditions that are more restrictive on excessive trading than those stated in this prospectus.
Excessive Trading Policy
The Board of Trustees has adopted policies designed to discourage excessive trading of fund shares. Under these policies, insurance companies will be permitted to apply the fund's excessive trading policy (described below), or their own excessive trading policy if approved by the Adviser. In these cases, the fund will typically not request or receive individual account data but will rely on the insurance company to monitor trading activity in good faith in accordance with its or the fund's policies. Reliance on insurance companies increases the risk that excessive trading may go undetected. For other insurance companies, the fund will monitor trading activity at the Permitted Account level to attempt to identify disruptive trades. The fund may request variable product owner transaction information, as frequently as daily, from any insurance company at any time, and may apply the fund's policy to transactions that exceed thresholds established by the Board of Trustees. The fund may prohibit purchases of fund shares by an insurance company or by some or all of any Permitted Accounts. There is no assurance that the Adviser will request data with sufficient frequency to detect or deter excessive trading in Permitted Accounts effectively.
Under the excessive trading policy, excessive trading activity is measured by the number of roundtrip transactions in a variable product owner's account. A roundtrip transaction occurs when a variable product owner sells fund shares within 30 days of the purchase date. For purposes of the fund's policy, exchanges are treated as a sale and a purchase.
Variable product owners with two or more roundtrip transactions in a single fund within a rolling 90-day period will be blocked from making additional purchases of the fund or limited to trading by U.S. mail for 85 days. Variable product owners with four or more roundtrip transactions across all Fidelity® funds within any rolling 12-month period will be blocked from making additional purchases for at least 85 days or limited to trading by U.S. mail for 12 months across all Fidelity® funds. Any roundtrip within 12 months of the expiration of a multi-fund block or U.S. mail restriction will initiate another multi-fund block or a 12-month U.S. mail restriction. Repeat offenders may be subject to long-term or permanent U.S. mail restrictions on purchases in any account under the variable product owner's control at any time. In addition to enforcing these roundtrip limitations, the fund may in its discretion restrict, reject, or cancel any purchases that, in FMR's opinion, may be disruptive to the management of the fund or otherwise not be in the fund's interests. The administration and effectiveness of these sanctions will in large part depend on the rights, ability, and willingness of insurance companies to impose the sanctions.
The fund's excessive trading policy does not apply to transactions of $5,000 or less, or transactions which have been demonstrated to the fund to be (i) systematic withdrawal and/or contribution programs, (ii) mandatory retirement distributions, (iii) transactions initiated by a retirement plan sponsor, sponsors of certain other employee benefit plans or qualified fund of fund(s), or (iv) transactions in certain company-owned accounts. A qualified fund of fund(s) must demonstrate that it has an investment strategy coupled with policies designed to control frequent trading that have been determined by the fund's Treasurer to be reasonably effective.
The fund's policies are separate from any insurance company policies and procedures applicable to variable product owner transactions. The variable annuity or variable life insurance product prospectus will contain a description of the insurance company's policies and procedures, if any, with respect to excessive trading. If you purchase or sell fund shares through an insurance company, you may wish to contact the insurance company to determine the policies applicable to your account.
The fund's Treasurer is authorized to suspend the fund's policies during periods of severe market turbulence or national emergency. The fund reserves the right to modify its policies at any time without prior notice.
The fund does not knowingly accommodate frequent purchases and redemptions of fund shares by investors, except to the extent permitted by the policies described above.
As described in "Valuing Shares," the fund also uses fair value pricing to help reduce arbitrage opportunities available to short-term traders. There is no assurance that the fund's excessive trading policy will be effective, or will successfully detect or deter excessive or disruptive trading.
Buying Shares
Eligibility
Shares are generally available only to investors residing in the United States.
Price to Buy
The price to buy one share is its NAV. Shares are sold without a sales charge.
Shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form.
Each fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept orders to buy shares on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the fund, and shares will be bought at the NAV next calculated after the order is received by the authorized intermediaries. Orders by qualified funds of funds, including mutual funds for which Fidelity serves as investment manager, will be treated as received by the fund at the same time that the corresponding orders are received in proper form by the funds of funds.
Each fund may stop offering shares completely or may offer shares only on a limited basis, for a period of time or permanently.
Under applicable anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, purchase orders may be suspended, restricted, or canceled and the monies may be withheld.
