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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    811-00649



Fidelity Puritan Trust

 (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:

August 31





Date of reporting period:

August 31, 2022







Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders







Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
 
Annual Report
August 31, 2022

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

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
Periods ended August 31, 2022
 
Past 1
year
Life of
Fund A
Class K6
-12.35%
9.09%
 
A     From June 14, 2019
 
 $10,000 Over Life of Fund
 
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund, on June 14, 2019, when the fund started.
 
The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period.
 
Market Recap:
The S&P 500® index returned -11.23% for the 12 months ending August 31, 2022, as a multitude of crosscurrents challenged the global economy and financial markets. Persistently high inflation, exacerbated by energy price shocks from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, spurred the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively than anticipated, and concerns about the outlook for economic growth sent stocks into bear market territory. In early May, the Fed approved a rare half-percentage-point interest rate increase and announced plans to shrink its $9 trillion asset portfolio. June began with the Fed allowing up to billions in Treasuries and mortgage bonds to mature every month without investing the proceeds. Two weeks later, the central bank raised rates by 0.75 percentage points, its largest increase since 1994, and said it was becoming more difficult to achieve a soft landing, in which the economy slows enough to bring down inflation while avoiding a recession. Against this volatile backdrop, the S&P 500 posted its worst first-half result (-19.96%) to begin a year since 1970. Stocks sharply reversed course in July (+9.22%), even as the central bank again raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%, before a leg down in August (-4.08%). Turning to fixed income, U.S. taxable investment-grade bonds returned -11.52% for the 12 months, hampered by higher interest rates. Meanwhile, U.S. corporate high-yield bonds returned -10.43% and U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities had a return of -5.98%.  
Comments from Portfolio Manager Daniel Kelley:
For the fiscal year, the fund returned -12.35%, lagging the -11.07% result of the Fidelity Puritan Composite IndexSM - a 60/40 blend of the S&P 500® index and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Versus the Composite index, security selection in the fund's equities subportfolio detracted most, whereas issue selection within the investment-grade and high-yield subportfolios modestly contributed. In the equities subportfolio, my positioning in the consumer staples portfolio and picks in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors notably hindered relative performance this period. Versus the Composite index, the biggest individual detractor was a sizable underweighting in consumer electronics leader Apple (+4%), the fund's No. 1 holding on August 31. A lack of exposure for most of the period to integrated energy company Chevron, which rose 70% within the S&P 500, and a large underweighting in electric automobile company Tesla, up 12% this period, also hampered relative performance. Conversely, an overweighting in energy and stock picks in health care helped the past 12 months. In terms of individual stocks, largely avoiding payments processor PayPal Holdings, which returned -68% in the index, and overweighting energy services company Hess (+81%) notably aided the fund's relative result.
 
 
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.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of the investments of Fidelity's Fixed-Income Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Apple, Inc.
3.8
 
Microsoft Corp.
3.7
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
3.3
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
2.9
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.3
 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
1.9
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
1.3
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.3
 
The Coca-Cola Co.
1.3
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.0
 
 
22.8
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
10.5
 
Freddie Mac
1.9
 
Fannie Mae
1.6
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.6
 
Ginnie Mae
1.1
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.0
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
Morgan Stanley
0.4
 
BX Trust
0.3
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.3
 
 
19.1
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
15.8
 
Health Care
12.4
 
Financials
10.7
 
Consumer Discretionary
8.5
 
Energy
6.9
 
Communication Services
6.6
 
Industrials
5.3
 
Consumer Staples
4.5
 
Utilities
3.0
 
Real Estate
1.9
 
Materials
1.6
 
All Other
0.2
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 9.8%
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts and swaps, if applicable.
An unaudited holdings listing for the fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying Fidelity Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable.
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets  
Common Stocks - 61.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 4.7%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 0.3%
 
 
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.
 
2,218
281,398
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
6,138
138,842
LiveOne, Inc. (a)(b)
 
182,608
182,590
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
9,076
2,029,031
Universal Music Group NV
 
4,798
95,278
 
 
 
2,727,139
Interactive Media & Services - 4.1%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)
 
251,288
27,428,085
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
30,496
4,968,713
Snap, Inc. Class A (a)
 
8,849
96,277
Twitter, Inc. (a)
 
11,737
454,809
Zoominfo Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
26,612
1,208,717
 
 
 
34,156,601
Media - 0.3%
 
 
 
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)
 
4,320
1,782,562
Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Formula One Group Series C (a)
 
2,859
182,061
 
 
 
1,964,623
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
38,848,363
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.6%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.5%
 
 
 
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
16,348
4,505,672
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.9%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
5,596
633,020
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
363
680,919
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
6,549
282,393
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)
 
148
236,326
Compass Group PLC
 
155,155
3,337,548
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 
37,529
4,779,693
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
31,438
4,833,278
Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
27,048
844,709
 
 
 
15,627,886
Household Durables - 0.1%
 
 
 
NVR, Inc. (a)
 
135
558,908
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 3.1%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
150,957
19,136,819
JD.com, Inc. sponsored ADR
 
4,166
264,499
Lyft, Inc. (a)
 
100,796
1,484,725
Revolve Group, Inc. (a)
 
3,085
72,467
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
168,736
4,852,847
 
 
 
25,811,357
Multiline Retail - 0.7%
 
 
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
23,185
5,504,583
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
 
1,076
145,992
Target Corp.
 
2,161
346,495
 
 
 
5,997,070
Specialty Retail - 0.7%
 
 
 
Aritzia, Inc. (a)
 
3,954
128,614
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
 
14,435
311,672
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
12,342
2,396,076
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
925
266,789
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
48,770
3,040,810
 
 
 
6,143,961
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%
 
 
 
Brunello Cucinelli SpA
 
36,582
1,904,328
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
3,128
2,018,395
Moncler SpA
 
3,894
174,689
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
6,070
646,152
On Holding AG
 
490
9,795
 
 
 
4,753,359
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
63,398,213
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.7%
 
 
 
Beverages - 2.9%
 
 
 
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
8,114
1,996,450
Diageo PLC
 
134,626
5,849,014
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
59,673
5,300,753
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
171,343
10,573,577
 
 
 
23,719,794
Household Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
 
15,187
1,936,646
Personal Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
L'Oreal SA (a)
 
182
62,507
Tobacco - 0.6%
 
 
 
Philip Morris International, Inc.
 
52,836
5,045,310
Swedish Match Co. AB
 
16,200
162,634
 
 
 
5,207,944
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
30,926,891
ENERGY - 4.8%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.6%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
147,805
3,733,554
Halliburton Co.
 
144,204
4,344,867
NOV, Inc.
 
65,097
1,150,264
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
93,595
3,570,649
TechnipFMC PLC (a)
 
45,005
368,141
 
 
 
13,167,475
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.2%
 
 
 
Antero Resources Corp. (a)
 
10,929
438,034
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
38,032
2,084,977
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 
3,079
493,194
Denbury, Inc. (a)
 
5,151
458,078
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
113,015
10,803,104
Hess Corp.
 
55,144
6,660,292
Neste OYJ
 
6,100
301,912
Peabody Energy Corp. (a)(b)
 
5,035
124,163
Phillips 66 Co.
 
4,160
372,154
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
 
9,381
2,375,457
Range Resources Corp.
 
13,883
456,195
Valero Energy Corp.
 
22,321
2,614,236
 
 
 
27,181,796
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
40,349,271
FINANCIALS - 5.1%
 
 
 
Banks - 1.5%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
212,946
7,157,115
First Republic Bank
 
1,401
212,714
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
 
18,084
242,326
M&T Bank Corp.
 
1,208
219,590
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
108,169
4,728,067
 
 
 
12,559,812
Capital Markets - 1.1%
 
 
 
Ares Management Corp.
 
5,313
393,906
Charles Schwab Corp.
 
12,203
865,803
Deutsche Borse AG
 
646
109,222
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
58,871
5,937,140
Morningstar, Inc.
 
2,243
511,382
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
9,532
994,855
 
 
 
8,812,308
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
11,511
1,749,672
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)
 
8,798
2,470,478
Insurance - 2.0%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
11,389
1,454,148
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
23,091
4,192,633
Chubb Ltd.
 
3,651
690,222
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
7,626
490,428
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
15,836
2,555,455
Progressive Corp.
 
2,394
293,624
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
41,900
6,772,716
 
 
 
16,449,226
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
42,041,496
HEALTH CARE - 11.5%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 2.0%
 
 
 
Argenx SE ADR (a)
 
4,752
1,795,638
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
5,729
344,084
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
37,085
1,724,082
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a)
 
3,256
54,961
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
8,155
4,738,544
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
1,535
236,835
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
26,354
7,425,503
 
 
 
16,319,647
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%
 
 
 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
49,767
2,006,108
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
 
892
170,809
Stryker Corp.
 
4,460
915,192
 
 
 
3,092,109
Health Care Providers & Services - 5.2%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)
 
17,677
367,328
Cardinal Health, Inc.
 
18,292
1,293,610
Centene Corp. (a)
 
83,204
7,466,727
Cigna Corp.
 
19,742
5,595,870
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
 
4,425
221,516
Humana, Inc.
 
7,669
3,694,771
Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)
 
13,960
365,752
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
46,985
24,400,720
 
 
 
43,406,294
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.1%
 
 
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
 
8,663
1,111,030
Danaher Corp.
 
10,808
2,917,187
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
9,599
5,234,527
 
 
 
9,262,744
Pharmaceuticals - 2.8%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
104,081
6,492,573
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 
10,224
689,200
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
28,663
8,634,155
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
63,429
5,414,299
Zoetis, Inc. Class A
 
15,506
2,427,154
 
 
 
23,657,381
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
95,738,175
INDUSTRIALS - 4.6%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 2.4%
 
 
 
Airbus Group NV
 
8,111
794,822
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
24,044
851,879
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
18,814
7,903,950
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
12,170
5,817,138
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
6,461
579,875
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
25,469
4,081,407
 
 
 
20,029,071
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
4,921
1,037,396
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
3,207
623,794
 
 
 
1,661,190
Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)
 
5,228
162,434
Building Products - 0.3%
 
 
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
 
16
938
Trane Technologies PLC
 
12,973
1,998,750
 
 
 
1,999,688
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%
 
 
 
Cintas Corp.
 
3,361
1,367,389
Construction & Engineering - 0.5%
 
 
 
Fluor Corp. (a)
 
78,141
2,066,048
Quanta Services, Inc.
 
13,844
1,956,157
 
 
 
4,022,205
Electrical Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.
 
2,297
376,547
Array Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
16,934
353,921
Fluence Energy, Inc. (b)
 
4,736
94,483
 
 
 
824,951
Machinery - 0.4%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
15,607
2,882,769
Otis Worldwide Corp.
 
