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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-3855

Fidelity Advisor Series VIII
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)

Scott C. Goebel, Secretary

82 Devonshire St.

Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-563-7000

Date of fiscal year end:

October 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

October 31, 2012

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity Advisor®

International
Capital Appreciation

Fund - Institutional Class

Annual Report

October 31, 2012

(Fidelity Cover Art)


Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Annual Report

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

 

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

 

11.56%

-3.56%

7.04%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Sammy Simnegar, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 11.56%, handily outpacing the MSCI index. Stock selection in consumer staples, consumer discretionary and materials meaningfully lifted relative performance. Within staples, a large overweighting in food, beverage and tobacco also helped. Geographically, the fund was aided by a sizable out-of-benchmark stake in the United States and by stock picking in Brazil, Indonesia and Italy. Our U.S. holdings also benefited from an appreciating dollar. Three of the four biggest relative contributors were Indonesian stocks: Global Mediacom, Ace Hardware Indonesia and Tower Bersama Infrastructure, a cellular tower operator. Thailand-based big-box discount retailer Siam Makro - which I sold - helped as well. All of the contributors I've mentioned were non-benchmark holdings. Conversely, financials and health care detracted. Geographically, Australia hurt. Not owning strong-performing South Korean benchmark component Samsung Electronics during the period's first half hampered results, as did overweightings in Australia's Iluka Resources and Fortescue Metals Group, the latter of which I sold.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,005.40

$ 7.31

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.60

$ 8.57

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.00

$ 11.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.00

$ 11.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,006.70

$ 6.05

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

1.6

1.7

BHP Billiton PLC ADR (United Kingdom, Metals & Mining)

1.5

1.6

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea (South), Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

1.3

0.0

Unilever PLC (United Kingdom, Food Products)

1.0

1.0

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Tobacco)

0.9

1.4

 

6.3

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

19.3

19.7

Consumer Staples

19.0

21.5

Industrials

17.3

13.8

Financials

12.2

12.6

Information Technology

10.8

8.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United States of America

16.0

16.2

United Kingdom

13.4

15.6

France

8.6

7.9

Japan

6.9

9.2

Germany

5.4

3.8

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.5%

 

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Stocks 99.1%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.5%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.9%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.9%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.6%

ALS Ltd.

50,080

$ 481,906

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

31,792

443,873

Iluka Resources Ltd.

50,045

515,336

Orica Ltd.

18,382

479,326

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

1,920,441

Austria - 0.4%

Andritz AG

8,098

487,759

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.5%

Experian PLC

35,600

614,710

Belgium - 1.2%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

10,680

893,181

Umicore SA

9,677

496,634

TOTAL BELGIUM

1,389,815

Bermuda - 0.8%

Credicorp Ltd. (NY Shares)

4,220

545,815

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

7,600

468,160

TOTAL BERMUDA

1,013,975

Brazil - 3.8%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

36,300

477,197

CCR SA

53,400

469,572

Cielo SA

20,400

504,714

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

16,500

673,035

Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA

33,800

429,354

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

45,750

667,035

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

15,900

465,794

Qualicorp SA (a)

41,000

420,689

Souza Cruz SA

34,300

447,527

TOTAL BRAZIL

4,554,917

Canada - 0.6%

Canadian National Railway Co.

8,200

708,053

Cayman Islands - 0.8%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

4,200

447,804

Sands China Ltd.

140,000

526,577

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

974,381

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Chile - 0.8%

Embotelladora Andina SA Class A

93,938

$ 472,472

Parque Arauco SA

195,889

447,432

TOTAL CHILE

919,904

Denmark - 1.1%

FLSmidth & Co. A/S

8,057

475,971

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B sponsored ADR

5,400

865,566

TOTAL DENMARK

1,341,537

Finland - 0.8%

Kone Oyj (B Shares) (d)

7,500

537,092

Nokian Tyres PLC

11,214

465,121

TOTAL FINLAND

1,002,213

France - 8.6%

Air Liquide SA

5,520

651,082

Bollore

1,305

386,756

Bureau Veritas SA

4,900

520,348

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

5,282

461,301

Christian Dior SA

3,640

522,517

Dassault Systemes SA

4,400

463,602

Edenred SA

14,900

431,155

Essilor International SA

5,913

533,041

Eurofins Scientific SA

2,758

426,471

Hermes International SCA

1,480

403,994

L'Oreal SA

5,000

636,863

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

4,806

781,154

Pernod Ricard SA

5,800

624,192

PPR SA

3,300

580,215

Publicis Groupe SA

9,700

522,582

Remy Cointreau SA (d)

4,825

500,439

Schneider Electric SA

10,639

665,148

Technip SA

4,800

540,650

Vivendi SA

32,626

667,519

TOTAL FRANCE

10,319,029

Germany - 4.8%

adidas AG

6,100

519,695

BASF AG

11,846

981,594

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)

8,818

702,340

Brenntag AG

3,600

453,735

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA sponsored ADR (d)

7,700

541,926

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

9,500

614,686

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Hugo Boss AG

4,700

$ 470,478

Linde AG

3,500

588,614

SAP AG

12,210

890,390

TOTAL GERMANY

5,763,458

Hong Kong - 1.0%

AIA Group Ltd.

182,200

721,742

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

146,000

502,048

TOTAL HONG KONG

1,223,790

India - 4.4%

Asian Paints India Ltd.

6,168

443,780

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

13,605

459,303

Bosch Ltd. (a)

2,592

428,659

Colgate-Palmolive (India)

18,317

437,661

HDFC Bank Ltd.

50,379

591,549

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (a)

40,528

574,231

ITC Ltd.

104,981

551,294

Page Industries Ltd.

7,002

436,302

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

8,424

475,489

Titan Industries Ltd. (a)

95,357

459,550

TTK Prestige Ltd. (a)

7,121

424,276

TOTAL INDIA

5,282,094

Indonesia - 3.9%

PT ACE Hardware Indonesia Tbk

676,000

492,658

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

546,000

466,130

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

620,500

478,051

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

1,932,000

457,603

PT Jasa Marga Tbk

751,500

453,793

PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk

598,000

407,796

PT Modern Internasional Tbk (a)

6,254,500

481,865

PT Modern Internasional Tbk rights 11/8/12 (a)

1,876,350

37,117

PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk

307,000

476,240

PT Surya Citra Media Tbk

2,020,000

410,097

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk (a)

950,000

494,532

TOTAL INDONESIA

4,655,882

Ireland - 0.7%

Accenture PLC Class A

6,300

424,683

Dragon Oil PLC

47,300

423,634

TOTAL IRELAND

848,317

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Israel - 0.4%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

9,700

$ 431,941

Italy - 1.9%

Fiat Industrial SpA

43,588

472,029

Pirelli & C SpA (d)

41,340

478,763

Prada SpA

60,100

490,103

Saipem SpA

11,108

499,022

Salvatore Ferragamo Italia SpA (d)

18,800

381,841

TOTAL ITALY

2,321,758

Japan - 6.9%

Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.

28,000

490,342

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

4,300

434,148

Fanuc Corp.

4,300

684,617

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

2,300

512,264

Hitachi Ltd.

117,000

619,955

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

23,400

646,629

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

42,000

451,935

Keyence Corp.

1,940

514,709

Komatsu Ltd.

27,700

580,163

Kubota Corp.

50,000

511,086

Nabtesco Corp.

24,700

459,780

Rakuten, Inc.

51,700

464,996

SMC Corp.

3,400

535,789

Sysmex Corp.

9,700

456,263

Unicharm Corp.

8,600

465,389

USS Co. Ltd.

4,130

434,056

TOTAL JAPAN

8,262,121

Korea (South) - 1.3%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

1,305

1,567,934

Mexico - 1.3%

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV sponsored ADR

6,000

543,660

Grupo Mexico SA de CV Series B

170,600

546,691

Grupo Televisa SA de CV (CPO) sponsored ADR

21,400

483,640

TOTAL MEXICO

1,573,991

Netherlands - 2.5%

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

11,400

626,684

Core Laboratories NV

4,475

463,879

Heineken Holding NV (A Shares)

11,100

563,261

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (BNP Paribas Warrant Program) warrants 8/20/13 (a)(e)

12,200

483,795

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Netherlands - continued

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

8,090

$ 431,925

Yandex NV (a)

17,300

402,744

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

2,972,288

Nigeria - 0.7%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

3,615,519

455,796

Nigerian Breweries PLC

498,349

384,566

TOTAL NIGERIA

840,362

Panama - 0.4%

Intergroup Financial Services Corp.

14,121

451,872

Philippines - 2.4%

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

1,265,800

458,275

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

265,800

459,168

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

200,800

464,136

Security Bank Corp.

112,840

444,496

SM Investments Corp.

25,760

503,291

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

1,440,950

508,364

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

2,837,730

Portugal - 0.3%

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

24,500

428,702

Russia - 1.4%

Magnit OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

14,395

511,023

NOVATEK OAO GDR (Reg. S)

4,400

501,600

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation)

219,300

641,983

TOTAL RUSSIA

1,654,606

Singapore - 0.4%

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

11,000

444,040

South Africa - 1.7%

Mr Price Group Ltd.

31,700

489,723

Nampak Ltd.

128,000

426,635

Naspers Ltd. Class N

10,000

649,213

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

25,400

522,316

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

2,087,887

Spain - 1.0%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

20,500

507,508

Inditex SA

5,219

665,908

TOTAL SPAIN

1,173,416

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Sweden - 2.2%

ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares)

16,006

$ 533,541

Atlas Copco AB (A Shares)

27,000

663,918

Elekta AB (B Shares)

34,800

495,801

Getinge AB (B Shares)

14,600

449,034

Swedish Match Co. AB

14,200

483,831

TOTAL SWEDEN

2,626,125

Switzerland - 5.3%

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

11,208

726,901

Dufry AG (a)

3,660

464,525

Nestle SA

30,826

1,956,208

Schindler Holding AG (Reg.)

4,030

521,438

SGS SA (Reg.)

250

529,368

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

1,460

604,192

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

1,990

775,880

UBS AG

49,320

739,977

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

6,318,489

Taiwan - 0.8%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

59,200

941,280

Thailand - 1.6%

C.P. ALL PCL (For. Reg.)

402,000

521,014

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

1,145,280

425,699

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

81,300

477,144

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

87,200

457,750

TOTAL THAILAND

1,881,607

Turkey - 1.2%

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

24,000

465,941

TAV Havalimanlari Holding A/S

97,000

481,618

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

114,000

544,402

TOTAL TURKEY

1,491,961

United Kingdom - 13.4%

Aggreko PLC

14,300

496,147

AMEC PLC

25,411

434,674

Antofagasta PLC

26,200

531,463

BHP Billiton PLC ADR

27,689

1,771,542

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

22,600

1,120,951

Burberry Group PLC

29,600

556,963

Diageo PLC sponsored ADR

7,800

891,072

Halma PLC

62,500

415,944

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

IMI PLC

32,700

$ 503,686

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

19,275

727,858

InterContinental Hotel Group PLC ADR

16,766

412,779

Intertek Group PLC

11,700

532,252

Johnson Matthey PLC

13,031

472,937

Meggitt PLC

78,600

489,605

Prudential PLC

52,499

721,000

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

11,500

695,930

Rexam PLC

68,400

493,070

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

46,500

641,211

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

3,632,800

5,862

Rotork PLC

11,900

437,459

SABMiller PLC

16,300

698,243

Spectris PLC

17,300

482,421

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

35,620

841,246

The Weir Group PLC

16,700

469,462

Unilever PLC

32,000

1,193,702

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

16,037,479

United States of America - 16.0%

Allergan, Inc.

4,769

428,828

Altria Group, Inc.

11,000

349,800

American Tower Corp.

6,100

459,269

Apple, Inc.

693

412,404

Caterpillar, Inc.

5,400

457,974

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

5,900

364,679

Coach, Inc.

7,000

392,350

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

4,180

438,733

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

6,600

440,550

Cummins, Inc.

5,020

469,772

Danaher Corp.

7,469

386,371

Deere & Co.

4,800

410,112

EMC Corp. (a)

17,700

432,234

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A

7,188

442,925

FMC Corp.

7,700

412,104

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

9,800

400,820

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

11,284

438,722

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

520

353,480

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

800

433,776

Joy Global, Inc.

7,570

472,747

KLA-Tencor Corp.

9,200

427,984

Limited Brands, Inc.

8,800

421,432

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Lorillard, Inc.

3,906

$ 453,135

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

960

442,493

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

8,015

443,069

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

6,759

416,760

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

2,600

440,362

Monsanto Co.

4,276

368,035

Moody's Corp.

9,300

447,888

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

5,850

431,145

NIKE, Inc. Class B

4,600

420,348

Oceaneering International, Inc.

7,600

397,708

Oracle Corp.

14,180

440,289

Perrigo Co.

3,801

437,153

Philip Morris International, Inc.

5,342

473,088

QUALCOMM, Inc.

7,000

410,025

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

9,400

431,460

SBA Communications Corp. Class A (a)

6,900

459,747

Starbucks Corp.

8,975

411,953

The Coca-Cola Co.

11,200

416,416

TJX Companies, Inc.

9,700

403,811

Union Pacific Corp.

3,500

430,605

Visa, Inc. Class A

3,200

444,032

Waters Corp. (a)

5,500

449,955

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7,000

490,770

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

19,207,313

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $105,494,246)


118,573,177

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.6%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 0.6%

Volkswagen AG
(Cost $582,736)

3,600


744,716

Money Market Funds - 1.6%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)
(Cost $1,864,522)

1,864,522

$ 1,864,522

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $107,941,504)

121,182,415

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(1,319,840)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 119,862,575

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $483,795 or 0.4% of net assets.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 436

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

43,177

Total

$ 43,613

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 23,396,344

$ 23,359,227

$ 37,117

$ -

Consumer Staples

23,043,166

19,835,332

3,207,834

-

Energy

4,093,132

4,093,132

-

-

Financials

14,437,596

11,901,275

2,536,321

-

Health Care

6,378,865

6,378,865

-

-

Industrials

20,751,504

20,751,504

-

-

Information Technology

12,969,933

11,452,859

1,517,074

-

Materials

12,185,005

11,409,125

775,880

-

Telecommunication Services

2,062,348

2,062,348

-

-

Money Market Funds

1,864,522

1,864,522

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 121,182,415

$ 113,108,189

$ 8,074,226

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 14,753,550

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $1,753,785) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $106,076,982)

$ 119,317,893

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,864,522)

1,864,522

 

Total Investments (cost $107,941,504)

 

$ 121,182,415

Foreign currency held at value (cost $16,193)

16,193

Receivable for investments sold

2,065,672

Receivable for fund shares sold

101,786

Dividends receivable

299,498

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,539

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

24,134

Other receivables

269,625

Total assets

123,960,862

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 100,464

Payable for investments purchased

1,529,291

Payable for fund shares redeemed

291,050

Accrued management fee

95,137

Distribution and service plan fees payable

48,957

Other affiliated payables

34,491

Other payables and accrued expenses

134,375

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

1,864,522

Total liabilities

4,098,287

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 119,862,575

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 211,267,935

Undistributed net investment income

532,563

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(105,052,276)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

13,114,353

Net Assets

$ 119,862,575

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 

 

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($40,624,485 ÷ 3,610,960 shares)

$ 11.25

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.25)

$ 11.94

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($53,834,806 ÷ 4,882,971 shares)

$ 11.03

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.03)

$ 11.43

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,745,364 ÷ 268,552 shares)A

$ 10.22

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($18,090,206 ÷ 1,776,200 shares)A

$ 10.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,567,714 ÷ 381,117 shares)

$ 11.99

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 2,771,155

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

43,613

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

2,814,768

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(210,901)

Total income

 

2,603,867

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 860,534

Performance adjustment

292,951

Transfer agent fees

360,582

Distribution and service plan fees

597,133

Accounting and security lending fees

63,466

Custodian fees and expenses

139,257

Independent trustees' compensation

802

Registration fees

62,236

Audit

76,485

Legal

515

Miscellaneous

1,196

Total expenses before reductions

2,455,157

Expense reductions

(445,311)

2,009,846

Net investment income (loss)

594,021

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

3,362,667

Foreign currency transactions

(88,127)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

3,274,540

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $38,920)

8,560,477

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(9,406)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

8,551,071

Net gain (loss)

11,825,611

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 12,419,632

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 594,021

$ 730,290

Net realized gain (loss)

3,274,540

8,411,487

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

8,551,071

(14,294,405)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

12,419,632

(5,152,628)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(721,694)

(760,710)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(61,587)

(1,721,042)

Total distributions

(783,281)

(2,481,752)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(20,248,751)

(24,900,583)

Redemption fees

1,999

3,558

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(8,610,401)

(32,531,405)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

128,472,976

161,004,381

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $532,563 and undistributed net investment income of $717,375, respectively)

$ 119,862,575

$ 128,472,976

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.21

$ 10.85

$ 9.34

$ 6.39

$ 18.64

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .08

  .08 F

  .06

  .09

  .11

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.05

  (.53)

  1.69

  2.88

  (8.42)

Total from investment operations

  1.13

  (.45)

  1.75

  2.97

  (8.31)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.08)

  (.08)

  (.02)

  (.05)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

  (.09) I

  (.19) J

  (.24)

  (.02)

  (3.94)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.25

$ 10.21

$ 10.85

$ 9.34

$ 6.39

Total Return A, B

  11.19%

  (4.25)%

  18.98%

  46.61%

  (55.70)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.78%

  1.64%

  1.45%

  1.27%

  1.42%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.27%

  1.42%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.41%

  1.38%

  1.27%

  1.15%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  .73%

  .74% F

  .66%

  1.22%

  .95%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 40,624

$ 40,364

$ 49,058

$ 43,389

$ 35,517

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .49%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.085 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.19 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.077 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

$ 10.63

$ 9.16

$ 6.28

$ 18.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .05

  .05F

  .04

  .07

  .08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.04

  (.52)

  1.65

  2.82

  (8.28)

Total from investment operations

  1.09

  (.47)

  1.69

  2.89

  (8.20)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.05)

  (.06)

  (.01)

  (.01)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

  (.06) I

  (.16) J

  (.22)

  (.01)

  (3.90)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.03

$ 10.00

$ 10.63

$ 9.16

$ 6.28

Total ReturnA, B

  10.99%

  (4.51)%

  18.65%

  46.23%

  (55.79)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.03%

  1.88%

  1.69%

  1.52%

  1.65%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.52%

  1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.66%

  1.62%

  1.51%

  1.41%

  1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  .48%

  .49% F

  .42%

  .96%

  .71%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 53,835

$ 59,914

$ 74,056

$ 78,005

$ 57,603

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .24%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.06 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.056 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.047 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.26

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.86

$ 17.36

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  - H

  - F, H

  (.01)

  .03

  .02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (.48)

  1.53

  2.63

  (7.75)

Total from investment operations

  .96

  (.48)

  1.52

  2.66

  (7.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.09)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.77)

Total distributions

  -

  (.10)

  (.19)

  (.01)

  (3.77)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.22

$ 9.26

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.86

Total ReturnA, B

  10.37%

  (4.99)%

  18.03%

  45.50%

  (56.02)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.54%

  2.39%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.17%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.17%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.02%

  1.90%

  2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.02)%

  (.01)% F

  (.09)%

  .47%

  .19%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,745

$ 4,241

$ 8,737

$ 10,661

$ 10,356

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.26) %.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.23

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.87

$ 17.42

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  - H

  -F, H

  (.01)

  .03

  .02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (.49)

  1.53

  2.62

  (7.75)

Total from investment operations

  .96

  (.49)

  1.52

  2.65

  (7.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

  (.01)

  (.04)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.11)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.82)

Total distributions

  (.01) I

  (.12)

  (.19) J

  (.01)

  (3.82)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.18

$ 9.23

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.87

Total Return A, B

  10.41%

  (5.07)%

  18.12%

  45.26%

  (55.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.53%

  2.39%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.16%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.16%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.02%

  1.90%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.02)%

  (.01)% F

  (.09)%

  .47%

  .20%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,090

$ 19,619

$ 24,809

$ 24,575

$ 20,973

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.26) %.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.01 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.005 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.19 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.037 and distributions from net realized gain of $.155 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.87

$ 11.54

$ 9.91

$ 6.77

$ 19.49

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

.11

.12 E

.10

.11

.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

1.13

(.57)

1.78

3.05

(8.88)

Total from investment operations

1.24

(.45)

1.88

3.16

(8.72)

Distributions from net investment income

(.12)

(.11)

(.09)

(.02)

(.11)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

(.12) H

(.22) I

(.25)

(.02)

(4.00)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.99

$ 10.87

$ 11.54

$ 9.91

$ 6.77

Total ReturnA

11.56%

(4.01)%

19.22%

46.85%

(55.51)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsC, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

1.48%

1.35%

1.19%

1.00%

1.12%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

1.20%

1.20%

1.19%

1.00%

1.12%

Expenses net of all reductions

1.16%

1.12%

1.01%

.89%

.95%

Net investment income (loss)

.98%

1.00% E

.93%

1.48%

1.24%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,568

$ 4,335

$ 4,345

$ 3,292

$ 3,620

Portfolio turnover rateD

142%

254%

490%

414%

394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .74%.

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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.115 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

I Total distributions of $.22 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.107 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Other payables and accrued expenses on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), equity-debt classifications, capital loss carryforwards, and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 14,580,827

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,452,537)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 12,128,290

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 109,054,125

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 532,563

Capital loss carryforward

$ (103,999,529)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 12,061,606

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (80,031,657)

2017

(23,967,872)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (103,999,529)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 783,281

$ 2,481,752

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement - continued

subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $171,987,771 and $190,378,005, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .95% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 99,529

$ 1,057

Class T

.25%

.25%

277,013

1,728

Class B

.75%

.25%

33,850

25,495

Class C

.75%

.25%

186,741

8,859

 

 

 

$ 597,133

$ 37,139

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Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 6,896

Class T

3,151

Class B*

10,045

Class C*

669

 

$ 20,761

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 119,875

.30

Class T

163,509

.30

Class B

10,211

.30

Class C

56,261

.30

Institutional Class

10,726

.25

 

$ 360,582

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $843 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $336 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $43,177. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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8. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

 

 

 

Class A

1.45%

$ 132,366

Class T

1.70%

181,526

Class B

2.20%

11,457

Class C

2.20%

62,372

Institutional Class

1.20%

12,038

 

 

$ 399,759

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $45,552 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 338,785

$ 351,944

Class T

327,446

323,075

Class B

-

9,663

Class C

10,467

29,995

Institutional Class

44,996

46,033

Total

$ 721,694

$ 760,710

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 19,929

$ 529,480

Class T

29,236

797,756

Class B

-

70,707

Class C

10,466

273,307

Institutional Class

1,956

49,792

Total

$ 61,587

$ 1,721,042

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

501,429

721,944

$ 5,286,360

$ 7,956,982

Reinvestment of distributions

32,796

72,790

324,358

801,552

Shares redeemed

(878,467)

(1,361,813)

(9,235,475)

(14,987,238)

Net increase (decrease)

(344,242)

(567,079)

$ (3,624,757)

$ (6,228,704)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

474,830

879,812

$ 4,927,589

$ 9,150,890

Reinvestment of distributions

35,814

101,007

347,751

1,092,104

Shares redeemed

(1,620,420)

(1,955,605)

(16,560,666)

(20,943,089)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,109,776)

(974,786)

$ (11,285,326)

$ (10,700,095)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,681

9,370

$ 54,950

$ 93,679

Reinvestment of distributions

-

7,318

-

73,635

Shares redeemed

(195,242)

(446,550)

(1,882,798)

(4,499,761)

Net increase (decrease)

(189,561)

(429,862)

$ (1,827,848)

$ (4,332,447)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

139,534

194,812

$ 1,345,653

$ 1,945,397

Reinvestment of distributions

2,090

27,032

18,836

271,185

Shares redeemed

(489,947)

(619,329)

(4,705,575)

(6,101,194)

Net increase (decrease)

(348,323)

(397,485)

$ (3,341,086)

$ (3,884,612)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

98,729

167,207

$ 1,120,551

$ 1,942,483

Reinvestment of distributions

3,641

6,560

38,267

76,766

Shares redeemed

(120,081)

(151,382)

(1,328,552)

(1,773,974)

Net increase (decrease)

(17,711)

22,385

$ (169,734)

$ 245,275

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Institutional Class designates 8% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Institutional Class

12/05/11

$0.132

$0.0117

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the second quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the first quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, although the fund's five-year cumulative total return was lower than its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's positive performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA

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AICAPI-UANN-1212
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Fidelity Advisor®

International
Capital Appreciation

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

4.80%

-4.96%

6.11%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

7.11%

-4.74%

6.11%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge)A

5.37%

-4.84%

6.15%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge)B

9.41%

-4.55%

5.95%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Sammy Simnegar, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 11.19%, 10.99%, 10.37% and 10.41%, respectively (excluding sales charges), handily outpacing the MSCI index. Stock selection in consumer staples, consumer discretionary and materials meaningfully lifted relative performance. Within staples, a large overweighting in food, beverage and tobacco also helped. Geographically, the fund was aided by a sizable out-of-benchmark stake in the United States and by stock picking in Brazil, Indonesia and Italy. Our U.S. holdings also benefited from an appreciating dollar. Three of the four biggest relative contributors were Indonesian stocks: Global Mediacom, Ace Hardware Indonesia and Tower Bersama Infrastructure, a cellular tower operator. Thailand-based big-box discount retailer Siam Makro - which I sold - helped as well. All of the contributors I've mentioned were non-benchmark holdings. Conversely, financials and health care detracted. Geographically, Australia hurt. Not owning strong-performing South Korean benchmark component Samsung Electronics during the period's first half hampered results, as did overweightings in Australia's Iluka Resources and Fortescue Metals Group, the latter of which I sold.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,005.40

$ 7.31

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.60

$ 8.57

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.00

$ 11.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.00

$ 11.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,006.70

$ 6.05

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

1.6

1.7

BHP Billiton PLC ADR (United Kingdom, Metals & Mining)

1.5

1.6

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea (South), Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

1.3

0.0

Unilever PLC (United Kingdom, Food Products)

1.0

1.0

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Tobacco)

0.9

1.4

 

6.3

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

19.3

19.7

Consumer Staples

19.0

21.5

Industrials

17.3

13.8

Financials

12.2

12.6

Information Technology

10.8

8.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United States of America

16.0

16.2

United Kingdom

13.4

15.6

France

8.6

7.9

Japan

6.9

9.2

Germany

5.4

3.8

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.5%

 

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Stocks 99.1%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.5%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.9%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.9%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.6%

ALS Ltd.

50,080

$ 481,906

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

31,792

443,873

Iluka Resources Ltd.

50,045

515,336

Orica Ltd.

18,382

479,326

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

1,920,441

Austria - 0.4%

Andritz AG

8,098

487,759

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.5%

Experian PLC

35,600

614,710

Belgium - 1.2%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

10,680

893,181

Umicore SA

9,677

496,634

TOTAL BELGIUM

1,389,815

Bermuda - 0.8%

Credicorp Ltd. (NY Shares)

4,220

545,815

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

7,600

468,160

TOTAL BERMUDA

1,013,975

Brazil - 3.8%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

36,300

477,197

CCR SA

53,400

469,572

Cielo SA

20,400

504,714

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

16,500

673,035

Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA

33,800

429,354

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

45,750

667,035

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

15,900

465,794

Qualicorp SA (a)

41,000

420,689

Souza Cruz SA

34,300

447,527

TOTAL BRAZIL

4,554,917

Canada - 0.6%

Canadian National Railway Co.

8,200

708,053

Cayman Islands - 0.8%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

4,200

447,804

Sands China Ltd.

140,000

526,577

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

974,381

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Chile - 0.8%

Embotelladora Andina SA Class A

93,938

$ 472,472

Parque Arauco SA

195,889

447,432

TOTAL CHILE

919,904

Denmark - 1.1%

FLSmidth & Co. A/S

8,057

475,971

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B sponsored ADR

5,400

865,566

TOTAL DENMARK

1,341,537

Finland - 0.8%

Kone Oyj (B Shares) (d)

7,500

537,092

Nokian Tyres PLC

11,214

465,121

TOTAL FINLAND

1,002,213

France - 8.6%

Air Liquide SA

5,520

651,082

Bollore

1,305

386,756

Bureau Veritas SA

4,900

520,348

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

5,282

461,301

Christian Dior SA

3,640

522,517

Dassault Systemes SA

4,400

463,602

Edenred SA

14,900

431,155

Essilor International SA

5,913

533,041

Eurofins Scientific SA

2,758

426,471

Hermes International SCA

1,480

403,994

L'Oreal SA

5,000

636,863

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

4,806

781,154

Pernod Ricard SA

5,800

624,192

PPR SA

3,300

580,215

Publicis Groupe SA

9,700

522,582

Remy Cointreau SA (d)

4,825

500,439

Schneider Electric SA

10,639

665,148

Technip SA

4,800

540,650

Vivendi SA

32,626

667,519

TOTAL FRANCE

10,319,029

Germany - 4.8%

adidas AG

6,100

519,695

BASF AG

11,846

981,594

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)

8,818

702,340

Brenntag AG

3,600

453,735

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA sponsored ADR (d)

7,700

541,926

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

9,500

614,686

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Hugo Boss AG

4,700

$ 470,478

Linde AG

3,500

588,614

SAP AG

12,210

890,390

TOTAL GERMANY

5,763,458

Hong Kong - 1.0%

AIA Group Ltd.

182,200

721,742

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

146,000

502,048

TOTAL HONG KONG

1,223,790

India - 4.4%

Asian Paints India Ltd.

6,168

443,780

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

13,605

459,303

Bosch Ltd. (a)

2,592

428,659

Colgate-Palmolive (India)

18,317

437,661

HDFC Bank Ltd.

50,379

591,549

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (a)

40,528

574,231

ITC Ltd.

104,981

551,294

Page Industries Ltd.

7,002

436,302

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

8,424

475,489

Titan Industries Ltd. (a)

95,357

459,550

TTK Prestige Ltd. (a)

7,121

424,276

TOTAL INDIA

5,282,094

Indonesia - 3.9%

PT ACE Hardware Indonesia Tbk

676,000

492,658

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

546,000

466,130

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

620,500

478,051

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

1,932,000

457,603

PT Jasa Marga Tbk

751,500

453,793

PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk

598,000

407,796

PT Modern Internasional Tbk (a)

6,254,500

481,865

PT Modern Internasional Tbk rights 11/8/12 (a)

1,876,350

37,117

PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk

307,000

476,240

PT Surya Citra Media Tbk

2,020,000

410,097

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk (a)

950,000

494,532

TOTAL INDONESIA

4,655,882

Ireland - 0.7%

Accenture PLC Class A

6,300

424,683

Dragon Oil PLC

47,300

423,634

TOTAL IRELAND

848,317

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Israel - 0.4%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

9,700

$ 431,941

Italy - 1.9%

Fiat Industrial SpA

43,588

472,029

Pirelli & C SpA (d)

41,340

478,763

Prada SpA

60,100

490,103

Saipem SpA

11,108

499,022

Salvatore Ferragamo Italia SpA (d)

18,800

381,841

TOTAL ITALY

2,321,758

Japan - 6.9%

Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd.

28,000

490,342

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

4,300

434,148

Fanuc Corp.

4,300

684,617

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

2,300

512,264

Hitachi Ltd.

117,000

619,955

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

23,400

646,629

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

42,000

451,935

Keyence Corp.

1,940

514,709

Komatsu Ltd.

27,700

580,163

Kubota Corp.

50,000

511,086

Nabtesco Corp.

24,700

459,780

Rakuten, Inc.

51,700

464,996

SMC Corp.

3,400

535,789

Sysmex Corp.

9,700

456,263

Unicharm Corp.

8,600

465,389

USS Co. Ltd.

4,130

434,056

TOTAL JAPAN

8,262,121

Korea (South) - 1.3%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

1,305

1,567,934

Mexico - 1.3%

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV sponsored ADR

6,000

543,660

Grupo Mexico SA de CV Series B

170,600

546,691

Grupo Televisa SA de CV (CPO) sponsored ADR

21,400

483,640

TOTAL MEXICO

1,573,991

Netherlands - 2.5%

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

11,400

626,684

Core Laboratories NV

4,475

463,879

Heineken Holding NV (A Shares)

11,100

563,261

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (BNP Paribas Warrant Program) warrants 8/20/13 (a)(e)

12,200

483,795

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Netherlands - continued

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

8,090

$ 431,925

Yandex NV (a)

17,300

402,744

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

2,972,288

Nigeria - 0.7%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

3,615,519

455,796

Nigerian Breweries PLC

498,349

384,566

TOTAL NIGERIA

840,362

Panama - 0.4%

Intergroup Financial Services Corp.

14,121

451,872

Philippines - 2.4%

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

1,265,800

458,275

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

265,800

459,168

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

200,800

464,136

Security Bank Corp.

112,840

444,496

SM Investments Corp.

25,760

503,291

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

1,440,950

508,364

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

2,837,730

Portugal - 0.3%

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

24,500

428,702

Russia - 1.4%

Magnit OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

14,395

511,023

NOVATEK OAO GDR (Reg. S)

4,400

501,600

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation)

219,300

641,983

TOTAL RUSSIA

1,654,606

Singapore - 0.4%

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

11,000

444,040

South Africa - 1.7%

Mr Price Group Ltd.

31,700

489,723

Nampak Ltd.

128,000

426,635

Naspers Ltd. Class N

10,000

649,213

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

25,400

522,316

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

2,087,887

Spain - 1.0%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

20,500

507,508

Inditex SA

5,219

665,908

TOTAL SPAIN

1,173,416

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Sweden - 2.2%

ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares)

16,006

$ 533,541

Atlas Copco AB (A Shares)

27,000

663,918

Elekta AB (B Shares)

34,800

495,801

Getinge AB (B Shares)

14,600

449,034

Swedish Match Co. AB

14,200

483,831

TOTAL SWEDEN

2,626,125

Switzerland - 5.3%

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

11,208

726,901

Dufry AG (a)

3,660

464,525

Nestle SA

30,826

1,956,208

Schindler Holding AG (Reg.)

4,030

521,438

SGS SA (Reg.)

250

529,368

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

1,460

604,192

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

1,990

775,880

UBS AG

49,320

739,977

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

6,318,489

Taiwan - 0.8%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

59,200

941,280

Thailand - 1.6%

C.P. ALL PCL (For. Reg.)

402,000

521,014

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

1,145,280

425,699

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

81,300

477,144

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

87,200

457,750

TOTAL THAILAND

1,881,607

Turkey - 1.2%

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

24,000

465,941

TAV Havalimanlari Holding A/S

97,000

481,618

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

114,000

544,402

TOTAL TURKEY

1,491,961

United Kingdom - 13.4%

Aggreko PLC

14,300

496,147

AMEC PLC

25,411

434,674

Antofagasta PLC

26,200

531,463

BHP Billiton PLC ADR

27,689

1,771,542

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

22,600

1,120,951

Burberry Group PLC

29,600

556,963

Diageo PLC sponsored ADR

7,800

891,072

Halma PLC

62,500

415,944

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

IMI PLC

32,700

$ 503,686

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

19,275

727,858

InterContinental Hotel Group PLC ADR

16,766

412,779

Intertek Group PLC

11,700

532,252

Johnson Matthey PLC

13,031

472,937

Meggitt PLC

78,600

489,605

Prudential PLC

52,499

721,000

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

11,500

695,930

Rexam PLC

68,400

493,070

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

46,500

641,211

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

3,632,800

5,862

Rotork PLC

11,900

437,459

SABMiller PLC

16,300

698,243

Spectris PLC

17,300

482,421

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

35,620

841,246

The Weir Group PLC

16,700

469,462

Unilever PLC

32,000

1,193,702

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

16,037,479

United States of America - 16.0%

Allergan, Inc.

4,769

428,828

Altria Group, Inc.

11,000

349,800

American Tower Corp.

6,100

459,269

Apple, Inc.

693

412,404

Caterpillar, Inc.

5,400

457,974

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

5,900

364,679

Coach, Inc.

7,000

392,350

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

4,180

438,733

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

6,600

440,550

Cummins, Inc.

5,020

469,772

Danaher Corp.

7,469

386,371

Deere & Co.

4,800

410,112

EMC Corp. (a)

17,700

432,234

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A

7,188

442,925

FMC Corp.

7,700

412,104

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

9,800

400,820

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

11,284

438,722

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

520

353,480

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

800

433,776

Joy Global, Inc.

7,570

472,747

KLA-Tencor Corp.

9,200

427,984

Limited Brands, Inc.

8,800

421,432

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Lorillard, Inc.

3,906

$ 453,135

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

960

442,493

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

8,015

443,069

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

6,759

416,760

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

2,600

440,362

Monsanto Co.

4,276

368,035

Moody's Corp.

9,300

447,888

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

5,850

431,145

NIKE, Inc. Class B

4,600

420,348

Oceaneering International, Inc.

7,600

397,708

Oracle Corp.

14,180

440,289

Perrigo Co.

3,801

437,153

Philip Morris International, Inc.

5,342

473,088

QUALCOMM, Inc.

7,000

410,025

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

9,400

431,460

SBA Communications Corp. Class A (a)

6,900

459,747

Starbucks Corp.

8,975

411,953

The Coca-Cola Co.

11,200

416,416

TJX Companies, Inc.

9,700

403,811

Union Pacific Corp.

3,500

430,605

Visa, Inc. Class A

3,200

444,032

Waters Corp. (a)

5,500

449,955

Yum! Brands, Inc.

7,000

490,770

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

19,207,313

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $105,494,246)


118,573,177

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.6%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 0.6%

Volkswagen AG
(Cost $582,736)

3,600


744,716

Money Market Funds - 1.6%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)
(Cost $1,864,522)

1,864,522

$ 1,864,522

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $107,941,504)

121,182,415

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(1,319,840)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 119,862,575

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $483,795 or 0.4% of net assets.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 436

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

43,177

Total

$ 43,613

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 23,396,344

$ 23,359,227

$ 37,117

$ -

Consumer Staples

23,043,166

19,835,332

3,207,834

-

Energy

4,093,132

4,093,132

-

-

Financials

14,437,596

11,901,275

2,536,321

-

Health Care

6,378,865

6,378,865

-

-

Industrials

20,751,504

20,751,504

-

-

Information Technology

12,969,933

11,452,859

1,517,074

-

Materials

12,185,005

11,409,125

775,880

-

Telecommunication Services

2,062,348

2,062,348

-

-

Money Market Funds

1,864,522

1,864,522

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 121,182,415

$ 113,108,189

$ 8,074,226

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 14,753,550

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $1,753,785) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $106,076,982)

$ 119,317,893

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,864,522)

1,864,522

 

Total Investments (cost $107,941,504)

 

$ 121,182,415

Foreign currency held at value (cost $16,193)

16,193

Receivable for investments sold

2,065,672

Receivable for fund shares sold

101,786

Dividends receivable

299,498

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,539

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

24,134

Other receivables

269,625

Total assets

123,960,862

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 100,464

Payable for investments purchased

1,529,291

Payable for fund shares redeemed

291,050

Accrued management fee

95,137

Distribution and service plan fees payable

48,957

Other affiliated payables

34,491

Other payables and accrued expenses

134,375

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

1,864,522

Total liabilities

4,098,287

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 119,862,575

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 211,267,935

Undistributed net investment income

532,563

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(105,052,276)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

13,114,353

Net Assets

$ 119,862,575

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 

 

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($40,624,485 ÷ 3,610,960 shares)

$ 11.25

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.25)

$ 11.94

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($53,834,806 ÷ 4,882,971 shares)

$ 11.03

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.03)

$ 11.43

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,745,364 ÷ 268,552 shares)A

$ 10.22

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($18,090,206 ÷ 1,776,200 shares)A

$ 10.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($4,567,714 ÷ 381,117 shares)

$ 11.99

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 2,771,155

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

43,613

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

2,814,768

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(210,901)

Total income

 

2,603,867

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 860,534

Performance adjustment

292,951

Transfer agent fees

360,582

Distribution and service plan fees

597,133

Accounting and security lending fees

63,466

Custodian fees and expenses

139,257

Independent trustees' compensation

802

Registration fees

62,236

Audit

76,485

Legal

515

Miscellaneous

1,196

Total expenses before reductions

2,455,157

Expense reductions

(445,311)

2,009,846

Net investment income (loss)

594,021

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

3,362,667

Foreign currency transactions

(88,127)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

3,274,540

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $38,920)

8,560,477

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(9,406)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

8,551,071

Net gain (loss)

11,825,611

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 12,419,632

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 594,021

$ 730,290

Net realized gain (loss)

3,274,540

8,411,487

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

8,551,071

(14,294,405)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

12,419,632

(5,152,628)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(721,694)

(760,710)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(61,587)

(1,721,042)

Total distributions

(783,281)

(2,481,752)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(20,248,751)

(24,900,583)

Redemption fees

1,999

3,558

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(8,610,401)

(32,531,405)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

128,472,976

161,004,381

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $532,563 and undistributed net investment income of $717,375, respectively)

$ 119,862,575

$ 128,472,976

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.21

$ 10.85

$ 9.34

$ 6.39

$ 18.64

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .08

  .08 F

  .06

  .09

  .11

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.05

  (.53)

  1.69

  2.88

  (8.42)

Total from investment operations

  1.13

  (.45)

  1.75

  2.97

  (8.31)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.08)

  (.08)

  (.02)

  (.05)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

  (.09) I

  (.19) J

  (.24)

  (.02)

  (3.94)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.25

$ 10.21

$ 10.85

$ 9.34

$ 6.39

Total Return A, B

  11.19%

  (4.25)%

  18.98%

  46.61%

  (55.70)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.78%

  1.64%

  1.45%

  1.27%

  1.42%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.27%

  1.42%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.41%

  1.38%

  1.27%

  1.15%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  .73%

  .74% F

  .66%

  1.22%

  .95%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 40,624

$ 40,364

$ 49,058

$ 43,389

$ 35,517

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .49%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.085 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.19 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.077 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

$ 10.63

$ 9.16

$ 6.28

$ 18.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .05

  .05F

  .04

  .07

  .08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.04

  (.52)

  1.65

  2.82

  (8.28)

Total from investment operations

  1.09

  (.47)

  1.69

  2.89

  (8.20)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.05)

  (.06)

  (.01)

  (.01)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

  (.06) I

  (.16) J

  (.22)

  (.01)

  (3.90)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.03

$ 10.00

$ 10.63

$ 9.16

$ 6.28

Total ReturnA, B

  10.99%

  (4.51)%

  18.65%

  46.23%

  (55.79)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.03%

  1.88%

  1.69%

  1.52%

  1.65%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.52%

  1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.66%

  1.62%

  1.51%

  1.41%

  1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  .48%

  .49% F

  .42%

  .96%

  .71%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 53,835

$ 59,914

$ 74,056

$ 78,005

$ 57,603

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .24%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.06 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.056 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.047 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.26

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.86

$ 17.36

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  - H

  - F, H

  (.01)

  .03

  .02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (.48)

  1.53

  2.63

  (7.75)

Total from investment operations

  .96

  (.48)

  1.52

  2.66

  (7.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.09)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.77)

Total distributions

  -

  (.10)

  (.19)

  (.01)

  (3.77)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.22

$ 9.26

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.86

Total ReturnA, B

  10.37%

  (4.99)%

  18.03%

  45.50%

  (56.02)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsD, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.54%

  2.39%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.17%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.17%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.02%

  1.90%

  2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.02)%

  (.01)% F

  (.09)%

  .47%

  .19%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,745

$ 4,241

$ 8,737

$ 10,661

$ 10,356

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.26) %.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.23

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.87

$ 17.42

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  - H

  -F, H

  (.01)

  .03

  .02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (.49)

  1.53

  2.62

  (7.75)

Total from investment operations

  .96

  (.49)

  1.52

  2.65

  (7.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

  (.01)

  (.04)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.11)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.82)

Total distributions

  (.01) I

  (.12)

  (.19) J

  (.01)

  (3.82)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.18

$ 9.23

$ 9.84

$ 8.51

$ 5.87

Total Return A, B

  10.41%

  (5.07)%

  18.12%

  45.26%

  (55.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.53%

  2.39%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.16%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.02%

  2.16%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.02%

  1.90%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.02)%

  (.01)% F

  (.09)%

  .47%

  .20%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,090

$ 19,619

$ 24,809

$ 24,575

$ 20,973

Portfolio turnover rate E

  142%

  254%

  490%

  414%

  394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.26) %.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.01 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.005 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

J Total distributions of $.19 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.037 and distributions from net realized gain of $.155 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.87

$ 11.54

$ 9.91

$ 6.77

$ 19.49

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

.11

.12 E

.10

.11

.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

1.13

(.57)

1.78

3.05

(8.88)

Total from investment operations

1.24

(.45)

1.88

3.16

(8.72)

Distributions from net investment income

(.12)

(.11)

(.09)

(.02)

(.11)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01)

  (.12)

  (.16)

  -

  (3.89)

Total distributions

(.12) H

(.22) I

(.25)

(.02)

(4.00)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.99

$ 10.87

$ 11.54

$ 9.91

$ 6.77

Total ReturnA

11.56%

(4.01)%

19.22%

46.85%

(55.51)%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsC, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

1.48%

1.35%

1.19%

1.00%

1.12%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

1.20%

1.20%

1.19%

1.00%

1.12%

Expenses net of all reductions

1.16%

1.12%

1.01%

.89%

.95%

Net investment income (loss)

.98%

1.00% E

.93%

1.48%

1.24%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,568

$ 4,335

$ 4,345

$ 3,292

$ 3,620

Portfolio turnover rateD

142%

254%

490%

414%

394%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .74%.

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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.115 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

I Total distributions of $.22 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.107 and distributions from net realized gain of $.116 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Other payables and accrued expenses on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), equity-debt classifications, capital loss carryforwards, and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 14,580,827

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,452,537)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 12,128,290

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 109,054,125

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 532,563

Capital loss carryforward

$ (103,999,529)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 12,061,606

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (80,031,657)

2017

(23,967,872)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (103,999,529)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 783,281

$ 2,481,752

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement - continued

subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $171,987,771 and $190,378,005, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .95% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 99,529

$ 1,057

Class T

.25%

.25%

277,013

1,728

Class B

.75%

.25%

33,850

25,495

Class C

.75%

.25%

186,741

8,859

 

 

 

$ 597,133

$ 37,139

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 6,896

Class T

3,151

Class B*

10,045

Class C*

669

 

$ 20,761

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 119,875

.30

Class T

163,509

.30

Class B

10,211

.30

Class C

56,261

.30

Institutional Class

10,726

.25

 

$ 360,582

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $843 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $336 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $43,177. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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8. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

 

 

 

Class A

1.45%

$ 132,366

Class T

1.70%

181,526

Class B

2.20%

11,457

Class C

2.20%

62,372

Institutional Class

1.20%

12,038

 

 

$ 399,759

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $45,552 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 338,785

$ 351,944

Class T

327,446

323,075

Class B

-

9,663

Class C

10,467

29,995

Institutional Class

44,996

46,033

Total

$ 721,694

$ 760,710

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 19,929

$ 529,480

Class T

29,236

797,756

Class B

-

70,707

Class C

10,466

273,307

Institutional Class

1,956

49,792

Total

$ 61,587

$ 1,721,042

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

501,429

721,944

$ 5,286,360

$ 7,956,982

Reinvestment of distributions

32,796

72,790

324,358

801,552

Shares redeemed

(878,467)

(1,361,813)

(9,235,475)

(14,987,238)

Net increase (decrease)

(344,242)

(567,079)

$ (3,624,757)

$ (6,228,704)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

474,830

879,812

$ 4,927,589

$ 9,150,890

Reinvestment of distributions

35,814

101,007

347,751

1,092,104

Shares redeemed

(1,620,420)

(1,955,605)

(16,560,666)

(20,943,089)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,109,776)

(974,786)

$ (11,285,326)

$ (10,700,095)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,681

9,370

$ 54,950

$ 93,679

Reinvestment of distributions

-

7,318

-

73,635

Shares redeemed

(195,242)

(446,550)

(1,882,798)

(4,499,761)

Net increase (decrease)

(189,561)

(429,862)

$ (1,827,848)

$ (4,332,447)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

139,534

194,812

$ 1,345,653

$ 1,945,397

Reinvestment of distributions

2,090

27,032

18,836

271,185

Shares redeemed

(489,947)

(619,329)

(4,705,575)

(6,101,194)

Net increase (decrease)

(348,323)

(397,485)

$ (3,341,086)

$ (3,884,612)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

98,729

167,207

$ 1,120,551

$ 1,942,483

Reinvestment of distributions

3,641

6,560

38,267

76,766

Shares redeemed

(120,081)

(151,382)

(1,328,552)

(1,773,974)

Net increase (decrease)

(17,711)

22,385

$ (169,734)

$ 245,275

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A designates 10%, Class T designates 14%, and Class C designates 48% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A designates 100%, Class T designates 100%, and Class C designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/05/11

$0.102

$0.0117

Class T

12/05/11

$0.073

$0.0117

Class B

12/05/11

$0.000

$0.0000

Class C

12/05/11

$0.022

$0.0117

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the second quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the first quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, although the fund's five-year cumulative total return was lower than its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's positive performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)

AICAP-UANN-1212
1.784754.109

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity Advisor®

Emerging Markets

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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October 31, 2012

(Fidelity Cover Art)


Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Life of
fund
A

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

-5.00%

-8.81%

8.91%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

-3.03%

-8.61%

8.92%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

-5.00%

-8.77%

8.98%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) C

-1.00%

-8.42%

8.84%

A From March 29, 2004.

B Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and life of fund total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

C Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and life of fund total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund - Class A on March 29, 2004, when the fund started, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® Emerging Markets Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Emerging-markets stocks gained 2.98% for the year ending October 31, 2012, as measured by the MSCI® Emerging Markets Index. After some early choppiness, the index rallied strongly in the first two months of 2012 but retreated from March through May amid renewed concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and continued economic sluggishness in key countries such as China and Brazil. A general uptrend in the final five months of the period lifted the index into positive territory for the full year, despite the head wind of a generally stronger U.S. dollar. Major benchmark component Brazil was a drag on performance, falling roughly 13%. The nation's inflation rate crept higher while economic growth ebbed, creating an unfavorable backdrop for stocks here. India's market retreated about 5%, while Russia gave up 4%. Conversely, Hong Kong advanced approximately 17%, aided by rebounding shares of property developers, while South Africa added 7%, China rose roughly 5% and South Korea and Taiwan gained about 4% and 1%, respectively. Sentiment about Chinese stocks improved following the government's September approval of massive outlays for infrastructure projects, in hopes of halting that nation's economic slowdown. However, China's ongoing transition to new Communist Party leadership created uncertainty that kept some investors on the sidelines.

Comments from Robert von Rekowsky, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund for most of the period covered by this report: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 0.80%, 0.49%, 0.00% and 0.00%, respectively (excluding sales charges), lagging the MSCI index. Relative performance was hurt the most by out-of-benchmark exposure to emerging-markets stocks listed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, along with my picks in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Important individual detractors included OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes, a Brazilian producer of crude oil and natural gas. Given the company's significant downward revisions in its production and earnings targets, I sold the stock. Similar comments apply to an out-of-index position in Canadian gold-mining stock Eldorado Gold, which I also sold. Further weighing on our results was a non-index stake in China-based Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine and underweighting the strong-performing shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Conversely, stock selection in Indonesia helped. An out-of-benchmark stake in Indonesian cellular tower operator Tower Bersama Infrastructure paid off, as did underweighting Brazilian iron ore and nickel producer Vale and a sizable overweighting in Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, which outperformed.

Note to shareholders: On October 1, 2012, Sammy Simnegar became Portfolio Manager of the fund.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Annual Report


 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.51%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 963.40

$ 7.45

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.55

$ 7.66

Class T

1.77%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 962.30

$ 8.73

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.24

$ 8.97

Class B

2.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 959.80

$ 11.13

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,013.77

$ 11.44

Class C

2.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 959.70

$ 11.13

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,013.77

$ 11.44

Institutional Class

1.19%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 964.90

$ 5.88

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.15

$ 6.04

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Annual Report


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea (South), Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

4.4

5.1

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (United States of America, Investment Companies)

1.9

0.0

Vale SA (PN-A) (Brazil, Metals & Mining)

1.7

0.9

Hyundai Motor Co. (Korea (South), Automobiles)

1.6

2.0

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation) (Russia, Commercial Banks)

1.6

1.5

 

11.2

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

22.3

20.3

Consumer Discretionary

18.0

12.4

Information Technology

13.5

14.7

Consumer Staples

11.0

9.7

Materials

10.3

9.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Korea (South)

13.4

20.5

Brazil

12.1

10.9

India

7.8

4.3

Indonesia

7.2

6.9

Cayman Islands

5.8

5.8

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

adi240

Stocks and Investment Companies 98.5%

 

adi240

Stocks 98.9%

 

adi291

Bonds 0.0%

 

adi293

Bonds 0.1%

 

adi245

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.5%

 

adi245

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.0%

 

adi297

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.3%

Shares

Value

Australia - 0.3%

Iluka Resources Ltd.

132,607

$ 1,365,515

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.2%

Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR

8,150

974,659

Bermuda - 1.8%

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (a)

1,220,000

1,523,810

Credicorp Ltd. (NY Shares)

37,250

4,817,915

Digital China Holdings Ltd. (H Shares)

612,000

1,029,733

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

196,000

581,674

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

1,600

98,560

TOTAL BERMUDA

8,051,692

Brazil - 12.1%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

214,700

2,822,427

Brasil Foods SA

89,300

1,624,596

CCR SA

296,700

2,609,026

Cetip SA - Mercados Organizado

126,502

1,457,447

Cielo SA

124,900

3,090,138

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar sponsored ADR (d)

48,151

2,250,578

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

155,376

6,337,787

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP)

36,100

1,528,213

Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais

76,100

1,796,231

Gerdau SA sponsored ADR

255,671

2,247,348

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

459,800

6,703,884

Localiza Rent A Car SA

5,200

91,145

Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia SA

82,900

1,271,020

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

100,008

2,929,754

Multiplus SA

124,924

2,902,520

Qualicorp SA (a)

180,900

1,856,161

Souza Cruz SA

4,300

56,104

Totvs SA

36,247

737,058

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

151,800

3,183,910

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA - Usiminas (PN-A) (non-vtg.)

221,216

1,068,476

Vale SA (PN-A)

418,900

7,497,115

TOTAL BRAZIL

54,060,938

British Virgin Islands - 1.1%

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.