Selling Shares
The price to sell one share is its NAV.
Shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after an order is received in proper form. Normally, redemptions will be processed by the next business day, but it may take up to seven days to pay the redemption proceeds if making immediate payment would adversely affect a fund.
Each fund has authorized certain intermediaries to accept orders to sell shares on its behalf. When authorized intermediaries receive an order in proper form, the order is considered as being placed with the fund, and shares will be sold at the NAV next calculated after the order is received by the authorized intermediaries. Orders by qualified funds of funds, including mutual funds for which Fidelity serves as investment manager, will be treated as received by the fund at the same time that the corresponding orders are received in proper form by the funds of funds.
See "Policies Concerning the Redemption of Fund Shares" below for additional redemption information.
Redemptions may be suspended or payment dates postponed when the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays), when trading on the NYSE is restricted, or as permitted by the SEC.
Redemption proceeds may be paid in securities or other property rather than in cash if the Adviser determines it is in the best interests of a fund.
Under applicable anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, redemption requests may be suspended, restricted, canceled, or processed and the proceeds may be withheld.
Each fund offers its shares to Permitted Accounts that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with FMR and/or each other. Each fund currently does not foresee any disadvantages to variable product owners arising out of the fact that the fund offers its shares to separate accounts of insurance companies that offer variable annuity and variable life insurance products (as well as other Permitted Accounts). Nevertheless, the Board of Trustees that oversees each fund intends to monitor events to identify any material irreconcilable conflicts that may possibly arise and to determine what action, if any, should be taken in response.
Variable product owners may be asked to provide additional information in order for Fidelity to verify their identities in accordance with requirements under anti-money laundering regulations. Accounts may be restricted and/or closed, and the monies withheld, pending verification of this information or as otherwise required under these and other federal regulations.
Policies Concerning the Redemption of Fund Shares
If your account is held directly with a fund, the length of time that a fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds depends on the method you have elected to receive such proceeds. A fund typically expects to make payment of redemption proceeds by wire, automated clearing house (ACH) or by issuing a check by the next business day following receipt of a redemption order in proper form. Proceeds from the periodic and automatic sale of shares of a Fidelity® money market fund that are used to buy shares of another Fidelity® fund are settled simultaneously.
If your account is held through an intermediary, the length of time that a fund typically expects to pay redemption proceeds depends, in part, on the terms of the agreement in place between the intermediary and a fund. For redemption proceeds that are paid either directly to you from a fund or to your intermediary for transmittal to you, a fund typically expects to make payments by wire, by ACH or by issuing a check on the next business day following receipt of a redemption order in proper form from the intermediary by a fund. Redemption orders that are processed through investment professionals that utilize the National Securities Clearing Corporation will generally settle one to three business days following receipt of a redemption order in proper form.
As noted elsewhere, payment of redemption proceeds may take longer than the time a fund typically expects and may take up to seven days from the date of receipt of the redemption order as permitted by applicable law.
Redemption Methods Available. Generally a fund expects to pay redemption proceeds in cash. To do so, a fund typically expects to satisfy redemption requests either by using available cash (or cash equivalents) or by selling portfolio securities. On a less regular basis, a fund may also satisfy redemption requests by utilizing one or more of the following sources, if permitted: borrowing from another Fidelity® fund; drawing on an available line or lines of credit from a bank or banks; or using reverse repurchase agreements. These methods may be used during both normal and stressed market conditions.
In addition to paying redemption proceeds in cash, a fund reserves the right to pay part or all of your redemption proceeds in readily marketable securities instead of cash (redemption in-kind). Redemption in-kind proceeds will typically be made by delivering the selected securities to the redeeming shareholder within seven days after the receipt of the redemption order in proper form by a fund.
Dividends and Capital Gain Distributions
Each fund earns dividends, interest, and other income from its investments, and distributes this income (less expenses) to shareholders as dividends. Each fund also realizes capital gains from its investments, and distributes these gains (less any losses) to shareholders as capital gain distributions.
Each fund normally pays dividends in February and December, and capital gain distributions in February. Each fund also normally pays capital gain distributions in December, if necessary, to ensure that each fund is not subject to a fund-level excise tax.
Any dividends and capital gain distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares.
Fund Services
Fund Management
Each fund is a mutual fund, an investment that pools shareholders' money and invests it toward a specified goal.