9,205
664,785
 
 
 
3,547,554
Road & Rail - 0.5%
 
 
 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
 
58,811
4,402,591
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.0%
 
 
 
Bunzl PLC
 
32
1,064
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
38,018,137
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 15.2%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
11,535
848,169
IT Services - 3.9%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
25,767
7,432,749
Adyen BV (a)(c)
 
974
1,503,023
Cloudflare, Inc. (a)
 
12,951
810,344
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
642
273,813
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
47,214
15,314,805
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
345
111,387
Okta, Inc. (a)
 
9,692
885,849
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
12,540
1,171,738
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
23,912
4,751,554
 
 
 
32,255,262
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.6%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
20,253
1,718,872
Analog Devices, Inc.
 
3,433
520,202
Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)
 
1,517
434,529
GlobalFoundries, Inc.
 
20,746
1,241,026
Lam Research Corp.
 
4,437
1,943,007
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
238,237
11,154,256
NVIDIA Corp.
 
1,484
223,995
onsemi (a)
 
55,866
3,841,905
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
547
150,956
Teradyne, Inc.
 
6,639
561,925
 
 
 
21,790,673
Software - 4.8%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
11,890
4,440,202
Confluent, Inc. (a)(b)
 
6,690
183,038
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
11,420
436,016
Intuit, Inc.
 
5,224
2,255,619
Microsoft Corp.
 
115,845
30,289,992
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
5,656
883,015
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
2,571
889,617
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
8,818
349,281
 
 
 
39,726,780
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.8%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
203,504
31,994,895
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
126,615,779
MATERIALS - 1.3%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 0.6%
 
 
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
5,535
572,651
Corteva, Inc.
 
3,611
221,824
Nutrien Ltd.
 
11,385
1,044,801
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
14,989
3,478,947
 
 
 
5,318,223
Metals & Mining - 0.7%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
8,129
402,223
Barrick Gold Corp.
 
15,179
225,408
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
55,371
979,801
Franco-Nevada Corp.
 
1,652
198,615
Glencore Xstrata PLC
 
47,647
260,513
Newmont Corp.
 
56,951
2,355,493
Nucor Corp.
 
7,842
1,042,515
 
 
 
5,464,568
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
10,782,791
REAL ESTATE - 0.8%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.8%
 
 
 
American Tower Corp.
 
15,567
3,954,796
Lamar Advertising Co. Class A
 
4,928
462,690
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
14,404
1,793,442
SL Green Realty Corp.
 
7,520
332,158
 
 
 
6,543,086
UTILITIES - 2.2%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 2.0%
 
 
 
Entergy Corp.
 
24,767
2,855,635
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
82,140
6,986,828
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
8,907
109,823
Southern Co.
 
90,203
6,951,945
 
 
 
16,904,231
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.2%
 
 
 
NextEra Energy Partners LP
 
3,158
259,240
Vistra Corp.
 
46,490
1,150,628
 
 
 
1,409,868
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
18,314,099
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $467,826,181)
 
 
 
511,576,301
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 36.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (d)
 
451,296
46,460,925
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (d)
 
2,519,529
252,910,330
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
  (Cost $331,351,430)
 
 
299,371,255
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 2.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33% (e)
 
19,959,787
19,963,778
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34% (e)(f)
 
496,150
496,200
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $20,459,978)
 
 
20,459,978
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0%
  (Cost $819,637,589)
 
 
 
831,407,534
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%  
(101,564)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
831,305,970
 
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(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 $1,503,023 or 0.2% of net assets.
 
(d)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. A complete unaudited schedule of portfolio holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is filed with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT and is available upon request or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. An unaudited holdings listing for the Fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. 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)
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
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33%
8,362,705
217,717,727
206,116,654
105,742
-
-
19,963,778
0.0%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
35,477,867
18,731,532
2,649,542
2,290,149
(124,232)
(4,974,700)
46,460,925
2.5%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
151,852,605
130,958,092
-
5,104,669
-
(29,900,367)
252,910,330
0.8%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34%
1,344,000
40,582,967
41,430,767
6,295
-
-
496,200
0.0%
Total
197,037,177
407,990,318
250,196,963
7,506,855
(124,232)
(34,875,067)
319,831,233
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 August 31, 2022, 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
38,848,363
38,753,085
95,278
-
Consumer Discretionary
63,398,213
57,730,598
5,667,615
-
Consumer Staples
30,926,891
24,852,736
6,074,155
-
Energy
40,349,271
40,349,271
-
-
Financials
42,041,496
41,932,274
109,222
-
Health Care
95,738,175
95,738,175
-
-
Industrials
38,018,137
37,223,315
794,822
-
Information Technology
126,615,779
125,112,756
1,503,023
-
Materials
10,782,791
10,522,278
260,513
-
Real Estate
6,543,086
6,543,086
-
-
Utilities
18,314,099
18,314,099
-
-
 Fixed-Income Funds
299,371,255
299,371,255
-
-
  Money Market Funds
20,459,978
20,459,978
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
831,407,534
816,902,906
14,504,628
-
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $493,099) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$511,576,301
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $467,826,181)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $351,811,408)
 
319,831,233
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $819,637,589)
 
 
$
831,407,534
Cash
 
 
 
12,223
Foreign currency held at value (cost $40,577)
 
 
 
40,573
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
3,426,667
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
348,844
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
685,477
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
42,814
Other receivables
 
 
 
4,907
  Total assets
 
 
 
835,969,039
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$3,117,644
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
821,309
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
227,916
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
496,200
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
4,663,069
Net Assets  
 
 
$
831,305,970
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
827,352,578
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
3,953,392
Net Assets
 
 
$
831,305,970
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($831,305,970 ÷ 67,635,665 shares)
 
 
$
12.29
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
6,225,386
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $6,295 from security lending)
 
 
 
7,506,855
 Total Income
 
 
 
13,732,241
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
2,469,133
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
2,492
 
 
Interest
 
48
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
2,471,673
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(18)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
2,471,655
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
11,260,586
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(6,076,189)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(124,232)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(6,482)
 
 
 Written options
 
84,580
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
(6,122,323)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(78,643,188)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(34,875,067)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(1,774)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(113,520,029)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(119,642,352)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(108,381,766)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
 
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
11,260,586
$
5,916,220
Net realized gain (loss)
 
(6,122,323)
 
 
27,609,221
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(113,520,029)
 
62,261,632
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(108,381,766)
 
 
95,787,073
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(31,218,292)
 
 
(6,716,176)
 
Share transactions
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales of shares
 
432,759,445
 
303,344,722
  Reinvestment of distributions
 
31,218,292
 
 
6,716,176
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
(143,613,464)
 
(119,841,595)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
 
320,364,273
 
 
190,219,303
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
180,764,215
 
 
279,290,200
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
650,541,755
 
371,251,555
 
End of period
$
831,305,970
$
650,541,755
 
 
 
 
 
Other Information
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
 
 
Sold
 
31,710,032
 
22,618,354
  Issued in reinvestment of distributions
 
2,257,174
 
 
510,364
 
Redeemed
 
(10,625,081)
 
(8,866,840)
Net increase (decrease)
 
23,342,125
 
14,261,878
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019   A
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
14.69
$
12.36
$
10.26
$
10.00
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) B,C
 
.20
 
.16
 
.16
 
.03
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(1.94)
 
2.36
 
2.07
 
.24
  Total from investment operations
 
(1.74)  
 
2.52  
 
2.23  
 
.27  
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.18)
 
(.14)
 
(.13)
 
(.01)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.47)
 
(.05)
 
-
 
-
     Total distributions
 
(.66) D
 
(.19)
 
(.13)
 
(.01)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
12.29
$
14.69
$
12.36
$
10.26
 Total Return   E,F
 
(12.35)%
 
20.55%
 
21.95%
 
2.65%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.32%
 
.31%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.46%
 
1.17%
 
1.48%
 
1.62% J
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
831,306
$
650,542
$
371,252
$
83,185
    Portfolio turnover rate K,L
 
72%
 
65%
 
67%
 
99% M
 
A For the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2019.
 
B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
C Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
D Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
I The size and fluctuation of net assets and expense amounts may cause ratios to differ from contractual rates.
 
J Annualized
 
K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
M Amount not annualized.
 
For the period ended August 31, 2022
 
1. Organization.
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Puritan Trust (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares.   Share transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets may contain exchanges between affiliated funds. 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. Shares generally are available only to employer-sponsored retirement plans that are recordkept by Fidelity, or to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans that are not recordkept by Fidelity.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest 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 Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income and may also seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in debt securities, preferred stocks, and convertible securities, with an emphasis on lower-quality debt securities.
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
.04%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income by normally investing in investment-grade debt securities.
Futures
Restricted Securities
Swaps
Less than .005%
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
An unaudited holdings listing for the investing fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 - Investment 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. 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 - unadjusted 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, 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 August 31, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
 
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds 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. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. 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. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. 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 August 31, 2022, 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 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 the short-term gain distributions from the underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC) and losses deferred due to wash sales and   excise tax regulations.
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
$   66,643,808
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (57,748,150)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$   8,895,658
Tax Cost
$   822,511,876
 
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income
$   2,719,967
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments
$   8,894,291
 
The Fund intends to elect to defer to its next fiscal year $7,660,867 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022.
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
 
August 31, 2022
August 31, 2021
Ordinary Income
$   10,863,052
$   6,716,176
Long-term Capital Gains
  20,355,240
  -
Total
$   31,218,292
$   6,716,176
 
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds 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 held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
 
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
Twitter, Inc.
$469,697
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4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including options. 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.
Derivatives were used 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 objectives may not be achieved.
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
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.
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a 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 a fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded 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.
Options. Options give the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying security or financial instrument at an agreed exercise or strike price between or on certain dates. Options obligate the seller (writer) to buy (put) or sell (call) an underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price or cash settle an underlying derivative instrument if the holder exercises the option on or before the expiration date.
Exchange-traded written covered call options were used to manage exposure to the market. When a fund writes a covered call option, a fund holds the underlying instrument which must be delivered to the holder upon the exercise of the option.
Upon entering into a written options contract, a fund will receive a premium. Premiums received are reflected as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Options are valued daily and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a written option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument in determining the gain or loss realized on that investment. When an option is closed, a gain or loss is realized depending on whether the proceeds or amount paid for the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the premium received. When an option expires, gains and losses are realized to the extent of premiums received. The net realized gain (loss) on closed and expired written options and the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options are presented in the Statement of Operations.
Writing call options tends to decrease exposure to the underlying instrument and risk of loss is the change in value in excess of the premium received.
Any open options at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Written Options", and are representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
  533,259,922
  532,557,843
 
Unaffiliated Exchanges In-Kind.   Shares that were exchanged for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
 
Shares
Total Proceeds
($)
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
21,090,269
291,484,955
 
Prior Year Unaffiliated Exchanges In-Kind.   Shares that were exchanged for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
 
Shares
Total Proceeds
($)
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
12,525,552
171,174,982
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee that is based on an annual rate of .32% of average net assets. Under the management contract, the investment adviser or an affiliate pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed 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 as follows:
 
Amount
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
$   5,163
 
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. 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
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
  Borrower
$   5,466,000
.32%
$   48
 
Interfund Trades. Funds 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. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
  13,630,799
  11,873,718
  298,981
 
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate 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 commitment fees on the pro-rata portion of the line of credit are borne by the investment adviser. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a 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 a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A 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, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A 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. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the 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. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
$   613
$   13
$-
Expense Reductions.
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 by $18.
9. Other.
A 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, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
10. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer.
 