169,602

2,189,562

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

British Virgin Islands - continued

Gem Diamonds Ltd. (a)

120,445

$ 327,996

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (e)

71,200

2,374,520

TOTAL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

4,892,078

Canada - 0.4%

Africa Oil Corp. (a)

4,541

45,103

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

68,600

1,541,997

Ivanplats Ltd. Class A (f)

84,516

353,381

TOTAL CANADA

1,940,481

Cayman Islands - 5.8%

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

705,000

600,383

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

20,500

2,185,710

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

637,000

1,186,867

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

442,000

786,854

Changyou.com Ltd. (A Shares) ADR (d)

34,032

845,695

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

228,012

91,498

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

38,000

158,128

Eurasia Drilling Co. Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

74,563

2,579,880

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (H Shares)

466,000

1,022,187

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

293,500

2,673,673

Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.

7,136,000

2,246,675

Intime Department Store Group Co. Ltd.

459,500

544,282

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

613,000

365,425

MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

33,000

279,613

NetEase.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)(d)

24,400

1,317,600

Sands China Ltd.

136,000

511,532

SINA Corp. (a)

17,000

928,710

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

200,700

7,095,670

Vinda International Holdings Ltd.

483,000

674,326

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

26,094,708

Chile - 0.7%

CAP SA

34,629

1,193,788

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (PN-B) sponsored ADR (d)

30,700

1,775,995

TOTAL CHILE

2,969,783

China - 3.2%

Air China Ltd. (H Shares)

1,014,000

719,608

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,480,000

1,388,327

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

3,200,000

1,804,375

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,518,000

2,290,553

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

China - continued

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

723,500

$ 718,828

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

133,000

566,319

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

712,000

881,956

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,345,000

3,696,557

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd. (H Shares) (a)

1,978,000

502,792

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

12,000

64,877

Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. (B Shares)

296,321

1,502,242

TOTAL CHINA

14,136,434

Colombia - 1.5%

Almacenes Exito SA

118,316

2,255,528

BanColombia SA sponsored ADR

27,635

1,769,193

Ecopetrol SA ADR (d)

47,075

2,787,311

TOTAL COLOMBIA

6,812,032

Czech Republic - 0.2%

Philip Morris CR A/S

1,697

909,217

Finland - 0.6%

Kone Oyj (B Shares) (d)

3,300

236,321

Nokian Tyres PLC

57,500

2,384,916

TOTAL FINLAND

2,621,237

France - 0.5%

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

14,555

2,365,729

Hong Kong - 2.7%

AIA Group Ltd.

20,200

80,018

China Mobile Ltd.

76,500

848,519

CNOOC Ltd.

3,231,000

6,649,323

Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd.

1,312,000

1,237,504

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

257,000

883,743

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

1,608,000

1,315,439

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

1,058,000

281,221

Singamas Container Holdings Ltd.

2,222,000

561,947

TOTAL HONG KONG

11,857,714

India - 7.8%

Axis Bank Ltd.

84,973

1,867,653

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

51,655

1,743,866

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

291,383

1,217,413

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

8,424

313,914

HDFC Bank Ltd.

165,304

1,940,996

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

341,491

3,469,175

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

India - continued

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 

171,833

$ 2,434,660

ICICI Bank Ltd.

195,871

3,811,187

ITC Ltd.

141,436

742,733

Jaypee Infratech Ltd.

465,878

413,450

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

69,363

2,097,262

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

127,846

2,059,246

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

135,749

3,318,982

Tata Motors Ltd.

669,790

3,185,055

Tata Steel Ltd.

265,598

1,936,020

Tech Mahindra Ltd. (a)

39,361

693,838

Titan Industries Ltd. 

259,455

1,250,380

Ultratech Cemco Ltd.

68,604

2,545,252

TOTAL INDIA

35,041,082

Indonesia - 7.2%

PT AKR Corporindo Tbk

156,500

72,506

PT Astra International Tbk

5,616,000

4,706,779

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

93,000

79,396

PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk

4,429,000

3,804,174

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

5,943,500

4,579,044

PT Bank Tabungan Negara Tbk

27,500

4,352

PT Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk

9,802,600

1,265,505

PT Ciputra Development Tbk

523,000

37,026

PT Gadjah Tunggal Tbk

1,131,000

256,108

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

8,869,500

2,100,784

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk

1,327,000

2,956,552

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

1,038,500

773,060

PT Jasa Marga Tbk

1,544,500

932,646

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

547,500

161,029

PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk

3,145,000

2,144,681

PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero Tbk

2,558,000

205,065

PT Resource Alam Indonesia Tbk

1,307,500

387,960

PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk

1,457,500

2,260,974

PT Summarecon Agung Tbk

233,500

42,543

PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Series B

898,500

912,566

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk (a)

5,952,500

3,098,633

PT United Tractors Tbk

643,500

1,413,617

PT Wijaya Karya Persero Tbk

1,249,000

178,149

TOTAL INDONESIA

32,373,149

Ireland - 0.3%

Dragon Oil PLC

138,794

1,243,082

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Israel - 1.0%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

53,800

$ 2,395,714

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

170,200

2,129,883

TOTAL ISRAEL

4,525,597

Italy - 0.4%

Prada SpA

230,500

1,879,678

Japan - 0.0%

Fanuc Corp.

600

95,528

Korea (South) - 13.4%

Cheil Worldwide, Inc.

4,100

78,968

CJ Corp.

3,978

388,562

Cosmax, Inc.

1,030

45,959

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

63,170

799,532

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

42,452

1,925,354

Grand Korea Leisure Co. Ltd.

6,840

192,593

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

25,630

746,343

Honam Petrochemical Corp.

2,069

423,167

Hotel Shilla Co.

50,202

2,117,995

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

1,380

287,310

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

14,092

2,959,744

Hyundai Hysco Co. Ltd.

61,940

2,476,873

Hyundai Mobis

7,129

1,817,689

Hyundai Motor Co.

35,154

7,238,309

Hyundai Wia Corp.

4,046

654,963

Industrial Bank of Korea

102,590

1,129,100

Interflex Co. Ltd.

737

42,044

Kia Motors Corp.

83,109

4,619,200

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

679

278,993

KT Corp.

1,960

66,552

KT&G Corp.

41,016

3,126,082

LG Chemical Ltd.

13,292

3,730,421

LG Corp.

12,052

736,172

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

2,450

1,642,591

NHN Corp.

349

80,823

Samsung C&T Corp.

13,146

714,981

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

16,312

19,598,571

Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd.

11,960

365,825

Silicon Works Co. Ltd.

13,935

357,219

SK Energy Co. Ltd.

473

69,628

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

Sung Kwang Bend Co. Ltd.

37,451

$ 906,804

TK Corp. (a)

14,543

368,804

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

59,987,171

Luxembourg - 0.5%

L'Occitane Ltd.

644,750

2,009,111

Malaysia - 0.3%

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd

30,400

76,150

Malayan Banking Bhd

423,000

1,254,002

TOTAL MALAYSIA

1,330,152

Mexico - 3.1%

CEMEX SA de CV sponsored ADR

280,203

2,533,035

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV Series L

51,300

657,529

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV unit

239,000

2,152,351

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

615,800

3,421,372

Grupo Mexico SA de CV Series B

455,900

1,460,941

Grupo Televisa SA de CV

814,500

3,702,386

TOTAL MEXICO

13,927,614

Netherlands - 0.6%

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

12,400

681,656

Yandex NV (a)

84,000

1,955,520

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

2,637,176

Nigeria - 0.6%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC GDR (Reg. S)

465,259

2,884,606

Panama - 0.9%

Banco Latinoamericano de Exporaciones SA (BLADEX) Series E

53,100

1,194,750

Copa Holdings SA Class A

28,228

2,620,123

TOTAL PANAMA

3,814,873

Philippines - 2.6%

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

2,777,400

1,005,540

Ayala Corp.

74,860

806,885

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

1,304,700

2,253,861

Manila Water Co., Inc.

320,200

225,932

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

434,280

1,003,810

Philippine National Bank (a)

342,750

600,438

PUREGOLD Price Club, Inc.

966,700

704,444

Security Bank Corp.

681,320

2,683,837

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Philippines - continued

SM Investments Corp.

53,800

$ 1,051,129

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

3,666,400

1,293,499

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

11,629,375

Poland - 0.5%

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

50,400

2,420,034

Russia - 3.8%

M Video OJSC (a)

71,100

559,452

Magnit OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

2,600

92,300

Mechel Steel Group OAO sponsored ADR

21,596

137,135

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC sponsored ADR

67,079

1,149,734

NOVATEK OAO GDR (Reg. S)

30,898

3,522,372

Raspadskaya OAO (a)

130,700

257,729

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation)

2,447,000

7,163,397

Tatneft OAO sponsored ADR

26,800

1,038,232

TNK-BP Holding

37,100

75,736

Uralkali OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

71,400

2,797,452

TOTAL RUSSIA

16,793,539

Singapore - 0.4%

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

201,000

1,756,567

South Africa - 5.6%

African Bank Investments Ltd.

760,647

2,572,145

AVI Ltd.

273,957

1,806,654

Bidvest Group Ltd.

60,500

1,444,007

FirstRand Ltd.

703,000

2,333,428

Foschini Ltd.

48,124

698,717

Imperial Holdings Ltd.

144,536

3,283,572

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

795,429

3,008,092

Mr Price Group Ltd.

175,100

2,705,062

Nampak Ltd.

153,200

510,628

Naspers Ltd. Class N

67,800

4,401,665

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

72,600

1,492,919

Tongaat Hulett Ltd.

48,900

767,001

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

25,023,890

Switzerland - 1.0%

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

18,368

1,191,267

Dufry AG (a)

14,500

1,840,331

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

3,140

1,299,427

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

4,331,025

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Taiwan - 3.6%

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc.

147,000

$ 1,575,180

Chipbond Technology Corp.

476,000

806,642

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

571,000

1,317,542

MediaTek, Inc.

130,610

1,450,974

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

377,000

1,419,719

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

174,220

724,674

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1,817,000

5,536,981

Unified-President Enterprises Corp.

1,757,010

3,103,790

TOTAL TAIWAN

15,935,502

Thailand - 4.0%

Advanced Info Service PCL (For. Reg.)

541,000

3,483,779

Asian Property Development PCL (For. Reg.)

3,641,700

1,033,022

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd. (For. Reg.)

311,800

1,840,098

Bangkok Expressway PCL (For.Reg.)

1,161,500

1,050,917

Bumrungrad Hospital PCL (For. Reg.)

204,300

504,588

C.P. ALL PCL (For. Reg.)

1,329,200

1,722,716

Hemaraj Land & Development PCL

2,018,100

206,613

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

3,271,400

1,215,975

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

13,100

76,883

PTT PCL (For. Reg.)

186,700

1,935,787

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

875,400

4,595,351

TOTAL THAILAND

17,665,729

Turkey - 3.3%

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

115,050

2,233,607

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi A/S

388,000

1,030,338

TAV Havalimanlari Holding A/S

117,000

580,920

Turk Hava Yollari AO (a)

577,000

1,335,872

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

882,375

4,213,741

Turkiye Halk Bankasi A/S

334,000

2,944,045

Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S Series C

696,000

2,368,536

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerile A/S

5,000

122,176

TOTAL TURKEY

14,829,235

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

NMC Health PLC

197,935

578,146

United Kingdom - 1.9%

Afren PLC (a)

196,400

436,427

Aggreko PLC

49,800

1,727,842

Antofagasta PLC

22,800

462,494

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

9,800

486,076

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Ophir Energy PLC (a)

155,855

$ 1,394,629

Prudential PLC

6,766

92,922

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

87,687

2,070,924

Tullow Oil PLC

75,700

1,715,139

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

8,386,453

United States of America - 2.3%

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

20,750

2,177,920

Cummins, Inc.

16,000

1,497,280

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

2,200

85,536

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

31,400

1,936,124

Philip Morris International, Inc.

15,400

1,363,824

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

16,136

740,642

Yum! Brands, Inc.

32,900

2,306,619

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

10,107,945

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $389,278,649)


430,258,476

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%

 

 

 

 

Russia - 0.3%

Surgutneftegaz JSC
(Cost $1,770,114)

2,465,300


1,526,945

Investment Companies - 1.9%

 

 

 

 

United States of America - 1.9%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF
(Cost $8,638,844)

206,300


8,480,993

Money Market Funds - 2.3%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

4,384,369

$ 4,384,369

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

5,712,675

5,712,675

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $10,097,044)


10,097,044

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.8%

(Cost $409,784,651)

450,363,458

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.8)%

(3,606,527)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 446,756,931

Security Type Abbreviations

ETF

-

Exchange-Traded Fund

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $2,374,520 or 0.5% of net assets.

(f) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $353,381 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Ivanplats Ltd. Class A

10/23/12

$ 409,319

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 7,460

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

43,262

Total

$ 50,722

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 80,637,364

$ 77,452,309

$ 3,185,055

$ -

Consumer Staples

48,845,783

48,359,707

486,076

-

Energy

29,279,959

22,630,636

6,649,323

-

Financials

100,654,462

94,809,357

5,845,105

-

Health Care

6,260,901

6,260,901

-

-

Industrials

41,305,536

41,305,536

-

-

Information Technology

60,522,984

54,304,347

6,218,637

-

Materials

46,069,997

45,716,616

353,381

-

Telecommunication Services

12,681,700

10,854,063

1,827,637

-

Utilities

5,526,735

5,526,735

-

-

Investment Companies

8,480,993

8,480,993

-

-

Money Market Funds

10,097,044

10,097,044

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 450,363,458

$ 425,798,244

$ 24,565,214

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 139,799,616

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $5,388,473) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $399,687,607)

$ 440,266,414

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $10,097,044)

10,097,044

 

Total Investments (cost $409,784,651)

 

$ 450,363,458

Foreign currency held at value (cost $2,052,273)

2,055,362

Receivable for investments sold

13,824,327

Receivable for fund shares sold

585,819

Dividends receivable

788,052

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

3,720

Other receivables

117,995

Total assets

467,738,733

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 13,391,194

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,191,647

Accrued management fee

303,353

Distribution and service plan fees payable

127,529

Other affiliated payables

123,639

Other payables and accrued expenses

131,765

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

5,712,675

Total liabilities

20,981,802

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 446,756,931

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 496,573,932

Undistributed net investment income

3,650,889

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(94,029,988)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

40,562,098

Net Assets

$ 446,756,931

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($160,464,051 ÷ 7,823,731 shares)

$ 20.51

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $20.51)

$ 21.76

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($58,918,896 ÷ 2,882,427 shares)

$ 20.44

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $20.44)

$ 21.18

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,994,337 ÷ 798,410 shares)A

$ 20.03

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($65,598,078 ÷ 3,279,478 shares)A

$ 20.00

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($145,781,569 ÷ 7,071,858 shares)

$ 20.61

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 13,641,617

Interest

 

15,720

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

50,722

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

13,708,059

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(1,382,128)

Total income

 

12,325,931

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 3,917,194

Transfer agent fees

1,353,640

Distribution and service plan fees

1,686,210

Accounting and security lending fees

252,997

Custodian fees and expenses

447,931

Independent trustees' compensation

3,218

Registration fees

78,584

Audit

77,247

Legal

1,862

Miscellaneous

5,916

Total expenses before reductions

7,824,799

Expense reductions

(300,874)

7,523,925

Net investment income (loss)

4,802,006

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(15,547,306)

Foreign currency transactions

(677,809)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(16,225,115)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

13,461,681

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

45,412

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

13,507,093

Net gain (loss)

(2,718,022)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 2,083,984

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 4,802,006

$ 5,371,636

Net realized gain (loss)

(16,225,115)

51,309,170

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

13,507,093

(134,170,344)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

2,083,984

(77,489,538)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,344,878)

(3,137,543)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(3,336,770)

Total distributions

(3,344,878)

(6,474,313)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(68,179,764)

(114,129,705)

Redemption fees

103,376

141,338

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(69,337,282)

(197,952,218)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

516,094,213

714,046,431

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $3,650,889 and undistributed net investment income of $2,180,940, respectively)

$ 446,756,931

$ 516,094,213

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.50

$ 23.71

$ 19.20

$ 12.59

$ 32.75

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .22

  .21

  .12

  .10

  .24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.19)

  4.59

  6.64

  (19.61)

Total from investment operations

  .16

  (2.98)

  4.71

  6.74

  (19.37)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.15)

  (.11)

  (.07)

  (.14)

  (.02)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.79)

Total distributions

  (.15)

  (.24)

  (.20)

  (.14)

  (.81)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.51

$ 20.50

$ 23.71

$ 19.20

$ 12.59

Total Return A, B

  .80%

  (12.69)%

  24.69%

  54.54%

  (60.55)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.54%

  1.54%

  1.56%

  1.60%

  1.59%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.54%

  1.54%

  1.56%

  1.60%

  1.59%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.48%

  1.47%

  1.50%

  1.53%

  1.53%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.07%

  .92%

  .59%

  .70%

  .94%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 160,464

$ 202,477

$ 286,970

$ 216,187

$ 122,911

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.43

$ 23.61

$ 19.14

$ 12.49

$ 32.52

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .16

  .15

  .07

  .07

  .17

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.18)

  4.57

  6.64

  (19.48)

Total from investment operations

  .10

  (3.03)

  4.64

  6.71

  (19.31)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.04)

  (.04)

  (.07)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.74)

Total distributions

  (.09)

  (.16) H

  (.17)

  (.07)

  (.74)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.44

$ 20.43

$ 23.61

$ 19.14

$ 12.49

Total Return A, B

  .49%

  (12.89)%

  24.38%

  54.17%

  (60.66)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.80%

  1.79%

  1.81%

  1.87%

  1.84%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.80%

  1.79%

  1.81%

  1.85%

  1.84%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.73%

  1.73%

  1.76%

  1.78%

  1.79%

Net investment income (loss)

  .81%

  .66%

  .33%

  .44%

  .69%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 58,919

$ 73,146

$ 104,417

$ 86,959

$ 47,300

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.037 and distributions from net realized gain of $.125 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.03

$ 23.14

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

$ 32.03

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .04

  (.03)

  (.01)

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.13)

  4.49

  6.55

  (19.13)

Total from investment operations

  -

  (3.09)

  4.46

  6.54

  (19.09)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  -

  -

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.12)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  -

  (.03) H

  (.12)

  -

  (.70)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  - G

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.03

$ 20.03

$ 23.14

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

Total Return A, B

  -%

  (13.33)%

  23.77%

  53.34%

  (60.83)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.29%

  2.29%

  2.32%

  2.36%

  2.35%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.29%

  2.29%

  2.32%

  2.35%

  2.35%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.23%

  2.22%

  2.26%

  2.28%

  2.30%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32%

  .16%

  (.17)%

  (.05)%

  .18%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,994

$ 21,304

$ 31,159

$ 27,580

$ 17,307

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.03 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.005 and distributions from net realized gain of $.025 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.00

$ 23.13

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

$ 32.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .04

  (.03)

  (.01)

  .05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.12)

  4.49

  6.54

  (19.15)

Total from investment operations

  -

  (3.08)

  4.46

  6.53

  (19.10)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  -

  -

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.13)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  -

  (.06)

  (.13)

  -

  (.70)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.00

$ 20.00

$ 23.13

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

Total Return A, B

  -%

  (13.33)%

  23.80%

  53.34%

  (60.84)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.29%

  2.28%

  2.30%

  2.34%

  2.34%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.29%

  2.28%

  2.30%

  2.34%

  2.34%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.23%

  2.22%

  2.24%

  2.28%

  2.29%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32%

  .17%

  (.15)%

  (.05)%

  .19%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 65,598

$ 80,855

$ 106,711

$ 83,939

$ 44,878

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.63

$ 23.87

$ 19.29

$ 12.71

$ 33.02

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .28

  .29

  .20

  .15

  .31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.21)

  4.62

  6.65

  (19.76)

Total from investment operations

  .22

  (2.92)

  4.82

  6.80

  (19.45)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.20)

  (.11)

  (.23)

  (.09)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.79)

Total distributions

  (.24)

  (.33)

  (.24)

  (.23)

  (.88)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  - F

  .01

  - F

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.61

$ 20.63

$ 23.87

$ 19.29

$ 12.71

Total Return A

  1.08%

  (12.41)%

  25.15%

  54.97%

  (60.42)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.22%

  1.21%

  1.22%

  1.30%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.22%

  1.21%

  1.22%

  1.30%

  1.27%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.16%

  1.14%

  1.17%

  1.23%

  1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.39%

  1.25%

  .93%

  .99%

  1.26%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 145,782

$ 138,312

$ 184,789

$ 106,713

$ 47,557

Portfolio turnover rate D

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

ETFs are valued at their last sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day but the exchange reports a closing bid level, ETFs are valued at the closing bid and would be categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there was no closing bid, ETFs may be valued by another method that the Board believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies and may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), contingent interest, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 52,123,160

Gross unrealized depreciation

(12,894,768)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 39,228,392

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 411,135,066

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 3,650,890

Capital loss carryforward

$ (92,679,576)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 39,211,683

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (70,963,758)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(21,715,818)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (92,679,576)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 3,344,878

$ 6,474,313

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 90 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.50% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $846,408,176 and $910,774,840, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .55% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .81% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR,

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Distribution and Service Plan Fees - continued

separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total
Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 444,791

$ 9,780

Class T

.25%

.25%

332,276

1,103

Class B

.75%

.25%

185,960

139,714

Class C

.75%

.25%

723,183

69,609

 

 

 

$ 1,686,210

$ 220,206

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 71,044

Class T

15,613

Class B*

34,783

Class C*

5,665

 

$ 127,105

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of

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shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 532,515

.30

Class T

204,047

.31

Class B

55,675

.30

Class C

216,916

.30

Institutional Class

344,487

.23

 

$ 1,353,640

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $311 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $1,351 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any

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additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding with FCM. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $43,262, including $2 from securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $300,809 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $65.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,451,148

$ 1,359,820

Class T

312,643

162,957

Class B

-

6,606

Class C

-

23,592

Institutional Class

1,581,087

1,584,568

Total

$ 3,344,878

$ 3,137,543

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 1,530,131

Class T

-

550,254

Class B

-

33,415

Class C

-

232,626

Institutional Class

-

990,344

Total

$ -

$ 3,336,770

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,037,152

2,979,791

$ 41,195,109

$ 70,086,728

Reinvestment of distributions

66,178

111,230

1,330,840

2,675,569

Shares redeemed

(4,154,283)

(5,317,665)

(83,269,620)

(123,086,641)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,050,953)

(2,226,644)

$ (40,743,671)

$ (50,324,344)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

596,352

883,154

$ 12,026,705

$ 20,610,023

Reinvestment of distributions

14,784

28,248

297,017

678,402

Shares redeemed

(1,309,634)

(1,752,649)

(26,275,018)

(40,710,223)

Net increase (decrease)

(698,498)

(841,247)

$ (13,951,296)

$ (19,421,798)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

26,111

68,462

$ 526,389

$ 1,586,905

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,377

-

32,616

Shares redeemed

(291,336)

(352,710)

(5,756,960)

(8,040,387)

Net increase (decrease)

(265,225)

(282,871)

$ (5,230,571)

$ (6,420,866)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

549,601

956,543

$ 10,991,315

$ 22,080,298

Reinvestment of distributions

-

9,045

-

213,702

Shares redeemed

(1,313,083)

(1,536,376)

(25,757,063)

(34,998,720)

Net increase (decrease)

(763,482)

(570,788)

$ (14,765,748)

$ (12,704,720)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,860,043

2,773,126

$ 57,283,970

$ 64,258,215

Reinvestment of distributions

61,950

73,837

1,248,917

1,781,181

Shares redeemed

(2,554,172)

(3,885,014)

(52,021,365)

(91,297,373)

Net increase (decrease)

367,821

(1,038,051)

$ 6,511,522

$ (25,257,977)

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A designates 100%; Class T designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/05/11

$0.223

$0.0728

 

 

 

 

Class T

12/05/11

$0.162

$0.0728

 

 

 

 

Class B

12/05/11

$0.000

$0.0000

 

 

 

 

Class C

12/05/11

$0.000

$0.0000

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the second quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR the fact that the fund underperformed its benchmark for each period measured. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR if other actions to address performance are appropriate.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 13% means that 87% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

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The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Fidelity Advisor®

Emerging Markets

Fund - Institutional Class

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Life of
fund
A

  Institutional Class

1.08%

-7.43%

9.99%

A From March 29, 2004.

$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund - Institutional Class on March 29, 2004, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® Emerging Markets Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Emerging-markets stocks gained 2.98% for the year ending October 31, 2012, as measured by the MSCI® Emerging Markets Index. After some early choppiness, the index rallied strongly in the first two months of 2012 but retreated from March through May amid renewed concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and continued economic sluggishness in key countries such as China and Brazil. A general uptrend in the final five months of the period lifted the index into positive territory for the full year, despite the head wind of a generally stronger U.S. dollar. Major benchmark component Brazil was a drag on performance, falling roughly 13%. The nation's inflation rate crept higher while economic growth ebbed, creating an unfavorable backdrop for stocks here. India's market retreated about 5%, while Russia gave up 4%. Conversely, Hong Kong advanced approximately 17%, aided by rebounding shares of property developers, while South Africa added 7%, China rose roughly 5% and South Korea and Taiwan gained about 4% and 1%, respectively. Sentiment about Chinese stocks improved following the government's September approval of massive outlays for infrastructure projects, in hopes of halting that nation's economic slowdown. However, China's ongoing transition to new Communist Party leadership created uncertainty that kept some investors on the sidelines.

Comments from Robert von Rekowsky, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund for most of the period covered by this report: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 1.08%, lagging the MSCI index. Relative performance was hurt the most by out-of-benchmark exposure to emerging-markets stocks listed in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, along with my picks in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Important individual detractors included OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes, a Brazilian producer of crude oil and natural gas. Given the company's significant downward revisions in its production and earnings targets, I sold the stock. Similar comments apply to an out-of-index position in Canadian gold-mining stock Eldorado Gold, which I also sold. Further weighing on our results was a non-index stake in China-based Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine and underweighting the strong-performing shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. Conversely, stock selection in Indonesia helped. An out-of-benchmark stake in Indonesian cellular tower operator Tower Bersama Infrastructure paid off, as did underweighting Brazilian iron ore and nickel producer Vale and a sizable overweighting in Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, which outperformed.

Note to shareholders: On October 1, 2012, Sammy Simnegar became Portfolio Manager of the fund.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.51%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 963.40

$ 7.45

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.55

$ 7.66

Class T

1.77%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 962.30

$ 8.73

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.24

$ 8.97

Class B

2.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 959.80

$ 11.13

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,013.77

$ 11.44

Class C

2.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 959.70

$ 11.13

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,013.77

$ 11.44

Institutional Class

1.19%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 964.90

$ 5.88

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.15

$ 6.04

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea (South), Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment)

4.4

5.1

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (United States of America, Investment Companies)

1.9

0.0

Vale SA (PN-A) (Brazil, Metals & Mining)

1.7

0.9

Hyundai Motor Co. (Korea (South), Automobiles)

1.6

2.0

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation) (Russia, Commercial Banks)

1.6

1.5

 

11.2

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

22.3

20.3

Consumer Discretionary

18.0

12.4

Information Technology

13.5

14.7

Consumer Staples

11.0

9.7

Materials

10.3

9.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Korea (South)

13.4

20.5

Brazil

12.1

10.9

India

7.8

4.3

Indonesia

7.2

6.9

Cayman Islands

5.8

5.8

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks and Investment Companies 98.5%

 

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Stocks 98.9%

 

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Bonds 0.0%

 

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Bonds 0.1%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.5%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.0%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.3%

Shares

Value

Australia - 0.3%

Iluka Resources Ltd.

132,607

$ 1,365,515

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.2%

Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR

8,150

974,659

Bermuda - 1.8%

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. (a)

1,220,000

1,523,810

Credicorp Ltd. (NY Shares)

37,250

4,817,915

Digital China Holdings Ltd. (H Shares)

612,000

1,029,733

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

196,000

581,674

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

1,600

98,560

TOTAL BERMUDA

8,051,692

Brazil - 12.1%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

214,700

2,822,427

Brasil Foods SA

89,300

1,624,596

CCR SA

296,700

2,609,026

Cetip SA - Mercados Organizado

126,502

1,457,447

Cielo SA

124,900

3,090,138

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar sponsored ADR (d)

48,151

2,250,578

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

155,376

6,337,787

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP)

36,100

1,528,213

Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais

76,100

1,796,231

Gerdau SA sponsored ADR

255,671

2,247,348

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

459,800

6,703,884

Localiza Rent A Car SA

5,200

91,145

Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia SA

82,900

1,271,020

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

100,008

2,929,754

Multiplus SA

124,924

2,902,520

Qualicorp SA (a)

180,900

1,856,161

Souza Cruz SA

4,300

56,104

Totvs SA

36,247

737,058

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

151,800

3,183,910

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA - Usiminas (PN-A) (non-vtg.)

221,216

1,068,476

Vale SA (PN-A)

418,900

7,497,115

TOTAL BRAZIL

54,060,938

British Virgin Islands - 1.1%

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.

169,602

2,189,562

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

British Virgin Islands - continued

Gem Diamonds Ltd. (a)

120,445

$ 327,996

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (e)

71,200

2,374,520

TOTAL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

4,892,078

Canada - 0.4%

Africa Oil Corp. (a)

4,541

45,103

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

68,600

1,541,997

Ivanplats Ltd. Class A (f)

84,516

353,381

TOTAL CANADA

1,940,481

Cayman Islands - 5.8%

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

705,000

600,383

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

20,500

2,185,710

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

637,000

1,186,867

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

442,000

786,854

Changyou.com Ltd. (A Shares) ADR (d)

34,032

845,695

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

228,012

91,498

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

38,000

158,128

Eurasia Drilling Co. Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

74,563

2,579,880

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (H Shares)

466,000

1,022,187

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

293,500

2,673,673

Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.

7,136,000

2,246,675

Intime Department Store Group Co. Ltd.

459,500

544,282

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

613,000

365,425

MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

33,000

279,613

NetEase.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)(d)

24,400

1,317,600

Sands China Ltd.

136,000

511,532

SINA Corp. (a)

17,000

928,710

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

200,700

7,095,670

Vinda International Holdings Ltd.

483,000

674,326

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

26,094,708

Chile - 0.7%

CAP SA

34,629

1,193,788

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (PN-B) sponsored ADR (d)

30,700

1,775,995

TOTAL CHILE

2,969,783

China - 3.2%

Air China Ltd. (H Shares)

1,014,000

719,608

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,480,000

1,388,327

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

3,200,000

1,804,375

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,518,000

2,290,553

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

China - continued

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

723,500

$ 718,828

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

133,000

566,319

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

712,000

881,956

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,345,000

3,696,557

Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd. (H Shares) (a)

1,978,000

502,792

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

12,000

64,877

Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. (B Shares)

296,321

1,502,242

TOTAL CHINA

14,136,434

Colombia - 1.5%

Almacenes Exito SA

118,316

2,255,528

BanColombia SA sponsored ADR

27,635

1,769,193

Ecopetrol SA ADR (d)

47,075

2,787,311

TOTAL COLOMBIA

6,812,032

Czech Republic - 0.2%

Philip Morris CR A/S

1,697

909,217

Finland - 0.6%

Kone Oyj (B Shares) (d)

3,300

236,321

Nokian Tyres PLC

57,500

2,384,916

TOTAL FINLAND

2,621,237

France - 0.5%

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

14,555

2,365,729

Hong Kong - 2.7%

AIA Group Ltd.

20,200

80,018

China Mobile Ltd.

76,500

848,519

CNOOC Ltd.

3,231,000

6,649,323

Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd.

1,312,000

1,237,504

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

257,000

883,743

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

1,608,000

1,315,439

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

1,058,000

281,221

Singamas Container Holdings Ltd.

2,222,000

561,947

TOTAL HONG KONG

11,857,714

India - 7.8%

Axis Bank Ltd.

84,973

1,867,653

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

51,655

1,743,866

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

291,383

1,217,413

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

8,424

313,914

HDFC Bank Ltd.

165,304

1,940,996

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

341,491

3,469,175

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

India - continued

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 

171,833

$ 2,434,660

ICICI Bank Ltd.

195,871

3,811,187

ITC Ltd.

141,436

742,733

Jaypee Infratech Ltd.

465,878

413,450

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

69,363

2,097,262

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

127,846

2,059,246

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

135,749

3,318,982

Tata Motors Ltd.

669,790

3,185,055

Tata Steel Ltd.

265,598

1,936,020

Tech Mahindra Ltd. (a)

39,361

693,838

Titan Industries Ltd. 

259,455

1,250,380

Ultratech Cemco Ltd.

68,604

2,545,252

TOTAL INDIA

35,041,082

Indonesia - 7.2%

PT AKR Corporindo Tbk

156,500

72,506

PT Astra International Tbk

5,616,000

4,706,779

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

93,000

79,396

PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk

4,429,000

3,804,174

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

5,943,500

4,579,044

PT Bank Tabungan Negara Tbk

27,500

4,352

PT Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk

9,802,600

1,265,505

PT Ciputra Development Tbk

523,000

37,026

PT Gadjah Tunggal Tbk

1,131,000

256,108

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

8,869,500

2,100,784

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk

1,327,000

2,956,552

PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

1,038,500

773,060

PT Jasa Marga Tbk

1,544,500

932,646

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

547,500

161,029

PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk

3,145,000

2,144,681

PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero Tbk

2,558,000

205,065

PT Resource Alam Indonesia Tbk

1,307,500

387,960

PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk

1,457,500

2,260,974

PT Summarecon Agung Tbk

233,500

42,543

PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Series B

898,500

912,566

PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk (a)

5,952,500

3,098,633

PT United Tractors Tbk

643,500

1,413,617

PT Wijaya Karya Persero Tbk

1,249,000

178,149

TOTAL INDONESIA

32,373,149

Ireland - 0.3%

Dragon Oil PLC

138,794

1,243,082

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Israel - 1.0%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

53,800

$ 2,395,714

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

170,200

2,129,883

TOTAL ISRAEL

4,525,597

Italy - 0.4%

Prada SpA

230,500

1,879,678

Japan - 0.0%

Fanuc Corp.

600

95,528

Korea (South) - 13.4%

Cheil Worldwide, Inc.

4,100

78,968

CJ Corp.

3,978

388,562

Cosmax, Inc.

1,030

45,959

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

63,170

799,532

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

42,452

1,925,354

Grand Korea Leisure Co. Ltd.

6,840

192,593

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

25,630

746,343

Honam Petrochemical Corp.

2,069

423,167

Hotel Shilla Co.

50,202

2,117,995

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

1,380

287,310

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

14,092

2,959,744

Hyundai Hysco Co. Ltd.

61,940

2,476,873

Hyundai Mobis

7,129

1,817,689

Hyundai Motor Co.

35,154

7,238,309

Hyundai Wia Corp.

4,046

654,963

Industrial Bank of Korea

102,590

1,129,100

Interflex Co. Ltd.

737

42,044

Kia Motors Corp.

83,109

4,619,200

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

679

278,993

KT Corp.

1,960

66,552

KT&G Corp.

41,016

3,126,082

LG Chemical Ltd.

13,292

3,730,421

LG Corp.

12,052

736,172

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

2,450

1,642,591

NHN Corp.

349

80,823

Samsung C&T Corp.

13,146

714,981

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

16,312

19,598,571

Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd.

11,960

365,825

Silicon Works Co. Ltd.

13,935

357,219

SK Energy Co. Ltd.

473

69,628

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

Sung Kwang Bend Co. Ltd.

37,451

$ 906,804

TK Corp. (a)

14,543

368,804

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

59,987,171

Luxembourg - 0.5%

L'Occitane Ltd.

644,750

2,009,111

Malaysia - 0.3%

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd

30,400

76,150

Malayan Banking Bhd

423,000

1,254,002

TOTAL MALAYSIA

1,330,152

Mexico - 3.1%

CEMEX SA de CV sponsored ADR

280,203

2,533,035

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV Series L

51,300

657,529

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV unit

239,000

2,152,351

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

615,800

3,421,372

Grupo Mexico SA de CV Series B

455,900

1,460,941

Grupo Televisa SA de CV

814,500

3,702,386

TOTAL MEXICO

13,927,614

Netherlands - 0.6%

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

12,400

681,656

Yandex NV (a)

84,000

1,955,520

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

2,637,176

Nigeria - 0.6%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC GDR (Reg. S)

465,259

2,884,606

Panama - 0.9%

Banco Latinoamericano de Exporaciones SA (BLADEX) Series E

53,100

1,194,750

Copa Holdings SA Class A

28,228

2,620,123

TOTAL PANAMA

3,814,873

Philippines - 2.6%

Alliance Global Group, Inc.

2,777,400

1,005,540

Ayala Corp.

74,860

806,885

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

1,304,700

2,253,861

Manila Water Co., Inc.

320,200

225,932

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

434,280

1,003,810

Philippine National Bank (a)

342,750

600,438

PUREGOLD Price Club, Inc.

966,700

704,444

Security Bank Corp.

681,320

2,683,837

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Philippines - continued

SM Investments Corp.

53,800

$ 1,051,129

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

3,666,400

1,293,499

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

11,629,375

Poland - 0.5%

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

50,400

2,420,034

Russia - 3.8%

M Video OJSC (a)

71,100

559,452

Magnit OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

2,600

92,300

Mechel Steel Group OAO sponsored ADR

21,596

137,135

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC sponsored ADR

67,079

1,149,734

NOVATEK OAO GDR (Reg. S)

30,898

3,522,372

Raspadskaya OAO (a)

130,700

257,729

Sberbank (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation)

2,447,000

7,163,397

Tatneft OAO sponsored ADR

26,800

1,038,232

TNK-BP Holding

37,100

75,736

Uralkali OJSC GDR (Reg. S)

71,400

2,797,452

TOTAL RUSSIA

16,793,539

Singapore - 0.4%

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

201,000

1,756,567

South Africa - 5.6%

African Bank Investments Ltd.

760,647

2,572,145

AVI Ltd.

273,957

1,806,654

Bidvest Group Ltd.

60,500

1,444,007

FirstRand Ltd.

703,000

2,333,428

Foschini Ltd.

48,124

698,717

Imperial Holdings Ltd.

144,536

3,283,572

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

795,429

3,008,092

Mr Price Group Ltd.

175,100

2,705,062

Nampak Ltd.

153,200

510,628

Naspers Ltd. Class N

67,800

4,401,665

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

72,600

1,492,919

Tongaat Hulett Ltd.

48,900

767,001

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

25,023,890

Switzerland - 1.0%

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

18,368

1,191,267

Dufry AG (a)

14,500

1,840,331

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

3,140

1,299,427

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

4,331,025

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Taiwan - 3.6%

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc.

147,000

$ 1,575,180

Chipbond Technology Corp.

476,000

806,642

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

571,000

1,317,542

MediaTek, Inc.

130,610

1,450,974

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

377,000

1,419,719

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

174,220

724,674

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1,817,000

5,536,981

Unified-President Enterprises Corp.

1,757,010

3,103,790

TOTAL TAIWAN

15,935,502

Thailand - 4.0%

Advanced Info Service PCL (For. Reg.)

541,000

3,483,779

Asian Property Development PCL (For. Reg.)

3,641,700

1,033,022

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd. (For. Reg.)

311,800

1,840,098

Bangkok Expressway PCL (For.Reg.)

1,161,500

1,050,917

Bumrungrad Hospital PCL (For. Reg.)

204,300

504,588

C.P. ALL PCL (For. Reg.)

1,329,200

1,722,716

Hemaraj Land & Development PCL

2,018,100

206,613

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

3,271,400

1,215,975

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

13,100

76,883

PTT PCL (For. Reg.)

186,700

1,935,787

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

875,400

4,595,351

TOTAL THAILAND

17,665,729

Turkey - 3.3%

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

115,050

2,233,607

Enka Insaat ve Sanayi A/S

388,000

1,030,338

TAV Havalimanlari Holding A/S

117,000

580,920

Turk Hava Yollari AO (a)

577,000

1,335,872

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A/S

882,375

4,213,741

Turkiye Halk Bankasi A/S

334,000

2,944,045

Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S Series C

696,000

2,368,536

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerile A/S

5,000

122,176

TOTAL TURKEY

14,829,235

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

NMC Health PLC

197,935

578,146

United Kingdom - 1.9%

Afren PLC (a)

196,400

436,427

Aggreko PLC

49,800

1,727,842

Antofagasta PLC

22,800

462,494

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

9,800

486,076

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Ophir Energy PLC (a)

155,855

$ 1,394,629

Prudential PLC

6,766

92,922

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

87,687

2,070,924

Tullow Oil PLC

75,700

1,715,139

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

8,386,453

United States of America - 2.3%

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

20,750

2,177,920

Cummins, Inc.

16,000

1,497,280

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

2,200

85,536

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

31,400

1,936,124

Philip Morris International, Inc.

15,400

1,363,824

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

16,136

740,642

Yum! Brands, Inc.

32,900

2,306,619

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

10,107,945

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $389,278,649)


430,258,476

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%

 

 

 

 

Russia - 0.3%

Surgutneftegaz JSC
(Cost $1,770,114)

2,465,300


1,526,945

Investment Companies - 1.9%

 

 

 

 

United States of America - 1.9%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF
(Cost $8,638,844)

206,300


8,480,993

Money Market Funds - 2.3%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

4,384,369

$ 4,384,369

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

5,712,675

5,712,675

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $10,097,044)


10,097,044

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.8%

(Cost $409,784,651)

450,363,458

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.8)%

(3,606,527)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 446,756,931

Security Type Abbreviations

ETF

-

Exchange-Traded Fund

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $2,374,520 or 0.5% of net assets.

(f) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $353,381 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Ivanplats Ltd. Class A

10/23/12

$ 409,319

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 7,460

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

43,262

Total

$ 50,722

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 80,637,364

$ 77,452,309

$ 3,185,055

$ -

Consumer Staples

48,845,783

48,359,707

486,076

-

Energy

29,279,959

22,630,636

6,649,323

-

Financials

100,654,462

94,809,357

5,845,105

-

Health Care

6,260,901

6,260,901

-

-

Industrials

41,305,536

41,305,536

-

-

Information Technology

60,522,984

54,304,347

6,218,637

-

Materials

46,069,997

45,716,616

353,381

-

Telecommunication Services

12,681,700

10,854,063

1,827,637

-

Utilities

5,526,735

5,526,735

-

-

Investment Companies

8,480,993

8,480,993

-

-

Money Market Funds

10,097,044

10,097,044

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 450,363,458

$ 425,798,244

$ 24,565,214

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 139,799,616

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $5,388,473) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $399,687,607)

$ 440,266,414

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $10,097,044)

10,097,044

 

Total Investments (cost $409,784,651)

 

$ 450,363,458

Foreign currency held at value (cost $2,052,273)

2,055,362

Receivable for investments sold

13,824,327

Receivable for fund shares sold

585,819

Dividends receivable

788,052

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

3,720

Other receivables

117,995

Total assets

467,738,733

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 13,391,194

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,191,647

Accrued management fee

303,353

Distribution and service plan fees payable

127,529

Other affiliated payables

123,639

Other payables and accrued expenses

131,765

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

5,712,675

Total liabilities

20,981,802

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 446,756,931

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 496,573,932

Undistributed net investment income

3,650,889

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(94,029,988)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

40,562,098

Net Assets

$ 446,756,931

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:

Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($160,464,051 ÷ 7,823,731 shares)

$ 20.51

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $20.51)

$ 21.76

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($58,918,896 ÷ 2,882,427 shares)

$ 20.44

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $20.44)

$ 21.18

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,994,337 ÷ 798,410 shares)A

$ 20.03

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($65,598,078 ÷ 3,279,478 shares)A

$ 20.00

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($145,781,569 ÷ 7,071,858 shares)

$ 20.61

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 13,641,617

Interest

 

15,720

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

50,722

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

13,708,059

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(1,382,128)

Total income

 

12,325,931

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 3,917,194

Transfer agent fees

1,353,640

Distribution and service plan fees

1,686,210

Accounting and security lending fees

252,997

Custodian fees and expenses

447,931

Independent trustees' compensation

3,218

Registration fees

78,584

Audit

77,247

Legal

1,862

Miscellaneous

5,916

Total expenses before reductions

7,824,799

Expense reductions

(300,874)

7,523,925

Net investment income (loss)

4,802,006

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(15,547,306)

Foreign currency transactions

(677,809)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(16,225,115)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

13,461,681

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

45,412

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

13,507,093

Net gain (loss)

(2,718,022)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 2,083,984

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 4,802,006

$ 5,371,636

Net realized gain (loss)

(16,225,115)

51,309,170

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

13,507,093

(134,170,344)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

2,083,984

(77,489,538)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,344,878)

(3,137,543)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(3,336,770)

Total distributions

(3,344,878)

(6,474,313)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(68,179,764)

(114,129,705)

Redemption fees

103,376

141,338

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(69,337,282)

(197,952,218)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

516,094,213

714,046,431

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $3,650,889 and undistributed net investment income of $2,180,940, respectively)

$ 446,756,931

$ 516,094,213

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.50

$ 23.71

$ 19.20

$ 12.59

$ 32.75

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .22

  .21

  .12

  .10

  .24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.19)

  4.59

  6.64

  (19.61)

Total from investment operations

  .16

  (2.98)

  4.71

  6.74

  (19.37)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.15)

  (.11)

  (.07)

  (.14)

  (.02)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.79)

Total distributions

  (.15)

  (.24)

  (.20)

  (.14)

  (.81)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.51

$ 20.50

$ 23.71

$ 19.20

$ 12.59

Total Return A, B

  .80%

  (12.69)%

  24.69%

  54.54%

  (60.55)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.54%

  1.54%

  1.56%

  1.60%

  1.59%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.54%

  1.54%

  1.56%

  1.60%

  1.59%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.48%

  1.47%

  1.50%

  1.53%

  1.53%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.07%

  .92%

  .59%

  .70%

  .94%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 160,464

$ 202,477

$ 286,970

$ 216,187

$ 122,911

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.43

$ 23.61

$ 19.14

$ 12.49

$ 32.52

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .16

  .15

  .07

  .07

  .17

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.18)

  4.57

  6.64

  (19.48)

Total from investment operations

  .10

  (3.03)

  4.64

  6.71

  (19.31)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.04)

  (.04)

  (.07)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.74)

Total distributions

  (.09)

  (.16) H

  (.17)

  (.07)

  (.74)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.44

$ 20.43

$ 23.61

$ 19.14

$ 12.49

Total Return A, B

  .49%

  (12.89)%

  24.38%

  54.17%

  (60.66)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.80%

  1.79%

  1.81%

  1.87%

  1.84%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.80%

  1.79%

  1.81%

  1.85%

  1.84%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.73%

  1.73%

  1.76%

  1.78%

  1.79%

Net investment income (loss)

  .81%

  .66%

  .33%

  .44%

  .69%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 58,919

$ 73,146

$ 104,417

$ 86,959

$ 47,300

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.037 and distributions from net realized gain of $.125 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.03

$ 23.14

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

$ 32.03

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .04

  (.03)

  (.01)

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.13)

  4.49

  6.55

  (19.13)

Total from investment operations

  -

  (3.09)

  4.46

  6.54

  (19.09)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  -

  -

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.12)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  -

  (.03) H

  (.12)

  -

  (.70)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  - G

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.03

$ 20.03

$ 23.14

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

Total Return A, B

  -%

  (13.33)%

  23.77%

  53.34%

  (60.83)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.29%

  2.29%

  2.32%

  2.36%

  2.35%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.29%

  2.29%

  2.32%

  2.35%

  2.35%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.23%

  2.22%

  2.26%

  2.28%

  2.30%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32%

  .16%

  (.17)%

  (.05)%

  .18%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,994

$ 21,304

$ 31,159

$ 27,580

$ 17,307

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.03 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.005 and distributions from net realized gain of $.025 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.00

$ 23.13

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

$ 32.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .04

  (.03)

  (.01)

  .05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.12)

  4.49

  6.54

  (19.15)

Total from investment operations

  -

  (3.08)

  4.46

  6.53

  (19.10)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  (.01)

  -

  -

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.13)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  -

  (.06)

  (.13)

  -

  (.70)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - G

  .01

  - G

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.00

$ 20.00

$ 23.13

$ 18.80

$ 12.26

Total Return A, B

  -%

  (13.33)%

  23.80%

  53.34%

  (60.84)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.29%

  2.28%

  2.30%

  2.34%

  2.34%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.29%

  2.28%

  2.30%

  2.34%

  2.34%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.23%

  2.22%

  2.24%

  2.28%

  2.29%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32%

  .17%

  (.15)%

  (.05)%

  .19%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 65,598

$ 80,855

$ 106,711

$ 83,939

$ 44,878

Portfolio turnover rate E

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.63

$ 23.87

$ 19.29

$ 12.71

$ 33.02

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .28

  .29

  .20

  .15

  .31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.06)

  (3.21)

  4.62

  6.65

  (19.76)

Total from investment operations

  .22

  (2.92)

  4.82

  6.80

  (19.45)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.20)

  (.11)

  (.23)

  (.09)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.13)

  (.13)

  -

  (.79)

Total distributions

  (.24)

  (.33)

  (.24)

  (.23)

  (.88)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  - F

  .01

  - F

  .01

  .02

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.61

$ 20.63

$ 23.87

$ 19.29

$ 12.71

Total Return A

  1.08%

  (12.41)%

  25.15%

  54.97%

  (60.42)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.22%

  1.21%

  1.22%

  1.30%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.22%

  1.21%

  1.22%

  1.30%

  1.27%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.16%

  1.14%

  1.17%

  1.23%

  1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.39%

  1.25%

  .93%

  .99%

  1.26%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 145,782

$ 138,312

$ 184,789

$ 106,713

$ 47,557

Portfolio turnover rate D

  177%

  122%

  86%

  85%

  61%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

ETFs are valued at their last sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day but the exchange reports a closing bid level, ETFs are valued at the closing bid and would be categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there was no closing bid, ETFs may be valued by another method that the Board believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies and may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), contingent interest, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 52,123,160

Gross unrealized depreciation

(12,894,768)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 39,228,392

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 411,135,066

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 3,650,890

Capital loss carryforward

$ (92,679,576)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 39,211,683

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (70,963,758)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(21,715,818)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (92,679,576)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 3,344,878

$ 6,474,313

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 90 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.50% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $846,408,176 and $910,774,840, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .55% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .81% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR,

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Distribution and Service Plan Fees - continued

separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total
Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 444,791

$ 9,780

Class T

.25%

.25%

332,276

1,103

Class B

.75%

.25%

185,960

139,714

Class C

.75%

.25%

723,183

69,609

 

 

 

$ 1,686,210

$ 220,206

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 71,044

Class T

15,613

Class B*

34,783

Class C*

5,665

 

$ 127,105

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 532,515

.30

Class T

204,047

.31

Class B

55,675

.30

Class C

216,916

.30

Institutional Class

344,487

.23

 

$ 1,353,640

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $311 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $1,351 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any

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additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding with FCM. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $43,262, including $2 from securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $300,809 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $65.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,451,148

$ 1,359,820

Class T

312,643

162,957

Class B

-

6,606

Class C

-

23,592

Institutional Class

1,581,087

1,584,568

Total

$ 3,344,878

$ 3,137,543

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 1,530,131

Class T

-

550,254

Class B

-

33,415

Class C

-

232,626

Institutional Class

-

990,344

Total

$ -

$ 3,336,770

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,037,152

2,979,791

$ 41,195,109

$ 70,086,728

Reinvestment of distributions

66,178

111,230

1,330,840

2,675,569

Shares redeemed

(4,154,283)

(5,317,665)

(83,269,620)

(123,086,641)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,050,953)

(2,226,644)

$ (40,743,671)

$ (50,324,344)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

596,352

883,154

$ 12,026,705

$ 20,610,023

Reinvestment of distributions

14,784

28,248

297,017

678,402

Shares redeemed

(1,309,634)

(1,752,649)

(26,275,018)

(40,710,223)

Net increase (decrease)

(698,498)

(841,247)

$ (13,951,296)

$ (19,421,798)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

26,111

68,462

$ 526,389

$ 1,586,905

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,377

-

32,616

Shares redeemed

(291,336)

(352,710)

(5,756,960)

(8,040,387)

Net increase (decrease)

(265,225)

(282,871)

$ (5,230,571)

$ (6,420,866)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

549,601

956,543

$ 10,991,315

$ 22,080,298

Reinvestment of distributions

-

9,045

-

213,702

Shares redeemed

(1,313,083)

(1,536,376)

(25,757,063)

(34,998,720)

Net increase (decrease)

(763,482)

(570,788)

$ (14,765,748)

$ (12,704,720)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,860,043

2,773,126

$ 57,283,970

$ 64,258,215

Reinvestment of distributions

61,950

73,837

1,248,917

1,781,181

Shares redeemed

(2,554,172)

(3,885,014)

(52,021,365)

(91,297,373)

Net increase (decrease)

367,821

(1,038,051)

$ 6,511,522

$ (25,257,977)

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Institutional Class designates 96% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Institutional Class

12/05/11

$0.310

$0.0728

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the second quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR the fact that the fund underperformed its benchmark for each period measured. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR if other actions to address performance are appropriate.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 13% means that 87% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

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The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA

Custodian

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

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FAEMI-UANN-1212
1.809006.108

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity Advisor®

Diversified International

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

2.23%

-7.19%

6.71%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

4.39%

-6.98%

6.69%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) A

2.64%

-7.13%

6.70%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

6.71%

-6.77%

6.52%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® EAFE® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from William Bower, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 8.47%, 8.17%, 7.64% and 7.71%, respectively (excluding sales charges), solidly outperforming the 4.76% gain of the MSCI® EAFE® Index. Stock selection in information technology, consumer staples, health care and consumer discretionary helped relative performance. Geographically, the fund benefited from security selection in Europe - particularly Spain and France - and Japan. Top individual contributors included Danish pharmaceuticals firm Novo Nordisk, U.S. consumer electronics giant Apple, Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, South Korean snack maker Orion, Japanese drugstore operator Cosmos Pharmaceutical, Spanish online retailer Inditex and not owning Spanish telecommunications company and index component Telefonica. Conversely, stock selection in energy and an underweighting in financials hurt. Among the main detractors were Canadian energy exploration and production companies Niko Resources and Petrominerales, Japanese Internet retailer Rakuten, Australian gold firm Newcrest Mining and Chinese search engine company Baidu, which is listed in the Cayman Islands. Some of the stocks mentioned in this review were not in the index, and Niko was not held at period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.32%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,029.60

$ 6.73

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.50

$ 6.70

Class T

1.57%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,027.90

$ 8.00

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.24

$ 7.96

Class B

2.07%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,025.40

$ 10.54

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.73

$ 10.48

Class C

2.05%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,026.00

$ 10.44

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.83

$ 10.38

Institutional Class

.99%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,031.80

$ 5.06

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.16

$ 5.03

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (Denmark, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

2.6

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

2.6

1.9

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.3

3.1

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV (Belgium, Beverages)

2.2

1.7

BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (Australia, Metals & Mining)

2.1

2.1

 

11.9

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

15.6

15.1

Consumer Discretionary

15.4

16.1

Consumer Staples

15.4

12.7

Health Care

12.9

10.6

Information Technology

10.3

10.6

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

17.6

17.9

Japan

15.0

15.7

Germany

8.8

8.1

France

8.6

7.3

Switzerland

5.0

4.2

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

adi240

Stocks 98.3%

 

adi240

Stocks 95.6%

 

adi343

Other Investments 0.0%*

 

adi293

Other Investments 0.0%*

 

adi245

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.7%

 

adi245

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 4.4%

 

* Amount represents less than 0.1%

adi348

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.9%

Shares

Value (000s)

Australia - 4.3%

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

521,018

$ 13,764

BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (d)

569,136

40,261

CSL Ltd.

