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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   811-03855


Fidelity Advisor Series VIII

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


245 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts 02210

 (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)


Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary

245 Summer St.

Boston, Massachusetts  02210

(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, 2019




Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders





Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


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Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 6.37% 3.61% 5.62% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 8.71% 3.88% 5.67% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 10.94% 4.01% 5.42% 
Class I 13.21% 5.17% 6.60% 
Class Z 13.38% 5.24% 6.63% 

 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. 

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on February 1, 2017. Returns prior to February 1, 2017, are those of Class I. 

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund - Class A on October 31, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$17,273Fidelity Advisor® Overseas Fund - Class A

$17,206MSCI EAFE Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index gained 11.47% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, as international stocks reflected a confluence of factors, including escalating trade tension, and moderating but still positive global economic growth. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. In late December, the U.S. Federal Reserve shifted from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy in 2019, joining many foreign central banks. In June, international stocks rose 6.03%, as policy stimulus in China stabilized that country’s economic growth. The Fed cut its policy rate in July for the first time since 2008. However, the index returned -1.21% for the month, followed by -3.08% in August. In September, the Fed cut its policy rate another quarter point, citing concerns about slowing economic growth and muted inflation, and did the same in October, leading to monthly gains of 2.59% and 3.49%, respectively. For the full 12 months, the growth-oriented information technology sector (+22%) led the way, followed by utilities (+20%) and real estate (+18%), two high-dividend-yielding categories. Conversely, energy was roughly flat, while materials (+6%) and communication services (7%) also lagged. By region, Asia Pacific ex Japan (+16%), Europe ex U.K (+13%), Canada (+12%) and emerging markets (+12%) fared best. Meanwhile, the U.K. (+7%) and Japan (+10%) trailed the broader market.

Comments from Lead Portfolio Manager Vincent Montemaggiore:  For the year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) returned roughly 12% to 13%, topping the 11.30% return of the benchmark MSCI EAFE Index. Favorable stock selection and a sizable overweighting in information technology jointly added the most value versus the benchmark. Picks in industrials, financials and consumer discretionary also contributed meaningfully. Geographically, security selection in the U.K. and Japan notably helped, as did non-benchmark exposure to the United States. At the stock level, Japan-based Hoya was our top relative contributor, delivering accelerating growth and a positive outlook in several of the firm’s technology businesses. The fund’s overweight in London Stock Exchange Group also contributed meaningfully, as did a non-benchmark stake in Canada-based Constellation Software. Conversely, positioning in consumer staples and real estate worked against the fund’s relative performance, along with avoiding utilities. Regionally, stock selection in Continental Europe weighed most on our result versus the benchmark. Among individual holdings, not owning shares of Swiss food and beverage giant Nestle earlier in the period hurt relative performance most during the past year. Overweighting Norwegian energy producer Equinor and Swedish bank Swedbank further detracted.

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.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) (Switzerland, Pharmaceuticals) 2.4 
Unilever NV (Netherlands, Personal Products) 1.8 
Nestle SA (Reg. S) (Switzerland, Food Products) 1.8 
SAP SE (Germany, Software) 1.8 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (France, Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods) 1.7 
 9.5 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Financials 19.2 
Industrials 18.3 
Health Care 13.9 
Consumer Staples 13.4 
Information Technology 13.2 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
Japan 16.8 
United Kingdom 14.5 
Switzerland 9.2 
France 9.1 
Netherlands 8.2 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 98.4% 
   Investment Companies 0.4% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.2% 


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

Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.1%   
 Shares Value (000s) 
Australia - 0.2%   
Insurance Australia Group Ltd. 55,268 $303 
Lovisa Holdings Ltd. (a) 22,364 207 
National Storage (REIT) unit 238,666 306 
realestate.com.au Ltd. 2,302 173 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA  989 
Austria - 0.5%   
Erste Group Bank AG 56,400 1,992 
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG 2,600 320 
TOTAL AUSTRIA  2,312 
Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.5%   
Experian PLC 125,600 3,950 
Glencore Xstrata PLC 106,700 322 
Sanne Group PLC 296,819 2,030 
TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY  6,302 
Belgium - 1.3%   
KBC Groep NV 77,213 5,415 
Bermuda - 2.2%   
Credicorp Ltd. (United States) 10,100 2,162 
Hiscox Ltd. 140,800 2,716 
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. 35,900 197 
IHS Markit Ltd. (b) 58,201 4,075 
SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. 285,000 247 
TOTAL BERMUDA  9,397 
Brazil - 0.7%   
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA 340,800 3,211 
Canada - 1.0%   
Constellation Software, Inc. 4,200 4,148 
Cayman Islands - 0.3%   
SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. 536,000 590 
Value Partners Group Ltd. 645,000 340 
ZTO Express (Cayman), Inc. sponsored ADR 22,100 486 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  1,416 
China - 0.3%   
Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai (A Shares) 75,100 626 
Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 44,563 548 
TOTAL CHINA  1,174 
Denmark - 1.6%   
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S Series A 251 301 
DSV A/S 43,909 4,261 
Netcompany Group A/S (b)(c) 40,444 1,722 
Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (c) 31,836 376 
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 3,500 285 
TOTAL DENMARK  6,945 
Finland - 0.2%   
Nokian Tyres PLC 14,300 408 
UPM-Kymmene Corp. 13,300 432 
TOTAL FINLAND  840 
France - 9.1%   
Altarea SCA 1,404 308 
ALTEN 21,905 2,405 
Amundi SA (c) 31,061 2,217 
Capgemini SA 37,394 4,210 
Danone SA 57,829 4,791 
Edenred SA 55,469 2,920 
Elior SA (c) 57,619 745 
Essilor International SA 16,293 2,486 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 16,907 7,220 
Natixis SA 120,757 554 
Sanofi SA 7,200 664 
SR Teleperformance SA 19,579 4,437 
Total SA 118,931 6,288 
TOTAL FRANCE  39,245 
Germany - 7.1%   
adidas AG 15,233 4,704 
Bayer AG 33,125 2,570 
Bertrandt AG 6,526 326 
Deutsche Borse AG 23,984 3,714 
Deutsche Post AG 94,856 3,359 
Hannover Reuck SE 22,027 3,901 
Instone Real Estate Group BV (b)(c) 15,911 373 
JOST Werke AG (c) 6,740 189 
SAP SE 57,297 7,592 
Scout24 AG (c) 3,405 211 
Vonovia SE 69,506 3,698 
TOTAL GERMANY  30,637 
Hong Kong - 1.8%   
AIA Group Ltd. 707,500 7,045 
Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd. 226,000 292 
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd. 90,800 338 
TOTAL HONG KONG  7,675 
India - 0.7%   
HDFC Bank Ltd. 150,800 2,611 
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd. 37,400 599 
TOTAL INDIA  3,210 
Indonesia - 0.5%   
PT Astra International Tbk 1,089,900 539 
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk 6,095,000 1,826 
TOTAL INDONESIA  2,365 
Ireland - 2.9%   
DCC PLC (United Kingdom) 40,109 3,759 
Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC 153,300 300 
Kerry Group PLC Class A 33,090 4,001 
Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland) 41,744 2,163 
United Drug PLC (United Kingdom) 217,143 2,174 
TOTAL IRELAND  12,397 
Israel - 0.4%   
NICE Systems Ltd. sponsored ADR (b) 10,982 1,733 
Italy - 1.4%   
FinecoBank SpA 216,300 2,437 
Recordati SpA 89,575 3,763 
TOTAL ITALY  6,200 
Japan - 16.8%   
A/S One Corp. 8,100 677 
AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. 23,300 355 
Arata Corp. 9,200 345 
Daiichikosho Co. Ltd. 4,780 227 
Elecom Co. Ltd. 35,100 1,363 
GMO Internet, Inc. 26,000 437 
Hoya Corp. 77,600 6,858 
Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd. 36,100 1,785 
Kao Corp. 55,100 4,430 
Keyence Corp. 7,800 4,932 
KH Neochem Co. Ltd. 92,600 2,255 
Koshidaka Holdings Co. Ltd. 57,600 836 
Miroku Jyoho Service Co., Ltd. 51,740 1,364 
Nabtesco Corp. 16,730 533 
Nakanishi, Inc. 11,740 196 
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. 19,830 3,018 
NOF Corp. 66,000 2,229 
Olympus Corp. 233,320 3,175 
Oracle Corp. Japan 22,100 1,943 
ORIX Corp. 174,880 2,748 
Otsuka Corp. 64,900 2,617 
PALTAC Corp. 27,800 1,341 
Paramount Bed Holdings Co. Ltd. 8,200 314 
Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. 99,900 1,919 
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. 104,040 3,458 
Relo Group, Inc. 58,500 1,432 
Renesas Electronics Corp. (b) 54,300 368 
S Foods, Inc. 49,300 1,328 
Shiseido Co. Ltd. 42,700 3,521 
SMC Corp. 9,300 4,018 
Subaru Corp. 23,300 668 
Sundrug Co. Ltd. 10,680 353 
Suzuki Motor Corp. 51,400 2,427 
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 29,500 3,318 
USS Co. Ltd. 127,100 2,462 
Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. 47,520 2,731 
Zozo, Inc. (a) 22,000 512 
TOTAL JAPAN  72,493 
Kenya - 0.5%   
Safaricom Ltd. 7,184,200 2,069 
Korea (South) - 0.3%   
LG Chemical Ltd. 5,534 1,454 
Luxembourg - 0.3%   
Eurofins Scientific SA 2,482 1,257 
Malta - 0.1%   
Kambi Group PLC (b) 25,800 426 
Mexico - 0.2%   
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de CV Series O 181,900 993 
Netherlands - 8.2%   
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) 23,300 6,107 
ASR Nederland NV 11,500 421 
Grandvision NV (c) 73,600 2,249 
Heineken NV (Bearer) 41,100 4,192 
IMCD Group BV 48,690 3,796 
Intertrust NV (c) 22,624 430 
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 109,130 4,788 
Prosus NV (b) 11,500 793 
QIAGEN NV (Germany) (b) 46,990 1,410 
Unilever NV 132,300 7,813 
Wolters Kluwer NV 48,100 3,542 
TOTAL NETHERLANDS  35,541 
New Zealand - 0.5%   
EBOS Group Ltd. 129,228 2,041 
Norway - 1.8%   
Adevinta ASA:   
rights 11/12/19 (b) 83,100 13 
Class B 153,650 1,754 
Equinor ASA 182,440 3,375 
Schibsted ASA:   
(A Shares) 72,700 2,134 
(B Shares) 8,199 229 
Skandiabanken ASA (c) 33,092 235 
TOTAL NORWAY  7,740 
South Africa - 0.4%   
Naspers Ltd. Class N 11,400 1,613 
Spain - 1.1%   
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A 42,756 3,163 
Prosegur Cash SA (c) 904,900 1,413 
TOTAL SPAIN  4,576 
Sweden - 4.4%   
Addlife AB 67,184 1,503 
AddTech AB (B Shares) 52,474 1,459 
ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares) 137,500 3,265 
EQT AB (b) 145,900 1,400 
Ericsson (B Shares) 67,300 588 
Hexagon AB (B Shares) 54,100 2,762 
HEXPOL AB (B Shares) 37,040 330 
Indutrade AB 106,120 3,266 
Securitas AB (B Shares) 20,700 331 
Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares) 310,300 3,114 
Swedbank AB (A Shares) 46,600 652 
Swedish Match Co. AB 6,200 291 
TOTAL SWEDEN  18,961 
Switzerland - 9.2%   
Alcon, Inc. (b) 56,400 3,343 
Julius Baer Group Ltd. 75,540 3,345 
Lonza Group AG 12,431 4,473 
Nestle SA (Reg. S) 72,660 7,773 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 34,226 10,305 
Sika AG 23,285 4,001 
Sonova Holding AG Class B 10,690 2,449 
Swiss Re Ltd. 37,750 3,953 
TOTAL SWITZERLAND  39,642 
Taiwan - 1.0%   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 419,300 4,101 
United Kingdom - 14.5%   
Aggreko PLC 35,579 364 
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) 8,300 809 
Beazley PLC 355,400 2,700 
BP PLC 152,694 968 
Cineworld Group PLC 719,195 2,075 
Close Brothers Group PLC 11,318 203 
Compass Group PLC 187,878 5,002 
Cranswick PLC 55,270 2,222 
Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC 42,220 1,438 
Diageo PLC 174,800 7,155 
Diploma PLC 125,580 2,601 
Hilton Food Group PLC 103,945 1,368 
InterContinental Hotel Group PLC 44,755 2,708 
Intertek Group PLC 44,490 3,084 
James Fisher and Sons PLC 50,577 1,274 
John Wood Group PLC 26,170 115 
JTC PLC (c) 145,400 680 
Keywords Studios PLC 19,900 286 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 902,366 664 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 51,230 4,617 
M&G PLC (b) 86,369 239 
Mondi PLC 110,300 2,282 
Prudential PLC 253,409 4,426 
RELX PLC (London Stock Exchange) 163,600 3,937 
Rentokil Initial PLC 535,100 3,150 
Rightmove PLC 40,600 315 
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 36,707 338 
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (b) 1,688,522 
Rotork PLC 80,043 313 
Sabre Insurance Group PLC (c) 154,481 590 
St. James's Place Capital PLC 32,560 439 
Standard Life PLC 130,061 511 
The Weir Group PLC 9,891 173 
Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC 63,909 1,614 
Unilever PLC 12,300 736 
Victrex PLC 61,170 1,740 
Volution Group PLC 581,600 1,503 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM  62,641 
United States of America - 5.1%   
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b) 1,483 1,869 
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 9,400 2,406 
Boston Scientific Corp. (b) 58,900 2,456 
Global Payments, Inc. 17,789 3,010 
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. 15,500 1,891 
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 34,300 3,554 
Moody's Corp. 8,730 1,927 
Roper Technologies, Inc. 6,600 2,224 
S&P Global, Inc. 10,603 2,735 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  22,072 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $352,768)  423,231 
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%   
Germany - 0.3%   
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA   
(Cost $1,573) 12,058 1,253 
Investment Companies - 0.4%   
United States of America - 0.4%   
iShares MSCI Japan ETF   
(Cost $1,594) 30,300 1,778 
Money Market Funds - 1.2%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (d) 4,649,794 4,651 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.84% (d)(e) 646,077 646 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS   
(Cost $5,297)  5,297 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0%   
(Cost $361,232)  431,559 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%  (175) 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $431,384 

Security Type Abbreviations

ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund

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

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

 (b) Non-income producing

 (c) 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 $11,430,000 or 2.6% of net assets.

 (d) Affiliated fund that is generally 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.

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

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 $290 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 102 
Total $392 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: 
Description Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 
(Amounts in thousands)     
Investments in Securities:     
Equities:     
Communication Services $11,316 $10,669 $647 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 41,335 11,811 29,524 -- 
Consumer Staples 57,652 22,252 35,400 -- 
Energy 10,746 3,490 7,256 -- 
Financials 83,524 47,187 36,337 -- 
Health Care 59,617 26,672 32,945 -- 
Industrials 79,788 65,382 14,406 -- 
Information Technology 56,636 23,439 33,197 -- 
Materials 17,256 12,450 4,806 -- 
Real Estate 6,614 4,679 1,935 -- 
Investment Companies 1,778 1,778 -- -- 
Money Market Funds 5,297 5,297 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $431,559 $235,106 $196,453 $-- 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $615) — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $355,935) 
$426,262  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $5,297) 5,297  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $361,232)  $431,559 
Foreign currency held at value (cost $23)  23 
Receivable for investments sold  1,025 
Receivable for fund shares sold  54 
Dividends receivable  1,643 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  11 
Prepaid expenses  
Other receivables  76 
Total assets  434,392 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $1,504  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 206  
Accrued management fee 290  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 105  
Other affiliated payables 111  
Other payables and accrued expenses 146  
Collateral on securities loaned 646  
Total liabilities  3,008 
Net Assets  $431,384 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $374,621 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  56,763 
Net Assets  $431,384 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($48,844 ÷ 2,012.46 shares)(a)  $24.27 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $24.27)  $25.75 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($220,953 ÷ 8,858.30 shares)(a)  $24.94 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $24.94)  $25.84 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($6,153 ÷ 262.24 shares)(a)  $23.46 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($117,223 ÷ 4,728.94 shares)  $24.79 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($38,211 ÷ 1,541.25 shares)  $24.79 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

Amounts in thousands  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $14,114 
Non-Cash dividends  2,936 
Interest  
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $102 from security lending)  392 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  17,445 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (1,332) 
Total income  16,113 
Expenses   
Management fee   
Basic fee $3,926  
Performance adjustment (198)  
Transfer agent fees 1,086  
Distribution and service plan fees 1,286  
Accounting and security lending fees 298  
Custodian fees and expenses 105  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses  
Registration fees 80  
Audit 88  
Legal  
Interest  
Miscellaneous  
Total expenses before reductions 6,685  
Expense reductions (72)  
Total expenses after reductions  6,613 
Net investment income (loss)  9,500 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $69) (17,362)  
Redemptions in-kind with affiliated entities 37,143  
Foreign currency transactions (97)  
Futures contracts (1,003)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  18,681 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $31) 39,127  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 11  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  39,138 
Net gain (loss)  57,819 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $67,319 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Amounts in thousands Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $9,500 $7,747 
Net realized gain (loss) 18,681 21,240 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 39,138 (78,971) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 67,319 (49,984) 
Distributions to shareholders (26,504) (23,429) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) (236,426) 35,007 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (195,611) (38,406) 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 626,995 665,401 
End of period $431,384 $626,995 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $22.48 $25.20 $20.40 $21.59 $21.09 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .35 .28 .23 .20 .19 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.38 (2.10) 4.78 (1.31) .33 
Total from investment operations 2.73 (1.82) 5.01 (1.11) .52 
Distributions from net investment income (.21) (.22) (.20) (.08) (.02) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.73) (.69) (.02) – – 
Total distributions (.94) (.90)B (.21)C (.08) (.02) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $24.27 $22.48 $25.20 $20.40 $21.59 
Total ReturnE,F 12.86% (7.48)% 24.86% (5.16)% 2.46% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 1.21% 1.21% 1.25% 1.36% 1.35% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.21% 1.21% 1.25% 1.35% 1.35% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.19% 1.20% 1.23% 1.35% 1.34% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.53% 1.13% 1.05% .96% .89% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $49 $44 $69 $58 $78 
Portfolio turnover rateI 45%J 39% 42% 94% 29% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.90 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.219 and distributions from net realized gain of $.685 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.198 and distributions from net realized gain of $.015 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $23.06 $25.84 $20.91 $22.11 $21.62 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .31 .23 .19 .16 .15 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.45 (2.15) 4.90 (1.34) .34 
Total from investment operations 2.76 (1.92) 5.09 (1.18) .49 
Distributions from net investment income (.15) (.17) (.15) (.02) – 
Distributions from net realized gain (.73) (.69) (.02) – – 
Total distributions (.88) (.86) (.16)B (.02) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $24.94 $23.06 $25.84 $20.91 $22.11 
Total ReturnD,E 12.65% (7.71)% 24.57% (5.34)% 2.27% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.42% 1.44% 1.46% 1.56% 1.55% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.42% 1.43% 1.46% 1.56% 1.55% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.40% 1.43% 1.44% 1.56% 1.55% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.32% .90% .84% .76% .69% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $221 $218 $272 $237 $285 
Portfolio turnover rateH 45%I 39% 42% 94% 29% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.148 and distributions from net realized gain of $.015 per share.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $21.72 $24.41 $19.74 $20.98 $20.63 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .15 .07 .05 .03 .02 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.32 (2.02) 4.64 (1.27) .33 
Total from investment operations 2.47 (1.95) 4.69 (1.24) .35 
Distributions from net investment income – (.06) (.01) – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (.73) (.69) (.02) – – 
Total distributions (.73) (.74)B (.02)C – – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $23.46 $21.72 $24.41 $19.74 $20.98 
Total ReturnE,F 11.94% (8.23)% 23.81% (5.91)% 1.70% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 2.03% 2.03% 2.06% 2.16% 2.15% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.03% 2.03% 2.05% 2.16% 2.15% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.02% 2.02% 2.04% 2.16% 2.14% 
Net investment income (loss) .70% .31% .24% .16% .09% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $6 $13 $17 $16 $19 
Portfolio turnover rateI 45%J 39% 42% 94% 29% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.74 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.058 and distributions from net realized gain of $.685 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.02 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.009 and distributions from net realized gain of $.015 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $22.99 $25.74 $20.86 $22.06 $21.55 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .42 .36 .31 .27 .27 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.43 (2.15) 4.87 (1.33) .34 
Total from investment operations 2.85 (1.79) 5.18 (1.06) .61 
Distributions from net investment income (.32) (.28) (.29) (.14) (.10) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.73) (.69) (.02) – – 
Total distributions (1.05) (.96)B (.30)C (.14) (.10) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $24.79 $22.99 $25.74 $20.86 $22.06 
Total ReturnE 13.21% (7.23)% 25.24% (4.85)% 2.82% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions .91% .92% .95% 1.04% 1.03% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .91% .92% .94% 1.04% 1.03% 
Expenses net of all reductions .90% .91% .92% 1.03% 1.02% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.82% 1.42% 1.35% 1.28% 1.21% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $117 $305 $306 $311 $298 
Portfolio turnover rateH 45%I 39% 42% 94% 29% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.96 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.276 and distributions from net realized gain of $.685 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.30 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.287 and distributions from net realized gain of $.015 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 A 
Selected Per–Share Data    
Net asset value, beginning of period $23.00 $25.76 $20.88 
Income from Investment Operations    
Net investment income (loss)B .45 .38 .19 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.43 (2.14) 4.69 
Total from investment operations 2.88 (1.76) 4.88 
Distributions from net investment income (.36) (.31) – 
Distributions from net realized gain (.73) (.69) – 
Total distributions (1.09) (1.00) – 
Net asset value, end of period $24.79 $23.00 $25.76 
Total ReturnC,D 13.38% (7.13)% 23.37% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F    
Expenses before reductions .77% .79% .82%G 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .77% .79% .82%G 
Expenses net of all reductions .76% .78% .80%G 
Net investment income (loss) 1.96% 1.55% 1.02%G 
Supplemental Data    
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $38 $47 $2 
Portfolio turnover rateH 45%I 39% 42% 

 A For the period February 1, 2017 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2017.

 B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

 E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. 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.

 G Annualized

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019
(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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), redemptions in kind and losses deferred due to wash sales.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $82,227 
Gross unrealized depreciation (13,458) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $68,769 
Tax Cost $362,790 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $5,662 
Capital loss carryforward $(17,575) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $68,707 

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. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

No expiration  
Short-term $(8,508) 
Long-term (9,067) 
Total no expiration $(17,575) 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $6,745 $ 7,102 
Long-term Capital Gains 19,759 16,327 
Total $26,504 $ 23,429 

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.

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 asset 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 may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.

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 daily 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, if any, 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. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.

Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts". The notional amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument or index at period end.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, aggregated $261,329 and $323,916, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .424% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. 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 its benchmark index, the MSCI EAFE Index, over the same 36 month performance period. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .63% of the Fund's average net assets. The performance adjustment included in the management fee rate may be higher or lower than the maximum performance adjustment rate due to the difference between the average net assets for the reporting and performance periods.

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 the investment adviser, 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% $116 $3 
Class M .25% .25% 1,086 12 
Class C .75% .25% 84 
   $1,286 $21 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $4 
Class M 
Class C(a) (b) 
 $6 

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

 (b) Amount is less than five hundred dollars.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $106 .23 
Class M 410 .19 
Class C 25 .30 
Class I 532 .18 
Class Z 13 .05 
 $1,086  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .05%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were in the amount of less than five hundred 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 Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) or other affiliated entities of 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 $6,725 2.67% $1 

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind. During the period, 7,266 shares of the Fund were redeemed in-kind for investments and cash with a value of $175,742. The net realized gain of $37,143 on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as the Notes to Financial Statements. The Fund recognized no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. 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. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to less than five hundred dollars. 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. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.

9. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $67 for the period.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $5.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $1,792 $2,452 
Class M 8,320 8,968 
Class C 405 506 
Class I 13,825 11,363 
Class Z 2,162 140 
Total $26,504 $23,429 

11. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 359 268 $8,058 $6,680 
Reinvestment of distributions 82 97 1,682 2,369 
Shares redeemed (370) (1,166) (8,415) (28,586) 
Net increase (decrease) 71 (801) $1,325 $(19,537) 
Class M     
Shares sold 1,153 1,484 $26,662 $37,742 
Reinvestment of distributions 387 354 8,221 8,851 
Shares redeemed (2,139) (2,899) (49,578) (73,413) 
Net increase (decrease) (599) (1,061) $(14,695) $(26,820) 
Class C     
Shares sold 20 85 $442 $2,077 
Reinvestment of distributions 20 20 400 477 
Shares redeemed (374) (189) (8,113) (4,547) 
Net increase (decrease) (334) (84) $(7,271) $(1,993) 
Class I     
Shares sold 1,668 3,512 $37,446 $87,065 
Reinvestment of distributions 498 332 10,458 8,235 
Shares redeemed (10,721)(a) (2,465) (255,996)(a) (61,772) 
Net increase (decrease) (8,555) 1,379 $(208,092) $33,528 
Class Z     
Shares sold 1,247 3,080 $28,907 $77,109 
Reinvestment of distributions 51 1,076 118 
Shares redeemed (1,796) (1,104) (37,676) (27,398) 
Net increase (decrease) (498) 1,981 $(7,693) $49,829 

 (a) Amount includes in-kind redemptions (see the Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind note for additional details).

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.

At the end of the period, Strategic Advisers Fidelity International Fund was the owner of record of approximately 18% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.25%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,038.50 $6.42 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.90 $6.36 
Class M 1.46%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,037.40 $7.50 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.85 $7.43 
Class C 2.07%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,034.40 $10.61 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,014.77 $10.51 
Class I .96%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,039.80 $4.94 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.37 $4.89 
Class Z .82%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,040.70 $4.22 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,021.07 $4.18 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A designates 3%; Class M designates 4%; Class I designates 2%; and Class Z designates 2%; of the dividend distributed in December 2018 during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class M, Class I, and Class Z designate 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 
Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund    
Class A 12/10/18 $0.2425 $0.0365 
Class M 12/10/18 $0.1895 $0.0365 
Class I 12/10/18 $0.3545 $0.0365 
Class Z 12/10/18 $0.3965 $0.0365 

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

OS-ANN-1219
1.538536.122


Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s shareholder reports.


Fidelity Investments

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a financial advisor, broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically, by contacting your financial intermediary. For Fidelity customers, visit Fidelity's web site or call Fidelity using the contact information listed below.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports, you may contact your financial intermediary or, if you are a Fidelity customer, visit Fidelity’s website, or call Fidelity at the applicable toll-free number listed below. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex/your financial intermediary.

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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You may also call 1-877-208-0098 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

Standard & Poor's, S&P and S&P 500 are registered service marks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by Fidelity Distributors Corporation.

Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2019 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.



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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 14.92% 6.61% 8.77% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 17.41% 6.86% 8.76% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 20.02% 7.08% 8.61% 
Class I 22.29% 8.18% 9.70% 
Class Z 22.41% 8.26% 9.74% 

 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. 

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on February 1, 2017. Returns prior to February 1, 2017, are those of Class I. 

$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, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$23,184Fidelity Advisor® International Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A

$16,440MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index gained 11.47% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, as international stocks reflected a confluence of factors, including escalating trade tension, and moderating but still positive global economic growth. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. In late December, the U.S. Federal Reserve shifted from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy in 2019, joining many foreign central banks. In June, international stocks rose 6.03%, as policy stimulus in China stabilized that country’s economic growth. The Fed cut its policy rate in July for the first time since 2008. However, the index returned -1.21% for the month, followed by -3.08% in August. In September, the Fed cut its policy rate another quarter point, citing concerns about slowing economic growth and muted inflation, and did the same in October, leading to monthly gains of 2.59% and 3.49%, respectively. For the full 12 months, the growth-oriented information technology sector (+22%) led the way, followed by utilities (+20%) and real estate (+18%), two high-dividend-yielding categories. Conversely, energy was roughly flat, while materials (+6%) and communication services (7%) also lagged. By region, Asia Pacific ex Japan (+16%), Europe ex U.K (+13%), Canada (+12%) and emerging markets (+12%) fared best. Meanwhile, the U.K. (+7%) and Japan (+10%) trailed the broader market.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Sammy Simnegar:  For the year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) gained roughly 21% to 22%, well ahead of the 11.47% advance of the benchmark MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index. Stock selection in financials, industrials, and the consumer-oriented sectors all contributed meaningfully to performance versus the benchmark the past 12 months, as did a sizable overweighting among information technology stocks. Geographically, positioning in continental Europe proved rewarding, particularly in France, Germany and the Netherlands. In emerging markets, exposure to China and India stood out. The fund’s top relative contributor was B3 (Brasil Bolsa Balcao), Brazil’s stock exchange. The fund also benefited from overweightings in two China-based liquor manufacturers, Kweichow Moutai and Wuliangye Yibin, as well as out-of-benchmark positions in two suppliers of commercial and military aircraft parts, TransDigm Group and Heico. Conversely, picks in the retailing segment of consumer discretionary and the fund's positioning in semiconductors & semiconductor equipment detracted modestly, as did a cash position averaging about 2%. A non-benchmark stake in MercadoLibre, a Latin American operator of e-commerce marketplaces, was the portfolio's largest relative detractor. Overweighting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Belgium-based Umicore – a producer of electric-vehicle battery cathodes – also hurt. We exited the Umicore position 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.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Nestle SA (Reg. S) (Switzerland, Food Products) 2.5 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR (Cayman Islands, Internet & Direct Marketing Retail) 2.1 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Cayman Islands, Interactive Media & Services) 1.9 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 1.9 
Unilever NV (Netherlands, Personal Products) 1.5 
 9.9 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Industrials 22.6 
Information Technology 18.8 
Consumer Discretionary 14.1 
Consumer Staples 13.3 
Financials 12.9 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
France 12.9 
United Kingdom 9.0 
Canada 8.7 
Germany 6.3 
Switzerland 6.3 

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

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 96.5% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 3.5% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.5%   
 Shares Value 
Australia - 1.8%   
Sydney Airport unit 4,358,697 $26,398,215 
Transurban Group unit 2,600,700 26,636,233 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA  53,034,448 
Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.9%   
Experian PLC 874,000 27,488,260 
Bermuda - 1.6%   
Hiscox Ltd. 1,231,000 23,743,234 
IHS Markit Ltd. (a) 340,700 23,855,814 
TOTAL BERMUDA  47,599,048 
Brazil - 2.8%   
BM&F BOVESPA SA 2,526,900 30,482,838 
Lojas Renner SA 2,008,300 25,413,596 
Rumo SA (a) 4,399,700 25,012,632 
TOTAL BRAZIL  80,909,066 
Canada - 8.7%   
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.) 937,900 28,127,743 
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. 563,800 31,149,950 
Canadian National Railway Co. 375,540 33,587,892 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. 129,600 29,471,184 
CGI Group, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a) 343,700 26,716,275 
Constellation Software, Inc. 27,380 27,041,778 
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. 415,900 27,209,857 
Thomson Reuters Corp. 386,800 25,993,218 
Waste Connection, Inc. (Canada) 277,930 25,672,283 
TOTAL CANADA  254,970,180 
Cayman Islands - 5.9%   
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 350,260 61,880,434 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. sponsored ADR (a) 231,800 28,293,508 
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. 1,850,200 25,567,273 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 1,418,200 57,526,330 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  173,267,545 
China - 1.1%   
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (H Shares) 2,868,500 33,107,627 
Denmark - 1.9%   
Coloplast A/S Series B 225,500 27,172,568 
DSV A/S 288,200 27,964,710 
TOTAL DENMARK  55,137,278 
Finland - 0.8%   
Kone OYJ (B Shares) 384,700 24,473,349 
France - 12.9%   
Air Liquide SA 241,770 32,114,848 
Dassault Systemes SA 201,900 30,635,613 
Edenred SA 536,736 28,254,943 
Hermes International SCA 41,125 29,584,030 
Kering SA 53,266 30,309,742 
L'Oreal SA 125,620 36,679,224 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 100,571 42,949,452 
Pernod Ricard SA 172,600 31,858,879 
Remy Cointreau SA 192,385 25,726,582 
Safran SA 194,000 30,691,829 
SR Teleperformance SA 121,100 27,444,767 
VINCI SA 284,000 31,864,567 
TOTAL FRANCE  378,114,476 
Germany - 6.3%   
adidas AG 100,657 31,079,943 
Deutsche Borse AG 182,900 28,323,839 
Nemetschek Se 511,109 25,993,818 
SAP SE 332,100 44,003,742 
Symrise AG 270,300 26,010,451 
Vonovia SE 570,800 30,372,818 
TOTAL GERMANY  185,784,611 
Hong Kong - 1.4%   
AIA Group Ltd. 4,193,800 41,762,803 
India - 2.8%   
HDFC Bank Ltd. 1,501,832 26,002,392 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 1,073,969 32,208,760 
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 1,127,546 24,990,567 
TOTAL INDIA  83,201,719 
Indonesia - 0.9%   
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk 11,705,300 26,200,297 
Ireland - 2.7%   
Kerry Group PLC Class A 217,740 26,324,444 
Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland) 510,860 26,471,150 
Linde PLC 128,600 25,507,810 
TOTAL IRELAND  78,303,404 
Israel - 0.9%   
NICE Systems Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 172,000 27,139,880 
Italy - 3.6%   
Amplifon SpA 1,053,300 26,455,269 
Davide Campari-Milano SpA 2,597,500 23,798,787 
Enel SpA 4,154,300 32,197,338 
Moncler SpA 623,370 24,013,747 
TOTAL ITALY  106,465,141 
Japan - 6.2%   
Hoya Corp. 330,200 29,182,161 
Kao Corp. 377,900 30,382,664 
Keyence Corp. 51,734 32,711,223 
OBIC Co. Ltd. 233,400 29,222,899 
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. 942,300 31,316,439 
Shiseido Co. Ltd. 352,400 29,054,658 
TOTAL JAPAN  181,870,044 
Netherlands - 5.7%   
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) 152,900 40,077,324 
Ferrari NV 177,000 28,318,192 
InterXion Holding NV (a) 301,479 26,596,477 
Unilever NV 757,000 44,704,737 
Wolters Kluwer NV 366,200 26,964,077 
TOTAL NETHERLANDS  166,660,807 
Philippines - 0.9%   
SM Prime Holdings, Inc. 35,443,800 27,195,346 
Spain - 4.1%   
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A 398,191 29,461,755 
Cellnex Telecom SA (b) 608,191 26,223,674 
Cellnex Telecom SA (a) 176,571 7,613,300 
Ferrovial SA 854,700 25,222,913 
Iberdrola SA 3,068,151 31,537,518 
TOTAL SPAIN  120,059,160 
Sweden - 2.9%   
ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares) 1,171,500 27,821,226 
Atlas Copco AB (A Shares) 787,700 27,826,514 
Hexagon AB (B Shares) 565,100 28,846,981 
TOTAL SWEDEN  84,494,721 
Switzerland - 6.3%   
Givaudan SA 9,178 26,952,525 
Nestle SA (Reg. S) 677,670 72,498,050 
Partners Group Holding AG 34,129 26,611,279 
Sika AG 170,288 29,258,810 
Temenos Group AG 202,300 28,863,381 
TOTAL SWITZERLAND  184,184,045 
Taiwan - 1.9%   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 5,796,000 56,692,575 
United Kingdom - 9.0%   
Ashtead Group PLC 923,300 28,082,001 
Atlassian Corp. PLC (a) 232,600 28,095,754 
Compass Group PLC 1,179,250 31,396,457 
Diageo PLC 925,954 37,900,203 
Halma PLC 1,099,900 26,692,793 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 290,800 26,206,556 
Prudential PLC 1,613,800 28,187,982 
RELX PLC (London Stock Exchange) 1,350,258 32,497,473 
Rentokil Initial PLC 4,568,500 26,896,430 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM  265,955,649 
United States of America - 2.5%   
MasterCard, Inc. Class A 84,550 23,404,286 
MercadoLibre, Inc. (a) 50,700 26,441,064 
Visa, Inc. Class A 133,040 23,795,534 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  73,640,884 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $2,443,580,627)  2,837,712,363 
Money Market Funds - 3.3%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (c)   
(Cost $98,136,298) 98,116,675 98,136,298 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.8%   
(Cost $2,541,716,925)  2,935,848,661 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.2%  6,000,572 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $2,941,849,233 

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

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 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) 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 $26,223,674 or 0.9% of net assets.

 (c) Affiliated fund that is generally 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 $1,136,961 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 443,177 
Total $1,580,138 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $91,363,304 $33,836,974 $57,526,330 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 412,457,295 312,544,113 99,913,182 -- 
Consumer Staples 387,055,971 217,220,396 169,835,575 -- 
Financials 378,978,124 111,987,301 266,990,823 -- 
Health Care 82,809,998 53,627,837 29,182,161 -- 
Industrials 667,908,119 555,736,006 112,172,113 -- 
Information Technology 555,992,088 353,284,325 202,707,763 -- 
Materials 139,844,444 139,844,444 -- -- 
Real Estate 57,568,164 30,372,818 27,195,346 -- 
Utilities 63,734,856 -- 63,734,856 -- 
Money Market Funds 98,136,298 98,136,298 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $2,935,848,661 $1,906,590,512 $1,029,258,149 $-- 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,443,580,627) 
$2,837,712,363  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $98,136,298) 98,136,298  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $2,541,716,925)  $2,935,848,661 
Cash  904 
Receivable for investments sold  34,985,590 
Receivable for fund shares sold  12,828,358 
Dividends receivable  2,381,978 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  132,144 
Prepaid expenses  4,296 
Other receivables  607,943 
Total assets  2,986,789,874 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $40,060,711  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 1,616,053  
Accrued management fee 1,842,628  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 198,724  
Other affiliated payables 455,321  
Other payables and accrued expenses 767,204  
Total liabilities  44,940,641 
Net Assets  $2,941,849,233 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $2,552,100,848 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  389,748,385 
Net Assets  $2,941,849,233 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($278,326,119 ÷ 12,974,026 shares)(a)  $21.45 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $21.45)  $22.76 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($127,176,060 ÷ 6,088,802 shares)(a)  $20.89 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $20.89)  $21.65 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($112,149,692 ÷ 5,976,019 shares)(a)  $18.77 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,020,956,424 ÷ 88,133,271 shares)  $22.93 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($403,240,938 ÷ 17,560,294 shares)  $22.96 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $31,459,621 
Non-Cash dividends  9,774,968 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $443,177 from security lending)  1,580,138 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  42,814,727 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (3,014,230) 
Total income  39,800,497 
Expenses   
Management fee   
Basic fee $14,893,688  
Performance adjustment 1,437,150  
Transfer agent fees 3,496,648  
Distribution and service plan fees 2,136,285  
Accounting and security lending fees 953,161  
Custodian fees and expenses 248,606  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 11,497  
Registration fees 240,295  
Audit 95,258  
Legal 5,672  
Interest 28,438  
Miscellaneous 12,863  
Total expenses before reductions 23,559,561  
Expense reductions (341,101)  
Total expenses after reductions  23,218,460 
Net investment income (loss)  16,582,037 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers 23,905,287  
Fidelity Central Funds 688  
Foreign currency transactions (459,439)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  23,446,536 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $588,082) 376,465,642  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 123,738  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  376,589,380 
Net gain (loss)  400,035,916 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $416,617,953 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $16,582,037 $7,599,775 
Net realized gain (loss) 23,446,536 (43,030,217) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 376,589,380 (131,981,031) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 416,617,953 (167,411,473) 
Distributions to shareholders (7,117,696) (1,800,404) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) 877,461,117 766,075,127 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets 1,286,961,374 596,863,250 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 1,654,887,859 1,058,024,609 
End of period $2,941,849,233 $1,654,887,859 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $17.63 $19.14 $15.26 $15.25 $14.77 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .11B .07 .04 .05 .05 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 3.75 (1.57) 3.86 (.03) .46 
Total from investment operations 3.86 (1.50) 3.90 .02 .51 
Distributions from net investment income (.04) (.01) (.02) (.01) (.03) 
Total distributions (.04) (.01) (.02) (.01) (.03) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $21.45 $17.63 $19.14 $15.26 $15.25 
Total ReturnD,E 21.93% (7.85)% 25.56% .12% 3.46% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.27% 1.29% 1.38% 1.50% 1.58% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.27% 1.29% 1.37% 1.45% 1.45% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.25% 1.23% 1.35% 1.43% 1.42% 
Net investment income (loss) .57%B .35% .21% .34% .30% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $278,326 $190,278 $173,948 $127,536 $89,753 
Portfolio turnover rateH 133% 151% 155% 167% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.08 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .15%.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $17.17 $18.68 $14.92 $14.94 $14.47 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .06B .02 (.01) .01 .01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 3.66 (1.53) 3.77 (.03) .46 
Total from investment operations 3.72 (1.51) 3.76 (.02) .47 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $20.89 $17.17 $18.68 $14.92 $14.94 
Total ReturnD,E 21.67% (8.08)% 25.20% (.13)% 3.25% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.53% 1.55% 1.63% 1.76% 1.86% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.53% 1.55% 1.63% 1.70% 1.70% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.51% 1.49% 1.61% 1.68% 1.67% 
Net investment income (loss) .31%B .10% (.04)% .09% .05% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $127,176 $87,750 $86,547 $62,866 $60,293 
Portfolio turnover rateH 133% 151% 155% 167% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.08 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.11) %.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $15.51 $16.95 $13.61 $13.69 $13.33 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A (.03)B (.07) (.08) (.06) (.06) 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 3.29 (1.37) 3.42 (.02) .42 
Total from investment operations 3.26 (1.44) 3.34 (.08) .36 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $18.77 $15.51 $16.95 $13.61 $13.69 
Total ReturnD,E 21.02% (8.50)% 24.54% (.58)% 2.70% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 2.02% 2.04% 2.13% 2.27% 2.33% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.01% 2.04% 2.12% 2.20% 2.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.00% 1.99% 2.10% 2.18% 2.17% 
Net investment income (loss) (.17)%B (.40)% (.54)% (.41)% (.45)% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $112,150 $107,858 $85,022 $42,146 $36,491 
Portfolio turnover rateH 133% 151% 155% 167% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.60) %.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $18.85 $20.44 $16.30 $16.28 $15.75 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .18B .13 .09 .10 .09 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.00 (1.68) 4.11 (.04) .51 
Total from investment operations 4.18 (1.55) 4.20 .06 .60 
Distributions from net investment income (.10) (.04) (.06) (.04) (.07) 
Total distributions (.10) (.04) (.06) (.04) (.07) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $22.93 $18.85 $20.44 $16.30 $16.28 
Total ReturnD 22.29% (7.58)% 25.87% .36% 3.80% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions .99% 1.02% 1.09% 1.21% 1.27% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .99% 1.02% 1.08% 1.20% 1.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions .98% .96% 1.06% 1.18% 1.17% 
Net investment income (loss) .85%B .63% .50% .59% .55% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,020,956 $1,115,089 $652,774 $169,594 $72,421 
Portfolio turnover rateG 133% 151% 155% 167% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.09 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .43%.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 A 
Selected Per–Share Data    
Net asset value, beginning of period $18.88 $20.46 $16.22 
Income from Investment Operations    
Net investment income (loss)B .21C .16 .06 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 3.99 (1.68) 4.18 
Total from investment operations 4.20 (1.52) 4.24 
Distributions from net investment income (.12) (.06) – 
Total distributions (.12) (.06) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalB – – D 
Net asset value, end of period $22.96 $18.88 $20.46 
Total ReturnE,F 22.41% (7.46)% 26.14% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H    
Expenses before reductions .87% .89% .96%I 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .87% .89% .96%I 
Expenses net of all reductions .85% .83% .94%I 
Net investment income (loss) .97%C .76% .42%I 
Supplemental Data    
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $403,241 $153,913 $59,734 
Portfolio turnover rateJ 133% 151% 155% 

 A For the period February 1, 2017 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2017.

 B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 C Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.09 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .55%.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 E Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. 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 Annualized

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

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions. 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 generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Large, non-recurring dividends recognized by the Fund are presented separately on the Statement of Operations as "Non-cash dividends" and the impact of these dividends is presented in the Financial Highlights. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $412,497,915 
Gross unrealized depreciation (22,681,780) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $389,816,135 
Tax Cost $2,546,032,526 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $16,089,820 
Capital loss carryforward $(15,443,313) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $389,689,959 

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. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

No expiration  
Short-term $(15,443,313) 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $7,117,696 $ 1,800,404 

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.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $3,617,681,141 and $2,826,924,772, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. 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 Class I of the Fund as compared to its benchmark index, the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index, over the same 36 month performance period. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .75% of the Fund's average net assets. The performance adjustment included in the management fee rate may be higher or lower than the maximum performance adjustment rate due to the difference between the average net assets for the reporting and performance periods.

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 the investment adviser, 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% $555,520 $40,367 
Class M .25% .25% 506,522 1,658 
Class C .75% .25% 1,074,243 254,230 
   $2,136,285 $296,255 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $166,998 
Class M 16,137 
Class C(a) 21,916 
 $205,051 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $444,363 .20 
Class M 209,291 .21 
Class C 207,929 .19 
Class I 2,511,635 .17 
Class Z 123,430 .05 
 $3,496,648  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .04%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $21,494 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 Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) or other affiliated entities of 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 $17,295,652 2.57% $28,438 

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $5,435 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to $239. 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, and includes $72,876 from securities loaned to NFS, as affiliated borrower.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $326,616 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $1,920.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $12,565.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $402,278 $85,926 
Class I 5,699,242 1,520,196 
Class Z 1,016,176 194,282 
Total $7,117,696 $1,800,404 

10. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 5,533,808 5,619,393 $110,458,286 $111,188,105 
Reinvestment of distributions 22,478 4,343 392,018 84,071 
Shares redeemed (3,374,729) (3,921,150) (64,580,390) (75,740,806) 
Net increase (decrease) 2,181,557 1,702,586 $46,269,914 $35,531,370 
Class M     
Shares sold 1,952,405 1,392,282 $38,636,480 $26,802,724 
Shares redeemed (973,543) (915,804) (18,369,399) (17,480,449) 
Net increase (decrease) 978,862 476,478 $20,267,081 $9,322,275 
Class C     
Shares sold 1,621,399 3,456,992 $27,727,620 $60,466,658 
Shares redeemed (2,601,635) (1,517,181) (44,012,034) (25,987,529) 
Net increase (decrease) (980,236) 1,939,811 $(16,284,414) $34,479,129 
Class I     
Shares sold 56,664,995 42,034,960 $1,190,102,614 $884,843,888 
Reinvestment of distributions 250,184 64,781 4,653,416 1,337,720 
Shares redeemed (27,933,337) (14,886,018) (567,157,476) (307,898,733) 
Net increase (decrease) 28,981,842 27,213,723 $627,598,554 $578,282,875 
Class Z     
Shares sold 12,961,355 6,965,818 $273,077,124 $144,277,729 
Reinvestment of distributions 38,432 6,285 715,226 129,857 
Shares redeemed (3,591,416) (1,739,970) (74,182,368) (35,948,108) 
Net increase (decrease) 9,408,371 5,232,133 $199,609,982 $108,459,478 

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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

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, 2019, 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, and 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.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 12, 2019


We have served as the auditor of one or more of the Fidelity investment companies since 1999.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.30%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,051.50 $6.72 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.65 $6.61 
Class M 1.55%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,050.30 $8.01 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.39 $7.88 
Class C 2.04%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,048.00 $10.53 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,014.92 $10.36 
Class I 1.02%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,053.30 $5.28 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.06 $5.19 
Class Z .89%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,053.70 $4.61 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.72 $4.53 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A designates 28%, Class I designates 15% and Class Z designates 12% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class I and Class Z 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 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 12/10/18 $0.0676 $0.0296 
Class M 12/10/18 $0.0000 $0.0000 
Class C 12/10/18 $0.0000 $0.0000 
Class I 12/10/18 $0.1276 $0.0296 
Class Z 12/10/18 $0.1526 $0.0296 

    

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

AICAP-ANN-1219
1.711985.121


Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s shareholder reports.


Fidelity Investments

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a financial advisor, broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically, by contacting your financial intermediary. For Fidelity customers, visit Fidelity's web site or call Fidelity using the contact information listed below.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports, you may contact your financial intermediary or, if you are a Fidelity customer, visit Fidelity’s website, or call Fidelity at the applicable toll-free number listed below. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex/your financial intermediary.

Account Type Website Phone Number 
Brokerage, Mutual Fund, or Annuity Contracts: fidelity.com/mailpreferences 1-800-343-3548 
Employer Provided Retirement Accounts: netbenefits.fidelity.com/preferences (choose 'no' under Required Disclosures to continue to print) 1-800-343-0860 
Advisor Sold Accounts Serviced Through Your Financial Intermediary: Contact Your Financial Intermediary Your Financial Intermediary's phone number 
Advisor Sold Accounts Serviced by Fidelity: institutional.fidelity.com 1-877-208-0098 


Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You may also call 1-877-208-0098 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

Standard & Poor's, S&P and S&P 500 are registered service marks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by Fidelity Distributors Corporation.

Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2019 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.



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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 8.93% 4.08% 6.12% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 11.24% 4.30% 6.10% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 13.72% 4.53% 5.95% 
Class I 15.89% 5.61% 7.06% 
Class Z 16.04% 5.76% 7.16% 

 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. 

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on August 13, 2013. Returns prior to August 13, 2013, are those of Class I. 

$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, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$18,106Fidelity Advisor® Diversified International Fund - Class A

$17,206MSCI EAFE Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index gained 11.47% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, as international stocks reflected a confluence of factors, including escalating trade tension, and moderating but still positive global economic growth. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. In late December, the U.S. Federal Reserve shifted from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy in 2019, joining many foreign central banks. In June, international stocks rose 6.03%, as policy stimulus in China stabilized that country’s economic growth. The Fed cut its policy rate in July for the first time since 2008. However, the index returned -1.21% for the month, followed by -3.08% in August. In September, the Fed cut its policy rate another quarter point, citing concerns about slowing economic growth and muted inflation, and did the same in October, leading to monthly gains of 2.59% and 3.49%, respectively. For the full 12 months, the growth-oriented information technology sector (+22%) led the way, followed by utilities (+20%) and real estate (+18%), two high-dividend-yielding categories. Conversely, energy was roughly flat, while materials (+6%) and communication services (7%) also lagged. By region, Asia Pacific ex Japan (+16%), Europe ex U.K (+13%), Canada (+12%) and emerging markets (+12%) fared best. Meanwhile, the U.K. (+7%) and Japan (+10%) trailed the broader market.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Bill Bower:  For the fiscal year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) gained roughly 15% to 16%, handily outperforming the 11.30% result of benchmark MSCI EAFE Index. Favorable stock selection was the primary driver of the fund’s outperformance the past 12 months, as our picks in 10 of 11 equity sectors outperformed the index. By sector, the biggest contribution to the fund’s relative result came from picks in the financials sector, followed by choices in information technology and industrials. Regionally, choices in emerging markets added the most value, with notable outperformance in China and India. Stock picking in the non-benchmark U.S. region, along with Japan, also contributed meaningfully. In terms of individual stocks, an overweighted stake in Japanese optical and glass products manufacturer Hoya (+58%) was the fund’s largest contributor the past year. A large position in photolithography systems manufacturer ASML (+53%) also helped. Conversely, being underweighted in the higher-dividend-yielding and strong-performing utilities and real estate sectors held back the fund’s performance relative to the index. At the stock level, not owning Switzerland-based food and beverage manufacturer Nestle (+29%), an index constituent, weighed on the fund’s relative result. An overweighting in Norway-based oil & gas company Equinor (-26%) also hurt this period. Elsewhere, a cash position of roughly 4%, on average, also detracted in an uptrending market.

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.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
SAP SE (Germany, Software) 2.5 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) (Switzerland, Pharmaceuticals) 2.2 
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 2.0 
AIA Group Ltd. (Hong Kong, Insurance) 1.8 
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) (United Kingdom, Pharmaceuticals) 1.8 
 10.3 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Financials 19.3 
Information Technology 16.6 
Industrials 16.0 
Health Care 14.4 
Consumer Discretionary 8.7 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
Japan 17.4 
Germany 11.4 
United Kingdom 11.0 
France 7.9 
Netherlands 7.1 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 99.0% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.0% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.0%   
 Shares Value (000s) 
Australia - 1.1%   
CSL Ltd. 65,351 $11,525 
Magellan Financial Group Ltd. 202,401 6,713 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA  18,238 
Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.8%   
Experian PLC 285,900 8,992 
Ferguson PLC 54,546 4,658 
TOTAL BAILIWICK OF JERSEY  13,650 
Belgium - 0.9%   
KBC Groep NV 214,480 15,041 
Bermuda - 1.8%   
China Gas Holdings Ltd. 592,800 2,525 
Credicorp Ltd. (United States) 30,205 6,465 
Hiscox Ltd. 308,500 5,950 
IHS Markit Ltd. (a) 120,088 8,409 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 251,500 6,134 
TOTAL BERMUDA  29,483 
Brazil - 0.8%   
BM&F BOVESPA SA 388,900 4,691 
Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA 206,600 3,091 
Rumo SA (a) 820,500 4,665 
TOTAL BRAZIL  12,447 
Canada - 3.2%   
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.) 612,700 18,375 
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada) 515,400 4,391 
Constellation Software, Inc. 7,500 7,407 
Fairfax India Holdings Corp. (a)(b) 315,500 3,565 
Franco-Nevada Corp. 49,700 4,822 
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. 99,100 4,654 
Waste Connection, Inc. (Canada) 35,200 3,251 
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 161,400 4,524 
TOTAL CANADA  50,989 
Cayman Islands - 1.9%   
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 75,800 13,392 
Anta Sports Products Ltd. 669,000 6,544 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 217,600 8,826 
Zai Lab Ltd. ADR (a) 62,254 2,104 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  30,866 
China - 1.0%   
Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 47,076 7,879 
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (H Shares) 598,500 6,908 
Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services (A Shares) 212,323 923 
TOTAL CHINA  15,710 
Denmark - 1.5%   
DSV A/S 121,500 11,789 
Netcompany Group A/S (a)(b) 66,300 2,823 
ORSTED A/S (b) 118,900 10,430 
TOTAL DENMARK  25,042 
France - 7.9%   
Amundi SA (b) 120,158 8,577 
Capgemini SA 115,600 13,015 
Danone SA 131,300 10,877 
Dassault Systemes SA 25,600 3,884 
Edenred SA 52,900 2,785 
Essilor International SA 18,700 2,853 
Kering SA 9,271 5,275 
Legrand SA 83,700 6,533 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 50,343 21,499 
Pernod Ricard SA 27,800 5,131 
Sanofi SA 173,555 16,000 
SR Teleperformance SA 65,100 14,754 
VINCI SA 143,500 16,101 
TOTAL FRANCE  127,284 
Germany - 11.4%   
adidas AG 57,409 17,726 
Allianz SE 69,100 16,876 
Bayer AG 145,726 11,305 
Deutsche Borse AG 93,400 14,464 
Deutsche Post AG 287,026 10,164 
Hannover Reuck SE 61,400 10,875 
Linde PLC 95,138 18,808 
Morphosys AG (a) 14,783 1,610 
Morphosys AG sponsored ADR (a) 93,817 2,554 
MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG 9,200 2,456 
RWE AG 425,100 12,958 
SAP SE 301,373 39,930 
Scout24 AG (b) 107,200 6,630 
Symrise AG 95,100 9,151 
Vonovia SE 181,000 9,631 
TOTAL GERMANY  185,138 
Hong Kong - 2.0%   
AIA Group Ltd. 2,856,200 28,443 
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. 472,000 3,689 
TOTAL HONG KONG  32,132 
India - 4.3%   
Axis Bank Ltd. 705,358 7,303 
HDFC Bank Ltd. 1,132,942 19,616 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 539,087 16,167 
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 303,740 6,732 
Reliance Industries Ltd. 849,408 17,495 
Tech Mahindra Ltd. 163,700 1,703 
TOTAL INDIA  69,016 
Indonesia - 1.1%   
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk 4,048,900 9,063 
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk 29,051,600 8,705 
TOTAL INDONESIA  17,768 
Ireland - 2.7%   
CRH PLC 257,400 9,383 
DCC PLC (United Kingdom) 27,400 2,568 
Kerry Group PLC Class A 92,700 11,207 
Kingspan Group PLC (Ireland) 200,181 10,373 
Ryanair Holdings PLC sponsored ADR (a) 132,936 9,922 
TOTAL IRELAND  43,453 
Italy - 1.4%   
Enel SpA 1,089,100 8,441 
FinecoBank SpA 380,400 4,285 
Moncler SpA 82,500 3,178 
Recordati SpA 153,300 6,441 
TOTAL ITALY  22,345 
Japan - 17.4%   
Astellas Pharma, Inc. 101,800 1,747 
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. 77,800 4,784 
Daikin Industries Ltd. 83,300 11,659 
Hoya Corp. 308,700 27,282 
Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd. 26,351 1,303 
Itochu Corp. 428,400 8,957 
Kao Corp. 160,500 12,904 
Keyence Corp. 37,500 23,711 
KH Neochem Co. Ltd. 86,000 2,094 
Minebea Mitsumi, Inc. 940,600 17,863 
Misumi Group, Inc. 198,700 4,995 
Nabtesco Corp. 77,400 2,464 
Nidec Corp. 24,100 3,548 
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. 79,403 12,086 
Oracle Corp. Japan 26,600 2,338 
ORIX Corp. 846,400 13,301 
PALTAC Corp. 49,600 2,392 
Persol Holdings Co., Ltd. 320,200 6,150 
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. 468,800 15,580 
Renesas Electronics Corp. (a) 1,096,000 7,420 
ROHM Co. Ltd. 21,100 1,672 
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. 129,000 14,384 
Shiseido Co. Ltd. 137,600 11,345 
SMC Corp. 32,400 13,998 
SoftBank Corp. 116,800 4,493 
Sony Corp. 181,900 11,072 
Suzuki Motor Corp. 139,100 6,567 
Tokyo Electron Ltd. 46,900 9,502 
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 114,100 12,835 
Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. 131,306 7,545 
Yahoo! Japan Corp. 1,649,500 5,078 
TOTAL JAPAN  281,069 
Korea (South) - 0.7%   
LG Chemical Ltd. 11,573 3,041 
SK Hynix, Inc. 116,090 8,134 
TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)  11,175 
Luxembourg - 0.7%   
B&M European Value Retail SA 1,946,595 9,337 
Globant SA (a) 17,100 1,595 
TOTAL LUXEMBOURG  10,932 
Mexico - 0.1%   
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de CV Series O 292,800 1,598 
Netherlands - 7.1%   
Adyen BV (a)(b) 2,093 1,469 
ASML Holding NV (c) 120,600 31,594 
Ferrari NV 21,500 3,440 
Heineken NV (Bearer) 78,500 8,007 
InterXion Holding NV (a) 54,700 4,826 
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 294,500 12,921 
NXP Semiconductors NV 118,900 13,517 
Unilever NV 415,800 24,555 
Wolters Kluwer NV 196,900 14,498 
TOTAL NETHERLANDS  114,827 
New Zealand - 0.3%   
Ryman Healthcare Group Ltd. 666,045 5,505 
Norway - 1.4%   
Adevinta ASA:   
rights 11/12/19 (a) 392,000 60 
Class B 549,000 6,268 
Equinor ASA 441,300 8,163 
Schibsted ASA (A Shares) 292,800 8,597 
TOTAL NORWAY  23,088 
South Africa - 0.1%   
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. 26,600 2,417 
Spain - 0.7%   
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A 29,600 2,190 
Cellnex Telecom SA (a) 48,969 2,111 
Cellnex Telecom SA (b) 151,800 6,545 
Masmovil Ibercom SA (a) 24,650 570 
TOTAL SPAIN  11,416 
Sweden - 2.3%   
ASSA ABLOY AB (B Shares) 501,900 11,919 
Coor Service Management Holding AB (b) 129,589 1,107 
EQT AB (a) 103,000 988 
Ericsson (B Shares) 961,000 8,398 
Hexagon AB (B Shares) 128,700 6,570 
Indutrade AB 147,400 4,537 
Svenska Handelsbanken AB (A Shares) 381,300 3,827 
TOTAL SWEDEN  37,346 
Switzerland - 6.4%   
Alcon, Inc. (Switzerland) (a) 205,812 12,155 
Julius Baer Group Ltd. 151,580 6,713 
Lonza Group AG 26,786 9,639 
Medacta Group SA (b) 21,200 1,732 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 116,437 35,042 
Sika AG 110,178 18,931 
Sonova Holding AG Class B 27,033 6,193 
Swiss Re Ltd. 96,350 10,089 
Temenos Group AG 22,260 3,176 
TOTAL SWITZERLAND  103,670 
Taiwan - 1.0%   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR 298,900 15,432 
United Kingdom - 11.0%   
Aon PLC 41,600 8,035 
Ascential PLC (b) 622,177 2,814 
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) 290,779 28,356 
Beazley PLC 583,600 4,434 
Big Yellow Group PLC 181,700 2,688 
BP PLC sponsored ADR 373,900 14,175 
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC 120,100 6,427 
Compass Group PLC 472,092 12,569 
InterContinental Hotel Group PLC 86,053 5,207 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 11,016,200 8,104 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 200,800 18,096 
M&G PLC (a) 1,022,894 2,833 
Network International Holdings PLC (b) 574,000 4,023 
Ocado Group PLC (a) 123,300 2,123 
Prudential PLC 1,022,894 17,867 
RELX PLC (Euronext N.V.) 627,647 15,092 
Rentokil Initial PLC 1,425,000 8,389 
Smith & Nephew PLC 481,800 10,343 
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom) 802,488 7,287 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM  178,862 
United States of America - 6.0%   
10X Genomics, Inc. (a) 2,600 151 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a) 7,249 9,135 
Amgen, Inc. 27,400 5,843 
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 27,800 7,117 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) 196,300 8,186 
Coty, Inc. Class A 408,864 4,780 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a) 55,600 8,030 
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 79,900 8,279 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A 58,400 16,166 
Microsoft Corp. 70,400 10,093 
The Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) 1,600 3,278 
Visa, Inc. Class A 90,000 16,097 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  97,155 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $1,156,682)  1,603,094 
Money Market Funds - 1.1%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (d) 13,881,353 13,884 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.84% (d)(e) 3,849,081 3,849 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS   
(Cost $17,733)  17,733 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.1%   
(Cost $1,174,415)  1,620,827 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)%  (1,926) 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $1,618,901 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts       
Currency Purchased (000s) Currency Sold (000s) Counterparty Settlement Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation (000s) 
JPY 1,000 USD State Street Bank And Trust Co. 11/13/19 $0 
TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS      $0 
     Unrealized Appreciation 

Currency Abbreviations

JPY – Japanese yen

USD – U.S. dollar

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

Values shown as $0 in the Schedule of Investments may reflect amounts less than $500.

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 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) 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 $49,715,000 or 3.1% of net assets.

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

 (d) Affiliated fund that is generally 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.

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

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 $1,476 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 136 
Total $1,612 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: 
Description Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 
(Amounts in thousands)     
Investments in Securities:     
Equities:     
Communication Services $61,127 $42,730 $18,397 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 143,322 60,602 82,720 -- 
Consumer Staples 141,867 78,482 63,385 -- 
Energy 45,147 26,729 18,418 -- 
Financials 314,307 105,409 208,898 -- 
Health Care 234,872 74,846 160,026 -- 
Industrials 261,865 156,385 105,480 -- 
Information Technology 264,122 168,145 95,977 -- 
Materials 89,792 63,931 25,861 -- 
Real Estate 12,319 12,319 -- -- 
Utilities 34,354 23,388 10,966 -- 
Money Market Funds 17,733 17,733 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $1,620,827 $830,699 $790,128 $-- 
Derivative Instruments:     
Assets     
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts $0 $-- $0 $-- 
Total Assets $0 $-- $0 $-- 
Total Derivative Instruments: $0 $-- $0 $-- 

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, 2019. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Primary Risk Exposure / Derivative Type Value 
 Asset Liability 
(Amounts in thousands)   
Foreign Exchange Risk   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts $0 $-- 
Total Foreign Exchange Risk -- 
Total Value of Derivatives $0 $-- 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $3,720) — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,156,682) 
$1,603,094  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $17,733) 17,733  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,174,415)  $1,620,827 
Receivable for investments sold  3,587 
Receivable for fund shares sold  593 
Dividends receivable  4,457 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  28 
Prepaid expenses  
Other receivables  99 
Total assets  1,629,594 
Liabilities   
Payable to custodian bank $30  
Payable for investments purchased 2,534  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 1,390  
Accrued management fee 955  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 227  
Other affiliated payables 330  
Other payables and accrued expenses 1,379  
Collateral on securities loaned 3,848  
Total liabilities  10,693 
Net Assets  $1,618,901 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $1,200,977 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  417,924 
Net Assets  $1,618,901 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($529,831 ÷ 22,761 shares)(a)  $23.28 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $23.28)  $24.70 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($172,790 ÷ 7,481 shares)(a)  $23.10 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $23.10)  $23.94 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($59,219 ÷ 2,668 shares)(a)  $22.20 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($582,722 ÷ 24,606 shares)  $23.68 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($274,339 ÷ 11,589 shares)  $23.67 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

Amounts in thousands  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $37,363 
Non-Cash dividends  2,976 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $136 from security lending)  1,612 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  41,951 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (3,192) 
Total income  38,759 
Expenses   
Management fee $11,887  
Transfer agent fees 3,261  
Distribution and service plan fees 3,016  
Accounting and security lending fees 798  
Custodian fees and expenses 188  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 10  
Registration fees 97  
Audit 94  
Legal  
Miscellaneous 15  
Total expenses before reductions 19,371  
Expense reductions (106)  
Total expenses after reductions  19,265 
Net investment income (loss)  19,494 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (31,868)  
Redemptions in-kind with affiliated entities 59,872  
Fidelity Central Funds  
Foreign currency transactions (93)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  27,912 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $1,223) 210,542  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 99  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  210,641 
Net gain (loss)  238,553 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $258,047 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Amounts in thousands Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $19,494 $21,211 
Net realized gain (loss) 27,912 65,951 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 210,641 (274,393) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 258,047 (187,231) 
Distributions to shareholders (82,038) (24,045) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) (449,235) (148,877) 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (273,226) (360,153) 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 1,892,127 2,252,280 
End of period $1,618,901 $1,892,127 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $21.08 $23.43 $19.38 $20.10 $19.56 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .21 .21 .17 .18 .15 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.90 (2.33)B 4.11 (.77) .61 
Total from investment operations 3.11 (2.12) 4.28 (.59) .76 
Distributions from net investment income (.17) (.16) (.19) (.13) (.20) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.74) (.07) (.05) – (.02) 
Total distributions (.91) (.23) (.23)C (.13) (.22) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $23.28 $21.08 $23.43 $19.38 $20.10 
Total ReturnE,F 15.57% (9.14)B 22.39% (2.97)% 3.93% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 1.19% 1.19% 1.21% 1.23% 1.22% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.19% 1.19% 1.21% 1.23% 1.22% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.19% 1.17% 1.20% 1.22% 1.21% 
Net investment income (loss) .97% .89% .82% .92% .75% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $530 $463 $579 $574 $662 
Portfolio turnover rateI 37%J 32% 44% 31% 34% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.11 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (9.62)%

 C Total distributions of $.23 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.187 and distributions from net realized gain of $.046 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $20.91 $23.24 $19.21 $19.92 $19.38 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .15 .14 .12 .13 .10 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.88 (2.31)B 4.08 (.77) .61 
Total from investment operations 3.03 (2.17) 4.20 (.64) .71 
Distributions from net investment income (.11) (.09) (.13) (.07) (.15) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.74) (.07) (.05) – (.02) 
Total distributions (.84)C (.16) (.17)D (.07) (.17) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – E E E 
Net asset value, end of period $23.10 $20.91 $23.24 $19.21 $19.92 
Total ReturnF,G 15.27% (9.40)%B 22.10% (3.22)% 3.67% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I      
Expenses before reductions 1.46% 1.46% 1.48% 1.49% 1.48% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.46% 1.46% 1.47% 1.49% 1.48% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.46% 1.44% 1.47% 1.48% 1.47% 
Net investment income (loss) .70% .62% .56% .66% .49% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $173 $175 $224 $224 $271 
Portfolio turnover rateJ 37%K 32% 44% 31% 34% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.11 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (9.88)%

 C Total distributions of $.84 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.109 and distributions from net realized gain of $.735 per share.

 D Total distributions of $.17 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.128 and distributions from net realized gain of $.046 per share.

 E Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 H Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $20.11 $22.35 $18.48 $19.19 $18.68 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .04 .03 .01 .03 B 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.79 (2.23)C 3.94 (.74) .59 
Total from investment operations 2.83 (2.20) 3.95 (.71) .59 
Distributions from net investment income – – (.03) – (.06) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.74) (.04) (.05) – (.02) 
Total distributions (.74) (.04) (.08) – (.08) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – B B B 
Net asset value, end of period $22.20 $20.11 $22.35 $18.48 $19.19 
Total ReturnD,E 14.72% (9.85)%C 21.46% (3.70)% 3.15% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.98% 1.95% 1.96% 1.98% 1.97% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.98% 1.95% 1.96% 1.98% 1.97% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.97% 1.94% 1.96% 1.98% 1.96% 
Net investment income (loss) .18% .13% .07% .17% - %H 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $59 $150 $211 $206 $251 
Portfolio turnover rateI 37%J 32% 44% 31% 34% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 C Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.11 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (10.33)%.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

 H Amount represents less than .005%.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $21.44 $23.85 $19.73 $20.46 $19.91 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .27 .27 .24 .24 .21 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.95 (2.37)B 4.18 (.78) .63 
Total from investment operations 3.22 (2.10) 4.42 (.54) .84 
Distributions from net investment income (.24) (.24) (.25) (.19) (.26) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.74) (.07) (.05) – (.02) 
Total distributions (.98) (.31) (.30) (.19) (.29)C 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $23.68 $21.44 $23.85 $19.73 $20.46 
Total ReturnE 15.89% (8.94)%B 22.75% (2.69)% 4.24% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions .92% .92% .93% .94% .94% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .92% .92% .93% .94% .94% 
Expenses net of all reductions .91% .91% .92% .94% .94% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.24% 1.16% 1.10% 1.21% 1.03% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $583 $807 $953 $757 $747 
Portfolio turnover rateH 37%I 32% 44% 31% 34% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.11 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (9.42)%.

 C Total distributions of $.29 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.263 and distributions from net realized gain of $.022 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $21.44 $23.85 $19.73 $20.46 $19.93 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .30 .31 .27 .27 .24 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.94 (2.37)B 4.18 (.78) .61 
Total from investment operations 3.24 (2.06) 4.45 (.51) .85 
Distributions from net investment income (.28) (.28) (.28) (.22) (.30) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.74) (.07) (.05) – (.02) 
Total distributions (1.01)C (.35) (.33) (.22) (.32) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – – D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $23.67 $21.44 $23.85 $19.73 $20.46 
Total ReturnE 16.04% (8.78)%B 22.94% (2.54)% 4.34% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions .77% .78% .78% .79% .79% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .77% .78% .78% .79% .79% 
Expenses net of all reductions .77% .76% .78% .79% .78% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.39% 1.30% 1.25% 1.36% 1.18% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (in millions) $274 $298 $286 $93 $83 
Portfolio turnover rateH 37%I 32% 44% 31% 34% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.11 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (9.26)%.

 C Total distributions of $1.01 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.276 and distributions from net realized gain of $.735 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019
(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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions. 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 generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

The U.S. dollar value of foreign currency contracts is determined using currency exchange rates supplied by a pricing service and are 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), certain deemed distributions, redemptions in kind, deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $ 467,990 
Gross unrealized depreciation (29,200) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $438,790 
Tax Cost $1,182,037 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $23,307 
Capital loss carryforward $(42,890) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $438,731 

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. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

No expiration  
Short-term $(42,890) 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $17,407 $ 24,045 
Long-term Capital Gains 64,631 – 
Total $82,038 $ 24,045 

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.

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 forward foreign currency 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 asset 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:

Foreign Exchange Risk Foreign exchange rate risk relates to fluctuations in the value of an asset or liability due to changes in currency exchange rates.

 

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.

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.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Forward foreign currency contracts represent obligations to purchase or sell foreign currency on a specified future date at a price fixed at the time the contracts are entered into. The Fund used forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to manage exposure to certain foreign currencies.

Forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily and fluctuations in exchange rates on open contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) and reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Fund realizes a gain or loss equal to the difference between the closing value and the value at the time it was opened. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts during the period is less than five hundred dollars.

Any open forward foreign currency contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Forward Foreign Currency Contracts." The contract amount and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying currency at period end and is representative of volume of activity during the period.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, aggregated $631,298 and $884,687, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .424% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .66% 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 the investment adviser, 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% $1,222 $11 
Class M .25% .25% 857 11 
Class C .75% .25% 937 52 
   $3,016 $74 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $42 
Class M 
Class C(a) 
 $57 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $1,057 .22 
Class M 400 .23 
Class C 220 .24 
Class I 1,456 .19 
Class Z 128 .05 
 $3,261  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .04%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2 for the period.

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind. During the period, 7,626 shares of the Fund were redeemed in-kind for investments, and cash with a value of $178,533. The net realized gain of $59,872 on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as the Notes to Financial Statements. The Fund recognized no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $5 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. 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 NFS, as affiliated borrower. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to $1. 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, and includes $3 from securities loaned to NFS, as affiliated borrower.

9. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $94 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses in an amount less than five hundred dollars.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $12.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $19,552 $5,653 
Class M 6,962 1,520 
Class C 5,360 401 
Class I 36,042 12,234 
Class Z 14,122 4,237 
Total $82,038 $24,045 

11. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 4,974 2,464 $105,441 $58,230 
Reinvestment of distributions 940 235 18,360 5,469 
Shares redeemed (5,125) (5,429) (108,261) (126,599) 
Net increase (decrease) 789 (2,730) $15,540 $(62,900) 
Class M     
Shares sold 400 557 $8,353 $13,025 
Reinvestment of distributions 353 64 6,857 1,487 
Shares redeemed (1,625) (1,889) (34,489) (44,045) 
Net increase (decrease) (872) (1,268) $(19,279) $(29,533) 
Class C     
Shares sold 213 462 $4,251 $10,419 
Reinvestment of distributions 280 16 5,253 361 
Shares redeemed (5,276) (2,468) (106,762) (55,659) 
Net increase (decrease) (4,783) (1,990) $(97,258) $(44,879) 
Class I     
Shares sold 4,341 6,999 $92,727 $164,832 
Reinvestment of distributions 1,548 434 30,665 10,246 
Shares redeemed (18,901)(a) (9,766) (420,405)(a) (231,388) 
Net increase (decrease) (13,012) (2,333) $(297,013) $(56,310) 
Class Z     
Shares sold 4,031 5,480 $85,902 $130,793 
Reinvestment of distributions 636 164 12,575 3,858 
Shares redeemed (6,981) (3,743) (149,702) (89,906) 
Net increase (decrease) (2,314) 1,901 $(51,225) $44,745 

 (a) Amount includes in-kind exchanges (see the Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind note for additional details).

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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.19%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,057.70 $6.17 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,019.21 $6.06 
Class M 1.45%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,056.20 $7.51 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.90 $7.38 
Class C 1.93%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,053.60 $9.99 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,015.48 $9.80 
Class I .91%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,059.00 $4.72 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.62 $4.63 
Class Z .76%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,060.00 $3.95 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,021.37 $3.87 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity 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 
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund     
Class A 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.261 $0.067 
Class M 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.204 $0.067 
Class C 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.013 $0.067 
Class I 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.299 $0.067 
Class Z 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.339 $0.067 

Class A designates 9%, Class M designates 13%, Class I designates 7% and Class Z designates 6% of the dividends distributed in December 2018, respectively, during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class M, Class I and Class Z 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 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 
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund    
Class A 12/10/2018 0.2118 0.0388 
Class M 12/10/2018 0.1478 0.0388 
Class C 12/10/2018 0.0000 0.0000 
Class I 12/10/2018 0.2808 0.0388 
Class Z 12/10/2018 0.3148 0.0388 

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

ADIF-ANN-1219
1.728709.120


Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


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You may also call 1-877-208-0098 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

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Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2019 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.



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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) (1.61)% 4.22% 7.85% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 0.46% 4.44% 7.81% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 2.67% 4.67% 7.68% 
Class I 4.69% 5.75% 8.81% 

 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. 

$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, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$21,291Fidelity Advisor® Global Capital Appreciation Fund - Class A

$24,154MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  Global equities gained 13.06% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, according to the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. The period began amid a challenging fourth quarter of 2018, when concerns about slowing global economic growth resulted in a -12.67% return for the index. The tide shifted as the calendar turned, as the U.S. Federal Reserve moved from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy, joining many foreign central banks. The index rallied 12.29% in the first quarter of 2019. After a down month in May (-5.88%), due to U.S.–China trade tension, stocks reversed course in June (+6.58%) and finished the second quarter with a 3.73% gain. In July, the Fed cut its policy rate for the first time since 2008, but global stocks retreated in August. Low interest rates around the world and two additional rate cuts by the Fed lifted stocks through the end of October. By sector for the full period, falling U.S. interest rates sparked demand for two high-dividend-yielding sectors, real estate (+23%) and utilities (+22%). Investors favoring growth-oriented stocks boosted information technology (+22%) and consumer discretionary (+16%). Conversely, falling commodity prices hurt energy (-6%). By region, Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+16%), the U.S. (+14%) and Europe ex U.K. (+13%) fared best, while the U.K. (+7%) was held back by its inability to approve a plan to “Brexit” the European Union.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Bill Bower:  For the fiscal year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) returned roughly 4% to 5%, well behind the benchmark, the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index. Unfavorable stock selection was the primary reason for the fund’s underperformance the past year. More specifically, choices in the industrials, health care and information technology sectors notably underperformed. To a lesser extent, sector positioning also detracted. Regionally, most of the relative weakness was derived from picks in the U.S., which represented roughly 55% of the MSCI ACWI index. A position in cash of 2%, on average, also detracted in a rising market. Non-benchmark exposure to New Jersey-based information technology processing company Conduent (-53%) was the fund’s biggest individual relative detractor, as the company reported two consecutive quarters of weaker-than-expected earnings. I sold Conduent by period end. An overweighting in Delaware-based specialty chemicals manufacturer Chemours also hurt, returning about -58% until I eliminated the position, due largely to disappointing earnings. Conversely, security selection in emerging markets and Japan added value versus the benchmark, as did my choices in the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors. The fund’s biggest contributor was an overweighting in Philadelphia-based metal can, container and specialty packaging company Crown Holdings. Shares of the company advanced roughly 45% while held in the fund. A non-benchmark position in London-based digital advertising company S4 Capital, which I established this period, gained 24% and was the fund’s biggest relative contributor.

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.

Note to Shareholders:  On August 15, 2019, Bill Bower assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund, joining Tom Allen until October 1, 2019, at which point Tom came off the fund, leaving Bill sole portfolio manager.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Microsoft Corp. (United States of America, Software) 3.1 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A (United States of America, IT Services) 3.1 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (United States of America, Interactive Media & Services) 2.6 
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) (Netherlands, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 2.1 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 2.1 
 13.0 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Information Technology 31.1 
Financials 14.5 
Consumer Discretionary 13.2 
Communication Services 10.5 
Health Care 10.1 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
United States of America 51.9 
Cayman Islands 5.2 
Japan 4.7 
Germany 4.5 
United Kingdom 4.1 

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

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 98.2% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.8% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.2%   
 Shares Value 
Bailiwick of Jersey - 1.1%   
WNS Holdings Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 16,700 $1,032,728 
Bermuda - 1.5%   
Genpact Ltd. 25,000 979,250 
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 21,200 517,068 
TOTAL BERMUDA  1,496,318 
Brazil - 1.0%   
Rumo SA (a) 166,300 945,428 
Canada - 1.3%   
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.) 39,000 1,169,615 
Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. (a) 3,100 129,686 
Pan American Silver Corp. rights (a)(b) 38,400 
TOTAL CANADA  1,299,301 
Cayman Islands - 5.2%   
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 8,600 1,519,362 
Anta Sports Products Ltd. 115,000 1,124,944 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. sponsored ADR (a) 8,600 1,049,716 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 34,500 1,399,421 
ZTO Express (Cayman), Inc. sponsored ADR 100 2,200 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  5,095,643 
China - 1.2%   
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (H Shares) 103,500 1,194,575 
Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 300 3,687 
TOTAL CHINA  1,198,262 
Denmark - 1.0%   
DSV A/S 10,600 1,028,542 
France - 3.2%   
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 3,800 1,622,813 
SR Teleperformance SA 6,800 1,541,077 
TOTAL FRANCE  3,163,890 
Germany - 4.5%   
Allianz SE 6,300 1,538,603 
Deutsche Borse AG 6,300 975,616 
MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG 3,700 987,910 
RWE AG 31,600 963,204 
TOTAL GERMANY  4,465,333 
Hong Kong - 1.8%   
AIA Group Ltd. 176,000 1,752,648 
India - 3.0%   
HDFC Bank Ltd. 54,232 938,961 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 37,300 1,118,642 
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 41,100 910,927 
Praxis Home Retail Ltd. (a) 
TOTAL INDIA  2,968,535 
Ireland - 1.7%   
Accenture PLC Class A 9,100 1,687,322 
Italy - 1.1%   
FinecoBank SpA 93,100 1,048,728 
Japan - 4.7%   
Hoya Corp. 14,800 1,307,983 
Kao Corp. 12,900 1,037,143 
Keyence Corp. 2,000 1,264,593 
Shiseido Co. Ltd. 11,800 972,886 
TOTAL JAPAN  4,582,605 
Kenya - 0.0%   
Safaricom Ltd. 100 29 
Netherlands - 3.4%   
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) 8,000 2,096,917 
NXP Semiconductors NV 11,200 1,273,216 
TOTAL NETHERLANDS  3,370,133 
Spain - 1.7%   
Cellnex Telecom SA (c) 29,100 1,254,719 
Cellnex Telecom SA (a) 8,442 363,998 
TOTAL SPAIN  1,618,717 
Switzerland - 2.7%   
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 5,070 1,525,847 
Sika AG 6,710 1,152,909 
TOTAL SWITZERLAND  2,678,756 
Taiwan - 2.1%   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 212,000 2,073,641 
United Kingdom - 4.1%   
ConvaTec Group PLC (c) 1,192 3,044 
Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC 27,900 950,489 
Diageo PLC 80 3,274 
Discoverie Group PLC 88,475 520,312 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 11,100 1,000,319 
S4 Capital PLC (a)(d) 698,932 1,502,900 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM  3,980,339 
United States of America - 51.9%   
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 22,900 1,283,087 
Adobe, Inc. (a) 5,400 1,500,822 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a) 2,000 2,517,600 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a) 1,100 1,954,326 
AMETEK, Inc. 12,200 1,118,130 
Amphenol Corp. Class A 11,200 1,123,696 
Autodesk, Inc. (a) 8,400 1,237,824 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) 30,500 1,271,850 
Cintas Corp. 4,600 1,235,882 
Costco Wholesale Corp. 4,200 1,247,862 
Dollar General Corp. 7,600 1,218,584 
Ecolab, Inc. 6,200 1,190,834 
Equinix, Inc. 2,100 1,190,238 
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a) 6,700 938,469 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 14,800 1,950,048 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 13,200 1,245,024 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a) 2,300 1,271,785 
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 12,400 1,284,888 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A 10,900 3,017,229 
Maximus, Inc. 12,800 982,272 
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) 28,400 1,350,420 
Microsoft Corp. 21,300 3,053,782 
Northrop Grumman Corp. 4,600 1,621,408 
Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a) 3,148 67,100 
Qualcomm, Inc. 12,900 1,037,676 
S&P Global, Inc. 5,000 1,289,950 
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a) 9,900 1,549,251 
Starbucks Corp. 16,900 1,429,064 
Stryker Corp. 5,700 1,232,739 
Synopsys, Inc. (a) 9,000 1,221,750 
The Booking Holdings, Inc. (a) 600 1,229,262 
The RealReal, Inc. 11,200 258,832 
The Walt Disney Co. 14,900 1,935,808 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 4,300 1,298,514 
TJX Companies, Inc. 26,200 1,510,430 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4,400 1,111,880 
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 6,900 998,430 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  50,976,746 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $89,513,657)  96,463,644 
Money Market Funds - 1.7%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (e) 1,188,540 1,188,778 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.84% (e)(f) 525,140 525,192 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS   
(Cost $1,713,970)  1,713,970 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.9%   
(Cost $91,227,627)  98,177,614 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.1%  86,760 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $98,264,374 

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

Legend

 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) Level 3 security

 (c) 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 $1,257,763 or 1.3% of net assets.

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

 (e) Affiliated fund that is generally 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.

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

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 $46,025 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 17,273 
Total $63,298 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $10,257,562 $8,858,141 $1,399,421 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 13,114,124 10,366,362 2,747,762 -- 
Consumer Staples 4,430,780 2,417,477 2,013,303 -- 
Financials 14,298,882 4,868,590 9,430,292 -- 
Health Care 9,977,818 7,140,301 2,837,517 -- 
Industrials 9,479,007 9,479,007 -- -- 
Information Technology 30,408,286 24,973,135 5,435,151 -- 
Materials 2,343,743 2,343,743 -- 
Real Estate 1,190,238 1,190,238 -- -- 
Utilities 963,204 963,204 -- -- 
Money Market Funds 1,713,970 1,713,970 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $98,177,614 $74,314,168 $23,863,446 $0 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $501,352) — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $89,513,657) 
$96,463,644  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,713,970) 1,713,970  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $91,227,627)  $98,177,614 
Foreign currency held at value (cost $99,325)  99,871 
Receivable for investments sold  1,194,231 
Receivable for fund shares sold  14,430 
Dividends receivable  112,537 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  1,126 
Prepaid expenses  194 
Other receivables  49,516 
Total assets  99,649,519 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $412,832  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 302,005  
Accrued management fee 33,726  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 24,179  
Other affiliated payables 20,569  
Other payables and accrued expenses 66,684  
Collateral on securities loaned 525,150  
Total liabilities  1,385,145 
Net Assets  $98,264,374 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $92,620,554 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  5,643,820 
Net Assets  $98,264,374 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($30,045,826 ÷ 1,920,039 shares)(a)  $15.65 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $15.65)  $16.60 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($18,610,792 ÷ 1,255,965 shares)(a)  $14.82 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $14.82)  $15.36 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($12,539,943 ÷ 957,375 shares)(a)  $13.10 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($37,067,813 ÷ 2,236,410 shares)  $16.57 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $1,962,339 
Interest  167 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $17,273 from security lending)  63,298 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  2,025,804 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (107,397) 
Total income  1,918,407 
Expenses   
Management fee   
Basic fee $737,032  
Performance adjustment (262,735)  
Transfer agent fees 227,474  
Distribution and service plan fees 334,707  
Accounting and security lending fees 41,813  
Custodian fees and expenses 35,789  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 626  
Registration fees 59,675  
Audit 90,409  
Legal 4,996  
Miscellaneous 728  
Total expenses before reductions 1,270,514  
Expense reductions (6,265)  
Total expenses after reductions  1,264,249 
Net investment income (loss)  654,158 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (1,423,451)  
Fidelity Central Funds (5)  
Foreign currency transactions (15,401)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  (1,438,857) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers 4,800,740  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 5,056  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  4,805,796 
Net gain (loss)  3,366,939 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $4,021,097 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $654,158 $281,292 
Net realized gain (loss) (1,438,857) 12,417,623 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 4,805,796 (21,261,349) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 4,021,097 (8,562,434) 
Distributions to shareholders (10,356,661) (17,875,671) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) (15,097,541) 6,794,419 
Redemption fees – 407 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (21,433,105) (19,643,279) 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 119,697,479 139,340,758 
End of period $98,264,374 $119,697,479 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $16.48 $20.21 $16.18 $15.89 $15.32 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .10 .05 .05 B (.01) 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .50 (1.22) 4.15 .38 .58 
Total from investment operations .60 (1.17) 4.20 .38 .57 
Distributions from net investment income (.02) (.04) – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.41) (2.52) (.17) (.09) – 
Total distributions (1.43) (2.56) (.17) (.09) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – B B B B 
Net asset value, end of period $15.65 $16.48 $20.21 $16.18 $15.89 
Total ReturnC,D 4.39% (6.74)% 26.17% 2.39% 3.72% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions 1.14% 1.39% 1.48% 1.55% 1.57% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.14% 1.39% 1.45% 1.45% 1.45% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.14% 1.37% 1.44% 1.44% 1.44% 
Net investment income (loss) .66% .26% .28% (.02)% (.07)% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $30,046 $33,589 $38,710 $39,565 $41,225 
Portfolio turnover rateG 142% 99% 137% 122% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 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 Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $15.70 $19.37 $15.56 $15.32 $14.81 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .05 – .01 (.04) (.05) 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .48 (1.15) 3.97 .37 .56 
Total from investment operations .53 (1.15) 3.98 .33 .51 
Distributions from net investment income – – – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.41) (2.52) (.17) (.09) – 
Total distributions (1.41) (2.52) (.17) (.09) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – B B B B 
Net asset value, end of period $14.82 $15.70 $19.37 $15.56 $15.32 
Total ReturnC,D 4.10% (6.97)% 25.80% 2.15% 3.44% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions 1.43% 1.67% 1.77% 1.85% 1.89% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.43% 1.67% 1.70% 1.70% 1.70% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.42% 1.65% 1.69% 1.69% 1.69% 
Net investment income (loss) .37% (.01)% .03% (.27)% (.32)% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $18,611 $21,339 $25,535 $21,351 $24,017 
Portfolio turnover rateG 142% 99% 137% 122% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 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 Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $14.11 $17.65 $14.26 $14.12 $13.72 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A (.01) (.08) (.07) (.11) (.12) 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .41 (1.02) 3.63 .34 .52 
Total from investment operations .40 (1.10) 3.56 .23 .40 
Distributions from net investment income – – – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.41) (2.44) (.17) (.09) – 
Total distributions (1.41) (2.44) (.17) (.09) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – B B B B 
Net asset value, end of period $13.10 $14.11 $17.65 $14.26 $14.12 
Total ReturnC,D 3.59% (7.39)% 25.20% 1.62% 2.92% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions 1.90% 2.14% 2.23% 2.31% 2.34% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.90% 2.14% 2.20% 2.20% 2.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.89% 2.12% 2.19% 2.19% 2.19% 
Net investment income (loss) (.10)% (.48)% (.47)% (.77)% (.82)% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $12,540 $19,741 $24,215 $19,942 $21,186 
Portfolio turnover rateG 142% 99% 137% 122% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 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 Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $17.37 $21.16 $16.90 $16.55 $15.92 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .16 .11 .11 .04 .03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .52 (1.28) 4.33 .40 .60 
Total from investment operations .68 (1.17) 4.44 .44 .63 
Distributions from net investment income (.08) (.10) – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.41) (2.52) (.18) (.09) – 
Total distributions (1.48)B (2.62) (.18) (.09) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – C C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $16.57 $17.37 $21.16 $16.90 $16.55 
Total ReturnD 4.69% (6.45)% 26.52% 2.66% 3.96% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions .82% 1.09% 1.16% 1.22% 1.26% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .82% 1.09% 1.16% 1.20% 1.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions .82% 1.07% 1.15% 1.19% 1.19% 
Net investment income (loss) .97% .57% .57% .23% .18% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $37,068 $45,029 $50,881 $57,060 $59,117 
Portfolio turnover rateG 142% 99% 137% 122% 176% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $1.48 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.076 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.406 per share.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C and Class I 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which 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.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $7,292,303 
Gross unrealized depreciation (499,706) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $6,792,597 
Tax Cost $91,385,017 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $407,005 
Capital Loss Carryforward $(1,527,900) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $6,764,718 

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. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

No expiration  
Short-term $(1,527,900) 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $235,858 $ 5,723,707 
Long-term Capital Gains 10,120,802 12,151,964 
Total $10,356,660 $17,875,671 

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.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $148,045,229 and $170,722,724, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. 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 Class I of the Fund as compared to its benchmark index, the MSCI All Country World Index, over the same 36 month performance period. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .44% of the Fund's average net assets. The performance adjustment included in the management fee rate may be higher or lower than the maximum performance adjustment rate due to the difference between the average net assets for the reporting and performance periods.

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 the investment adviser, 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% $80,590 $1,227 
Class M .25% .25% 100,238 1,050 
Class C .75% .25% 153,879 19,568 
   $334,707 $ 21,845 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $3,662 
Class M 2,432 
Class C(a) 1,035 
 $7,129 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $74,316 .23 
Class M 53,957 .27 
Class C 35,561 .23 
Class I 63,640 .16 
 $227,474  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .04%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2,200 for the period.

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $292 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. 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. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to $7. 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. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $5,417 for the period.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $848.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $2,906,974 $4,934,393 
Class M 1,898,257 3,322,710 
Class C 1,864,569 3,329,453 
Class I 3,686,861 6,289,115 
Total $10,356,661 $17,875,671 

10. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 361,379 327,844 $5,512,165 $6,088,684 
Reinvestment of distributions 198,251 267,705 2,854,816 4,779,482 
Shares redeemed (678,050) (472,747) (10,201,045) (8,656,517) 
Net increase (decrease) (118,420) 122,802 $(1,834,064) $2,211,649 
Class M     
Shares sold 157,333 148,419 $2,304,552 $2,645,272 
Reinvestment of distributions 138,334 194,710 1,891,020 3,320,374 
Shares redeemed (398,868) (301,937) (5,717,418) (5,316,454) 
Net increase (decrease) (103,201) 41,192 $(1,521,846) $649,192 
Class C     
Shares sold 116,326 336,353 $1,442,132 $5,409,086 
Reinvestment of distributions 150,390 209,356 1,825,734 3,222,495 
Shares redeemed (708,736) (517,958) (9,141,834) (8,241,987) 
Net increase (decrease) (442,020) 27,751 $(5,873,968) $389,594 
Class I     
Shares sold 315,717 523,929 $5,071,601 $10,283,715 
Reinvestment of distributions 229,038 322,367 3,483,673 6,048,866 
Shares redeemed (901,180) (658,439) (14,422,937) (12,788,597) 
Net increase (decrease) (356,425) 187,857 $(5,867,663) $3,543,984 

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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.07%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $983.70 $5.35 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,019.81 $5.45 
Class M 1.36%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $982.10 $6.79 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.35 $6.92 
Class C 1.80%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $979.80 $8.98 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,016.13 $9.15 
Class I .74%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $984.60 $3.70 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,021.48 $3.77 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

Class A and Class I designate 100% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A and Class I designate 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 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

AGLO-ANN-1219
1.728713.120


Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


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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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 19.32% 6.47% 7.46% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 21.80% 6.66% 7.39% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 24.67% 6.95% 7.30% 
Class I 26.93% 8.06% 8.42% 
Class Z 27.14% 8.10% 8.43% 

 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. 

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on October 2, 2018. Returns prior to October 2, 2018, are those of Class I. 

$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, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$20,532Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Asia Fund - Class A

$18,064MSCI AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index gained 11.47% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, as international stocks reflected a confluence of factors, including escalating trade tension, and moderating but still positive global economic growth. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. In late December, the U.S. Federal Reserve shifted from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy in 2019, joining many foreign central banks. In June, international stocks rose 6.03%, as policy stimulus in China stabilized that country’s economic growth. The Fed cut its policy rate in July for the first time since 2008. However, the index returned -1.21% for the month, followed by -3.08% in August. In September, the Fed cut its policy rate another quarter point, citing concerns about slowing economic growth and muted inflation, and did the same in October, leading to monthly gains of 2.59% and 3.49%, respectively. For the full 12 months, the growth-oriented information technology sector (+22%) led the way, followed by utilities (+20%) and real estate (+18%), two high-dividend-yielding categories. Conversely, energy was roughly flat, while materials (+6%) and communication services (7%) also lagged. By region, Asia Pacific ex Japan (+16%), Europe ex U.K (+13%), Canada (+12%) and emerging markets (+12%) fared best. Meanwhile, the U.K. (+7%) and Japan (+10%) trailed the broader market.

Comments from Co-Portfolio Manager John Dance:  For the year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) returned roughly 26% to 27%, well ahead of the 13.24% return of the benchmark MSCI AC (All Country) Asia ex Japan Index. Stock selection mainly drove the fund’s advantage over the benchmark, especially in the consumer staples, industrials and financials sectors. Geographically, picks in emerging markets lifted relative performance. A large overweighting in China-based liquor manufacturer Kweichow Moutai was our top relative contributor. In the same category, Wuliangye Yibin lifted our relative result. We exited this position. Overweighting India-based conglomerate Reliance Industries also proved timely, as did avoiding China-based internet search provider Baidu. Conversely, picks in real estate detracted mildly, along with a cash position averaging roughly 4%. Geographically, Australia hampered our relative result. The largest relative detractor this period was Dah Sing Banking Group, a Hong-Kong-based bank. South Korea’s Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance and Hong Kong-based Vtech Holdings, a provider of consumer electronics, toys and contract manufacturing services, were other meaningful detractors. By period end, we sold Hyundai Marine & Fire and Vtech Holdings, and significantly reduced the fund’s stake in Dah Sing Banking Group.

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.