 
 
To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Puritan Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Puritan Trust, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of August 31, 2022, the related statement of operations for the year ended August 31, 2022, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and for the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 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 August 31, 2022, 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 August 31, 2022 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and for the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 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 August 31, 2022 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.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 17, 2022
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 316 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 184 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 1-800-835-5092.
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. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair 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 Chair, 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 Chair 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. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee 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.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity ® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity ® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* 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+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present) and as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).     
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 served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure), President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), President and a member of the Board of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation. Mr. Dirks currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board (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 Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as 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 currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York and a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-present). Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018).     
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), 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). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Advisory Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2021-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).     
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).         
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-present). He is also a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board (2011-present) and a member of the UCLA Engineering Dean's Executive Board (2016-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present) and a member of the Advisory Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2020-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2021).
Garnett A. Smith (1947)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1997) and President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products). Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Mr. Smith previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2012-2013).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. 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). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).     
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).     
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ 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
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).     
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 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 Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019), 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 an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present), FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-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).     
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 serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020). 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: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2016-2020) and 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 Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and 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 an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-present); and Assistant Secretary of FIMM, LLC (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 CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was 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: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020); 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).     
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance for Fidelity Investments and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity funds (2015-2020).     
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1996-present).     
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 FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity ® funds.     
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2019-2021).     
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include 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 a 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 (March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table 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/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 March 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value August 31, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
 
 
.32%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 907.40
 
$ 1.54
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.59
 
$ 1.63
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
Distributions   (Unaudited)
 
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com .
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended August 31, 2022, $3,333,260, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
 
A total of 8.25% 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.
 
The fund designates 8%, 51%, 68%, and 68% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
 
The fund designates 9%, 55%, 77%, and 77% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively 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 designates 1%, 2%, 2%, and 2% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as a section 199A dividend.
 
The fund designates 97.53% of the short-term capital gain dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
 
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2023 of amounts for use in preparing 2022 income tax returns.
 
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund  
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided . The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services . The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance . The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.  
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the fund compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-year period ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.  
 
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund  
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.  
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month (or shorter) periods ended September 30 (June 30 for the period ended 2019) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.
 
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund  
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the fund's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's unitary fee rate as well as other fund expenses paid by FMR under the fund's management contract, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison for the fund, which focuses on the total expenses of the fund relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the fund's total net expense ratio ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients . The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the fund's total expense ratio was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive .
   
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board recognized that, due to the fund's current contractual arrangements, its expense ratio will not decline if the fund's operating costs decrease as assets grow, or rise as assets decrease. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation  of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
1.9893909.103
PUR-K6-ANN-1022
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
Annual Report
August 31, 2022

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

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
Periods ended August 31, 2022
 
Past 1
year
Past 5
years
Past 10
years
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
-12.30%
8.26%
9.27%
Class K
-12.24%
8.35%
9.37%
 
 
 
 $10,000 Over 10 Years
 
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Puritan® Fund, a class of the fund,  on August 31, 2012.
 
The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period.
 
Market Recap:
The S&P 500® index returned -11.23% for the 12 months ending August 31, 2022, as a multitude of crosscurrents challenged the global economy and financial markets. Persistently high inflation, exacerbated by energy price shocks from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, spurred the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively than anticipated, and concerns about the outlook for economic growth sent stocks into bear market territory. In early May, the Fed approved a rare half-percentage-point interest rate increase and announced plans to shrink its $9 trillion asset portfolio. June began with the Fed allowing up to billions in Treasuries and mortgage bonds to mature every month without investing the proceeds. Two weeks later, the central bank raised rates by 0.75 percentage points, its largest increase since 1994, and said it was becoming more difficult to achieve a soft landing, in which the economy slows enough to bring down inflation while avoiding a recession. Against this volatile backdrop, the S&P 500 posted its worst first-half result (-19.96%) to begin a year since 1970. Stocks sharply reversed course in July (+9.22%), even as the central bank again raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%, before a leg down in August (-4.08%). Turning to fixed income, U.S. taxable investment-grade bonds returned -11.52% for the 12 months, hampered by higher interest rates. Meanwhile, U.S. corporate high-yield bonds returned -10.43% and U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities had a return of -5.98%.  
Comments from Portfolio Manager Daniel Kelley:
For the fiscal year, the fund's share classes returned roughly -12%, lagging the -11.07% result of the Fidelity Puritan Composite Index SM - a 60/40 blend of the S&P 500® index and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Versus the Composite index, security selection in the fund's equities subportfolio detracted most, whereas issue selection within the investment-grade and high-yield subportfolios modestly contributed. Among stocks, my picks in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors notably hindered the fund's relative result this period, along with positioning in consumer staples and communication services. The biggest individual detractors were a large overweighting in Google parent Alphabet (-25%) and a lack of exposure for most of the period to integrated energy company and Composite index component Chevron, which rose 70% within the S&P 500 index. An underweighting in consumer electronics leader Apple (+3%) also hampered the fund's relative result. Conversely, a notable overweighting in energy and stock picks in health care helped versus the Composite index for the 12 months. The top individual contributors were health insurer UnitedHealth Group (+27%) and energy services company Hess (+78%), each a sizable overweighting. Apple, Alphabet and UnitedHealth were among the fund's largest holdings on August 31.
 
 
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.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of the investments of Fidelity's Fixed-Income Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Apple, Inc.
3.7
 
Microsoft Corp.
3.6
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
3.2
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
2.9
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.3
 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
1.8
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
1.3
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.3
 
The Coca-Cola Co.
1.3
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.0
 
 
22.4
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
10.7
 
Freddie Mac
1.9
 
Fannie Mae
1.6
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.1
 
Ginnie Mae
1.0
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.5
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
Morgan Stanley
0.3
 
BX Trust
0.3
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.3
 
 
18.1
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
15.5
 
Health Care
12.2
 
Financials
10.5
 
Consumer Discretionary
8.9
 
Energy
6.9
 
Communication Services
6.5
 
Industrials
5.5
 
Consumer Staples
4.4
 
Utilities
3.0
 
Real Estate
1.9
 
Materials
1.6
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 10%
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts and swaps, if applicable.
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
An unaudited holdings listing for the fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying Fidelity Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable.
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets  
Common Stocks - 60.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 4.6%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 0.4%
 
 
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.
 
77,814
9,872
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
204,826
4,633
LiveOne, Inc. (a)(b)(c)
 
6,720,756
6,720
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
298,976
66,839
Universal Music Group NV
 
119,936
2,382
 
 
 
90,446
Interactive Media & Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)
 
8,173,747
892,164
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
991,970
161,622
Snap, Inc. Class A (a)
 
327,390
3,562
Twitter, Inc. (a)
 
410,253
15,897
Zoominfo Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
818,132
37,160
 
 
 
1,110,405
Media - 0.2%
 
 
 
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)
 
136,067
56,145
Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Formula One Group Series C (a)
 
99,161
6,315
Vice Holding, Inc. (d)
 
1,498,461
0
 
 
 
62,460
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
1,263,311
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.7%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.5%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)(e)
 
4,168,198
115
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
531,033
146,358
 
 
 
146,473
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.9%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
182,031
20,591
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
12,006
22,521
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
210,387
9,072
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)
 
5,169
8,254
Compass Group PLC
 
5,046,790
108,562
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 
1,220,744
155,474
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
1,022,608
157,216
Penn Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
1,029,894
32,164
 
 
 
513,854
Household Durables - 0.1%
 
 
 
Blu Investments LLC (a)(d)(e)
 
14,988,638
5
NVR, Inc. (a)
 
4,000
16,560
 
 
 
16,565
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 3.1%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
4,897,815
620,896
JD.com, Inc. sponsored ADR
 
135,127
8,579
Lyft, Inc. (a)
 
3,804,962
56,047
Revolve Group, Inc. (a)
 
216,776
5,092
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
5,481,310
157,642
 
 
 
848,256
Multiline Retail - 0.7%
 
 
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
752,230
178,594
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
 
35,981
4,882
Target Corp.
 
75,337
12,080
 
 
 
195,556
Specialty Retail - 0.7%
 
 
 
Aritzia, Inc. (a)
 
106,948
3,479
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
 
469,544
10,138
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
401,463
77,940
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
29,984
8,648
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
1,582,327
98,658
 
 
 
198,863
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.7%
 
 
 
Brunello Cucinelli SpA
 
1,307,959
68,088
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
103,133
66,548
Moncler SpA
 
103,112
4,626
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
197,454
21,019
On Holding AG
 
53,510
1,070
Tory Burch LLC:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
702,741
26,954
 Class B (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
324,840
13,471
 
 
 
201,776
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
2,121,343
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.6%
 
 
 
Beverages - 2.8%
 
 
 
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
263,561
64,849
Diageo PLC
 
4,379,043
190,254
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
1,926,842
171,161
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
5,573,007
343,910
 
 
 
770,174
Household Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
 
498,361
63,551
Personal Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
L'Oreal SA (a)
 
10,418
3,578
Tobacco - 0.6%
 
 
 
Philip Morris International, Inc.
 
1,718,642
164,113
Swedish Match Co. AB
 
565,000
5,672
 
 
 
169,785
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
1,007,088
ENERGY - 4.7%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.5%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
4,731,377
119,515
Halliburton Co.
 
4,589,931
138,295
NOV, Inc.
 
2,080,460
36,762
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
3,044,418
116,145
TechnipFMC PLC (a)
 
1,249,473
10,221
 
 
 
420,938
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.2%
 
 
 
Antero Resources Corp. (a)
 
358,458
14,367
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (b)
 
1,237,096
67,820
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 
102,502
16,419
Denbury, Inc. (a)
 
179,033
15,921
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
3,666,779
350,507
Hess Corp.
 
1,791,321
216,356
Neste OYJ
 
211,300
10,458
Peabody Energy Corp. (a)(b)
 
169,856
4,189
Phillips 66 Co.
 
143,978
12,880
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
 
300,352
76,055
Range Resources Corp.
 
453,142
14,890
Valero Energy Corp.
 
724,186
84,817
 
 
 
884,679
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
1,305,617
FINANCIALS - 5.0%
 
 
 
Banks - 1.6%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
6,926,579
232,802
First Republic Bank
 
45,488
6,906
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
 
634,463
8,502
M&T Bank Corp.
 
39,231
7,131
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(d)(e)
 
7,254,400
19,872
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
3,518,462
153,792
 
 
 
429,005
Capital Markets - 1.0%
 
 
 
Ares Management Corp.
 