150,024

7,397

Iluka Resources Ltd.

236,843

2,439

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

280,117

7,685

Origin Energy Ltd.

297,766

3,511

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

1,390,264

2,439

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

1,209,105

5,196

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

82,692

Bailiwick of Guernsey - 0.7%

Resolution Ltd.

3,544,018

12,485

Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.4%

Experian PLC

836,500

14,444

Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR

42,300

5,059

Shire PLC

135,100

3,799

WPP PLC

326,324

4,218

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

27,520

Belgium - 2.3%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

504,331

42,178

UCB SA

35,400

2,065

TOTAL BELGIUM

44,243

Bermuda - 0.5%

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

290,700

4,038

Clear Media Ltd.

10,117,000

5,222

TOTAL BERMUDA

9,260

Brazil - 1.3%

Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA

216,900

3,802

BR Malls Participacoes SA

72,700

956

Estacio Participacoes SA

202,800

3,864

Kroton Educacional SA unit (a)

128,700

2,573

Porto Seguro SA

204,300

2,173

Qualicorp SA (a)

447,000

4,587

Souza Cruz SA

287,400

3,750

Tractebel Energia SA

181,600

3,129

TOTAL BRAZIL

24,834

British Virgin Islands - 0.2%

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

105,400

3,515

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Canada - 3.4%

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.)

67,100

$ 3,296

ARC Resources Ltd. (d)

76,700

1,862

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

235,500

7,097

Catamaran Corp. (a)

43,800

2,057

CGI Group, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

107,500

2,812

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)

14,900

5,528

Franco-Nevada Corp.

74,000

4,261

Goldcorp, Inc.

172,400

7,794

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. (a)(e)

170,900

1,848

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Class A (a)

420,800

4,550

Penn West Petroleum Ltd.

156,300

2,030

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd. (a)

267,200

3,671

Petrominerales Ltd. (d)

119,814

961

Suncor Energy, Inc.

319,700

10,730

Tourmaline Oil Corp. (a)

150,000

4,956

TransForce, Inc.

23,300

425

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (a)

233,521

1,826

TOTAL CANADA

65,704

Cayman Islands - 1.5%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

100,500

10,715

Haitian International Holdings Ltd.

653,000

806

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

801,000

7,297

HiSoft Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

178,100

1,850

Sands China Ltd.

2,052,800

7,721

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

28,389

Curacao - 0.4%

Schlumberger Ltd.

105,300

7,322

Denmark - 3.0%

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B

318,608

51,070

William Demant Holding A/S (a)

82,847

7,125

TOTAL DENMARK

58,195

France - 8.6%

Alstom SA

49,900

1,704

Arkema SA

74,800

6,820

AXA SA

386,800

6,149

BNP Paribas SA

446,143

22,443

Bureau Veritas SA

75,000

7,965

Edenred SA

143,610

4,156

Essilor International SA

137,858

12,428

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

France - continued

Eurofins Scientific SA

37,700

$ 5,830

JC Decaux SA

128,200

2,713

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

58,229

9,464

PPR SA

87,700

15,420

Publicis Groupe SA

131,600

7,090

Sanofi SA

565,091

49,631

Schneider Electric SA

69,000

4,314

Vivendi SA

457,385

9,358

TOTAL FRANCE

165,485

Germany - 7.4%

adidas AG

139,100

11,851

Allianz AG

93,617

11,608

BASF AG

271,541

22,501

Bayer AG

273,952

23,858

Brenntag AG

16,500

2,080

CompuGROUP Holding AG

132,400

2,403

Deutsche Post AG

232,375

4,607

ElringKlinger AG

90,000

2,499

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

77,500

5,445

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

109,500

12,490

Linde AG

99,947

16,809

SAP AG

345,306

25,181

TOTAL GERMANY

141,332

Hong Kong - 1.3%

AIA Group Ltd.

3,326,800

13,178

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

2,108,000

7,249

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

721,863

5,002

TOTAL HONG KONG

25,429

India - 2.3%

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

13,241

192

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

96,460

3,256

Colgate-Palmolive (India)

84,807

2,026

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

153,019

2,052

HDFC Bank Ltd.

1,127,531

13,239

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

659,905

9,350

ITC Ltd.

989,338

5,195

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

187,963

3,028

Pidilite Industries Ltd. (a)

514,340

1,838

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

India - continued

Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.

171,963

$ 1,998

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

34,102

1,925

TOTAL INDIA

44,099

Ireland - 0.6%

Accenture PLC Class A

102,100

6,883

Elan Corp. PLC sponsored ADR (a)

254,700

2,751

Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

61,600

1,987

TOTAL IRELAND

11,621

Isle of Man - 0.0%

3Legs Resources PLC (a)

645,100

416

Israel - 0.1%

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

78,398

2,336

Italy - 1.7%

ENI SpA

382,800

8,809

Fiat Industrial SpA

523,000

5,664

Prada SpA

701,200

5,718

Prysmian SpA

29,800

573

Saipem SpA

251,240

11,287

TOTAL ITALY

32,051

Japan - 15.0%

ABC-Mart, Inc.

100,000

4,384

Aeon Credit Service Co. Ltd.

509,400

10,810

Aozora Bank Ltd.

1,007,000

2,838

Calbee, Inc. (d)

95,200

8,741

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (d)

106,600

10,509

Denso Corp.

92,900

2,908

Don Quijote Co. Ltd.

283,200

11,157

Fanuc Corp.

60,500

9,632

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

25,800

5,746

Hitachi Ltd.

3,632,000

19,245

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

597,906

18,033

Hoya Corp.

238,700

4,832

Itochu Corp.

577,000

5,775

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

890,400

24,605

JS Group Corp.

210,700

4,658

JSR Corp.

464,500

7,960

Keyence Corp.

61,600

16,343

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

1,459,900

6,605

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

17,400

2,241

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Japan - continued

Nitto Denko Corp.

83,200

$ 3,773

ORIX Corp.

294,300

30,230

Rakuten, Inc.

2,289,600

20,593

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

474,700

14,640

Seven Bank Ltd.

1,121,800

3,204

SHIMANO, Inc.

93,800

5,910

SMC Corp.

61,600

9,707

Softbank Corp.

466,400

14,764

Unicharm Corp.

69,500

3,761

USS Co. Ltd.

18,600

1,955

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

5,812

2,000

TOTAL JAPAN

287,559

Korea (South) - 2.5%

AMOREPACIFIC Corp.

4,423

5,030

Hyundai Motor Co.

33,442

6,886

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

5,491

3,228

Orion Corp.

12,572

11,807

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

17,735

21,308

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

48,259

Mexico - 0.7%

America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR

295,900

7,483

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV sponsored ADR

14,600

1,323

Mexichem SAB de CV

849,600

4,210

TOTAL MEXICO

13,016

Netherlands - 2.7%

AEGON NV

2,237,900

12,516

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

156,700

8,614

DE Master Blenders 1753 NV (a)

644,600

7,878

Gemalto NV

55,000

4,963

Heineken NV (Bearer)

78,700

4,852

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

216,400

5,250

Unilever NV (Certificaten Van Aandelen) (Bearer)

221,000

8,123

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

52,196

Nigeria - 0.2%

Nigerian Breweries PLC

4,795,344

3,700

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Norway - 1.1%

DnB NOR ASA

350,799

$ 4,381

Telenor ASA

822,000

16,162

TOTAL NORWAY

20,543

Singapore - 0.3%

Avago Technologies Ltd.

54,200

1,790

First Resources Ltd.

1,100,000

1,849

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

182,000

2,726

TOTAL SINGAPORE

6,365

South Africa - 0.7%

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

641,500

2,426

Nampak Ltd.

573,700

1,912

Naspers Ltd. Class N

86,400

5,609

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

52,800

1,086

Tiger Brands Ltd.

82,000

2,606

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

13,639

Spain - 3.4%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

230,600

5,709

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

722,253

6,035

Grifols SA ADR

248,495

6,252

Inditex SA

262,272

33,464

Prosegur Compania de Seguridad SA (Reg.)

1,557,860

8,481

Repsol YPF SA

243,602

4,869

TOTAL SPAIN

64,810

Sweden - 1.3%

ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares)

59,600

1,987

Atlas Copco AB (A Shares)

81,100

1,994

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares)

73,663

2,493

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares)

196,300

6,724

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

414,600

7,688

Swedish Match Co. AB

140,200

4,777

TOTAL SWEDEN

25,663

Switzerland - 5.0%

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

32,840

3,833

Nestle SA

552,587

35,067

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

36,535

7,026

SGS SA (Reg.)

1,910

4,044

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

50,470

19,678

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Switzerland - continued

UBS AG

1,130,550

$ 16,962

Zurich Financial Services AG

37,441

9,227

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

95,837

Taiwan - 0.5%

HIWIN Technologies Corp.

11,150

72

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

550,300

8,750

TOTAL TAIWAN

8,822

United Kingdom - 17.6%

Aggreko PLC

57,700

2,002

Babcock International Group PLC

119,000

1,878

Barclays PLC

3,640,520

13,462

Barratt Developments PLC (a)

423,200

1,295

BG Group PLC

387,092

7,168

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

158,000

15,699

Capita Group PLC

361,700

4,220

Compass Group PLC

213,400

2,342

Diageo PLC

168,843

4,827

Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC

305,400

2,491

Filtrona PLC

693,600

6,414

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

1,155,800

25,899

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

227,188

2,711

HSBC Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

732,600

36,161

IMI PLC

66,800

1,029

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

282,905

10,683

Inchcape PLC

764,692

4,961

InterContinental Hotel Group PLC

175,880

4,352

Intertek Group PLC

234,300

10,659

Kingfisher PLC

431,900

2,018

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

126,200

1,987

Meggitt PLC

748,900

4,665

Michael Page International PLC

662,900

3,855

National Grid PLC

273,948

3,124

Next PLC

302,200

17,390

Persimmon PLC

90,400

1,160

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

371,713

22,494

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

1,257,600

17,342

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

95,577,600

154

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom)

1,256,415

44,442

Serco Group PLC

429,704

3,928

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

188,494

4,452

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

United Kingdom - continued

Taylor Wimpey PLC

4,477,700

$ 4,415

Tesco PLC

451,200

2,329

Travis Perkins PLC

126,400

2,203

Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR

1,432,300

38,987

Whitbread PLC

115,147

4,367

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

337,565

United States of America - 4.9%

Allergan, Inc.

42,200

3,795

Apple, Inc.

18,100

10,771

Beam, Inc.

55,600

3,089

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

49,300

3,286

Cummins, Inc.

32,200

3,013

D.R. Horton, Inc.

46,400

973

Facebook, Inc. Class B (a)(f)

131,847

2,506

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

48,000

1,866

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

80,400

5,400

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

83,800

3,892

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

19,440

8,960

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

111,000

6,136

Noble Energy, Inc.

75,600

7,183

Polycom, Inc. (a)

275,000

2,756

PriceSmart, Inc.

26,300

2,183

Virgin Media, Inc. (d)

99,500

3,258

ViroPharma, Inc. (a)

107,100

2,704

Visa, Inc. Class A

76,900

10,671

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

25,300

2,145

Workday, Inc.

21,200

1,028

Yum! Brands, Inc.

102,800

7,207

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

92,822

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,613,286)


1,857,724

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.4%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 1.4%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

66,600

5,318

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

179,600

5,005

Volkswagen AG

80,200

16,591

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $16,635)


26,914

Master Notes - 0.0%

 

Principal
Amount (000s)

Value (000s)

Canada - 0.0%

OZ Optics Ltd. 5% 11/5/14 (f)
(Cost $10)

$ 10

$ 10

Money Market Funds - 2.7%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

38,341,533

38,342

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

12,479,420

12,479

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $50,821)


50,821

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.0%

(Cost $1,680,752)

1,935,469

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.0)%

(18,471)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,916,998

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $1,848,000 or 0.1% of net assets.

(f) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $2,516,000 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost (000s)

Facebook, Inc. Class B

3/31/11

$ 3,296

OZ Optics Ltd. 5% 11/5/14

11/5/10

$ 10

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned
(Amounts in thousands)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 64

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

1,352

Total

$ 1,416

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description
(Amounts in thousands)

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 299,651

$ 291,081

$ 8,570

$ -

Consumer Staples

290,259

235,131

55,128

-

Energy

132,712

79,461

53,251

-

Financials

300,947

232,128

68,819

-

Health Care

249,341

113,497

135,844

-

Industrials

153,856

153,856

-

-

Information Technology

194,124

157,823

36,301

-

Materials

163,106

143,428

19,678

-

Telecommunication Services

91,950

91,950

-

-

Utilities

8,692

5,568

3,124

-

Master Notes

10

-

-

10

Money Market Funds

50,821

50,821

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,935,469

$ 1,554,744

$ 380,715

$ 10

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total (000s)

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 372,598

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $12,172) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,629,931)

$ 1,884,648

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $50,821)

50,821

 

Total Investments (cost $1,680,752)

 

$ 1,935,469

Receivable for investments sold

1,844

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,867

Dividends receivable

3,546

Interest receivable

1

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

14

Other receivables

201

Total assets

1,942,942

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 3,498

Payable for fund shares redeemed

5,169

Accrued management fee

1,142

Distribution and service plan fees payable

548

Other affiliated payables

499

Other payables and accrued expenses

2,609

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

12,479

Total liabilities

25,944

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,916,998

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 4,658,392

Undistributed net investment income

21,468

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(3,015,093)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

252,231

Net Assets

$ 1,916,998

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($761,847 ÷ 48,744 shares)

$ 15.63

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $15.63)

$ 16.58

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($303,930 ÷ 19,618 shares)

$ 15.49

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $15.49)

$ 16.05

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($59,414 ÷ 3,974 shares)A

$ 14.95

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($245,665 ÷ 16,415 shares)A

$ 14.97

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($546,142 ÷ 34,356 shares)

$ 15.90

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 54,040

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

1,416

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

55,456

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(3,781)

Total income

 

51,675

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 14,593

Transfer agent fees

5,571

Distribution and service plan fees

7,059

Accounting and security lending fees

921

Custodian fees and expenses

301

Independent trustees' compensation

14

Registration fees

104

Audit

81

Legal

9

Miscellaneous

26

Total expenses before reductions

28,679

Expense reductions

(249)

28,430

Net investment income (loss)

23,245

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

40,399

Foreign currency transactions

(602)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

39,797

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

88,510

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(112)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

88,398

Net gain (loss)

128,195

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 151,440

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 23,245

$ 43,005

Net realized gain (loss)

39,797

251,468

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

88,398

(392,112)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

151,440

(97,639)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(28,136)

(45,397)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(8,026)

Total distributions

(28,136)

(53,423)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(644,922)

(1,225,390)

Redemption fees

42

65

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(521,576)

(1,376,387)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

2,438,574

3,814,961

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $21,468 and undistributed net investment income of $26,393, respectively)

$ 1,916,998

$ 2,438,574

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.61

$ 15.63

$ 14.25

$ 12.57

$ 26.62

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

  .22 F

  .14

  .17

  .36

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.03

  (1.01)

  1.44

  1.96

  (11.15)

Total from investment operations

  1.21

  (.79)

  1.58

  2.13

  (10.79)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.19)

  (.20)

  (.19)

  (.45)

  (.24)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.19)

  (.23)

  (.20)

  (.45)

  (3.26)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.63

$ 14.61

$ 15.63

$ 14.25

$ 12.57

Total Return A,B

  8.47%

  (5.15)%

  11.17%

  18.16%

  (45.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.32%

  1.31%

  1.32%

  1.34%

  1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.32%

  1.31%

  1.32%

  1.34%

  1.26%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.31%

  1.29%

  1.30%

  1.31%

  1.22%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.20%

  1.38% F

  .95%

  1.43%

  1.80%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 762

$ 916

$ 1,302

$ 1,662

$ 2,004

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .98%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.46

$ 15.47

$ 14.11

$ 12.42

$ 26.30

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .14

  .18 F

  .10

  .14

  .31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.03

  (.99)

  1.43

  1.94

  (11.01)

Total from investment operations

  1.17

  (.81)

  1.53

  2.08

  (10.70)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.14)

  (.16)

  (.16)

  (.39)

  (.16)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.14)

  (.20) I

  (.17)

  (.39)

  (3.18)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.49

$ 14.46

$ 15.47

$ 14.11

$ 12.42

Total Return A,B

  8.17%

  (5.35)%

  10.88%

  17.84%

  (46.04)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.58%

  1.55%

  1.55%

  1.58%

  1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.58%

  1.55%

  1.55%

  1.58%

  1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.57%

  1.53%

  1.53%

  1.55%

  1.44%

Net investment income (loss)

  .94%

  1.14% F

  .71%

  1.19%

  1.57%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 304

$ 404

$ 621

$ 832

$ 1,110

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .74%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.20 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.164 and distributions from net realized gain of $.034 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.91

$ 14.91

$ 13.61

$ 11.95

$ 25.44

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .09 F

  .02

  .08

  .18

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.00

  (.96)

  1.38

  1.88

  (10.62)

Total from investment operations

  1.06

  (.87)

  1.40

  1.96

  (10.44)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.02)

  (.10)

  (.09)

  (.30)

  (.03)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.02)

  (.13)

  (.10)

  (.30)

  (3.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.95

$ 13.91

$ 14.91

$ 13.61

$ 11.95

Total Return A,B

  7.64%

  (5.89)%

  10.34%

  17.25%

  (46.39)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.08%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.08%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.06%

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.04%

Net investment income (loss)

  .44%

  .61% F

  .18%

  .67%

  .97%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 59

$ 94

$ 157

$ 191

$ 221

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .21%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.95

$ 14.95

$ 13.65

$ 11.98

$ 25.50

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .10 F

  .03

  .08

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.01

  (.96)

  1.38

  1.89

  (10.64)

Total from investment operations

  1.07

  (.86)

  1.41

  1.97

  (10.44)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

  (.11)

  (.10)

  (.30)

  (.06)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.05)

  (.14)

  (.11)

  (.30)

  (3.08)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.97

$ 13.95

$ 14.95

$ 13.65

$ 11.98

Total Return A,B

  7.71%

  (5.83)%

  10.32%

  17.24%

  (46.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.06%

  2.05%

  2.06%

  2.09%

  2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.06%

  2.05%

  2.06%

  2.09%

  2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.05%

  2.03%

  2.04%

  2.06%

  1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  .46%

  .64% F

  .21%

  .68%

  1.04%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 246

$ 302

$ 419

$ 502

$ 618

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .24%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.87

$ 15.90

$ 14.48

$ 12.81

$ 27.06

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .23

  .28 E

  .19

  .21

  .41

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.05

  (1.03)

  1.47

  1.98

  (11.34)

Total from investment operations

  1.28

  (.75)

  1.66

  2.19

  (10.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.25)

  (.25)

  (.23)

  (.52)

  (.30)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.25)

  (.28)

  (.24)

  (.52)

  (3.32)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.90

$ 14.87

$ 15.90

$ 14.48

$ 12.81

Total Return A

  8.83%

  (4.85)%

  11.55%

  18.45%

  (45.79)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.00%

  .99%

  .99%

  1.07%

  .99%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.00%

  .99%

  .99%

  1.07%

  .99%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .99%

  .97%

  .97%

  1.04%

  .94%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.52%

  1.70% E

  1.28%

  1.70%

  2.07%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 546

$ 723

$ 1,316

$ 1,540

$ 2,235

Portfolio turnover rate D

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.30%.

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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the

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date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are

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limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For master notes, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. These are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior

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business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), independent Trustees may elect to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

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Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 343,637

Gross unrealized depreciation

(109,482)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 243,155

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 1,701,314

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 28,636

Capital loss carryforward

$ (3,001,620)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 243,063

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (3,001,625)

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The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31,
2012

October 31,
2011

Ordinary Income

$ 28,136

$ 53,424

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $681,681 and $1,307,803, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the

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mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 2,002

$ 53

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,687

7

Class B

.75%

.25%

740

556

Class C

.75%

.25%

2,630

108

 

 

 

$ 7,059

$ 724

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 70

Class T

20

Class B*

99

Class C*

9

 

$ 198

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

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Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 2,329

.29

Class T

1,002

.30

Class B

223

.30

Class C

736

.28

Institutional Class

1,281

.22

 

$ 5,571

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $3 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $6 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash)

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against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $1,352. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $249 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 11,830

$ 15,976

Class T

3,677

6,296

Class B

137

993

Class C

1,044

2,886

Institutional Class

11,448

19,246

Total

$ 28,136

$ 45,397

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 2,738

Class T

-

1,311

Class B

-

343

Class C

-

927

Institutional Class

-

2,707

Total

$ -

$ 8,026

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,355

9,002

$ 107,661

$ 142,807

Reinvestment of distributions

768

1,034

10,735

16,424

Shares redeemed

(22,053)

(30,677)

(321,084)

(486,880)

Net increase (decrease)

(13,930)

(20,641)

$ (202,688)

$ (327,649)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,704

2,789

$ 24,709

$ 43,918

Reinvestment of distributions

246

447

3,415

7,039

Shares redeemed

(10,272)

(15,458)

(148,591)

(243,511)

Net increase (decrease)

(8,322)

(12,222)

$ (120,467)

$ (192,554)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

22

58

$ 305

$ 888

Reinvestment of distributions

9

75

118

1,145

Shares redeemed

(2,779)

(3,940)

(39,153)

(60,055)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,748)

(3,807)

$ (38,730)

$ (58,022)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

700

1,225

$ 9,812

$ 18,824

Reinvestment of distributions

60

191

813

2,917

Shares redeemed

(5,985)

(7,773)

(83,760)

(118,247)

Net increase (decrease)

(5,225)

(6,357)

$ (73,135)

$ (96,506)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,200

10,009

$ 106,131

$ 160,916

Reinvestment of distributions

640

1,047

9,062

16,863

Shares redeemed

(22,132)

(45,174)

(325,095)

(728,438)

Net increase (decrease)

(14,292)

(34,118)

$ (209,902)

$ (550,659)

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice Presidentof FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Advisor Diversified International Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Class A

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.209

$0.061

Class T

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.163

$0.061

Class B

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.058

$0.061

Class C

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.093

$0.061

Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C designates 100%, of each dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/05/11

$0.213

$0.0190

Class T

12/05/11

$0.155

$0.0190

Class B

12/05/11

$0.040

$0.0190

Class C

12/05/11

$0.069

$0.0190

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the second quartile for the one-year period, the fourth quartile for the three-year period, and the third quartile for the five-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR the fact that the fund underperformed its benchmark for each period measured. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR if other actions to address performance are appropriate.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

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The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

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(U.K.) Inc.

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(Japan) Inc.

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Smithfield, RI

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Boston, MA

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Boston, MA

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Quincy, MA

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ADIF-UANN-1212
1.784735.109

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity Advisor®

Diversified International

Fund - Institutional Class

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2012 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

8.83%

-5.80%

7.67%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI ® EAFE® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from William Bower, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 8.83%, solidly outperforming the 4.76% gain of the MSCI® EAFE® Index. Stock selection in information technology, consumer staples, health care and consumer discretionary helped relative performance. Geographically, the fund benefited from security selection in Europe - particularly Spain and France - and Japan. Top individual contributors included Danish pharmaceuticals firm Novo Nordisk, U.S. consumer electronics giant Apple, Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, South Korean snack maker Orion, Japanese drugstore operator Cosmos Pharmaceutical, Spanish online retailer Inditex and not owning Spanish telecommunications company and index component Telefonica. Conversely, stock selection in energy and an underweighting in financials hurt. Among the main detractors were Canadian energy exploration and production companies Niko Resources and Petrominerales, Japanese Internet retailer Rakuten, Australian gold firm Newcrest Mining and Chinese search engine company Baidu, which is listed in the Cayman Islands. Some of the stocks mentioned in this review were not in the index, and Niko was not held at period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.32%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,029.60

$ 6.73

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.50

$ 6.70

Class T

1.57%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,027.90

$ 8.00

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.24

$ 7.96

Class B

2.07%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,025.40

$ 10.54

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.73

$ 10.48

Class C

2.05%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,026.00

$ 10.44

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.83

$ 10.38

Institutional Class

.99%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,031.80

$ 5.06

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.16

$ 5.03

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (Denmark, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

2.6

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

2.6

1.9

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.3

3.1

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV (Belgium, Beverages)

2.2

1.7

BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (Australia, Metals & Mining)

2.1

2.1

 

11.9

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

15.6

15.1

Consumer Discretionary

15.4

16.1

Consumer Staples

15.4

12.7

Health Care

12.9

10.6

Information Technology

10.3

10.6

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

17.6

17.9

Japan

15.0

15.7

Germany

8.8

8.1

France

8.6

7.3

Switzerland

5.0

4.2

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 98.3%

 

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Stocks 95.6%

 

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Other Investments 0.0%*

 

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Other Investments 0.0%*

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.7%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 4.4%

 

* Amount represents less than 0.1%

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.9%

Shares

Value (000s)

Australia - 4.3%

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

521,018

$ 13,764

BHP Billiton Ltd. sponsored ADR (d)

569,136

40,261

CSL Ltd.

150,024

7,397

Iluka Resources Ltd.

236,843

2,439

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

280,117

7,685

Origin Energy Ltd.

297,766

3,511

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

1,390,264

2,439

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

1,209,105

5,196

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

82,692

Bailiwick of Guernsey - 0.7%

Resolution Ltd.

3,544,018

12,485

Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.4%

Experian PLC

836,500

14,444

Randgold Resources Ltd. sponsored ADR

42,300

5,059

Shire PLC

135,100

3,799

WPP PLC

326,324

4,218

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

27,520

Belgium - 2.3%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

504,331

42,178

UCB SA

35,400

2,065

TOTAL BELGIUM

44,243

Bermuda - 0.5%

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

290,700

4,038

Clear Media Ltd.

10,117,000

5,222

TOTAL BERMUDA

9,260

Brazil - 1.3%

Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA

216,900

3,802

BR Malls Participacoes SA

72,700

956

Estacio Participacoes SA

202,800

3,864

Kroton Educacional SA unit (a)

128,700

2,573

Porto Seguro SA

204,300

2,173

Qualicorp SA (a)

447,000

4,587

Souza Cruz SA

287,400

3,750

Tractebel Energia SA

181,600

3,129

TOTAL BRAZIL

24,834

British Virgin Islands - 0.2%

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

105,400

3,515

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Canada - 3.4%

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.)

67,100

$ 3,296

ARC Resources Ltd. (d)

76,700

1,862

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

235,500

7,097

Catamaran Corp. (a)

43,800

2,057

CGI Group, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

107,500

2,812

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)

14,900

5,528

Franco-Nevada Corp.

74,000

4,261

Goldcorp, Inc.

172,400

7,794

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. (a)(e)

170,900

1,848

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Class A (a)

420,800

4,550

Penn West Petroleum Ltd.

156,300

2,030

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd. (a)

267,200

3,671

Petrominerales Ltd. (d)

119,814

961

Suncor Energy, Inc.

319,700

10,730

Tourmaline Oil Corp. (a)

150,000

4,956

TransForce, Inc.

23,300

425

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (a)

233,521

1,826

TOTAL CANADA

65,704

Cayman Islands - 1.5%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

100,500

10,715

Haitian International Holdings Ltd.

653,000

806

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

801,000

7,297

HiSoft Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

178,100

1,850

Sands China Ltd.

2,052,800

7,721

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

28,389

Curacao - 0.4%

Schlumberger Ltd.

105,300

7,322

Denmark - 3.0%

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B

318,608

51,070

William Demant Holding A/S (a)

82,847

7,125

TOTAL DENMARK

58,195

France - 8.6%

Alstom SA

49,900

1,704

Arkema SA

74,800

6,820

AXA SA

386,800

6,149

BNP Paribas SA

446,143

22,443

Bureau Veritas SA

75,000

7,965

Edenred SA

143,610

4,156

Essilor International SA

137,858

12,428

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

France - continued

Eurofins Scientific SA

37,700

$ 5,830

JC Decaux SA

128,200

2,713

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

58,229

9,464

PPR SA

87,700

15,420

Publicis Groupe SA

131,600

7,090

Sanofi SA

565,091

49,631

Schneider Electric SA

69,000

4,314

Vivendi SA

457,385

9,358

TOTAL FRANCE

165,485

Germany - 7.4%

adidas AG

139,100

11,851

Allianz AG

93,617

11,608

BASF AG

271,541

22,501

Bayer AG

273,952

23,858

Brenntag AG

16,500

2,080

CompuGROUP Holding AG

132,400

2,403

Deutsche Post AG

232,375

4,607

ElringKlinger AG

90,000

2,499

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

77,500

5,445

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

109,500

12,490

Linde AG

99,947

16,809

SAP AG

345,306

25,181

TOTAL GERMANY

141,332

Hong Kong - 1.3%

AIA Group Ltd.

3,326,800

13,178

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

2,108,000

7,249

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

721,863

5,002

TOTAL HONG KONG

25,429

India - 2.3%

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

13,241

192

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

96,460

3,256

Colgate-Palmolive (India)

84,807

2,026

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

153,019

2,052

HDFC Bank Ltd.

1,127,531

13,239

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

659,905

9,350

ITC Ltd.

989,338

5,195

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

187,963

3,028

Pidilite Industries Ltd. (a)

514,340

1,838

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

India - continued

Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.

171,963

$ 1,998

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

34,102

1,925

TOTAL INDIA

44,099

Ireland - 0.6%

Accenture PLC Class A

102,100

6,883

Elan Corp. PLC sponsored ADR (a)

254,700

2,751

Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

61,600

1,987

TOTAL IRELAND

11,621

Isle of Man - 0.0%

3Legs Resources PLC (a)

645,100

416

Israel - 0.1%

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

78,398

2,336

Italy - 1.7%

ENI SpA

382,800

8,809

Fiat Industrial SpA

523,000

5,664

Prada SpA

701,200

5,718

Prysmian SpA

29,800

573

Saipem SpA

251,240

11,287

TOTAL ITALY

32,051

Japan - 15.0%

ABC-Mart, Inc.

100,000

4,384

Aeon Credit Service Co. Ltd.

509,400

10,810

Aozora Bank Ltd.

1,007,000

2,838

Calbee, Inc. (d)

95,200

8,741

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (d)

106,600

10,509

Denso Corp.

92,900

2,908

Don Quijote Co. Ltd.

283,200

11,157

Fanuc Corp.

60,500

9,632

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

25,800

5,746

Hitachi Ltd.

3,632,000

19,245

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

597,906

18,033

Hoya Corp.

238,700

4,832

Itochu Corp.

577,000

5,775

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

890,400

24,605

JS Group Corp.

210,700

4,658

JSR Corp.

464,500

7,960

Keyence Corp.

61,600

16,343

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

1,459,900

6,605

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

17,400

2,241

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Japan - continued

Nitto Denko Corp.

83,200

$ 3,773

ORIX Corp.

294,300

30,230

Rakuten, Inc.

2,289,600

20,593

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

474,700

14,640

Seven Bank Ltd.

1,121,800

3,204

SHIMANO, Inc.

93,800

5,910

SMC Corp.

61,600

9,707

Softbank Corp.

466,400

14,764

Unicharm Corp.

69,500

3,761

USS Co. Ltd.

18,600

1,955

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

5,812

2,000

TOTAL JAPAN

287,559

Korea (South) - 2.5%

AMOREPACIFIC Corp.

4,423

5,030

Hyundai Motor Co.

33,442

6,886

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

5,491

3,228

Orion Corp.

12,572

11,807

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

17,735

21,308

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

48,259

Mexico - 0.7%

America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR

295,900

7,483

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV sponsored ADR

14,600

1,323

Mexichem SAB de CV

849,600

4,210

TOTAL MEXICO

13,016

Netherlands - 2.7%

AEGON NV

2,237,900

12,516

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

156,700

8,614

DE Master Blenders 1753 NV (a)

644,600

7,878

Gemalto NV

55,000

4,963

Heineken NV (Bearer)

78,700

4,852

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

216,400

5,250

Unilever NV (Certificaten Van Aandelen) (Bearer)

221,000

8,123

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

52,196

Nigeria - 0.2%

Nigerian Breweries PLC

4,795,344

3,700

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Norway - 1.1%

DnB NOR ASA

350,799

$ 4,381

Telenor ASA

822,000

16,162

TOTAL NORWAY

20,543

Singapore - 0.3%

Avago Technologies Ltd.

54,200

1,790

First Resources Ltd.

1,100,000

1,849

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

182,000

2,726

TOTAL SINGAPORE

6,365

South Africa - 0.7%

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

641,500

2,426

Nampak Ltd.

573,700

1,912

Naspers Ltd. Class N

86,400

5,609

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

52,800

1,086

Tiger Brands Ltd.

82,000

2,606

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

13,639

Spain - 3.4%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

230,600

5,709

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

722,253

6,035

Grifols SA ADR

248,495

6,252

Inditex SA

262,272

33,464

Prosegur Compania de Seguridad SA (Reg.)

1,557,860

8,481

Repsol YPF SA

243,602

4,869

TOTAL SPAIN

64,810

Sweden - 1.3%

ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares)

59,600

1,987

Atlas Copco AB (A Shares)

81,100

1,994

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares)

73,663

2,493

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares)

196,300

6,724

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

414,600

7,688

Swedish Match Co. AB

140,200

4,777

TOTAL SWEDEN

25,663

Switzerland - 5.0%

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

32,840

3,833

Nestle SA

552,587

35,067

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

36,535

7,026

SGS SA (Reg.)

1,910

4,044

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

50,470

19,678

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Switzerland - continued

UBS AG

1,130,550

$ 16,962

Zurich Financial Services AG

37,441

9,227

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

95,837

Taiwan - 0.5%

HIWIN Technologies Corp.

11,150

72

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

550,300

8,750

TOTAL TAIWAN

8,822

United Kingdom - 17.6%

Aggreko PLC

57,700

2,002

Babcock International Group PLC

119,000

1,878

Barclays PLC

3,640,520

13,462

Barratt Developments PLC (a)

423,200

1,295

BG Group PLC

387,092

7,168

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

158,000

15,699

Capita Group PLC

361,700

4,220

Compass Group PLC

213,400

2,342

Diageo PLC

168,843

4,827

Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC

305,400

2,491

Filtrona PLC

693,600

6,414

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

1,155,800

25,899

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

227,188

2,711

HSBC Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

732,600

36,161

IMI PLC

66,800

1,029

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

282,905

10,683

Inchcape PLC

764,692

4,961

InterContinental Hotel Group PLC

175,880

4,352

Intertek Group PLC

234,300

10,659

Kingfisher PLC

431,900

2,018

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

126,200

1,987

Meggitt PLC

748,900

4,665

Michael Page International PLC

662,900

3,855

National Grid PLC

273,948

3,124

Next PLC

302,200

17,390

Persimmon PLC

90,400

1,160

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

371,713

22,494

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

1,257,600

17,342

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

95,577,600

154

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom)

1,256,415

44,442

Serco Group PLC

429,704

3,928

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

188,494

4,452

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

United Kingdom - continued

Taylor Wimpey PLC

4,477,700

$ 4,415

Tesco PLC

451,200

2,329

Travis Perkins PLC

126,400

2,203

Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR

1,432,300

38,987

Whitbread PLC

115,147

4,367

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

337,565

United States of America - 4.9%

Allergan, Inc.

42,200

3,795

Apple, Inc.

18,100

10,771

Beam, Inc.

55,600

3,089

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

49,300

3,286

Cummins, Inc.

32,200

3,013

D.R. Horton, Inc.

46,400

973

Facebook, Inc. Class B (a)(f)

131,847

2,506

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

48,000

1,866

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

80,400

5,400

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

83,800

3,892

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

19,440

8,960

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

111,000

6,136

Noble Energy, Inc.

75,600

7,183

Polycom, Inc. (a)

275,000

2,756

PriceSmart, Inc.

26,300

2,183

Virgin Media, Inc. (d)

99,500

3,258

ViroPharma, Inc. (a)

107,100

2,704

Visa, Inc. Class A

76,900

10,671

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

25,300

2,145

Workday, Inc.

21,200

1,028

Yum! Brands, Inc.

102,800

7,207

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

92,822

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,613,286)


1,857,724

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.4%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 1.4%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

66,600

5,318

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

179,600

5,005

Volkswagen AG

80,200

16,591

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $16,635)


26,914

Master Notes - 0.0%

 

Principal
Amount (000s)

Value (000s)

Canada - 0.0%

OZ Optics Ltd. 5% 11/5/14 (f)
(Cost $10)

$ 10

$ 10

Money Market Funds - 2.7%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

38,341,533

38,342

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

12,479,420

12,479

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $50,821)


50,821

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.0%

(Cost $1,680,752)

1,935,469

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.0)%

(18,471)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,916,998

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $1,848,000 or 0.1% of net assets.

(f) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $2,516,000 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost (000s)

Facebook, Inc. Class B

3/31/11

$ 3,296

OZ Optics Ltd. 5% 11/5/14

11/5/10

$ 10

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned
(Amounts in thousands)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 64

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

1,352

Total

$ 1,416

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description
(Amounts in thousands)

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 299,651

$ 291,081

$ 8,570

$ -

Consumer Staples

290,259

235,131

55,128

-

Energy

132,712

79,461

53,251

-

Financials

300,947

232,128

68,819

-

Health Care

249,341

113,497

135,844

-

Industrials

153,856

153,856

-

-

Information Technology

194,124

157,823

36,301

-

Materials

163,106

143,428

19,678

-

Telecommunication Services

91,950

91,950

-

-

Utilities

8,692

5,568

3,124

-

Master Notes

10

-

-

10

Money Market Funds

50,821

50,821

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,935,469

$ 1,554,744

$ 380,715

$ 10

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total (000s)

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 372,598

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $12,172) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,629,931)

$ 1,884,648

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $50,821)

50,821

 

Total Investments (cost $1,680,752)

 

$ 1,935,469

Receivable for investments sold

1,844

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,867

Dividends receivable

3,546

Interest receivable

1

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

14

Other receivables

201

Total assets

1,942,942

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 3,498

Payable for fund shares redeemed

5,169

Accrued management fee

1,142

Distribution and service plan fees payable

548

Other affiliated payables

499

Other payables and accrued expenses

2,609

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

12,479

Total liabilities

25,944

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,916,998

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 4,658,392

Undistributed net investment income

21,468

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(3,015,093)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

252,231

Net Assets

$ 1,916,998

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($761,847 ÷ 48,744 shares)

$ 15.63

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $15.63)

$ 16.58

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($303,930 ÷ 19,618 shares)

$ 15.49

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $15.49)

$ 16.05

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($59,414 ÷ 3,974 shares)A

$ 14.95

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($245,665 ÷ 16,415 shares)A

$ 14.97

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($546,142 ÷ 34,356 shares)

$ 15.90

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 54,040

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

1,416

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

55,456

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(3,781)

Total income

 

51,675

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 14,593

Transfer agent fees

5,571

Distribution and service plan fees

7,059

Accounting and security lending fees

921

Custodian fees and expenses

301

Independent trustees' compensation

14

Registration fees

104

Audit

81

Legal

9

Miscellaneous

26

Total expenses before reductions

28,679

Expense reductions

(249)

28,430

Net investment income (loss)

23,245

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

40,399

Foreign currency transactions

(602)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

39,797

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

88,510

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(112)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

88,398

Net gain (loss)

128,195

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 151,440

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 23,245

$ 43,005

Net realized gain (loss)

39,797

251,468

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

88,398

(392,112)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

151,440

(97,639)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(28,136)

(45,397)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(8,026)

Total distributions

(28,136)

(53,423)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(644,922)

(1,225,390)

Redemption fees

42

65

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(521,576)

(1,376,387)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

2,438,574

3,814,961

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $21,468 and undistributed net investment income of $26,393, respectively)

$ 1,916,998

$ 2,438,574

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.61

$ 15.63

$ 14.25

$ 12.57

$ 26.62

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

  .22 F

  .14

  .17

  .36

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.03

  (1.01)

  1.44

  1.96

  (11.15)

Total from investment operations

  1.21

  (.79)

  1.58

  2.13

  (10.79)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.19)

  (.20)

  (.19)

  (.45)

  (.24)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.19)

  (.23)

  (.20)

  (.45)

  (3.26)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.63

$ 14.61

$ 15.63

$ 14.25

$ 12.57

Total Return A,B

  8.47%

  (5.15)%

  11.17%

  18.16%

  (45.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.32%

  1.31%

  1.32%

  1.34%

  1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.32%

  1.31%

  1.32%

  1.34%

  1.26%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.31%

  1.29%

  1.30%

  1.31%

  1.22%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.20%

  1.38% F

  .95%

  1.43%

  1.80%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 762

$ 916

$ 1,302

$ 1,662

$ 2,004

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .98%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.46

$ 15.47

$ 14.11

$ 12.42

$ 26.30

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .14

  .18 F

  .10

  .14

  .31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.03

  (.99)

  1.43

  1.94

  (11.01)

Total from investment operations

  1.17

  (.81)

  1.53

  2.08

  (10.70)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.14)

  (.16)

  (.16)

  (.39)

  (.16)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.14)

  (.20) I

  (.17)

  (.39)

  (3.18)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.49

$ 14.46

$ 15.47

$ 14.11

$ 12.42

Total Return A,B

  8.17%

  (5.35)%

  10.88%

  17.84%

  (46.04)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.58%

  1.55%

  1.55%

  1.58%

  1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.58%

  1.55%

  1.55%

  1.58%

  1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.57%

  1.53%

  1.53%

  1.55%

  1.44%

Net investment income (loss)

  .94%

  1.14% F

  .71%

  1.19%

  1.57%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 304

$ 404

$ 621

$ 832

$ 1,110

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .74%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.20 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.164 and distributions from net realized gain of $.034 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.91

$ 14.91

$ 13.61

$ 11.95

$ 25.44

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .09 F

  .02

  .08

  .18

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.00

  (.96)

  1.38

  1.88

  (10.62)

Total from investment operations

  1.06

  (.87)

  1.40

  1.96

  (10.44)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.02)

  (.10)

  (.09)

  (.30)

  (.03)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.02)

  (.13)

  (.10)

  (.30)

  (3.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.95

$ 13.91

$ 14.91

$ 13.61

$ 11.95

Total Return A,B

  7.64%

  (5.89)%

  10.34%

  17.25%

  (46.39)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.08%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.08%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.06%

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.04%

Net investment income (loss)

  .44%

  .61% F

  .18%

  .67%

  .97%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 59

$ 94

$ 157

$ 191

$ 221

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .21%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.95

$ 14.95

$ 13.65

$ 11.98

$ 25.50

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .06

  .10 F

  .03

  .08

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.01

  (.96)

  1.38

  1.89

  (10.64)

Total from investment operations

  1.07

  (.86)

  1.41

  1.97

  (10.44)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

  (.11)

  (.10)

  (.30)

  (.06)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.05)

  (.14)

  (.11)

  (.30)

  (3.08)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,H

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.97

$ 13.95

$ 14.95

$ 13.65

$ 11.98

Total Return A,B

  7.71%

  (5.83)%

  10.32%

  17.24%

  (46.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.06%

  2.05%

  2.06%

  2.09%

  2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.06%

  2.05%

  2.06%

  2.09%

  2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.05%

  2.03%

  2.04%

  2.06%

  1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  .46%

  .64% F

  .21%

  .68%

  1.04%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 246

$ 302

$ 419

$ 502

$ 618

Portfolio turnover rate E

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .24%.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 14.87

$ 15.90

$ 14.48

$ 12.81

$ 27.06

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .23

  .28 E

  .19

  .21

  .41

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.05

  (1.03)

  1.47

  1.98

  (11.34)

Total from investment operations

  1.28

  (.75)

  1.66

  2.19

  (10.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.25)

  (.25)

  (.23)

  (.52)

  (.30)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

  (3.02)

Total distributions

  (.25)

  (.28)

  (.24)

  (.52)

  (3.32)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 15.90

$ 14.87

$ 15.90

$ 14.48

$ 12.81

Total Return A

  8.83%

  (4.85)%

  11.55%

  18.45%

  (45.79)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.00%

  .99%

  .99%

  1.07%

  .99%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.00%

  .99%

  .99%

  1.07%

  .99%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .99%

  .97%

  .97%

  1.04%

  .94%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.52%

  1.70% E

  1.28%

  1.70%

  2.07%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 546

$ 723

$ 1,316

$ 1,540

$ 2,235

Portfolio turnover rate D

  34%

  48%

  59%

  92%

  88%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.30%.

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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the

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(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are

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Security Valuation - continued

limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For master notes, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. These are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior

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(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), independent Trustees may elect to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 343,637

Gross unrealized depreciation

(109,482)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 243,155

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 1,701,314

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 28,636

Capital loss carryforward

$ (3,001,620)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 243,063

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (3,001,625)

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(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31,
2012

October 31,
2011

Ordinary Income

$ 28,136

$ 53,424

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $681,681 and $1,307,803, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the

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Management Fee - continued

mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 2,002

$ 53

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,687

7

Class B

.75%

.25%

740

556

Class C

.75%

.25%

2,630

108

 

 

 

$ 7,059

$ 724

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 70

Class T

20

Class B*

99

Class C*

9

 

$ 198

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

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(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 2,329

.29

Class T

1,002

.30

Class B

223

.30

Class C

736

.28

Institutional Class

1,281

.22

 

$ 5,571

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $3 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $6 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash)

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against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $1,352. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $249 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 11,830

$ 15,976

Class T

3,677

6,296

Class B

137

993

Class C

1,044

2,886

Institutional Class

11,448

19,246

Total

$ 28,136

$ 45,397

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 2,738

Class T

-

1,311

Class B

-

343

Class C

-

927

Institutional Class

-

2,707

Total

$ -

$ 8,026

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(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,355

9,002

$ 107,661

$ 142,807

Reinvestment of distributions

768

1,034

10,735

16,424

Shares redeemed

(22,053)

(30,677)

(321,084)

(486,880)

Net increase (decrease)

(13,930)

(20,641)

$ (202,688)

$ (327,649)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,704

2,789

$ 24,709

$ 43,918

Reinvestment of distributions

246

447

3,415

7,039

Shares redeemed

(10,272)

(15,458)

(148,591)

(243,511)

Net increase (decrease)

(8,322)

(12,222)

$ (120,467)

$ (192,554)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

22

58

$ 305

$ 888

Reinvestment of distributions

9

75

118

1,145

Shares redeemed

(2,779)

(3,940)

(39,153)

(60,055)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,748)

(3,807)

$ (38,730)

$ (58,022)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

700

1,225

$ 9,812

$ 18,824

Reinvestment of distributions

60

191

813

2,917

Shares redeemed

(5,985)

(7,773)

(83,760)

(118,247)

Net increase (decrease)

(5,225)

(6,357)

$ (73,135)

$ (96,506)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,200

10,009

$ 106,131

$ 160,916

Reinvestment of distributions

640

1,047

9,062

16,863

Shares redeemed

(22,132)

(45,174)

(325,095)

(728,438)

Net increase (decrease)

(14,292)

(34,118)

$ (209,902)

$ (550,659)

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice Presidentof FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Advisor Diversified International Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Class I

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.261

$0.061

Class I designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class I

12/05/11

$0.271

$0.0190

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the second quartile for the one-year period, the fourth quartile for the three-year period, and the third quartile for the five-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR the fact that the fund underperformed its benchmark for each period measured. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR if other actions to address performance are appropriate.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

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The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Quincy, MA

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Fidelity Advisor®

Emerging Asia

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10 years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

0.25%

-1.78%

15.25%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

2.33%

-1.59%

15.21%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) A

0.51%

-1.69%

15.33%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

4.57%

-1.35%

15.07%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charge included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: For the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, stock markets in emerging Asia finished with a solid gain, as reflected in the 6.50% advance of the MSCI® AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index. After some early choppiness, the index enjoyed a strong rally in the first two months of 2012, but fell back into negative territory from March through May amid renewed concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and continued economic sluggishness in key countries such as China and South Korea. A rally over the final five months of the period lifted the index back into the black and enabled it to finish near its high for the period. Among important index components, Hong Kong advanced 17%, aided by rebounding share prices of property developers, while Singapore added roughly 14%, China rose about 5% and South Korea gained approximately 4%. Sentiment about Chinese stocks improved following the government's September announcement of massive outlays for infrastructure projects, in hopes of halting that nation's economic slowdown. However, China's ongoing transition to new Communist Party leadership created uncertainty that kept some investors on the sidelines. Conversely, India was a drag on the index, its stock market falling by roughly 5%. Technology-heavy Taiwan, with a gain of about 1%, also underperformed.

Comments from Colin Chickles, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 6.36%, 6.04%, 5.51% and 5.57%, respectively (excluding sales charges), lagging the MSCI index. Versus the index, positioning in Hong Kong, China and South Korea weighed on performance. At the stock level, Korean automaker Kia Motors was the biggest relative detractor. The company's third-quarter earnings fell short of forecasts, due in part to a nine-week strike that hampered production. Other detractors included Banpu, a Thailand-based thermal coal producer, and not owning strong-performing Chinese Internet stock Tencent Holdings until September. Conversely, performance was especially helped by stock picking and an underweighting in Taiwan, security selection in Indonesia, and an overweighting in the strong-performing Thai market. Not owning Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC and Indian IT services provider Infosys, two weak-performing benchmark components, paid off. An overweighting in benchmark heavyweight Samsung Electronics also contributed to relative performance and was the fund's top absolute contributor, as well as its largest position during the period. The company emerged as Apple's major competitor in the smartphone space.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.90

$ 7.11

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.05

$ 7.15

Class T

1.69%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,003.20

$ 8.51

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.64

$ 8.57

Class B

2.18%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.70

$ 10.96

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.18

$ 11.04

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.10

$ 10.81

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.33

$ 10.89

Institutional Class

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,006.10

$ 5.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.61

$ 5.58

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

6.4

7.3

China Construction Bank Corp. (H Shares)

2.4

2.3

AIA Group Ltd.

2.3

1.7

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
(H Shares)

2.2

1.8

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

1.7

0.0

POSCO

1.6

1.4

Hyundai Motor Co.

1.6

1.9

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1.5

4.1

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn)

1.5

1.3

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (H Shares)

1.3

1.9

 

22.5

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

31.4

28.0

Information Technology

19.2

21.0

Industrials

8.8

9.0

Consumer Discretionary

8.8

8.7

Telecommunication Services

7.3

7.7

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.8%

 

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Stocks 97.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
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Annual Report


Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.8%

Shares

Value

Australia - 0.7%

Origin Energy Ltd.

86,705

$ 1,022,447

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

676,407

1,186,624

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

2,209,071

Bermuda - 1.3%

BW Offshore Ltd.

139,400

81,909

Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd.

122,000

361,275

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

238,000

1,394,210

Genting Hong Kong Ltd. (a)

490,000

156,800

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

778,000

1,445,565

Man Wah Holdings Ltd.

510,000

313,895

Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd.

1,474,000

441,246

TOTAL BERMUDA

4,194,900

Canada - 0.0%

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (a)

14,600

114,169

Cayman Islands - 6.9%

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. ADR (a)

24,800

298,840

AirMedia Group, Inc. ADR (a)

36,833

83,611

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

566,000

482,010

Anton Oilfield Services Group

722,000

217,996

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

3,300

351,846

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

98,000

174,461

Changyou.com Ltd. (A Shares) ADR

20,800

516,880

China Kanghui Holdings sponsored ADR (a)

6,600

201,960

China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

20,500

348,910

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

615,000

354,714

China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Ltd.

273,000

272,998

China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

399,000

638,396

Chu Kong Petroleum & Natural Gas Steel Pipe Holdings Ltd.

410,000

166,644

Coastal Energy Co. (a)

7,300

137,192

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

172,000

715,737

Ginko International Co. Ltd.

13,000

159,552

Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.

22,050

156,260

HiSoft Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

11,900

123,641

Hopefluent Group Holdings Ltd.

538,000

154,804

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

1,316,000

526,397

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

542,000

314,708

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

1,503,000

895,976

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

1,893,000

994,124

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

981,000

1,731,612

Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

43,600

632,636

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Cayman Islands - continued

Mindray Medical International Ltd. sponsored ADR

4,600

$ 156,446

O-Net Communications Group Ltd.

703,000

185,954

Samson Holding Ltd.

4,000,000

572,900

Sands China Ltd.

452,000

1,700,092

SOHO China Ltd.

772,000

524,957

SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR (d)

35,900

648,713

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

159,500

5,639,060

Tiangong International Co. Ltd.

782,000

188,688

Vinda International Holdings Ltd.

76,000

106,105

VST Holdings Ltd.

914,000

160,391

Wynn Macau Ltd.

380,000

1,076,251

Xueda Education Group sponsored ADR (a)

88,200

254,016

Yingde Gases Group Co. Ltd.

360,000

341,417

Youyuan International Holdings Ltd.

1,946,000

477,081

Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.

48,000

126,861

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

22,810,837

China - 12.3%

Air China Ltd. (H Shares)

3,704,000

2,628,628

Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

351,000

472,828

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,373,000

2,226,013

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

3,598,000

2,028,795

China Construction Bank Corp. (H Shares)

10,477,000

7,894,876

China Longyuan Power Grid Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

729,000

475,023

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (H Shares)

4,230,000

4,457,900

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,583,000

2,566,319

China Railway Group Ltd. (H Shares)

1,873,000

954,620

China Southern Airlines Ltd. (H Shares)

2,514,000

1,190,493

China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,431,000

495,607

Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,610,000

245,134

CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

314,500

590,039

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

362,500

996,284

Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,244,000

428,575

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

443,200

544,990

Harbin Power Equipment Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,030,000

1,678,996

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd. (H Shares) (a)

1,874,000

236,969

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (H Shares)

11,217,000

7,424,882

Ping An Insurance Group Co. China Ltd. (H Shares)

406,500

3,220,508

TOTAL CHINA

40,757,479

Hong Kong - 14.7%

AIA Group Ltd.

1,893,000

7,498,674

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Hong Kong - continued

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

117,000

$ 755,589

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

1,270,000

3,908,297

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

295,000

4,358,359

China Everbright International

889,000

457,689

China Everbright Ltd.

266,000

387,156

China Mobile Ltd.

383,500

4,253,685

China Power International Development Ltd.

2,191,000

596,514

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

540,000

1,156,638

CITIC Pacific Ltd.

1,587,000

2,023,156

City Telecom (HK) Ltd. (CTI)

1,484,000

340,325

CNOOC Ltd.