Note to shareholders:  On June 1, 2019, Xiaoting Zhao assumed co-management responsibilities, joining John Dance until year-end, when John comes off of the fund.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 8.6 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 7.6 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 4.8 
AIA Group Ltd. 4.5 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR 3.7 
SK Hynix, Inc. 2.8 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 2.6 
Reliance Industries Ltd. 2.4 
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (H Shares) 2.3 
Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR 2.1 
 41.4 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Information Technology 23.5 
Financials 20.5 
Consumer Discretionary 16.5 
Communication Services 12.4 
Real Estate 5.3 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 98.2% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.8% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.9%   
 Shares Value 
Australia - 0.5%   
Blue Sky Alternative Investments Ltd. (a)(b) 347,682 $2 
HUB24 Ltd. (c) 183,191 1,555,082 
TOTAL AUSTRALIA  1,555,084 
Bermuda - 0.4%   
Tai Cheung Holdings Ltd. 1,608,146 1,291,600 
Cayman Islands - 25.3%   
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sponsored ADR (a) 68,232 12,054,547 
Bilibili, Inc. ADR (a) 29,800 470,542 
CStone Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (a)(d) 1,027,000 1,369,127 
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. 1,082,000 2,047,373 
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. (d) 519,130 1,577,148 
International Housewares Retail Co. Ltd. 7,264,395 1,694,483 
Kingsoft Corp. Ltd. (a) 741,800 1,707,209 
Longfor Properties Co. Ltd. (d) 522,000 2,166,380 
Meituan Dianping Class B (a) 331,256 3,951,269 
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. sponsored ADR (a) 43,000 5,248,580 
Pinduoduo, Inc. ADR (a) 169,655 6,935,496 
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. 292,008 4,035,157 
SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. 1,851,625 2,038,822 
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. 110,800 1,780,986 
TAL Education Group ADR (a) 125,200 5,359,812 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 699,360 28,368,087 
Wuxi Biologics (Cayman), Inc. (a)(d) 191,500 2,250,406 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  83,055,424 
China - 13.9%   
AVIC Jonhon OptronicTechnology Co. Ltd. 283,510 1,623,159 
Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group Co. Ltd. Group (A Shares) 492,442 1,624,184 
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. 131,600 1,283,660 
Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 107,888 1,711,062 
Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (H Shares) 3,109,500 2,519,477 
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 288,708 2,799,419 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (H Shares) 7,785,000 5,577,122 
Inner Mongoli Yili Industries Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 404,000 1,662,785 
Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 15,394 2,576,488 
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (H Shares) 663,409 7,656,928 
Qingdao Port International Co. Ltd. (H Shares) (d) 2,152,797 1,234,590 
Shanghai Bairun Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 929,800 3,518,945 
Shanghai M&G Stationery, Inc. (A Shares) 260,400 1,849,141 
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 576,600 2,039,987 
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 87,706 2,214,529 
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. (H Shares) (d) 156,400 1,885,672 
Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 168,658 2,072,595 
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 889,093 1,766,373 
TOTAL CHINA  45,616,116 
Hong Kong - 8.0%   
AIA Group Ltd. 1,500,950 14,946,798 
China Overseas Land and Investment Ltd. 750,000 2,366,620 
CNOOC Ltd. 1,270,000 1,890,078 
Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd. 238,025 307,718 
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. 138,759 4,322,903 
Sino Land Ltd. 1,689,022 2,524,864 
TOTAL HONG KONG  26,358,981 
India - 15.3%   
Asian Paints Ltd. 66,400 1,691,353 
Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (a)(d) 14,600 27,757 
Bajaj Finance Ltd. 43,000 2,436,679 
CCL Products (India) Ltd. (a) 291,279 846,063 
HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. (d) 71,296 3,003,114 
HDFC Bank Ltd. 325,454 5,634,840 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 280,606 8,415,486 
Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (a) 405,036 2,231,915 
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. 116,700 2,586,501 
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. 26,200 2,789,563 
Oberoi Realty Ltd. (a) 349,907 2,495,825 
Page Industries Ltd. 3,900 1,412,937 
Petronet LNG Ltd. 732,933 2,955,388 
Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. 993,632 2,776,594 
Reliance Industries Ltd. 375,496 7,733,875 
Shree Cement Ltd. 6,600 1,848,852 
TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd. (a)(d) 139,631 1,482,127 
TOTAL INDIA  50,368,869 
Indonesia - 3.1%   
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk 2,690,623 6,022,496 
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk 13,900,645 4,165,124 
TOTAL INDONESIA  10,187,620 
Korea (South) - 9.9%   
Kakao Corp. 17,200 2,079,655 
LG Chemical Ltd. 6,753 1,774,387 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 364,696 15,706,089 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. 20,300 3,946,244 
SK Hynix, Inc. 129,894 9,101,426 
TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)  32,607,801 
Malaysia - 0.3%   
Bursa Malaysia Bhd 671,600 971,674 
Multi-National - 1.7%   
HKT Trust/HKT Ltd. unit 3,588,332 5,582,225 
Netherlands - 1.0%   
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands) 13,045 3,419,285 
Philippines - 2.2%   
Ayala Land, Inc. 4,842,664 4,624,596 
Jollibee Food Corp. 593,500 2,710,035 
TOTAL PHILIPPINES  7,334,631 
Singapore - 0.5%   
Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. 1,198,378 1,787,227 
Taiwan - 8.7%   
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. 567,000 1,673,224 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 2,555,393 24,995,136 
Voltronic Power Technology Corp. 88,350 1,955,415 
TOTAL TAIWAN  28,623,775 
Thailand - 1.6%   
Home Product Center PCL (For. Reg.) 4,525,167 2,577,522 
Thai Beverage PCL 3,809,893 2,557,920 
TOTAL THAILAND  5,135,442 
United States of America - 4.0%   
DouYu International Holdings Ltd. ADR 545,283 4,236,849 
Lam Research Corp. 12,483 3,383,392 
Micron Technology, Inc. (a) 56,800 2,700,840 
NVIDIA Corp. 13,700 2,753,974 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  13,075,055 
Vietnam - 0.5%   
Vietnam Dairy Products Corp. 285,600 1,597,737 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $234,817,046)  318,568,546 
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.3%   
Korea (South) - 1.3%   
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   
(Cost $4,080,205) 118,570 4,159,053 
Money Market Funds - 2.3%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (e) 7,091,551 7,092,970 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.84% (e)(f) 596,245 596,304 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS   
(Cost $7,689,274)  7,689,274 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.5%   
(Cost $246,586,525)  330,416,873 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.5)%  (1,533,757) 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $328,883,116 

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

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 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) Level 3 security

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

 (d) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $14,996,321 or 4.6% of net assets.

 (e) Affiliated fund that is generally 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.

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

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 $237,279 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 27,596 
Total $264,875 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $40,737,358 $6,787,046 $33,950,312 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 54,818,378 29,598,435 25,219,943 -- 
Consumer Staples 16,095,184 -- 16,095,184 -- 
Energy 12,579,341 -- 12,579,341 -- 
Financials 67,602,467 -- 67,602,465 
Health Care 14,196,653 -- 14,196,653 -- 
Industrials 12,167,988 1,955,415 10,212,573 -- 
Information Technology 76,950,017 43,424,242 33,525,775 -- 
Materials 5,314,592 1,774,387 3,540,205 -- 
Real Estate 17,257,112 -- 17,257,112 -- 
Utilities 5,008,509 -- 5,008,509 -- 
Money Market Funds 7,689,274 7,689,274 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $330,416,873 $91,228,799 $239,188,072 $2 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $567,744) — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $238,897,251) 
$322,727,599  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $7,689,274) 7,689,274  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $246,586,525)  $330,416,873 
Foreign currency held at value (cost $305,060)  304,950 
Receivable for investments sold  3,092,494 
Receivable for fund shares sold  156,417 
Dividends receivable  193,060 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  10,291 
Prepaid expenses  519 
Other receivables  131,235 
Total assets  334,305,839 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $3,770,746  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 166,805  
Accrued management fee 182,453  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 64,513  
Other affiliated payables 65,248  
Other payables and accrued expenses 576,658  
Collateral on securities loaned 596,300  
Total liabilities  5,422,723 
Net Assets  $328,883,116 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $229,328,297 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  99,554,819 
Net Assets  $328,883,116 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($144,576,711 ÷ 3,628,349 shares)(a)  $39.85 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $39.85)  $42.28 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($39,196,629 ÷ 1,015,088 shares)(a)  $38.61 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $38.61)  $40.01 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($23,583,500 ÷ 659,321 shares)(a)  $35.77 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($76,981,227 ÷ 1,870,118 shares)  $41.16 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($44,545,049 ÷ 1,083,282 shares)  $41.12 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $5,732,713 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $27,596 from security lending)  264,875 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  5,997,588 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (526,550) 
Total income  5,471,038 
Expenses   
Management fee $1,945,828  
Transfer agent fees 605,725  
Distribution and service plan fees 861,806  
Accounting and security lending fees 146,671  
Custodian fees and expenses 91,993  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 1,562  
Registration fees 98,205  
Audit 114,204  
Legal 1,713  
Interest 439  
Miscellaneous 2,049  
Total expenses before reductions 3,870,195  
Expense reductions (25,689)  
Total expenses after reductions  3,844,506 
Net investment income (loss)  1,626,532 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers 16,007,301  
Fidelity Central Funds  
Foreign currency transactions (175,253)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  15,832,052 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $471,713) 48,040,874  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (3,475)  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  48,037,399 
Net gain (loss)  63,869,451 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $65,495,983 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $1,626,532 $1,583,642 
Net realized gain (loss) 15,832,052 20,926,638 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 48,037,399 (71,369,376) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 65,495,983 (48,859,096) 
Distributions to shareholders (15,626,454) (1,669,451) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) 30,152,901 (10,181,121) 
Redemption fees – 5,359 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets 80,022,430 (60,704,309) 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 248,860,686 309,564,995 
End of period $328,883,116 $248,860,686 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $33.52 $39.98 $30.26 $28.75 $32.05 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .23 .25 .27 .29 .31 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 8.23 (6.48) 9.75 1.67 (1.76) 
Total from investment operations 8.46 (6.23) 10.02 1.96 (1.45) 
Distributions from net investment income (.19) (.22) (.24) (.22) (.18) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.93) (.01) (.07) (.23) (1.67) 
Total distributions (2.13)B (.23) (.31) (.45) (1.86)C 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D .01 D .01 
Net asset value, end of period $39.85 $33.52 $39.98 $30.26 $28.75 
Total ReturnE,F 26.60% (15.67)% 33.54% 6.95% (4.78)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 1.32% 1.32% 1.38% 1.42% 1.37% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.32% 1.32% 1.37% 1.42% 1.37% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.31% 1.30% 1.36% 1.42% 1.36% 
Net investment income (loss) .62% .62% .80% 1.03% 1.00% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $144,577 $106,775 $137,165 $119,449 $125,528 
Portfolio turnover rateI 69%J 34% 43% 75% 70% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $2.13 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.194 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.933 per share.

 C Total distributions of $1.86 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.183 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.674 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $32.50 $38.80 $29.39 $27.93 $31.17 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .12 .13 .16 .20 .21 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 7.98 (6.29) 9.49 1.62 (1.71) 
Total from investment operations 8.10 (6.16) 9.65 1.82 (1.50) 
Distributions from net investment income (.05) (.13) (.18) (.13) (.08) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.93) (.01) (.07) (.23) (1.67) 
Total distributions (1.99)B (.14) (.25) (.36) (1.75) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – C .01 C .01 
Net asset value, end of period $38.61 $32.50 $38.80 $29.39 $27.93 
Total ReturnD,E 26.21% (15.93)% 33.16% 6.62% (5.05)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.61% 1.61% 1.68% 1.72% 1.68% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.61% 1.61% 1.68% 1.72% 1.68% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.60% 1.59% 1.66% 1.72% 1.67% 
Net investment income (loss) .32% .33% .50% .72% .69% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $39,197 $33,478 $44,730 $35,791 $37,720 
Portfolio turnover rateH 69%I 34% 43% 75% 70% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $1.99 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.054 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.933 per share.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $30.32 $36.29 $27.52 $26.17 $29.30 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A (.04) (.04) .02 .07 .07 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 7.42 (5.86) 8.89 1.52 (1.59) 
Total from investment operations 7.38 (5.90) 8.91 1.59 (1.52) 
Distributions from net investment income – (.05) (.08) (.01) – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.93) (.01) (.07) (.23) (1.62) 
Total distributions (1.93) (.07)B (.14)C (.24) (1.62) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D D D .01 
Net asset value, end of period $35.77 $30.32 $36.29 $27.52 $26.17 
Total ReturnE,F 25.67% (16.30)% 32.58% 6.14% (5.46)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 2.08% 2.06% 2.11% 2.16% 2.11% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.07% 2.05% 2.11% 2.16% 2.11% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.06% 2.04% 2.09% 2.16% 2.10% 
Net investment income (loss) (.14)% (.11)% .07% .29% .26% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $23,584 $48,507 $60,852 $43,016 $51,651 
Portfolio turnover rateI 69%J 34% 43% 75% 70% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.07 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.054 and distributions from net realized gain of $.013 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.14 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.076 and distributions from net realized gain of $.067 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $34.60 $41.27 $31.19 $29.63 $33.00 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .34 .37 .38 .39 .41 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 8.48 (6.68) 10.06 1.72 (1.81) 
Total from investment operations 8.82 (6.31) 10.44 2.11 (1.40) 
Distributions from net investment income (.33) (.34) (.31) (.32) (.31) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.93) (.01) (.07) (.23) (1.67) 
Total distributions (2.26) (.36)B (.37)C (.55) (1.98) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D .01 D .01 
Net asset value, end of period $41.16 $34.60 $41.27 $31.19 $29.63 
Total ReturnE 26.93% (15.43)% 33.97% 7.27% (4.47)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.04% 1.03% 1.08% 1.11% 1.07% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.03% 1.03% 1.07% 1.11% 1.07% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.03% 1.02% 1.06% 1.11% 1.06% 
Net investment income (loss) .90% .91% 1.10% 1.34% 1.30% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $76,981 $59,527 $66,818 $37,364 $51,569 
Portfolio turnover rateH 69%I 34% 43% 75% 70% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.36 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.342 and distributions from net realized gain of $.013 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.37 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.307 and distributions from net realized gain of $.067 per share.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 A 
Selected Per–Share Data   
Net asset value, beginning of period $34.60 $38.03 
Income from Investment Operations   
Net investment income (loss)B .40 – 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 8.47 (3.43) 
Total from investment operations 8.87 (3.43) 
Distributions from net investment income (.42) – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.93) – 
Total distributions (2.35) – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalB – C 
Net asset value, end of period $41.12 $34.60 
Total ReturnD,E 27.14% (9.02)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G   
Expenses before reductions .89% .97%H 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .89% .97%H 
Expenses net of all reductions .89% .95%H 
Net investment income (loss) 1.04% (.02)%H 
Supplemental Data   
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $44,545 $573 
Portfolio turnover rateI 69%J 34% 

 A For the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2018.

 B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. 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.

 H Annualized

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions. 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 generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

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

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $89,356,529 
Gross unrealized depreciation (6,785,212) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $82,571,317 
Tax Cost $247,845,556 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $1,968,766 
Undistributed long-term capital gain $15,564,259 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $82,493,507 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $1,232,122 $ 1,669,451 
Long-term Capital Gains 14,394,332 – 
Total $15,626,454 $ 1,669,451 

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.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, aggregated $191,469,157 and $187,962,978, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate 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 the investment adviser, 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% $319,565 $6,546 
Class M .25% .25% 190,012 3,682 
Class C .75% .25% 352,229 26,081 
   $861,806 $ 36,309 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $16,939 
Class M 3,975 
Class C(a) 4,200 
 $25,114 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $289,162 .23 
Class M 101,439 .27 
Class C 76,810 .22 
Class I 132,528 .19 
Class Z 5,786 .04 
 $605,725  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .05%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,366 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 Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) or other affiliated entities of 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 $1,194,500 2.20% $439 

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

Affiliated Exchanges In-Kind. During the period, the Fund received investments, including accrued interest and cash valued at $27,823,070 in exchange for 730,264 shares of the Fund. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as the Notes to Financial Statements.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $735 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. 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. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $7,467 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $143.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $2,016 and portion of class-level operating expenses as follows:

 Amount 
Class A $6,907 
Class M 2,269 
Class C 2,951 
Class I 3,879 
Class Z 57 
 $16,063 

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $6,691,786 $782,369 
Class M 2,031,064 164,115 
Class C 3,030,598 114,683 
Class I 3,816,719 608,284 
Class Z 56,287 – 
Total $15,626,454 $1,669,451 

10. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018(a) Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018(a) 
Class A     
Shares sold 890,097 347,979 $33,055,278 $13,983,752 
Reinvestment of distributions 188,292 18,295 6,170,338 726,143 
Shares redeemed (635,645) (611,537) (23,172,423) (24,140,514) 
Net increase (decrease) 442,744 (245,263) $16,053,193 $(9,430,619) 
Class M     
Shares sold 96,541 106,289 $3,369,385 $4,193,456 
Reinvestment of distributions 63,400 4,228 2,018,654 163,108 
Shares redeemed (174,962) (233,325) (6,248,124) (8,901,416) 
Net increase (decrease) (15,021) (122,808) $(860,085) $(4,544,852) 
Class C     
Shares sold 102,684 264,089 $3,392,318 $9,881,327 
Reinvestment of distributions 97,571 2,994 2,890,051 108,193 
Shares redeemed (1,140,615) (344,108) (37,957,664) (12,330,390) 
Net increase (decrease) (940,360) (77,025) $(31,675,295) $(2,340,870) 
Class I     
Shares sold 937,770 916,032 $35,923,043 $38,220,251 
Reinvestment of distributions 96,243 13,464 3,250,123 550,139 
Shares redeemed (884,566) (828,029) (33,418,045) (33,233,325) 
Net increase (decrease) 149,447 101,467 $5,755,121 $5,537,065 
Class Z     
Shares sold 1,143,097(b) 16,569 $43,891,849(b) $598,155 
Reinvestment of distributions 783 – 26,366 – 
Shares redeemed (77,167) – (3,038,248) – 
Net increase (decrease) 1,066,713 16,569 $40,879,967 $598,155 

 (a) Share transactions for Class Z are for the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2018.

 (b) Amount includes in-kind exchanges (see the Affiliated Exchanges In-Kind note for additional details).

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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.29%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,020.00 $6.57 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.70 $6.56 
Class M 1.57%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,018.20 $7.99 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.29 $7.98 
Class C 1.97%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,016.20 $10.01 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,015.27 $10.01 
Class I 1.01%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,021.10 $5.15 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.11 $5.14 
Class Z .91%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,022.10 $4.64 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.62 $4.63 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity 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 
Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund     
Class A 12/09/2019 12/06/2019 $0.156 $1.958 
Class M 12/09/2019 12/06/2019 $0.037 $1.958 
Class C 12/09/2019 12/06/2019 $0.000 $1.866 
Class I 12/09/2019 12/06/2019 $0.263 $1.958 
Class Z 12/09/2019 12/06/2019 $0.326 $1.958 

The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended October 31, 2019, $15,566,408, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

Class A, Class M, Class I, and Class Z 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 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 
Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund    
Class A 12/10/2018 $0.2827 $0.0887 
Class M 12/10/2018 $0.1427 $0.0887 
Class C 12/10/2018 $0.0000 $0.0000 
Class I 12/10/2018 $0.4187 $0.0887 
Class Z 12/10/2018 $0.5067 $0.0887 

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

AEA-ANN-1219
1.703376.122


Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s shareholder reports.


Fidelity Investments

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a financial advisor, broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically, by contacting your financial intermediary. For Fidelity customers, visit Fidelity's web site or call Fidelity using the contact information listed below.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports, you may contact your financial intermediary or, if you are a Fidelity customer, visit Fidelity’s website, or call Fidelity at the applicable toll-free number listed below. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex/your financial intermediary.

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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You may also call 1-877-208-0098 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

Standard & Poor's, S&P and S&P 500 are registered service marks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by Fidelity Distributors Corporation.

Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2019 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.



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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) (1.38)% 4.57% 8.39% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 0.76% 4.81% 8.38% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 2.94% 5.03% 8.23% 
Class I 4.96% 6.10% 9.34% 

 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. 

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund - Class A on October 31, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$22,381Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund - Class A

$30,959Russell 1000® Value Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The S&P 500® index gained 14.33% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, ending the period just shy of a record close after seesawing due to trade tension, interest rates, economic data and an inverted yield curve, among other factors. Upbeat company earnings and outlooks, along with signs the Federal Reserve may pause on rates, boosted stocks to an all-time high on April 30. In May, however, volatility spiked and the index sunk as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China broke down. The bull market roared back in June and recorded a series of highs in July, when the Fed, affirming a dovish shift in policy, cut interest rates for the first time since 2008. Volatility intensified in August, however, as the U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted for the first time since 2007, which some investors viewed as a sign the U.S. economy could be heading for recession. The market proved resilient, rising in the final two months and reaching a new high on October 30, when the Fed cut interest rates for the third time this year. For the full 12 months, the defensive real estate (+27%) and utilities (+24%) sectors led the way, followed by information technology (+23%). Communication services and consumer discretionary each gained about 16%, while industrials advanced 15%. In contrast, energy (-11%) was by far the weakest sector – slipping on lower oil prices. Other notable laggards included health care (+9%) and financials (+12%). Lastly, consumer staples and materials finished roughly in line with the index.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Sean Gavin:  For the fiscal year, the fund share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) gained roughly 4% to 5%, trailing the 11.21% advance of the benchmark Russell 1000® Value Index. Versus the benchmark, stock selection in the health care, financials and industrials sectors detracted most. Security selection and an underweighting in information technology also hurt relative performance. Within health care, our biggest individual detractor by far was an untimely early-period overweighting in CVS Health (-27%), which combines a retail drug store chain, pharmacy-benefit-management division and health insurance business. I sold CVS from the fund in April. Health insurer Cigna (-1%), one of the fund's largest holdings, also hurt our relative result. Other individual detractors were PVH (-28%), a leading global apparel company that struggled in a difficult environment for retailers, and C.H. Robinson Worldwide (-15%), a provider of truck-brokerage services that faced mounting competitive challenges. In contrast, security selection within the food, beverage & tobacco segment of the consumer staples sector notably contributed, especially C&C Group (+40%), an Ireland-based maker of alcoholic drinks, and chocolate maker Hershey (+41%). Elsewhere, discount retailer (+45%) Dollar General was the top individual contributor, reflecting the company's sales growth and strong market position.

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.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Comcast Corp. Class A 5.7 
Cigna Corp. 5.5 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B 5.0 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4.2 
Exxon Mobil Corp. 4.0 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 3.9 
The Walt Disney Co. 3.6 
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.5 
Celgene Corp. 3.4 
CBRE Group, Inc. 3.3 
 42.1 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Financials 26.2 
Health Care 24.8 
Communication Services 11.4 
Energy 7.9 
Consumer Staples 6.9 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019* 
   Stocks 95.4% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 4.6% 


 * Foreign investments – 17.1%

Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.4%   
 Shares Value 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.4%   
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%   
Verizon Communications, Inc. 2,200 $133,034 
Entertainment - 3.6%   
The Walt Disney Co. 7,408 962,447 
Media - 7.3%   
Comcast Corp. Class A 34,400 1,541,810 
Fox Corp. Class A 5,800 185,832 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 11,600 252,300 
  1,979,942 
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES  3,075,423 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 3.7%   
Multiline Retail - 2.3%   
Dollar General Corp. 3,900 625,326 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.4%   
PVH Corp. 4,100 357,356 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY  982,682 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.9%   
Beverages - 2.5%   
C&C Group PLC (United Kingdom) 135,402 666,493 
Food Products - 4.4%   
Danone SA 6,200 513,616 
The Hershey Co. 4,500 660,915 
  1,174,531 
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES  1,841,024 
ENERGY - 7.9%   
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.9%   
Exxon Mobil Corp. 15,900 1,074,363 
GasLog Partners LP 16,600 328,846 
Golar LNG Partners LP 30,700 312,526 
Teekay LNG Partners LP 28,900 415,871 
  2,131,606 
FINANCIALS - 26.2%   
Banks - 9.0%   
M&T Bank Corp. 900 140,877 
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 9,200 628,728 
U.S. Bancorp 12,171 693,990 
Wells Fargo & Co. 18,326 946,171 
  2,409,766 
Capital Markets - 2.8%   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3,500 746,830 
Consumer Finance - 0.5%   
Discover Financial Services 1,700 136,442 
Diversified Financial Services - 5.0%   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a) 6,400 1,360,512 
Insurance - 5.4%   
Chubb Ltd. 5,100 777,342 
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 5,100 668,406 
  1,445,748 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts - 3.5%   
AGNC Investment Corp. 34,000 579,700 
MFA Financial, Inc. 48,100 365,079 
  944,779 
TOTAL FINANCIALS  7,044,077 
HEALTH CARE - 24.8%   
Biotechnology - 4.3%   
Amgen, Inc. 1,100 234,575 
Celgene Corp. (a) 8,600 929,058 
  1,163,633 
Health Care Providers & Services - 15.1%   
Anthem, Inc. 2,200 591,976 
Centene Corp. (a) 15,900 843,972 
Cigna Corp. 8,300 1,481,218 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4,500 1,137,150 
  4,054,316 
Pharmaceuticals - 5.4%   
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 7,300 418,801 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 3,450 1,038,298 
  1,457,099 
TOTAL HEALTH CARE  6,675,048 
INDUSTRIALS - 3.4%   
Aerospace & Defense - 2.1%   
General Dynamics Corp. 800 141,440 
United Technologies Corp. 2,900 416,382 
  557,822 
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.3%   
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (b) 4,700 355,508 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS  913,330 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 5.0%   
IT Services - 5.0%   
Amdocs Ltd. 8,200 534,640 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 7,600 463,144 
The Western Union Co. 13,900 348,334 
  1,346,118 
REAL ESTATE - 4.4%   
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.1%   
Simon Property Group, Inc. 2,000 301,360 
Real Estate Management & Development - 3.3%   
CBRE Group, Inc. (a) 16,400 878,220 
TOTAL REAL ESTATE  1,179,580 
UTILITIES - 1.7%   
Electric Utilities - 1.7%   
Exelon Corp. 10,100 459,449 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $21,652,959)  25,648,337 
Money Market Funds - 8.6%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (c) 1,843,307 1,843,675 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.84% (c)(d) 464,580 464,627 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS   
(Cost $2,308,302)  2,308,302 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 104.0%   
(Cost $23,961,261)  27,956,639 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (4.0)%  (1,087,891) 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $26,868,748 

Legend

 (a) Non-income producing

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

 (c) Affiliated fund that is generally 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.