172,572
12,794
Charles Schwab Corp.
 
370,416
26,281
Deutsche Borse AG
 
21,488
3,633
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
1,914,931
193,121
Morningstar, Inc.
 
77,278
17,619
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
316,939
33,079
 
 
 
286,527
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
360,487
54,794
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C (a)(d)(e)
 
2,623,697
4,696
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)
 
278,829
78,295
New Moda LLC Class 1 (a)(d)
 
62,880
223
 
 
 
83,214
Insurance - 1.9%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
354,686
45,286
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
751,119
136,381
Chubb Ltd.
 
153,566
29,032
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
251,384
16,167
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
500,917
80,833
Progressive Corp.
 
78,905
9,678
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
1,368,788
221,251
 
 
 
538,628
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
1,392,168
HEALTH CARE - 11.2%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.9%
 
 
 
Argenx SE ADR (a)
 
149,368
56,442
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
198,915
11,947
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
1,181,996
54,951
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a)
 
89,879
1,517
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
265,266
154,135
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
50,864
7,848
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
857,230
241,533
 
 
 
528,373
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.3%
 
 
 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
1,614,710
65,089
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
 
30,817
5,901
Stryker Corp.
 
149,576
30,693
 
 
 
101,683
Health Care Providers & Services - 5.1%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)
 
576,402
11,978
Cardinal Health, Inc.
 
594,189
42,021
Centene Corp. (a)
 
2,706,437
242,876
Cigna Corp.
 
640,644
181,591
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
 
136,028
6,810
Humana, Inc.
 
249,480
120,194
Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)
 
468,589
12,277
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
1,528,304
793,694
 
 
 
1,411,441
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.1%
 
 
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
 
281,054
36,045
Danaher Corp.
 
351,559
94,889
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
311,432
169,830
 
 
 
300,764
Pharmaceuticals - 2.8%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
3,375,732
210,578
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 
332,122
22,388
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
932,339
280,848
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
2,063,186
176,114
Zoetis, Inc. Class A
 
503,680
78,841
 
 
 
768,769
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
3,111,030
INDUSTRIALS - 4.7%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 2.5%
 
 
 
Airbus Group NV
 
268,222
26,284
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
757,554
26,840
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
611,987
257,102
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
395,884
189,229
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
212,986
19,115
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)(d)(e)
 
411,220
28,785
 Class C (a)(d)(e)
 
56,070
3,925
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
828,452
132,759
 
 
 
684,039
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
165,507
34,891
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
104,021
20,233
 
 
 
55,124
Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)
 
169,811
5,276
Building Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
 
29,984
1,757
Trane Technologies PLC
 
412,044
63,484
 
 
 
65,241
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%
 
 
 
Cintas Corp.
 
109,166
44,413
TulCo LLC (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
42,857
22,912
 
 
 
67,325
Construction & Engineering - 0.5%
 
 
 
Fluor Corp. (a)
 
2,579,441
68,200
Quanta Services, Inc.
 
454,392
64,206
 
 
 
132,406
Electrical Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.
 
75,706
12,410
Array Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
549,405
11,483
Fluence Energy, Inc. (b)
 
181,564
3,622
 
 
 
27,515
Machinery - 0.4%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
509,802
94,166
Otis Worldwide Corp.
 
299,429
21,625
 
 
 
115,791
Road & Rail - 0.5%
 
 
 
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (b)
 
1,910,440
143,016
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.0%
 
 
 
Bunzl PLC
 
59,968
1,993
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
1,297,726
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 14.8%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
380,296
27,963
IT Services - 3.8%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
838,162
241,776
Adyen BV (a)(g)
 
31,583
48,737
Cloudflare, Inc. (a)
 
426,971
26,716
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
20,889
8,909
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
1,533,719
497,492
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
11,194
3,614
Okta, Inc. (a)
 
319,529
29,205
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
391,778
36,608
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
777,815
154,560
 
 
 
1,047,617
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.5%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
648,129
55,007
Analog Devices, Inc.
 
111,670
16,921
Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)
 
49,973
14,314
GlobalFoundries, Inc.
 
673,921
40,314
Lam Research Corp.
 
146,290
64,062
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
7,735,532
362,178
NVIDIA Corp.
 
48,194
7,274
onsemi (a)
 
1,800,694
123,834
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
17,990
4,965
Teradyne, Inc.
 
192,331
16,279
 
 
 
705,148
Software - 4.7%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
385,744
144,052
Atom Tickets LLC (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
2,580,511
0
Confluent, Inc. (a)(b)
 
189,406
5,182
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
400,001
15,272
Intuit, Inc.
 
172,005
74,268
Microsoft Corp.
 
3,763,175
983,957
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
173,194
27,039
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
79,555
27,528
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
306,356
12,135
 
 
 
1,289,433
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.7%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
6,602,433
1,038,031
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
4,108,192
MATERIALS - 1.3%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 0.6%
 
 
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
179,776
18,600
Corteva, Inc.
 
125,487
7,709
Nutrien Ltd.
 
371,669
34,108
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
479,414
111,272
 
 
 
171,689
Metals & Mining - 0.7%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
270,650
13,392
Barrick Gold Corp.
 
500,408
7,431
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
1,723,035
30,489
Franco-Nevada Corp.
 
37,953
4,563
Glencore Xstrata PLC
 
1,570,761
8,588
Newmont Corp.
 
1,852,107
76,603
Nucor Corp.
 
240,884
32,023
 
 
 
173,089
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
344,778
REAL ESTATE - 0.8%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.8%
 
 
 
American Tower Corp.
 
504,478
128,163
Lamar Advertising Co. Class A
 
170,855
16,042
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
474,854
59,124
SL Green Realty Corp. (b)
 
266,906
11,789
 
 
 
215,118
UTILITIES - 2.2%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 2.0%
 
 
 
Entergy Corp.
 
805,614
92,887
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
2,665,033
226,688
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
309,738
3,819
Southern Co.
 
2,934,082
226,130
 
 
 
549,524
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.2%
 
 
 
NextEra Energy Partners LP
 
106,202
8,718
The AES Corp.
 
90,000
2,291
Vistra Corp.
 
1,434,467
35,503
 
 
 
46,512
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
596,036
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $12,526,106)
 
 
 
16,762,407
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.0%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Reddit, Inc. Series E (a)(d)(e)
 
28,500
1,121
 
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.1%
 
 
 
Goop International Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series C(a)(d)(e)
 
1,881,874
19,308
  Series D(a)(d)(e)
 
342,241
3,511
 
 
 
22,819
HEALTH CARE - 0.0%
 
 
 
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Get Heal, Inc. Series B (a)(d)(e)
 
8,512,822
230
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.1%
 
 
 
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Series H (a)(d)(e)
 
51,921
36,345
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(d)(e)
 
145,676
21,432
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
81,947
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.0%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series 1C(a)(d)(e)
 
38,589,900
1,061
  Series 1D(a)(d)(e)
 
40,824,742
1,123
 
 
 
2,184
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $68,735)
 
 
 
84,131
 
 
 
 
Convertible Bonds - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (h)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.0%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
 4% 5/22/27 (d)(e)
 
1,371
1,514
 4% 6/12/27 (d)(e)
 
354
391
(Cost $1,725)
 
 
1,905
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 36.7%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (i)
 
15,324,070
1,577,613
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (i)
 
85,452,358
8,577,708
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
  (Cost $11,003,418)
 
 
10,155,321
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 2.7%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33% (j)
 
642,233,683
642,362
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34% (j)(k)
 
117,614,158
117,626
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $759,988)
 
 
759,988
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.3%
  (Cost $24,359,972)
 
 
 
27,763,752
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)%  
(84,521)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
27,679,231
 
 
 
 
 
Any values shown as $0 in the Schedule of Investments may reflect amounts less than $500.
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Affiliated company
 
(d)
Level 3 security
 
(e)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $206,771,000 or 0.7% of net assets.
 
(f)
Investment is owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary (Subsidiary) that is treated as a corporation for U.S. tax purposes.
 
(g)
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 $48,737,000 or 0.2% of net assets.
 
(h)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(i)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. A complete unaudited schedule of portfolio holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is filed with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT and is available upon request or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. An unaudited holdings listing for the Fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. 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.
 
(j)
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.
 
(k)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
(000s)
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C
5/16/18
10,000
Atom Tickets LLC
8/15/17
15,000
Blu Investments LLC
5/21/20
26
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
15,962
Get Heal, Inc. Series B
11/07/16
2,597
Goop International Holdings, Inc. Series C
12/15/17
20,000
Goop International Holdings, Inc. Series D
6/21/19
5,000
Neutron Holdings, Inc.
2/04/21
42
Neutron Holdings, Inc. Series 1C
7/03/18 - 1/25/19
7,056
Neutron Holdings, Inc. Series 1D
7/03/18 - 1/25/19
9,900
Neutron Holdings, Inc. 4% 5/22/27
6/04/20
1,371
Neutron Holdings, Inc. 4% 6/12/27
6/12/20
354
Reddit, Inc. Series E
5/18/21
1,211
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
9/11/17
5,551
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class C
9/11/17
757
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Series H
8/04/17
7,009
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D
6/18/21 - 4/05/22
13,909
Tory Burch LLC Class A
5/14/15
50,000
Tory Burch LLC Class B
12/31/12
17,505
TulCo LLC
8/24/17 - 12/14/17
15,000
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate (Amounts in thousands)
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33%
502,155
7,478,243
7,338,036
3,077
-
-
642,362
1.3%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
1,883,486
93,797
204,666
93,796
582
(195,586)
1,577,613
84.0%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
8,061,621
1,771,651
78,055
204,982
1,944
(1,179,453)
8,577,708
25.6%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34%
114,179
1,575,392
1,571,945
288
-
-
117,626
0.3%
Total
10,561,441
10,919,083
9,192,702
302,143
2,526
(1,375,039)
10,915,309
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Other Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated company is a company in which the Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
Affiliate (Amounts in thousands)
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
LiveOne, Inc.
23,263
-
65
-
(64)
(16,414)
6,720
Total
23,263
-
65
-
(64)
(16,414)
6,720
 
Sales proceeds in the table above include the value of securities delivered through in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
 
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2022, 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
(Amounts in thousands)
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
1,264,432
1,260,929
2,382
1,121
Consumer Discretionary
2,146,346
1,895,550
185,248
65,548
Consumer Staples
1,007,088
807,584
199,504
-
Energy
1,305,617
1,305,617
-
-
Financials
1,392,168
1,363,744
3,633
24,791
Health Care
3,111,260
3,111,030
-
230
Industrials
1,334,071
1,215,820
26,284
91,967
Information Technology
4,129,624
4,059,455
48,737
21,432
Materials
344,778
336,190
8,588
-
Real Estate
215,118
215,118
-
-
Utilities
596,036
596,036
-
-
 Corporate Bonds
1,905
-
-
1,905
 Fixed-Income Funds
10,155,321
10,155,321
-
-
  Money Market Funds
759,988
759,988
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
27,763,752
27,082,382
474,376
206,994
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)
 