1,143,500

2,353,296

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

372,000

1,279,192

HKT Trust / HKT Ltd. unit

2,169,942

2,013,133

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

314,000

1,387,668

Lenovo Group Ltd.

1,964,000

1,578,792

Magnificent Estates Ltd.

1,922,000

92,999

New World Development Co. Ltd.

1,522,151

2,352,936

PCCW Ltd.

7,763,000

3,135,230

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

470,500

4,000,742

Singamas Container Holdings Ltd.

842,000

212,943

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

279,000

3,884,375

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.

394,000

374,170

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

50,000

530,319

TOTAL HONG KONG

48,931,877

India - 11.6%

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.

37,660

636,136

Apollo Tyres Ltd. (a)

433,261

690,898

Axis Bank Ltd.

76,498

1,681,378

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

20,000

675,197

Britannia Industries Ltd. (a)

15,444

138,825

Cairn India Ltd.

110,428

690,624

Cox & Kings India Ltd.

69,582

177,431

Dena Bank

289,157

571,005

Dish TV India Ltd. (a)

183,743

257,490

Gateway Distriparks Ltd.

178,612

474,871

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

31,940

428,241

Grasim Industries Ltd.

47,858

3,113,313

Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (a)

138,178

602,097

HCL Infosystems Ltd.

318,811

251,825

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

821,522

1,779,544

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

265,513

2,697,322

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

India - continued

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

251,690

$ 3,566,135

ICICI Bank Ltd.

80,680

1,569,842

IDBI Bank Ltd.

198,940

343,121

INFO Edge India Ltd.

9,106

59,302

Infotech Enterprises Ltd.

84,807

296,245

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.

40,891

348,909

ITC Ltd.

386,986

2,032,207

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (a)

9,696

227,601

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

45,566

733,942

Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd.

315,220

215,888

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

34,538

923,003

McLeod Russel India Ltd. (a)

83,197

467,901

MindTree Consulting Ltd.

22,528

276,026

Muthoot Finance Ltd. (a)

123,681

426,062

NIIT Technologies Ltd.

77,144

421,959

NTPC Ltd.

268,892

826,341

Opto Circuits India Ltd.

107,200

239,384

Petronet LNG Ltd.

393,494

1,230,103

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

669,420

1,418,342

Rolta India Ltd.

342,801

413,489

Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (a)

20,215

293,372

Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.

32,233

121,941

SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd.

870,179

434,240

Strides Arcolab Ltd.

41,354

687,235

Tata Chemicals Ltd. (a)

128,558

756,104

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

88,447

2,162,476

Tata Steel Ltd.

275,521

2,008,351

Tech Mahindra Ltd. (a)

31,879

561,948

TTK Prestige Ltd. (a)

3,024

180,173

Yes Bank Ltd.

69,097

528,581

Zydus Wellness Ltd.

7,735

63,053

TOTAL INDIA

38,699,473

Indonesia - 5.2%

PT ACE Hardware Indonesia Tbk

452,500

329,775

PT Bank Bukopin Tbk

7,892,500

525,891

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

2,249,000

1,920,013

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

5,340,500

4,114,475

PT BISI International Tbk

1,735,500

193,334

PT Ciputra Development Tbk

4,363,000

308,884

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

5,349,000

1,266,936

PT Kalbe Farma Tbk

9,237,500

932,883

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Indonesia - continued

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

697,500

$ 205,146

PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero Tbk

7,025,500

563,208

PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Series B

3,842,500

3,902,655

PT Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk

1,234,000

414,329

PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk

767,500

2,081,550

PT XL Axiata Tbk

982,000

700,330

TOTAL INDONESIA

17,459,409

Japan - 0.1%

Suzuki Motor Corp.

14,800

335,192

Korea (South) - 21.1%

AMOREPACIFIC Corp.

682

775,626

BS Financial Group, Inc.

194,180

2,199,467

Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp.

23,160

737,079

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

2,482

779,666

CJ Corp.

14,408

1,407,341

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

153,660

1,944,849

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

10,400

471,678

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

77,910

2,268,731

Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. (a)

61,740

688,001

Hotel Shilla Co.

23,094

974,323

Hyundai Hysco Co. Ltd.

28,800

1,151,662

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd. (a)

8,200

197,419

Hyundai Motor Co.

25,174

5,183,399

Hyundai Steel Co.

15,467

1,113,581

Hyundai Wia Corp.

7,287

1,179,613

ICD Co. Ltd.

28,696

350,041

Industrial Bank of Korea

96,490

1,061,964

Jcontentree Corp. (a)

147,818

552,460

KCC Corp.

1,444

405,261

Kia Motors Corp.

57,125

3,175,008

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

2,169

891,217

LG International Corp.

33,990

1,234,504

LG Telecom Ltd.

75,570

483,090

LIG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

11,190

285,313

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

3,184

2,134,698

Nong Shim Co. Ltd.

3,466

820,152

Osstem Implant Co. Ltd. (a)

13,388

388,015

Paradise Co. Ltd.

8,847

148,083

POSCO

17,242

5,421,494

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

17,649

21,204,963

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

10,549

2,307,521

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd.

80,390

$ 2,458,917

SBS Contents Hub Co. Ltd.

12,352

185,226

SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.

7,914

487,766

SK Energy Co. Ltd.

13,146

1,935,150

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

13,892

1,936,665

Soulbrain Co. Ltd.

16,567

667,044

Sungwoo Hitech Co. Ltd.

77,695

755,344

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

70,362,331

Malaysia - 2.2%

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd

1,007,600

2,523,962

Glomac Bhd

1,063,500

295,029

Hong Leong Bank Bhd

98,800

476,160

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd

230,600

738,132

Malaysian Plantations Bhd

508,000

678,779

Maxis Bhd

570,000

1,302,429

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

486,400

954,915

TIME dotCom Bhd (a)

293,300

337,016

TOTAL MALAYSIA

7,306,422

Papua New Guinea - 0.0%

Oil Search Ltd. ADR

20,314

156,887

Philippines - 1.2%

Cebu Air, Inc.

254,000

353,499

Manila Water Co., Inc.

2,068,100

1,459,243

PUREGOLD Price Club, Inc.

954,100

695,263

Security Bank Corp.

262,470

1,033,915

Universal Robina Corp.

249,000

435,599

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

3,977,519

Singapore - 3.6%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

900,000

1,741,269

Avago Technologies Ltd.

39,700

1,311,291

First Resources Ltd.

471,000

791,564

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

574,000

1,209,362

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

1,187,000

925,860

Mapletree Industrial (REIT)

966,000

1,108,706

Mapletree Logistics Trust (REIT)

1,826,000

1,661,633

Petra Foods Ltd.

89,000

191,162

StarHub Ltd.

266,000

802,492

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Singapore - continued

UOL Group Ltd.

404,000

$ 1,874,602

Yanlord Land Group Ltd. (a)

401,000

414,215

TOTAL SINGAPORE

12,032,156

Taiwan - 9.2%

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc.

239,000

2,561,007

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.

1,034,075

2,269,230

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

4,162,688

2,294,395

Chipbond Technology Corp.

459,000

777,833

E Sun Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

131,096

65,750

ECLAT Textile Co. Ltd.

13,000

38,453

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

623,000

1,437,528

FLEXium Interconnect, Inc.

27,273

111,109

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn)

1,624,590

4,933,281

Insyde Software Corp.

131,195

387,162

MediaTek, Inc.

259,000

2,877,285

Merida Industry Co. Ltd.

40,000

153,372

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

175,000

659,021

Quanta Computer, Inc.

544,000

1,244,067

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

356,360

1,482,292

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1,659,393

5,056,702

Unified-President Enterprises Corp.

1,316,150

2,325,003

Wistron Corp.

1,012,355

972,152

Wowprime Corp.

13,000

182,472

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.

2,065,000

805,923

TOTAL TAIWAN

30,634,037

Thailand - 7.1%

Advanced Info Service PCL (For. Reg.)

306,200

1,971,780

Bangchak Petroleum PCL (For. Reg.)

308,700

264,212

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd. NVDR

462,600

2,669,716

Bangkok Expressway PCL (For.Reg.)

382,700

346,264

Banpu PCL (For. Reg.)

82,800

1,058,285

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (For. Reg.)

994,000

1,142,436

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

364,560

135,506

LPN Development PCL (For. Reg.)

1,860,100

1,097,744

Preuksa Real Estate PCL (For. Reg.)

908,400

580,523

PTT Global Chemical PCL (For. Reg.)

659,667

1,312,021

PTT PCL (For. Reg.)

356,500

3,696,348

Robinsons Department Store PCL (For. Reg.)

85,300

168,959

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

685,100

3,596,384

Siam Makro PCL (For. Reg.)

61,100

916,400

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Thailand - continued

Sino Thai Engineering & Construction PCL (For. Reg.)

901,600

$ 629,092

Supalai PCL (For. Reg.)

496,100

310,568

Thai Tap Water Supply PCL

1,488,500

383,409

Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (For. Reg.)

627,920

1,474,087

Thanachart Capital PCL (For. Reg.)

541,600

653,381

Total Access Communication PCL (For. Reg.)

312,300

883,340

Toyo-Thai Corp. PCL NVDR

211,900

188,271

TOTAL THAILAND

23,478,726

United Kingdom - 0.9%

HSBC Holdings PLC (Hong Kong)

97,278

958,588

Standard Chartered PLC (Hong Kong)

64,228

1,534,832

Vedanta Resources PLC

24,900

455,668

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

2,949,088

United States of America - 1.7%

China Natural Gas, Inc. (a)(d)

13,300

9,975

Citigroup, Inc.

37,800

1,413,342

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

30,900

2,059,485

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

46,100

1,792,368

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

7,100

329,724

Yum! Brands, Inc.

1,500

105,165

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

5,710,059

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $286,878,616)


332,119,632

Money Market Funds - 0.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

410,290

410,290

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

572,450

572,450

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $982,740)


982,740

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.1%

(Cost $287,861,356)

333,102,372

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)%

(393,905)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 332,708,467

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 5,440

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

76,377

Total

$ 81,817

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 28,200,037

$ 28,200,037

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

21,064,364

21,064,364

-

-

Energy

19,410,165

12,598,969

6,811,196

-

Financials

103,430,096

100,901,666

2,528,430

-

Health Care

5,258,902

5,258,902

-

-

Industrials

29,214,156

29,214,156

-

-

Information Technology

63,058,660

58,001,958

5,056,702

-

Materials

24,076,742

15,541,935

8,534,807

-

Telecommunication Services

24,546,743

16,050,078

8,496,665

-

Utilities

13,859,767

13,859,767

-

-

Money Market Funds

982,740

982,740

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 333,102,372

$ 301,674,572

$ 31,427,800

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 171,173,915

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $563,050) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $286,878,616)

$ 332,119,632

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $982,740)

982,740

 

Total Investments (cost $287,861,356)

 

$ 333,102,372

Foreign currency held at value (cost $836,202)

818,705

Receivable for investments sold

2,988,040

Receivable for fund shares sold

241,286

Dividends receivable

125,964

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

931

Other receivables

221,322

Total assets

337,498,620

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 2,917,131

Payable for fund shares redeemed

755,540

Accrued management fee

197,294

Distribution and service plan fees payable

123,811

Other affiliated payables

89,318

Other payables and accrued expenses

134,609

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

572,450

Total liabilities

4,790,153

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 332,708,467

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 298,443,279

Undistributed net investment income

2,899,067

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(13,828,339)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

45,194,460

Net Assets

$ 332,708,467

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report

Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($160,426,790 ÷ 5,557,506 shares)

$ 28.87

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $28.87)

$ 30.63

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($49,358,848 ÷ 1,754,694 shares)

$ 28.13

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $28.13)

$ 29.15

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,823,278 ÷ 591,021 shares)A

$ 26.77

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($67,073,559 ÷ 2,528,151 shares)A

$ 26.53

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($40,025,992 ÷ 1,348,976 shares)

$ 29.67

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 10,185,651

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

81,817

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

10,267,468

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(944,562)

Total income

 

9,322,906

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,521,012

Transfer agent fees

965,466

Distribution and service plan fees

1,584,458

Accounting and security lending fees

184,659

Custodian fees and expenses

252,056

Independent trustees' compensation

2,366

Registration fees

82,723

Audit

122,257

Legal

1,582

Interest

1,221

Miscellaneous

3,887

Total expenses before reductions

5,721,687

Expense reductions

(111,304)

5,610,383

Net investment income (loss)

3,712,523

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(12,276,777)

Foreign currency transactions

(43,492)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(12,320,269)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

27,243,935

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(31,478)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

27,212,457

Net gain (loss)

14,892,188

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 18,604,711

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 3,712,523

$ 3,977,993

Net realized gain (loss)

(12,320,269)

22,771,263

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

27,212,457

(61,670,156)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

18,604,711

(34,920,900)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,170,802)

(1,974,190)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(16,643,937)

(23,691,402)

Total distributions

(19,814,739)

(25,665,592)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(50,574,411)

32,289,855

Redemption fees

36,772

135,689

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(51,747,667)

(28,160,948)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

384,456,134

412,617,082

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $2,899,067 and undistributed net investment income of $2,634,151, respectively)

$ 332,708,467

$ 384,456,134

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 28.70

$ 32.97

$ 25.96

$ 15.74

$ 37.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .34

  .35

  .25

  .19

  .19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.37

  (2.62)

  7.09

  10.07

  (18.72)

Total from investment operations

  1.71

  (2.27)

  7.34

  10.26

  (18.53)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.31)

  (.20)

  (.12)

  (.05)

  (.23)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.54)

  (2.01)

  (.34)

  (.05)

  (3.29)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 28.87

$ 28.70

$ 32.97

$ 25.96

$ 15.74

Total Return A,B

  6.36%

  (7.44)%

  28.53%

  65.43%

  (53.66)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.42%

  1.39%

  1.44%

  1.54%

  1.50%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.42%

  1.39%

  1.44%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38%

  1.35%

  1.40%

  1.41%

  1.41%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.24%

  1.12%

  .86%

  .94%

  .73%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 160,427

$ 179,346

$ 189,255

$ 131,564

$ 71,722

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.98

$ 32.20

$ 25.40

$ 15.43

$ 36.88

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .25

  .25

  .15

  .14

  .12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.33

  (2.55)

  6.94

  9.86

  (18.38)

Total from investment operations

  1.58

  (2.30)

  7.09

  10.00

  (18.26)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.12)

  (.08)

  (.04)

  (.14)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.43)

  (1.93)

  (.30)

  (.04)

  (3.20)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 28.13

$ 27.98

$ 32.20

$ 25.40

$ 15.43

Total Return A,B

  6.04%

  (7.70)%

  28.13%

  65.06%

  (53.79)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.74%

  1.84%

  1.80%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.74%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.67%

  1.65%

  1.70%

  1.66%

  1.66%

Net investment income (loss)

  .95%

  .82%

  .55%

  .69%

  .48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 49,359

$ 55,452

$ 61,620

$ 45,259

$ 25,205

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.62

$ 30.72

$ 24.29

$ 14.82

$ 35.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .12

  .10

  .02

  .04

  (.01)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.26

  (2.44)

  6.61

  9.45

  (17.68)

Total from investment operations

  1.38

  (2.34)

  6.63

  9.49

  (17.69)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.03)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.77)

  (.21)

  -

  (3.05)

Total distributions

  (1.23)

  (1.77)

  (.21)

  (.03)

  (3.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 26.77

$ 26.62

$ 30.72

$ 24.29

$ 14.82

Total Return A,B

  5.51%

  (8.16)%

  27.48%

  64.23%

  (54.01)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.19%

  2.19%

  2.24%

  2.32%

  2.29%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.19%

  2.18%

  2.24%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.15%

  2.20%

  2.16%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .46%

  .32%

  .06%

  .19%

  (.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,823

$ 20,831

$ 29,611

$ 25,750

$ 17,040

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.44

$ 30.58

$ 24.19

$ 14.76

$ 35.48

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .13

  .11

  .03

  .04

  - H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.25

  (2.41)

  6.59

  9.41

  (17.63)

Total from investment operations

  1.38

  (2.30)

  6.62

  9.45

  (17.63)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.04)

  (.02)

  (.03)

  (.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.29)

  (1.85)

  (.24)

  (.03)

  (3.10)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 26.53

$ 26.44

$ 30.58

$ 24.19

$ 14.76

Total Return A,B

  5.57%

  (8.10)%

  27.58%

  64.21%

  (54.02)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.17%

  2.28%

  2.25%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.17%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.13%

  2.10%

  2.13%

  2.16%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .49%

  .37%

  .12%

  .19%

  (.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 67,074

$ 78,939

$ 87,089

$ 59,491

$ 30,577

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.49

$ 33.80

$ 26.58

$ 16.07

$ 38.25

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .44

  .46

  .34

  .26

  .27

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.39

  (2.69)

  7.26

  10.29

  (19.09)

Total from investment operations

  1.83

  (2.23)

  7.60

  10.55

  (18.82)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.42)

  (.29)

  (.17)

  (.05)

  (.31)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.65)

  (2.09) H

  (.39)

  (.05)

  (3.37)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  - G

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.67

$ 29.49

$ 33.80

$ 26.58

$ 16.07

Total Return A

  6.64%

  (7.13)%

  28.87%

  65.94%

  (53.53)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.11%

  1.10%

  1.14%

  1.25%

  1.20%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.11%

  1.10%

  1.14%

  1.25%

  1.20%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.08%

  1.06%

  1.10%

  1.16%

  1.11%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.54%

  1.41%

  1.16%

  1.18%

  1.03%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 40,026

$ 49,888

$ 45,042

$ 23,888

$ 5,933

Portfolio turnover rate D

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% F

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $2.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.288 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.805 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund received a final ruling from the Authority for Advance Ruling in India regarding the applicability of taxes imposed by the country on realized capital gains under the US/India tax treaty. The ruling entitled the Fund to a refund of capital gains taxes paid in prior years and exempts the Fund from taxes on future realized gains. The India Central Board of Direct Taxation may challenge the ruling at any time which could result in the reversal of some or all of the benefits recorded by the Fund.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. In addition, the Fund claimed a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 54,784,892

Gross unrealized depreciation

(11,531,850)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 43,253,042

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 289,849,330

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 3,944,451

Capital loss carryforward

$ (12,885,749)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 43,206,486

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (12,885,749)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 3,170,802

$ 3,521,543

Long-term Capital Gains

16,643,937

22,144,049

Total

$ 19,814,739

$ 25,665,592

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 90 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.50% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $335,090,032 and $397,339,994, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total
Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 420,135

$ 10,027

Class T

.25%

.25%

257,066

1,438

Class B

.75%

.25%

178,138

133,870

Class C

.75%

.25%

729,119

98,947

 

 

 

$ 1,584,458

$ 244,282

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Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 53,901

Class T

11,098

Class B*

30,233

Class C*

11,782

 

$ 107,014

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 460,834

.27

Class T

159,449

.31

Class B

53,240

.30

Class C

192,502

.26

Institutional Class

99,441

.22

 

$ 965,466

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Accounting and Security Lending Fees - continued

administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $252 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 6,028,737

.38%

$ 1,221

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $992 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities

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loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $76,377. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $111,304 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,898,062

$ 1,195,236

Class T

399,045

238,089

Class C

179,759

129,641

Institutional Class

693,936

411,224

Total

$ 3,170,802

$ 1,974,190

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 7,604,616

$ 10,575,420

Class T

2,417,855

3,522,540

Class B

945,064

1,697,909

Class C

3,624,620

5,318,244

Institutional Class

2,051,782

2,577,289

Total

$ 16,643,937

$ 23,691,402

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

989,897

2,202,556

$ 27,425,901

$ 71,049,522

Reinvestment of distributions

303,306

309,654

8,125,561

9,819,123

Shares redeemed

(1,983,648)

(2,005,332)

(54,478,732)

(62,867,653)

Net increase (decrease)

(690,445)

506,878

$ (18,927,270)

$ 18,000,992

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

243,741

487,526

$ 6,578,292

$ 15,326,473

Reinvestment of distributions

105,156

118,542

2,751,935

3,673,606

Shares redeemed

(575,900)

(538,208)

(15,451,183)

(16,492,902)

Net increase (decrease)

(227,003)

67,860

$ (6,120,956)

$ 2,507,177

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

12,950

65,556

$ 335,990

$ 2,016,841

Reinvestment of distributions

30,756

44,891

769,523

1,329,672

Shares redeemed

(235,196)

(291,995)

(6,006,764)

(8,641,379)

Net increase (decrease)

(191,490)

(181,548)

$ (4,901,251)

$ (5,294,866)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

321,798

976,733

$ 8,176,407

$ 29,282,683

Reinvestment of distributions

125,179

152,906

3,103,186

4,496,965

Shares redeemed

(903,872)

(992,268)

(22,892,814)

(28,874,366)

Net increase (decrease)

(456,895)

137,371

$ (11,613,221)

$ 4,905,282

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

751,216

1,196,148

$ 21,500,312

$ 38,645,718

Reinvestment of distributions

64,226

57,110

1,763,657

1,854,949

Shares redeemed

(1,158,394)

(893,992)

(32,275,682)

(28,329,397)

Net increase (decrease)

(342,952)

359,266

$ (9,011,713)

$ 12,171,270

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund's are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Advisor Emerging Asia Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Class A

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.329

$0.092

Class T

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.245

$0.092

Class B

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.091

$0.092

Class C

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.121

$0.092

Class A designates 100%, Class T designates 100%, and Class C designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/05/11

$0.406

$0.0994

Class T

12/05/11

$0.302

$0.0994

Class B

12/05/11

$0.000

$0.0000

Class C

12/05/11

$0.160

$0.0994

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against a broad-based securities market index. The Board noted that FMR believes that no meaningful peer group exists for the fund principally because most other funds in the fund's third-party peer group have different and/or broader investment mandates than the fund's more specialized strategies. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund and the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"). The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance).

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

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The Board noted that the investment performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 7% means that 93% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2011.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA

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Emerging Asia

Fund - Institutional Class

Annual Report

October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

6.64%

-0.32%

16.24%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: For the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, stock markets in emerging Asia finished with a solid gain, as reflected in the 6.50% advance of the MSCI® AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index. After some early choppiness, the index enjoyed a strong rally in the first two months of 2012, but fell back into negative territory from March through May amid renewed concerns about Europe's sovereign debt crisis and continued economic sluggishness in key countries such as China and South Korea. A rally over the final five months of the period lifted the index back into the black and enabled it to finish near its high for the period. Among important index components, Hong Kong advanced 17%, aided by rebounding share prices of property developers, while Singapore added roughly 14%, China rose about 5% and South Korea gained approximately 4%. Sentiment about Chinese stocks improved following the government's September announcement of massive outlays for infrastructure projects, in hopes of halting that nation's economic slowdown. However, China's ongoing transition to new Communist Party leadership created uncertainty that kept some investors on the sidelines. Conversely, India was a drag on the index, its stock market falling by roughly 5%. Technology-heavy Taiwan, with a gain of about 1%, also underperformed.

Comments from Colin Chickles, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 6.64%, edging the MSCI index. Versus the index, positioning in Hong Kong, China and South Korea weighed on performance. At the stock level, Korean automaker Kia Motors was the biggest relative detractor. The company's third-quarter earnings fell short of forecasts, due in part to a nine-week strike that hampered production. Other detractors included Banpu, a Thailand-based thermal coal producer, and not owning strong-performing Chinese Internet stock Tencent Holdings until September. Conversely, performance was especially helped by stock picking and an underweighting in Taiwan, security selection in Indonesia, and an overweighting in the strong-performing Thai market. Not owning Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC and Indian IT services provider Infosys, two weak-performing benchmark components, paid off. An overweighting in benchmark heavyweight Samsung Electronics also contributed to relative performance and was the fund's top absolute contributor, as well as its largest position during the period. The company emerged as Apple's major competitor in the smartphone space.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.90

$ 7.11

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.05

$ 7.15

Class T

1.69%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,003.20

$ 8.51

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.64

$ 8.57

Class B

2.18%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.70

$ 10.96

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.18

$ 11.04

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,001.10

$ 10.81

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.33

$ 10.89

Institutional Class

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,006.10

$ 5.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.61

$ 5.58

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

6.4

7.3

China Construction Bank Corp. (H Shares)

2.4

2.3

AIA Group Ltd.

2.3

1.7

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
(H Shares)

2.2

1.8

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

1.7

0.0

POSCO

1.6

1.4

Hyundai Motor Co.

1.6

1.9

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1.5

4.1

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn)

1.5

1.3

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (H Shares)

1.3

1.9

 

22.5

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

31.4

28.0

Information Technology

19.2

21.0

Industrials

8.8

9.0

Consumer Discretionary

8.8

8.7

Telecommunication Services

7.3

7.7

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.8%

 

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Stocks 97.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.8%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.8%

Shares

Value

Australia - 0.7%

Origin Energy Ltd.

86,705

$ 1,022,447

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

676,407

1,186,624

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

2,209,071

Bermuda - 1.3%

BW Offshore Ltd.

139,400

81,909

Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd.

122,000

361,275

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

238,000

1,394,210

Genting Hong Kong Ltd. (a)

490,000

156,800

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

778,000

1,445,565

Man Wah Holdings Ltd.

510,000

313,895

Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd.

1,474,000

441,246

TOTAL BERMUDA

4,194,900

Canada - 0.0%

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (a)

14,600

114,169

Cayman Islands - 6.9%

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. ADR (a)

24,800

298,840

AirMedia Group, Inc. ADR (a)

36,833

83,611

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

566,000

482,010

Anton Oilfield Services Group

722,000

217,996

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

3,300

351,846

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

98,000

174,461

Changyou.com Ltd. (A Shares) ADR

20,800

516,880

China Kanghui Holdings sponsored ADR (a)

6,600

201,960

China Lodging Group Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

20,500

348,910

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

615,000

354,714

China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Ltd.

273,000

272,998

China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

399,000

638,396

Chu Kong Petroleum & Natural Gas Steel Pipe Holdings Ltd.

410,000

166,644

Coastal Energy Co. (a)

7,300

137,192

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

172,000

715,737

Ginko International Co. Ltd.

13,000

159,552

Gourmet Master Co. Ltd.

22,050

156,260

HiSoft Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

11,900

123,641

Hopefluent Group Holdings Ltd.

538,000

154,804

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

1,316,000

526,397

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

542,000

314,708

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

1,503,000

895,976

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

1,893,000

994,124

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

981,000

1,731,612

Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

43,600

632,636

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Cayman Islands - continued

Mindray Medical International Ltd. sponsored ADR

4,600

$ 156,446

O-Net Communications Group Ltd.

703,000

185,954

Samson Holding Ltd.

4,000,000

572,900

Sands China Ltd.

452,000

1,700,092

SOHO China Ltd.

772,000

524,957

SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR (d)

35,900

648,713

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

159,500

5,639,060

Tiangong International Co. Ltd.

782,000

188,688

Vinda International Holdings Ltd.

76,000

106,105

VST Holdings Ltd.

914,000

160,391

Wynn Macau Ltd.

380,000

1,076,251

Xueda Education Group sponsored ADR (a)

88,200

254,016

Yingde Gases Group Co. Ltd.

360,000

341,417

Youyuan International Holdings Ltd.

1,946,000

477,081

Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.

48,000

126,861

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

22,810,837

China - 12.3%

Air China Ltd. (H Shares)

3,704,000

2,628,628

Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

351,000

472,828

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,373,000

2,226,013

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

3,598,000

2,028,795

China Construction Bank Corp. (H Shares)

10,477,000

7,894,876

China Longyuan Power Grid Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

729,000

475,023

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (H Shares)

4,230,000

4,457,900

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,583,000

2,566,319

China Railway Group Ltd. (H Shares)

1,873,000

954,620

China Southern Airlines Ltd. (H Shares)

2,514,000

1,190,493

China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,431,000

495,607

Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,610,000

245,134

CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

314,500

590,039

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

362,500

996,284

Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

1,244,000

428,575

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

443,200

544,990

Harbin Power Equipment Co. Ltd. (H Shares)

2,030,000

1,678,996

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd. (H Shares) (a)

1,874,000

236,969

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (H Shares)

11,217,000

7,424,882

Ping An Insurance Group Co. China Ltd. (H Shares)

406,500

3,220,508

TOTAL CHINA

40,757,479

Hong Kong - 14.7%

AIA Group Ltd.

1,893,000

7,498,674

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Hong Kong - continued

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

117,000

$ 755,589

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

1,270,000

3,908,297

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

295,000

4,358,359

China Everbright International

889,000

457,689

China Everbright Ltd.

266,000

387,156

China Mobile Ltd.

383,500

4,253,685

China Power International Development Ltd.

2,191,000

596,514

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

540,000

1,156,638

CITIC Pacific Ltd.

1,587,000

2,023,156

City Telecom (HK) Ltd. (CTI)

1,484,000

340,325

CNOOC Ltd.

1,143,500

2,353,296

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

372,000

1,279,192

HKT Trust / HKT Ltd. unit

2,169,942

2,013,133

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

314,000

1,387,668

Lenovo Group Ltd.

1,964,000

1,578,792

Magnificent Estates Ltd.

1,922,000

92,999

New World Development Co. Ltd.

1,522,151

2,352,936

PCCW Ltd.

7,763,000

3,135,230

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

470,500

4,000,742

Singamas Container Holdings Ltd.

842,000

212,943

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

279,000

3,884,375

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.

394,000

374,170

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

50,000

530,319

TOTAL HONG KONG

48,931,877

India - 11.6%

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.

37,660

636,136

Apollo Tyres Ltd. (a)

433,261

690,898

Axis Bank Ltd.

76,498

1,681,378

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

20,000

675,197

Britannia Industries Ltd. (a)

15,444

138,825

Cairn India Ltd.

110,428

690,624

Cox & Kings India Ltd.

69,582

177,431

Dena Bank

289,157

571,005

Dish TV India Ltd. (a)

183,743

257,490

Gateway Distriparks Ltd.

178,612

474,871

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

31,940

428,241

Grasim Industries Ltd.

47,858

3,113,313

Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (a)

138,178

602,097

HCL Infosystems Ltd.

318,811

251,825

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

821,522

1,779,544

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

265,513

2,697,322

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

India - continued

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

251,690

$ 3,566,135

ICICI Bank Ltd.

80,680

1,569,842

IDBI Bank Ltd.

198,940

343,121

INFO Edge India Ltd.

9,106

59,302

Infotech Enterprises Ltd.

84,807

296,245

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.

40,891

348,909

ITC Ltd.

386,986

2,032,207

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (a)

9,696

227,601

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd.

45,566

733,942

Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd.

315,220

215,888

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

34,538

923,003

McLeod Russel India Ltd. (a)

83,197

467,901

MindTree Consulting Ltd.

22,528

276,026

Muthoot Finance Ltd. (a)

123,681

426,062

NIIT Technologies Ltd.

77,144

421,959

NTPC Ltd.

268,892

826,341

Opto Circuits India Ltd.

107,200

239,384

Petronet LNG Ltd.

393,494

1,230,103

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

669,420

1,418,342

Rolta India Ltd.

342,801

413,489

Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (a)

20,215

293,372

Simplex Infrastructures Ltd.

32,233

121,941

SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd.

870,179

434,240

Strides Arcolab Ltd.

41,354

687,235

Tata Chemicals Ltd. (a)

128,558

756,104

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

88,447

2,162,476

Tata Steel Ltd.

275,521

2,008,351

Tech Mahindra Ltd. (a)

31,879

561,948

TTK Prestige Ltd. (a)

3,024

180,173

Yes Bank Ltd.

69,097

528,581

Zydus Wellness Ltd.

7,735

63,053

TOTAL INDIA

38,699,473

Indonesia - 5.2%

PT ACE Hardware Indonesia Tbk

452,500

329,775

PT Bank Bukopin Tbk

7,892,500

525,891

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

2,249,000

1,920,013

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

5,340,500

4,114,475

PT BISI International Tbk

1,735,500

193,334

PT Ciputra Development Tbk

4,363,000

308,884

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

5,349,000

1,266,936

PT Kalbe Farma Tbk

9,237,500

932,883

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Indonesia - continued

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

697,500

$ 205,146

PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero Tbk

7,025,500

563,208

PT Telkomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Series B

3,842,500

3,902,655

PT Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk

1,234,000

414,329

PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk

767,500

2,081,550

PT XL Axiata Tbk

982,000

700,330

TOTAL INDONESIA

17,459,409

Japan - 0.1%

Suzuki Motor Corp.

14,800

335,192

Korea (South) - 21.1%

AMOREPACIFIC Corp.

682

775,626

BS Financial Group, Inc.

194,180

2,199,467

Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp.

23,160

737,079

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

2,482

779,666

CJ Corp.

14,408

1,407,341

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

153,660

1,944,849

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

10,400

471,678

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

77,910

2,268,731

Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. (a)

61,740

688,001

Hotel Shilla Co.

23,094

974,323

Hyundai Hysco Co. Ltd.

28,800

1,151,662

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd. (a)

8,200

197,419

Hyundai Motor Co.

25,174

5,183,399

Hyundai Steel Co.

15,467

1,113,581

Hyundai Wia Corp.

7,287

1,179,613

ICD Co. Ltd.

28,696

350,041

Industrial Bank of Korea

96,490

1,061,964

Jcontentree Corp. (a)

147,818

552,460

KCC Corp.

1,444

405,261

Kia Motors Corp.

57,125

3,175,008

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

2,169

891,217

LG International Corp.

33,990

1,234,504

LG Telecom Ltd.

75,570

483,090

LIG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

11,190

285,313

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

3,184

2,134,698

Nong Shim Co. Ltd.

3,466

820,152

Osstem Implant Co. Ltd. (a)

13,388

388,015

Paradise Co. Ltd.

8,847

148,083

POSCO

17,242

5,421,494

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

17,649

21,204,963

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

10,549

2,307,521

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

Samsung Heavy Industries Ltd.

80,390

$ 2,458,917

SBS Contents Hub Co. Ltd.

12,352

185,226

SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.

7,914

487,766

SK Energy Co. Ltd.

13,146

1,935,150

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

13,892

1,936,665

Soulbrain Co. Ltd.

16,567

667,044

Sungwoo Hitech Co. Ltd.

77,695

755,344

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

70,362,331

Malaysia - 2.2%

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd

1,007,600

2,523,962

Glomac Bhd

1,063,500

295,029

Hong Leong Bank Bhd

98,800

476,160

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd

230,600

738,132

Malaysian Plantations Bhd

508,000

678,779

Maxis Bhd

570,000

1,302,429

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

486,400

954,915

TIME dotCom Bhd (a)

293,300

337,016

TOTAL MALAYSIA

7,306,422

Papua New Guinea - 0.0%

Oil Search Ltd. ADR

20,314

156,887

Philippines - 1.2%

Cebu Air, Inc.

254,000

353,499

Manila Water Co., Inc.

2,068,100

1,459,243

PUREGOLD Price Club, Inc.

954,100

695,263

Security Bank Corp.

262,470

1,033,915

Universal Robina Corp.

249,000

435,599

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

3,977,519

Singapore - 3.6%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

900,000

1,741,269

Avago Technologies Ltd.

39,700

1,311,291

First Resources Ltd.

471,000

791,564

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

574,000

1,209,362

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

1,187,000

925,860

Mapletree Industrial (REIT)

966,000

1,108,706

Mapletree Logistics Trust (REIT)

1,826,000

1,661,633

Petra Foods Ltd.

89,000

191,162

StarHub Ltd.

266,000

802,492

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Singapore - continued

UOL Group Ltd.

404,000

$ 1,874,602

Yanlord Land Group Ltd. (a)

401,000

414,215

TOTAL SINGAPORE

12,032,156

Taiwan - 9.2%

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc.

239,000

2,561,007

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.

1,034,075

2,269,230

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

4,162,688

2,294,395

Chipbond Technology Corp.

459,000

777,833

E Sun Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

131,096

65,750

ECLAT Textile Co. Ltd.

13,000

38,453

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

623,000

1,437,528

FLEXium Interconnect, Inc.

27,273

111,109

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn)

1,624,590

4,933,281

Insyde Software Corp.

131,195

387,162

MediaTek, Inc.

259,000

2,877,285

Merida Industry Co. Ltd.

40,000

153,372

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

175,000

659,021

Quanta Computer, Inc.

544,000

1,244,067

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

356,360

1,482,292

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

1,659,393

5,056,702

Unified-President Enterprises Corp.

1,316,150

2,325,003

Wistron Corp.

1,012,355

972,152

Wowprime Corp.

13,000

182,472

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.

2,065,000

805,923

TOTAL TAIWAN

30,634,037

Thailand - 7.1%

Advanced Info Service PCL (For. Reg.)

306,200

1,971,780

Bangchak Petroleum PCL (For. Reg.)

308,700

264,212

Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd. NVDR

462,600

2,669,716

Bangkok Expressway PCL (For.Reg.)

382,700

346,264

Banpu PCL (For. Reg.)

82,800

1,058,285

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (For. Reg.)

994,000

1,142,436

Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.)

364,560

135,506

LPN Development PCL (For. Reg.)

1,860,100

1,097,744

Preuksa Real Estate PCL (For. Reg.)

908,400

580,523

PTT Global Chemical PCL (For. Reg.)

659,667

1,312,021

PTT PCL (For. Reg.)

356,500

3,696,348

Robinsons Department Store PCL (For. Reg.)

85,300

168,959

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (For. Reg.)

685,100

3,596,384

Siam Makro PCL (For. Reg.)

61,100

916,400

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Thailand - continued

Sino Thai Engineering & Construction PCL (For. Reg.)

901,600

$ 629,092

Supalai PCL (For. Reg.)

496,100

310,568

Thai Tap Water Supply PCL

1,488,500

383,409

Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (For. Reg.)

627,920

1,474,087

Thanachart Capital PCL (For. Reg.)

541,600

653,381

Total Access Communication PCL (For. Reg.)

312,300

883,340

Toyo-Thai Corp. PCL NVDR

211,900

188,271

TOTAL THAILAND

23,478,726

United Kingdom - 0.9%

HSBC Holdings PLC (Hong Kong)

97,278

958,588

Standard Chartered PLC (Hong Kong)

64,228

1,534,832

Vedanta Resources PLC

24,900

455,668

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

2,949,088

United States of America - 1.7%

China Natural Gas, Inc. (a)(d)

13,300

9,975

Citigroup, Inc.

37,800

1,413,342

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

30,900

2,059,485

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

46,100

1,792,368

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

7,100

329,724

Yum! Brands, Inc.

1,500

105,165

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

5,710,059

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $286,878,616)


332,119,632

Money Market Funds - 0.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

410,290

410,290

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

572,450

572,450

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $982,740)


982,740

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.1%

(Cost $287,861,356)

333,102,372

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)%

(393,905)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 332,708,467

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 5,440

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

76,377

Total

$ 81,817

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 28,200,037

$ 28,200,037

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

21,064,364

21,064,364

-

-

Energy

19,410,165

12,598,969

6,811,196

-

Financials

103,430,096

100,901,666

2,528,430

-

Health Care

5,258,902

5,258,902

-

-

Industrials

29,214,156

29,214,156

-

-

Information Technology

63,058,660

58,001,958

5,056,702

-

Materials

24,076,742

15,541,935

8,534,807

-

Telecommunication Services

24,546,743

16,050,078

8,496,665

-

Utilities

13,859,767

13,859,767

-

-

Money Market Funds

982,740

982,740

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 333,102,372

$ 301,674,572

$ 31,427,800

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 171,173,915

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $563,050) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $286,878,616)

$ 332,119,632

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $982,740)

982,740

 

Total Investments (cost $287,861,356)

 

$ 333,102,372

Foreign currency held at value (cost $836,202)

818,705

Receivable for investments sold

2,988,040

Receivable for fund shares sold

241,286

Dividends receivable

125,964

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

931

Other receivables

221,322

Total assets

337,498,620

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 2,917,131

Payable for fund shares redeemed

755,540

Accrued management fee

197,294

Distribution and service plan fees payable

123,811

Other affiliated payables

89,318

Other payables and accrued expenses

134,609

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

572,450

Total liabilities

4,790,153

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 332,708,467

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 298,443,279

Undistributed net investment income

2,899,067

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(13,828,339)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

45,194,460

Net Assets

$ 332,708,467

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($160,426,790 ÷ 5,557,506 shares)

$ 28.87

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $28.87)

$ 30.63

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($49,358,848 ÷ 1,754,694 shares)

$ 28.13

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $28.13)

$ 29.15

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,823,278 ÷ 591,021 shares)A

$ 26.77

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($67,073,559 ÷ 2,528,151 shares)A

$ 26.53

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($40,025,992 ÷ 1,348,976 shares)

$ 29.67

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 10,185,651

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

81,817

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

10,267,468

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(944,562)

Total income

 

9,322,906

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,521,012

Transfer agent fees

965,466

Distribution and service plan fees

1,584,458

Accounting and security lending fees

184,659

Custodian fees and expenses

252,056

Independent trustees' compensation

2,366

Registration fees

82,723

Audit

122,257

Legal

1,582

Interest

1,221

Miscellaneous

3,887

Total expenses before reductions

5,721,687

Expense reductions

(111,304)

5,610,383

Net investment income (loss)

3,712,523

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(12,276,777)

Foreign currency transactions

(43,492)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(12,320,269)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

27,243,935

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(31,478)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

27,212,457

Net gain (loss)

14,892,188

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 18,604,711

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 3,712,523

$ 3,977,993

Net realized gain (loss)

(12,320,269)

22,771,263

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

27,212,457

(61,670,156)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

18,604,711

(34,920,900)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,170,802)

(1,974,190)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(16,643,937)

(23,691,402)

Total distributions

(19,814,739)

(25,665,592)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(50,574,411)

32,289,855

Redemption fees

36,772

135,689

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(51,747,667)

(28,160,948)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

384,456,134

412,617,082

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $2,899,067 and undistributed net investment income of $2,634,151, respectively)

$ 332,708,467

$ 384,456,134

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 28.70

$ 32.97

$ 25.96

$ 15.74

$ 37.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .34

  .35

  .25

  .19

  .19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.37

  (2.62)

  7.09

  10.07

  (18.72)

Total from investment operations

  1.71

  (2.27)

  7.34

  10.26

  (18.53)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.31)

  (.20)

  (.12)

  (.05)

  (.23)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.54)

  (2.01)

  (.34)

  (.05)

  (3.29)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 28.87

$ 28.70

$ 32.97

$ 25.96

$ 15.74

Total Return A,B

  6.36%

  (7.44)%

  28.53%

  65.43%

  (53.66)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.42%

  1.39%

  1.44%

  1.54%

  1.50%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.42%

  1.39%

  1.44%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38%

  1.35%

  1.40%

  1.41%

  1.41%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.24%

  1.12%

  .86%

  .94%

  .73%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 160,427

$ 179,346

$ 189,255

$ 131,564

$ 71,722

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.98

$ 32.20

$ 25.40

$ 15.43

$ 36.88

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .25

  .25

  .15

  .14

  .12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.33

  (2.55)

  6.94

  9.86

  (18.38)

Total from investment operations

  1.58

  (2.30)

  7.09

  10.00

  (18.26)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.12)

  (.08)

  (.04)

  (.14)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.43)

  (1.93)

  (.30)

  (.04)

  (3.20)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 28.13

$ 27.98

$ 32.20

$ 25.40

$ 15.43

Total Return A,B

  6.04%

  (7.70)%

  28.13%

  65.06%

  (53.79)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.74%

  1.84%

  1.80%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.74%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.67%

  1.65%

  1.70%

  1.66%

  1.66%

Net investment income (loss)

  .95%

  .82%

  .55%

  .69%

  .48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 49,359

$ 55,452

$ 61,620

$ 45,259

$ 25,205

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.62

$ 30.72

$ 24.29

$ 14.82

$ 35.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .12

  .10

  .02

  .04

  (.01)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.26

  (2.44)

  6.61

  9.45

  (17.68)

Total from investment operations

  1.38

  (2.34)

  6.63

  9.49

  (17.69)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.03)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.77)

  (.21)

  -

  (3.05)

Total distributions

  (1.23)

  (1.77)

  (.21)

  (.03)

  (3.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 26.77

$ 26.62

$ 30.72

$ 24.29

$ 14.82

Total Return A,B

  5.51%

  (8.16)%

  27.48%

  64.23%

  (54.01)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.19%

  2.19%

  2.24%

  2.32%

  2.29%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.19%

  2.18%

  2.24%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.15%

  2.20%

  2.16%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .46%

  .32%

  .06%

  .19%

  (.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,823

$ 20,831

$ 29,611

$ 25,750

$ 17,040

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.44

$ 30.58

$ 24.19

$ 14.76

$ 35.48

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .13

  .11

  .03

  .04

  - H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.25

  (2.41)

  6.59

  9.41

  (17.63)

Total from investment operations

  1.38

  (2.30)

  6.62

  9.45

  (17.63)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.04)

  (.02)

  (.03)

  (.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.29)

  (1.85)

  (.24)

  (.03)

  (3.10)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  - H

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 26.53

$ 26.44

$ 30.58

$ 24.19

$ 14.76

Total Return A,B

  5.57%

  (8.10)%

  27.58%

  64.21%

  (54.02)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.17%

  2.28%

  2.25%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.16%

  2.13%

  2.17%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.13%

  2.10%

  2.13%

  2.16%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .49%

  .37%

  .12%

  .19%

  (.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 67,074

$ 78,939

$ 87,089

$ 59,491

$ 30,577

Portfolio turnover rate E

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% G

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

H Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.49

$ 33.80

$ 26.58

$ 16.07

$ 38.25

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .44

  .46

  .34

  .26

  .27

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.39

  (2.69)

  7.26

  10.29

  (19.09)

Total from investment operations

  1.83

  (2.23)

  7.60

  10.55

  (18.82)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.42)

  (.29)

  (.17)

  (.05)

  (.31)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.23)

  (1.81)

  (.22)

  -

  (3.06)

Total distributions

  (1.65)

  (2.09) H

  (.39)

  (.05)

  (3.37)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  - G

  .01

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.67

$ 29.49

$ 33.80

$ 26.58

$ 16.07

Total Return A

  6.64%

  (7.13)%

  28.87%

  65.94%

  (53.53)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.11%

  1.10%

  1.14%

  1.25%

  1.20%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.11%

  1.10%

  1.14%

  1.25%

  1.20%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.08%

  1.06%

  1.10%

  1.16%

  1.11%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.54%

  1.41%

  1.16%

  1.18%

  1.03%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 40,026

$ 49,888

$ 45,042

$ 23,888

$ 5,933

Portfolio turnover rate D

  95%

  119%

  138%

  91%

  92% F

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F The portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $2.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.288 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.805 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund received a final ruling from the Authority for Advance Ruling in India regarding the applicability of taxes imposed by the country on realized capital gains under the US/India tax treaty. The ruling entitled the Fund to a refund of capital gains taxes paid in prior years and exempts the Fund from taxes on future realized gains. The India Central Board of Direct Taxation may challenge the ruling at any time which could result in the reversal of some or all of the benefits recorded by the Fund.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. In addition, the Fund claimed a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 54,784,892

Gross unrealized depreciation

(11,531,850)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 43,253,042

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 289,849,330

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 3,944,451

Capital loss carryforward

$ (12,885,749)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 43,206,486

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (12,885,749)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 3,170,802

$ 3,521,543

Long-term Capital Gains

16,643,937

22,144,049

Total

$ 19,814,739

$ 25,665,592

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 90 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.50% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $335,090,032 and $397,339,994, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total
Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 420,135

$ 10,027

Class T

.25%

.25%

257,066

1,438

Class B

.75%

.25%

178,138

133,870

Class C

.75%

.25%

729,119

98,947

 

 

 

$ 1,584,458

$ 244,282

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 53,901

Class T

11,098

Class B*

30,233

Class C*

11,782

 

$ 107,014

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 460,834

.27

Class T

159,449

.31

Class B

53,240

.30

Class C

192,502

.26

Institutional Class

99,441

.22

 

$ 965,466

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Accounting and Security Lending Fees - continued

administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $252 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 6,028,737

.38%

$ 1,221

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $992 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities

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7. Security Lending - continued

loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $76,377. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $111,304 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,898,062

$ 1,195,236

Class T

399,045

238,089

Class C

179,759

129,641

Institutional Class

693,936

411,224

Total

$ 3,170,802

$ 1,974,190

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 7,604,616

$ 10,575,420

Class T

2,417,855

3,522,540

Class B

945,064

1,697,909

Class C

3,624,620

5,318,244

Institutional Class

2,051,782

2,577,289

Total

$ 16,643,937

$ 23,691,402

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

989,897

2,202,556

$ 27,425,901

$ 71,049,522

Reinvestment of distributions

303,306

309,654

8,125,561

9,819,123

Shares redeemed

(1,983,648)

(2,005,332)

(54,478,732)

(62,867,653)

Net increase (decrease)

(690,445)

506,878

$ (18,927,270)

$ 18,000,992

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

243,741

487,526

$ 6,578,292

$ 15,326,473

Reinvestment of distributions

105,156

118,542

2,751,935

3,673,606

Shares redeemed

(575,900)

(538,208)

(15,451,183)

(16,492,902)

Net increase (decrease)

(227,003)

67,860

$ (6,120,956)

$ 2,507,177

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

12,950

65,556

$ 335,990

$ 2,016,841

Reinvestment of distributions

30,756

44,891

769,523

1,329,672

Shares redeemed

(235,196)

(291,995)

(6,006,764)

(8,641,379)

Net increase (decrease)

(191,490)

(181,548)

$ (4,901,251)

$ (5,294,866)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

321,798

976,733

$ 8,176,407

$ 29,282,683

Reinvestment of distributions

125,179

152,906

3,103,186

4,496,965

Shares redeemed

(903,872)

(992,268)

(22,892,814)

(28,874,366)

Net increase (decrease)

(456,895)

137,371

$ (11,613,221)

$ 4,905,282

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

751,216

1,196,148

$ 21,500,312

$ 38,645,718

Reinvestment of distributions

64,226

57,110

1,763,657

1,854,949

Shares redeemed

(1,158,394)

(893,992)

(32,275,682)

(28,329,397)

Net increase (decrease)

(342,952)

359,266

$ (9,011,713)

$ 12,171,270

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund's are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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Trustees and Officers - continued

The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Advisor Emerging Asia Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Institutional Class

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.413

$0.092

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are $0.515 and $0.0994 for the dividend paid 12/05/11.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against a broad-based securities market index. The Board noted that FMR believes that no meaningful peer group exists for the fund principally because most other funds in the fund's third-party peer group have different and/or broader investment mandates than the fund's more specialized strategies. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund and the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"). The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance).

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The Board noted that the investment performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund compared favorably to its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 7% means that 93% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2011.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Boston, MA

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Fidelity Advisor®

Overseas

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

-0.55%

-7.37%

6.27%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

1.63%

-7.10%

6.35%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) A

-0.28%

-7.31%

6.29%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

3.78%

-6.96%

6.09%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five year, and past ten year total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five year, and past ten year total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® EAFE® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Graeme Rockett, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares gained 5.51%, 5.32%, 4.72% and 4.78%, respectively (excluding sales charges), versus the 4.76% return of the MSCI® EAFE® Index. Stock selection drove overall performance, most notably leading Chinese Internet firm Tencent Holdings and computer/consumer electronics giant Apple. Choices in health care also helped, with a stake in Denmark-based pharmaceuticals firm Novo Nordisk the fund's top contributor, gaining from its strong position as a global leader in diabetes care. Meaningful stakes in U.K.-based William Hill and Ireland's Paddy Power, two international betting and gaming companies, also were winners. Conversely, several picks in retailing hurt, including Japan-based e-commerce websites Start Today and Rakuten, and Hengdeli Holdings - a retailer of high-end Swiss watches in China. A mild winter and high sheepskin costs pounded shares of Deckers Outdoor, the U.S.-based maker of the UGG® Australia line of footwear. Many of the stocks I've mentioned were not in the index, and I sold Start Today by period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to
October 31, 2012

Class A

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 994.70

$ 7.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.05

$ 7.15

Class T

1.59%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 993.10

$ 7.97

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.14

$ 8.06

Class B

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 990.20

$ 10.86

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Class C

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 991.00

$ 10.86

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Institutional Class

1.08%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 995.90

$ 5.42

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.71

$ 5.48

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

2.9

1.8

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

2.8

1.0

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (Denmark, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

2.7

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (United Kingdom Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.2

1.1

Rakuten, Inc. (Japan, Internet & Catalog Retail)

2.1

2.4

 

12.7

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

17.9

15.1

Consumer Discretionary

16.6

25.4

Consumer Staples

15.6

11.6

Information Technology

12.0

12.3

Health Care

9.9

6.3

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

24.2

19.9

Japan

12.9

13.8

France

12.4

12.1

Switzerland

8.4

8.7

Germany

7.2

11.4

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 98.7%

 

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Stocks 98.0%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.3%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.0%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.5%

Shares

Value (000s)

Australia - 4.1%

BHP Billiton Ltd.

211,768

$ 7,498

CSL Ltd.

147,600

7,278

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (d)

208,017

881

Macquarie Group Ltd.

43,810

1,451

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

108,586

2,979

Westfield Group unit

426,827

4,723

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

24,810

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.7%

Wolseley PLC

30,300

1,325

WPP PLC

247,196

3,195

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

4,520

Belgium - 0.5%

Ageas

41,090

1,046

UCB SA

29,600

1,726

TOTAL BELGIUM

2,772

Bermuda - 1.1%

Clear Media Ltd.

1,278,000

660

Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd.

2,992,000

896

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.

7,820,000

646

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

82,600

4,275

TOTAL BERMUDA

6,477

Brazil - 0.4%

Souza Cruz SA

205,800

2,685

British Virgin Islands - 0.8%

Gem Diamonds Ltd. (a)

339,700

925

Mail.ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (e)

4,200

140

GDR (Reg. S)

113,200

3,775

TOTAL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

4,840

Canada - 0.2%

Yamana Gold, Inc.

60,500

1,222

Cayman Islands - 3.0%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

13,500

1,439

Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.

18,578,000

5,849

Noah Holdings Ltd. sponsored ADR (d)

129,100

646

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Cayman Islands - continued

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

266,800

$ 9,433

YouKu.com, Inc. ADR (a)

38,800

768

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

18,135

Denmark - 2.9%

Danske Bank A/S (a)

51,111

799

Novo Nordisk A/S:

Series B

19,863

3,184

Series B sponsored ADR

83,800

13,432

TOTAL DENMARK

17,415

France - 12.4%

Alstom SA

109,436

3,738

Atos Origin SA

37,816

2,539

AXA SA

39,958

635

AXA SA sponsored ADR

67,200

1,070

Beneteau SA

86,400

863

BNP Paribas SA

62,616

3,150

Club Mediterranee SA (a)

53,000

842

Danone SA

118,422

7,279

Essilor International SA

13,262

1,196

Gameloft SA (a)

239,900

1,642

GDF Suez

85,511

1,962

Iliad SA

15,066

2,321

Ingenico SA

40,014

2,118

Ipsos SA

57,360

2,016

Lafarge SA (Bearer)

16,200

949

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

35,419

5,757

Pernod Ricard SA

72,700

7,824

Safran SA

52,800

2,101

Sanofi SA

80,690

7,087

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

230,300

10,099

Societe Generale Series A (a)

35,613

1,132

Total SA

94,200

4,745

Unibail-Rodamco

19,000

4,281

TOTAL FRANCE

75,346

Germany - 6.0%

adidas AG

31,900

2,718

Allianz AG

32,906

4,080

Bayer AG

55,340

4,819

Commerzbank AG (a)

235,000

450

Deutsche Bank AG

32,500

1,480

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Germany - continued

Deutsche Boerse AG

58,469

$ 3,165

Deutsche Post AG

108,546

2,152

GSW Immobilien AG

25,200

1,037

K&S AG

23,400

1,107

Linde AG

13,429

2,258

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

11,355

1,825

SAP AG

126,552

9,229

SAP AG sponsored ADR (d)

21,800

1,589

Tom Tailor Holding AG

28,200

601

TOTAL GERMANY

36,510

Hong Kong - 1.8%

AIA Group Ltd.