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

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 $17,108 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 206 
Total $17,314 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $3,075,423 $3,075,423 $-- $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 982,682 982,682 -- -- 
Consumer Staples 1,841,024 1,327,408 513,616 -- 
Energy 2,131,606 2,131,606 -- -- 
Financials 7,044,077 7,044,077 -- -- 
Health Care 6,675,048 5,636,750 1,038,298 -- 
Industrials 913,330 913,330 -- -- 
Information Technology 1,346,118 1,346,118 -- -- 
Real Estate 1,179,580 1,179,580 -- -- 
Utilities 459,449 459,449 -- -- 
Money Market Funds 2,308,302 2,308,302 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $27,956,639 $26,404,725 $1,551,914 $-- 

Other Information

Distribution of investments by country or territory of incorporation, as a percentage of Total Net Assets, is as follows (Unaudited):

United States of America 82.9% 
Switzerland 6.8% 
Marshall Islands 3.9% 
Ireland 2.5% 
Bailiwick of Guernsey 2.0% 
France 1.9% 
 100.0% 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $216,474) — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $21,652,959) 
$25,648,337  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $2,308,302) 2,308,302  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $23,961,261)  $27,956,639 
Cash  22,605 
Receivable for investments sold  229,802 
Receivable for fund shares sold  24,262 
Dividends receivable  28,061 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  2,233 
Prepaid expenses  48 
Other receivables  129 
Total assets  28,263,779 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $866,258  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 10  
Accrued management fee 10,286  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 7,717  
Other affiliated payables 5,625  
Other payables and accrued expenses 40,510  
Collateral on securities loaned 464,625  
Total liabilities  1,395,031 
Net Assets  $26,868,748 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $22,754,878 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  4,113,870 
Net Assets  $26,868,748 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($16,647,788 ÷ 893,889 shares)(a)  $18.62 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $18.62)  $19.76 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($5,145,855 ÷ 275,484 shares)(a)  $18.68 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $18.68)  $19.36 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($2,733,030 ÷ 151,893 shares)(a)  $17.99 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,342,075 ÷ 124,684 shares)  $18.78 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $631,742 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $206 from security lending)  17,314 
Total income  649,056 
Expenses   
Management fee   
Basic fee $147,299  
Performance adjustment (50,697)  
Transfer agent fees 61,832  
Distribution and service plan fees 103,220  
Accounting and security lending fees 10,657  
Custodian fees and expenses 3,698  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 157  
Registration fees 56,818  
Audit 53,682  
Legal 3,580  
Miscellaneous 170  
Total expenses before reductions 390,416  
Expense reductions (15,485)  
Total expenses after reductions  374,931 
Net investment income (loss)  274,125 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (40,420)  
Fidelity Central Funds  
Foreign currency transactions 126  
Futures contracts 40,741  
Total net realized gain (loss)  449 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers 946,035  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 81  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  946,116 
Net gain (loss)  946,565 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $1,220,690 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $274,125 $217,634 
Net realized gain (loss) 449 2,239,985 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 946,116 (1,305,995) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 1,220,690 1,151,624 
Distributions to shareholders (2,172,169) (177,168) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) (1,793,974) (4,744,571) 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (2,745,453) (3,770,115) 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 29,614,201 33,384,316 
End of period $26,868,748 $29,614,201 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $19.31 $18.81 $16.03 $16.34 $15.79 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .20 .16 .11 .12 .29 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .58B .47C 2.75 (.15)D .39E 
Total from investment operations .78 .63 2.86 (.03) .68 
Distributions from net investment income (.19) (.13) (.08) (.27) (.12) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.28) – – (.02) (.01) 
Total distributions (1.47) (.13) (.08) (.28)F (.13) 
Net asset value, end of period $18.62 $19.31 $18.81 $16.03 $16.34 
Total ReturnG,H 4.64%B 3.33%C 17.87% (.18)%D 4.32%E 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J      
Expenses before reductions 1.29% 1.25% 1.39% 1.47% 1.49% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.24% 1.25% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.12% .81% .61% .77% 1.78% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $16,648 $15,105 $17,848 $16,448 $18,237 
Portfolio turnover rateK 37% 35% 34% 63% 54% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 4.45%.

 C Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 3.21%.

 D Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (.24)%.

 E Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 4.01%.

 F Total distributions of $.28 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.265 and distributions from net realized gain of $.017 per share.

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

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

 I Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $19.34 $18.82 $16.04 $16.33 $15.78 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .16 .11 .07 .08 .25 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .59B .47C 2.75 (.16)D .39E 
Total from investment operations .75 .58 2.82 (.08) .64 
Distributions from net investment income (.13) (.06) (.04) (.20) (.08) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.28) – – (.02) (.01) 
Total distributions (1.41) (.06) (.04) (.21)F (.09) 
Net asset value, end of period $18.68 $19.34 $18.82 $16.04 $16.33 
Total ReturnG,H 4.42%B 3.09%C 17.60% (.49)%D 4.04%E 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsI,J      
Expenses before reductions 1.58% 1.54% 1.67% 1.77% 1.78% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.50% 1.50% 1.50% 1.49% 1.50% 
Net investment income (loss) .87% .56% .37% .52% 1.53% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $5,146 $4,987 $5,866 $6,732 $7,672 
Portfolio turnover rateK 37% 35% 34% 63% 54% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 4.23%.

 C Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 2.97%.

 D Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (.55)%.

 E Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 3.73%.

 F Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.195 and distributions from net realized gain of $.017 per share.

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

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

 I Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $18.67 $18.21 $15.56 $15.88 $15.35 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .06 .01 (.02) B .17 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .58C .45D 2.67 (.16)E .37F 
Total from investment operations .64 .46 2.65 (.16) .54 
Distributions from net investment income (.04) – – (.15) – 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.28) – – (.02) (.01) 
Total distributions (1.32) – – (.16)G (.01) 
Net asset value, end of period $17.99 $18.67 $18.21 $15.56 $15.88 
Total ReturnH,I 3.90%C 2.53%D 17.03% (1.00)%E 3.54%F 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsJ,K      
Expenses before reductions 2.13% 2.09% 2.22% 2.29% 2.29% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.00% 2.00% 1.99% 2.00% 2.00% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.00% 2.00% 1.99% 1.99% 2.00% 
Net investment income (loss) .37% .06% (.13)% .02% 1.03% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,733 $5,298 $5,619 $5,057 $5,662 
Portfolio turnover rateL 37% 35% 34% 63% 54% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 C Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 3.71%.

 D Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 2.41%.

 E Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (1.06)%.

 F Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 3.23%.

 G Total distributions of $.16 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.147 and distributions from net realized gain of $.017 per share.

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

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

 J 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.

 K 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.

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

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


Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $19.47 $18.97 $16.16 $16.48 $15.93 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .25 .22 .16 .16 .34 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .59B .46C 2.77 (.15)D .39E 
Total from investment operations .84 .68 2.93 .01 .73 
Distributions from net investment income (.26) (.18) (.12) (.31) (.17) 
Distributions from net realized gain (1.28) – – (.02) (.01) 
Total distributions (1.53)F (.18) (.12) (.33) (.18) 
Net asset value, end of period $18.78 $19.47 $18.97 $16.16 $16.48 
Total ReturnG 4.96%B 3.61%C 18.19% .03%D 4.58%E 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I      
Expenses before reductions .97% .96% 1.12% 1.18% 1.18% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .97% .96% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 
Expenses net of all reductions .96% .96% 1.00% .99% 1.00% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.41% 1.10% .87% 1.02% 2.03% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,342 $4,225 $4,052 $3,287 $3,052 
Portfolio turnover rateJ 37% 35% 34% 63% 54% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 4.77%.

 C Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.02 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 3.49%.

 D Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been (.03)%.

 E Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share reflects proceeds received from litigation which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding these litigation proceeds, the total return would have been 4.27%.

 F Total distributions of $1.53 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.255 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.278 per share.

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

 H Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C and Class I 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, partnerships, futures transactions and losses deferred due to wash sales.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $4,524,325 
Gross unrealized depreciation (654,980) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $3,869,345 
Tax Cost $24,087,294 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $251,456 
Undistributed long-term capital gain $22,477 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $3,839,938 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $257,014 $ 177,168 
Long-term Capital Gains 1,915,155 – 
Total $2,172,169 $ 177,168 

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 asset 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 may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.

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 daily 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, if any, 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. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.

Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts". The notional amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument or index at period end.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $9,753,086 and $13,337,103, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. 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 Class I of the Fund as compared to its benchmark index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, over the same 36 month performance period. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate, including the performance adjustment, was .35% of the Fund's average net assets. The performance adjustment included in the management fee rate may be higher or lower than the maximum performance adjustment rate due to the difference between the average net assets for the reporting and performance periods.

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 the investment adviser, 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% $38,899 $783 
Class M .25% .25% 25,626 213 
Class C .75% .25% 38,695 2,831 
   $103,220 $3,827 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $2,656 
Class M 615 
Class C(a) 292 
 $3,563 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $33,292 .21 
Class M 13,188 .26 
Class C 11,266 .29 
Class I 4,086 .14 
 $61,832  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .04%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $186 for the period.

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $74 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in 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. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to $20. 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. During the period, there were no securities loaned to NFS.

9. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of class-level average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through February 28, 2021. Some expenses, for example the compensation of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 Expense Limitations Reimbursement 
Class A 1.25% $5,562 
Class M 1.50% 4,011 
Class C 2.00% 4,729 
  $14,302 

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $788 for the period. In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $176.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $219.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $1,115,067 $113,174 
Class M 369,129 19,042 
Class C 369,297 – 
Class I 318,676 44,952 
Total $2,172,169 $177,168 

11. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 229,385 65,937 $4,056,134 $1,294,206 
Reinvestment of distributions 63,431 5,767 1,096,720 111,530 
Shares redeemed (181,162) (238,442) (3,251,975) (4,673,543) 
Net increase (decrease) 111,654 (166,738) $1,900,879 $(3,267,807) 
Class M     
Shares sold 38,519 13,950 $680,239 $273,190 
Reinvestment of distributions 20,833 959 362,077 18,619 
Shares redeemed (41,676) (68,747) (745,887) (1,339,051) 
Net increase (decrease) 17,676 (53,838) $296,429 $(1,047,242) 
Class C     
Shares sold 45,474 24,252 $751,074 $460,882 
Reinvestment of distributions 21,782 – 366,152 – 
Shares redeemed (199,068) (49,189) (3,443,473) (931,780) 
Net increase (decrease) (131,812) (24,937) $(2,326,247) $(470,898) 
Class I     
Shares sold 28,564 105,068 $515,965 $2,041,577 
Reinvestment of distributions 18,169 2,283 315,952 44,422 
Shares redeemed (139,027) (103,976) (2,496,952) (2,044,623) 
Net increase (decrease) (92,294) 3,375 $(1,665,035) $41,376 

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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.25%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,023.60 $6.38 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.90 $6.36 
Class M 1.50%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,022.40 $7.65 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.64 $7.63 
Class C 2.00%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,019.80 $10.18 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,015.12 $10.16 
Class I .90%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,025.10 $4.59 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.67 $4.58 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders 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 
Fidelity Advisor® Value Leaders Fund     
Class A 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.200 $0.090 
Class M 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.152 $0.090 
Class C 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.000 $0.089 
Class I 12/09/19 12/06/19 $0.267 $0.090 

The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended October 31, 2019, $22,477, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

Class A designates 92%; Class M designates 100%; Class C designates 100%; and Class I designates 70%; of the dividends distributed in December, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class M, Class C, and Class I 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 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

AVLF-ANN-1219
1.793577.116


Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
See the inside front cover for important information about access to your fund’s shareholder reports.


Fidelity Investments

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a financial advisor, broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a fund electronically, by contacting your financial intermediary. For Fidelity customers, visit Fidelity's web site or call Fidelity using the contact information listed below.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports, you may contact your financial intermediary or, if you are a Fidelity customer, visit Fidelity’s website, or call Fidelity at the applicable toll-free number listed below. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with the fund complex/your financial intermediary.

Account Type Website Phone Number 
Brokerage, Mutual Fund, or Annuity Contracts: fidelity.com/mailpreferences 1-800-343-3548 
Employer Provided Retirement Accounts: netbenefits.fidelity.com/preferences (choose 'no' under Required Disclosures to continue to print) 1-800-343-0860 
Advisor Sold Accounts Serviced Through Your Financial Intermediary: Contact Your Financial Intermediary Your Financial Intermediary's phone number 
Advisor Sold Accounts Serviced by Fidelity: institutional.fidelity.com 1-877-208-0098 


Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You may also call 1-877-208-0098 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

Standard & Poor's, S&P and S&P 500 are registered service marks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and have been licensed for use by Fidelity Distributors Corporation.

Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2019 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.



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-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT 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.institutional.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.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Past 10 years 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 12.56% 3.45% 4.14% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 14.86% 3.65% 4.11% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 17.48% 3.88% 3.97% 
Class I 19.78% 5.04% 5.11% 
Class Z 19.93% 5.19% 5.21% 

 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. 

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on August 13, 2013. Returns prior to August 13, 2013, are those of Class I. 

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund - Class A on October 31, 2009, 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.


Period Ending Values

$15,006Fidelity Advisor® Emerging Markets Fund - Class A

$14,574MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) ex USA Index gained 11.47% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, as international stocks reflected a confluence of factors, including escalating trade tension, and moderating but still positive global economic growth. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. In late December, the U.S. Federal Reserve shifted from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy in 2019, joining many foreign central banks. In June, international stocks rose 6.03%, as policy stimulus in China stabilized that country’s economic growth. The Fed cut its policy rate in July for the first time since 2008. However, the index returned -1.21% for the month, followed by -3.08% in August. In September, the Fed cut its policy rate another quarter point, citing concerns about slowing economic growth and muted inflation, and did the same in October, leading to monthly gains of 2.59% and 3.49%, respectively. For the full 12 months, the growth-oriented information technology sector (+22%) led the way, followed by utilities (+20%) and real estate (+18%), two high-dividend-yielding categories. Conversely, energy was roughly flat, while materials (+6%) and communication services (7%) also lagged. By region, Asia Pacific ex Japan (+16%), Europe ex U.K (+13%), Canada (+12%) and emerging markets (+12%) fared best. Meanwhile, the U.K. (+7%) and Japan (+10%) trailed the broader market.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Sam Polyak:  For the year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) gained roughly 18% to 20%, well ahead of the 11.89% advance of the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Stock selection mainly drove the fund’s advantage over the benchmark, especially in the financials, consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors. Geographically, China, South Korea and South Africa added significant value. Among individual holdings, Wuliangye Yibin, a China-based liquor manufacturer, contributed more on a relative basis than any other stock. I sold this position from the fund by period end. A non-benchmark investment in South Africa’s Impala Platinum Holdings also helped, as did a stake in South Korea-based Samsung Electronics, which I built into the fund’s largest position by October 31. Conversely, overweighting the materials sector detracted modestly. By country, non-benchmark exposure to the U.K. and Germany, as well as positioning in India, Thailand and Chile, weighed on the fund's relative return. Thailand-based Siam Cement detracted more than any other individual stock investment, followed by State Bank of India and China-based internet company Tencent Holdings.

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.

Note to shareholders:  On February 22, 2019, Sam Polyak assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund, joining Co-Manager Sammy Simnegar. As of October 1, 2019, Simnegar no longer manages the fund, leaving Polyak as sole Portfolio Manager.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea (South), Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals) 9.2 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Cayman Islands, Interactive Media & Services) 6.8 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment) 5.9 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (H Shares) (China, Banks) 4.4 
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. (A Shares) (China, Household Durables) 3.7 
 30.0 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Financials 24.2 
Information Technology 20.9 
Materials 11.6 
Consumer Discretionary 9.2 
Industrials 8.1 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
China 19.4 
Cayman Islands 14.0 
Taiwan 12.3 
Korea (South) 12.1 
Brazil 9.0 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 98.9% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 1.1% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 95.8%   
 Shares Value 
Brazil - 5.9%   
BM&F BOVESPA SA 624,200 $7,529,933 
IRB Brasil Resseguros SA 1,216,000 11,458,083 
Natura Cosmeticos SA 710,600 5,521,081 
Suzano Papel e Celulose SA 1,409,100 11,468,152 
TOTAL BRAZIL  35,977,249 
Cayman Islands - 14.0%   
Airtac International Group 745,037 10,199,126 
JD.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a) 207,633 6,467,768 
Li Ning Co. Ltd. 4,318,000 14,641,571 
Meituan Dianping Class B (a) 602,300 7,184,320 
PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (a) 145,041 5,378,120 
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 1,018,300 41,305,219 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  85,176,124 
Chile - 0.9%   
Banco de Chile 43,720,200 5,630,096 
China - 19.4%   
AVIC Jonhon OptronicTechnology Co. Ltd. 1,327,620 7,600,923 
C&S Paper Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 2,525,436 4,465,698 
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (H Shares) 3,874,000 9,962,733 
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. (H Shares) 4,076,000 19,439,387 
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (H Shares) 15,050,000 8,560,067 
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 9,807,742 22,275,972 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (H Shares) 37,809,000 27,086,115 
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 3,437,394 12,161,361 
Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services (A Shares) 1,601,500 6,965,481 
TOTAL CHINA  118,517,737 
Hong Kong - 4.4%   
China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Ltd. 3,514,000 18,016,369 
CNOOC Ltd. sponsored ADR 58,473 8,685,579 
TOTAL HONG KONG  26,701,948 
India - 4.9%   
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 211,598 6,345,909 
Infosys Ltd. sponsored ADR 571,560 5,481,260 
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 286,800 5,946,245 
Shree Cement Ltd. 18,218 5,103,392 
Solar Industries India Ltd. (a) 484,753 7,239,489 
TOTAL INDIA  30,116,295 
Indonesia - 1.1%   
PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk 12,856,000 6,426,321 
Israel - 2.3%   
Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel) 86,300 14,140,717 
Korea (South) - 12.1%   
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 1,296,011 55,814,331 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. 492,190 17,828,170 
TOTAL KOREA (SOUTH)  73,642,501 
Mexico - 3.8%   
CEMEX S.A.B. de CV sponsored ADR 1,366,900 5,153,213 
Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de CV Series O 3,248,900 17,733,709 
TOTAL MEXICO  22,886,922 
Peru - 3.1%   
Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA sponsored ADR 1,249,548 19,168,066 
Philippines - 1.5%   
Ayala Land, Inc. 9,677,000 9,241,239 
Russia - 5.8%   
Lukoil PJSC sponsored ADR 122,400 11,255,904 
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC sponsored ADR 409,835 11,352,430 
Sberbank of Russia sponsored ADR 862,400 12,677,280 
TOTAL RUSSIA  35,285,614 
Singapore - 1.6%   
CapitaLand Ltd. 3,594,700 9,501,595 
South Africa - 1.1%   
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (a) 948,900 6,521,509 
Taiwan - 12.3%   
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 1,067,000 7,924,307 
Sporton International, Inc. 1,069,000 6,659,781 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 3,719,000 36,376,757 
Unified-President Enterprises Corp. 6,397,000 15,773,310 
Yageo Corp. 813,000 8,370,451 
TOTAL TAIWAN  75,104,606 
Thailand - 0.7%   
Siam Cement PCL (For. Reg.) 371,300 4,515,974 
United States of America - 0.9%   
MercadoLibre, Inc. (a) 10,518 5,485,347 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $540,573,560)  584,039,860 
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 3.1%   
Brazil - 3.1%   
Itau Unibanco Holding SA 680,880 6,150,924 
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras sponsored ADR 767,578 12,465,467 
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS   
(Cost $14,925,916)  18,616,391 
Money Market Funds - 2.5%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (b)   
(Cost $15,115,630) 15,112,608 15,115,630 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 101.4%   
(Cost $570,615,106)  617,771,881 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.4)%  (8,268,179) 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $609,503,702 

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

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 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) Affiliated fund that is generally 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 $510,902 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 375,266 
Total $886,168 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 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.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $41,305,219 $-- $41,305,219 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 56,054,978 11,953,115 44,101,863 -- 
Consumer Staples 43,776,458 21,294,391 22,482,067 -- 
Energy 47,932,498 32,406,950 15,525,548 -- 
Financials 148,268,660 61,180,025 87,088,635 -- 
Industrials 49,107,230 30,999,624 18,107,606 -- 
Information Technology 126,946,149 82,968,469 43,977,680 -- 
Materials 70,522,225 53,663,370 16,858,855 -- 
Real Estate 18,742,834 -- 18,742,834 -- 
Money Market Funds 15,115,630 15,115,630 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $617,771,881 $309,581,574 $308,190,307 $-- 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $555,499,476) 
$602,656,251  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $15,115,630) 15,115,630  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $570,615,106)  $617,771,881 
Cash  310,578 
Foreign currency held at value (cost $12,309)  12,454 
Receivable for investments sold  385,156 
Receivable for fund shares sold  964,703 
Dividends receivable  827,672 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  23,910 
Prepaid expenses  1,525 
Other receivables  127,190 
Total assets  620,425,069 
Liabilities   
Payable for investments purchased $5,788,864  
Payable for fund shares redeemed 4,224,096  
Accrued management fee 482,994  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 82,860  
Other affiliated payables 166,155  
Other payables and accrued expenses 176,398  
Total liabilities  10,921,367 
Net Assets  $609,503,702 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $564,558,983 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  44,944,719 
Net Assets  $609,503,702 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($144,062,232 ÷ 5,502,917 shares)(a)  $26.18 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $26.18)  $27.78 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($45,309,928 ÷ 1,751,903 shares)(a)  $25.86 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $25.86)  $26.80 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($41,614,584 ÷ 1,701,334 shares)(a)  $24.46 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($288,485,355 ÷ 10,951,878 shares)  $26.34 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($90,031,603 ÷ 3,418,926 shares)  $26.33 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $15,214,591 
Non-Cash dividends  9,212,728 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $375,266 from security lending)  886,168 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  25,313,487 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (1,754,063) 
Total income  23,559,424 
Expenses   
Management fee $6,167,136  
Transfer agent fees 1,559,721  
Distribution and service plan fees 1,046,857  
Accounting and security lending fees 377,406  
Custodian fees and expenses 267,915  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 4,352  
Registration fees 116,495  
Audit 121,970  
Legal 2,861  
Interest 10,351  
Miscellaneous 5,117  
Total expenses before reductions 9,680,181  
Expense reductions (212,120)  
Total expenses after reductions  9,468,061 
Net investment income (loss)  14,091,363 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers 110,616,983  
Redemptions in-kind with affiliated entities 21,790,807  
Fidelity Central Funds 98  
Foreign currency transactions (604,631)  
Futures contracts (240,361)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  131,562,896 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (14,002,984)  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 29,317  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  (13,973,667) 
Net gain (loss)  117,589,229 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $131,680,592 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $14,091,363 $2,986,977 
Net realized gain (loss) 131,562,896 (29,147,894) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (13,973,667) (95,549,261) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 131,680,592 (121,710,178) 
Distributions to shareholders (87,939,723) (2,511,924) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) (106,326,281) 188,083,026 
Redemption fees – 14,852 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (62,585,412) 63,875,776 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 672,089,114 608,213,338 
End of period $609,503,702 $672,089,114 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $24.48 $28.86 $22.30 $20.73 $23.38 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .44B .09 .08 .02 .06 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.26 (4.39) 6.49 1.55 (2.66) 
Total from investment operations 4.70 (4.30) 6.57 1.57 (2.60) 
Distributions from net investment income (.06)C (.05) (.01) – (.02) 
Distributions from net realized gain (2.94)C (.03) – – (.03) 
Total distributions (3.00) (.08) (.01) – (.05) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $26.18 $24.48 $28.86 $22.30 $20.73 
Total ReturnE,F 19.42% (14.93)% 29.46% 7.57% (11.13)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 1.41% 1.44% 1.47% 1.51% 1.52% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.41% 1.44% 1.47% 1.51% 1.52% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.39% 1.40% 1.46% 1.51% 1.50% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.62%B .30% .34% .11% .28% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $144,062 $120,499 $142,129 $118,092 $112,931 
Portfolio turnover rateI 166%J 87% 86% 85% 110% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.32 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .44%.