 
 
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $112,511) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$16,841,723
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $12,576,117)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $11,763,406)
 
10,915,309
 
 
Other affiliated issuers (cost $20,449)
 
6,720
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $24,359,972)
 
 
$
27,763,752
Cash
 
 
 
23
Restricted cash
 
 
 
1,613
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
53,507
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
5,768
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
22,270
Interest receivable
 
 
 
155
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
1,106
Prepaid expenses
 
 
 
54
Other receivables
 
 
 
2,932
  Total assets
 
 
 
27,851,180
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$23,463
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
11,212
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
9,046
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
2,749
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
7,842
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
117,637
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
171,949
Net Assets  
 
 
$
27,679,231
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
22,385,743
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
5,293,488
Net Assets
 
 
$
27,679,231
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Puritan :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($23,519,208 ÷ 1,033,184 shares)
 
 
$
22.76
Class K :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($4,160,023 ÷ 182,916 shares)
 
 
$
22.74
 
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands
 
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
273,152
Interest  
 
 
69
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $288 from security lending)
 
 
 
302,143
 Total Income
 
 
 
575,364
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
119,284
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
33,353
 
 
Accounting fees
 
2,298
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
251
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
108
 
 
Registration fees
 
204
 
 
Audit
 
317
 
 
Legal
 
32
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
138
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
155,985
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(1,019)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
154,966
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
420,398
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers(net of foreign taxes of $1,998)
 
2,615,228
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
2,526
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
(64)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(12)
 
 
 Written options
 
2,696
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
2,620,374
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $1,825)  
 
(5,679,152)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(1,375,039)
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
(16,414)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(112)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(7,070,717)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(4,450,343)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(4,029,945)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
Amount in thousands
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
 
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
420,398
$
298,912
Net realized gain (loss)
 
2,620,374
 
 
4,307,226
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(7,070,717)
 
1,320,224
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(4,029,945)
 
 
5,926,362
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(4,259,091)
 
 
(1,493,206)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
1,462,727
 
 
426,506
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(6,826,309)
 
 
4,859,662
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
34,505,540
 
29,645,878
 
End of period
$
27,679,231
$
34,505,540
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
29.62
$
25.87
$
22.17
$
25.10
$
22.90
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.33
 
.25
 
.30
 
.34
 
.37
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.57)
 
4.79
 
4.35
 
(.27)
 
2.81
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.24)  
 
5.04  
 
4.65  
 
.07  
 
3.18
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.39) C
 
(.25)
 
(.32)
 
(.36)
 
(.32)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(3.23) C
 
(1.04)
 
(.63)
 
(2.63)
 
(.67)
     Total distributions
 
(3.62)
 
(1.29)
 
(.95)
 
(3.00) D
 
(.98) D
  Net asset value, end of period
$
22.76
$
29.62
$
25.87
$
22.17
$
25.10
 Total Return   E
 
(12.30)%
 
20.33%
 
21.84%
 
1.17%
 
14.34%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.54%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.53%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.31%
 
.93%
 
1.33%
 
1.58%
 
1.54%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
23,519  
$
28,846
$
24,168
$
21,319
$
22,864
    Portfolio turnover rate H
 
62% I
 
58% I
 
55% I
 
132% I
 
44% I
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
D Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund Class K
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
29.60
$
25.85
$
22.15
$
25.09
$
22.89
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.35
 
.27
 
.32
 
.36
 
.39
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.57)
 
4.79
 
4.35
 
(.28)
 
2.81
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.22)  
 
5.06  
 
4.67  
 
.08  
 
3.20
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.41) C
 
(.27)
 
(.34)
 
(.38)
 
(.34)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(3.23) C
 
(1.04)
 
(.63)
 
(2.63)
 
(.67)
     Total distributions
 
(3.64)
 
(1.31)
 
(.97)
 
(3.02) D
 
(1.00) D
  Net asset value, end of period
$
22.74
$
29.60
$
25.85
$
22.15
$
25.09
 Total Return   E
 
(12.24)%
 
20.43%
 
21.97%
 
1.22%
 
14.44%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.44%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.39%
 
1.00%
 
1.41%
 
1.67%
 
1.63%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
4,160  
$
5,659
$
5,478
$
5,662
$
6,612
    Portfolio turnover rate H
 
62% I
 
58% I
 
55% I
 
132% I
 
44% I
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
D Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
I Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
For the period ended August 31, 2022
( Amounts in thousands except percentages)
 
1. Organization.
Fidelity Puritan Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Puritan Trust (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 Puritan and Class K 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.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest 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 Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income and may also seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in debt securities, preferred stocks, and convertible securities, with an emphasis on lower-quality debt securities.
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
 
.04%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income by normally investing in investment-grade debt securities.
Futures
Restricted Securities
Swaps
 
Less than .005%
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
An unaudited holdings listing for the investing fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 - Investment 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. 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, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and 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 - unadjusted 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, 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.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of August 31, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
 
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds 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. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. 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. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
 
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a 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 a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. 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. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
 
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$1,006
 
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 August 31, 2022, 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.
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, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), redemptions in kind, deferred Trustees compensation 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
$   5,039,951
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (1,692,487)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$   3,347,464
Tax Cost
$   24,416,288
 
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
 
Undistributed ordinary income
$   40,331
Undistributed long-term capital gain
$   1,905,767
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments
$   3,347,390
 
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
 
 
August 31, 2022
August 31, 2021
Ordinary Income
$   1,197,159
$   429,786
Long-term Capital Gains
  3,061,932
  1,063,420
Total
$   4,259,091
$   1,493,206
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds 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 held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
 
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Fidelity Puritan Fund
Twitter, Inc.
$17,243
--
 
Consolidated Subsidiary. The Funds included in the table below hold certain investments through a wholly-owned subsidiary ("Subsidiary"), which may be subject to federal and state taxes upon disposition.
As of period end, investments in Subsidiaries were as follows:
 
$ Amount
% of Net Assets
Fidelity Puritan Fund
  64,950
  .23
 
The financial statements have been consolidated to include the Subsidiary accounts where applicable. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.
At period end, any estimated tax liability for these investments is presented as "Deferred taxes" in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and included in "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities" in the Statement of Operations. The tax liability incurred may differ materially depending on conditions when these investments are disposed. Any cash held by a Subsidiary is restricted as to its use and is presented as "Restricted cash" in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable.
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including options. 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.
Derivatives were used 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 objectives may not be achieved.
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
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.
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a 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 a fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded 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.
 
Options. Options give the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying security or financial instrument at an agreed exercise or strike price between or on certain dates. Options obligate the seller (writer) to buy (put) or sell (call) an underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price or cash settle an underlying derivative instrument if the holder exercises the option on or before the expiration date.
Exchange-traded written covered call options were used to manage exposure to the market. When a fund writes a covered call option, a fund holds the underlying instrument which must be delivered to the holder upon the exercise of the option.  
Upon entering into a written options contract, a fund will receive a premium. Premiums received are reflected as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Options are valued daily and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a written option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument in determining the gain or loss realized on that investment. When an option is closed, a gain or loss is realized depending on whether the proceeds or amount paid for the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the premium received. When an option expires, gains and losses are realized to the extent of premiums received. The net realized gain (loss) on closed and expired written options and the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options are presented in the Statement of Operations.
Writing call options tends to decrease exposure to the underlying instrument and risk of loss is the change in value in excess of the premium received.
Any open options at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Written Options", and are representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Fidelity Puritan Fund
  19,314,210
  21,502,292
 
Unaffiliated Redemptions In-Kind. Shares that were redeemed in-kind for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The net realized gain or loss 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. There was no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
Shares
Total net realized gain or loss
($)
Total Proceeds
($)
Participating classes
Fidelity Puritan Fund
11,361
114,304
291,485
Puritan and Class K
 
Prior Fiscal Year Unaffiliated Redemptions In-Kind. Shares that were redeemed in-kind for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below; along with realized gain or loss on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets. There was no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
 
Shares
Total net realized gain or loss
($)
Total Proceeds
($)
Participating classes
Fidelity Puritan Fund
6,150
71,014
171,175
Puritan and Class K
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 .15% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .23% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. 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 .38% of the Fund's average net assets.
 
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (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 Puritan, except for Class K. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class K'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
Puritan
$   31,340
.12
Class K
  2,013
.04
 
$   33,353
 
Accounting 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. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Puritan Fund
.01
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed 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 as follows:
 
Amount
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$   390
 
Interfund Trades. Funds 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. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
Fidelity Puritan Fund
  1,041,785
  1,365,593
  173,969
 
Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses as follows:
 
Amount ($)
Fidelity Puritan Fund
  21
 
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate 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 participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
Amount
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$   54
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a 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 a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A 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, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A 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. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the 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. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$   29
$   - A
$-
 
A   Represents amount less than five hundred dollars.
9. Expense Reductions.
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 amount less than five hundred dollars.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $1,019.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Puritan
$   3,565,291
  $1,223,651
Class K
  693,800
  269,555
Total   
$   4,259,091
$   1,493,206
11. Share Transactions.
Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions, automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Year ended August 31, 2022
Year ended August 31, 2021
Year ended August 31, 2022
Year ended August 31, 2021
Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
 
 
 
Puritan
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  76,593
  117,109
$   1,980,329
$   3,144,444
Reinvestment of distributions
  128,760
  45,125
  3,364,271
  1,157,117
Shares redeemed
  (145,883)
  (122,804)
  (3,687,223)
  (3,318,511)
Net increase (decrease)
  59,470
  39,430
$   1,657,377
$   983,050
Class K
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  18,873
  28,702
$   482,080
$   771,846
Reinvestment of distributions
  26,573
  10,524
  693,798
  269,555
Shares redeemed
  (53,712)
  (59,997)
  (1,370,528)
  (1,597,945)
Net increase (decrease)
  (8,266)
  (20,771)
$   (194,650)
$   (556,544)
 
12. Other.
A 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, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
13. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer.
 
 
 
To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Puritan Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Puritan Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Puritan Trust, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of August 31, 2022, the related statement of operations for the year ended August 31, 2022, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 (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 August 31, 2022, 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 August 31, 2022 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 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 August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities 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/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 17, 2022
 
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 316 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 184 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 1-800-544-8544 if you're an individual investing directly with Fidelity, call 1-800-835-5092 if you're a plan sponsor or participant with Fidelity as your recordkeeper or call 1-877-208-0098 on institutional accounts or if you're an advisor or invest through one.
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. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair 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 Chair, 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 Chair 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. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee 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.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity ® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity ® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* 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+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present) and as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).     
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 served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure), President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), President and a member of the Board of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation. Mr. Dirks currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board (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 Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as 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 currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York and a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-present). Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018).     
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), 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). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Advisory Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2021-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).     
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).         
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-present). He is also a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board (2011-present) and a member of the UCLA Engineering Dean's Executive Board (2016-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present) and a member of the Advisory Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2020-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2021).
Garnett A. Smith (1947)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1997) and President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products). Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Mr. Smith previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2012-2013).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. 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). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).     
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).     
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ 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
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).     
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 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 Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019), 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 an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present), FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-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).     
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 serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020). 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: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2016-2020) and 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 Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and 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 an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-present); and Assistant Secretary of FIMM, LLC (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 CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was 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: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020); 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).     
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance for Fidelity Investments and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity funds (2015-2020).     
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1996-present).     
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 FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity ® funds.     
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2019-2021).     
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include 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 a 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 (March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table 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/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 March 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value August 31, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
 
.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 906.30
 
$ 2.40
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.68
 
$ 2.55
Class K
 
 
 
.42%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 906.60
 
$ 2.02
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.09
 
$ 2.14
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
Distributions   (Unaudited)
 
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.  
 