Adviser
SelectCo. The Adviser is each fund's manager. The address of the Adviser is 6501 S Fiddler's Green Circle, STE 600, Greenwood Village, Denver, Colorado 80111.
The Adviser began managing the funds on August 1, 2013. Prior to such date, FMR, an affiliated investment adviser, managed the funds.
As of December 31, 2017, the Adviser had approximately $6.2 billion in discretionary assets under management, and approximately $2.45 trillion when combined with all of its affiliates' assets under management.
As the manager, the Adviser has overall responsibility for directing each fund's investments and handling its business affairs.
Sub-Adviser(s)
FMR Co., Inc. (FMRC), at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. FMRC has day-to-day responsibility for choosing investments for VIP Communication Services Portfolio, VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, VIP Energy Portfolio, VIP Financial Services Portfolio, VIP Health Care Portfolio, VIP Industrials Portfolio, VIP Materials Portfolio, and VIP Utilities Portfolio. FMRC has day-to-day responsibility for choosing certain types of investments for VIP Technology Portfolio.
FMRC is an affiliate of the Adviser. As of December 31, 2017, FMRC had approximately $1.1 trillion in discretionary assets under management.
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), at 1 St. Martin's Le Grand, London, EC1A 4AS, United Kingdom, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. As of December 31, 2017, FMR UK had approximately $22.2 billion in discretionary assets under management. FMR UK may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for each fund. FMR UK is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), at Floor 19, 41 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. As of December 31, 2017, FMR H.K. had approximately $18.2 billion in discretionary assets under management. Currently, FMR H.K. has day-to-day responsibility for choosing certain types of investments for VIP Technology Portfolio. FMR H.K. may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for VIP Communication Services Portfolio, VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, VIP Energy Portfolio, VIP Financial Services Portfolio, VIP Health Care Portfolio, VIP Industrials Portfolio, VIP Materials Portfolio, and VIP Utilities Portfolio. FMR H.K. is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan), at Kamiyacho Prime Place, 1-17, Toranomon-4-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, serves as a sub-adviser for each fund. FMR Japan was organized in 2008 to provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States. FMR Japan may provide investment research and advice on issuers based outside the United States and may also provide investment advisory services for each fund. FMR Japan is an affiliate of the Adviser.
Portfolio Manager(s)
Katherine Shaw is portfolio manager of VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio, which she has managed since August 2017. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2007, Ms. Shaw has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
James McElligott is portfolio manager of VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio, which he has managed since March 2014. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2003, Mr. McElligott has worked as a research analyst, co-sector leader, and portfolio manager.
John Dowd is portfolio manager of VIP Energy Portfolio, which he has managed since May 2006. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2005, Mr. Dowd has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Christopher Lee is portfolio manager of VIP Financial Services Portfolio, which he has managed since May 2013. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2004, Mr. Lee has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Edward Yoon is portfolio manager of VIP Health Care Portfolio, which he has managed since October 2008. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2006, Mr. Yoon has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Tobias Welo is portfolio manager of VIP Industrials Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2007. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2005, Mr. Welo has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR's Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
Janet Glazer is co-manager of VIP Industrials Portfolio, which she has managed since December 2018. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2011, Ms. Glazer has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
It is expected that Mr. Welo will transition off of the fund effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Glazer will assume sole portfolio manager responsibilities for the fund.
Richard Malnight is portfolio manager of VIP Materials Portfolio, which he has managed since November 2017. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2007, Mr. Malnight has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR's Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
Charlie Chai is portfolio manager of VIP Technology Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2005. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 1997, Mr. Chai has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Nidhi Gupta is co-manager of VIP Technology Portfolio, which she has managed since July 2018. She also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2008, Ms. Gupta has worked as an equity research analyst and portfolio manager.
It is expected that Mr. Chai will retire effective on or about December 31, 2018. At that time, Ms. Gupta will assume sole portfolio management responsibilities for the fund.
Matthew Drukker is portfolio manager of VIP Communication Services Portfolio, which he has managed since January 2013. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2008, Mr. Drukker has worked as a research analyst and portfolio manager.
Douglas Simmons is portfolio manager of VIP Utilities Portfolio, which he has managed since October 2006. He also manages other funds. Since joining Fidelity Investments in 2003, Mr. Simmons has worked as a portfolio manager. He is also a member of FMR's Stock Selector Large Cap Group.