 C The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $24.25 $28.61 $22.16 $20.65 $23.30 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .36B C .02 (.03) .01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.20 (4.34) 6.43 1.54 (2.66) 
Total from investment operations 4.56 (4.34) 6.45 1.51 (2.65) 
Distributions from net investment income (.02)D – – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (2.93)D (.02) – – – 
Total distributions (2.95) (.02) – – – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – C C C C 
Net asset value, end of period $25.86 $24.25 $28.61 $22.16 $20.65 
Total ReturnE,F 19.03% (15.17)% 29.11% 7.31% (11.37)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 1.70% 1.73% 1.75% 1.77% 1.78% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.70% 1.73% 1.75% 1.77% 1.78% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.68% 1.69% 1.73% 1.77% 1.76% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.33%B - %I .06% (.15)% .02% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $45,310 $40,616 $53,572 $44,575 $43,365 
Portfolio turnover rateJ 166%K 87% 86% 85% 110% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.32 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .15%.

 C Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 D The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

 I Amount represents less than .005%.

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

 K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $23.18 $27.46 $21.37 $20.02 $22.70 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .22B (.13) (.10) (.13) (.10) 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.01 (4.15) 6.19 1.48 (2.58) 
Total from investment operations 4.23 (4.28) 6.09 1.35 (2.68) 
Distributions from net investment income (.02)C – – – – 
Distributions from net realized gain (2.93)C – – – – 
Total distributions (2.95) – – – – 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $24.46 $23.18 $27.46 $21.37 $20.02 
Total ReturnE,F 18.48% (15.59)% 28.50% 6.74% (11.81)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsG,H      
Expenses before reductions 2.20% 2.22% 2.24% 2.26% 2.27% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.20% 2.22% 2.24% 2.26% 2.27% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.17% 2.19% 2.22% 2.26% 2.26% 
Net investment income (loss) .83%B (.49)% (.43)% (.64)% (.47)% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $41,615 $50,617 $57,599 $43,848 $46,595 
Portfolio turnover rateI 166%J 87% 86% 85% 110% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.30 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.34)%.

 C The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

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

 G Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $24.65 $29.03 $22.44 $20.83 $23.50 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .54B .18 .17 .10 .14 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.26 (4.41) 6.51 1.55 (2.67) 
Total from investment operations 4.80 (4.23) 6.68 1.65 (2.53) 
Distributions from net investment income (.17)C (.12) (.09) (.04) (.11) 
Distributions from net realized gain (2.94)C (.03) – – (.03) 
Total distributions (3.11) (.15) (.09) (.04) (.14) 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – D D D D 
Net asset value, end of period $26.34 $24.65 $29.03 $22.44 $20.83 
Total ReturnE 19.78% (14.64)% 29.94% 7.93% (10.83)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 1.09% 1.12% 1.13% 1.16% 1.17% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.09% 1.12% 1.13% 1.16% 1.17% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.06% 1.08% 1.11% 1.15% 1.16% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.94%B .62% .68% .46% .63% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $288,485 $394,904 $340,526 $242,116 $209,270 
Portfolio turnover rateH 166%I 87% 86% 85% 110% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.33 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .77%.

 C The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.

 D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $24.65 $29.02 $22.44 $20.83 $23.50 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .57B .22 .21 .13 .17 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 4.26 (4.41) 6.50 1.55 (2.66) 
Total from investment operations 4.83 (4.19) 6.71 1.68 (2.49) 
Distributions from net investment income (.21)C (.15) (.13) (.07) (.14) 
Distributions from net realized gain (2.94)C (.03) – – (.03) 
Total distributions (3.15) (.18) (.13) (.07) (.18)D 
Redemption fees added to paid in capitalA – E E E E 
Net asset value, end of period $26.33 $24.65 $29.02 $22.44 $20.83 
Total ReturnF,G 19.93% (14.52)% 30.13% 8.09% (10.68)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsH,I      
Expenses before reductions .95% .98% .98% 1.01% 1.02% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any .95% .98% .98% 1.01% 1.02% 
Expenses net of all reductions .92% .94% .97% 1.00% 1.00% 
Net investment income (loss) 2.09%B .76% .82% .61% .78% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $90,032 $65,453 $14,387 $6,261 $6,114 
Portfolio turnover rateJ 166%K 87% 86% 85% 110% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Net investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.32 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .91%.

 C The amounts shown reflect certain reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.

 D Total distributions of $.18 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.143 and distributions from net realized gain of $.033 per share.

 E Amount represents less than $.005 per share.

 F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

 H Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions. 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 generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Large, non-recurring dividends recognized by the Fund are presented separately on the Statement of Operations as "Non-cash dividends" and the impact of these dividends is presented in the Financial Highlights. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. These differences resulted in distribution reclassifications. 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, futures transactions, redemptions in kind and losses deferred due to wash sales.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $65,514,995 
Gross unrealized depreciation (21,975,036) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $43,539,959 
Tax Cost $574,231,922 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $1,402,661 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $43,542,059 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $3,791,593 $ 2,511,924 
Long-term Capital Gains 84,148,130 – 
Total $87,939,723 $ 2,511,924 

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 asset 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 may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.

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 daily 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, if any, 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. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.

Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts". The notional amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument or index at period end.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, aggregated $1,247,807,593 and $1,313,266,985, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .79% 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 the investment adviser, 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% $349,710 $15,083 
Class M .25% .25% 226,626 1,359 
Class C .75% .25% 470,521 73,683 
   $1,046,857 $90,125 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $46,456 
Class M 5,660 
Class C(a) 11,261 
 $63,377 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $366,160 .26 
Class M 137,145 .30 
Class C 138,393 .29 
Class I 882,198 .19 
Class Z 35,825 .05 
 $1,559,721  

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. Prior to April 1, 2019, FSC had a separate agreement with the Fund for administration of the security lending program, based on the number and duration of lending transactions. For the period, the total fees paid for accounting and administration of securities lending were equivalent to an annual rate of .05%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $7,017 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 Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) or other affiliated entities of 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 $6,029,667 2.46% $9,876 

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind. During the period, 8,278,452 shares of the Fund were redeemed in-kind for investments and cash with a value of $216,946,766. The net realized gain of $21,790,807 on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions is included in the accompanying Statement of Operations. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as the Notes to Financial Statements. The Fund recognized no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $2,053 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the Fund. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. The Fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. 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. The Fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. Total fees paid by the Fund to NFS, as lending agent, amounted to $61. 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, and includes $1,616 from securities loaned to NFS, as affiliated borrower.

9. Bank Borrowings.

The Fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity requirements. The Fund has established borrowing arrangements with certain banks. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. The average loan balance during the period for which loans were outstanding amounted to $5,894,000. The weighted average interest rate was 2.90%. The interest expense amounted to $475 under the bank borrowing program. At period end, there were no bank borrowings outstanding.

10. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $206,774 for the period.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $5,346.

11. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $14,899,450 $422,265 
Class M 4,711,016 43,443 
Class C 4,549,289 – 
Class I 54,137,961 1,940,128 
Class Z 9,642,007 106,088 
Total $87,939,723 $2,511,924 

12. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Class A     
Shares sold 1,430,815 1,818,267 $39,176,287 $54,273,489 
Reinvestment of distributions 566,067 14,191 14,535,345 413,945 
Shares redeemed (1,415,545) (1,835,818) (38,558,494) (52,952,761) 
Net increase (decrease) 581,337 (3,360) $15,153,138 $1,734,673 
Class M     
Shares sold 275,556 368,577 $7,483,344 $10,833,460 
Reinvestment of distributions 181,883 1,470 4,618,003 42,562 
Shares redeemed (380,538) (567,779) (10,326,369) (16,368,292) 
Net increase (decrease) 76,901 (197,732) $1,774,978 $(5,492,270) 
Class C     
Shares sold 374,961 802,559 $9,619,101 $22,631,257 
Reinvestment of distributions 184,738 – 4,437,414 – 
Shares redeemed (1,041,747) (716,551) (27,016,202) (19,774,590) 
Net increase (decrease) (482,048) 86,008 $(12,959,687) $2,856,667 
Class I     
Shares sold 9,079,219 11,185,060 $250,388,511 $325,175,327 
Reinvestment of distributions 2,016,037 64,636 52,007,429 1,892,548 
Shares redeemed (16,164,775)(a) (6,959,175) (434,388,374)(a) (201,129,363) 
Net increase (decrease) (5,069,519) 4,290,521 $(131,992,434) $125,938,512 
Class Z     
Shares sold 2,185,898 3,269,160 $59,546,339 $93,628,959 
Reinvestment of distributions 290,594 3,332 7,490,854 97,427 
Shares redeemed (1,713,122) (1,112,760) (45,339,469) (30,680,942) 
Net increase (decrease) 763,370 2,159,732 $21,697,724 $63,045,444 

 (a) Amount includes in-kind redemptions (see the Affiliated Redemptions In-Kind note for additional details).

13. 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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

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, 2019, 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, and 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.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 11, 2019


We have served as the auditor of one or more of the Fidelity investment companies since 1999.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.39%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $994.80 $6.99 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,018.20 $7.07 
Class M 1.68%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $992.90 $8.44 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,016.74 $8.54 
Class C 2.16%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $990.80 $10.84 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,014.32 $10.97 
Class I 1.07%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $996.20 $5.38 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,019.81 $5.45 
Class Z .93%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $996.80 $4.68 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,020.52 $4.74 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended October 31, 2019, $84,148,130, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

Class A designates 16%; Class I designates 8%; and Class Z designates 6% of the dividend distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends–received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class I, and Class Z designate 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 
Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund    
Class A 12/10/18 $0.0965 $0.0555 
Class M 12/10/18 $0.0000 $0.0000 
Class C 12/10/18 $0.0000 $0.0000 
Class I 12/10/18 $0.2065 $0.0555 
Class Z 12/10/18 $0.2465 $0.0555 

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

FAEM-ANN-1219
1.809299.115


Fidelity Advisor® Global Equity Income Fund



Annual Report

October 31, 2019

Fidelity Investments
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Contents

Performance

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Trustees and Officers

Shareholder Expense Example

Distributions


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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.



Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of 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 hypothetical investment and the average annual total 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

For the periods ended October 31, 2019 Past 1 year Past 5 years Life of fundA 
Class A (incl. 5.75% sales charge) 7.94% 5.53% 8.15% 
Class M (incl. 3.50% sales charge) 10.24% 5.77% 8.22% 
Class C (incl. contingent deferred sales charge) 12.71% 6.00% 8.19% 
Class I 14.84% 7.07% 9.29% 
Class Z 15.00% 7.10% 9.31% 

 A From May 2, 2012

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

 The initial offering of Class Z shares took place on October 2, 2018. Returns prior to October 2, 2018, are those of Class I. 

$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity Advisor® Global Equity Income Fund - Class A on May 2, 2012, 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 ACWI (All Country World Index) Index performed over the same period.


Period Ending Values

$18,000Fidelity Advisor® Global Equity Income Fund - Class A

$19,542MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap:  Global equities gained 13.06% for the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, according to the MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index. Currency fluctuations were largely modest and varied by region, muting the overall impact on international equity returns. The period began amid a challenging fourth quarter of 2018, when concerns about slowing global economic growth resulted in a -12.67% return for the index. The tide shifted as the calendar turned, as the U.S. Federal Reserve moved from raising interest rates to a more dovish policy, joining many foreign central banks. The index rallied 12.29% in the first quarter of 2019. After a down month in May (-5.88%), due to U.S.–China trade tension, stocks reversed course in June (+6.58%) and finished the second quarter with a 3.73% gain. In July, the Fed cut its policy rate for the first time since 2008, but global stocks retreated in August. Low interest rates around the world and two additional rate cuts by the Fed lifted stocks through the end of October. By sector for the full period, falling U.S. interest rates sparked demand for two high-dividend-yielding sectors, real estate (+23%) and utilities (+22%). Investors favoring growth-oriented stocks boosted information technology (+22%) and consumer discretionary (+16%). Conversely, falling commodity prices hurt energy (-6%). By region, Asia-Pacific ex Japan (+16%), the U.S. (+14%) and Europe ex U.K. (+13%) fared best, while the U.K. (+7%) was held back by its inability to approve a plan to “Brexit” the European Union.

Comments from Portfolio Manager Ramona Persaud:  For the fiscal year, the fund’s share classes (excluding sales charges, if applicable) gained roughly 14% to 15%, topping the benchmark MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index) Index. Versus the benchmark, security selection contributed the past 12 months, led by the health care, information technology, industrials and financials sectors. Conversely, picks in consumer staples and positioning in consumer discretionary detracted from relative performance. By region, my choices in Japan, emerging markets and Asia Pacific ex Japan helped most, whereas an overweighting in the U.K. hurt. A sizable stake in Hoya was the top individual contributor, as shares of the Japanese manufacturer of optical products gained about 58%, due in part to strong sales of its contact lenses. It also helped to overweight American Tower (+44%), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that rents towers used to build out current- and next-generation cellular service networks. Conversely, ConocoPhillips was the fund’s largest relative detractor this period. Our shares of the multinational energy giant returned about -20%, falling along with the broader energy sector amid a decline in oil prices. An overweighting in tobacco firm Altria Group also detracted, returning about -26%.

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.

Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Five Stocks as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Microsoft Corp. (United States of America, Software) 4.1 
Apple, Inc. (United States of America, Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals) 4.1 
Hoya Corp. (Japan, Health Care Equipment & Supplies) 2.6 
American Tower Corp. (United States of America, Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)) 2.2 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (United States of America, Banks) 2.1 
 15.1 

Top Five Market Sectors as of October 31, 2019

 % of fund's net assets 
Financials 18.7 
Health Care 15.7 
Information Technology 15.4 
Consumer Staples 11.7 
Industrials 9.7 

Top Five Countries as of October 31, 2019

(excluding cash equivalents) % of fund's net assets 
United States of America 52.7 
Japan 8.1 
United Kingdom 7.2 
Switzerland 4.7 
Canada 4.3 

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of October 31, 2019 
   Stocks 97.1% 
   Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) 2.9% 


Schedule of Investments October 31, 2019

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.7%   
 Shares Value 
Bailiwick of Guernsey - 0.2%   
Amdocs Ltd. 708 $46,162 
Bailiwick of Jersey - 0.3%   
WPP PLC 6,064 75,676 
Belgium - 0.8%   
KBC Groep NV 2,458 172,380 
Bermuda - 0.9%   
Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. 1,279 7,709 
Hiscox Ltd. 3,743 72,194 
IHS Markit Ltd. (a) 1,479 103,560 
TOTAL BERMUDA  183,463 
Brazil - 0.5%   
Equatorial Energia SA 2,500 63,508 
Ultrapar Participacoes SA 10,300 48,463 
TOTAL BRAZIL  111,971 
Canada - 4.3%   
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B (sub. vtg.) 5,138 154,089 
Constellation Software, Inc. 410 404,935 
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.) 108 45,755 
Imperial Oil Ltd. 4,233 105,415 
Suncor Energy, Inc. 6,758 200,929 
TOTAL CANADA  911,123 
Cayman Islands - 1.0%   
Best Pacific International Holdings Ltd. 42,184 14,245 
SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. 172,006 189,396 
Value Partners Group Ltd. 16,375 8,620 
TOTAL CAYMAN ISLANDS  212,261 
China - 0.5%   
Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (A Shares) 600 100,422 
France - 2.1%   
Amundi SA (b) 296 21,128 
Elior SA (b) 4,500 58,168 
Sanofi SA 2,158 198,940 
SR Teleperformance SA 100 22,663 
VINCI SA 1,359 152,479 
TOTAL FRANCE  453,378 
Germany - 1.9%   
Deutsche Post AG 2,101 74,398 
Hannover Reuck SE 640 113,350 
Linde PLC 561 110,902 
SAP SE 774 102,556 
TOTAL GERMANY  401,206 
Hong Kong - 1.4%   
AIA Group Ltd. 17,894 178,192 
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. 15,830 123,712 
TOTAL HONG KONG  301,904 
India - 1.1%   
HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd. (b) 1,000 42,122 
HDFC Bank Ltd. sponsored ADR 1,162 70,987 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. 1,500 44,986 
Reliance Industries Ltd. 4,200 86,505 
TOTAL INDIA  244,600 
Ireland - 1.2%   
Accenture PLC Class A 1,431 265,336 
Japan - 8.1%   
Aucnet, Inc. 791 10,864 
Daiichikosho Co. Ltd. 3,397 161,484 
Daiwa Industries Ltd. 4,700 52,726 
Hoya Corp. 6,178 545,995 
Inaba Denki Sangyo Co. Ltd. 2,336 107,313 
Japan Meat Co. Ltd. 8,550 174,888 
Minebea Mitsumi, Inc. 6,863 130,339 
Mitani Shoji Co. Ltd. 1,279 64,257 
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. 2,576 127,880 
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. 463 70,474 
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. 90 2,004 
Sony Corp. 2,576 156,799 
Tsuruha Holdings, Inc. 1,175 132,174 
TOTAL JAPAN  1,737,197 
Kenya - 0.5%   
Safaricom Ltd. 395,500 113,902 
Liberia - 0.5%   
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 970 105,565 
Luxembourg - 1.4%   
B&M European Value Retail SA 61,298 294,027 
Multi-National - 0.8%   
HKT Trust/HKT Ltd. unit 109,037 169,625 
Netherlands - 2.3%   
NXP Semiconductors NV 1,891 214,969 
Unilever NV 4,831 285,295 
TOTAL NETHERLANDS  500,264 
Nigeria - 0.1%   
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC 186,272 12,804 
Norway - 0.4%   
Equinor ASA 4,860 89,895 
Sweden - 0.3%   
Indutrade AB 1,764 54,295 
Switzerland - 4.7%   
Alcon, Inc. (a) 354 20,982 
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise 140 109,701 
Chubb Ltd. 1,350 205,767 
Nestle SA (Reg. S) 2,959 316,558 
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate) 1,194 359,341 
TOTAL SWITZERLAND  1,012,349 
Taiwan - 1.5%   
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 33,000 322,784 
United Kingdom - 7.2%   
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR 6,268 307,320 
BP PLC 27,237 172,720 
British American Tobacco PLC (United Kingdom) 2,871 100,416 
Cineworld Group PLC 16,361 47,197 
Cranswick PLC 604 24,285 
Diageo PLC 3,520 144,077 
Hilton Food Group PLC 16,107 211,980 
Imperial Brands PLC 1,885 41,324 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC 600 54,071 
Micro Focus International PLC 5,579 76,573 
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC 17,438 77,501 
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 1,672 129,382 
St. James's Place Capital PLC 3,531 47,614 
Standard Life PLC 12,185 47,904 
Victrex PLC 1,760 50,065 
TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM  1,532,429 
United States of America - 52.7%   
Altria Group, Inc. 3,466 155,242 
Ameren Corp. 2,353 182,828 
American Tower Corp. 2,120 462,330 
AMETEK, Inc. 3,452 316,376 
Amgen, Inc. 2,040 435,030 
Apple, Inc. 3,492 868,670 
Bank of America Corp. 10,861 339,623 
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 1,140 291,840 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a) 476 101,188 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3,741 214,621 
Capital One Financial Corp. 2,806 261,660 
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a) 291 136,147 
Chevron Corp. 2,490 289,189 
Cigna Corp. 458 81,735 
Citigroup, Inc. 1,587 114,042 
Comcast Corp. Class A 5,691 255,071 
ConocoPhillips Co. 3,362 185,582 
Corteva, Inc. 749 19,759 
Danaher Corp. 1,168 160,974 
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 310 43,667 
Dow, Inc. 1,094 55,236 
DowDuPont, Inc. 748 49,301 
Eli Lilly & Co. 1,262 143,805 
Equifax, Inc. 476 65,074 
Fortive Corp. 1,289 88,941 
General Dynamics Corp. 466 82,389 
General Electric Co. 14,436 144,071 
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. 1,878 26,536 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 3,283 71,405 
Johnson & Johnson 1,775 234,371 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3,616 451,711 
Kroger Co. 1,797 44,278 
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2,614 291,749 
M&T Bank Corp. 349 54,629 
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 712 73,777 
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.) 231 37,119 
MetLife, Inc. 1,727 80,806 
Microsoft Corp. 6,169 884,446 
MSCI, Inc. 545 127,835 
NextEra Energy, Inc. 467 111,305 
Northrop Grumman Corp. 288 101,514 
NRG Energy, Inc. 2,597 104,192 
PepsiCo, Inc. 2,072 284,216 
Philip Morris International, Inc. 898 73,133 
Phillips 66 Co. 1,084 126,633 
PVH Corp. 581 50,640 
Qualcomm, Inc. 1,280 102,963 
S&P Global, Inc. 530 136,735 
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 3,822 261,195 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a) 363 30,006 
The J.M. Smucker Co. 1,074 113,500 
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 953 124,900 
The Walt Disney Co. 1,397 181,498 
U.S. Bancorp 2,635 150,248 
United Technologies Corp. 1,215 174,450 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1,373 346,957 
Valero Energy Corp. 1,462 141,785 
Verizon Communications, Inc. 3,929 237,587 
Vistra Energy Corp. 2,323 62,791 
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 817 77,125 
Wells Fargo & Co. 6,984 360,584 
TOTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  11,277,010 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS   
(Cost $15,893,001)  20,702,028 
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.4%   
Brazil - 0.4%   
Itau Unibanco Holding SA   
(Cost $76,922) 8,500 76,787 
Money Market Funds - 2.3%   
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.83% (c)   
(Cost $502,911) 502,811 502,911 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.4%   
(Cost $16,472,834)  21,281,726 
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.6%  126,598 
NET ASSETS - 100%  $21,408,324 

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

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 (a) Non-income producing

 (b) 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 $121,418 or 0.6% of net assets.

 (c) Affiliated fund that is generally 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 $11,567 
Total $11,567 

Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line-item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.

Investment Valuation

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of October 31, 2019, 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 below, please refer to the Investment 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:     
Communication Services $1,607,478 $1,072,813 $534,665 $-- 
Consumer Discretionary 1,132,036 877,650 254,386 -- 
Consumer Staples 2,530,087 1,424,461 1,105,626 -- 
Energy 1,447,116 1,187,891 259,225 -- 
Financials 4,033,498 3,705,507 327,991 -- 
Health Care 3,341,911 2,237,635 1,104,276 -- 
Industrials 2,047,953 1,380,210 667,743 -- 
Information Technology 3,289,394 2,787,481 501,913 -- 
Materials 285,263 285,263 -- -- 
Real Estate 462,330 462,330 -- -- 
Utilities 601,749 601,749 -- -- 
Money Market Funds 502,911 502,911 -- -- 
Total Investments in Securities: $21,281,726 $16,525,901 $4,755,825 $-- 

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


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  October 31, 2019 
Assets   
Investment in securities, at value — See accompanying schedule:
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $15,969,923) 
$20,778,815  
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $502,911) 502,911  
Total Investment in Securities (cost $16,472,834)  $21,281,726 
Cash  7,057 
Foreign currency held at value (cost $2,008)  2,009 
Receivable for investments sold  137,410 
Receivable for fund shares sold  9,199 
Dividends receivable  46,400 
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds  662 
Prepaid expenses  32 
Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions  2,660 
Other receivables  72 
Total assets  21,487,227 
Liabilities   
Accrued management fee $11,903  
Distribution and service plan fees payable 6,360  
Audit fees payable 47,099  
Other affiliated payables 4,707  
Other payables and accrued expenses 8,834  
Total liabilities  78,903 
Net Assets  $21,408,324 
Net Assets consist of:   
Paid in capital  $16,739,488 
Total accumulated earnings (loss)  4,668,836 
Net Assets  $21,408,324 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price   
Class A:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($8,313,931 ÷ 542,297 shares)(a)  $15.33 
Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $15.33)  $16.27 
Class M:   
Net Asset Value and redemption price per share ($3,135,154 ÷ 204,609 shares)(a)  $15.32 
Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $15.32)  $15.88 
Class C:   
Net Asset Value and offering price per share ($4,173,060 ÷ 273,784 shares)(a)  $15.24 
Class I:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,187,631 ÷ 142,553 shares)  $15.35 
Class Z:   
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($3,598,548 ÷ 234,144 shares)  $15.37 

 (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.