921,000

3,648

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

74,000

1,093

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

310,353

2,150

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

138,000

1,358

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

370,000

2,757

TOTAL HONG KONG

11,006

Ireland - 3.1%

CRH PLC

213,332

3,971

Glanbia PLC

184,500

1,751

Kingspan Group PLC (United Kingdom)

257,600

2,704

Paddy Power PLC (Ireland)

140,400

10,362

TOTAL IRELAND

18,788

Israel - 0.2%

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

33,700

1,004

Italy - 1.4%

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

71,400

1,161

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

4,900

87

ENI SpA

96,700

2,225

ENI SpA sponsored ADR (d)

22,300

1,023

Saipem SpA

93,432

4,197

TOTAL ITALY

8,693

Japan - 12.9%

Calbee, Inc.

23,300

2,139

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

49,700

4,900

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

866

998

Denso Corp.

33,000

1,033

Hitachi Ltd.

691,000

3,661

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Japan - continued

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

107,600

$ 3,235

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

58,000

1,603

Kakaku.com, Inc.

136,200

4,666

KDDI Corp.

37,700

2,928

Keyence Corp.

17,800

4,723

Mitsubishi Corp.

152,100

2,715

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

1,175,800

5,319

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sponsored ADR

179,900

808

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

79,900

1,354

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.

45,000

820

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

204,200

738

ORIX Corp.

33,070

3,397

Rakuten, Inc.

1,408,700

12,670

Softbank Corp.

158,700

5,024

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

138,000

4,217

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

71,800

1,900

Toyota Motor Corp.

133,900

5,163

Unicharm Corp.

46,200

2,500

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

5,911

2,034

TOTAL JAPAN

78,545

Kenya - 0.1%

East African Breweries Ltd.

116,216

328

Korea (South) - 0.7%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

3,353

4,029

Luxembourg - 0.1%

ArcelorMittal SA Class A unit (d)

55,600

821

Netherlands - 2.0%

AEGON NV

109,900

615

ASML Holding NV

24,100

1,325

ING Groep NV:

(Certificaten Van Aandelen) (a)

173,010

1,539

sponsored ADR (a)

59,300

525

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

202,806

5,079

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (depositary receipt) (NY Reg.)

81,000

2,031

Yandex NV (a)

50,800

1,183

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

12,297

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Nigeria - 0.2%

Guinness Nigeria PLC

384,138

$ 644

Nigerian Breweries PLC

1,015,224

783

TOTAL NIGERIA

1,427

Norway - 1.5%

DnB NOR ASA

208,600

2,605

Schibsted ASA (B Shares)

139,300

5,216

StatoilHydro ASA

9,400

232

StatoilHydro ASA sponsored ADR

55,700

1,367

TOTAL NORWAY

9,420

Singapore - 0.3%

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

101,627

1,522

South Africa - 0.2%

City Lodge Hotels Ltd.

32,800

348

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

310,300

1,173

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

1,521

Spain - 1.2%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

255,571

2,136

Banco Santander SA (Spain)

127,661

961

Grifols SA ADR

75,600

1,902

Iberdrola SA

392,500

2,030

TOTAL SPAIN

7,029

Sweden - 1.8%

Nordea Bank AB

166,600

1,513

Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA) (B Shares)

219,300

4,272

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

51,612

957

Swedish Match Co. AB

120,200

4,096

TOTAL SWEDEN

10,838

Switzerland - 8.4%

Adecco SA (Reg.)

86,391

4,178

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

58,178

3,773

Credit Suisse Group

50,181

1,167

Credit Suisse Group sponsored ADR

23,296

544

Nestle SA

272,727

17,314

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

30,371

5,841

Sika AG (Bearer)

1,180

2,462

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

6,200

2,566

Swiss Re Ltd.

21,960

1,517

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

16,570

6,460

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Switzerland - continued

UBS AG

170,978

$ 2,565

UBS AG (NY Shares)

53,077

797

Zurich Financial Services AG

8,097

1,995

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

51,179

Taiwan - 0.3%

MediaTek, Inc.

112,000

1,244

Wowprime Corp.

60,000

842

TOTAL TAIWAN

2,086

Thailand - 0.3%

Thai Beverage PCL

4,673,000

1,666

United Kingdom - 24.2%

Aggreko PLC

44,800

1,554

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom)

117,359

3,604

ASOS PLC (a)

93,600

3,406

Aviva PLC

184,200

986

Barclays PLC

841,627

3,112

Barclays PLC sponsored ADR (d)

24,700

366

BG Group PLC

281,418

5,211

BHP Billiton PLC

192,986

6,185

BP PLC sponsored ADR

120,466

5,167

Brammer PLC

364,800

1,414

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

27,800

1,379

British Land Co. PLC

299,700

2,556

Centrica PLC

672,000

3,515

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

73,200

729

Diageo PLC

432,597

12,367

Hays PLC

2,622,000

3,448

HSBC Holdings PLC:

(United Kingdom)

63,100

622

sponsored ADR

212,833

10,505

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

97,186

3,670

Intertek Group PLC

85,300

3,880

Johnson Matthey PLC

82,119

2,980

Legal & General Group PLC

527,691

1,141

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

2,479,699

1,633

M&C Saatchi PLC

887,505

2,660

Michael Page International PLC

573,100

3,333

Prudential PLC

125,264

1,720

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

106,200

6,427

Rio Tinto PLC

118,832

5,936

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

United Kingdom - continued

Rio Tinto PLC sponsored ADR

9,100

$ 455

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

164,274

2,265

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

12,484,824

20

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (a)

120,080

536

Royal Dutch Shell PLC:

Class A (United Kingdom)

188,233

6,459

Class B (United Kingdom)

197,675

6,992

SABMiller PLC

223,900

9,591

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

146,813

3,467

Sthree PLC

190,600

924

Vodafone Group PLC

3,495,369

9,492

William Hill PLC

866,100

4,724

Xstrata PLC

172,600

2,727

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

147,158

United States of America - 4.7%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

6,800

1,583

Apple, Inc.

4,500

2,678

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)(d)

83,200

2,382

Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (d)

59,700

1,851

GNC Holdings, Inc.

81,800

3,163

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

10,200

6,934

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

20,300

993

MercadoLibre, Inc.

18,800

1,579

Monsanto Co.

14,500

1,248

Visa, Inc. Class A

44,700

6,203

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

28,614

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $573,798)


592,703

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.2%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 1.2%

Volkswagen AG
(Cost $6,046)

35,900


7,426

Money Market Funds - 2.4%

Shares

Value (000s)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

7,629,808

$ 7,630

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

6,890,900

6,891

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $14,521)


14,521

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $594,365)

614,650

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(6,982)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 607,668

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $140,000 or 0.0% of net assets.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned
(Amounts in thousands)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 12

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

447

Total

$ 459

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description
(Amounts in thousands)

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 102,919

$ 91,326

$ 11,593

$ -

Consumer Staples

94,222

80,476

13,746

-

Energy

37,618

16,965

20,653

-

Financials

106,175

76,829

29,346

-

Health Care

59,459

49,188

10,271

-

Industrials

44,865

39,786

5,079

-

Information Technology

72,931

63,702

9,229

-

Materials

54,668

24,618

30,050

-

Telecommunication Services

19,765

10,273

9,492

-

Utilities

7,507

7,507

-

-

Money Market Funds

14,521

14,521

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 614,650

$ 475,191

$ 139,459

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total (000s)

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 103,477

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $6,638) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $579,844)

$ 600,129

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $14,521)

14,521

 

Total Investments (cost $594,365)

 

$ 614,650

Foreign currency held at value (cost $335)

335

Receivable for investments sold

297

Receivable for fund shares sold

788

Dividends receivable

1,524

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

9

Other receivables

235

Total assets

617,838

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 1,698

Payable for fund shares redeemed

790

Accrued management fee

421

Distribution and service plan fees payable

143

Other affiliated payables

142

Other payables and accrued expenses

85

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

6,891

Total liabilities

10,170

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 607,668

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 722,896

Undistributed net investment income

8,714

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(144,176)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

20,234

Net Assets

$ 607,668

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($60,378 ÷ 3,603 shares)

$ 16.76

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $16.76)

$ 17.78

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($270,883 ÷ 15,782 shares)

$ 17.16

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $17.16)

$ 17.78

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,022 ÷ 186 shares)A

$ 16.25

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($16,100 ÷ 980 shares)A

$ 16.43

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($257,285 ÷ 15,037 shares)

$ 17.11

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 17,934

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

459

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

18,393

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(1,162)

Total income

 

17,231

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 4,446

Performance adjustment

(112)

Transfer agent fees

1,436

Distribution and service plan fees

1,751

Accounting and security lending fees

316

Custodian fees and expenses

110

Independent trustees' compensation

4

Registration fees

70

Audit

74

Legal

3

Interest

-

Miscellaneous

9

Total expenses before reductions

8,107

Expense reductions

(105)

8,002

Net investment income (loss)

9,229

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(23,539)

Foreign currency transactions

(114)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(23,653)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

44,968

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(109)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

44,859

Net gain (loss)

21,206

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 30,435

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 9,229

$ 10,269

Net realized gain (loss)

(23,653)

139,082

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

44,859

(202,787)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

30,435

(53,436)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(10,172)

(12,982)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(2,756)

Total distributions

(10,172)

(15,738)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(148,253)

(342,819)

Redemption fees

13

20

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(127,977)

(411,973)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

735,645

1,147,618

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $8,714 and undistributed net investment income of $9,657, respectively)

$ 607,668

$ 735,645

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.13

$ 17.77

$ 15.68

$ 13.56

$ 26.85

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .23

  .16

  .17

  .24

  .38

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

  (1.54)

  2.16

  2.12

  (11.56)

Total from investment operations

  .87

  (1.38)

  2.33

  2.36

  (11.18)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.21)

  (.21)

  (.24)

  (.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.24)

  (.26)

  (.24)

  (.24)

  (2.11)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.76

$ 16.13

$ 17.77

$ 15.68

$ 13.56

Total Return A,B

  5.51%

  (7.95)%

  14.99%

  17.97%

  (45.08)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.33%

  1.34%

  1.36%

  1.36%

  1.35%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.33%

  1.34%

  1.36%

  1.36%

  1.35%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.32%

  1.32%

  1.33%

  1.33%

  1.32%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.43%

  .90%

  1.04%

  1.79%

  1.83%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 60

$ 60

$ 70

$ 72

$ 73

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.50

$ 18.18

$ 16.03

$ 13.84

$ 27.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .20

  .13

  .14

  .22

  .36

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .66

  (1.59)

  2.23

  2.17

  (11.82)

Total from investment operations

  .86

  (1.46)

  2.37

  2.39

  (11.46)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.17)

  (.19)

  (.20)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.20)

  (.22)

  (.22)

  (.20)

  (2.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 17.16

$ 16.50

$ 18.18

$ 16.03

$ 13.84

Total Return A,B

  5.32%

  (8.17)%

  14.88%

  17.70%

  (45.18)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.51%

  1.52%

  1.53%

  1.57%

  1.51%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.51%

  1.51%

  1.53%

  1.57%

  1.51%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.50%

  1.49%

  1.50%

  1.54%

  1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.25%

  .73%

  .86%

  1.58%

  1.67%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 271

$ 305

$ 371

$ 367

$ 345

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.58

$ 17.18

$ 15.16

$ 13.02

$ 25.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .03

  .04

  .13

  .22

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .63

  (1.51)

  2.10

  2.08

  (11.14)

Total from investment operations

  .73

  (1.48)

  2.14

  2.21

  (10.92)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.08)

  (.09)

  (.07)

  (.07)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.06)

  (.12) H

  (.12)

  (.07)

  (1.85)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.25

$ 15.58

$ 17.18

$ 15.16

$ 13.02

Total Return A,B

  4.72%

  (8.67)%

  14.15%

  17.09%

  (45.50)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.12%

  2.10%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.11%

  2.12%

  2.10%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.09%

  2.08%

  2.08%

Net investment income (loss)

  .67%

  .15%

  .28%

  1.04%

  1.07%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 3

$ 4

$ 7

$ 8

$ 10

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.079 and distributions from net realized gain of $.045 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.78

$ 17.39

$ 15.36

$ 13.22

$ 26.22

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .11

  .03

  .05

  .14

  .22

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

  (1.52)

  2.12

  2.09

  (11.31)

Total from investment operations

  .75

  (1.49)

  2.17

  2.23

  (11.09)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.10)

  (.07)

  (.11)

  (.09)

  (.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.10)

  (.12)

  (.14)

  (.09)

  (1.91)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.43

$ 15.78

$ 17.39

$ 15.36

$ 13.22

Total Return A,B

  4.78%

  (8.67)%

  14.17%

  17.06%

  (45.50)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.09%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.09%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.07%

Net investment income (loss)

  .67%

  .15%

  .29%

  1.05%

  1.08%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 16

$ 19

$ 22

$ 23

$ 22

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.45

$ 18.10

$ 15.95

$ 13.83

$ 27.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .29

  .23

  .22

  .29

  .45

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .65

  (1.59)

  2.23

  2.14

  (11.78)

Total from investment operations

  .94

  (1.36)

  2.45

  2.43

  (11.33)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.28)

  (.24)

  (.27)

  (.31)

  (.41)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.28)

  (.29)

  (.30)

  (.31)

  (2.19)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B,F

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 17.11

$ 16.45

$ 18.10

$ 15.95

$ 13.83

Total Return A

  5.91%

  (7.70)%

  15.49%

  18.32%

  (44.92)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .99%

  1.00%

  1.01%

  1.06%

  1.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .99%

  .99%

  1.01%

  1.06%

  1.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .97%

  .97%

  .98%

  1.02%

  .98%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.77%

  1.25%

  1.39%

  2.10%

  2.17%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 257

$ 349

$ 678

$ 727

$ 551

Portfolio turnover rate D

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 82,781

Gross unrealized depreciation

(75,413)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 7,368

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 607,282

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 10,074

Capital loss carryforward

$ (132,619)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 7,317

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

 

 

2017

$ (104,924)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(11,858)

Long-term

(15,837)

Total no expiration

(27,695)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (132,619)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 10,172

$ 15,738

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $224,677 and $365,737, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the investment performance of the asset-weighted return of all classes as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .69% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Distribution and Service Plan Fees - continued

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 148

$ 3

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,400

15

Class B

.75%

.25%

35

26

Class C

.75%

.25%

168

10

 

 

 

$ 1,751

$ 54

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 4

Class T

3

Class B*

5

Class C*

1

 

$ 13

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 178

.30

Class T

641

.23

Class B

10

.30

Class C

51

.30

Institutional Class

556

.21

 

$ 1,436

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were four hundred ninety dollars for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest Expense

Borrower

$ 9,917

.32%

$ -*

* Amount represents one hundred seventy-eight dollars.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $2 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

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7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $447. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $105 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 862

$ 829

Class T

3,589

3,501

Class B

16

30

Class C

112

89

Institutional Class

5,593

8,533

Total

$ 10,172

$ 12,982

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

9. Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 178

Class T

-

911

Class B

-

17

Class C

-

57

Institutional Class

-

1,593

Total

$ -

$ 2,756

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

700

644

$ 11,104

$ 11,749

Reinvestment of distributions

52

51

791

919

Shares redeemed

(848)

(937)

(13,551)

(16,834)

Net increase (decrease)

(96)

(242)

$ (1,656)

$ (4,166)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,695

3,310

$ 44,183

$ 61,021

Reinvestment of distributions

223

232

3,491

4,288

Shares redeemed

(5,589)

(5,489)

(91,072)

(101,187)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,671)

(1,947)

$ (43,398)

$ (35,878)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2

12

$ 26

$ 219

Reinvestment of distributions

1

2

14

41

Shares redeemed

(84)

(144)

(1,311)

(2,540)

Net increase (decrease)

(81)

(130)

$ (1,271)

$ (2,280)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

103

165

$ 1,613

$ 2,956

Reinvestment of distributions

6

7

94

125

Shares redeemed

(317)

(271)

(4,983)

(4,750)

Net increase (decrease)

(208)

(99)

$ (3,276)

$ (1,669)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,281

2,965

$ 36,498

$ 53,805

Reinvestment of distributions

353

544

5,475

9,988

Shares redeemed

(8,781)

(19,770)

(140,625)

(362,619)

Net increase (decrease)

(6,147)

(16,261)

$ (98,652)

$ (298,826)

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11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers International II Fund was the owner of record of 14% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Class A

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.249

$0.041

Class T

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.206

$0.041

Class B

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.070

$0.041

Class C

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.098

$0.041

Class A designates 100%, Class T designates 100%, Class B designates 100%, and Class C designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/5/2011

$0.256

$0.0199

Class T

12/5/2011

$0.218

$0.0199

Class B

12/5/2011

$0.080

$0.0199

Class C

12/5/2011

$0.116

$0.0199

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period, the third quartile for the three-year period, and the second quartile for the five-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, although the five-year cumulative total return of Institutional Class (Class I) compared favorably to its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

The Northern Trust Company

Chicago, IL

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Overseas

Fund - Institutional Class

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

 

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

5.91%

-5.95%

7.28%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® EAFE® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Graeme Rockett, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares gained 5.91%, surpassing the 4.76% return of the MSCI® EAFE® Index. Stock selection drove overall performance, most notably leading Chinese Internet firm Tencent Holdings and computer/consumer electronics giant Apple. Choices in health care also helped, with a stake in Denmark-based pharmaceuticals firm Novo Nordisk the fund's top contributor, gaining from its strong position as a global leader in diabetes care. Meaningful stakes in U.K.-based William Hill and Ireland's Paddy Power, two international betting and gaming companies, also were winners. Conversely, several picks in retailing hurt, including Japan-based e-commerce websites Start Today and Rakuten, and Hengdeli Holdings - a retailer of high-end Swiss watches in China. A mild winter and high sheepskin costs pounded shares of Deckers Outdoor, the U.S.-based maker of the UGG® Australia line of footwear. Many of the stocks I've mentioned were not in the index, and I sold Start Today by period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to
October 31, 2012

Class A

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 994.70

$ 7.07

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.05

$ 7.15

Class T

1.59%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 993.10

$ 7.97

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.14

$ 8.06

Class B

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 990.20

$ 10.86

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Class C

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 991.00

$ 10.86

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Institutional Class

1.08%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 995.90

$ 5.42

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.71

$ 5.48

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

2.9

1.8

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

2.8

1.0

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (Denmark, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

2.7

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (United Kingdom Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.2

1.1

Rakuten, Inc. (Japan, Internet & Catalog Retail)

2.1

2.4

 

12.7

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

17.9

15.1

Consumer Discretionary

16.6

25.4

Consumer Staples

15.6

11.6

Information Technology

12.0

12.3

Health Care

9.9

6.3

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

24.2

19.9

Japan

12.9

13.8

France

12.4

12.1

Switzerland

8.4

8.7

Germany

7.2

11.4

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 98.7%

 

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Stocks 98.0%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.3%

 

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Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.0%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.5%

Shares

Value (000s)

Australia - 4.1%

BHP Billiton Ltd.

211,768

$ 7,498

CSL Ltd.

147,600

7,278

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (d)

208,017

881

Macquarie Group Ltd.

43,810

1,451

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

108,586

2,979

Westfield Group unit

426,827

4,723

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

24,810

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.7%

Wolseley PLC

30,300

1,325

WPP PLC

247,196

3,195

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

4,520

Belgium - 0.5%

Ageas

41,090

1,046

UCB SA

29,600

1,726

TOTAL BELGIUM

2,772

Bermuda - 1.1%

Clear Media Ltd.

1,278,000

660

Oriental Watch Holdings Ltd.

2,992,000

896

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.

7,820,000

646

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

82,600

4,275

TOTAL BERMUDA

6,477

Brazil - 0.4%

Souza Cruz SA

205,800

2,685

British Virgin Islands - 0.8%

Gem Diamonds Ltd. (a)

339,700

925

Mail.ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (e)

4,200

140

GDR (Reg. S)

113,200

3,775

TOTAL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

4,840

Canada - 0.2%

Yamana Gold, Inc.

60,500

1,222

Cayman Islands - 3.0%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

13,500

1,439

Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.

18,578,000

5,849

Noah Holdings Ltd. sponsored ADR (d)

129,100

646

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Cayman Islands - continued

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

266,800

$ 9,433

YouKu.com, Inc. ADR (a)

38,800

768

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

18,135

Denmark - 2.9%

Danske Bank A/S (a)

51,111

799

Novo Nordisk A/S:

Series B

19,863

3,184

Series B sponsored ADR

83,800

13,432

TOTAL DENMARK

17,415

France - 12.4%

Alstom SA

109,436

3,738

Atos Origin SA

37,816

2,539

AXA SA

39,958

635

AXA SA sponsored ADR

67,200

1,070

Beneteau SA

86,400

863

BNP Paribas SA

62,616

3,150

Club Mediterranee SA (a)

53,000

842

Danone SA

118,422

7,279

Essilor International SA

13,262

1,196

Gameloft SA (a)

239,900

1,642

GDF Suez

85,511

1,962

Iliad SA

15,066

2,321

Ingenico SA

40,014

2,118

Ipsos SA

57,360

2,016

Lafarge SA (Bearer)

16,200

949

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SA

35,419

5,757

Pernod Ricard SA

72,700

7,824

Safran SA

52,800

2,101

Sanofi SA

80,690

7,087

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

230,300

10,099

Societe Generale Series A (a)

35,613

1,132

Total SA

94,200

4,745

Unibail-Rodamco

19,000

4,281

TOTAL FRANCE

75,346

Germany - 6.0%

adidas AG

31,900

2,718

Allianz AG

32,906

4,080

Bayer AG

55,340

4,819

Commerzbank AG (a)

235,000

450

Deutsche Bank AG

32,500

1,480

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Germany - continued

Deutsche Boerse AG

58,469

$ 3,165

Deutsche Post AG

108,546

2,152

GSW Immobilien AG

25,200

1,037

K&S AG

23,400

1,107

Linde AG

13,429

2,258

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

11,355

1,825

SAP AG

126,552

9,229

SAP AG sponsored ADR (d)

21,800

1,589

Tom Tailor Holding AG

28,200

601

TOTAL GERMANY

36,510

Hong Kong - 1.8%

AIA Group Ltd.

921,000

3,648

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

74,000

1,093

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

310,353

2,150

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

138,000

1,358

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

370,000

2,757

TOTAL HONG KONG

11,006

Ireland - 3.1%

CRH PLC

213,332

3,971

Glanbia PLC

184,500

1,751

Kingspan Group PLC (United Kingdom)

257,600

2,704

Paddy Power PLC (Ireland)

140,400

10,362

TOTAL IRELAND

18,788

Israel - 0.2%

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

33,700

1,004

Italy - 1.4%

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

71,400

1,161

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

4,900

87

ENI SpA

96,700

2,225

ENI SpA sponsored ADR (d)

22,300

1,023

Saipem SpA

93,432

4,197

TOTAL ITALY

8,693

Japan - 12.9%

Calbee, Inc.

23,300

2,139

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

49,700

4,900

Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

866

998

Denso Corp.

33,000

1,033

Hitachi Ltd.

691,000

3,661

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Japan - continued

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

107,600

$ 3,235

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

58,000

1,603

Kakaku.com, Inc.

136,200

4,666

KDDI Corp.

37,700

2,928

Keyence Corp.

17,800

4,723

Mitsubishi Corp.

152,100

2,715

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

1,175,800

5,319

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sponsored ADR

179,900

808

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

79,900

1,354

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.

45,000

820

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

204,200

738

ORIX Corp.

33,070

3,397

Rakuten, Inc.

1,408,700

12,670

Softbank Corp.

158,700

5,024

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

138,000

4,217

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

71,800

1,900

Toyota Motor Corp.

133,900

5,163

Unicharm Corp.

46,200

2,500

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

5,911

2,034

TOTAL JAPAN

78,545

Kenya - 0.1%

East African Breweries Ltd.

116,216

328

Korea (South) - 0.7%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

3,353

4,029

Luxembourg - 0.1%

ArcelorMittal SA Class A unit (d)

55,600

821

Netherlands - 2.0%

AEGON NV

109,900

615

ASML Holding NV

24,100

1,325

ING Groep NV:

(Certificaten Van Aandelen) (a)

173,010

1,539

sponsored ADR (a)

59,300

525

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

202,806

5,079

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (depositary receipt) (NY Reg.)

81,000

2,031

Yandex NV (a)

50,800

1,183

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

12,297

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Nigeria - 0.2%

Guinness Nigeria PLC

384,138

$ 644

Nigerian Breweries PLC

1,015,224

783

TOTAL NIGERIA

1,427

Norway - 1.5%

DnB NOR ASA

208,600

2,605

Schibsted ASA (B Shares)

139,300

5,216

StatoilHydro ASA

9,400

232

StatoilHydro ASA sponsored ADR

55,700

1,367

TOTAL NORWAY

9,420

Singapore - 0.3%

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

101,627

1,522

South Africa - 0.2%

City Lodge Hotels Ltd.

32,800

348

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

310,300

1,173

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

1,521

Spain - 1.2%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

255,571

2,136

Banco Santander SA (Spain)

127,661

961

Grifols SA ADR

75,600

1,902

Iberdrola SA

392,500

2,030

TOTAL SPAIN

7,029

Sweden - 1.8%

Nordea Bank AB

166,600

1,513

Svenska Cellulosa AB (SCA) (B Shares)

219,300

4,272

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

51,612

957

Swedish Match Co. AB

120,200

4,096

TOTAL SWEDEN

10,838

Switzerland - 8.4%

Adecco SA (Reg.)

86,391

4,178

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Series A

58,178

3,773

Credit Suisse Group

50,181

1,167

Credit Suisse Group sponsored ADR

23,296

544

Nestle SA

272,727

17,314

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

30,371

5,841

Sika AG (Bearer)

1,180

2,462

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

6,200

2,566

Swiss Re Ltd.

21,960

1,517

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

16,570

6,460

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

Switzerland - continued

UBS AG

170,978

$ 2,565

UBS AG (NY Shares)

53,077

797

Zurich Financial Services AG

8,097

1,995

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

51,179

Taiwan - 0.3%

MediaTek, Inc.

112,000

1,244

Wowprime Corp.

60,000

842

TOTAL TAIWAN

2,086

Thailand - 0.3%

Thai Beverage PCL

4,673,000

1,666

United Kingdom - 24.2%

Aggreko PLC

44,800

1,554

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom)

117,359

3,604

ASOS PLC (a)

93,600

3,406

Aviva PLC

184,200

986

Barclays PLC

841,627

3,112

Barclays PLC sponsored ADR (d)

24,700

366

BG Group PLC

281,418

5,211

BHP Billiton PLC

192,986

6,185

BP PLC sponsored ADR

120,466

5,167

Brammer PLC

364,800

1,414

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

27,800

1,379

British Land Co. PLC

299,700

2,556

Centrica PLC

672,000

3,515

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

73,200

729

Diageo PLC

432,597

12,367

Hays PLC

2,622,000

3,448

HSBC Holdings PLC:

(United Kingdom)

63,100

622

sponsored ADR

212,833

10,505

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

97,186

3,670

Intertek Group PLC

85,300

3,880

Johnson Matthey PLC

82,119

2,980

Legal & General Group PLC

527,691

1,141

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

2,479,699

1,633

M&C Saatchi PLC

887,505

2,660

Michael Page International PLC

573,100

3,333

Prudential PLC

125,264

1,720

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

106,200

6,427

Rio Tinto PLC

118,832

5,936

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value (000s)

United Kingdom - continued

Rio Tinto PLC sponsored ADR

9,100

$ 455

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

164,274

2,265

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

12,484,824

20

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (a)

120,080

536

Royal Dutch Shell PLC:

Class A (United Kingdom)

188,233

6,459

Class B (United Kingdom)

197,675

6,992

SABMiller PLC

223,900

9,591

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

146,813

3,467

Sthree PLC

190,600

924

Vodafone Group PLC

3,495,369

9,492

William Hill PLC

866,100

4,724

Xstrata PLC

172,600

2,727

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

147,158

United States of America - 4.7%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

6,800

1,583

Apple, Inc.

4,500

2,678

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)(d)

83,200

2,382

Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (d)

59,700

1,851

GNC Holdings, Inc.

81,800

3,163

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

10,200

6,934

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

20,300

993

MercadoLibre, Inc.

18,800

1,579

Monsanto Co.

14,500

1,248

Visa, Inc. Class A

44,700

6,203

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

28,614

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $573,798)


592,703

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.2%

 

 

 

 

Germany - 1.2%

Volkswagen AG
(Cost $6,046)

35,900


7,426

Money Market Funds - 2.4%

Shares

Value (000s)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

7,629,808

$ 7,630

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

6,890,900

6,891

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $14,521)


14,521

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $594,365)

614,650

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(6,982)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 607,668

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $140,000 or 0.0% of net assets.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned
(Amounts in thousands)

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 12

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

447

Total

$ 459

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description
(Amounts in thousands)

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 102,919

$ 91,326

$ 11,593

$ -

Consumer Staples

94,222

80,476

13,746

-

Energy

37,618

16,965

20,653

-

Financials

106,175

76,829

29,346

-

Health Care

59,459

49,188

10,271

-

Industrials

44,865

39,786

5,079

-

Information Technology

72,931

63,702

9,229

-

Materials

54,668

24,618

30,050

-

Telecommunication Services

19,765

10,273

9,492

-

Utilities

7,507

7,507

-

-

Money Market Funds

14,521

14,521

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 614,650

$ 475,191

$ 139,459

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total (000s)

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 103,477

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $6,638) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $579,844)

$ 600,129

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $14,521)

14,521

 

Total Investments (cost $594,365)

 

$ 614,650

Foreign currency held at value (cost $335)

335

Receivable for investments sold

297

Receivable for fund shares sold

788

Dividends receivable

1,524

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

9

Other receivables

235

Total assets

617,838

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 1,698

Payable for fund shares redeemed

790

Accrued management fee

421

Distribution and service plan fees payable

143

Other affiliated payables

142

Other payables and accrued expenses

85

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

6,891

Total liabilities

10,170

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 607,668

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 722,896

Undistributed net investment income

8,714

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(144,176)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

20,234

Net Assets

$ 607,668

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($60,378 ÷ 3,603 shares)

$ 16.76

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $16.76)

$ 17.78

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($270,883 ÷ 15,782 shares)

$ 17.16

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $17.16)

$ 17.78

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,022 ÷ 186 shares)A

$ 16.25

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($16,100 ÷ 980 shares)A

$ 16.43

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($257,285 ÷ 15,037 shares)

$ 17.11

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 17,934

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

459

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

18,393

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(1,162)

Total income

 

17,231

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 4,446

Performance adjustment

(112)

Transfer agent fees

1,436

Distribution and service plan fees

1,751

Accounting and security lending fees

316

Custodian fees and expenses

110

Independent trustees' compensation

4

Registration fees

70

Audit

74

Legal

3

Interest

-

Miscellaneous

9

Total expenses before reductions

8,107

Expense reductions

(105)

8,002

Net investment income (loss)

9,229

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(23,539)

Foreign currency transactions

(114)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(23,653)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

44,968

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(109)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

44,859

Net gain (loss)

21,206

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 30,435

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Amounts in thousands

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 9,229

$ 10,269

Net realized gain (loss)

(23,653)

139,082

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

44,859

(202,787)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

30,435

(53,436)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(10,172)

(12,982)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(2,756)

Total distributions

(10,172)

(15,738)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(148,253)

(342,819)

Redemption fees

13

20

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(127,977)

(411,973)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

735,645

1,147,618

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $8,714 and undistributed net investment income of $9,657, respectively)

$ 607,668

$ 735,645

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.13

$ 17.77

$ 15.68

$ 13.56

$ 26.85

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .23

  .16

  .17

  .24

  .38

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

  (1.54)

  2.16

  2.12

  (11.56)

Total from investment operations

  .87

  (1.38)

  2.33

  2.36

  (11.18)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.21)

  (.21)

  (.24)

  (.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.24)

  (.26)

  (.24)

  (.24)

  (2.11)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.76

$ 16.13

$ 17.77

$ 15.68

$ 13.56

Total Return A,B

  5.51%

  (7.95)%

  14.99%

  17.97%

  (45.08)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.33%

  1.34%

  1.36%

  1.36%

  1.35%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.33%

  1.34%

  1.36%

  1.36%

  1.35%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.32%

  1.32%

  1.33%

  1.33%

  1.32%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.43%

  .90%

  1.04%

  1.79%

  1.83%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 60

$ 60

$ 70

$ 72

$ 73

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.50

$ 18.18

$ 16.03

$ 13.84

$ 27.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .20

  .13

  .14

  .22

  .36

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .66

  (1.59)

  2.23

  2.17

  (11.82)

Total from investment operations

  .86

  (1.46)

  2.37

  2.39

  (11.46)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.17)

  (.19)

  (.20)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.20)

  (.22)

  (.22)

  (.20)

  (2.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 17.16

$ 16.50

$ 18.18

$ 16.03

$ 13.84

Total Return A,B

  5.32%

  (8.17)%

  14.88%

  17.70%

  (45.18)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.51%

  1.52%

  1.53%

  1.57%

  1.51%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.51%

  1.51%

  1.53%

  1.57%

  1.51%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.50%

  1.49%

  1.50%

  1.54%

  1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.25%

  .73%

  .86%

  1.58%

  1.67%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 271

$ 305

$ 371

$ 367

$ 345

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.58

$ 17.18

$ 15.16

$ 13.02

$ 25.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .03

  .04

  .13

  .22

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .63

  (1.51)

  2.10

  2.08

  (11.14)

Total from investment operations

  .73

  (1.48)

  2.14

  2.21

  (10.92)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  (.08)

  (.09)

  (.07)

  (.07)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.06)

  (.12) H

  (.12)

  (.07)

  (1.85)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.25

$ 15.58

$ 17.18

$ 15.16

$ 13.02

Total Return A,B

  4.72%

  (8.67)%

  14.15%

  17.09%

  (45.50)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.12%

  2.10%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.11%

  2.12%

  2.10%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.09%

  2.08%

  2.08%

Net investment income (loss)

  .67%

  .15%

  .28%

  1.04%

  1.07%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 3

$ 4

$ 7

$ 8

$ 10

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.079 and distributions from net realized gain of $.045 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.78

$ 17.39

$ 15.36

$ 13.22

$ 26.22

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .11

  .03

  .05

  .14

  .22

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

  (1.52)

  2.12

  2.09

  (11.31)

Total from investment operations

  .75

  (1.49)

  2.17

  2.23

  (11.09)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.10)

  (.07)

  (.11)

  (.09)

  (.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.10)

  (.12)

  (.14)

  (.09)

  (1.91)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.43

$ 15.78

$ 17.39

$ 15.36

$ 13.22

Total Return A,B

  4.78%

  (8.67)%

  14.17%

  17.06%

  (45.50)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.09%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.09%

  2.09%

  2.10%

  2.11%

  2.09%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.07%

  2.07%

  2.08%

  2.08%

  2.07%

Net investment income (loss)

  .67%

  .15%

  .29%

  1.05%

  1.08%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 16

$ 19

$ 22

$ 23

$ 22

Portfolio turnover rate E

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.45

$ 18.10

$ 15.95

$ 13.83

$ 27.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .29

  .23

  .22

  .29

  .45

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .65

  (1.59)

  2.23

  2.14

  (11.78)

Total from investment operations

  .94

  (1.36)

  2.45

  2.43

  (11.33)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.28)

  (.24)

  (.27)

  (.31)

  (.41)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.03)

  -

  (1.78)

Total distributions

  (.28)

  (.29)

  (.30)

  (.31)

  (2.19)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B,F

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 17.11

$ 16.45

$ 18.10

$ 15.95

$ 13.83

Total Return A

  5.91%

  (7.70)%

  15.49%

  18.32%

  (44.92)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C,E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .99%

  1.00%

  1.01%

  1.06%

  1.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .99%

  .99%

  1.01%

  1.06%

  1.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .97%

  .97%

  .98%

  1.02%

  .98%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.77%

  1.25%

  1.39%

  2.10%

  2.17%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (in millions)

$ 257

$ 349

$ 678

$ 727

$ 551

Portfolio turnover rate D

  36%

  44%

  53%

  83%

  79%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 82,781

Gross unrealized depreciation

(75,413)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 7,368

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 607,282

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 10,074

Capital loss carryforward

$ (132,619)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 7,317

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

 

 

2017

$ (104,924)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(11,858)

Long-term

(15,837)

Total no expiration

(27,695)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (132,619)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 10,172

$ 15,738

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $224,677 and $365,737, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the investment performance of the asset-weighted return of all classes as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .69% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Distribution and Service Plan Fees - continued

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 148

$ 3

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,400

15

Class B

.75%

.25%

35

26

Class C

.75%

.25%

168

10

 

 

 

$ 1,751

$ 54

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 4

Class T

3

Class B*

5

Class C*

1

 

$ 13

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 178

.30

Class T

641

.23

Class B

10

.30

Class C

51

.30

Institutional Class

556

.21

 

$ 1,436

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were four hundred ninety dollars for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest Expense

Borrower

$ 9,917

.32%

$ -*

* Amount represents one hundred seventy-eight dollars.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $2 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

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7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $447. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $105 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 862

$ 829

Class T

3,589

3,501

Class B

16

30

Class C

112

89

Institutional Class

5,593

8,533

Total

$ 10,172

$ 12,982

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(Amounts in thousands except percentages)

9. Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 178

Class T

-

911

Class B

-

17

Class C

-

57

Institutional Class

-

1,593

Total

$ -

$ 2,756

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

700

644

$ 11,104

$ 11,749

Reinvestment of distributions

52

51

791

919

Shares redeemed

(848)

(937)

(13,551)

(16,834)

Net increase (decrease)

(96)

(242)

$ (1,656)

$ (4,166)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,695

3,310

$ 44,183

$ 61,021

Reinvestment of distributions

223

232

3,491

4,288

Shares redeemed

(5,589)

(5,489)

(91,072)

(101,187)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,671)

(1,947)

$ (43,398)

$ (35,878)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2

12

$ 26

$ 219

Reinvestment of distributions

1

2

14

41

Shares redeemed

(84)

(144)

(1,311)

(2,540)

Net increase (decrease)

(81)

(130)

$ (1,271)

$ (2,280)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

103

165

$ 1,613

$ 2,956

Reinvestment of distributions

6

7

94

125

Shares redeemed

(317)

(271)

(4,983)

(4,750)

Net increase (decrease)

(208)

(99)

$ (3,276)

$ (1,669)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,281

2,965

$ 36,498

$ 53,805

Reinvestment of distributions

353

544

5,475

9,988

Shares redeemed

(8,781)

(19,770)

(140,625)

(362,619)

Net increase (decrease)

(6,147)

(16,261)

$ (98,652)

$ (298,826)

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11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers International II Fund was the owner of record of 14% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Institutional Class

12/10/12

12/07/12

$0.314

$0.041

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Institutional Class

12/05/11

$0.303

$0.0199

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class B show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for the one-year period, the third quartile for the three-year period, and the second quartile for the five-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, although the five-year cumulative total return of Institutional Class (Class I) compared favorably to its benchmark. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of Class T ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Class T was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

The Northern Trust Company

Chicago, IL

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OSI-UANN-1212
1.784768.109

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Fidelity Advisor®

Global Capital Appreciation

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

2.42%

-5.86%

4.41%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

4.58%

-5.64%

4.41%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge)A

2.89%

-5.78%

4.49%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge)B

6.79%

-5.46%

4.25%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: Global stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a solid advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind for foreign investments, stocks worldwide rose 8.96% for the 12 months, as measured by the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index, largely buttressed in the summer by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, the U.S. showed the most impressive gain among major markets, advancing 15%, closely followed by Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+10%). A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes. However, continued weakness in peripheral European markets caused the region to lag the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Thomas Allen, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 8.67%, 8.38%, 7.89% and 7.79%, respectively (excluding sales charges), trailing the MSCI index. Stock picking and an overweighting in Japan proved counterproductive, along with my choices in Russia. A modest cash position further dampened results. At the stock level, Japanese price-comparison site Kakaku.com detracted the most, as disappointing earnings and untimely ownership hurt. Other detractors included Russian drug company Pharmstandard, U.S. glass manufacturer Corning and Proto, a Japan-based provider of online data on used cars. Conversely, stock selection in India stood out as a significant positive, although much of the benefit there was offset by a large overweighting in that relatively weak market. My picks in Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands bolstered results as well. Noteworthy individual contributors included Indian restaurant chain Jubilant FoodWorks, Dutch holding Gemalto - a leading provider of digital security solutions - and Carsales.com, an Australian website for used-car data. Most stocks I've mentioned were not part of the benchmark, and all of the detractors I've referenced were sold from the fund by period end.


Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,037.90

$ 7.17

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.10

$ 7.10

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,035.90

$ 8.70

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,034.00

$ 11.09

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Class C

2.16%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,032.90

$ 11.04

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.28

$ 10.94

Institutional Class

.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,039.50

$ 4.67

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.56

$ 4.62

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Annual Report


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (India, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

1.7

1.5

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR (France, Pharmaceuticals)

1.4

1.6

Google, Inc. Class A (United States of America, Internet Software & Services)

1.3

1.4

Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (United States of America, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

1.2

0.3

The Walt Disney Co. (United States of America, Media)

1.2

1.3

 

6.8

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

22.0

22.7

Information Technology

20.6

21.7

Financials

14.7

13.2

Industrials

12.2

8.9

Health Care

8.9

10.3

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United States of America

38.7

42.9

Japan

9.5

13.6

India

6.7

6.0

United Kingdom

4.4

3.9

Korea (South)

3.6

1.9

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

adf23

Stocks 98.8%

 

adf23

Stocks 99.9%

 

adf26

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.2%

 

adf26

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.1%

 

adf119

Annual Report


Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.8%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.7%

Carsales.com Ltd.

99,645

$ 771,636

Flexigroup Ltd.

53,144

218,458

Goodman Group unit

29,684

136,504

Nufarm Ltd.

24,640

147,071

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

1,273,669

Austria - 0.5%

OMV AG

4,700

171,792

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG

2,100

202,647

TOTAL AUSTRIA

374,439

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.3%

Delphi Automotive PLC

1,800

56,592

Experian PLC

11,000

189,938

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

246,530

Belgium - 0.8%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV ADR

7,000

586,600

Bermuda - 0.8%

China Foods Ltd.

190,000

192,205

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

88,000

195,075

Fairwood Holdings Ltd.

66,000

138,471

Soundwill Holdings Ltd.

38,000

69,135

TOTAL BERMUDA

594,886

Brazil - 2.3%

Abril Educacao SA unit

11,300

204,185

CCR SA

31,600

277,874

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN)

5,000

204,328

Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia SA

13,300

203,915

Multiplus SA

8,100

188,198

Qualicorp SA (a)

21,000

215,475

Totvs SA

21,100

429,054

TOTAL BRAZIL

1,723,029

British Virgin Islands - 0.4%

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

8,800

293,480

Canada - 1.8%

Canadian National Railway Co.

1,500

129,522

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

7,100

213,977

CGI Group, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

5,800

151,744

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd. (a)

15,700

215,674

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Canada - continued

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (a)

18,500

$ 259,139

Suncor Energy, Inc.

6,400

214,797

Westshore Terminals Investment Corp.

7,200

204,159

TOTAL CANADA

1,389,012

Cayman Islands - 3.5%

AAC Acoustic Technology Holdings, Inc.

55,000

196,579

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

351,000

202,446

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

168,000

200,081

Cimc Enric Holdings Ltd.

316,000

229,557

Nagacorp Ltd.

364,000

202,430

NetDragon WebSoft, Inc.

287,000

306,625

Pico Far East Holdings Ltd.

674,000

165,238

Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd.

286,000

196,693

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

175,000

340,966

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

191,000

50,769

SOHO China Ltd.

291,500

198,219

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

6,000

212,128

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

257,000

202,283

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

2,704,014

Finland - 0.3%

KCI Konecranes Oyj

6,300

199,244

France - 3.5%

BNP Paribas SA

5,000

251,518

Club Mediterranee SA (a)

22,500

357,251

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA sponsored ADR (d)

11,800

383,264

Eurofins Scientific SA

1,400

216,483

Ingenico SA

7,760

410,774

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

24,000

1,052,400

TOTAL FRANCE

2,671,690

Germany - 2.2%

Aareal Bank AG (a)

10,646

228,370

adidas AG

2,500

212,990

Bertrandt AG

2,400

200,800

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

7,400

202,956

Isra Vision AG

2,500

69,555

KUKA AG (a)

6,600

197,868

MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG

2,300

193,119

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Rational AG

800

$ 202,303

SAP AG

2,824

205,935

TOTAL GERMANY

1,713,896

Hong Kong - 0.3%

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

57,000

196,005

India - 6.7%

Bata India Ltd. (a)

11,393

180,874

Cipla Ltd.

13,138

88,710

ICRA Ltd.

6,228

157,995

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

28,365

199,577

INFO Edge India Ltd.

121,252

789,642

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.

27,605

235,544

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (a)

55,955

1,313,466

Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd.

520,816

356,697

Max India Ltd. (a)

64,536

290,385

Oracle Finance Services Software Ltd. (a)

3,317

178,793

Page Industries Ltd.

4,642

289,248

Pidilite Industries Ltd. (a)

56,696

202,632

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

1,614

91,102

Sobha Developers Ltd. (a)

30,974

206,551

Speciality Restaurants Ltd.

55,563

188,515

Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd.

28,910

103,970

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

7,907

193,321

TOTAL INDIA

5,067,022

Indonesia - 0.8%

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

1,003,000

237,565

PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk

607,000

205,387

PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk

1,560,000

191,649

TOTAL INDONESIA

634,601

Ireland - 1.5%

Paddy Power PLC (Ireland)

4,200

309,972

Trinity Biotech PLC sponsored ADR

60,641

857,464

TOTAL IRELAND

1,167,436

Israel - 0.2%

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

1,900

146,243

Italy - 1.1%

De Longhi SpA

18,200

242,269

ENI SpA

13,400

308,346

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Italy - continued

Gentium SpA sponsored ADR (a)

4,100

$ 45,633

Prada SpA

26,400

215,286

TOTAL ITALY

811,534

Japan - 9.5%

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

18,000

274,859

ARNEST ONE Corp.

10,200

151,409

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.

23,000

156,157

CAC Corp.

22,700

191,086

Chiyoda Corp.

14,000

225,880

cocokara fine HOLDINGS, Inc.

6,100

205,396

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

2,500

246,461

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

6,700

147,126

Hamakyorex Co. Ltd.

3,400

106,008

Hitachi Capital Corp.

15,200

291,700

IT Holdings Corp.

22,400

278,913

J Trust Co. Ltd.

15,300

225,197

Kanto Natural Gas Development

36,000

190,304

Micronics Japan Co. Ltd.

10,100

36,690

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd.

4,250

183,139

Monex Group, Inc.

769

130,816

Nihon Kohden Corp.

8,100

301,048

NSD Co. Ltd.

22,800

218,204

ORIX Corp.

2,510

257,823

Otsuka Corp.

3,800

309,884

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

6,400

197,139

Park24 Co. Ltd.

11,300

194,208

Relo Holdings Corp.

9,200

305,860

Ryoyo Electro Corp.

16,500

164,938

Sekisui House Ltd.

23,000

234,811

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

242,000

354,679

Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

13,500

450,338

The Suruga Bank Ltd.

24,000

288,012

Tohokushinsha Film Corp.

15,100

105,925

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp.

24,000

324,991

Tsutsumi Jewelry Co. Ltd.

15,500

355,512

Utoc Corp.

18,700

54,580

Wacom Co. Ltd.

34

98,767

TOTAL JAPAN

7,257,860

Korea (South) - 3.6%

Cheil Worldwide, Inc.

10,120

194,915

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

GS Retail Co. Ltd.

7,240

$ 211,824

Hyundai Greenfood Co. Ltd.

12,480

207,176

Hyundai Wia Corp.

1,166

188,751

KT Skylife Co. Ltd. (a)

7,650

212,944

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

561

329,812

LIG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

6,710

171,086

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

382

256,110

Orion Corp.

224

210,375

Paradise Co. Ltd.

14,721

246,403

Sajo Industries Co. Ltd.

3,501

180,778

Suprema, Inc.

12,490

214,215

UBIVELOX, Inc. (a)

4,129

100,544

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

2,724,933

Luxembourg - 1.2%

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (a)

6,300

715,050

L'Occitane Ltd.

68,500

213,453

TOTAL LUXEMBOURG

928,503

Mexico - 1.7%

Alsea SAB de CV

251,900

403,994

America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR

10,100

255,429

Embotelladoras Arca SAB de CC

27,200

197,363

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV unit

22,100

199,025

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

37,400

207,794

TOTAL MEXICO

1,263,605

Netherlands - 1.9%

Brunel International NV

4,200

202,238

Gemalto NV

6,356

573,552

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

4,900

261,611

Unilever NV (Certificaten Van Aandelen) (Bearer)

11,915

437,932

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

1,475,333

New Zealand - 0.1%

Summerset Group Holdings Ltd.

55,476

92,159

Norway - 0.4%

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA

9,700

330,065

Panama - 0.8%

Copa Holdings SA Class A

2,702

250,800

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

33,900

363,069

TOTAL PANAMA

613,869

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Philippines - 1.1%

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

103,660

$ 204,293

EastWest Banking Corp.

385,000

222,944

First Gen Corp. (a)

425,000

231,113

Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc.

1,755,000

204,964

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

863,314

Russia - 0.9%

Gazprom OAO sponsored ADR (Reg. S)

18,700

170,825

Vozrozhdenie Bank (a)

27,400

481,338

TOTAL RUSSIA

652,163

Singapore - 0.3%

Breadtalk Group Ltd.

209,000

102,804

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

45,000

94,811

TOTAL SINGAPORE

197,615

South Africa - 1.8%

Assore Ltd.

4,900

202,315

DataTec Ltd.

32,000

198,555

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

52,000

196,650

Naspers Ltd. Class N

3,600

233,717

Omnia Holdings Ltd.

13,800

204,279

Super Group Ltd. (a)

179,100

320,166

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

1,355,682

Sweden - 1.2%

AarhusKarlshamn AB

16,600

653,198

DIBS Payment Services AB

7,300

57,230

Hexagon AB (B Shares)

8,400

193,255

TOTAL SWEDEN

903,683

Switzerland - 0.2%

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

380

148,158

Thailand - 1.5%

Asian Property Development PCL (For. Reg.)

1,117,900

317,109

Berli Jucker PCL

125,400

262,698

Hemaraj Land & Development PCL NVDR

1,883,000

192,782

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

38,000

223,019

Supalai PCL (For. Reg.)

209,400

131,088

TOTAL THAILAND

1,126,696

Turkey - 0.8%

Koza Altin Isletmeleri A/S

9,000

195,816

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Turkey - continued

Turkiye Halk Bankasi A/S

23,000

$ 202,734

Yazicilar Holding A/S

26,000

208,145

TOTAL TURKEY

606,695

United Kingdom - 4.4%

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

71,400

373,895

Anite Group PLC

89,700

204,392

Ashtead Group PLC

45,600

274,480

Barclays PLC

33,613

124,292

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

8,500

84,633

Domino Printing Sciences PLC

21,300

186,301

Genus PLC

8,300

195,286

Great Portland Estates PLC

9,700

73,195

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

16,713

199,448

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

21,000

207,045

iomart Group PLC

76,318

245,085

Michael Page International PLC

31,300

182,039

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

255,800

553,148

Oxford Instruments PLC

9,000

195,199

Speedy Hire PLC

411,500

214,159

Whitbread PLC

111

4,209

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

3,316,806

United States of America - 38.7%

Aceto Corp.

46,300

463,926

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)

3,800

543,590

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

8,100

295,083

Amgen, Inc.

6,600

571,197

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

24,500

243,040

Apache Corp.

3,900

322,725

Apple, Inc.

681

405,263

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

22,800

680,124

Baxter International, Inc.

800

50,104

BB&T Corp.

7,600

220,020

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

600

82,932

Blucora, Inc. (a)

18,335

321,779

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

35,500

188,150

Celgene Corp. (a)

1,800

131,976

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

2,600

184,054

Chuys Holdings, Inc.

700

17,101

Computer Task Group, Inc. (a)

35,900

669,535

Corporate Executive Board Co.

8,600

386,656

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Corrections Corp. of America

7,100

$ 238,915

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

5,100

324,615

Discovery Communications, Inc. (a)

3,000

177,060

eBay, Inc. (a)

11,000

531,190

EPAM Systems, Inc.

2,300

41,354

Equifax, Inc.

7,100

355,284

Expedia, Inc.

4,500

266,175

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

32,600

430,972

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

104,700

685,785

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

5,250

393,435

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

4,400

208,604

FMC Corp.

5,800

310,416

Foot Locker, Inc.

5,400

180,900

Francescas Holdings Corp. (a)

6,600

194,898

General Electric Co.

30,700

646,542

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

1,500

1,019,655

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

3,800

235,638

Guidance Software, Inc. (a)

19,100

232,638

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

6,500

169,520

Hess Corp.

7,700

402,402

HollyFrontier Corp.

6,100

235,643

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

20,000

127,800

Icahn Enterprises LP rights

8,000

0

International Paper Co.

2,000

71,660

Jarden Corp.

15,300

761,940

Landec Corp. (a)

49,500

535,590

Lincoln National Corp.

3,100

76,849

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)

6,200

212,040

LKQ Corp. (a)

10,600

221,434

LSI Industries, Inc.

29,300

198,654

Lydall, Inc. (a)

6,800

87,788

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

7,800

428,454

Maximus, Inc.

5,500

303,490

Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)

18,300

284,016

Merck & Co., Inc.

6,300

287,469

Murphy Oil Corp.

5,400

324,000

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

16,300

184,190

Papa John's International, Inc. (a)

5,200

277,264

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

46,700

618,308

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

15,300

468,180

Phillips 66

8,800

415,008

Polaris Industries, Inc.

2,200

185,900

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (a)

1,200

$ 125,580

PPG Industries, Inc.