The statement of additional information (SAI) provides additional information about the compensation of, any other accounts managed by, and any fund shares held by the portfolio managers.
From time to time a manager, analyst, or other Fidelity employee may express views regarding a particular company, security, industry, or market sector. The views expressed by any such person are the views of only that individual as of the time expressed and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity® fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity® fund.
Advisory Fee(s)
Each fund pays a management fee to the Adviser. The management fee is calculated and paid to the Adviser every month. The fee is calculated by adding a group fee rate to an individual fund fee rate, dividing by twelve, and multiplying the result by the fund's average net assets throughout the month.
The group fee rate is based on the average net assets of all funds advised by SelectCo or FMR. This rate cannot rise above 0.52%, and it drops as total assets under management increase.
For December 2017, the group fee rate was 0.24%. The individual fund fee rate is 0.30%.
The total management fee, as a percentage of a fund's average net assets, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, for each fund is shown in the following table. Because each fund's management fee rate may fluctuate, a fund's management fee may be higher or lower in the future.
| VIP Communication Services Portfolio | 0.55% |
| VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Energy Portfolio | 0.55% |
| VIP Financial Services Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Health Care Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Industrials Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Materials Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Technology Portfolio | 0.54% |
| VIP Utilities Portfolio | 0.54% |
The Adviser pays FMRC, FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan for providing sub-advisory services.
The basis for the Board of Trustees approving the management contract and sub-advisory agreements for each fund is available in each fund's semi-annual report for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2017.
From time to time, the Adviser or its affiliates may agree to reimburse or waive certain fund expenses while retaining the ability to be repaid if expenses fall below the specified limit prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Reimbursement or waiver arrangements can decrease expenses and boost performance.
The Adviser has voluntarily agreed to reimburse fund shares to the extent that total operating expenses (excluding interest, certain taxes, certain securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees, proxy and shareholder meeting expenses, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of average net assets, exceed the following rates. Voluntary arrangements may be discontinued at any time.
| VIP Communication Services Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Energy Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Financial Services Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Health Care Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Industrials Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Materials Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Technology Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
| VIP Utilities Portfolio | |
| Rate | 1.08% |
Fund Distribution
Each fund is composed of multiple classes of shares. All classes of a fund have a common investment objective and investment portfolio.
Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) distributes Investor Class shares.
Intermediaries may receive from the Adviser, FDC, and/or their affiliates compensation for their services intended to result in the sale of Investor Class shares. This compensation may take the form of payments for additional distribution-related activities and/or shareholder services and payments for educational seminars and training, including seminars sponsored by Fidelity, or by an intermediary. These payments are described in more detail in this section and in the SAI.
Distribution and Service Plan(s)
Investor Class of each fund has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) that recognizes that the Adviser may use its management fee revenues, as well as its past profits or its resources from any other source, to pay FDC for expenses incurred in connection with providing services intended to result in the sale of Investor Class shares and/or support services that benefit variable product owners. The Adviser, directly or through FDC, may pay significant amounts to intermediaries that provide those services. Currently, the Board of Trustees of each fund has authorized such payments for Investor Class. Variable product owners should speak with their investment professionals to learn more about any payments their firms may receive from the Adviser, FDC, and/or their affiliates, as well as fees and/or commissions the investment professional charges. Variable product owners should also consult disclosures made by their investment professionals at the time of purchase.
If payments made by the Adviser to FDC or to intermediaries under a Distribution and Service Plan were considered to be paid out of Investor Class's assets on an ongoing basis, they might increase the cost of a shareholder's investment and might cost a shareholder more than paying other types of sales charges.
Appendix
Financial Highlights
Financial Highlights are intended to help you understand the financial history of fund shares for the past 5 years (or, if shorter, the period of operations). Certain information reflects financial results for a single share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in shares (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions). The annual information has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with fund financial statements, is included in the annual report. Annual reports are available for free upon request.