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended August 31, 2022, $2,504,301,970, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
 
A total of 7.78 % 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.
 
The fund designates $151,231,812 of distributions paid in the calendar year 2021 as qualifying to be taxed as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
 
The fund designates 100% of the short-term capital gain dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
 
The fund designates $219,969,780 of distributions paid in the calendar 2021 as qualifying to be taxed as section 163(j) interest dividends.
   
Puritan designates 1%, 44%, 83%, and 83%; Class K designates 1%, 43%, 79%, and 79% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
   
Puritan designates 2%, 42%, 96%, and 95%; Class K designates 2%, 40%, 90%, and 91% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively 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.
 
Puritan designates 1%, 2%, 1%, and 1%; Class K designates 1%, 2%, 1%, and 1% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as a section 199A dividend.
 
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2023 of amounts for use in preparing 2022 income tax returns.
 
 
Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (retail class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
   
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided.   The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that the fund had a portfolio manager change in October 2019. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio management changes.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
Fidelity Puritan Fund  
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.
 
Fidelity Puritan Fund  
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (retail class) the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of the retail class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.  
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients . The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
   
Costs of the Services and Profitability.  The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
1.536193.126
PUR-ANN-1022
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
Annual Report
August 31, 2022

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

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
Periods ended August 31, 2022
 
Past 1
year
Life of
Fund A
Class K6
-12.52%
10.03%
 
A     From June 14, 2019
 
 $10,000 Over Life of Fund
 
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund, on June 14, 2019, when the fund started.
 
The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period.
 
Market Recap:
The S&P 500 index returned -11.23% for the 12 months ending August 31, 2022, as a multitude of crosscurrents challenged the global economy and financial markets. Persistently high inflation, exacerbated by energy price shocks from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, spurred the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively than anticipated, and concerns about the outlook for economic growth sent stocks into bear market territory. In early May, the Fed approved a rare half-percentage-point interest rate increase and announced plans to shrink its $9 trillion asset portfolio. June began with the Fed allowing up to billions in Treasuries and mortgage bonds to mature every month without investing the proceeds. Two weeks later, the central bank raised rates by 0.75 percentage points, its largest increase since 1994, and said it was becoming more difficult to achieve a soft landing, in which the economy slows enough to bring down inflation while avoiding a recession. Against this volatile backdrop, the S&P 500 posted its worst first-half result (-19.96%) to begin a year since 1970. Stocks sharply reversed course in July (+9.22%), even as the central bank again raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%, before a leg down in August (-4.08%). Turning to fixed income, U.S. taxable investment-grade bonds returned -11.52% for the 12 months, hampered by higher interest rates. Meanwhile, U.S. corporate high-yield bonds returned -10.43% and U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities had a return of -5.98%.
Comments from Co-Portfolio Manager Robert Stansky:
For the fiscal year, the fund returned -12.52%, trailing the -11.07% return of the Fidelity Balanced Hybrid Composite Index. Versus the Composite index, security selection in the equity subportfolio detracted most. The fund's stock investments returned -12.97% the past 12 months, versus -11.23% for the S&P 500. Stock picks particularly hurt in the software & services segment of the information technology sector. At the stock level, negligible exposure to strong-performing benchmark components Chevron (+70%) and ConocoPhillips (+104%) notably held back the fund's performance. We sold both positions. Conversely, positioning in utilities and materials aided relative performance a bit. Nielsen Holdings (+22%) - not held at period end - was one of the top relative contributors among individual holdings. The investment-grade bond central fund returned -11.05%, outpacing the -11.52% result of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Our decision to limit the portfolio's duration, particularly in the period's first half, added value versus the benchmark amid sharply rising interest rates the past 12 months. Significantly underweighting mortgage-backed securities also contributed on a relative basis. On the other hand, overweighting investment-grade corporate bonds detracted versus the benchmark, as widening credit spreads negatively affected the performance of corporates. We especially saw underperformance from the debt of high-quality bank issuers, which we favored for their generally defensive qualities.
Notes to shareholders:
After more than 17 years with Fidelity, Brian Lempel retired from Fidelity on January 18, 2022, at which time Matt Drukker, Pri Bakshi and Ali Khan were appointed co-managers of the fund. Pri and Ali assumed responsibility for the information technology sleeve, while Matt took the reins on the communication services sleeve. On April 1, 2022, Ashley Fernandes assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund's materials sleeve, joining Jody Simes. On July 27, 2022, Chad Colman assumed portfolio management responsibilities for the fund's industrials sleeve, succeeding John Mirshekari. On August 1, 2022, Chris Lee assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund. After nearly four decades with Fidelity, Robert Stansky will retire on December 31, 2022. On January 1, 2023, Chris Lee plans to assume Stansky's responsibilities for the fund.
 
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of the investments of Fidelity's Fixed-Income Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
4.6
 
Apple, Inc.
4.2
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.6
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
1.6
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
1.3
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
1.3
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
1.2
 
Tesla, Inc.
1.2
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.2
 
Bank of America Corp.
1.1
 
 
20.3
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
10.8
 
Freddie Mac
1.9
 
Fannie Mae
1.6
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.4
 
Ginnie Mae
1.3
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.4
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
Morgan Stanley
0.4
 
BX Trust
0.3
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.3
 
 
18.8
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
17.5
 
Financials
12.4
 
Health Care
10.0
 
Consumer Discretionary
8.3
 
Communication Services
6.9
 
Industrials
5.8
 
Consumer Staples
5.1
 
Energy
4.2
 
Real Estate
2.9
 
Utilities
2.6
 
Materials
1.7
 
 
Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
 
We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes.
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 8.2%
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts and swaps, if applicable.
An unaudited holdings listing for the fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying Fidelity Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable.
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets  
Common Stocks - 66.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.0%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
50,456
884,998
Liberty Global PLC Class C (a)
 
51,781
1,103,453
 
 
 
1,988,451
Entertainment - 1.1%
 
 
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
 
28,354
2,225,505
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
26,431
372,148
Electronic Arts, Inc.
 
2,400
304,488
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
17,856
3,991,887
Sea Ltd. ADR (a)
 
13,954
865,148
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)
 
6,387
782,791
The Walt Disney Co. (a)
 
31,004
3,474,928
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (a)
 
1,940
25,686
 
 
 
12,042,581
Interactive Media & Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
139,565
15,103,724
 Class C (a)
 
137,828
15,043,926
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
83,667
13,631,864
Snap, Inc. Class A (a)
 
106,744
1,161,375
Tongdao Liepin Group (a)
 
136,158
169,891
Twitter, Inc. (a)
 
13,314
515,918
 
 
 
45,626,698
Media - 0.3%
 
 
 
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)
 
35,483
354,830
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
36,142
1,307,979
Liberty Broadband Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
3,063
308,812
 Class C (a)
 
11,505
1,170,059
 
 
 
3,141,680
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)
 
34,979
5,035,577
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
67,834,987
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.0%
 
 
 
Auto Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (a)
 
19,759
655,999
Automobiles - 1.3%
 
 
 
Ferrari NV
 
4,107
799,469
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
49,149
13,545,956
 
 
 
14,345,425
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
LKQ Corp.
 
23,233
1,236,460
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Frontdoor, Inc. (a)
 
6,344
148,957
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%
 
 
 
ARAMARK Holdings Corp.
 
4,360
155,696
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
1,668
3,128,851
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
21,744
937,601
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
8,114
1,599,188
Compass Group PLC
 
39,134
841,814
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
3,197
1,188,836
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
19,923
3,062,962
McDonald's Corp.
 
7,738
1,952,143
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A
 
2,016
34,091
 
 
 
12,901,182
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
Lennar Corp. Class A
 
22,147
1,715,285
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)
 
5,572
614,926
 
 
 
2,330,211
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 3.0%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
229,982
29,154,818
Cazoo Group Ltd. (a)(b)
 
5,700
3,847
Deliveroo PLC Class A (a)(c)
 
12,354
11,608
eBay, Inc.
 
41,958
1,851,607
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
97,313
2,798,722
 
 
 
33,820,602
Multiline Retail - 0.4%
 
 
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
14,949
3,549,192
Nordstrom, Inc. (d)
 
30,712
525,482
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
3,409
188,552
 
 
 
4,263,226
Specialty Retail - 1.4%
 
 
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
 
3,188
446,926
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
 
56,842
1,227,300
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
33,003
6,407,202
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
13,502
3,894,247
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
65,867
4,106,807
 
 
 
16,082,482
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%
 
 
 
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)
 
8,974
423,393
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
710
458,140
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
15,166
1,614,421
PVH Corp.
 
9,208
517,950
Tapestry, Inc.
 
52,456
1,821,797
 
 
 
4,835,701
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
90,620,245
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.5%
 
 
 
Beverages - 1.6%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
1,011
340,788
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
2,625
271,661
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
11,628
2,861,069
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (a)
 
9,754
177,913
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
10,151
386,956
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
23,478
2,085,551
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
30,119
5,188,600
Pernod Ricard SA
 
2,703
498,592
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
110,513
6,819,757
 
 
 
18,630,887
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%
 
 
 
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
 
24,767
681,340
Cake Box Holdings PLC
 
11,313
16,494
Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
10,244
5,348,392
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)
 
4,593
184,271
Sysco Corp.
 
14,292
1,175,088
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)
 
44,198
1,353,343
Walmart, Inc.
 
41,300
5,474,315
 
 
 
14,233,243
Food Products - 0.6%
 
 
 
Bunge Ltd.
 
3,103
307,725
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)
 
4,937
375,508
Freshpet, Inc. (a)
 
7,113
309,629
Hotel Chocolat Group Ltd. (a)
 
5,677
8,969
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
7,304
580,887
Local Bounti Corp. (a)(d)
 
31,185
116,008
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)
 
11,703
983,871
Mondelez International, Inc.
 
45,342
2,804,856
Sovos Brands, Inc.
 
14,642
223,583
The Hershey Co.
 
5,642
1,267,588
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)
 
7,910
368,606
 
 
 
7,347,230
Household Products - 0.9%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
68,854
9,497,721
The Clorox Co.
 