1,100

128,788

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

3,200

51,712

PVH Corp.

1,300

142,987

QEP Resources, Inc.

7,800

226,200

Rayonier, Inc.

2,300

112,723

Ross Stores, Inc.

8,200

499,790

Snap-On, Inc.

900

69,597

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)

43,000

834,200

SurModics, Inc. (a)

6,100

109,678

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

25,400

817,880

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)

15,900

125,133

Sypris Solutions, Inc.

15,200

95,760

Teletech Holdings, Inc. (a)

14,400

242,496

The Walt Disney Co.

18,800

922,516

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

4,300

426,173

TJX Companies, Inc.

3,800

158,194

Total System Services, Inc.

32,000

719,680

U.S. Bancorp

4,600

152,766

Valero Energy Corp.

11,400

331,740

Valspar Corp.

8,900

498,667

Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.)

5,000

256,350

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

9,000

577,440

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

5,300

397,606

Walter Investment Management Corp.

15,700

758,781

Wells Fargo & Co.

14,500

488,505

Western Refining, Inc.

4,800

119,376

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

18,800

947,520

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

29,466,768

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $67,701,745)


75,117,237

Money Market Funds - 0.4%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

60,014

$ 60,014

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

260,000

260,000

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $320,014)


320,014

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 99.2%

(Cost $68,021,759)

75,437,251

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.8%

625,378

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 76,062,629

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,682

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

20,307

Total

$ 21,989

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 16,662,301

$ 16,662,301

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

4,977,778

4,539,846

437,932

-

Energy

5,570,308

5,261,962

308,346

-

Financials

11,029,756

10,498,842

530,914

-

Health Care

6,619,531

6,619,531

-

-

Industrials

9,338,644

9,338,644

-

-

Information Technology

16,086,050

15,880,115

205,935

-

Materials

3,948,969

3,800,811

148,158

-

Telecommunication Services

255,429

255,429

-

-

Utilities

628,471

628,471

-

-

Money Market Funds

320,014

320,014

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 75,437,251

$ 73,805,966

$ 1,631,285

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 10,603,563

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

Annual Report


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $259,840) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $67,701,745)

$ 75,117,237

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $320,014)

320,014

 

Total Investments (cost $68,021,759)

 

$ 75,437,251

Cash

 

18,776

Foreign currency held at value (cost $10,536)

10,536

Receivable for investments sold

1,862,118

Receivable for fund shares sold

25,012

Dividends receivable

59,492

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

849

Other receivables

69,966

Total assets

77,484,000

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 787,739

Payable for fund shares redeemed

235,250

Accrued management fee

37,378

Distribution and service plan fees payable

21,660

Other affiliated payables

19,921

Other payables and accrued expenses

59,423

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

260,000

Total liabilities

1,421,371

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 76,062,629

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 102,304,518

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(48,305)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(33,594,220)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

7,400,636

Net Assets

$ 76,062,629

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share
($26,961,296 ÷ 2,592,971 shares)

$ 10.40

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.40)

$ 11.03

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($15,730,837 ÷ 1,559,807 shares)

$ 10.09

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.09)

$ 10.46

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($1,401,494 ÷ 148,693 shares)A

$ 9.43

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($9,420,804 ÷ 1,000,885 shares)A

$ 9.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($22,548,198 ÷ 2,091,464 shares)

$ 10.78

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,393,654

Interest

 

2

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

21,989

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

1,415,645

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(72,356)

Total income

 

1,343,289

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 584,893

Performance adjustment

(124,577)

Transfer agent fees

218,147

Distribution and service plan fees

278,013

Accounting and security lending fees

43,254

Custodian fees and expenses

85,371

Independent trustees' compensation

558

Registration fees

66,707

Audit

73,511

Legal

333

Miscellaneous

1,266

Total expenses before reductions

1,227,476

Expense reductions

(21,799)

1,205,677

Net investment income (loss)

137,612

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(8,549,404)

Foreign currency transactions

(292,648)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(8,842,052)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

14,577,096

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

81,010

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

14,658,106

Net gain (loss)

5,816,054

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 5,953,666

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 137,612

$ (393,823)

Net realized gain (loss)

(8,842,052)

(13,816,008)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

14,658,106

(16,449,325)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

5,953,666

(30,659,156)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(352,610)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(32,721,810)

56,562,275

Redemption fees

954

6,577

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(26,767,190)

25,557,086

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

102,829,819

77,272,733

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $48,305 and undistributed net investment income of $0, respectively)

$ 76,062,629

$ 102,829,819

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.57

$ 11.41

$ 9.04

$ 6.88

$ 15.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .02

  (.03)

  .01

  .04

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .81

  (1.76)

  2.47

  2.13

  (6.74)

Total from investment operations

  .83

  (1.79)

  2.48

  2.17

  (6.70)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.80)

Total distributions

  -

  (.05)

  (.11)

  (.01)

  (1.80)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.40

$ 9.57

$ 11.41

$ 9.04

$ 6.88

Total ReturnA, B

  8.67%

  (15.81)%

  27.68%

  31.68%

  (48.99)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.43%

  1.51%

  1.89%

  2.22%

  1.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.43%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.40%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.43%

  1.41%

Net investment income (loss)

  .22%

  (.24)%

  .13%

  .53%

  .38%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 26,961

$ 36,367

$ 30,383

$ 6,997

$ 6,904

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.31

$ 11.11

$ 8.82

$ 6.72

$ 15.05

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  -

  (.05)

  (.01)

  .02

  .01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

  (1.72)

  2.39

  2.09

  (6.59)

Total from investment operations

  .78

  (1.77)

  2.38

  2.11

  (6.58)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.75)

Total distributions

  -

  (.03)

  (.09)

  (.01)

  (1.75)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.09

$ 9.31

$ 11.11

$ 8.82

$ 6.72

Total ReturnA, B

  8.38%

  (15.97)%

  27.20%

  31.50%

  (49.12)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.71%

  1.80%

  2.32%

  2.50%

  2.17%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.75%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.68%

  1.68%

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.66%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.05)%

  (.49)%

  (.13)%

  .27%

  .13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,731

$ 24,180

$ 23,237

$ 10,494

$ 8,104

Portfolio turnover rateE

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 8.74

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

$ 14.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  (.05)

  (.10)

  (.06)

  (.02)

  (.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

  (1.62)

  2.26

  1.97

  (6.25)

Total from investment operations

  .69

  (1.72)

  2.20

  1.95

  (6.29)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  - G

  (.05)

  -

  (1.68)

Total distributions

  -

  - G

  (.05)

  (.01)

  (1.68)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 9.43

$ 8.74

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

Total ReturnA, B

  7.89%

  (16.42)%

  26.64%

  30.62%

  (49.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.19%

  2.32%

  2.82%

  2.98%

  2.66%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.19%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.17%

  2.18%

  2.19%

  2.18%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.54)%

  (.99)%

  (.62)%

  (.22)%

  (.37)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,401

$ 1,926

$ 2,731

$ 2,162

$ 1,918

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 8.73

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

$ 14.36

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  (.05)

  (.10)

  (.06)

  (.02)

  (.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .73

  (1.61)

  2.27

  1.97

  (6.26)

Total from investment operations

  .68

  (1.71)

  2.21

  1.95

  (6.30)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.02)

  (.06)

  -

  (1.69)

Total distributions

  -

  (.02)

  (.06)

  (.01)

  (1.69)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 9.41

$ 8.73

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

Total Return A, B

  7.79%

  (16.38)%

  26.68%

  30.62%

  (49.35)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.18%

  2.28%

  2.77%

  2.97%

  2.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.18%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.20%

  2.18%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.53)%

  (.99)%

  (.63)%

  (.22)%

  (.37)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 9,421

$ 11,632

$ 7,986

$ 3,378

$ 2,697

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.88

$ 11.76

$ 9.31

$ 7.07

$ 15.76

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .06

  - F

  .04

  .06

  .07

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .84

  (1.82)

  2.54

  2.20

  (6.93)

Total from investment operations

  .90

  (1.82)

  2.58

  2.26

  (6.86)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.05)

  (.02)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.06)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.83)

Total distributions

  -

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.02)

  (1.83)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B, F

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.78

$ 9.88

$ 11.76

$ 9.31

$ 7.07

Total Return  A

  9.11%

  (15.60)%

  28.00%

  32.03%

  (48.89)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.06%

  1.18%

  1.43%

  1.88%

  1.51%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.06%

  1.17%

  1.25%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.03%

  1.15%

  1.19%

  1.18%

  1.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .59%

  .04%

  .38%

  .78%

  .63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 22,548

$ 28,725

$ 12,936

$ 1,148

$ 1,166

Portfolio turnover rate D

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the applicable Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), net operating losses, capital loss carryforwards, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 9,237,229

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,031,244)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 7,205,985

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 68,231,266

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (33,384,711)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 7,191,129

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (7,618,418)

2017

(3,018,401)

2019

(14,114,488)

Total with expiration

(24,751,307)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(3,098,913)

Long-term

(5,534,491)

Total with expiration

(8,633,404)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (33,384,711)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ -

$ 352,610

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

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4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $126,904,961 and $158,603,258, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ±.20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 73,639

$ 1,326

Class T

.25%

.25%

90,090

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

15,649

11,756

Class C

.75%

.25%

98,635

20,443

 

 

 

$ 278,013

$ 33,525

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 9,613

Class T

2,513

Class B*

1,951

Class C*

4,906

 

$ 18,983

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales
are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 86,247

.29

Class T

56,216

.31

Class B

4,727

.30

Class C

29,690

.30

Institutional Class

41,267

.17

 

$ 218,147

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2,857 for the period.

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6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $235 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $20,307. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

FMR contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through December 31, 2013. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class T

1.70%

$ 1,023

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8. Expense Reductions - continued

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $20,776 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 149,904

Class T

-

82,578

Class B

-

761

Class C

-

23,129

Institutional Class

-

96,238

Total

$ -

$ 352,610

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

289,606

3,313,300

$ 2,795,636

$ 38,257,984

Reinvestment of distributions

-

11,121

-

130,500

Shares redeemed

(1,497,004)

(2,187,648)

(14,297,470)

(23,557,856)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,207,398)

1,136,773

$ (11,501,834)

$ 14,830,628

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

143,871

1,500,646

$ 1,346,334

$ 16,821,913

Reinvestment of distributions

-

7,107

-

81,139

Shares redeemed

(1,182,171)

(1,001,188)

(10,957,476)

(10,370,670)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,038,300)

506,565

$ (9,611,142)

$ 6,532,382

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,998

67,595

$ 28,531

$ 715,061

Reinvestment of distributions

-

70

-

677

Shares redeemed

(74,674)

(108,399)

(653,939)

(1,075,608)

Net increase (decrease)

(71,676)

(40,734)

$ (625,408)

$ (359,870)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

167,706

1,263,963

$ 1,486,514

$ 13,329,175

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,981

-

21,056

Shares redeemed

(499,534)

(696,642)

(4,342,453)

(6,685,064)

Net increase (decrease)

(331,828)

569,302

$ (2,855,939)

$ 6,665,167

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

271,800

6,587,351

$ 2,679,773

$ 79,174,965

Reinvestment of distributions

-

6,022

-

72,484

Shares redeemed

(1,086,428)

(4,787,531)

(10,807,260)

(50,353,481)

Net increase (decrease)

(814,628)

1,805,842

$ (8,127,487)

$ 28,893,968

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11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers International II Fund was the owner of record of approximately 13% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the third quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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The Board further considered that FMR contractually agreed to reimburse Class A, Class T, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class of the fund to the extent that total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, certain securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of their respective average net assets, exceed 1.45%, 1.70%, 2.20%, 2.20%, and 1.20% through December 31, 2012.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

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On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

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Fidelity Advisor®

Global Capital Appreciation

Fund - Institutional Class

Annual Report

October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

9.11%

-4.48%

5.35%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index performed over the same period.

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Market Recap: Global stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a solid advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind for foreign investments, stocks worldwide rose 8.96% for the 12 months, as measured by the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index, largely buttressed in the summer by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, the U.S. showed the most impressive gain among major markets, advancing 15%, closely followed by Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+10%). A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes. However, continued weakness in peripheral European markets caused the region to lag the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Thomas Allen, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund: During the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 9.11%, edging the MSCI index. Stock picking and an overweighting in Japan proved counterproductive, along with my choices in Russia. A modest cash position further dampened results. At the stock level, Japanese price-comparison site Kakaku.com detracted the most, as disappointing earnings and untimely ownership hurt. Other detractors included Russian drug company Pharmstandard, U.S. glass manufacturer Corning and Proto, a Japan-based provider of online data on used cars. Conversely, stock selection in India stood out as a significant positive, although much of the benefit there was offset by a large overweighting in that relatively weak market. My picks in Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands bolstered results as well. Noteworthy individual contributors included Indian restaurant chain Jubilant FoodWorks, Dutch holding Gemalto - a leading provider of digital security solutions - and Carsales.com, an Australian an Australian website for used-car data. Most stocks I've mentioned were not part of the benchmark, and all of the detractors I've referenced were sold from the fund by period end.


Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,037.90

$ 7.17

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.10

$ 7.10

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,035.90

$ 8.70

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.17%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,034.00

$ 11.09

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.23

$ 10.99

Class C

2.16%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,032.90

$ 11.04

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.28

$ 10.94

Institutional Class

.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,039.50

$ 4.67

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.56

$ 4.62

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (India, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

1.7

1.5

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR (France, Pharmaceuticals)

1.4

1.6

Google, Inc. Class A (United States of America, Internet Software & Services)

1.3

1.4

Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (United States of America, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure)

1.2

0.3

The Walt Disney Co. (United States of America, Media)

1.2

1.3

 

6.8

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

22.0

22.7

Information Technology

20.6

21.7

Financials

14.7

13.2

Industrials

12.2

8.9

Health Care

8.9

10.3

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United States of America

38.7

42.9

Japan

9.5

13.6

India

6.7

6.0

United Kingdom

4.4

3.9

Korea (South)

3.6

1.9

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 98.8%

 

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Stocks 99.9%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 0.1%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.8%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.7%

Carsales.com Ltd.

99,645

$ 771,636

Flexigroup Ltd.

53,144

218,458

Goodman Group unit

29,684

136,504

Nufarm Ltd.

24,640

147,071

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

1,273,669

Austria - 0.5%

OMV AG

4,700

171,792

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG

2,100

202,647

TOTAL AUSTRIA

374,439

Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.3%

Delphi Automotive PLC

1,800

56,592

Experian PLC

11,000

189,938

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

246,530

Belgium - 0.8%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV ADR

7,000

586,600

Bermuda - 0.8%

China Foods Ltd.

190,000

192,205

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

88,000

195,075

Fairwood Holdings Ltd.

66,000

138,471

Soundwill Holdings Ltd.

38,000

69,135

TOTAL BERMUDA

594,886

Brazil - 2.3%

Abril Educacao SA unit

11,300

204,185

CCR SA

31,600

277,874

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN)

5,000

204,328

Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia SA

13,300

203,915

Multiplus SA

8,100

188,198

Qualicorp SA (a)

21,000

215,475

Totvs SA

21,100

429,054

TOTAL BRAZIL

1,723,029

British Virgin Islands - 0.4%

Mail.ru Group Ltd. GDR (Reg. S)

8,800

293,480

Canada - 1.8%

Canadian National Railway Co.

1,500

129,522

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

7,100

213,977

CGI Group, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

5,800

151,744

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd. (a)

15,700

215,674

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Canada - continued

Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (a)

18,500

$ 259,139

Suncor Energy, Inc.

6,400

214,797

Westshore Terminals Investment Corp.

7,200

204,159

TOTAL CANADA

1,389,012

Cayman Islands - 3.5%

AAC Acoustic Technology Holdings, Inc.

55,000

196,579

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

351,000

202,446

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

168,000

200,081

Cimc Enric Holdings Ltd.

316,000

229,557

Nagacorp Ltd.

364,000

202,430

NetDragon WebSoft, Inc.

287,000

306,625

Pico Far East Holdings Ltd.

674,000

165,238

Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd.

286,000

196,693

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

175,000

340,966

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

191,000

50,769

SOHO China Ltd.

291,500

198,219

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

6,000

212,128

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

257,000

202,283

TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS

2,704,014

Finland - 0.3%

KCI Konecranes Oyj

6,300

199,244

France - 3.5%

BNP Paribas SA

5,000

251,518

Club Mediterranee SA (a)

22,500

357,251

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA sponsored ADR (d)

11,800

383,264

Eurofins Scientific SA

1,400

216,483

Ingenico SA

7,760

410,774

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

24,000

1,052,400

TOTAL FRANCE

2,671,690

Germany - 2.2%

Aareal Bank AG (a)

10,646

228,370

adidas AG

2,500

212,990

Bertrandt AG

2,400

200,800

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

7,400

202,956

Isra Vision AG

2,500

69,555

KUKA AG (a)

6,600

197,868

MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG

2,300

193,119

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Rational AG

800

$ 202,303

SAP AG

2,824

205,935

TOTAL GERMANY

1,713,896

Hong Kong - 0.3%

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

57,000

196,005

India - 6.7%

Bata India Ltd. (a)

11,393

180,874

Cipla Ltd.

13,138

88,710

ICRA Ltd.

6,228

157,995

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

28,365

199,577

INFO Edge India Ltd.

121,252

789,642

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.

27,605

235,544

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (a)

55,955

1,313,466

Manappuram General Finance & Leasing Ltd.

520,816

356,697

Max India Ltd. (a)

64,536

290,385

Oracle Finance Services Software Ltd. (a)

3,317

178,793

Page Industries Ltd.

4,642

289,248

Pidilite Industries Ltd. (a)

56,696

202,632

Smithkline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

1,614

91,102

Sobha Developers Ltd. (a)

30,974

206,551

Speciality Restaurants Ltd.

55,563

188,515

Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd.

28,910

103,970

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

7,907

193,321

TOTAL INDIA

5,067,022

Indonesia - 0.8%

PT Global Mediacom Tbk

1,003,000

237,565

PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk

607,000

205,387

PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk

1,560,000

191,649

TOTAL INDONESIA

634,601

Ireland - 1.5%

Paddy Power PLC (Ireland)

4,200

309,972

Trinity Biotech PLC sponsored ADR

60,641

857,464

TOTAL IRELAND

1,167,436

Israel - 0.2%

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

1,900

146,243

Italy - 1.1%

De Longhi SpA

18,200

242,269

ENI SpA

13,400

308,346

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Italy - continued

Gentium SpA sponsored ADR (a)

4,100

$ 45,633

Prada SpA

26,400

215,286

TOTAL ITALY

811,534

Japan - 9.5%

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

18,000

274,859

ARNEST ONE Corp.

10,200

151,409

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.

23,000

156,157

CAC Corp.

22,700

191,086

Chiyoda Corp.

14,000

225,880

cocokara fine HOLDINGS, Inc.

6,100

205,396

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

2,500

246,461

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

6,700

147,126

Hamakyorex Co. Ltd.

3,400

106,008

Hitachi Capital Corp.

15,200

291,700

IT Holdings Corp.

22,400

278,913

J Trust Co. Ltd.

15,300

225,197

Kanto Natural Gas Development

36,000

190,304

Micronics Japan Co. Ltd.

10,100

36,690

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd.

4,250

183,139

Monex Group, Inc.

769

130,816

Nihon Kohden Corp.

8,100

301,048

NSD Co. Ltd.

22,800

218,204

ORIX Corp.

2,510

257,823

Otsuka Corp.

3,800

309,884

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

6,400

197,139

Park24 Co. Ltd.

11,300

194,208

Relo Holdings Corp.

9,200

305,860

Ryoyo Electro Corp.

16,500

164,938

Sekisui House Ltd.

23,000

234,811

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

242,000

354,679

Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

13,500

450,338

The Suruga Bank Ltd.

24,000

288,012

Tohokushinsha Film Corp.

15,100

105,925

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp.

24,000

324,991

Tsutsumi Jewelry Co. Ltd.

15,500

355,512

Utoc Corp.

18,700

54,580

Wacom Co. Ltd.

34

98,767

TOTAL JAPAN

7,257,860

Korea (South) - 3.6%

Cheil Worldwide, Inc.

10,120

194,915

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Korea (South) - continued

GS Retail Co. Ltd.

7,240

$ 211,824

Hyundai Greenfood Co. Ltd.

12,480

207,176

Hyundai Wia Corp.

1,166

188,751

KT Skylife Co. Ltd. (a)

7,650

212,944

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

561

329,812

LIG Non-Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

6,710

171,086

Lotte Samkang Co. Ltd.

382

256,110

Orion Corp.

224

210,375

Paradise Co. Ltd.

14,721

246,403

Sajo Industries Co. Ltd.

3,501

180,778

Suprema, Inc.

12,490

214,215

UBIVELOX, Inc. (a)

4,129

100,544

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

2,724,933

Luxembourg - 1.2%

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (a)

6,300

715,050

L'Occitane Ltd.

68,500

213,453

TOTAL LUXEMBOURG

928,503

Mexico - 1.7%

Alsea SAB de CV

251,900

403,994

America Movil SAB de CV Series L sponsored ADR

10,100

255,429

Embotelladoras Arca SAB de CC

27,200

197,363

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV unit

22,100

199,025

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

37,400

207,794

TOTAL MEXICO

1,263,605

Netherlands - 1.9%

Brunel International NV

4,200

202,238

Gemalto NV

6,356

573,552

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

4,900

261,611

Unilever NV (Certificaten Van Aandelen) (Bearer)

11,915

437,932

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

1,475,333

New Zealand - 0.1%

Summerset Group Holdings Ltd.

55,476

92,159

Norway - 0.4%

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA

9,700

330,065

Panama - 0.8%

Copa Holdings SA Class A

2,702

250,800

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

33,900

363,069

TOTAL PANAMA

613,869

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Philippines - 1.1%

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)

103,660

$ 204,293

EastWest Banking Corp.

385,000

222,944

First Gen Corp. (a)

425,000

231,113

Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc.

1,755,000

204,964

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

863,314

Russia - 0.9%

Gazprom OAO sponsored ADR (Reg. S)

18,700

170,825

Vozrozhdenie Bank (a)

27,400

481,338

TOTAL RUSSIA

652,163

Singapore - 0.3%

Breadtalk Group Ltd.

209,000

102,804

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

45,000

94,811

TOTAL SINGAPORE

197,615

South Africa - 1.8%

Assore Ltd.

4,900

202,315

DataTec Ltd.

32,000

198,555

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

52,000

196,650

Naspers Ltd. Class N

3,600

233,717

Omnia Holdings Ltd.

13,800

204,279

Super Group Ltd. (a)

179,100

320,166

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

1,355,682

Sweden - 1.2%

AarhusKarlshamn AB

16,600

653,198

DIBS Payment Services AB

7,300

57,230

Hexagon AB (B Shares)

8,400

193,255

TOTAL SWEDEN

903,683

Switzerland - 0.2%

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

380

148,158

Thailand - 1.5%

Asian Property Development PCL (For. Reg.)

1,117,900

317,109

Berli Jucker PCL

125,400

262,698

Hemaraj Land & Development PCL NVDR

1,883,000

192,782

Kasikornbank PCL (For. Reg.)

38,000

223,019

Supalai PCL (For. Reg.)

209,400

131,088

TOTAL THAILAND

1,126,696

Turkey - 0.8%

Koza Altin Isletmeleri A/S

9,000

195,816

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Turkey - continued

Turkiye Halk Bankasi A/S

23,000

$ 202,734

Yazicilar Holding A/S

26,000

208,145

TOTAL TURKEY

606,695

United Kingdom - 4.4%

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

71,400

373,895

Anite Group PLC

89,700

204,392

Ashtead Group PLC

45,600

274,480

Barclays PLC

33,613

124,292

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

8,500

84,633

Domino Printing Sciences PLC

21,300

186,301

Genus PLC

8,300

195,286

Great Portland Estates PLC

9,700

73,195

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

16,713

199,448

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

21,000

207,045

iomart Group PLC

76,318

245,085

Michael Page International PLC

31,300

182,039

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

255,800

553,148

Oxford Instruments PLC

9,000

195,199

Speedy Hire PLC

411,500

214,159

Whitbread PLC

111

4,209

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

3,316,806

United States of America - 38.7%

Aceto Corp.

46,300

463,926

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)

3,800

543,590

American Public Education, Inc. (a)

8,100

295,083

Amgen, Inc.

6,600

571,197

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

24,500

243,040

Apache Corp.

3,900

322,725

Apple, Inc.

681

405,263

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

22,800

680,124

Baxter International, Inc.

800

50,104

BB&T Corp.

7,600

220,020

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

600

82,932

Blucora, Inc. (a)

18,335

321,779

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

35,500

188,150

Celgene Corp. (a)

1,800

131,976

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

2,600

184,054

Chuys Holdings, Inc.

700

17,101

Computer Task Group, Inc. (a)

35,900

669,535

Corporate Executive Board Co.

8,600

386,656

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Corrections Corp. of America

7,100

$ 238,915

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

5,100

324,615

Discovery Communications, Inc. (a)

3,000

177,060

eBay, Inc. (a)

11,000

531,190

EPAM Systems, Inc.

2,300

41,354

Equifax, Inc.

7,100

355,284

Expedia, Inc.

4,500

266,175

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

32,600

430,972

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

104,700

685,785

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

5,250

393,435

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

4,400

208,604

FMC Corp.

5,800

310,416

Foot Locker, Inc.

5,400

180,900

Francescas Holdings Corp. (a)

6,600

194,898

General Electric Co.

30,700

646,542

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

1,500

1,019,655

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

3,800

235,638

Guidance Software, Inc. (a)

19,100

232,638

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

6,500

169,520

Hess Corp.

7,700

402,402

HollyFrontier Corp.

6,100

235,643

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

20,000

127,800

Icahn Enterprises LP rights

8,000

0

International Paper Co.

2,000

71,660

Jarden Corp.

15,300

761,940

Landec Corp. (a)

49,500

535,590

Lincoln National Corp.

3,100

76,849

Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)

6,200

212,040

LKQ Corp. (a)

10,600

221,434

LSI Industries, Inc.

29,300

198,654

Lydall, Inc. (a)

6,800

87,788

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

7,800

428,454

Maximus, Inc.

5,500

303,490

Mentor Graphics Corp. (a)

18,300

284,016

Merck & Co., Inc.

6,300

287,469

Murphy Oil Corp.

5,400

324,000

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

16,300

184,190

Papa John's International, Inc. (a)

5,200

277,264

PDF Solutions, Inc. (a)

46,700

618,308

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

15,300

468,180

Phillips 66

8,800

415,008

Polaris Industries, Inc.

2,200

185,900

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (a)

1,200

$ 125,580

PPG Industries, Inc.

1,100

128,788

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

3,200

51,712

PVH Corp.

1,300

142,987

QEP Resources, Inc.

7,800

226,200

Rayonier, Inc.

2,300

112,723

Ross Stores, Inc.

8,200

499,790

Snap-On, Inc.

900

69,597

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)

43,000

834,200

SurModics, Inc. (a)

6,100

109,678

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

25,400

817,880

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)

15,900

125,133

Sypris Solutions, Inc.

15,200

95,760

Teletech Holdings, Inc. (a)

14,400

242,496

The Walt Disney Co.

18,800

922,516

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

4,300

426,173

TJX Companies, Inc.

3,800

158,194

Total System Services, Inc.

32,000

719,680

U.S. Bancorp

4,600

152,766

Valero Energy Corp.

11,400

331,740

Valspar Corp.

8,900

498,667

Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.)

5,000

256,350

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

9,000

577,440

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

5,300

397,606

Walter Investment Management Corp.

15,700

758,781

Wells Fargo & Co.

14,500

488,505

Western Refining, Inc.

4,800

119,376

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

18,800

947,520

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

29,466,768

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $67,701,745)


75,117,237

Money Market Funds - 0.4%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

60,014

$ 60,014

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

260,000

260,000

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $320,014)


320,014

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 99.2%

(Cost $68,021,759)

75,437,251

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.8%

625,378

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 76,062,629

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,682

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

20,307

Total

$ 21,989

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 16,662,301

$ 16,662,301

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

4,977,778

4,539,846

437,932

-

Energy

5,570,308

5,261,962

308,346

-

Financials

11,029,756

10,498,842

530,914

-

Health Care

6,619,531

6,619,531

-

-

Industrials

9,338,644

9,338,644

-

-

Information Technology

16,086,050

15,880,115

205,935

-

Materials

3,948,969

3,800,811

148,158

-

Telecommunication Services

255,429

255,429

-

-

Utilities

628,471

628,471

-

-

Money Market Funds

320,014

320,014

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 75,437,251

$ 73,805,966

$ 1,631,285

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 10,603,563

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $259,840) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $67,701,745)

$ 75,117,237

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $320,014)

320,014

 

Total Investments (cost $68,021,759)

 

$ 75,437,251

Cash

 

18,776

Foreign currency held at value (cost $10,536)

10,536

Receivable for investments sold

1,862,118

Receivable for fund shares sold

25,012

Dividends receivable

59,492

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

849

Other receivables

69,966

Total assets

77,484,000

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 787,739

Payable for fund shares redeemed

235,250

Accrued management fee

37,378

Distribution and service plan fees payable

21,660

Other affiliated payables

19,921

Other payables and accrued expenses

59,423

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

260,000

Total liabilities

1,421,371

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 76,062,629

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 102,304,518

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(48,305)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(33,594,220)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

7,400,636

Net Assets

$ 76,062,629

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share
($26,961,296 ÷ 2,592,971 shares)

$ 10.40

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.40)

$ 11.03

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($15,730,837 ÷ 1,559,807 shares)

$ 10.09

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.09)

$ 10.46

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($1,401,494 ÷ 148,693 shares)A

$ 9.43

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($9,420,804 ÷ 1,000,885 shares)A

$ 9.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($22,548,198 ÷ 2,091,464 shares)

$ 10.78

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,393,654

Interest

 

2

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

21,989

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

1,415,645

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(72,356)

Total income

 

1,343,289

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 584,893

Performance adjustment

(124,577)

Transfer agent fees

218,147

Distribution and service plan fees

278,013

Accounting and security lending fees

43,254

Custodian fees and expenses

85,371

Independent trustees' compensation

558

Registration fees

66,707

Audit

73,511

Legal

333

Miscellaneous

1,266

Total expenses before reductions

1,227,476

Expense reductions

(21,799)

1,205,677

Net investment income (loss)

137,612

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(8,549,404)

Foreign currency transactions

(292,648)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(8,842,052)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

14,577,096

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

81,010

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

14,658,106

Net gain (loss)

5,816,054

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 5,953,666

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 137,612

$ (393,823)

Net realized gain (loss)

(8,842,052)

(13,816,008)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

14,658,106

(16,449,325)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

5,953,666

(30,659,156)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(352,610)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(32,721,810)

56,562,275

Redemption fees

954

6,577

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(26,767,190)

25,557,086

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

102,829,819

77,272,733

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $48,305 and undistributed net investment income of $0, respectively)

$ 76,062,629

$ 102,829,819

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.57

$ 11.41

$ 9.04

$ 6.88

$ 15.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  .02

  (.03)

  .01

  .04

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .81

  (1.76)

  2.47

  2.13

  (6.74)

Total from investment operations

  .83

  (1.79)

  2.48

  2.17

  (6.70)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.03)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.05)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.80)

Total distributions

  -

  (.05)

  (.11)

  (.01)

  (1.80)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.40

$ 9.57

$ 11.41

$ 9.04

$ 6.88

Total ReturnA, B

  8.67%

  (15.81)%

  27.68%

  31.68%

  (48.99)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.43%

  1.51%

  1.89%

  2.22%

  1.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.43%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.40%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.43%

  1.41%

Net investment income (loss)

  .22%

  (.24)%

  .13%

  .53%

  .38%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 26,961

$ 36,367

$ 30,383

$ 6,997

$ 6,904

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.31

$ 11.11

$ 8.82

$ 6.72

$ 15.05

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)C

  -

  (.05)

  (.01)

  .02

  .01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

  (1.72)

  2.39

  2.09

  (6.59)

Total from investment operations

  .78

  (1.77)

  2.38

  2.11

  (6.58)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.03)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.75)

Total distributions

  -

  (.03)

  (.09)

  (.01)

  (1.75)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.09

$ 9.31

$ 11.11

$ 8.82

$ 6.72

Total ReturnA, B

  8.38%

  (15.97)%

  27.20%

  31.50%

  (49.12)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.71%

  1.80%

  2.32%

  2.50%

  2.17%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.75%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.68%

  1.68%

  1.70%

  1.69%

  1.66%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.05)%

  (.49)%

  (.13)%

  .27%

  .13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,731

$ 24,180

$ 23,237

$ 10,494

$ 8,104

Portfolio turnover rateE

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 8.74

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

$ 14.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  (.05)

  (.10)

  (.06)

  (.02)

  (.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

  (1.62)

  2.26

  1.97

  (6.25)

Total from investment operations

  .69

  (1.72)

  2.20

  1.95

  (6.29)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  - G

  (.05)

  -

  (1.68)

Total distributions

  -

  - G

  (.05)

  (.01)

  (1.68)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 9.43

$ 8.74

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

Total ReturnA, B

  7.89%

  (16.42)%

  26.64%

  30.62%

  (49.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.19%

  2.32%

  2.82%

  2.98%

  2.66%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.19%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.17%

  2.18%

  2.19%

  2.18%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.54)%

  (.99)%

  (.62)%

  (.22)%

  (.37)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,401

$ 1,926

$ 2,731

$ 2,162

$ 1,918

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 8.73

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

$ 14.36

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  (.05)

  (.10)

  (.06)

  (.02)

  (.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .73

  (1.61)

  2.27

  1.97

  (6.26)

Total from investment operations

  .68

  (1.71)

  2.21

  1.95

  (6.30)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  -

  (.01)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.02)

  (.06)

  -

  (1.69)

Total distributions

  -

  (.02)

  (.06)

  (.01)

  (1.69)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C, G

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 9.41

$ 8.73

$ 10.46

$ 8.31

$ 6.37

Total Return A, B

  7.79%

  (16.38)%

  26.68%

  30.62%

  (49.35)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.18%

  2.28%

  2.77%

  2.97%

  2.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.18%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.20%

  2.18%

  2.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.53)%

  (.99)%

  (.63)%

  (.22)%

  (.37)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 9,421

$ 11,632

$ 7,986

$ 3,378

$ 2,697

Portfolio turnover rate E

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.88

$ 11.76

$ 9.31

$ 7.07

$ 15.76

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .06

  - F

  .04

  .06

  .07

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .84

  (1.82)

  2.54

  2.20

  (6.93)

Total from investment operations

  .90

  (1.82)

  2.58

  2.26

  (6.86)

Distributions from net investment income

  -

  -

  (.05)

  (.02)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  (.06)

  (.08)

  -

  (1.83)

Total distributions

  -

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.02)

  (1.83)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B, F

  -

  -

  -

  -

  -

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.78

$ 9.88

$ 11.76

$ 9.31

$ 7.07

Total Return  A

  9.11%

  (15.60)%

  28.00%

  32.03%

  (48.89)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.06%

  1.18%

  1.43%

  1.88%

  1.51%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.06%

  1.17%

  1.25%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.03%

  1.15%

  1.19%

  1.18%

  1.16%

Net investment income (loss)

  .59%

  .04%

  .38%

  .78%

  .63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 22,548

$ 28,725

$ 12,936

$ 1,148

$ 1,166

Portfolio turnover rate D

  155%

  140%

  179%

  258%

  257%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

(ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the applicable Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), net operating losses, capital loss carryforwards, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 9,237,229

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,031,244)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 7,205,985

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 68,231,266

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (33,384,711)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 7,191,129

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (7,618,418)

2017

(3,018,401)

2019

(14,114,488)

Total with expiration

(24,751,307)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(3,098,913)

Long-term

(5,534,491)

Total with expiration

(8,633,404)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (33,384,711)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ -

$ 352,610

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

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4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $126,904,961 and $158,603,258, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ±.20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 73,639

$ 1,326

Class T

.25%

.25%

90,090

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

15,649

11,756

Class C

.75%

.25%

98,635

20,443

 

 

 

$ 278,013

$ 33,525

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 9,613

Class T

2,513

Class B*

1,951

Class C*

4,906

 

$ 18,983

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales
are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 86,247

.29

Class T

56,216

.31

Class B

4,727

.30

Class C

29,690

.30

Institutional Class

41,267

.17

 

$ 218,147

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2,857 for the period.

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6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $235 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $20,307. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

FMR contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through December 31, 2013. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class T

1.70%

$ 1,023

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8. Expense Reductions - continued

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $20,776 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 149,904

Class T

-

82,578

Class B

-

761

Class C

-

23,129

Institutional Class

-

96,238

Total

$ -

$ 352,610

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

289,606

3,313,300

$ 2,795,636

$ 38,257,984

Reinvestment of distributions

-

11,121

-

130,500

Shares redeemed

(1,497,004)

(2,187,648)

(14,297,470)

(23,557,856)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,207,398)

1,136,773

$ (11,501,834)

$ 14,830,628

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

143,871

1,500,646

$ 1,346,334

$ 16,821,913

Reinvestment of distributions

-

7,107

-

81,139

Shares redeemed

(1,182,171)

(1,001,188)

(10,957,476)

(10,370,670)

Net increase (decrease)

(1,038,300)

506,565

$ (9,611,142)

$ 6,532,382

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,998

67,595

$ 28,531

$ 715,061

Reinvestment of distributions

-

70

-

677

Shares redeemed

(74,674)

(108,399)

(653,939)

(1,075,608)

Net increase (decrease)

(71,676)

(40,734)

$ (625,408)

$ (359,870)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

167,706

1,263,963

$ 1,486,514

$ 13,329,175

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,981

-

21,056

Shares redeemed

(499,534)

(696,642)

(4,342,453)

(6,685,064)

Net increase (decrease)

(331,828)

569,302

$ (2,855,939)

$ 6,665,167

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

271,800

6,587,351

$ 2,679,773

$ 79,174,965

Reinvestment of distributions

-

6,022

-

72,484

Shares redeemed

(1,086,428)

(4,787,531)

(10,807,260)

(50,353,481)

Net increase (decrease)

(814,628)

1,805,842

$ (8,127,487)

$ 28,893,968

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11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers International II Fund was the owner of record of approximately 13% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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Trustees and Officers - continued

The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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Management Fees - continued

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for the one- and five-year periods and the third quartile for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board further considered that FMR contractually agreed to reimburse Class A, Class T, Class B, Class C, and Institutional Class of the fund to the extent that total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, certain securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of their respective average net assets, exceed 1.45%, 1.70%, 2.20%, 2.20%, and 1.20% through December 31, 2012.

Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

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On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

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(U.K.) Inc.

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(Japan) Inc.

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Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

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Boston, MA

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Boston, MA

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Quincy, MA

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Fidelity Advisor®

Europe Capital Appreciation

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

4.75%

-8.06%

6.75%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

6.94%

-7.87%

6.74%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) A

5.26%

-7.98%

6.85%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

9.33%

-7.66%

6.58%

A Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

B Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and past ten years total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A on October 31, 2002, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® Europe Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Melissa Reilly, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares rose 11.14%, 10.82%, 10.26% and 10.33%, respectively (excluding sales charges), outperforming the 6.48% gain of the MSCI® Europe Index. Stock selection overall was beneficial, particularly in the consumer durables/apparel and media groups within consumer discretionary. Positioning in information technology, mostly within technology hardware/equipment, was additive. Stock selection in Spain, France and the U.K. also helped. Individual contributors included: an out-of-index position in U.K. marketing services company Aegis Group, which was sold; Spanish blood plasma developer Grifols; not owning index component Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunication firm, for most of the period; and an out-of-benchmark stake in U.K. homebuilder Barratt Developments. Conversely, positioning in the food/beverage/tobacco and household/personal products segments of consumer staples hurt, as did positioning in the insurance area of financials. Also detrimental was a slight average overweighting among banks, despite strong picks in this group. Out-of-index picks in the U.S. and positioning in Belgium and Switzerland were negative. On an individual basis, untimely ownership of Anglo American, a U.K. mining company, detracted. The stock was sold by period end. The fund also was hurt by underweighting two solidly performing index components, Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,052.60

$ 7.48

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,051.00

$ 8.76

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.60

$ 11.33

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.90

$ 11.33

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,054.40

$ 6.20

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

3.6

3.6

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

3.5

3.7

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

3.1

2.5

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Commercial Banks)

3.1

2.0

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

2.2

1.3

 

15.5

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

17.3

18.6

Financials

17.0

17.5

Consumer Staples

16.7

14.1

Health Care

11.8

12.1

Industrials

10.0

9.1

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

36.7

38.5

France

10.7

13.0

Germany

9.9

9.6

Switzerland

8.1

7.2

Spain

6.7

3.1

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.0%

 

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Stocks 97.6%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.0%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.4%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.1%

Shares

Value

Bailiwick of Jersey - 3.7%

Experian PLC

14,700

$ 253,827

Randgold Resources Ltd.

1,100

131,491

Shire PLC

4,090

115,009

Wolseley PLC

3,100

135,521

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

635,848

Belgium - 2.2%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

2,700

225,804

KBC Groupe SA

4,301

100,959

UCB SA

800

46,661

TOTAL BELGIUM

373,424

Canada - 0.5%

Suncor Energy, Inc.

2,600

87,261

Denmark - 1.7%

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B

1,837

294,500

Finland - 0.8%

Fortum Corp.

3,700

68,435

Sampo OYJ (A Shares)

2,300

72,084

TOTAL FINLAND

140,519

France - 10.7%

Arkema SA

1,100

100,288

Atos Origin SA

1,221

81,994

BNP Paribas SA

4,795

241,206

Carrefour SA

3,952

95,481

Christian Dior SA

700

100,484

Credit Agricole SA (a)

9,400

70,764

Dassault Systemes SA

800

84,291

Essilor International SA

1,241

111,873

Eurofins Scientific SA

700

108,241

PPR SA

1,100

193,405

Sanofi SA

6,078

533,815

Vivendi SA

6,898

141,131

TOTAL FRANCE

1,862,973

Germany - 8.0%

adidas AG

1,400

119,274

BASF AG

1,560

129,266

Bayer AG

3,400

296,100

Brenntag AG

700

88,226

Deutsche Boerse AG

1,400

75,778

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

1,300

$ 91,344

GSW Immobilien AG

2,300

94,636

HeidelbergCement Finance AG

2,500

132,499

KUKA AG (a)

1,300

38,974

SAP AG

2,746

200,247

Software AG (Bearer)

1,100

44,070

Wirecard AG

3,700

84,549

TOTAL GERMANY

1,394,963

Greece - 0.2%

Jumbo SA

6,400

42,306

Ireland - 1.6%

Elan Corp. PLC (a)

10,300

112,096

Glanbia PLC

7,000

66,415

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

2,100

98,763

TOTAL IRELAND

277,274

Italy - 3.8%

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

2,000

35,385

ENI SpA

11,700

269,228

Geox SpA

22,000

62,677

Prada SpA

13,700

111,721

Prysmian SpA

5,200

100,021

Saipem SpA

1,723

77,405

TOTAL ITALY

656,437

Netherlands - 4.6%

Aalberts Industries NV

2,800

50,809

AEGON NV

19,900

111,294

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

1,100

60,469

D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV (a)

10,800

131,991

Heineken NV (Bearer)

1,500

92,477

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

4,400

110,203

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

2,100

112,119

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

2,700

65,502

Randstad Holding NV

2,000

65,287

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

800,151

Norway - 0.5%

DnB NOR ASA

6,800

84,921

South Africa - 0.3%

Naspers Ltd. Class N

900

58,429

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Spain - 6.7%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

2,700

$ 66,842

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

29,106

243,208

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

7,800

47,214

Grifols SA (a)

3,000

104,055

Grifols SA ADR

3,700

93,092

Inditex SA

2,072

264,373

Repsol YPF SA

8,499

169,866

Telefonica SA

13,177

173,921

TOTAL SPAIN

1,162,571

Sweden - 2.4%

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares)

4,148

140,395

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

8,505

157,716

Swedish Match Co. AB

3,400

115,847

TOTAL SWEDEN

413,958

Switzerland - 8.1%

Actelion Ltd.

1,224

59,038

Adecco SA (Reg.)

1,365

66,015

Credit Suisse Group

2,372

55,162

Credit Suisse Group sponsored ADR

1,100

25,674

Nestle SA

9,844

624,701

Schindler Holding AG (participation certificate)

1,065

140,315

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

460

179,349

UBS AG

17,154

257,372

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

1,407,626

United Kingdom - 36.7%

Antofagasta PLC

4,300

87,225

ASOS PLC (a)

1,100

40,029

Barclays PLC

53,349

197,270

Barratt Developments PLC (a)

63,400

193,983

Bellway PLC

8,300

135,415

BG Group PLC

6,673

123,569

BHP Billiton PLC

8,713

279,263

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

6,500

322,397

British Land Co. PLC

15,396

131,307

Ensco PLC Class A

1,600

92,512

Filtrona PLC

14,000

129,455

Hilton Food Group PLC

9,700

43,477

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

53,700

529,444

Intertek Group PLC

1,900

86,434

Kingfisher PLC

23,500

109,787

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

109,000

$ 71,777

Meggitt PLC

21,600

134,548

Michael Page International PLC

17,600

102,361

Next PLC

2,800

161,130

Old Mutual PLC

44,012

122,162

Persimmon PLC

12,000

153,952

Prudential PLC

13,152

180,624

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

3,800

229,959

Redrow PLC (a)

48,900

124,524

Rightmove PLC

1,300

33,797

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

13,286

183,207

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

1,009,736

1,629

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom)

17,873

613,272

SABMiller PLC

5,200

222,752

Serco Group PLC

5,653

51,679

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

5,708

134,807

Taylor Wimpey PLC

265,300

261,586

Ted Baker PLC

6,600

100,969

Tesco PLC

27,700

142,976

Unilever PLC

9,500

354,380

Vodafone Group PLC

137,800

374,215

Whitbread PLC

3,243

122,985

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

6,380,858

United States of America - 4.6%

Apple, Inc.

115

68,437

Beam, Inc.

2,000

111,120

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A

1,130

69,631

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

1,700

66,096

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

1,000

67,160

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

1,300

71,864

Noble Energy, Inc.

500

47,505

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

500

72,990

Theravance, Inc. (a)

1,600

36,016

Visa, Inc. Class A

900

124,884

Yum! Brands, Inc.

1,000

70,110

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

805,813

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $15,551,366)


16,879,832

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.9%

Shares

Value

Germany - 1.9%

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Germany)

1,600

$ 106,222

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

2,800

78,028

Volkswagen AG

700

144,806

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $279,312)


329,056

Money Market Funds - 1.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)
(Cost $220,653)

220,653


220,653

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.3%

(Cost $16,051,331)

17,429,541

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)%

(49,067)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 17,380,474

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 509

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

10,194

Total

$ 10,703

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 3,037,636

$ 3,037,636

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

2,896,622

1,994,041

902,581

-

Energy

1,480,618

598,118

882,500

-

Financials

2,958,165

1,312,014

1,646,151

-

Health Care

2,069,000

922,236

1,146,764

-

Industrials

1,707,819

1,597,616

110,203

-

Information Technology

954,275

693,559

260,716

-

Materials

1,347,051

756,948

590,103

-

Telecommunication Services

689,267

141,131

548,136

-

Utilities

68,435

68,435

-

-

Money Market Funds

220,653

220,653

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 17,429,541

$ 11,342,387

$ 6,087,154

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 179,447

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $15,830,678)

$ 17,208,888

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $220,653)

220,653

 

Total Investments (cost $16,051,331)

 

$ 17,429,541

Foreign currency held at value (cost $368)

368

Receivable for investments sold

162,992

Receivable for fund shares sold

53,301

Dividends receivable

27,810

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

72

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

5,035

Other receivables

1,130

Total assets

17,680,249

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 192,567

Payable for fund shares redeemed

46,198

Accrued management fee

10,203

Distribution and service plan fees payable

6,776

Other affiliated payables

5,008

Audit fees payable

34,782

Custodian fees payable

4,241

Total liabilities

299,775

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 17,380,474

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 34,355,184

Undistributed net investment income

239,630

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(18,592,421)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

1,378,081

Net Assets

$ 17,380,474

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($7,869,601 ÷ 678,502 shares)

$ 11.60

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.60)

$ 12.31

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($5,835,260 ÷ 505,212 shares)

$ 11.55

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.55)

$ 11.97

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share($786,424 ÷ 70,003 shares)A

$ 11.23

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,450,433 ÷ 219,641 shares)A

$ 11.16

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($438,756 ÷ 37,096 shares)

$ 11.83

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 567,545

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

10,703

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

578,248

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(40,953)

Total income

 

537,295

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 120,600

Transfer agent fees

53,393

Distribution and service plan fees

80,124

Accounting and security lending fees

8,882

Custodian fees and expenses

22,076

Independent trustees' compensation

112

Registration fees

57,224

Audit

49,461

Legal

112

Miscellaneous

174

Total expenses before reductions

392,158

Expense reductions

(113,910)

278,248

Net investment income (loss)

259,047

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(879,913)

Foreign currency transactions

(4,711)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(884,624)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

2,358,451

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(132)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

2,358,319

Net gain (loss)

1,473,695

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,732,742

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 259,047

$ 207,981

Net realized gain (loss)

(884,624)

1,827,999

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

2,358,319

(3,861,503)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

1,732,742

(1,825,523)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(221,435)

(69,262)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(2,112,308)

(3,369,781)

Redemption fees

35,973

300

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(565,028)

(5,264,266)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

17,945,502

23,209,768

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $239,630 and undistributed net investment income of $204,426, respectively)

$ 17,380,474

$ 17,945,502

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.61

$ 11.74

$ 10.82

$ 8.98

$ 20.94

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

  .14

  .06

  .15

  .25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (1.21)

  .99

  1.99

  (9.22)

Total from investment operations

  1.14

  (1.07)

  1.05

  2.14

  (8.97)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.17)

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.30)

  (.31)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.17)

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.30)

  (2.99)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.60

$ 10.61

$ 11.74

$ 10.82

$ 8.98

Total Return A, B

  11.14%

  (9.19)%

  9.74%

  25.27%

  (49.77)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.07%

  2.00%

  2.05%

  2.00%

  1.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.42%

  1.41%

  1.43%

  1.46%

  1.46%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.74%

  1.18%

  .61%

  1.73%

  1.65%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 7,870

$ 8,025

$ 10,276

$ 10,904

$ 10,286

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.56

$ 11.68

$ 10.78

$ 8.92

$ 20.75

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .16

  .11

  .04

  .13

  .21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .94

  (1.20)

  .97

  1.99

  (9.17)

Total from investment operations

  1.10

  (1.09)

  1.01

  2.12

  (8.96)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.13)

  (.03)

  (.11)

  (.26)

  (.19)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.13)

  (.03)

  (.11)

  (.26)

  (2.87)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.55

$ 10.56

$ 11.68

$ 10.78

$ 8.92

Total Return A, B

  10.82%

  (9.38)%

  9.42%

  24.99%

  (49.91)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.36%

  2.27%

  2.34%

  2.28%

  1.88%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.75%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.66%

  1.66%

  1.67%

  1.71%

  1.71%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.49%

  .93%

  .36%

  1.48%

  1.40%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 5,835

$ 5,965

$ 7,496

$ 8,014

$ 7,866

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.23

$ 11.35

$ 10.48

$ 8.61

$ 20.16

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .05

  (.01)

  .08

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .92

  (1.17)

  .94

  1.95

  (8.86)

Total from investment operations

  1.02

  (1.12)

  .93

  2.03

  (8.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.04)

  -

  (.06)

  (.16)

  (.14)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.04)

  -

  (.06)

  (.16)

  (2.82)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.23

$ 10.23

$ 11.35

$ 10.48

$ 8.61

Total Return A, B

  10.26%

  (9.87)%

  8.87%

  24.34%

  (50.13)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.89%

  2.78%

  2.82%

  2.77%

  2.39%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.21%

  2.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  .99%

  .43%

  (.14)%

  .98%

  .90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 786

$ 1,136

$ 1,935

$ 2,490

$ 2,806

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.18

$ 11.30

$ 10.43

$ 8.58

$ 20.10

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .05

  (.01)

  .08

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .92

  (1.17)

  .94

  1.94

  (8.82)

Total from investment operations

  1.02

  (1.12)

  .93

  2.02

  (8.69)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  -

  (.06)

  (.17)

  (.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.06)

  -

  (.06)

  (.17)

  (2.83)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.16

$ 10.18

$ 11.30

$ 10.43

$ 8.58

Total Return A, B

  10.33%

  (9.91)%

  8.92%

  24.29%

  (50.11)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.83%

  2.75%

  2.82%

  2.77%

  2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.21%

  2.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.00%

  .43%

  (.14)%

  .98%

  .90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,450

$ 2,524

$ 3,166

$ 3,913

$ 4,522

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.83

$ 11.98

$ 11.03

$ 9.13

$ 21.27

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .22

  .18

  .09

  .18

  .30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (1.24)

  1.01

  2.03

  (9.38)

Total from investment operations

  1.18

  (1.06)

  1.10

  2.21

  (9.08)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.09)

  (.15)

  (.31)

  (.38)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.20)

  (.09)

  (.15)

  (.31)

  (3.06)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  .02

  - F

  - F

  - F

  - F

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.83

$ 10.83

$ 11.98

$ 11.03

$ 9.13

Total Return A

  11.41%

  (8.95)%

  10.00%

  25.57%

  (49.63)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.60%

  1.54%

  1.80%

  1.68%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.20%

  1.20%

  1.25%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.16%

  1.16%

  1.17%

  1.21%

  1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  2.00%

  1.43%

  .86%

  1.98%

  1.90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 439

$ 296

$ 336

$ 434

$ 378

Portfolio turnover rate D

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,908,174

Gross unrealized depreciation

(661,174)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 1,247,000

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 16,182,541

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 239,630

Capital loss carryforward

$ (18,461,212)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 1,246,871

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (9,488,054)

2017

(8,044,625)

Total with expiration

(17,532,679)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(483,952)

Long-term

(444,581)

Total no expiration

(928,533)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (18,461,212)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 221,435

$ 69,262

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement - continued

January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $18,203,316 and $20,130,074, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 19,601

$ 468

Class T

.25%

.25%

27,756

131

Class B

.75%

.25%

9,182

6,900

Class C

.75%

.25%

23,585

3,042

 

 

 

$ 80,124

$ 10,541

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,628

Class T

1,101

Class B*

1,433

Class C*

380

 

$ 4,542

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 24,214

.31

Class T

18,252

.33

Class B

2,833

.31

Class C

7,355

.31

Institutional Class

739

.20

 

$ 53,393

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $45 for the period.