VIP Communication Services Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.02 | $10.79 | $10.67 | $10.71 | $9.22 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .25 | .18 | .14 | .35B | .16 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.01) | 2.27 | .11C | .03 | 1.77 |
| Total from investment operations | .24 | 2.45 | .25 | .38 | 1.93 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.37) | (.14) | (.12)D | (.40) | (.15) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.23) | (.08) | (.01)D | (.02) | (.30) |
| Total distributions | (.61)E | (.22) | (.13) | (.42) | (.45) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –F | –F | –F | –F | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $12.65 | $13.02 | $10.79 | $10.67 | $10.71 |
| Total ReturnG,H | 1.89% | 22.69% | 2.38% | 3.48% | 21.27% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .84% | .86% | .95% | 1.01% | 1.07% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .84% | .86% | .95% | .99% | 1.07% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .83% | .85% | .94% | .97% | 1.06% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.94% | 1.44% | 1.29% | 3.27%B | 1.57% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $36,744 | $74,059 | $23,080 | $16,159 | $17,112 |
| Portfolio turnover rateK | 74% | 100% | 64% | 99% | 136% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.21 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.37%.
C The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.
D The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
E Total distributions of $.61 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.373 and distributions from net realized gain of $.232 per share.
F Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
I Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Consumer Discretionary Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $18.28 | $17.84 | $18.97 | $18.50 | $14.21 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .10 | .14 | .11 | .07 | .01 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.93 | .71 | .74 | 1.59 | 5.58 |
| Total from investment operations | 4.03 | .85 | .85 | 1.66 | 5.59 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.10) | (.13) | (.08) | (.08) | (.01) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (.30) | (1.91) | (1.11) | (1.30) |
| Total distributions | (.10) | (.42)B | (1.99) | (1.19) | (1.31) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –C | .01 | .01 | –C | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $22.21 | $18.28 | $17.84 | $18.97 | $18.50 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 22.07% | 5.12% | 4.66% | 9.58% | 41.05% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .79% | .78% | .78% | .80% | .83% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .79% | .78% | .77% | .79% | .83% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .78% | .78% | .77% | .78% | .83% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .50% | .78% | .61% | .38% | .08% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $127,651 | $124,272 | $165,927 | $86,882 | $109,697 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 81% | 43% | 46% | 129% | 122% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total distributions of $.42 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.125 and distributions from net realized gain of $.298 per share.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Consumer Staples Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $17.42 | $18.19 | $18.02 | $16.40 | $13.99 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .31 | .32 | .27 | .26 | .30 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.21 | .30 | 1.34 | 2.20 | 2.73 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.52 | .62 | 1.61 | 2.46 | 3.03 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.30) | (.32)B | (.26) | (.23) | (.30) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (1.07)B | (1.18) | (.61) | (.32) |
| Total distributions | (.30) | (1.39) | (1.44) | (.84) | (.62) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,C | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $19.64 | $17.42 | $18.19 | $18.02 | $16.40 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 14.52% | 3.67% | 9.41% | 15.52% | 21.79% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .76% | .76% | .77% | .78% | .80% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .76% | .76% | .76% | .78% | .80% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .76% | .75% | .76% | .77% | .80% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.61% | 1.71% | 1.53% | 1.59% | 1.86% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $258,092 | $278,992 | $213,575 | $160,591 | $140,485 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 41% | 45% | 38% | 78% | 36% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Energy Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $20.68 | $15.55 | $20.42 | $23.90 | $19.49 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .30B | .11 | .22 | .20 | .18 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (.85) | 5.13 | (4.29) | (3.21) | 4.57 |
| Total from investment operations | (.55) | 5.24 | (4.07) | (3.01) | 4.75 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.30) | (.11) | (.22) | (.20) | (.20) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.01) | – | (.60) | (.28) | (.14) |
| Total distributions | (.31) | (.11) | (.81)C | (.48) | (.34) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –D | –D | .01 | .01 | –D |
| Net asset value, end of period | $19.82 | $20.68 | $15.55 | $20.42 | $23.90 |
| Total ReturnE,F | (2.57)% | 33.70% | (20.58)% | (12.65)% | 24.45% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .77% | .76% | .76% | .76% | .78% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .77% | .76% | .76% | .75% | .77% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .76% | .75% | .75% | .75% | .77% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.65%B | .63% | 1.17% | .83% | .80% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $120,946 | $162,235 | $98,909 | $101,214 | $108,077 |
| Portfolio turnover rateI | 66% | 87% | 70% | 99% | 90% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Net Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.20 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .54%.
C Total distributions of $.81 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.215 and distributions from net realized gain of $.599 per share.