Statement of Operations

  Year ended October 31, 2019 
Investment Income   
Dividends  $516,950 
Interest  14 
Income from Fidelity Central Funds  11,567 
Income before foreign taxes withheld  528,531 
Less foreign taxes withheld  (21,278) 
Total income  507,253 
Expenses   
Management fee $125,936  
Transfer agent fees 46,645  
Distribution and service plan fees 76,477  
Accounting fees and expenses 9,489  
Custodian fees and expenses 6,229  
Independent trustees' fees and expenses 103  
Registration fees 82,572  
Audit 78,193  
Legal 1,342  
Miscellaneous 112  
Total expenses before reductions 427,098  
Expense reductions (132,470)  
Total expenses after reductions  294,628 
Net investment income (loss)  212,625 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)   
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (128,608)  
Foreign currency transactions (325)  
Total net realized gain (loss)  (128,933) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:   
Investment securities:   
Unaffiliated issuers (net of increase in deferred foreign taxes of $5,944) 2,461,748  
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 330  
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  2,462,078 
Net gain (loss)  2,333,145 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations  $2,545,770 

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


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   
Operations   
Net investment income (loss) $212,625 $228,323 
Net realized gain (loss) (128,933) 465,547 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 2,462,078 (1,263,147) 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations 2,545,770 (569,277) 
Distributions to shareholders (584,031) (539,380) 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease) 814,416 2,003,577 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets 2,776,155 894,920 
Net Assets   
Beginning of period 18,632,169 17,737,249 
End of period $21,408,324 $18,632,169 

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


Financial Highlights

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund Class A

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $13.86 $14.63 $12.44 $12.50 $12.96 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .19 .19 .13 .12 .12 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.76 (.52) 2.20 .09 .24 
Total from investment operations 1.95 (.33) 2.33 .21 .36 
Distributions from net investment income (.20) (.18) (.13) (.11) (.11) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.28) (.26) (.01) (.16) (.71) 
Total distributions (.48) (.44) (.14) (.27) (.82) 
Net asset value, end of period $15.33 $13.86 $14.63 $12.44 $12.50 
Total ReturnB,C 14.52% (2.41)% 18.79% 1.72% 2.85% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsD,E      
Expenses before reductions 2.18% 1.91% 2.05% 2.13% 2.42% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.45% 1.45% 1.45% 1.45% 1.45% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.45% 1.44% 1.45% 1.45% 1.44% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.32% 1.33% .96% .96% .95% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $8,314 $8,427 $7,441 $6,068 $4,552 
Portfolio turnover rateF 18%G 37% 48% 43% 87% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

 G Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund Class M

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $13.85 $14.62 $12.44 $12.49 $12.95 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .15 .16 .10 .09 .09 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.76 (.53) 2.18 .10 .24 
Total from investment operations 1.91 (.37) 2.28 .19 .33 
Distributions from net investment income (.16) (.14) (.10) (.08) (.08) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.28) (.26) (.01) (.16) (.71) 
Total distributions (.44) (.40) (.10)B (.24) (.79) 
Net asset value, end of period $15.32 $13.85 $14.62 $12.44 $12.49 
Total ReturnC,D 14.23% (2.64)% 18.42% 1.53% 2.59% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F      
Expenses before reductions 2.49% 2.21% 2.35% 2.46% 2.73% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.70% 1.70% 1.70% 1.70% 1.70% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.70% 1.69% 1.69% 1.70% 1.69% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.07% 1.08% .71% .71% .70% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $3,135 $3,279 $3,573 $2,508 $2,484 
Portfolio turnover rateG 18%H 37% 48% 43% 87% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.10 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.096 and distributions from net realized gain of $.007 per share.

 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 Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 H Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund Class C

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $13.77 $14.57 $12.39 $12.46 $12.93 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .08 .08 .03 .03 .03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.75 (.53) 2.19 .09 .24 
Total from investment operations 1.83 (.45) 2.22 .12 .27 
Distributions from net investment income (.09) (.09) (.03) (.03) (.05) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.28) (.26) (.01) (.16) (.70) 
Total distributions (.36)B (.35) (.04) (.19) (.74)C 
Net asset value, end of period $15.24 $13.77 $14.57 $12.39 $12.46 
Total ReturnD,E 13.71% (3.22)% 17.91% .99% 2.10% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsF,G      
Expenses before reductions 2.99% 2.72% 2.85% 2.93% 3.23% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 2.20% 2.20% 2.20% 2.20% 2.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions 2.20% 2.19% 2.20% 2.20% 2.19% 
Net investment income (loss) .57% .58% .21% .21% .20% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $4,173 $4,340 $4,190 $3,588 $3,225 
Portfolio turnover rateH 18%I 37% 48% 43% 87% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 B Total distributions of $.36 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.085 and distributions from net realized gain of $.278 per share.

 C Total distributions of $.74 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.046 and distributions from net realized gain of $.695 per share.

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

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

 F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

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

 I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund Class I

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 
Selected Per–Share Data      
Net asset value, beginning of period $13.88 $14.66 $12.46 $12.51 $12.97 
Income from Investment Operations      
Net investment income (loss)A .22 .23 .16 .15 .15 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.77 (.53) 2.21 .10 .24 
Total from investment operations 1.99 (.30) 2.37 .25 .39 
Distributions from net investment income (.24) (.22) (.16) (.14) (.14) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.28) (.26) (.01) (.16) (.71) 
Total distributions (.52) (.48) (.17) (.30) (.85) 
Net asset value, end of period $15.35 $13.88 $14.66 $12.46 $12.51 
Total ReturnB 14.84% (2.20)% 19.12% 2.04% 3.09% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsC,D      
Expenses before reductions 1.83% 1.51% 1.77% 1.68% 2.11% 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.20% 1.20% 1.20% 1.20% 1.20% 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.20% 1.19% 1.20% 1.20% 1.19% 
Net investment income (loss) 1.57% 1.58% 1.21% 1.21% 1.20% 
Supplemental Data      
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $2,188 $2,493 $2,533 $7,159 $1,167 
Portfolio turnover rateE 18%F 37% 48% 43% 87% 

 A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

 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 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.

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

 F Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund Class Z

Years ended October 31, 2019 2018 A 
Selected Per–Share Data   
Net asset value, beginning of period $13.88 $14.88 
Income from Investment Operations   
Net investment income (loss)B .25 .01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.76 (.94) 
Total from investment operations 2.01 (.93) 
Distributions from net investment income (.24) (.07) 
Distributions from net realized gain (.28) – 
Total distributions (.52) (.07) 
Net asset value, end of period $15.37 $13.88 
Total ReturnC,D 15.00% (6.31)% 
Ratios to Average Net AssetsE,F   
Expenses before reductions 1.37%G 1.08%H 
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any 1.04%G 1.05%H 
Expenses net of all reductions 1.04%G 1.04%H 
Net investment income (loss) 1.73% .45%H 
Supplemental Data   
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $3,599 $94 
Portfolio turnover rateI 18%J 37% 

 A For the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2018.

 B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

 C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

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

 E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

 F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. 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.

 G On certain classes, the size and fluctuation of net assets and expense amounts may cause ratios to differ from contractual rates.

 H Annualized

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

 J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.

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


Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended October 31, 2019

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 M, Class C, Class I and Class Z 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. Effective March 1, 2019, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of ten years from the initial date of purchase, with certain exceptions.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser 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 the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date ranged from less than .005% to .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website 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 website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investments Companies. 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by 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 currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment 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 reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.

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 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 may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 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, 2019 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Foreign Currency. 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 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. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily 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. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. 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 U.S. Federal income taxes is required. As of October 31, 2019, 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. The 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 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which 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.

As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation $5,289,859 
Gross unrealized depreciation (486,087) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $4,803,772 
Tax Cost $16,477,954 

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

Undistributed ordinary income $3,930 
Capital loss carryforward $(132,714) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments $4,803,563 

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. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

No expiration  
Short-term $(132,714) 
Total capital loss carryforward $(132,714) 

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 October 31, 2019 October 31, 2018 
Ordinary Income $219,427 $ 214,748 
Long-term Capital Gains 364,604 324,632 
Total $584,031 $ 539,380 

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.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, aggregated $3,247,391 and $5,987,396, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) 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 .24% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate 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 the investment adviser, 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% $19,718 $451 
Class M .25% .25% 15,642 116 
Class C .75% .25% 41,117 4,535 
   $76,477 $5,102 

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 M 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 M and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges are 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class M shares.

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

 Retained by FDC 
Class A $2,641 
Class M 867 
Class C(a) 254 
 $3,762 

 (a) 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 the investment adviser, 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, except for Class Z. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class Z's average net assets. 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 Class-Level Average Net Assets 
Class A $20,927 .27 
Class M 9,686 .31 
Class C 12,556 .31 
Class I 3,010 .14 
Class Z 466 .04 
 $46,645  

Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to an annual rate of .05%.

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $70 for the period.

Interfund Trades. The Fund may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note.

Affiliated Exchanges In-Kind. During the period, the Fund received cash valued at $2,873,785 in exchange for 199,985 shares of the Fund. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as the Notes to Financial Statements.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser 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 $48 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Fund did not borrow on this line of credit.

7. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser contractually agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of class-level average net assets as noted in the table below. This reimbursement will remain in place through February 28, 2021. Some expenses, for example the compensation of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses, are excluded from this reimbursement.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 Expense Limitations Reimbursement 
Class A 1.45% $50,888 
Class M 1.70% 21,880 
Class C 2.20% 28,553 
Class I 1.20% 11,515 
Class Z 1.05% 3,093 
  $115,929 

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $174 for the period. Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $166.

In addition, during the period the investment adviser reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $138 and a portion of class-level operating expenses as follows:

 Amount 
Class A $6,911 
Class M 2,824 
Class C 3,929 
Class I 2,073 
Class Z 326 
 $16,063 

8. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

 Year ended
October 31, 2019 
Year ended
October 31, 2018(a) 
Distributions to shareholders   
Class A $270,065 $248,761 
Class M 99,489 101,394 
Class C 110,999 108,482 
Class I 83,903 80,306 
Class Z 19,575 437 
Total $584,031 $539,380 

 (a) Distributions for Class Z are for the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2018.

9. Share Transactions.

Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:

 Shares Shares Dollars Dollars 
 Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018(a) Year ended October 31, 2019 Year ended October 31, 2018(a) 
Class A     
Shares sold 129,393 239,391 $1,827,794 $3,544,767 
Reinvestment of distributions 19,302 16,454 261,557 240,039 
Shares redeemed (214,567) (156,221) (2,969,152) (2,283,605) 
Net increase (decrease) (65,872) 99,624 $(879,801) $1,501,201 
Class M     
Shares sold 17,076 74,172 $241,489 $1,084,407 
Reinvestment of distributions 7,299 6,928 98,432 101,155 
Shares redeemed (56,580) (88,594) (793,802) (1,286,364) 
Net increase (decrease) (32,205) (7,494) $(453,881) $(100,802) 
Class C     
Shares sold 30,573 79,555 $427,156 $1,159,649 
Reinvestment of distributions 8,318 7,417 110,537 107,901 
Shares redeemed (80,242) (59,540) (1,120,787) (861,126) 
Net increase (decrease) (41,351) 27,432 $(583,094) $406,424 
Class I     
Shares sold 22,259 70,175 $319,348 $1,032,359 
Reinvestment of distributions 5,822 4,702 78,959 68,667 
Shares redeemed (65,197) (68,072) (914,344) (1,004,709) 
Net increase (decrease) (37,116) 6,805 $(516,037) $96,317 
Class Z     
Shares sold 238,795(b) 6,720 $3,417,153(b) $100,000 
Reinvestment of distributions 1,186 30 17,015 437 
Shares redeemed (12,587) – (186,939) – 
Net increase (decrease) 227,394 6,750 $3,247,229 $100,437 

 (a) Share transactions for Class Z are for the period October 2, 2018 (commencement of sale of shares) to October 31, 2018.

 (b) Amount includes in-kind exchanges (see the Affiliated Exchanges In-Kind note for additional details).

10. 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.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Advisor Series VIII and Shareholders of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Advisor Series VIII, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, 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 ended October 31, 2019 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 13, 2019



We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds since 1932.

Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board (if any), and 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 Jonathan Chiel, each of the Trustees oversees 298 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 171 funds. 

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) of the trust and the fund is referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.  Each 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.  Officers and Advisory Board Members hold office without limit in time, except that any officer or 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. 

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.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the 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.

Board Structure and Oversight Function. James C. Curvey is an interested person 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 high income and certain equity funds, and other Boards oversee Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, asset allocation, and other equity 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.  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 Fidelity'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 Trustees." 

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for a Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Jonathan Chiel (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Trustee

Mr. Chiel also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Chiel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Chiel served as general counsel (2004-2012) and senior vice president and deputy general counsel (2000-2004) for John Hancock Financial Services; a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart (1996-2000) (law firm); and an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts (1986-95), including Chief of the Criminal Division (1993-1995). Mr. Chiel is a director on the boards of the Boston Bar Foundation and the Maimonides School.

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Curvey is Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company). In addition, Mr. Curvey is an Overseer Emeritus for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a Director of Artis-Naples, and a Trustee of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Previously, Mr. Curvey served as a Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2018), Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2009-2014) and a Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2007-2014).

 * Determined to be an “Interested Trustee” by virtue of, among other things, his or her affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR. 

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

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for an Independent Trustee may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (1948)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Mr. Dirks also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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), as a Trustee and a member of the Finance Committee of AHRC of Nassau County (2006-2008), as a member of the Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2010-2015), and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Brookville Center for Children’s Services, Inc. (2009-2017). Mr. Dirks is a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board of Directors (2017-present) and is Treasurer (2018-present) of the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

Donald F. Donahue (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Donahue also serves as a Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Donahue is President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018) and Chief Executive Officer (2006-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2003-2006), and Managing Director, Customer Marketing and Development (1999-2003) of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure). Mr. Donahue serves as a Member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of Directors of United Way of New York, Member of the Board of Directors of NYC Leadership Academy (2012-present) and Member of the Board of Advisors of Ripple Labs, Inc. (financial services, 2015-present). He also served as Chairman (2010-2012) and Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2013) of Omgeo, LLC (financial services), Treasurer of United Way of New York (2012-2016), and Member of the Board of Directors of XBRL US (financial services non-profit, 2009-2012) and the International Securities Services Association (2009-2012).

Alan J. Lacy (1953)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Lacy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lacy serves as a Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (global pharmaceuticals, 2008-present). He is a Trustee of the California Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (2015-present) and a Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University (2015-present). In addition, Mr. Lacy served as Senior Adviser (2007-2014) of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P. (private equity) and also served as Chief Executive Officer (2005) and Vice Chairman (2005-2006) of Sears Holdings Corporation (retail) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (retail, 2000-2005). Previously, Mr. Lacy served as Chairman (2014-2017) and a member (2010-2017) of the Board of Directors of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (restaurant and entertainment complexes), as Chairman (2008-2011) and a member (2006-2015) of the Board of Trustees of the National Parks Conservation Association, and as a member of the Board of Directors for The Hillman Companies, Inc. (hardware wholesalers, 2010-2014), Earth Fare, Inc. (retail grocery, 2010-2014), and The Western Union Company (global money transfer, 2006-2011).

Ned C. Lautenbach (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

Mr. Lautenbach also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as Chair (2018-present) and Member (2013-present) of the Board of Governors, State University System of Florida and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). He is also a member and has most recently served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artis-Naples (2012-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach served as a member and then Lead Director of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified industrial, 1997-2016). He was also a Partner and Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007). In addition, Mr. Lautenbach also had a 30-year career with IBM (technology company) during which time he served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Corporate Executive Committee (1968-1998).

Joseph Mauriello (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Mauriello also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 Independent Directors Council (IDC) Governing Council (2015-present). Previously, Mr. Mauriello served as a member of the Board of Directors of XL Group plc. (global insurance and re-insurance, 2006-2018).

Cornelia M. Small (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

Ms. Small also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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.

Garnett A. Smith (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Trustee

Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® 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 served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2012-2013) and as a board member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust (2009-2012).

David M. Thomas (1949)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity® funds. 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 (2004-present) and Presiding Director (2013-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication). 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), a Director of Fortune Brands, Inc. (consumer products, 2000-2011), and a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida (2013-2018).

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

Advisory Board Members and Officers:

Correspondence intended for a Member of the Advisory Board (if any) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.  Correspondence intended for an officer or Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.  Officers appear below in alphabetical order. 

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Vicki L. Fuller (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Fuller also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Ms. Fuller serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-present). Previously, Ms. Fuller served as the Chief Investment Officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund (2012-2018) and held a variety of positions at AllianceBernstein L.P. (global asset management, 1985-2012), including Managing Director (2006-2012) and Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager (2001-2006).

Peter S. Lynch (1944)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Lynch also serves as Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR (investment adviser firm) and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm). 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).

Michael E. Wiley (1950)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Member of the Advisory Board

Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity® funds. Mr. Wiley serves as a Director of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-present). Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a Director of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a Director of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018), a Director of Post Oak Bank (privately-held bank, 2004-2018), a Director of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (international oil and gas exploration and production, 2008-2013), a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa (2000-2006; 2007-2010), a Senior Energy Advisor of Katzenbach Partners, LLC (consulting, 2006-2007), an Advisory Director of Riverstone Holdings (private investment), a Director of Spinnaker Exploration Company (exploration and production, 2001-2005) and Chairman, President, and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2017

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer (2012-present) and Senior Vice President (2014-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as AML Officer of the funds (2012-2016), and Vice President (2007-2014) and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012) of FMR LLC.

Craig S. Brown (1977)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Brown also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Brown is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present).

John J. Burke III (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Burke also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Mr. Burke serves as Head of Investment Operations for Fidelity Fund and Investment Operations (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1998-present). Previously Mr. Burke served as head of Asset Management Investment Operations (2012-2018).

William C. Coffey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Secretary

Mr. Coffey also serves as Assistant Secretary of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2010-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Coffey served as Secretary and CLO of certain funds (2018-2019); CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2018-2019); and Assistant Secretary of certain funds (2009-2018).

Timothy M. Cohen (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Mr. Cohen also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Cohen serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present), a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Head of Global Equity Research (2016-2018), Chief Investment Officer - Equity and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2015) and as a Director of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (investment adviser firm, 2017).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (investment adviser firm, 2016-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as President and Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2013-2018). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was 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). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served in other fund officer roles.

Laura M. Del Prato (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Assistant Treasurer

Ms. Del Prato also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Del Prato is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Del Prato served as a Managing Director and Treasurer of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds (2014-2017). Prior to JPMorgan, Ms. Del Prato served as a partner at Cohen Fund Audit Services (accounting firm, 2012-2013) and KPMG LLP (accounting firm, 2004-2012).

Colm A. Hogan (1973)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Deputy Treasurer

Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity® funds (2016-2018). 

Pamela R. Holding (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2018

Vice President

Ms. Holding also serves as Vice President of other funds. Ms. Holding serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019-present), Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (2013-2018).

Cynthia Lo Bessette (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

Ms. Lo Bessette also serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); and CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present). She is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company, 2019-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Lo Bessette served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel (2016-2019) and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel (2015-2016) of OppenheimerFunds (investment management company) and Deputy Chief Legal Officer (2013-2015) of Jennison Associates LLC (investment adviser firm).

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight, serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of the Program Management Group of FMR (investment adviser firm, 2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Chief Compliance Officer

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research Company and FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2016-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2013-2016) and served in other fund officer roles.

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

President and Treasurer

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. Ms. Smith serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present), and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm, 1996-2009). Previously, Ms. Smith served as Assistant Treasurer (2013-2018) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity® funds.

Marc L. Spector (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2016

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Spector also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Spector serves as Assistant Treasurer of FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2016-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Spector served as Director at the Siegfried Group (accounting firm, 2013-2016), and prior to Siegfried Group as audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche (accounting firm, 2005-2013).

Jim Wegmann (1979)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2019

Assistant Treasurer

Mr. Wegmann also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present).

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, 2019 to October 31, 2019).

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.

 Annualized Expense Ratio-A Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2019 
Ending
Account Value
October 31, 2019 
Expenses Paid
During Period-B
May 1, 2019
to October 31, 2019 
Class A 1.45%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,052.50 $7.50 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,017.90 $7.38 
Class M 1.70%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,050.40 $8.79 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,016.64 $8.64 
Class C 2.20%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,048.10 $11.36 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,014.12 $11.17 
Class I 1.20%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,053.70 $6.21 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,019.16 $6.11 
Class Z 1.05%    
Actual  $1,000.00 $1,054.30 $5.44 
Hypothetical-C  $1,000.00 $1,019.91 $5.35 

 A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

 B Expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 C 5% return per year before expenses

Distributions (Unaudited)

A total of 0.59% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is generally exempt from state income tax.

Class A, Class M, Class C, Class I and Class Z designate 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Class A, Class M, Class C, Class I and Class Z designate 100% of the dividends distributed 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 fund will notify shareholders in January 2020 of amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax returns.





Fidelity Investments

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Item 2.

Code of Ethics


As of the end of the period, October 31, 2019, 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 and Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund (the Fund(s)):


Services Billed by Deloitte Entities


October 31, 2019 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

 $46,000  

$100

 $7,100

$1,200

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

 $54,000  

$100

 $7,100

$1,400



October 31, 2018 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Markets Fund

 $46,000  

$100

 $7,100

$1,400

Fidelity Advisor International Capital Appreciation Fund

 $55,000  

$100

 $7,100

$1,600





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 Fund(s)):



Services Billed by PwC


October 31, 2019 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

 $56,000

$4,800

 $6,400

 $2,100

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

 $71,000

$5,200

 $5,300

 $2,400

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

 $55,000

$4,600

 $5,500

 $2,100

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

$55,000

$4,000

$5,300

$1,800

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

 $63,000

$5,300

 $5,500

 $2,400

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

 $43,000

$3,600

 $4,600

 $1,600



October 31, 2018 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund

 $58,000

$5,200

 $6,300

 $2,600

Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia Fund

 $65,000

$5,700

 $5,200

 $2,800

Fidelity Advisor Global Capital Appreciation Fund

 $57,000

$5,000

 $5,200

 $2,500

Fidelity Advisor Global Equity Income Fund

$48,000

$4,300

$5,200

$2,100

Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund

 $66,000

$5,800

 $5,400

 $2,900

Fidelity Advisor Value Leaders Fund

 $43,000

$3,900

 $4,400

 $1,900


A Amounts may reflect rounding.


The following table(s) present(s) fees billed by Deloitte Entities and PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund(s) 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 Fund(s) (Fund Service Providers):


Services Billed by Deloitte Entities




October 31, 2019A

October 31, 2018A

Audit-Related Fees

$290,000

$5,000

Tax Fees

$5,000

$5,000

All Other Fees

$-

$-


A Amounts may reflect rounding.


Services Billed by PwC




October 31, 2019A

October 31, 2018A

Audit-Related Fees

$7,890,000

$7,745,000

Tax Fees

$10,000

$20,000

All Other Fees

 $-

 $-


A Amounts may reflect rounding.


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 Deloitte Entities and PwC for services rendered to the Fund(s), 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 Fund(s) are as follows:


Billed By

October 31, 2019A

October 31, 2018A

Deloitte Entities

$590,000

$495,000

PwC

$12,615,000

$11,015,000


A Amounts may reflect rounding.


The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by Deloitte Entities and PwC to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte Entities and PwC in its(their) audit of the Fund(s), taking into account representations from Deloitte Entities and PwC, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Fund(s) and its(their) related entities and FMRs review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund(s) Service Providers.


Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

The trusts Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a funds 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 Committees 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 Chairs 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 periodically.


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(s) last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Fund(s) or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund(s).



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 trusts Board of Trustees.


Item 11.

Controls and Procedures


(a)(i)  The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trusts 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 trusts internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trusts internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management

Investment Companies


Not applicable.


Item 13.

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/Stacie M. Smith


Stacie M. Smith


President and Treasurer



Date:

December 26, 2019


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/Stacie M. Smith


Stacie M. Smith


President and Treasurer



Date:

December 26, 2019



By:

/s/John J. Burke III


John J. Burke III


Chief Financial Officer



Date:

December 26, 2019