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6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $47 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $10,194. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

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8. Expense Reductions - continued

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class A

1.45%

$ 48,120

Class T

1.70%

36,942

Class B

2.20%

6,350

Class C

2.20%

14,886

Institutional Class

1.20%

1,529

 

 

$ 107,827

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $6,083 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 122,753

$ 48,533

Class T

73,896

17,367

Class B

4,700

-

Class C

15,083

-

Institutional Class

5,003

3,362

Total

$ 221,435

$ 69,262

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

401,078

113,790

$ 4,178,943

$ 1,369,180

Reinvestment of distributions

10,620

3,553

106,515

42,460

Shares redeemed

(489,592)

(236,239)

(5,195,802)

(2,808,784)

Net increase (decrease)

(77,894)

(118,896)

$ (910,344)

$ (1,397,144)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

65,298

87,655

$ 714,626

$ 1,039,691

Reinvestment of distributions

7,166

1,416

71,732

16,885

Shares redeemed

(132,306)

(165,637)

(1,389,315)

(1,980,913)

Net increase (decrease)

(59,842)

(76,566)

$ (602,957)

$ (924,337)

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10. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

229

1,700

$ 2,308

$ 19,713

Reinvestment of distributions

422

-

4,127

-

Shares redeemed

(41,741)

(61,103)

(429,868)

(715,010)

Net increase (decrease)

(41,090)

(59,403)

$ (423,433)

$ (695,297)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

50,841

39,446

$ 527,022

$ 455,073

Reinvestment of distributions

1,320

-

12,817

-

Shares redeemed

(80,504)

(71,785)

(833,417)

(822,473)

Net increase (decrease)

(28,343)

(32,339)

$ (293,578)

$ (367,400)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

85,776

55,800

$ 893,128

$ 702,293

Reinvestment of distributions

381

124

3,887

1,508

Shares redeemed

(76,353)

(56,680)

(779,011)

(689,404)

Net increase (decrease)

9,804

(756)

$ 118,004

$ 14,397

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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Trustees and Officers - continued

The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Class B and Class C designates 1% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C designates 100% of each, dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

12/05/11

$0.184

$0.0311

Class T

12/05/11

$0.153

$0.0311

Class B

12/05/11

$0.069

$0.0311

Class C

12/05/11

$0.087

$0.0311

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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Management Fees - continued

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for all the periods shown. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board noted that this fund had underperformed in the past and discussed with FMR its disappointment with the continued underperformance of the fund. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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Management Fees - continued

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

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Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

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FMR Co., Inc.

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Smithfield, RI

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Boston, MA

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Fidelity Advisor®

Europe Capital Appreciation

Fund - Institutional Class

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets,
as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

  Institutional Class

11.41%

-6.73%

7.65%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund - Institutional Class on October 31, 2002. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the MSCI® Europe Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: International stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a modest advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind, foreign developed- and emerging-markets stocks still managed a gain for the 12 months, as the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index rose 4.11%, largely buttressed in the summertime by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, Asia-Pacific ex Japan showed the most impressive gains, advancing roughly 11%. A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes, which also helped the region outpace the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Melissa Reilly, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares rose 11.41%, outperforming the 6.48% gain of the MSCI® Europe Index. Stock selection overall was beneficial, particularly in the consumer durables/apparel and media groups within consumer discretionary. Positioning in information technology, mostly within technology hardware/equipment, was additive. Stock selection in Spain, France and the U.K. also helped. Individual contributors included: an out-of-index position in U.K. marketing services company Aegis Group, which was sold; Spanish blood plasma developer Grifols; not owning index component Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunication firm, for most of the period; and an out-of-benchmark stake in U.K. homebuilder Barratt Developments. Conversely, positioning in the food/beverage/tobacco and household/personal products segments of consumer staples hurt, as did positioning in the insurance area of financials. Also detrimental was a slight average overweighting among banks, despite strong picks in this group. Out-of-index picks in the U.S. and positioning in Belgium and Switzerland were negative. On an individual basis, untimely ownership of Anglo American, a U.K. mining company, detracted. The stock was sold by period end. The fund also was hurt by underweighting two solidly performing index components, Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012
to October 31, 2012

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,052.60

$ 7.48

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,051.00

$ 8.76

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62

Class B

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.60

$ 11.33

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.90

$ 11.33

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,054.40

$ 6.20

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Nestle SA (Switzerland, Food Products)

3.6

3.6

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

3.5

3.7

Sanofi SA (France, Pharmaceuticals)

3.1

2.5

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Commercial Banks)

3.1

2.0

Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom, Wireless Telecommunication Services)

2.2

1.3

 

15.5

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Consumer Discretionary

17.3

18.6

Financials

17.0

17.5

Consumer Staples

16.7

14.1

Health Care

11.8

12.1

Industrials

10.0

9.1

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Kingdom

36.7

38.5

France

10.7

13.0

Germany

9.9

9.6

Switzerland

8.1

7.2

Spain

6.7

3.1

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

As of April 30, 2012

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Stocks 99.0%

 

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Stocks 97.6%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.0%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.4%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.1%

Shares

Value

Bailiwick of Jersey - 3.7%

Experian PLC

14,700

$ 253,827

Randgold Resources Ltd.

1,100

131,491

Shire PLC

4,090

115,009

Wolseley PLC

3,100

135,521

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

635,848

Belgium - 2.2%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

2,700

225,804

KBC Groupe SA

4,301

100,959

UCB SA

800

46,661

TOTAL BELGIUM

373,424

Canada - 0.5%

Suncor Energy, Inc.

2,600

87,261

Denmark - 1.7%

Novo Nordisk A/S Series B

1,837

294,500

Finland - 0.8%

Fortum Corp.

3,700

68,435

Sampo OYJ (A Shares)

2,300

72,084

TOTAL FINLAND

140,519

France - 10.7%

Arkema SA

1,100

100,288

Atos Origin SA

1,221

81,994

BNP Paribas SA

4,795

241,206

Carrefour SA

3,952

95,481

Christian Dior SA

700

100,484

Credit Agricole SA (a)

9,400

70,764

Dassault Systemes SA

800

84,291

Essilor International SA

1,241

111,873

Eurofins Scientific SA

700

108,241

PPR SA

1,100

193,405

Sanofi SA

6,078

533,815

Vivendi SA

6,898

141,131

TOTAL FRANCE

1,862,973

Germany - 8.0%

adidas AG

1,400

119,274

BASF AG

1,560

129,266

Bayer AG

3,400

296,100

Brenntag AG

700

88,226

Deutsche Boerse AG

1,400

75,778

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Germany - continued

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

1,300

$ 91,344

GSW Immobilien AG

2,300

94,636

HeidelbergCement Finance AG

2,500

132,499

KUKA AG (a)

1,300

38,974

SAP AG

2,746

200,247

Software AG (Bearer)

1,100

44,070

Wirecard AG

3,700

84,549

TOTAL GERMANY

1,394,963

Greece - 0.2%

Jumbo SA

6,400

42,306

Ireland - 1.6%

Elan Corp. PLC (a)

10,300

112,096

Glanbia PLC

7,000

66,415

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

2,100

98,763

TOTAL IRELAND

277,274

Italy - 3.8%

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

2,000

35,385

ENI SpA

11,700

269,228

Geox SpA

22,000

62,677

Prada SpA

13,700

111,721

Prysmian SpA

5,200

100,021

Saipem SpA

1,723

77,405

TOTAL ITALY

656,437

Netherlands - 4.6%

Aalberts Industries NV

2,800

50,809

AEGON NV

19,900

111,294

ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)

1,100

60,469

D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV (a)

10,800

131,991

Heineken NV (Bearer)

1,500

92,477

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

4,400

110,203

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

2,100

112,119

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

2,700

65,502

Randstad Holding NV

2,000

65,287

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

800,151

Norway - 0.5%

DnB NOR ASA

6,800

84,921

South Africa - 0.3%

Naspers Ltd. Class N

900

58,429

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Spain - 6.7%

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

2,700

$ 66,842

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

29,106

243,208

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

7,800

47,214

Grifols SA (a)

3,000

104,055

Grifols SA ADR

3,700

93,092

Inditex SA

2,072

264,373

Repsol YPF SA

8,499

169,866

Telefonica SA

13,177

173,921

TOTAL SPAIN

1,162,571

Sweden - 2.4%

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (B Shares)

4,148

140,395

Swedbank AB (A Shares)

8,505

157,716

Swedish Match Co. AB

3,400

115,847

TOTAL SWEDEN

413,958

Switzerland - 8.1%

Actelion Ltd.

1,224

59,038

Adecco SA (Reg.)

1,365

66,015

Credit Suisse Group

2,372

55,162

Credit Suisse Group sponsored ADR

1,100

25,674

Nestle SA

9,844

624,701

Schindler Holding AG (participation certificate)

1,065

140,315

Syngenta AG (Switzerland)

460

179,349

UBS AG

17,154

257,372

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

1,407,626

United Kingdom - 36.7%

Antofagasta PLC

4,300

87,225

ASOS PLC (a)

1,100

40,029

Barclays PLC

53,349

197,270

Barratt Developments PLC (a)

63,400

193,983

Bellway PLC

8,300

135,415

BG Group PLC

6,673

123,569

BHP Billiton PLC

8,713

279,263

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

6,500

322,397

British Land Co. PLC

15,396

131,307

Ensco PLC Class A

1,600

92,512

Filtrona PLC

14,000

129,455

Hilton Food Group PLC

9,700

43,477

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom)

53,700

529,444

Intertek Group PLC

1,900

86,434

Kingfisher PLC

23,500

109,787

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

109,000

$ 71,777

Meggitt PLC

21,600

134,548

Michael Page International PLC

17,600

102,361

Next PLC

2,800

161,130

Old Mutual PLC

44,012

122,162

Persimmon PLC

12,000

153,952

Prudential PLC

13,152

180,624

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

3,800

229,959

Redrow PLC (a)

48,900

124,524

Rightmove PLC

1,300

33,797

Rolls-Royce Group PLC

13,286

183,207

Rolls-Royce Group PLC Class C

1,009,736

1,629

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom)

17,873

613,272

SABMiller PLC

5,200

222,752

Serco Group PLC

5,653

51,679

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

5,708

134,807

Taylor Wimpey PLC

265,300

261,586

Ted Baker PLC

6,600

100,969

Tesco PLC

27,700

142,976

Unilever PLC

9,500

354,380

Vodafone Group PLC

137,800

374,215

Whitbread PLC

3,243

122,985

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

6,380,858

United States of America - 4.6%

Apple, Inc.

115

68,437

Beam, Inc.

2,000

111,120

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A

1,130

69,631

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

1,700

66,096

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

1,000

67,160

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

1,300

71,864

Noble Energy, Inc.

500

47,505

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

500

72,990

Theravance, Inc. (a)

1,600

36,016

Visa, Inc. Class A

900

124,884

Yum! Brands, Inc.

1,000

70,110

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

805,813

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $15,551,366)


16,879,832

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.9%

Shares

Value

Germany - 1.9%

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Germany)

1,600

$ 106,222

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

2,800

78,028

Volkswagen AG

700

144,806

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $279,312)


329,056

Money Market Funds - 1.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)
(Cost $220,653)

220,653


220,653

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.3%

(Cost $16,051,331)

17,429,541

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)%

(49,067)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 17,380,474

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 509

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

10,194

Total

$ 10,703

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 3,037,636

$ 3,037,636

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

2,896,622

1,994,041

902,581

-

Energy

1,480,618

598,118

882,500

-

Financials

2,958,165

1,312,014

1,646,151

-

Health Care

2,069,000

922,236

1,146,764

-

Industrials

1,707,819

1,597,616

110,203

-

Information Technology

954,275

693,559

260,716

-

Materials

1,347,051

756,948

590,103

-

Telecommunication Services

689,267

141,131

548,136

-

Utilities

68,435

68,435

-

-

Money Market Funds

220,653

220,653

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 17,429,541

$ 11,342,387

$ 6,087,154

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 179,447

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $15,830,678)

$ 17,208,888

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $220,653)

220,653

 

Total Investments (cost $16,051,331)

 

$ 17,429,541

Foreign currency held at value (cost $368)

368

Receivable for investments sold

162,992

Receivable for fund shares sold

53,301

Dividends receivable

27,810

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

72

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

5,035

Other receivables

1,130

Total assets

17,680,249

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 192,567

Payable for fund shares redeemed

46,198

Accrued management fee

10,203

Distribution and service plan fees payable

6,776

Other affiliated payables

5,008

Audit fees payable

34,782

Custodian fees payable

4,241

Total liabilities

299,775

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 17,380,474

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 34,355,184

Undistributed net investment income

239,630

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(18,592,421)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

1,378,081

Net Assets

$ 17,380,474

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

 Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($7,869,601 ÷ 678,502 shares)

$ 11.60

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.60)

$ 12.31

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($5,835,260 ÷ 505,212 shares)

$ 11.55

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.55)

$ 11.97

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share($786,424 ÷ 70,003 shares)A

$ 11.23

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,450,433 ÷ 219,641 shares)A

$ 11.16

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($438,756 ÷ 37,096 shares)

$ 11.83

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

 

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 567,545

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

10,703

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

578,248

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(40,953)

Total income

 

537,295

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 120,600

Transfer agent fees

53,393

Distribution and service plan fees

80,124

Accounting and security lending fees

8,882

Custodian fees and expenses

22,076

Independent trustees' compensation

112

Registration fees

57,224

Audit

49,461

Legal

112

Miscellaneous

174

Total expenses before reductions

392,158

Expense reductions

(113,910)

278,248

Net investment income (loss)

259,047

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(879,913)

Foreign currency transactions

(4,711)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(884,624)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

2,358,451

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(132)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

2,358,319

Net gain (loss)

1,473,695

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,732,742

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 259,047

$ 207,981

Net realized gain (loss)

(884,624)

1,827,999

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

2,358,319

(3,861,503)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

1,732,742

(1,825,523)

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(221,435)

(69,262)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(2,112,308)

(3,369,781)

Redemption fees

35,973

300

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(565,028)

(5,264,266)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

17,945,502

23,209,768

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $239,630 and undistributed net investment income of $204,426, respectively)

$ 17,380,474

$ 17,945,502

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.61

$ 11.74

$ 10.82

$ 8.98

$ 20.94

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

  .14

  .06

  .15

  .25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (1.21)

  .99

  1.99

  (9.22)

Total from investment operations

  1.14

  (1.07)

  1.05

  2.14

  (8.97)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.17)

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.30)

  (.31)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.17)

  (.06)

  (.13)

  (.30)

  (2.99)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.60

$ 10.61

$ 11.74

$ 10.82

$ 8.98

Total Return A, B

  11.14%

  (9.19)%

  9.74%

  25.27%

  (49.77)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.07%

  2.00%

  2.05%

  2.00%

  1.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.50%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.42%

  1.41%

  1.43%

  1.46%

  1.46%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.74%

  1.18%

  .61%

  1.73%

  1.65%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 7,870

$ 8,025

$ 10,276

$ 10,904

$ 10,286

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.56

$ 11.68

$ 10.78

$ 8.92

$ 20.75

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .16

  .11

  .04

  .13

  .21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .94

  (1.20)

  .97

  1.99

  (9.17)

Total from investment operations

  1.10

  (1.09)

  1.01

  2.12

  (8.96)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.13)

  (.03)

  (.11)

  (.26)

  (.19)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.13)

  (.03)

  (.11)

  (.26)

  (2.87)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.55

$ 10.56

$ 11.68

$ 10.78

$ 8.92

Total Return A, B

  10.82%

  (9.38)%

  9.42%

  24.99%

  (49.91)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.36%

  2.27%

  2.34%

  2.28%

  1.88%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70%

  1.70%

  1.75%

  1.75%

  1.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.66%

  1.66%

  1.67%

  1.71%

  1.71%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.49%

  .93%

  .36%

  1.48%

  1.40%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 5,835

$ 5,965

$ 7,496

$ 8,014

$ 7,866

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.23

$ 11.35

$ 10.48

$ 8.61

$ 20.16

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .05

  (.01)

  .08

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .92

  (1.17)

  .94

  1.95

  (8.86)

Total from investment operations

  1.02

  (1.12)

  .93

  2.03

  (8.73)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.04)

  -

  (.06)

  (.16)

  (.14)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.04)

  -

  (.06)

  (.16)

  (2.82)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.23

$ 10.23

$ 11.35

$ 10.48

$ 8.61

Total Return A, B

  10.26%

  (9.87)%

  8.87%

  24.34%

  (50.13)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.89%

  2.78%

  2.82%

  2.77%

  2.39%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.21%

  2.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  .99%

  .43%

  (.14)%

  .98%

  .90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 786

$ 1,136

$ 1,935

$ 2,490

$ 2,806

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.18

$ 11.30

$ 10.43

$ 8.58

$ 20.10

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .05

  (.01)

  .08

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .92

  (1.17)

  .94

  1.94

  (8.82)

Total from investment operations

  1.02

  (1.12)

  .93

  2.02

  (8.69)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

  -

  (.06)

  (.17)

  (.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.06)

  -

  (.06)

  (.17)

  (2.83)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C

  .02

  - G

  - G

  - G

  - G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.16

$ 10.18

$ 11.30

$ 10.43

$ 8.58

Total Return A, B

  10.33%

  (9.91)%

  8.92%

  24.29%

  (50.11)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.83%

  2.75%

  2.82%

  2.77%

  2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20%

  2.20%

  2.25%

  2.25%

  2.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.16%

  2.16%

  2.18%

  2.21%

  2.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.00%

  .43%

  (.14)%

  .98%

  .90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,450

$ 2,524

$ 3,166

$ 3,913

$ 4,522

Portfolio turnover rate E

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity 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 $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.83

$ 11.98

$ 11.03

$ 9.13

$ 21.27

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .22

  .18

  .09

  .18

  .30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .96

  (1.24)

  1.01

  2.03

  (9.38)

Total from investment operations

  1.18

  (1.06)

  1.10

  2.21

  (9.08)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.20)

  (.09)

  (.15)

  (.31)

  (.38)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  -

  -

  -

  (2.68)

Total distributions

  (.20)

  (.09)

  (.15)

  (.31)

  (3.06)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  .02

  - F

  - F

  - F

  - F

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.83

$ 10.83

$ 11.98

$ 11.03

$ 9.13

Total Return A

  11.41%

  (8.95)%

  10.00%

  25.57%

  (49.63)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.60%

  1.54%

  1.80%

  1.68%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.20%

  1.20%

  1.25%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.16%

  1.16%

  1.17%

  1.21%

  1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  2.00%

  1.43%

  .86%

  1.98%

  1.90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 439

$ 296

$ 336

$ 434

$ 378

Portfolio turnover rate D

  108%

  118%

  143%

  109%

  112%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E 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.

F Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Europe Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,908,174

Gross unrealized depreciation

(661,174)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 1,247,000

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 16,182,541

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 239,630

Capital loss carryforward

$ (18,461,212)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 1,246,871

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (9,488,054)

2017

(8,044,625)

Total with expiration

(17,532,679)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(483,952)

Long-term

(444,581)

Total no expiration

(928,533)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (18,461,212)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 221,435

$ 69,262

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1.00% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement - continued

January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $18,203,316 and $20,130,074, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 19,601

$ 468

Class T

.25%

.25%

27,756

131

Class B

.75%

.25%

9,182

6,900

Class C

.75%

.25%

23,585

3,042

 

 

 

$ 80,124

$ 10,541

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,628

Class T

1,101

Class B*

1,433

Class C*

380

 

$ 4,542

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 24,214

.31

Class T

18,252

.33

Class B

2,833

.31

Class C

7,355

.31

Institutional Class

739

.20

 

$ 53,393

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $45 for the period.

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6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $47 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $10,194. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

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8. Expense Reductions - continued

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class A

1.45%

$ 48,120

Class T

1.70%

36,942

Class B

2.20%

6,350

Class C

2.20%

14,886

Institutional Class

1.20%

1,529

 

 

$ 107,827

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $6,083 for the period.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 122,753

$ 48,533

Class T

73,896

17,367

Class B

4,700

-

Class C

15,083

-

Institutional Class

5,003

3,362

Total

$ 221,435

$ 69,262

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

401,078

113,790

$ 4,178,943

$ 1,369,180

Reinvestment of distributions

10,620

3,553

106,515

42,460

Shares redeemed

(489,592)

(236,239)

(5,195,802)

(2,808,784)

Net increase (decrease)

(77,894)

(118,896)

$ (910,344)

$ (1,397,144)

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

65,298

87,655

$ 714,626

$ 1,039,691

Reinvestment of distributions

7,166

1,416

71,732

16,885

Shares redeemed

(132,306)

(165,637)

(1,389,315)

(1,980,913)

Net increase (decrease)

(59,842)

(76,566)

$ (602,957)

$ (924,337)

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10. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

229

1,700

$ 2,308

$ 19,713

Reinvestment of distributions

422

-

4,127

-

Shares redeemed

(41,741)

(61,103)

(429,868)

(715,010)

Net increase (decrease)

(41,090)

(59,403)

$ (423,433)

$ (695,297)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

50,841

39,446

$ 527,022

$ 455,073

Reinvestment of distributions

1,320

-

12,817

-

Shares redeemed

(80,504)

(71,785)

(833,417)

(822,473)

Net increase (decrease)

(28,343)

(32,339)

$ (293,578)

$ (367,400)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

85,776

55,800

$ 893,128

$ 702,293

Reinvestment of distributions

381

124

3,887

1,508

Shares redeemed

(76,353)

(56,680)

(779,011)

(689,404)

Net increase (decrease)

9,804

(756)

$ 118,004

$ 14,397

11. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, including the schedule of investments, as of October 31, 2012, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2012, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund as of October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 14, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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Trustees and Officers - continued

The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Institutional Class

12/05/11

$0.219

$0.0311

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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Management Fees - continued

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the third quartile for all the periods shown. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board noted that this fund had underperformed in the past and discussed with FMR its disappointment with the continued underperformance of the fund. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 17% means that 83% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class A ranked below its competitive median for 2011, the total expense ratio of Class B ranked equal to its competitive median for 2011, and the total expense ratio of each of Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

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Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Boston, MA

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(Japan) Inc.

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Smithfield, RI

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Boston, MA

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Boston, MA

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State Street Bank and Trust Company

Quincy, MA

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Fidelity Advisor®

Global Equity Income
Fund - Class A, Class T, and Class C

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October 31, 2012

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Contents

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Summary

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A summary of the fund's holdings.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Global stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a solid advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind for foreign investments, stocks worldwide rose 8.96% for the 12 months, as measured by the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index, largely buttressed in the summer by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, the U.S. showed the most impressive gain among major markets, advancing 15%, closely followed by Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+10%). A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes. However, continued weakness in peripheral European markets caused the region to lag the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Ramona Persaud, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Global Equity Income Fund: Since its inception on May 2, 2012, through October 31, 2012, the fund's Class A, Class T and Class C shares returned 2.51%, 2.31% and 2.12%, respectively (excluding sales charges), outperforming the 1.67% gain of the MSCI® ACWI®. Stock selection and sector positioning were equally additive for the period, with the biggest boosts coming from positioning in health care and materials. At the stock level, large-cap pharmaceuticals firm Merck was our top contributor. Merck was trading at what I believed to be a reasonable valuation, but was also benefiting from an improving product pipeline and its continued focus on shareholder friendliness. French pharma firm Sanofi also helped bolster our results within health care, as the stock rebounded off a very cheap valuation. In materials, shares of chemicals company LyondellBassell Industries contributed when cyclical names gained favor later in the period. Conversely, the food/beverage/tobacco industry fell out of favor when the market took a "risk-on" tilt, and our positions here struggled, mainly tobacco stocks Swedish Match, Lorillard and U.K.-based British American Tobacco.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 2, 2012 to October 31, 2012). The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,025.10

$ 7.34 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35 C

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,023.10

$ 8.60 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62 C

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.20

$ 11.12 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14 C

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,026.10

$ 6.08 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09 C

A 5% return per year before expenses

B Actual expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the period May 2, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

C Hypothetical expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

Johnson & Johnson (United States of America, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

Apple, Inc. (United States of America, Computers & Peripherals)

2.6

Chevron Corp. (United States of America, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.4

Merck & Co., Inc. (United States of America, Pharmaceuticals)

2.3

IBM Corp. (United States of America, IT Services)

2.2

 

12.2

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

Financials

17.1

Consumer Staples

14.2

Health Care

13.4

Energy

10.2

Information Technology

9.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

United States of America

43.4

United Kingdom

14.6

Japan

5.7

Sweden

3.5

Switzerland

3.2

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

 

age205

Stocks 95.9%

 

age207

 

 

age209

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 4.1%

 

age211

 

 

age213

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.1%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.3%

SP AusNet unit

11,102

$ 12,216

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

7,187

12,608

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

3,485

14,977

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

39,801

Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.1%

Informa PLC

2,997

19,355

Wolseley PLC

307

13,421

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

32,776

Brazil - 2.1%

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

268

10,932

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP) sponsored ADR

200

16,802

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

1,168

17,029

Multiplus SA

900

20,911

TOTAL BRAZIL

65,674

Canada - 0.4%

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)

30

11,129

Cayman Islands - 0.2%

Pico Far East Holdings Ltd.

32,000

7,845

Chile - 0.5%

Inversiones La Construccion SA

859

15,175

France - 3.1%

Arkema SA

200

18,234

Euler Hermes SA

177

12,200

Ipsos SA

400

14,055

Sanofi SA

587

51,555

TOTAL FRANCE

96,044

Germany - 0.6%

Hugo Boss AG

110

11,011

Muehlbauer Holding AG & Co.

350

8,905

TOTAL GERMANY

19,916

Hong Kong - 1.4%

HKT Trust / HKT Ltd. unit

45,000

41,748

Indonesia - 0.4%

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

45,000

13,235

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Ireland - 2.2%

Accenture PLC Class A

675

$ 45,502

CRH PLC

10

186

FBD Holdings PLC

700

8,755

Irish Continental Group PLC unit

500

12,184

TOTAL IRELAND

66,627

Israel - 1.0%

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

1,500

18,771

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

400

11,917

TOTAL ISRAEL

30,688

Italy - 1.3%

ENI SpA

1,700

39,119

Japan - 5.7%

Aozora Bank Ltd.

3,000

8,455

Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd.

200

8,205

Canon, Inc.

400

13,000

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

200

20,193

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

9

16,404

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

1,400

38,687

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

400

18,291

Relo Holdings Corp.

700

23,272

Seven Bank Ltd.

6,900

19,707

USS Co. Ltd.

100

10,510

TOTAL JAPAN

176,724

Korea (South) - 2.0%

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

760

9,619

KT&G Corp.

382

29,115

LG Telecom Ltd.

2,020

12,913

YESCO Co. Ltd.

320

8,819

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

60,466

Netherlands - 1.8%

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

1,000

25,046

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

568

30,326

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

55,372

Nigeria - 0.5%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

59,682

7,524

Nestle Foods Nigeria PLC

1,752

7,530

TOTAL NIGERIA

15,054

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Norway - 0.8%

Telenor ASA

1,200

$ 23,595

Panama - 1.0%

Copa Holdings SA Class A

350

32,487

South Africa - 1.0%

Clicks Group Ltd.

3,434

23,676

Foschini Ltd.

500

7,260

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

30,936

Spain - 0.5%

Grifols SA ADR

600

15,096

Sweden - 3.5%

Intrum Justitia AB

1,450

20,986

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares)

1,210

41,447

Swedish Match Co. AB

1,310

44,635

TOTAL SWEDEN

107,068

Switzerland - 3.2%

Clariant AG (Reg.)

1,664

17,814

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

310

59,617

UBS AG

1,510

22,655

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

100,086

Taiwan - 1.6%

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

8,000

18,459

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

10,000

30,473

TOTAL TAIWAN

48,932

United Kingdom - 14.6%

Barclays PLC

6,534

24,161

BP PLC

5,324

38,022

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

1,100

54,560

Dunelm Group PLC

1,200

12,975

Ensco PLC Class A

278

16,074

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

2,363

52,949

Hilton Food Group PLC

4,288

19,220

ICAP PLC

3,000

15,739

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

1,400

22,039

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

878

53,133

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom)

1,498

51,400

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Vodafone Group PLC

21,351

$ 57,982

WH Smith PLC

2,956

29,623

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

447,877

United States of America - 43.3%

Altria Group, Inc.

1,033

32,849

American Tower Corp.

260

19,575

Analog Devices, Inc.

909

35,551

Apple, Inc.

135

80,339

Cardinal Health, Inc.

240

9,871

Cedar Fair LP (depository unit)

1,006

36,065

CenturyLink, Inc.

505

19,382

Chevron Corp.

664

73,179

CME Group, Inc.

203

11,354

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

288

30,228

Comcast Corp. Class A

964

36,160

Corrections Corp. of America

260

8,749

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

1,024

43,878

Eli Lilly & Co.

481

23,391

Emerson Electric Co.

440

21,309

Exxon Mobil Corp.

364

33,186

General Electric Co.

2,628

55,346

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

390

32,651

IBM Corp.

346

67,307

Johnson & Johnson

1,176

83,284

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

1,000

41,680

Limited Brands, Inc.

340

16,283

Lorillard, Inc.

233

27,030

M&T Bank Corp.

256

26,650

McDonald's Corp.

200

17,360

Merck & Co., Inc.

1,584

72,278

Microsoft Corp.

1,100

31,389

Pfizer, Inc.

1,423

35,390

PG&E Corp.

435

18,496

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

300

17,457

Psychemedics Corp.

960

10,982

Sempra Energy

280

19,530

The Williams Companies, Inc.

1,298

45,417

U.S. Bancorp

1,718

57,055

United Technologies Corp.

390

30,482

VF Corp.

215

33,643

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Wells Fargo & Co.

1,931

$ 65,055

Western Gas Partners LP

220

11,216

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1,331,047

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $2,849,958)


2,924,517

Preferred Stocks - 0.8%

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%

United States of America - 0.1%

United Technologies Corp. 7.50%

60

3,263

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.7%

Germany - 0.7%

Volkswagen AG

110

22,755

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $23,375)


26,018

Money Market Funds - 4.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (a)
(Cost $131,140)

131,140


131,140

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.2%

(Cost $3,004,473)

3,081,675

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.2)%

(6,824)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 3,074,851

Legend

(a) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 162

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 296,340

$ 296,340

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

427,390

372,830

54,560

-

Energy

307,613

179,072

128,541

-

Financials

534,329

487,513

46,816

-

Health Care

414,413

309,909

104,504

-

Industrials

285,740

260,694

25,046

-

Information Technology

303,561

260,088

43,473

-

Materials

85,331

85,145

186

-

Telecommunication Services

207,347

131,074

76,273

-

Utilities

88,471

88,471

-

-

Money Market Funds

131,140

131,140

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 3,081,675

$ 2,602,276

$ 479,399

$ -

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,873,333)

$ 2,950,535

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $131,140)

131,140

 

Total Investments (cost $3,004,473)

 

$ 3,081,675

Receivable for investments sold

66,825

Dividends receivable

5,018

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

28

Prepaid expenses

32,926

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

14,923

Other receivables

13

Total assets

3,201,408

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 25

Payable for investments purchased

82,801

Accrued management fee

1,798

Distribution and service plan fees payable

1,011

Custodian fees payable

2,736

Audit fees payable

37,757

Other affiliated payables

429

Total liabilities

126,557

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 3,074,851

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 3,025,772

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(1)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(28,076)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

77,156

Net Assets

$ 3,074,851

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share
($756,412 ÷ 74,554 shares)

$ 10.15

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.15)

$ 10.77

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($713,863 ÷ 70,379 shares)

$ 10.14

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.14)

$ 10.51

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($665,870 ÷ 65,690 shares)A

$ 10.14

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($938,706 ÷ 92,498 shares)

$ 10.15

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

 

For the period
May 2, 2012
(commencement of
operations) to
October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 49,208

Interest

 

32

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

162

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

49,402

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(2,230)

Total income

 

47,172

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 9,913

Transfer agent fees

1,775

Distribution and service plan fees

5,523

Accounting fees and expenses

726

Custodian fees and expenses

8,809

Independent trustees' compensation

8

Registration fees

34,895

Audit

45,803

Legal

3

Total expenses before reductions

107,455

Expense reductions

(84,989)

22,466

Net investment income (loss)

24,706

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(26,546)

Foreign currency transactions

298

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(26,248)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

77,202

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(46)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

77,156

Net gain (loss)

50,908

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 75,614

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

For the period
May 2, 2012
(commencement of
operations) to
October 31, 2012

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 24,706

Net realized gain (loss)

(26,248)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

77,156

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

75,614

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(26,857)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

3,026,094

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

3,074,851

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

-

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $1)

$ 3,074,851

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .16

Total from investment operations

  .25

Distributions from net investment income

  (.10)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.15

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.51%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.41% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.44% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.89% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 756

Portfolio turnover rate G

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .15

Total from investment operations

  .23

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.14

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.31%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.68% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.69% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.64% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 714

Portfolio turnover rate G

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)E

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .15

Total from investment operations

  .21

Distributions from net investment income

  (.07)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.14

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.12%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsF, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  8.19% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.19% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.14% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 666

Portfolio turnover rateG

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Period ended October 31,

2012 G

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)D

  .10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .16

Total from investment operations

  .26

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.15

Total ReturnB, C

  2.61%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsE, H

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.23% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.20% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.19% A

Net investment income (loss)

  2.14% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 939

Portfolio turnover rate F

  36% I

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

G For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards, equity-debt classifications and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 143,679

Gross unrealized depreciation

(69,695)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 73,984

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 3,007,691

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (24,859)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 73,938

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (24,859)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (24,859)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

Ordinary Income

$ 26,857

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $3,883,843 and $983,904, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 833

$ 808

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,572

1,530

Class C

.75%

.25%

3,118

3,118

 

 

 

$ 5,523

$ 5,456

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,829

Class T

139

Class C*

34

 

$ 2,002

* When Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each applicable class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 451

.14

Class T

356

.11

Class C

396

.13

Institutional Class

572

.13

 

$ 1,775

 

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $7 for the period.

6. Expense Reductions.

FMR contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through December 31, 2013. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

 

 

 

Class A

1.45%

$ 20,071

Class T

1.70%

19,001

Class C

2.20%

18,874

Institutional Class

1.20%

26,932

 

 

$ 84,878

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $107 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $4.

7. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Period ended October 31,

2012 A

From net investment income

 

Class A

$ 6,925

Class T

5,775

Class C

4,470

Institutional Class

9,687

Total

$ 26,857

A For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

8. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Period October 31,

Shares A

Dollars A

Class A

 

 

Shares sold

73,860

$ 736,903

Reinvestment of distributions

694

6,925

Net increase (decrease)

74,554

$ 743,828

Class T

 

 

Shares sold

69,801

$ 699,717

Reinvestment of distributions

579

5,775

Shares redeemed

(1)

(15)

Net increase (decrease)

70,379

$ 705,477

Class C

 

 

Shares sold

65,575

$ 655,827

Reinvestment of distributions

450

4,470

Shares redeemed

(335)

(3,402)

Net increase (decrease)

65,690

$ 656,895

Institutional Class

 

 

Shares sold

106,504

$ 1,051,902

Reinvestment of distributions

972

9,687

Shares redeemed

(14,978)

(141,695)

Net increase (decrease)

92,498

$ 919,894

A For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

9. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, FMR or its affiliates were the owners of record of 83% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period from May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012 indicate, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 18, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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Trustees and Officers - continued

The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A designates 55% and 53%, Class T designates 59% and 60%, and Class C designates 69% and 80% of the dividends distributed in July 2012 and October 2012, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class T, and Class C designates 100% of the dividends distributed in during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Class A

07/09/12

$0.015

$0.0040

 

10/08/12

$0.015

$0.0038

Class T

07/09/12

$0.014

$0.0040

 

10/08/12

$0.013

$0.0038

Class C

07/09/12

$0.012

$0.0040

 

10/08/12

$0.010

$0.0038

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

On March 14, 2012, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), voted to approve the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, considered a broad range of information.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has devoted increased resources to non-U.S. offices. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities which allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and enhancers. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools which permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in their deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading capabilities and resources which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund. The Board also considered the nature and extent of the investment adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Investment Performance. The fund is a new fund and therefore had no historical performance for the Board to review at the time it approved the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board considered the Investment Advisers' strength in fundamental, research-driven global and equity income securities selection, which the Board is familiar with through its supervision of other Fidelity funds that invest in such securities.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's proposed management fee and the projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund in reviewing the Advisory Contracts. The Board noted that the fund's proposed management fee rate is lower than the median fee rate of funds with similar Lipper investment objective categories and comparable management fee characteristics. The Board also noted that the projected total expense ratios for certain classes would rank above the median for funds with the same load structure but considered that the projected total expense ratios are comparable to those of similar classes and funds that Fidelity offers to shareholders.

The Board also noted that FMR had contractually agreed to reimburse each class of the fund to the extent that each class's total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of its average net assets exceed a certain limit.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the management fee and projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders will receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability.  The fund is a new fund and therefore no revenue, cost, or profitability data was available for the Board to review in respect of the fund at the time it approved the Advisory Contracts. In connection with its future renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders.

Economies of Scale. The Board will consider economies of scale when there is operating experience to permit assessment thereof. It noted that, notwithstanding the entrepreneurial risk associated with a new fund, the management fee was at a level normally associated, by comparison with competitors, with very high fund net assets, and Fidelity asserted to the Board that the level of the fee anticipated economies of scale at lower asset levels even before, if ever, economies of scale are achieved. The Board also noted that the fund and its shareholders would have access to the very considerable number and variety of services available through Fidelity and its affiliates.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

FIL Investments (Japan) Limited

FIL Investment Advisors

FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Limited

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional
Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Citibank, N.A.

New York, NY

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Fidelity Advisor®

Global Equity Income
Fund - Institutional Class

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Contents

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Summary

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A summary of the fund's holdings.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Global stocks experienced pendulum-like swings during the 12 months ending October 31, 2012, finishing the period with a solid advance. The market faced periodic bouts of volatility this past year, as a number of macroeconomic concerns - including the eurozone debt crisis, the strength and pace of the U.S. economic recovery, and a slowdown in China's once-blistering growth - dominated headlines and weighed on investors. While a stronger U.S. dollar provided an additional head wind for foreign investments, stocks worldwide rose 8.96% for the 12 months, as measured by the MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) Index, largely buttressed in the summer by pledges of accommodative monetary action from eurozone officials, as well as signs that the U.S. housing market was on the mend. Within the index, the U.S. showed the most impressive gain among major markets, advancing 15%, closely followed by Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+10%). A number of core European components, most notably Germany (+11%), Switzerland (+10%) and the U.K. (+9%), benefited from optimism about the eurozone's ability to resolve its debt woes. However, continued weakness in peripheral European markets caused the region to lag the index overall. Elsewhere, results from Canada (+3%) and the generally more volatile emerging markets (+2%) each fell short of the MSCI index, while Japan was among the few benchmark constituents to finish in the red, returning about -3%.

Comments from Ramona Persaud, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Global Equity Income Fund: Since its inception on May 2, 2012, through October 31, 2012, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 2.61%, outperforming the 1.67% gain of the MSCI® ACWI®. Stock selection and sector positioning were equally additive for the period, with the biggest boosts coming from positioning in health care and materials. At the stock level, large-cap pharmaceuticals firm Merck was our top contributor. Merck was trading at what I believed to be a reasonable valuation, but was also benefiting from an improving product pipeline and its continued focus on shareholder friendliness. French pharma firm Sanofi also helped bolster our results within health care, as the stock rebounded off a very cheap valuation. In materials, shares of chemicals company LyondellBassell Industries contributed when cyclical names gained favor later in the period. Conversely, the food/beverage/tobacco industry fell out of favor when the market took a "risk-on" tilt, and our positions here struggled, mainly tobacco stocks Swedish Match, Lorillard and U.K.-based British American Tobacco.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 2, 2012 to October 31, 2012). The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period

Class A

1.45%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,025.10

$ 7.34 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.85

$ 7.35 C

Class T

1.70%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,023.10

$ 8.60 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.59

$ 8.62 C

Class C

2.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.20

$ 11.12 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.08

$ 11.14 C

Institutional Class

1.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,026.10

$ 6.08 B

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.10

$ 6.09 C

A 5% return per year before expenses

B Actual expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the period May 2, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

C Hypothetical expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

Johnson & Johnson (United States of America, Pharmaceuticals)

2.7

Apple, Inc. (United States of America, Computers & Peripherals)

2.6

Chevron Corp. (United States of America, Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels)

2.4

Merck & Co., Inc. (United States of America, Pharmaceuticals)

2.3

IBM Corp. (United States of America, IT Services)

2.2

 

12.2

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

Financials

17.1

Consumer Staples

14.2

Health Care

13.4

Energy

10.2

Information Technology

9.8

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2012

(excluding cash equivalents)

% of fund's
net assets

United States of America

43.4

United Kingdom

14.6

Japan

5.7

Sweden

3.5

Switzerland

3.2

Percentages are adjusted for the effect of open futures contracts, if applicable.

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012

 

age205

Stocks 95.9%

 

age207

 

 

age209

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 4.1%

 

age211

 

 

age229

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.1%

Shares

Value

Australia - 1.3%

SP AusNet unit

11,102

$ 12,216

Spark Infrastructure Group unit

7,187

12,608

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

3,485

14,977

TOTAL AUSTRALIA

39,801

Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.1%

Informa PLC

2,997

19,355

Wolseley PLC

307

13,421

TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY

32,776

Brazil - 2.1%

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (AmBev) (PN) sponsored ADR

268

10,932

Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP) sponsored ADR

200

16,802

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA sponsored ADR

1,168

17,029

Multiplus SA

900

20,911

TOTAL BRAZIL

65,674

Canada - 0.4%

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)

30

11,129

Cayman Islands - 0.2%

Pico Far East Holdings Ltd.

32,000

7,845

Chile - 0.5%

Inversiones La Construccion SA

859

15,175

France - 3.1%

Arkema SA

200

18,234

Euler Hermes SA

177

12,200

Ipsos SA

400

14,055

Sanofi SA

587

51,555

TOTAL FRANCE

96,044

Germany - 0.6%

Hugo Boss AG

110

11,011

Muehlbauer Holding AG & Co.

350

8,905

TOTAL GERMANY

19,916

Hong Kong - 1.4%

HKT Trust / HKT Ltd. unit

45,000

41,748

Indonesia - 0.4%

PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk

45,000

13,235

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Ireland - 2.2%

Accenture PLC Class A

675

$ 45,502

CRH PLC

10

186

FBD Holdings PLC

700

8,755

Irish Continental Group PLC unit

500

12,184

TOTAL IRELAND

66,627

Israel - 1.0%

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

1,500

18,771

Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

400

11,917

TOTAL ISRAEL

30,688

Italy - 1.3%

ENI SpA

1,700

39,119

Japan - 5.7%

Aozora Bank Ltd.

3,000

8,455

Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd.

200

8,205

Canon, Inc.

400

13,000

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

200

20,193

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

9

16,404

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

1,400

38,687

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

400

18,291

Relo Holdings Corp.

700

23,272

Seven Bank Ltd.

6,900

19,707

USS Co. Ltd.

100

10,510

TOTAL JAPAN

176,724

Korea (South) - 2.0%

DGB Financial Group Co. Ltd.

760

9,619

KT&G Corp.

382

29,115

LG Telecom Ltd.

2,020

12,913

YESCO Co. Ltd.

320

8,819

TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)

60,466

Netherlands - 1.8%

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

1,000

25,046

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

568

30,326

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

55,372

Nigeria - 0.5%

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

59,682

7,524

Nestle Foods Nigeria PLC

1,752

7,530

TOTAL NIGERIA

15,054

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Norway - 0.8%

Telenor ASA

1,200

$ 23,595

Panama - 1.0%

Copa Holdings SA Class A

350

32,487

South Africa - 1.0%

Clicks Group Ltd.

3,434

23,676

Foschini Ltd.

500

7,260

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

30,936

Spain - 0.5%

Grifols SA ADR

600

15,096

Sweden - 3.5%

Intrum Justitia AB

1,450

20,986

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares)

1,210

41,447

Swedish Match Co. AB

1,310

44,635

TOTAL SWEDEN

107,068

Switzerland - 3.2%

Clariant AG (Reg.)

1,664

17,814

Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)

310

59,617

UBS AG

1,510

22,655

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

100,086

Taiwan - 1.6%

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

8,000

18,459

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

10,000

30,473

TOTAL TAIWAN

48,932

United Kingdom - 14.6%

Barclays PLC

6,534

24,161

BP PLC

5,324

38,022

British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom)

1,100

54,560

Dunelm Group PLC

1,200

12,975

Ensco PLC Class A

278

16,074

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

2,363

52,949

Hilton Food Group PLC

4,288

19,220

ICAP PLC

3,000

15,739

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

1,400

22,039

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

878

53,133

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (United Kingdom)

1,498

51,400

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United Kingdom - continued

Vodafone Group PLC

21,351

$ 57,982

WH Smith PLC

2,956

29,623

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

447,877

United States of America - 43.3%

Altria Group, Inc.

1,033

32,849

American Tower Corp.

260

19,575

Analog Devices, Inc.

909

35,551

Apple, Inc.

135

80,339

Cardinal Health, Inc.

240

9,871

Cedar Fair LP (depository unit)

1,006

36,065

CenturyLink, Inc.

505

19,382

Chevron Corp.

664

73,179

CME Group, Inc.

203

11,354

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

288

30,228

Comcast Corp. Class A

964

36,160

Corrections Corp. of America

260

8,749

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

1,024

43,878

Eli Lilly & Co.

481

23,391

Emerson Electric Co.

440

21,309

Exxon Mobil Corp.

364

33,186

General Electric Co.

2,628

55,346

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

390

32,651

IBM Corp.

346

67,307

Johnson & Johnson

1,176

83,284

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

1,000

41,680

Limited Brands, Inc.

340

16,283

Lorillard, Inc.

233

27,030

M&T Bank Corp.

256

26,650

McDonald's Corp.

200

17,360

Merck & Co., Inc.

1,584

72,278

Microsoft Corp.

1,100

31,389

Pfizer, Inc.

1,423

35,390

PG&E Corp.

435

18,496

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

300

17,457

Psychemedics Corp.

960

10,982

Sempra Energy

280

19,530

The Williams Companies, Inc.

1,298

45,417

U.S. Bancorp

1,718

57,055

United Technologies Corp.

390

30,482

VF Corp.

215

33,643

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

United States of America - continued

Wells Fargo & Co.

1,931

$ 65,055

Western Gas Partners LP

220

11,216

TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1,331,047

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $2,849,958)


2,924,517

Preferred Stocks - 0.8%

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%

United States of America - 0.1%

United Technologies Corp. 7.50%

60

3,263

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.7%

Germany - 0.7%

Volkswagen AG

110

22,755

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $23,375)


26,018

Money Market Funds - 4.3%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (a)
(Cost $131,140)

131,140


131,140

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.2%

(Cost $3,004,473)

3,081,675

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.2)%

(6,824)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 3,074,851

Legend

(a) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 162

Other Information

Categorizations in the Schedule of Investments are based on country or territory of incorporation.

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 296,340

$ 296,340

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

427,390

372,830

54,560

-

Energy

307,613

179,072

128,541

-

Financials

534,329

487,513

46,816

-

Health Care

414,413

309,909

104,504

-

Industrials

285,740

260,694

25,046

-

Information Technology

303,561

260,088

43,473

-

Materials

85,331

85,145

186

-

Telecommunication Services

207,347

131,074

76,273

-

Utilities

88,471

88,471

-

-

Money Market Funds

131,140

131,140

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 3,081,675

$ 2,602,276

$ 479,399

$ -

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,873,333)

$ 2,950,535

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $131,140)

131,140

 

Total Investments (cost $3,004,473)

 

$ 3,081,675

Receivable for investments sold

66,825

Dividends receivable

5,018

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

28

Prepaid expenses

32,926

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

14,923

Other receivables

13

Total assets

3,201,408

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 25

Payable for investments purchased

82,801

Accrued management fee

1,798

Distribution and service plan fees payable

1,011

Custodian fees payable

2,736

Audit fees payable

37,757

Other affiliated payables

429

Total liabilities

126,557

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 3,074,851

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 3,025,772

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(1)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(28,076)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

77,156

Net Assets

$ 3,074,851

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price
Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share
($756,412 ÷ 74,554 shares)

$ 10.15

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.15)

$ 10.77

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($713,863 ÷ 70,379 shares)

$ 10.14

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.14)

$ 10.51

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($665,870 ÷ 65,690 shares)A

$ 10.14

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($938,706 ÷ 92,498 shares)

$ 10.15

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

 

For the period
May 2, 2012
(commencement of
operations) to
October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 49,208

Interest

 

32

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

162

Income before foreign taxes withheld

 

49,402

Less foreign taxes withheld

 

(2,230)

Total income

 

47,172

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 9,913

Transfer agent fees

1,775

Distribution and service plan fees

5,523

Accounting fees and expenses

726

Custodian fees and expenses

8,809

Independent trustees' compensation

8

Registration fees

34,895

Audit

45,803

Legal

3

Total expenses before reductions

107,455

Expense reductions

(84,989)

22,466

Net investment income (loss)

24,706

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(26,546)

Foreign currency transactions

298

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(26,248)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

77,202

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(46)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

77,156

Net gain (loss)

50,908

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 75,614

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

For the period
May 2, 2012
(commencement of
operations) to
October 31, 2012

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 24,706

Net realized gain (loss)

(26,248)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

77,156

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

75,614

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(26,857)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

3,026,094

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

3,074,851

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

-

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $1)

$ 3,074,851

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .16

Total from investment operations

  .25

Distributions from net investment income

  (.10)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.15

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.51%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.41% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.45% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.44% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.89% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 756

Portfolio turnover rate G

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .15

Total from investment operations

  .23

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.14

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.31%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.68% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.70% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.69% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.64% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 714

Portfolio turnover rate G

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Period ended October 31,

2012H

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)E

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .15

Total from investment operations

  .21

Distributions from net investment income

  (.07)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.14

Total ReturnB, C, D

  2.12%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsF, I

 

Expenses before reductions

  8.19% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.20% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.19% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.14% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 666

Portfolio turnover rateG

  36% J

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

H For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Period ended October 31,

2012 G

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)D

  .10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .16

Total from investment operations

  .26

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.15

Total ReturnB, C

  2.61%

Ratios to Average Net AssetsE, H

 

Expenses before reductions

  7.23% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.20% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.19% A

Net investment income (loss)

  2.14% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 939

Portfolio turnover rate F

  36% I

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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 Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

G For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer-term operating periods. 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 not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, capital loss carryforwards, equity-debt classifications and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 143,679

Gross unrealized depreciation

(69,695)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 73,984

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 3,007,691

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (24,859)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 73,938

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (24,859)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (24,859)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

Ordinary Income

$ 26,857

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $3,883,843 and $983,904, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annualized management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 833

$ 808

Class T

.25%

.25%

1,572

1,530

Class C

.75%

.25%

3,118

3,118

 

 

 

$ 5,523

$ 5,456

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,829

Class T

139

Class C*

34

 

$ 2,002

* When Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each applicable class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 451

.14

Class T

356

.11

Class C

396

.13

Institutional Class

572

.13

 

$ 1,775

 

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $7 for the period.

6. Expense Reductions.

FMR contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through December 31, 2013. Some expenses, for example interest expense, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

 

 

 

Class A

1.45%

$ 20,071

Class T

1.70%

19,001

Class C

2.20%

18,874

Institutional Class

1.20%

26,932

 

 

$ 84,878

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $107 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $4.

7. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Period ended October 31,

2012 A

From net investment income

 

Class A

$ 6,925

Class T

5,775

Class C

4,470

Institutional Class

9,687

Total

$ 26,857

A For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

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8. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Period October 31,

Shares A

Dollars A

Class A

 

 

Shares sold

73,860

$ 736,903

Reinvestment of distributions

694

6,925

Net increase (decrease)

74,554

$ 743,828

Class T

 

 

Shares sold

69,801

$ 699,717

Reinvestment of distributions

579

5,775

Shares redeemed

(1)

(15)

Net increase (decrease)

70,379

$ 705,477

Class C

 

 

Shares sold

65,575

$ 655,827

Reinvestment of distributions

450

4,470

Shares redeemed

(335)

(3,402)

Net increase (decrease)

65,690

$ 656,895

Institutional Class

 

 

Shares sold

106,504

$ 1,051,902

Reinvestment of distributions

972

9,687

Shares redeemed

(14,978)

(141,695)

Net increase (decrease)

92,498

$ 919,894

A For the period May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012.

9. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, FMR or its affiliates were the owners of record of 83% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period from May 2, 2012 (commencement of operations) to October 31, 2012 indicate, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 18, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Bruce T. Herring (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Vice President of certain Equity Funds. Mr. Herring also serves as President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-present) and Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR. Previously, Mr. Herring served as Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007) and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Institutional Class designates 51% and 48% of the dividends distributed in July 2012 and October 2012, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividends distributed in during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for the purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The amounts per share which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the United States are as follows:

 

Pay Date

Income

Taxes

Institutional Class

07/09/12

$0.016

$0.0040

 

10/08/12

$0.016

$0.0038

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

On March 14, 2012, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), voted to approve the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, considered a broad range of information.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has devoted increased resources to non-U.S. offices. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities which allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and enhancers. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools which permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in their deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading capabilities and resources which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund. The Board also considered the nature and extent of the investment adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

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Management Fees - continued

Investment Performance. The fund is a new fund and therefore had no historical performance for the Board to review at the time it approved the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board considered the Investment Advisers' strength in fundamental, research-driven global and equity income securities selection, which the Board is familiar with through its supervision of other Fidelity funds that invest in such securities.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's proposed management fee and the projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund in reviewing the Advisory Contracts. The Board noted that the fund's proposed management fee rate is lower than the median fee rate of funds with similar Lipper investment objective categories and comparable management fee characteristics. The Board also noted that the projected total expense ratios for certain classes would rank above the median for funds with the same load structure but considered that the projected total expense ratios are comparable to those of similar classes and funds that Fidelity offers to shareholders.

The Board also noted that FMR had contractually agreed to reimburse each class of the fund to the extent that each class's total operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, securities lending costs, brokerage commissions, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any), as a percentage of its average net assets exceed a certain limit.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the management fee and projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders will receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability.  The fund is a new fund and therefore no revenue, cost, or profitability data was available for the Board to review in respect of the fund at the time it approved the Advisory Contracts. In connection with its future renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders.

Economies of Scale. The Board will consider economies of scale when there is operating experience to permit assessment thereof. It noted that, notwithstanding the entrepreneurial risk associated with a new fund, the management fee was at a level normally associated, by comparison with competitors, with very high fund net assets, and Fidelity asserted to the Board that the level of the fee anticipated economies of scale at lower asset levels even before, if ever, economies of scale are achieved. The Board also noted that the fund and its shareholders would have access to the very considerable number and variety of services available through Fidelity and its affiliates.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
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Fidelity Advisor®

Value Leaders

Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

Annual Report

October 31, 2012

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow. Returns reflect the conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares after a maximum of seven years.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Life of
fund
A

  Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge)

3.67%

-7.03%

2.30%

  Class T (incl. 3.50% sales charge)

5.84%

-6.83%

2.30%

  Class B (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) B

4.14%

-6.99%

2.37%

  Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) C

8.21%

-6.62%

2.17%

A From June 17, 2003.