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Financial Services Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $11.45 | $9.71 | $10.19 | $9.30 | $7.03 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .10 | .11 | .09 | .11 | .10 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.32 | 1.69 | (.47) | .89 | 2.27 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.42 | 1.80 | (.38) | 1.00 | 2.37 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.08) | (.06) | (.10) | (.11) | (.10) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.13) | – | – | – | – |
| Total distributions | (.21) | (.06) | (.10) | (.11) | (.10) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $13.66 | $11.45 | $9.71 | $10.19 | $9.30 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 21.18% | 18.51% | (3.68)% | 10.75% | 33.74% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .77% | .80% | .79% | .80% | .89% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .77% | .80% | .79% | .80% | .89% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .77% | .79% | .78% | .79% | .87% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .83% | 1.10% | .95% | 1.14% | 1.22% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $191,201 | $129,912 | $90,950 | $83,817 | $60,357 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 72% | 87% | 59% | 58% | 211% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Health Care Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $21.11 | $25.73 | $27.52 | $22.43 | $15.44 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .05 | .02 | (.02) | (.04) | (.02) |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 5.22 | (2.84) | 1.69 | 7.17 | 8.37 |
| Total from investment operations | 5.27 | (2.82) | 1.67 | 7.13 | 8.35 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.05) | (.02) | – | – | – |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.10) | (1.78) | (3.47) | (2.05) | (1.36) |
| Total distributions | (.15) | (1.80) | (3.47) | (2.05) | (1.36) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –B | –B | .01 | .01 | –B |
| Net asset value, end of period | $26.23 | $21.11 | $25.73 | $27.52 | $22.43 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 24.97% | (10.51)% | 6.29% | 32.72% | 55.91% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .75% | .75% | .74% | .75% | .77% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .75% | .75% | .74% | .75% | .77% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .74% | .75% | .73% | .74% | .76% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .22% | .11% | (.08)% | (.15)% | (.10)% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $582,358 | $529,828 | $820,079 | $669,762 | $384,285 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 74% | 53% | 77% | 104% | 93% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Industrials Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $20.75 | $20.15 | $22.82 | $22.07 | $16.81 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .14 | .16 | .16 | .16 | .15 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.88 | 2.48 | (.56) | 1.17 | 6.46 |
| Total from investment operations | 4.02 | 2.64 | (.40) | 1.33 | 6.61 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.15) | (.12) | (.17) | (.18) | (.15) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.94) | (1.92) | (2.11) | (.40) | (1.20) |
| Total distributions | (1.08)B | (2.04) | (2.27)C | (.58) | (1.35) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,D | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $23.69 | $20.75 | $20.15 | $22.82 | $22.07 |
| Total ReturnE,F | 20.05% | 15.73% | (1.97)% | 6.16% | 39.72% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .77% | .78% | .77% | .77% | .80% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .77% | .78% | .77% | .77% | .80% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .76% | .77% | .77% | .77% | .79% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .64% | .86% | .76% | .73% | .77% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $174,645 | $151,967 | $110,411 | $126,131 | $136,117 |
| Portfolio turnover rateI | 64% | 62% | 69% | 70% | 64% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Total distributions of $1.08 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.145 and distributions from net realized gain of $.937 per share.
C Total distributions of $2.27 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.166 and distributions from net realized gain of $2.105 per share.