1,053
151,990
 
 
 
9,649,711
Personal Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
5,757
1,464,466
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.
 
3,157
42,051
The Honest Co., Inc. (a)
 
5,100
18,411
 
 
 
1,524,928
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
51,385,999
ENERGY - 3.1%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Expro Group Holdings NV (a)
 
16,038
216,834
Halliburton Co.
 
32,942
992,542
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. Class A (a)
 
4,534
68,010
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
53,334
2,034,692
Weatherford International PLC (a)
 
11,800
332,052
 
 
 
3,644,130
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.8%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
49,404
2,708,408
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.
 
10,220
288,715
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
140,577
13,437,755
Genesis Energy LP
 
79,011
914,947
Hess Corp.
 
28,328
3,421,456
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
51,713
2,538,105
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)
 
167,101
1,181,404
MEG Energy Corp. (a)
 
192,760
2,694,692
Phillips 66 Co.
 
12,745
1,140,168
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
25,476
1,506,233
Valero Energy Corp.
 
18,799
2,201,739
 
 
 
32,033,622
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
35,677,752
FINANCIALS - 7.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 3.8%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
390,413
13,121,781
BankUnited, Inc.
 
4,676
173,246
BNP Paribas SA
 
13,606
632,273
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
 
18,650
684,082
Comerica, Inc.
 
10,691
858,487
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (a)
 
684,454
635,041
First Horizon National Corp.
 
28,756
650,461
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
33,631
3,824,854
M&T Bank Corp.
 
11,343
2,061,931
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (a)
 
154,465
162,681
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
11,202
1,769,916
Signature Bank
 
4,360
760,210
Silvergate Capital Corp. (a)
 
1,333
121,463
Societe Generale Series A
 
33,442
737,243
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)
 
28,976
201,363
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(b)(e)
 
182,820
500,797
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
 
9,736
293,670
SVB Financial Group (a)
 
2,000
813,040
U.S. Bancorp
 
78,064
3,560,499
UniCredit SpA
 
68,065
666,076
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
246,661
10,781,552
 
 
 
43,010,666
Capital Markets - 1.2%
 
 
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
 
90,452
3,756,472
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
3,829
2,551,607
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
3,689
435,191
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
2,249
748,175
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
27,420
2,765,307
State Street Corp.
 
30,294
2,070,595
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A
 
19,886
542,689
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A
 
28,824
661,799
 
 
 
13,531,835
Consumer Finance - 0.4%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
15,904
2,417,408
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
13,971
1,478,411
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
21,076
736,185
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.
 
12,449
208,847
 
 
 
4,840,851
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
1
421,308
 Class B (a)
 
8,901
2,499,401
 
 
 
2,920,709
Insurance - 1.6%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
11,510
2,089,871
Assurant, Inc.
 
3,873
613,832
Chubb Ltd.
 
4,641
877,381
Globe Life, Inc.
 
14,550
1,414,115
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
33,529
2,156,250
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
20,481
3,305,019
Prudential PLC
 
11,862
124,494
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
49,292
7,967,559
 
 
 
18,548,521
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
82,852,582
HEALTH CARE - 9.4%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.5%
 
 
 
Amgen, Inc.
 
26,195
6,294,659
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)
 
3,986
236,011
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
25,221
1,172,524
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
4,521
2,626,972
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
3,489
538,318
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
21,096
5,944,009
 
 
 
16,812,493
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.5%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
52,132
5,351,350
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
144,280
5,815,927
Demant A/S (a)
 
29,364
906,621
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
16,624
1,497,822
ResMed, Inc.
 
15,009
3,300,779
 
 
 
16,872,499
Health Care Providers & Services - 3.1%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)
 
85,160
1,769,625
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
 
33,086
4,849,084
Humana, Inc.
 
12,223
5,888,797
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
 
94,210
2,916,742
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
 
74,806
2,059,409
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
34,166
17,743,429
 
 
 
35,227,086
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
5,585
1,187,706
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
15,944
8,694,582
 
 
 
9,882,288
Pharmaceuticals - 2.4%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
67,608
4,217,387
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 
56,176
3,786,824
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
32,583
9,814,977
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)
 
9,001
2,900,497
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
106,563
4,455,399
Zoetis, Inc. Class A
 
17,972
2,813,157
 
 
 
27,988,241
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
106,782,607
INDUSTRIALS - 5.4%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
34,556
1,224,319
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
10,546
4,430,480
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
4,093
1,956,413
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
13,941
1,251,205
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (a)(b)(e)
 
2,000
140,000
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
23,637
3,787,829
 
 
 
12,790,246
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%
 
 
 
Delhivery Private Ltd. (b)
 
22,100
150,246
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
6,599
1,283,571
 
 
 
1,433,817
Airlines - 0.1%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)
 
38,249
1,188,396
Building Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (a)
 
23,405
260,966
Trane Technologies PLC
 
28,892
4,451,390
 
 
 
4,712,356
Electrical Equipment - 0.6%
 
 
 
AMETEK, Inc.
 
35,228
4,232,996
Emerson Electric Co.
 
35,449
2,897,601
Fluence Energy, Inc. (d)
 
2,111
42,114
 
 
 
7,172,711
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
52,659
3,867,277
Honeywell International, Inc.
 
13,342
2,526,308
 
 
 
6,393,585
Machinery - 1.6%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
14,120
2,608,105
Deere & Co.
 
3,724
1,360,191
Dover Corp.
 
25,824
3,226,967
Fortive Corp.
 
78,124
4,947,593
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
51,334
2,431,692
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
12,900
3,418,500
 
 
 
17,993,048
Professional Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (d)
 
17,635
251,299
Equifax, Inc.
 
4,806
907,133
 
 
 
1,158,432
Road & Rail - 0.8%
 
 
 
CSX Corp.
 
136,439
4,318,294
Norfolk Southern Corp.
 
10,443
2,539,007
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
 
8,527
2,314,313
 
 
 
9,171,614
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
62,014,205
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 17.1%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
30,741
2,260,386
IT Services - 2.5%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
3,002
865,957
Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
9,394
220,101
Block, Inc. Class A (a)
 
24,386
1,680,439
Capgemini SA
 
8,696
1,511,855
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A
 
50,817
3,210,110
Dlocal Ltd. (a)
 
42,978
1,068,863
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
3,890
1,659,085
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
5,882
1,907,944
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
6,793
2,193,188
Snowflake, Inc. (a)
 
4,528
819,342
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.
 
32,245
424,344
Twilio, Inc. Class A (a)
 
9,238
642,780
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
57,984
11,522,001
Wix.com Ltd. (a)
 
9,637
609,926
Worldline SA (a)(c)
 
6,147
263,354
 
 
 
28,599,289
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.1%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
11,513
977,108
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)
 
2,760
1,347,198
Lam Research Corp.
 
7,112
3,114,416
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
33,966
1,590,288
MediaTek, Inc.
 
36,000
779,524
Microchip Technology, Inc.
 
44,957
2,933,444
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
68,132
3,851,502
NVIDIA Corp.
 
72,726
10,977,262
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
13,692
2,253,429
Renesas Electronics Corp. (a)
 
211,858
2,005,988
Silergy Corp.
 
24,000
411,762
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
6,403
1,767,036
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
 
199,000
3,260,107
 
 
 
35,269,064
Software - 7.1%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
17,938
6,698,767
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
 
12,901
2,602,648
Black Knight, Inc. (a)
 
3,552
235,000
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
3,671
35,095
Coupa Software, Inc. (a)
 
9,418
550,011
Cvent Holding Corp. (a)(b)
 
16,168
81,810
Elastic NV (a)
 
7,679
644,345
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(b)(e)
 
182
169,260
Five9, Inc. (a)
 
10,621
1,042,026
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
5,582
1,881,357
Intuit, Inc.
 
10,585
4,570,391
Microsoft Corp.
 
200,896
52,528,275
Otonomo Technologies Ltd. (a)
 
13,257
5,699
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
35,084
5,477,314
Stripe, Inc. Class B (a)(b)(e)
 
1,800
50,868
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
7,730
2,674,735
Workday, Inc. Class A (a)
 
8,037
1,322,569
 
 
 
80,570,170
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.2%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
305,979
48,106,018
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
194,804,927
MATERIALS - 1.7%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.1%
 
 
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
 
5,632
1,421,798
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
21,511
2,225,528
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
11,629
647,038
Ecolab, Inc.
 
6,472
1,060,308
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
 
8,782
970,235
Linde PLC
 
11,539
3,263,922
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A
 
690
57,270
Olin Corp.
 
16,807
918,671
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
5,455
1,266,106
Valvoline, Inc.
 
30,174
877,158
 
 
 
12,708,034
Construction Materials - 0.2%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
2,107
732,625
Summit Materials, Inc. (a)
 
15,049
427,693
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
4,456
741,879
 
 
 
1,902,197
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
 
770
79,164
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
12,416
1,124,765
Sealed Air Corp.
 
5,100
274,431
 
 
 
1,478,360
Metals & Mining - 0.3%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
8,206
406,033
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
42,027
743,676
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
48,973
1,449,601
Newmont Corp.
 
8,723
360,783
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
 
3,579
672,780
 
 
 
3,632,873
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
19,721,464
REAL ESTATE - 1.9%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.8%
 
 
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
 
578
88,665
American Tower Corp.
 
11,205
2,846,630
Corporate Office Properties Trust (SBI)
 
25,085
648,196
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
19,348
3,305,219
CubeSmart
 
14,024
645,805
Equinix, Inc.
 
2,613
1,717,708
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
19,713
1,381,881
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
 
2,973
788,023
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
 
41,549
738,326
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
31,756
1,152,108
Kilroy Realty Corp.
 
1,426
69,546
Life Storage, Inc.
 
2,405
306,036
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
7,326
1,213,698
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
20,688
2,575,863
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
2,993
305,226
Ventas, Inc.
 
15,763
754,417
Washington REIT (SBI)
 
11,383
223,221
Welltower Op
 
14,077
1,079,002
 
 
 
19,839,570
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%
 
 
 
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)
 
74,301
1,111,543
WeWork, Inc. (a)
 
24,886
102,033
 
 
 
1,213,576
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
21,053,146
UTILITIES - 2.1%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.4%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
17,963
1,465,601
Edison International
 
14,301
969,179
Evergy, Inc.
 
12,409
850,389
Exelon Corp.
 
36,170
1,588,225
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
28,283
1,118,593
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
53,494
4,550,200
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
115,995
1,430,218
PPL Corp.
 
33,387
970,894
Southern Co.
 
38,066
2,933,747
 
 
 
15,877,046
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
42,839
1,090,253
Multi-Utilities - 0.6%
 
 
 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
 
26,711
842,198
Dominion Energy, Inc.
 
28,439
2,326,310
NiSource, Inc.
 