B Class B shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and life of fund total return figures are 5%, 2%, and 0%, respectively.

C Class C shares' contingent deferred sales charges included in the past one year, past five years, and life of fund total return figures are 1%, 0%, and 0%, respectively.

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$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund - Class A on June 17, 2003, when the fund started, and the current 5.75% sales charge was paid. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 1000® Value Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: U.S. stocks overcame bouts of volatility to post strong gains for the year ending October 31, 2012, and extend an uptrend that began in March 2009. The broad-based S&P 500® Index advanced 15.21% for the 12-month period, while the blue-chip-laden Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM and technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite® Index rose 12.56% and 12.21%, respectively. Debt problems in Europe, slower growth in China and uncertainty about a U.S. economic recovery put downward pressure on stocks early on and during a turbulent spring. However, beginning in June, stocks rose on central bank stimulus, steps to repair the eurozone and signs of life in the U.S. housing market. Equity benchmarks hit multiyear highs in September, with the Dow and the S&P® achieving their best marks since 2007, and the Nasdaq reaching a 12-year high. Stocks retreated in October, which was marked by disappointing corporate earnings reports and a two-day weather-related closure of the New York Stock Exchange. Among the 10 sectors that comprise the S&P 500®, most posted a double-digit gain, led by telecommunication services (+26%) and health care (+22%), with energy (+7%) and materials (+7%) lagging the most. Despite lingering eurozone turmoil and weaker local currencies versus the U.S. dollar, foreign developed-markets stocks rose modestly, with the MSCI® EAFE® Index adding 4.76%.

Comments from Michael Chren, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund: For the year, the fund's Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C shares returned 10.00%, 9.68%, 9.14% and 9.21%, respectively (excluding sales charges), significantly underperforming the 16.89% gain of the Russell® 1000 Value Index. By far, the biggest source of underperformance was the information technology sector, led by a stake in Alcatel-Lucent, a French manufacturer of network communications equipment that failed to deliver on key financial targets. Other disappointments in tech included personal computer/printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard, semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices and software/services provider Comverse Technology. A large overweighting in department store retailer JCPenney hurt because the company's turnaround plan failed to gain traction. Stock picking in energy also detracted, as did the fund's cash position. On the positive side, favorable positioning in health care helped, including holdings in large drug manufacturers Pfizer and Merck. Other key contributors were consumer staples giant Kraft Foods and Switzerland's navigation products manufacturer Garmin. Some of these stocks were not in the benchmark and I sold Alcatel-Lucent prior to period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to
October 31, 2012

Class A

1.25%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,012.20

$ 6.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.85

$ 6.34

Class T

1.50%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,010.30

$ 7.58

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.60

$ 7.61

Class B

2.00%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,008.50

$ 10.10

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.08

$ 10.13

Class C

2.00%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,008.60

$ 10.10

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.08

$ 10.13

Institutional Class

.76%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.00

$ 3.85

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.32

$ 3.86

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Exxon Mobil Corp.

4.5

2.2

Pfizer, Inc.

4.0

4.6

General Electric Co.

4.0

3.0

Merck & Co., Inc.

3.2

3.4

Citigroup, Inc.

3.2

3.6

Chevron Corp.

2.9

3.2

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

2.3

1.2

Textron, Inc.

2.2

1.3

Comverse Technology, Inc.

2.1

2.0

Wells Fargo & Co.

2.0

2.5

 

30.4

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

24.5

26.7

Energy

17.1

11.5

Health Care

12.9

15.9

Information Technology

8.4

11.4

Consumer Staples

7.7

9.5

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012*

As of April 30, 2012**

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 95.5%

 

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Stocks
96.9%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 4.5%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 3.1%

 

* Foreign investments

9.3%

 

** Foreign investments

11.4%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.0%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.4%

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.3%

DeVry, Inc.

12,993

$ 341,196

Household Durables - 1.6%

Garmin Ltd.

10,712

406,949

Media - 3.0%

DISH Network Corp. Class A

12,078

430,339

Washington Post Co. Class B (d)

1,066

355,522

 

785,861

Multiline Retail - 1.5%

JCPenney Co., Inc. (d)

16,813

403,680

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

1,937,686

CONSUMER STAPLES - 7.7%

Beverages - 1.7%

Grupo Modelo SAB de CV Series C

51,100

450,354

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%

CVS Caremark Corp.

5,107

236,965

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3,446

258,519

 

495,484

Food Products - 3.9%

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (a)

4,706

214,029

Mondelez International, Inc. (a)

16,918

449,004

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (a)

5,168

373,078

 

1,036,111

Household Products - 0.2%

Procter & Gamble Co.

647

44,798

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

2,026,747

ENERGY - 17.1%

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.0%

Cameron International Corp. (a)

8,251

417,831

Halliburton Co.

3,927

126,803

Weatherford International Ltd. (a)

23,142

261,505

 

806,139

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 14.1%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

8,911

613,166

Apache Corp.

800

66,200

Chevron Corp.

6,915

762,102

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ENERGY - continued

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued

Exxon Mobil Corp.

12,928

$ 1,178,644

Hess Corp.

7,676

401,148

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

3,981

218,676

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

3,780

298,469

The Williams Companies, Inc.

4,413

154,411

 

3,692,816

TOTAL ENERGY

4,498,955

FINANCIALS - 24.5%

Capital Markets - 4.0%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

6,500

160,615

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

49,608

414,723

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

1,204

147,358

State Street Corp.

7,350

327,590

 

1,050,286

Commercial Banks - 7.3%

Aozora Bank Ltd.

148,000

417,136

Fifth Third Bancorp

14,705

213,664

KeyCorp

46,528

391,766

U.S. Bancorp

6,370

211,548

Wells Fargo & Co.

15,626

526,440

Zions Bancorporation

7,498

160,982

 

1,921,536

Consumer Finance - 1.0%

Capital One Financial Corp.

4,400

264,748

Diversified Financial Services - 5.5%

Bank of America Corp.

19,355

180,389

Citigroup, Inc.

21,991

822,243

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

10,225

426,178

 

1,428,810

Insurance - 4.7%

Allstate Corp.

3,140

125,537

Assurant, Inc.

6,067

229,393

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

989

85,400

MetLife, Inc.

2,788

98,946

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

3,019

245,626

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

FINANCIALS - continued

Insurance - continued

The Chubb Corp.

1,885

$ 145,107

XL Group PLC Class A

12,639

312,689

 

1,242,698

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.9%

Weyerhaeuser Co.

8,000

221,520

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.1%

Radian Group, Inc. (d)

61,950

290,546

TOTAL FINANCIALS

6,420,144

HEALTH CARE - 12.9%

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1%

HCA Holdings, Inc.

9,659

274,412

Pharmaceuticals - 11.8%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

7,577

251,935

Eli Lilly & Co.

2,429

118,122

Johnson & Johnson

6,892

488,091

Merck & Co., Inc.

18,341

836,900

Pfizer, Inc.

42,601

1,059,487

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

7,940

348,169

 

3,102,704

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

3,377,116

INDUSTRIALS - 7.4%

Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%

Textron, Inc.

22,752

573,578

Construction & Engineering - 1.2%

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

7,807

301,272

Industrial Conglomerates - 4.0%

General Electric Co.

50,047

1,053,990

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

1,928,840

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 8.4%

Communications Equipment - 0.8%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

12,614

216,204

Computers & Peripherals - 1.4%

Hewlett-Packard Co.

27,753

384,379

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.9%

Corning, Inc.

21,004

$ 246,797

Office Electronics - 0.9%

Xerox Corp.

35,384

227,873

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.5%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

60,281

123,576

Software - 3.9%

Comverse Technology, Inc. (a)

84,352

555,880

Microsoft Corp.

2,810

80,183

Symantec Corp. (a)

21,018

382,317

 

1,018,380

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2,217,209

MATERIALS - 1.6%

Metals & Mining - 1.6%

Newmont Mining Corp.

7,562

412,507

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.3%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

AT&T, Inc.

3,596

124,386

CenturyLink, Inc.

178

6,832

 

131,218

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.8%

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)

86,010

476,495

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

607,713

UTILITIES - 5.7%

Electric Utilities - 5.0%

Duke Energy Corp.

2,300

151,087

Edison International

8,016

376,271

FirstEnergy Corp.

10,134

463,326

NextEra Energy, Inc.

4,596

321,996

 

1,312,680

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

UTILITIES - continued

Multi-Utilities - 0.7%

Sempra Energy

2,700

$ 188,325

TOTAL UTILITIES

1,501,005

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $25,752,905)


24,927,922

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.2%

 

Principal
Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.08% to 0.1% 11/23/12 to 12/20/12 (e)
(Cost $49,996)

$ 50,000


49,997

Money Market Funds - 8.2%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

1,340,546

1,340,546

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

805,057

805,057

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $2,145,603)


2,145,603

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.4%

(Cost $27,948,504)

27,123,522

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.4)%

(883,997)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 26,239,525

Futures Contracts

 

Expiration
Date

Underlying
Face Amount
at Value

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

2 NYFE Russell 1000 Index Contracts

Dec. 2012

$ 140,040

$ (1,484)

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 0.5%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $9,999.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 2,062

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

9,056

Total

$ 11,118

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 1,937,686

$ 1,937,686

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

2,026,747

2,026,747

-

-

Energy

4,498,955

4,498,955

-

-

Financials

6,420,144

6,420,144

-

-

Health Care

3,377,116

3,377,116

-

-

Industrials

1,928,840

1,928,840

-

-

Information Technology

2,217,209

2,217,209

-

-

Materials

412,507

412,507

-

-

Telecommunication Services

607,713

607,713

-

-

Utilities

1,501,005

1,501,005

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

49,997

-

49,997

-

Money Market Funds

2,145,603

2,145,603

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 27,123,522

$ 27,073,525

$ 49,997

$ -

Derivative Instruments:

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (1,484)

$ (1,484)

$ -

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 548,652

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of October 31, 2012. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ -

$ (1,484)

Total Value of Derivatives

$ -

$ (1,484)

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $783,885) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $25,802,901)

$ 24,977,919

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $2,145,603)

2,145,603

 

Total Investments (cost $27,948,504)

 

$ 27,123,522

Receivable for investments sold

23,833

Receivable for fund shares sold

33,192

Dividends receivable

36,231

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,116

Other receivables

1,299

Total assets

27,219,193

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 84,348

Payable for fund shares redeemed

23,362

Accrued management fee

9,433

Distribution and service plan fees payable

9,286

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

220

Other affiliated payables

7,461

Other payables and accrued expenses

40,501

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

805,057

Total liabilities

979,668

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 26,239,525

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 61,836,458

Undistributed net investment income

192,867

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(34,963,285)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(826,515)

Net Assets

$ 26,239,525

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($14,705,442 ÷ 1,359,593 shares)

$ 10.82

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.82)

$ 11.48

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($6,144,983 ÷ 567,737 shares)

$ 10.82

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.82)

$ 11.21

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($894,797 ÷ 83,603 shares)A

$ 10.70

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,299,257 ÷ 311,586 shares)A

$ 10.59

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,195,046 ÷ 109,703 shares)

$ 10.89

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 678,286

Interest

 

24

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

11,118

Total income

 

689,428

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 153,618

Performance adjustment

(89,148)

Transfer agent fees

83,058

Distribution and service plan fees

119,442

Accounting and security lending fees

11,072

Custodian fees and expenses

18,632

Independent trustees' compensation

183

Registration fees

57,735

Audit

48,633

Legal

186

Miscellaneous

267

Total expenses before reductions

403,678

Expense reductions

(12,877)

390,801

Net investment income (loss)

298,627

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(46,394)

Foreign currency transactions

(7,979)

Futures contracts

12,499

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(41,874)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

2,307,798

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(253)

Futures contracts

(1,484)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

2,306,061

Net gain (loss)

2,264,187

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 2,562,814

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 298,627

$ 290,432

Net realized gain (loss)

(41,874)

720,203

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

2,306,061

(343,386)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

2,562,814

667,249

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(279,421)

(358,603)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(11,550)

(41,497)

Total distributions

(290,971)

(400,100)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(5,178,957)

(15,871,835)

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(2,907,114)

(15,604,686)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

29,146,639

44,751,325

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $192,867 and undistributed net investment income of $188,125, respectively)

$ 26,239,525

$ 29,146,639

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.96

$ 10.12

$ 9.30

$ 8.63

$ 16.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .13

  .10

  .07 F

  .09

  .16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.14) G

  .85

  .75

  (7.09)

Total from investment operations

  .98

  (.04)

  .92

  .84

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.12)

  (.11)

  (.09)

  (.17)

  (.12)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.12)

  (.12)

  (.10)

  (.17)

  (.84) J

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.82

$ 9.96

$ 10.12

$ 9.30

$ 8.63

Total Return A, B

  10.00%

  (.40)%

  9.91%

  10.13%

  (44.43)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.28%

  1.24%

  1.22%

  1.25%

  1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.25%

  1.24%

  1.22%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.24%

  1.23%

  1.21%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.26%

  .91%

  .75% F

  1.10%

  1.21%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 14,705

$ 15,484

$ 25,431

$ 28,585

$ 34,864

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .57%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.839 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.117 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.96

$ 10.08

$ 9.27

$ 8.58

$ 16.30

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .07

  .05 F

  .07

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.13) G

  .84

  .75

  (7.06)

Total from investment operations

  .95

  (.06)

  .89

  .82

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.05)

  (.07)

  (.13)

  (.07)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.09)

  (.06)

  (.08)

  (.13)

  (.79) J

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.82

$ 9.96

$ 10.08

$ 9.27

$ 8.58

Total Return A, B

  9.68%

  (.64)%

  9.62%

  9.90%

  (44.57)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.55%

  1.49%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.50%

  1.49%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.49%

  1.48%

  1.45%

  1.49%

  1.49%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.01%

  .67%

  .52% F

  .85%

  .97%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,145

$ 8,254

$ 12,735

$ 20,652

$ 22,720

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .33%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.790 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.068 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.84

$ 9.99

$ 9.18

$ 8.47

$ 16.07

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .05

  .02

  - F, I

  .03

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.13) G

  .84

  .74

  (6.96)

Total from investment operations

  .90

  (.11)

  .84

  .77

  (6.90)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.03)

  (.03)

  (.02)

  (.06)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  (.04) J

  (.04)

  (.03)

  (.06)

  (.70) K

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.70

$ 9.84

$ 9.99

$ 9.18

$ 8.47

Total Return A, B

  9.14%

  (1.14)%

  9.11%

  9.19%

  (44.80)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.04%

  1.99%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.03%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.00%

  1.99%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.99%

  1.98%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51%

  .16%

  (.01)% F

  .35%

  .45%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 895

$ 1,110

$ 1,605

$ 1,989

$ 2,615

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.19)%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.04 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.031 and distributions from net realized gain of $.004 per share.

K Total distributions of $.698 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.698 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.75

$ 9.92

$ 9.11

$ 8.44

$ 16.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .05

  .02

  - F, I

  .03

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .84

  (.13) G

  .83

  .73

  (6.95)

Total from investment operations

  .89

  (.11)

  .83

  .76

  (6.89)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

  (.05)

  (.02)

  (.09)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.71)

Total distributions

  (.05)

  (.06)

  (.02) J

  (.09)

  (.71) K

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.59

$ 9.75

$ 9.92

$ 9.11

$ 8.44

Total Return A, B

  9.21%

  (1.18)%

  9.12%

  9.28%

  (44.84)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.04%

  2.00%

  1.97%

  2.01%

  2.03%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.00%

  2.00%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.99%

  1.98%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51%

  .16%

  -% F,L

  .35%

  .45%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,299

$ 3,775

$ 4,139

$ 4,088

$ 5,358

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.19)%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.02 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.015 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

K Total distributions of $.712 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.712 per share.

L Amount represents less than .01%.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.04

$ 10.19

$ 9.35

$ 8.70

$ 16.51

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .18

  .14

  .10 E

  .11

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .83

  (.15) F

  .86

  .74

  (7.13)

Total from investment operations

  1.01

  (.01)

  .96

  .85

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.16)

  (.13)

  (.11)

  (.20)

  (.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - H

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.16)

  (.14)

  (.12)

  (.20)

  (.88) I

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.89

$ 10.04

$ 10.19

$ 9.35

$ 8.70

Total Return A

  10.30%

  (.11)%

  10.28%

  10.26%

  (44.24)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .83%

  .89%

  .98%

  1.00%

  .98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .83%

  .89%

  .98%

  1.00%

  .98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .82%

  .88%

  .97%

  1.00%

  .97%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.68%

  1.27%

  .99% E

  1.35%

  1.48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,195

$ 523

$ 841

$ 2,341

$ 2,021

Portfolio turnover rate D

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .81%.

F 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.876 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.154 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Transactions and Income - continued

ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,926,856

Gross unrealized depreciation

(3,292,556)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (1,365,700)

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 28,489,222

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 192,867

Capital loss carryforward

$ (34,424,052)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ (1,365,749)

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (19,194,348)

2017

(14,819,668)

2019

(169,201)

Total with expiration

(34,183,217)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(210,874)

Long-term

(29,961)

Total no expiration

(240,835)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (34,424,052)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 290,971

$ 400,100

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objective allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including futures contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified instrument based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.

The Fund used derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.

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Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments - continued

Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

Any open futures contracts at period end are shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." The underlying face amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $12,499 and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(1,484) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $24,511,759 and $29,514,913, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the

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6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Management Fee - continued

mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .23% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 37,876

$ 255

Class T

.25%

.25%

35,980

177

Class B

.75%

.25%

9,972

7,494

Class C

.75%

.25%

35,614

2,985

 

 

 

$ 119,442

$ 10,911

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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Sales Load - continued

For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,394

Class T

954

Class B*

1,484

Class C*

559

 

$ 4,391

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales
are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 45,630

.30

Class T

22,288

.31

Class B

3,006

.30

Class C

10,839

.30

Institutional Class

1,295

.20

 

$ 83,058

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,636 for the period.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to

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7. Committed Line of Credit - continued

fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $77 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $9,056. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

9. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class A

1.25%

$ 4,916

Class T

1.50%

3,368

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Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class B

2.00%

$ 359

Class C

2.00%

1,366

 

 

$ 10,009

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $2,856 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $12.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 180,927

$ 274,577

Class T

68,454

50,441

Class B

3,401

4,151

Class C

18,732

18,471

Institutional Class

7,907

10,963

Total

$ 279,421

$ 358,603

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 6,239

$ 24,299

Class T

3,111

10,732

Class B

439

1,537

Class C

1,561

4,105

Institutional Class

200

824

Total

$ 11,550

$ 41,497

11. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

281,767

334,576

$ 2,860,417

$ 3,612,152

Reinvestment of distributions

18,760

28,074

179,532

288,043

Shares redeemed

(496,141)

(1,320,166)

(5,059,962)

(14,109,969)

Net increase (decrease)

(195,614)

(957,516)

$ (2,020,013)

$ (10,209,774)

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11. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

48,701

157,819

$ 501,218

$ 1,706,564

Reinvestment of distributions

7,282

5,816

69,834

59,851

Shares redeemed

(317,050)

(597,712)

(3,256,292)

(6,300,709)

Net increase (decrease)

(261,067)

(434,077)

$ (2,685,240)

$ (4,534,294)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

26

248

$ 248

$ 2,692

Reinvestment of distributions

355

507

3,383

5,175

Shares redeemed

(29,605)

(48,512)

(301,504)

(509,116)

Net increase (decrease)

(29,224)

(47,757)

$ (297,873)

$ (501,249)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

47,718

69,631

$ 476,581

$ 733,867

Reinvestment of distributions

1,986

2,055

18,732

20,799

Shares redeemed

(125,244)

(101,679)

(1,268,866)

(1,050,311)

Net increase (decrease)

(75,540)

(29,993)

$ (773,553)

$ (295,645)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

90,752

74,917

$ 942,038

$ 747,771

Reinvestment of distributions

750

1,083

7,203

11,162

Shares redeemed

(33,948)

(106,405)

(351,519)

(1,089,806)

Net increase (decrease)

57,554

(30,405)

$ 597,722

$ (330,873)

12. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 17, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Thomas C. Hense (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 or 2010

Vice President of Fidelity's High Income (2008), Small Cap (2008), and Value (2010) Funds. Previously, Mr. Hense served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity's Institutional Money Management Group (Pyramis) (2003-2008).

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C designate 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C designate 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for all the periods shown. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board noted that this fund had underperformed in the past and discussed with FMR its disappointment with the continued underperformance of the fund. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 10% means that 90% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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Management Fees - continued

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of each of Class T and Class C ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Value Leaders

Fund - Institutional Class

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2012 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended October 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Life of
fund
A

  Institutional Class

10.30%

-5.66%

3.22%

A From June 17, 2003.

$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund - Institutional Class on June 17, 2003, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 1000® Value Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: U.S. stocks overcame bouts of volatility to post strong gains for the year ending October 31, 2012, and extend an uptrend that began in March 2009. The broad-based S&P 500® Index advanced 15.21% for the 12-month period, while the blue-chip-laden Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM and technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite® Index rose 12.56% and 12.21%, respectively. Debt problems in Europe, slower growth in China and uncertainty about a U.S. economic recovery put downward pressure on stocks early on and during a turbulent spring. However, beginning in June, stocks rose on central bank stimulus, steps to repair the eurozone and signs of life in the U.S. housing market. Equity benchmarks hit multiyear highs in September, with the Dow and the S&P® achieving their best marks since 2007, and the Nasdaq reaching a 12-year high. Stocks retreated in October, which was marked by disappointing corporate earnings reports and a two-day weather-related closure of the New York Stock Exchange. Among the 10 sectors that comprise the S&P 500®, most posted a double-digit gain, led by telecommunication services (+26%) and health care (+22%), with energy (+7%) and materials (+7%) lagging the most. Despite lingering eurozone turmoil and weaker local currencies versus the U.S. dollar, foreign developed-markets stocks rose modestly, with the MSCI® EAFE® Index adding 4.76%.

Comments from Michael Chren, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund: For the year, the fund's Institutional Class shares returned 10.30%, significantly underperforming the 16.89% gain of the Russell® 1000 Value Index. By far, the biggest source of underperformance was the information technology sector, led by a stake in Alcatel-Lucent, a French manufacturer of network communications equipment that failed to deliver on key financial targets. Other disappointments in tech included personal computer/printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard, semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices and software/services provider Comverse Technology. A large overweighting in department store retailer JCPenney hurt because the company's turnaround plan failed to gain traction. Stock picking in energy also detracted, as did the fund's cash position. On the positive side, favorable positioning in health care helped, including holdings in large drug manufacturers Pfizer and Merck. Other key contributors were consumer staples giant Kraft Foods and Switzerland's navigation products manufacturer Garmin. Some of these stocks were not in the benchmark and I sold Alcatel-Lucent prior to period end.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (May 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
May 1, 2012 to
October 31, 2012

Class A

1.25%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,012.20

$ 6.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.85

$ 6.34

Class T

1.50%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,010.30

$ 7.58

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.60

$ 7.61

Class B

2.00%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,008.50

$ 10.10

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.08

$ 10.13

Class C

2.00%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,008.60

$ 10.10

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.08

$ 10.13

Institutional Class

.76%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.00

$ 3.85

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.32

$ 3.86

A 5% return per year before expenses

* Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Exxon Mobil Corp.

4.5

2.2

Pfizer, Inc.

4.0

4.6

General Electric Co.

4.0

3.0

Merck & Co., Inc.

3.2

3.4

Citigroup, Inc.

3.2

3.6

Chevron Corp.

2.9

3.2

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

2.3

1.2

Textron, Inc.

2.2

1.3

Comverse Technology, Inc.

2.1

2.0

Wells Fargo & Co.

2.0

2.5

 

30.4

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2012

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

24.5

26.7

Energy

17.1

11.5

Health Care

12.9

15.9

Information Technology

8.4

11.4

Consumer Staples

7.7

9.5

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2012*

As of April 30, 2012**

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 95.5%

 

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Stocks
96.9%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 4.5%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 3.1%

 

* Foreign investments

9.3%

 

** Foreign investments

11.4%

 

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Investments October 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.0%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.4%

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.3%

DeVry, Inc.

12,993

$ 341,196

Household Durables - 1.6%

Garmin Ltd.

10,712

406,949

Media - 3.0%

DISH Network Corp. Class A

12,078

430,339

Washington Post Co. Class B (d)

1,066

355,522

 

785,861

Multiline Retail - 1.5%

JCPenney Co., Inc. (d)

16,813

403,680

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

1,937,686

CONSUMER STAPLES - 7.7%

Beverages - 1.7%

Grupo Modelo SAB de CV Series C

51,100

450,354

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%

CVS Caremark Corp.

5,107

236,965

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3,446

258,519

 

495,484

Food Products - 3.9%

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (a)

4,706

214,029

Mondelez International, Inc. (a)

16,918

449,004

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (a)

5,168

373,078

 

1,036,111

Household Products - 0.2%

Procter & Gamble Co.

647

44,798

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

2,026,747

ENERGY - 17.1%

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.0%

Cameron International Corp. (a)

8,251

417,831

Halliburton Co.

3,927

126,803

Weatherford International Ltd. (a)

23,142

261,505

 

806,139

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 14.1%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

8,911

613,166

Apache Corp.

800

66,200

Chevron Corp.

6,915

762,102

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ENERGY - continued

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued

Exxon Mobil Corp.

12,928

$ 1,178,644

Hess Corp.

7,676

401,148

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

3,981

218,676

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

3,780

298,469

The Williams Companies, Inc.

4,413

154,411

 

3,692,816

TOTAL ENERGY

4,498,955

FINANCIALS - 24.5%

Capital Markets - 4.0%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

6,500

160,615

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

49,608

414,723

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

1,204

147,358

State Street Corp.

7,350

327,590

 

1,050,286

Commercial Banks - 7.3%

Aozora Bank Ltd.

148,000

417,136

Fifth Third Bancorp

14,705

213,664

KeyCorp

46,528

391,766

U.S. Bancorp

6,370

211,548

Wells Fargo & Co.

15,626

526,440

Zions Bancorporation

7,498

160,982

 

1,921,536

Consumer Finance - 1.0%

Capital One Financial Corp.

4,400

264,748

Diversified Financial Services - 5.5%

Bank of America Corp.

19,355

180,389

Citigroup, Inc.

21,991

822,243

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

10,225

426,178

 

1,428,810

Insurance - 4.7%

Allstate Corp.

3,140

125,537

Assurant, Inc.

6,067

229,393

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

989

85,400

MetLife, Inc.

2,788

98,946

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

3,019

245,626

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

FINANCIALS - continued

Insurance - continued

The Chubb Corp.

1,885

$ 145,107

XL Group PLC Class A

12,639

312,689

 

1,242,698

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.9%

Weyerhaeuser Co.

8,000

221,520

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.1%

Radian Group, Inc. (d)

61,950

290,546

TOTAL FINANCIALS

6,420,144

HEALTH CARE - 12.9%

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1%

HCA Holdings, Inc.

9,659

274,412

Pharmaceuticals - 11.8%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

7,577

251,935

Eli Lilly & Co.

2,429

118,122

Johnson & Johnson

6,892

488,091

Merck & Co., Inc.

18,341

836,900

Pfizer, Inc.

42,601

1,059,487

Sanofi SA sponsored ADR

7,940

348,169

 

3,102,704

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

3,377,116

INDUSTRIALS - 7.4%

Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%

Textron, Inc.

22,752

573,578

Construction & Engineering - 1.2%

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

7,807

301,272

Industrial Conglomerates - 4.0%

General Electric Co.

50,047

1,053,990

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

1,928,840

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 8.4%

Communications Equipment - 0.8%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

12,614

216,204

Computers & Peripherals - 1.4%

Hewlett-Packard Co.

27,753

384,379

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.9%

Corning, Inc.

21,004

$ 246,797

Office Electronics - 0.9%

Xerox Corp.

35,384

227,873

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.5%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

60,281

123,576

Software - 3.9%

Comverse Technology, Inc. (a)

84,352

555,880

Microsoft Corp.

2,810

80,183

Symantec Corp. (a)

21,018

382,317

 

1,018,380

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2,217,209

MATERIALS - 1.6%

Metals & Mining - 1.6%

Newmont Mining Corp.

7,562

412,507

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.3%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

AT&T, Inc.

3,596

124,386

CenturyLink, Inc.

178

6,832

 

131,218

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.8%

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)

86,010

476,495

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

607,713

UTILITIES - 5.7%

Electric Utilities - 5.0%

Duke Energy Corp.

2,300

151,087

Edison International

8,016

376,271

FirstEnergy Corp.

10,134

463,326

NextEra Energy, Inc.

4,596

321,996

 

1,312,680

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

UTILITIES - continued

Multi-Utilities - 0.7%

Sempra Energy

2,700

$ 188,325

TOTAL UTILITIES

1,501,005

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $25,752,905)


24,927,922

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.2%

 

Principal
Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.08% to 0.1% 11/23/12 to 12/20/12 (e)
(Cost $49,996)

$ 50,000


49,997

Money Market Funds - 8.2%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)

1,340,546

1,340,546

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.19% (b)(c)

805,057

805,057

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $2,145,603)


2,145,603

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.4%

(Cost $27,948,504)

27,123,522

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.4)%

(883,997)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 26,239,525

Futures Contracts

 

Expiration
Date

Underlying
Face Amount
at Value

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

2 NYFE Russell 1000 Index Contracts

Dec. 2012

$ 140,040

$ (1,484)

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 0.5%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $9,999.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 2,062

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

9,056

Total

$ 11,118

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 1,937,686

$ 1,937,686

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

2,026,747

2,026,747

-

-

Energy

4,498,955

4,498,955

-

-

Financials

6,420,144

6,420,144

-

-

Health Care

3,377,116

3,377,116

-

-

Industrials

1,928,840

1,928,840

-

-

Information Technology

2,217,209

2,217,209

-

-

Materials

412,507

412,507

-

-

Telecommunication Services

607,713

607,713

-

-

Utilities

1,501,005

1,501,005

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

49,997

-

49,997

-

Money Market Funds

2,145,603

2,145,603

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 27,123,522

$ 27,073,525

$ 49,997

$ -

Derivative Instruments:

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (1,484)

$ (1,484)

$ -

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended October 31, 2012. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 0

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 548,652

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of October 31, 2012. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ -

$ (1,484)

Total Value of Derivatives

$ -

$ (1,484)

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $783,885) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $25,802,901)

$ 24,977,919

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $2,145,603)

2,145,603

 

Total Investments (cost $27,948,504)

 

$ 27,123,522

Receivable for investments sold

23,833

Receivable for fund shares sold

33,192

Dividends receivable

36,231

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,116

Other receivables

1,299

Total assets

27,219,193

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 84,348

Payable for fund shares redeemed

23,362

Accrued management fee

9,433

Distribution and service plan fees payable

9,286

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

220

Other affiliated payables

7,461

Other payables and accrued expenses

40,501

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

805,057

Total liabilities

979,668

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 26,239,525

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 61,836,458

Undistributed net investment income

192,867

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(34,963,285)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(826,515)

Net Assets

$ 26,239,525

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

October 31, 2012

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($14,705,442 ÷ 1,359,593 shares)

$ 10.82

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $10.82)

$ 11.48

Class T:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($6,144,983 ÷ 567,737 shares)

$ 10.82

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.82)

$ 11.21

Class B:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($894,797 ÷ 83,603 shares)A

$ 10.70

 

 

 

Class C:
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,299,257 ÷ 311,586 shares)A

$ 10.59

 

 

 

Institutional Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,195,046 ÷ 109,703 shares)

$ 10.89

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  

Year ended October 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 678,286

Interest

 

24

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

11,118

Total income

 

689,428

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee
Basic fee

$ 153,618

Performance adjustment

(89,148)

Transfer agent fees

83,058

Distribution and service plan fees

119,442

Accounting and security lending fees

11,072

Custodian fees and expenses

18,632

Independent trustees' compensation

183

Registration fees

57,735

Audit

48,633

Legal

186

Miscellaneous

267

Total expenses before reductions

403,678

Expense reductions

(12,877)

390,801

Net investment income (loss)

298,627

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(46,394)

Foreign currency transactions

(7,979)

Futures contracts

12,499

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(41,874)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

2,307,798

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(253)

Futures contracts

(1,484)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

2,306,061

Net gain (loss)

2,264,187

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 2,562,814

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
October 31,
2012

Year ended
October 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 298,627

$ 290,432

Net realized gain (loss)

(41,874)

720,203

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

2,306,061

(343,386)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

2,562,814

667,249

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(279,421)

(358,603)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(11,550)

(41,497)

Total distributions

(290,971)

(400,100)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(5,178,957)

(15,871,835)

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(2,907,114)

(15,604,686)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

29,146,639

44,751,325

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $192,867 and undistributed net investment income of $188,125, respectively)

$ 26,239,525

$ 29,146,639

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class A

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.96

$ 10.12

$ 9.30

$ 8.63

$ 16.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .13

  .10

  .07 F

  .09

  .16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.14) G

  .85

  .75

  (7.09)

Total from investment operations

  .98

  (.04)

  .92

  .84

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.12)

  (.11)

  (.09)

  (.17)

  (.12)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.12)

  (.12)

  (.10)

  (.17)

  (.84) J

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.82

$ 9.96

$ 10.12

$ 9.30

$ 8.63

Total Return A, B

  10.00%

  (.40)%

  9.91%

  10.13%

  (44.43)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.28%

  1.24%

  1.22%

  1.25%

  1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.25%

  1.24%

  1.22%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.24%

  1.23%

  1.21%

  1.25%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.26%

  .91%

  .75% F

  1.10%

  1.21%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 14,705

$ 15,484

$ 25,431

$ 28,585

$ 34,864

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .57%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.839 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.117 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class T

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.96

$ 10.08

$ 9.27

$ 8.58

$ 16.30

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .10

  .07

  .05 F

  .07

  .13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.13) G

  .84

  .75

  (7.06)

Total from investment operations

  .95

  (.06)

  .89

  .82

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.09)

  (.05)

  (.07)

  (.13)

  (.07)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.09)

  (.06)

  (.08)

  (.13)

  (.79) J

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.82

$ 9.96

$ 10.08

$ 9.27

$ 8.58

Total Return A, B

  9.68%

  (.64)%

  9.62%

  9.90%

  (44.57)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.55%

  1.49%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.50%

  1.49%

  1.45%

  1.50%

  1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.49%

  1.48%

  1.45%

  1.49%

  1.49%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.01%

  .67%

  .52% F

  .85%

  .97%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,145

$ 8,254

$ 12,735

$ 20,652

$ 22,720

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .33%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.790 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.068 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class B

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.84

$ 9.99

$ 9.18

$ 8.47

$ 16.07

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .05

  .02

  - F, I

  .03

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .85

  (.13) G

  .84

  .74

  (6.96)

Total from investment operations

  .90

  (.11)

  .84

  .77

  (6.90)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.03)

  (.03)

  (.02)

  (.06)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.70)

Total distributions

  (.04) J

  (.04)

  (.03)

  (.06)

  (.70) K

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.70

$ 9.84

$ 9.99

$ 9.18

$ 8.47

Total Return A, B

  9.14%

  (1.14)%

  9.11%

  9.19%

  (44.80)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.04%

  1.99%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.03%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.00%

  1.99%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.99%

  1.98%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51%

  .16%

  (.01)% F

  .35%

  .45%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 895

$ 1,110

$ 1,605

$ 1,989

$ 2,615

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.19)%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.04 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.031 and distributions from net realized gain of $.004 per share.

K Total distributions of $.698 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.698 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class C

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.75

$ 9.92

$ 9.11

$ 8.44

$ 16.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .05

  .02

  - F, I

  .03

  .06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .84

  (.13) G

  .83

  .73

  (6.95)

Total from investment operations

  .89

  (.11)

  .83

  .76

  (6.89)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

  (.05)

  (.02)

  (.09)

  -

Distributions from net realized gain

  - I

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.71)

Total distributions

  (.05)

  (.06)

  (.02) J

  (.09)

  (.71) K

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.59

$ 9.75

$ 9.92

$ 9.11

$ 8.44

Total Return A, B

  9.21%

  (1.18)%

  9.12%

  9.28%

  (44.84)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.04%

  2.00%

  1.97%

  2.01%

  2.03%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.00%

  2.00%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.99%

  1.98%

  1.97%

  2.00%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51%

  .16%

  -% F,L

  .35%

  .45%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,299

$ 3,775

$ 4,139

$ 4,088

$ 5,358

Portfolio turnover rate E

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D 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.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.19)%.

G 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

J Total distributions of $.02 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.015 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

K Total distributions of $.712 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.000 and distributions from net realized gain of $.712 per share.

L Amount represents less than .01%.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.04

$ 10.19

$ 9.35

$ 8.70

$ 16.51

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .18

  .14

  .10 E

  .11

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .83

  (.15) F

  .86

  .74

  (7.13)

Total from investment operations

  1.01

  (.01)

  .96

  .85

  (6.93)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.16)

  (.13)

  (.11)

  (.20)

  (.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  - H

  (.01)

  (.01)

  -

  (.72)

Total distributions

  (.16)

  (.14)

  (.12)

  (.20)

  (.88) I

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.89

$ 10.04

$ 10.19

$ 9.35

$ 8.70

Total Return A

  10.30%

  (.11)%

  10.28%

  10.26%

  (44.24)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .83%

  .89%

  .98%

  1.00%

  .98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .83%

  .89%

  .98%

  1.00%

  .98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .82%

  .88%

  .97%

  1.00%

  .97%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.68%

  1.27%

  .99% E

  1.35%

  1.48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,195

$ 523

$ 841

$ 2,341

$ 2,021

Portfolio turnover rate D

  94%

  161%

  51%

  56%

  74%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C 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.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .81%.

F 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.

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 represents less than $.01 per share.

I Total distributions of $.876 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.154 and distributions from net realized gain of $.722 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C, and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Effective after the close of business on September 1, 2010, Class B shares were closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) and its affiliates. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund's Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

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Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of October 31, 2012, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.

Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the

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ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,926,856

Gross unrealized depreciation

(3,292,556)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (1,365,700)

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 28,489,222

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 192,867

Capital loss carryforward

$ (34,424,052)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ (1,365,749)

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (19,194,348)

2017

(14,819,668)

2019

(169,201)

Total with expiration

(34,183,217)

No expiration

 

Short-term

(210,874)

Long-term

(29,961)

Total no expiration

(240,835)

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (34,424,052)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

October 31, 2012

October 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 290,971

$ 400,100

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

4. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objective allows the Fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including futures contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified instrument based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.

The Fund used derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.

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Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments - continued

Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

Any open futures contracts at period end are shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." The underlying face amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $12,499 and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(1,484) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $24,511,759 and $29,514,913, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the

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mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. In addition, the management fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of ± .20% of the Fund's average net assets over a 36 month performance period). The upward or downward adjustment to the management fee is based on the relative investment performance of the Institutional Class of the Fund as compared to an appropriate benchmark index. For the period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .23% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 37,876

$ 255

Class T

.25%

.25%

35,980

177

Class B

.75%

.25%

9,972

7,494

Class C

.75%

.25%

35,614

2,985

 

 

 

$ 119,442

$ 10,911

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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For the period, sales charge amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,394

Class T

954

Class B*

1,484

Class C*

559

 

$ 4,391

* When Class B and Class C shares are initially sold, FDC pays commissions from its own resources to financial intermediaries through which the sales
are made.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets

Class A

$ 45,630

.30

Class T

22,288

.31

Class B

3,006

.30

Class C

10,839

.30

Institutional Class

1,295

.20

 

$ 83,058

 

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Under a separate contract, FSC administers the security lending program. The security lending fee is based on the number and duration of lending transactions.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,636 for the period.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to

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7. Committed Line of Credit - continued

fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $77 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $9,056. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

9. Expense Reductions.

FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class A

1.25%

$ 4,916

Class T

1.50%

3,368

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Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement
from adviser

Class B

2.00%

$ 359

Class C

2.00%

1,366

 

 

$ 10,009

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $2,856 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $12.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 180,927

$ 274,577

Class T

68,454

50,441

Class B

3,401

4,151

Class C

18,732

18,471

Institutional Class

7,907

10,963

Total

$ 279,421

$ 358,603

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 6,239

$ 24,299

Class T

3,111

10,732

Class B

439

1,537

Class C

1,561

4,105

Institutional Class

200

824

Total

$ 11,550

$ 41,497

11. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

281,767

334,576

$ 2,860,417

$ 3,612,152

Reinvestment of distributions

18,760

28,074

179,532

288,043

Shares redeemed

(496,141)

(1,320,166)

(5,059,962)

(14,109,969)

Net increase (decrease)

(195,614)

(957,516)

$ (2,020,013)

$ (10,209,774)

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Shares

Dollars

Years ended October 31,

2012

2011

2012

2011

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

48,701

157,819

$ 501,218

$ 1,706,564

Reinvestment of distributions

7,282

5,816

69,834

59,851

Shares redeemed

(317,050)

(597,712)

(3,256,292)

(6,300,709)

Net increase (decrease)

(261,067)

(434,077)

$ (2,685,240)

$ (4,534,294)

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

26

248

$ 248

$ 2,692

Reinvestment of distributions

355

507

3,383

5,175

Shares redeemed

(29,605)

(48,512)

(301,504)

(509,116)

Net increase (decrease)

(29,224)

(47,757)

$ (297,873)

$ (501,249)

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

47,718

69,631

$ 476,581

$ 733,867

Reinvestment of distributions

1,986

2,055

18,732

20,799

Shares redeemed

(125,244)

(101,679)

(1,268,866)

(1,050,311)

Net increase (decrease)

(75,540)

(29,993)

$ (773,553)

$ (295,645)

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

90,752

74,917

$ 942,038

$ 747,771

Reinvestment of distributions

750

1,083

7,203

11,162

Shares redeemed

(33,948)

(106,405)

(351,519)

(1,089,806)

Net increase (decrease)

57,554

(30,405)

$ 597,722

$ (330,873)

12. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and the Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII) at October 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at October 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 17, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 236 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 443 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer and Advisory Board Member may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Ned C. Lautenbach serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds overseen by the fund's Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations, Audit, and Compliance Committees. In addition, the Independent Trustees have worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. For example, a working group comprised of Independent Trustees and FMR has worked and continues to work to review the Fidelity funds' valuation-related activities, reporting and risk management. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-877-208-0098.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Ronald P. O'Hanley (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Mr. O'Hanley is Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2010-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present), President of Fidelity Asset Management and Corporate Services and a member of Fidelity's Executive Committee (2010-present). Previously, Mr. O'Hanley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management (2007-2010). Mr. O'Hanley also served as Vice Chairman of Bank New York Mellon Corp. and a member of that firm's Executive Committee. Prior to the 2007 merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation, he was Vice Chairman of Mellon Financial Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Asset Management. He joined Mellon in February 1997. Mr. O'Hanley currently serves as Chairman of the Boston Public Library Foundation Board of Directors and sits on the Board of Directors of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Board of Trustees of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Advisory Board of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Administration at Syracuse University. Mr. O'Hanley also chairs the Council on Asset Management for the Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Board of Directors of Institutional Investor's U.S. Institute.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Dirks was Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). He also served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board member of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and President and Board member of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC). In addition, Mr. Dirks served as Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation, Chief Executive Officer and Board member of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation, as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of Manhattan College (2005-2008), and as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-present) and Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children's Services, Inc. (2009-present).

Alan J. Lacy (59)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Lacy serves as Senior Adviser (2007-present) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity). Mr. Lacy also served as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail). In addition, Mr. Lacy serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes, 2010-present), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2012-present), The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-present), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). Mr. Lacy is a member of the Board of Trustees of The National Parks Conservation Association (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association (2008-2011) and as a member of the Board of Directors for the Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (2012-present) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Prior to his retirement in January 2006, Mr. Mauriello served in numerous senior management positions including Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer (2004-2005), and Vice Chairman of Financial Services (2002-2004) of KPMG LLP US (professional services, 1965-2005). Mr. Mauriello currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a Director of the Hamilton Funds of the Bank of New York (2006-2007) and of Arcadia Resources Inc. (health care services and products, 2007-2012).

Robert W. Selander (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Previously, Mr. Selander served as a Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds (2011), Executive Vice Chairman (2010), Chief Executive Officer (2009-2010), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2009) of Mastercard, Inc.

Cornelia M. Small (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Ms. Small is a member of the Board of Directors (2009-present) and Chair of the Investment Committee (2010-present) of the Teagle Foundation. Ms. Small also serves on the Investment Committee of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Small served as Chairperson (2002-2008) and a member of the Investment Committee and Chairperson (2008-2012) and a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College. In addition, Ms. Small served as Chief Investment Officer, Director of Global Equity Investments, and a member of the Board of Directors of Scudder, Stevens & Clark and Scudder Kemper Investments.

William S. Stavropoulos (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Mr. Stavropoulos is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Stavropoulos serves as President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons (2007-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company, where he previously served in numerous senior management positions, including President, CEO (1995-2000; 2002-2004), Chairman of the Executive Committee (2000-2006), and as a member of the Board of Directors (1990-2006). Currently, Mr. Stavropoulos is a Director of Univar Inc. (global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, Chairman from 2010-May 2012 and Lead Director from May 2012-present), Teradata Corporation (data warehousing and technology solutions, 2008-present), Maersk Inc. (industrial conglomerate), and Tyco International, Ltd. (multinational manufacturing and services, 2007-present), and a member of the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC (private equity investment, 2005-present). Mr. Stavropoulos is an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment). In addition, Mr. Stavropoulos is a member of the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Science, a Trustee of the Rollin L. Gerstacker Foundation, and a Director of the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Previously, Mr. Stavropoulos served as a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation (bank holding company, 1993-2012).

David M. Thomas (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Executive Chairman (2005-2006) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2000-2005) of IMS Health, Inc. (pharmaceutical and healthcare information solutions), and a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011). In addition, Mr. Thomas serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2011-present), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication, 2004-present).

Michael E. Wiley (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-present). Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of Tesoro Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-present), and a Director of Bill Barrett Corporation (exploration and production, 2005-present). In addition, Mr. Wiley also serves as a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), as a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), as an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004), and as Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for David A. Rosow and Garnett A. Smith may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235. Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (82)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Johnson serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and a Director of FMR LLC, and also serves as Chairman and Director of FIL Limited. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of certain Fidelity Trusts, Chairman and a Director of FMR, Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc., and President of FMR LLC (2006-2007).

Peter S. Lynch (68)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. In addition, Mr. Lynch serves as a Trustee of Boston College and as the Chairman of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund. Previously, Mr. Lynch served on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).

David A. Rosow (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Golf Group, Inc. (golf course development, 1989-present). Previously, Mr. Rosow served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rosow & Company, Inc. (private investment company, 1989-2011), a Lead Director of Hudson United Bancorp (2001-2006) and as a Director of TD Banknorth (1996-2006). In addition, Mr. Rosow is a member (2008-present) and President (2009-present) of the Town Council of Palm Beach, Florida.

Garnett A. Smith (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Member of the Advisory Board of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Prior to Mr. Smith's retirement, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products, 1990-1997). He also served as President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank. In addition, Mr. Smith is a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-present).

Kenneth B. Robins (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer (2010-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2009-present) of other Fidelity funds and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Brian B. Hogan (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hogan also serves as President of FMR's Equity Division (2009-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Senior Vice President, Equity Research of FMR (2006-2009) and as a portfolio manager.

Thomas C. Hense (48)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 or 2010

Vice President of Fidelity's High Income (2008), Small Cap (2008), and Value (2010) Funds. Previously, Mr. Hense served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity's Institutional Money Management Group (Pyramis) (2003-2008).

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

William C. Coffey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Coffey also serves as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2005-2009).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Joseph A. Hanlon (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hanlon serves as Compliance Officer of FMR, FMR Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2009-present), as Senior Vice President of the Fidelity Asset Management Division (2009-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Adrien E. Deberghes (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President (2011-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2010-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (41)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Sadoski also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (1997-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Gary W. Ryan (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Institutional Class designates 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.

The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees, each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its July 2012 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts is fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, is aware that shareholders in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, managed by Fidelity.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and guarantors. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part of the investment management process.

Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.

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The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's research capabilities, in particular, international research; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet investment management's portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) adopting a "Stock Selector" sector neutral investment approach and employing a team of portfolio managers who are sector specialists to manage certain funds; (vi) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the mergers of several funds into other funds; (vii) strengthening the Spartan Index Fund product line by adding new funds and/or new low-cost institutional share classes, restructuring fund expenses to accommodate new classes, and reducing investment minimums for certain classes of shares; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares to increase their appeal to government entities and charitable investors; and (ix) reducing certain transfer agent fee rates.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2011, the cumulative total returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Morningstar, Inc. as having an investment style similar to that of the fund based on underlying portfolio holdings. The returns of Institutional Class (Class I) and Class C show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (top of box) and the 75th percentile return (bottom of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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The Board reviewed the fund's relative investment performance against its peer group and noted that the performance of Institutional Class (Class I) of the fund was in the fourth quartile for all the periods shown. The Board also noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions to improve the fund's disappointing performance relative to its peer group and benchmark. The Board noted that this fund had underperformed in the past and discussed with FMR its disappointment with the continued underperformance of the fund. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

The Board also considered that the fund's management fee is subject to upward or downward adjustment depending upon whether, and to what extent, the fund's investment performance for the performance period exceeds, or is exceeded by, the record (over the same period) of a Board-approved performance adjustment index. The Board noted that the performance adjustment provides FMR with a strong economic incentive to seek to achieve superior performance for the fund's shareholders and helps to more closely align the interests of FMR and the fund's shareholders.

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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable management fee characteristics. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps, and without giving effect to the fund's performance adjustment. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 10% means that 90% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked and the impact of the fund's performance adjustment, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2011. The Board also noted the effect of the fund's negative performance adjustment on the fund's management fee ranking. The Board noted that the performance adjustment for each year represents calculations for performance periods that differ from the periods shown in the performance charts above.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.

Total Expense Ratio. In its review of each class's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses, as well as the impact of the fund's performance adjustment. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of each class of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. Each class of the fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Class A, Class B, and Institutional Class ranked below its competitive median for 2011 and the total expense ratio of each of Class T and Class C ranked above its competitive median for 2011. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board noted that the total expense ratio of Class T was above the competitive median primarily because of higher 12b-1 fees on Class T. Class T has a higher 12b-1 fee, but a lower front-end sales charge, than traditionally priced front-end sales charge classes. The Board considered that Class T is primarily sold load-waived in the retirement plan market where its 0.50% 12b-1 fee is comparable to competing no-load, higher 12b-1 fee classes designed specifically for retirement plans. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different sales load and 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of FMR and its affiliates, such as other mutual funds advised or subadvised by FMR or its affiliates, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2010 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although in some cases above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.

On an annual basis, FMR presents to the Board Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive in the circumstances.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze whether FMR attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.

The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) the potential to further rationalize the Fidelity fund lineup with the possibility of achieving savings for the funds and Fidelity; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) the realization of fall-out benefits in certain Fidelity business units; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures, the potential impact of regulatory changes on such structures, and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology, including Fidelity's cost allocation methodology, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and the possibility of implementing performance fee structures for additional funds; and (ix) the impact of net redemptions from the Fidelity funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(U.K.) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Japan) Inc.

Fidelity Management & Research
(Hong Kong) Limited

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Company

Boston, MA

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)

AVLFI-UANN-1212
1.793580.109

Item 2. Code of Ethics

As of the end of the period, October 31, 2012, Fidelity Advisor Series VIII (the trust) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Trustees of the trust has determined that Joseph Mauriello is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.   Mr. Mauriello is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, "Deloitte Entities") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund, Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund, and Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the "Funds"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

October 31, 2012 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

$39,000

$-

$6,800

$400

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

$39,000

$-

$5,700

$400

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

$49,000

$-

$6,800

$400

October 31, 2011 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

$39,000

$-

$6,800

$300

Fidelity Advisor Europe Capital Appreciation Fund

$39,000

$-

$5,700

$300

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

$49,000

$-

$6,800

$300

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

The following table presents fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund, Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund, Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund, Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund, Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund, and Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (the "Funds"):

Services Billed by PwC

October 31, 2012 FeesA, B

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

$58,000

$-

$6,100

$2,400

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

$63,000

$-

$5,100

$1,700

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

$47,000

$-

$5,100

$1,500

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

$34,000

$-

$5,100

$-

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

$63,000

$-

$5,300

$1,800

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

$42,000

$-

$4,300

$1,500

October 31, 2011 FeesA, B

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

$59,000

$-

$15,500

$3,300

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

$64,000

$-

$5,100

$1,900

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

$48,000

$-

$5,100

$1,700

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

$-

$-

$-

$-

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

$63,000

$-

$10,000

$2,200

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

$43,000

$-

$4,300

$1,700

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund commenced operations on May 2, 2012.

The following table presents fees billed by PwC and Deloitte Entities that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds and that are rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Funds ("Fund Service Providers"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

 

October 31, 2012A

October 31, 2011A

Audit-Related Fees

$720,000

$440,000

Tax Fees

$-

$-

All Other Fees

$1,305,000

$430,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

Services Billed by PwC

 

October 31, 2012A, B

October 31, 2011A, B

Audit-Related Fees

$3,640,000

$3,835,000

Tax Fees

$-

$-

All Other Fees

$-

$-

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B May include amounts billed prior to the Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund's commencement of operations.

"Audit-Related Fees" represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the fund audit or the review of the fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.

"Tax Fees" represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund.

"All Other Fees" represent fees billed for services provided to the fund or Fund Service Provider, a significant portion of which are assurance related, that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.

Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.

* * *

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC and Deloitte Entities for services rendered to the Funds, FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider for each of the last two fiscal years of the Funds are as follows:

Billed By

October 31, 2012 A,B

October 31, 2011 A,B

PwC

$4,210,000

$5,885,000

Deloitte Entities

$2,085,000

$980,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B May include amounts billed prior to the Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund's commencement of operations.

The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by PwC and Deloitte Entities to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC and Deloitte Entities in their audits of the Funds, taking into account representations from PwC and Deloitte Entities, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding their independence from the Funds and their related entities and FMR's review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund Service Providers.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The trust's Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a fund's independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the fund. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee's consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to a Fidelity fund and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund ("Covered Service") are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.

All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair's absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.

Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund are reported to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis.

Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X ("De Minimis Exception")

There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Funds' last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Funds or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the trust's Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(a)(ii) There was no change in the trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trust's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a)

(1)

Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(a)

(2)

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)

(3)

Not applicable.

(b)

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Fidelity Advisor Series VIII

By:

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

Kenneth B. Robins

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

December 26, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

Kenneth B. Robins

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

December 26, 2012

By:

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

December 26, 2012