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Materials Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $13.15 | $12.18 | $14.84 | $15.53 | $13.27 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .14 | .16 | .16 | .14 | .10 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 3.25 | 1.23 | (1.33) | (.09) | 2.77 |
| Total from investment operations | 3.39 | 1.39 | (1.17) | .05 | 2.87 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.12) | (.11) | (.17) | (.14) | (.16) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.25) | (.31) | (1.32) | (.60) | (.45) |
| Total distributions | (.37) | (.42) | (1.49) | (.74) | (.61) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $16.17 | $13.15 | $12.18 | $14.84 | $15.53 |
| Total ReturnC,D | 26.02% | 12.06% | (9.09)% | .32% | 22.07% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .81% | .85% | .83% | .82% | .83% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .81% | .85% | .83% | .81% | .83% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .80% | .85% | .82% | .81% | .83% |
| Net investment income (loss) | .97% | 1.29% | 1.16% | .93% | .69% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $78,212 | $52,786 | $39,807 | $54,837 | $54,561 |
| Portfolio turnover rateG | 64% | 56% | 68% | 78% | 68% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
D Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Technology Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $12.63 | $11.79 | $11.73 | $12.34 | $10.26 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | (.01) | .01 | .01 | .01 | –B |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 6.35 | 1.21 | .69 | 1.36 | 2.76 |
| Total from investment operations | 6.34 | 1.22 | .70 | 1.37 | 2.76 |
| Distributions from net investment income | –B | (.01) | (.01) | (.01) | (.01) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | (.74) | (.37) | (.63) | (1.98) | (.67) |
| Total distributions | (.74) | (.38) | (.64) | (1.98)C | (.68) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA,B | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net asset value, end of period | $18.23 | $12.63 | $11.79 | $11.73 | $12.34 |
| Total ReturnD,E | 50.67% | 11.34% | 6.08% | 11.86% | 27.73% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .76% | .78% | .77% | .78% | .81% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .76% | .78% | .77% | .77% | .80% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .75% | .77% | .76% | .77% | .80% |
| Net investment income (loss) | (.05)% | .09% | .08% | .05% | .02% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $537,227 | $254,287 | $241,491 | $180,147 | $120,666 |
| Portfolio turnover rateH | 68% | 67% | 68% | 67% | 113% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
C Total distributions of $1.98 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.005 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.977 per share.
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
VIP Utilities Portfolio Investor Class
| Years ended December 31, | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
| Selected Per–Share Data | |||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $14.41 | $13.11 | $15.54 | $13.39 | $11.36 |
| Income from Investment Operations | |||||
| Net investment income (loss)A | .32 | .32 | .30 | .29 | .30 |
| Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 2.25 | 1.48 | (1.96) | 2.62 | 2.06 |
| Total from investment operations | 2.57 | 1.80 | (1.66) | 2.91 | 2.36 |
| Distributions from net investment income | (.34) | (.26) | (.31)B | (.26) | (.34) |
| Distributions from net realized gain | – | (.25) | (.45)B | (.51) | – |
| Total distributions | (.34) | (.51) | (.77)C | (.76)D | (.34) |
| Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA | –E | .01 | –E | –E | .01 |
| Net asset value, end of period | $16.64 | $14.41 | $13.11 | $15.54 | $13.39 |
| Total ReturnF,G | 17.83% | 14.03% | (10.80)% | 21.64% | 20.92% |
| Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I | |||||
| Expenses before reductions | .77% | .78% | .79% | .78% | .82% |
| Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | .77% | .78% | .79% | .78% | .81% |
| Expenses net of all reductions | .76% | .77% | .78% | .77% | .79% |
| Net investment income (loss) | 1.98% | 2.22% | 2.09% | 1.93% | 2.36% |
| Supplemental Data | |||||
| Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $106,040 | $98,360 | $57,645 | $96,217 | $51,308 |
| Portfolio turnover rateJ | 52% | 83% | 88% | 113% | 156% |
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
B The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
C Total distributions of $.77 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.314 and distributions from net realized gain of $.454 per share.
D Total distributions of $.76 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.257 and distributions from net realized gain of $.506 per share.
E Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
F Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
G Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
H Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Additional Index Information
MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Discretionary 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Consumer Discretionary companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Consumer Discretionary Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Consumer Staples 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Consumer Staples companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Consumer Staples Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Energy 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Energy companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Energy Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Financials 5% Capped Linked Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Financials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to September 1, 2016 are returns of the MSCI U.S. IM Financials 25/50 Index; returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Financials Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Health Care 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Health Care companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Health Care Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Industrials 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Industrials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Industrials Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Information Technology 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Information Technology companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Technology Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Materials 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Materials companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Materials Index.
MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Telecommunications Services companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Telecommunications Services Index.
MSCI U.S. IMI Utilities 25-50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Utilities companies in the MSCI U.S. Investable Market 2500 Index. Index returns shown for periods prior to January 1, 2010 are returns of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Utilities Index.
S&P 500® Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation to represent U.S. equity performance.
MSCI US IM Communication Services 25/50 Index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index of stocks designed to measure the performance of Communication Services companies in the MSCI US Investable Market 2500 Index. Prior to December 1, 2018, the index was named MSCI US IM Telecommunication Services 25/50 Index and had a different composition. Index returns for the periods shown prior to December 1, 2018 are attributable to the index’s prior composition.
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