23,036
679,792
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
 
11,771
757,582
Sempra Energy
 
12,443
2,052,722
 
 
 
6,658,604
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
23,625,903
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $726,359,139)
 
 
 
756,373,817
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.2%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%
 
 
 
Algolia SAS Series D (a)(b)(e)
 
3,612
70,253
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.1%
 
 
 
ABL Space Systems:
 
 
 
  Series B(a)(b)(e)
 
1,784
99,850
  Series B2(b)(e)
 
1,176
65,821
 
 
 
165,671
Construction & Engineering - 0.0%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (a)(b)(e)
 
731
75,417
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
241,088
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C (a)(b)(e)
 
6,103
94,108
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (a)(b)(e)
 
6,632
49,607
 
 
 
143,715
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(b)(e)
 
1,863
274,085
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C (b)(e)
 
18,600
189,153
GaN Systems, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series F1(b)(e)
 
2,171
14,567
  Series F2(b)(e)
 
1,146
7,690
 
 
 
211,410
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
Bolt Technology OU Series E (b)(e)
 
957
148,617
Databricks, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series G(a)(b)(e)
 
444
24,318
  Series H(b)(e)
 
2,574
140,978
Skyryse, Inc. Series B (b)(e)
 
7,300
176,441
Stripe, Inc. Series H (a)(b)(e)
 
700
19,782
 
 
 
510,136
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
1,139,346
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
1,450,687
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Checkr, Inc. Series E (e)
 
12,063
224,492
Gupshup, Inc. (a)(b)(e)
 
3,298
64,344
 
 
 
288,836
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $1,765,924)
 
 
 
1,739,523
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
 
Value ($)
 
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 1.11% to 2.61% 9/1/22 to 11/17/22 (g)
 
  (Cost $379,373)
 
 
380,000
379,334
 
 
 
 
Preferred Securities - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
 
Value ($)
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
GaN Systems, Inc. 0% (b)(e)(h)
 
  (Cost $50,872)
 
 
50,872
50,872
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 31.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (i)
 
0
6
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (i)
 
3,556,471
356,998,527
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
  (Cost $400,463,578)
 
 
356,998,533
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 2.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33% (j)
 
22,105,594
22,110,015
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34% (j)(k)
 
869,663
869,750
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $22,979,765)
 
 
22,979,765
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.1%
  (Cost $1,151,998,651)
 
 
 
1,138,521,844
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)%  
(610,442)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
1,137,911,402
 
 
 
Futures Contracts  
 
Number
of contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount ($)
 
Value ($)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Index Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)
29
Sep 2022
5,736,925
58,676
58,676
 
 
 
 
 
 
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.5%
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $2,697,826 or 0.2% of net assets.
 
(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 $274,962 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(d)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(e)
Level 3 security
 
(f)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(g)
Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $129,334.
 
(h)
Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.
 
(i)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. A complete unaudited schedule of portfolio holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is filed with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT and is available upon request or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. An unaudited holdings listing for the Fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. 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.
 
(j)
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.
 
(k)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
 
ABL Space Systems Series B
3/24/21
80,344
ABL Space Systems Series B2
10/22/21
79,963
Algolia SAS Series D
7/23/21
105,633
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C
8/24/21
62,529
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C
3/19/21
133,783
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A
4/09/21
53,560
Bolt Technology OU Series E
1/03/22
248,626
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
204,137
Cazoo Group Ltd.
3/28/21
57,000
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.
2/02/21
36,710
Cvent Holding Corp.
7/23/21
161,680
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
26,250
Databricks, Inc. Series H
8/31/21
189,148
Delhivery Private Ltd.
5/20/21
107,875
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
161,070
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F1
11/30/21
18,410
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F2
11/30/21
9,718
GaN Systems, Inc. 0%
11/30/21
50,872
Gupshup, Inc.
6/08/21
75,409
Skyryse, Inc. Series B
10/21/21
180,164
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
2/16/21
83,998
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D
6/18/21
326,861
Stripe, Inc. Class B
5/18/21
72,231
Stripe, Inc. Series H
3/15/21
28,088
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D
2/16/21
53,029
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33%
4,294,520
354,894,970
337,079,475
123,471
-
-
22,110,015
0.0%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
5
1
-
-
-
-
6
0.0%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
256,770,649
154,089,811
7,712,149
7,844,057
(254,058)
(45,895,726)
356,998,527
1.1%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34%
713,545
17,827,608
17,671,403
18,859
-
-
869,750
0.0%
Total
261,778,719
526,812,390
362,463,027
7,986,387
(254,058)
(45,895,726)
379,978,298
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 August 31, 2022, 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
67,834,987
67,665,096
169,891
-
Consumer Discretionary
90,690,498
88,092,991
2,527,254
70,253
Consumer Staples
51,385,999
51,385,999
-
-
Energy
35,677,752
35,677,752
-
-
Financials
82,852,582
79,054,141
3,297,644
500,797
Health Care
106,782,607
103,882,110
2,900,497
-
Industrials
62,255,293
61,723,959
150,246
381,088
Information Technology
196,233,109
186,516,866
8,067,933
1,648,310
Materials
19,721,464
19,721,464
-
-
Real Estate
21,053,146
21,053,146
-
-
Utilities
23,625,903
23,625,903
-
-
 U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations
379,334
-
379,334
-
 Preferred Securities
50,872
-
-
50,872
 Fixed-Income Funds
356,998,533
356,998,533
-
-
  Money Market Funds
22,979,765
22,979,765
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
1,138,521,844
1,118,377,725
17,492,799
2,651,320
  Derivative Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 Assets
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
58,676
58,676
-
-
  Total Assets
58,676
58,676
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
58,676
58,676
-
-
 
 
 
 
 
  Net Unrealized Depreciation on Unfunded Commitments
(10,803)
-
-
(10,803)
 Total
(10,803)
-
-
(10,803)
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of August 31, 2022. 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 ($)
Liability ($)
Equity Risk
 
 
Futures Contracts (a)  
58,676
0
Total Equity Risk
58,676
0
Total Value of Derivatives
58,676
0
 
(a)Reflects gross cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the period end daily variation margin is included in receivable or payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts, and the net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) is included in Total accumulated earnings (loss).
 
 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $825,622) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$758,543,546
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $728,555,308)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $423,443,343)
 
379,978,298
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,151,998,651)
 
 
$
1,138,521,844
Foreign currency held at value (cost $48,803)
 
 
 
48,806
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
1,492,210
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
227,858
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
997,630
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
46,863
Other receivables
 
 
 
5,742
  Total assets
 
 
 
1,141,340,953
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
 
$26,997
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
1,063,427
 
 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded commitments
 
10,803
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
1,087,516
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
314,839
 
 
Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts
 
44,950
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
11,269
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
869,750
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
3,429,551
Net Assets  
 
 
$
1,137,911,402
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
1,145,251,464
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
(7,340,062)
Net Assets
 
 
$
1,137,911,402
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($1,137,911,402 ÷ 90,845,218 shares)
 
 
$
12.53
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
9,328,012
Interest  
 
 
3,329
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $18,859 from security lending)
 
 
 
7,986,387
 Total Income
 
 
 
17,317,728
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
3,572,963
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
3,601
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
3,576,564
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(10)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
3,576,554
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
13,741,174
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers(net of foreign taxes of $84,141)
 
9,195,779
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(254,058)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(15,527)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
(1,403,921)
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
7,522,273
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $54,541)  
 
(130,987,019)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(45,895,726)
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
44,355
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(4,527)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
58,676
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(176,784,241)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(169,261,968)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(155,520,794)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
 
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
13,741,174
$
7,604,806
Net realized gain (loss)
 
7,522,273
 
 
35,890,264
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(176,784,241)
 
103,930,682
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(155,520,794)
 
 
147,425,752
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(45,520,342)
 
 
(12,709,392)
 
Share transactions
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales of shares
 
536,400,126
 
545,690,579
  Reinvestment of distributions
 
45,520,342
 
 
12,709,392
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
(200,420,552)
 
(162,643,116)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
 
381,499,916
 
 
395,756,855
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
180,458,780
 
 
530,473,215
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
957,452,622
 
426,979,407
 
End of period
$
1,137,911,402
$
957,452,622
 
 
 
 
 
Other Information
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
 
 
Sold
 
38,181,249
 
39,877,264
  Issued in reinvestment of distributions
 
3,233,227
 
 
979,766
 
Redeemed
 
(14,541,851)
 
(11,758,073)
Net increase (decrease)
 
26,872,625
 
29,098,957
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019   A
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
14.97
$
12.24
$
10.23
$
10.00
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) B,C
 
.17
 
.16
 
.19
 
.04
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(1.98)
 
2.87
 
1.97
 
.20
  Total from investment operations
 
(1.81)  
 
3.03  
 
2.16  
 
.24  
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.16)
 
(.14)
 
(.14)
 
(.01)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.47)
 
(.16)
 
(.01)
 
-
     Total distributions
 
(.63)
 
(.30)
 
(.15)
 
(.01)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
12.53
$
14.97
$
12.24
$
10.23
 Total Return   D,E
 
(12.52)%
 
25.14%
 
21.36%
 
2.35%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets C,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32% H
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32% H
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31%
 
.32% H
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.23%
 
1.14%
 
1.75%
 
2.00% H
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
1,137,911
$
957,453
$
426,979
$
1,629
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
38% J
 
42% J
 
76% J
 
6% K
 
A For the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2019.
 
B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
C Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Annualized
 
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
K Amount not annualized.
 
For the period ended August 31, 2022
 
 
1. Organization.
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Puritan Trust (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares.   Share transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets may contain exchanges between affiliated funds. 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. Shares generally are available only to employer-sponsored retirement plans that are recordkept by Fidelity, or to certain employer-sponsored retirement plans that are not recordkept by Fidelity.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest 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 Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
 
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income and may also seek capital appreciation by investing primarily in debt securities, preferred stocks, and convertible securities, with an emphasis on lower-quality debt securities.
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
 
.04%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income by normally investing in investment-grade debt securities.
Futures
Restricted Securities
Swaps
Less than .005%
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
 
An unaudited holdings listing for the investing fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 - Investment 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. 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, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and 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 - unadjusted 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, 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.
 
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Preferred securities and U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
 
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
 
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of August 31, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
 
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds 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. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. 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. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
 
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. 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 August 31, 2022, 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 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 the short-term gain distributions from the underlying mutual funds or ETFs, futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), market discount, partnerships and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
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
$   102,458,990
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (119,839,173)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$   (17,380,183)
Tax Cost
$1,155,891,224
 
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
 
Undistributed ordinary income
$   3,475,159
Undistributed long-term capital gain
$   21,766,543
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments
$   (17,383,718)
 
Due to large subscriptions in a prior period, the Fund is subject to an annual limit on its use of some of its unrealized capital losses to offset capital gains in the future periods. If those losses are realized and the limitation prevents the Fund from using any of those losses in a future period, those capital losses will be available to offset capital gains in subsequent periods.
 
The Fund intends to elect to defer to its next fiscal year $15,186,776 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022.
 
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
 
August 31, 2022
  August 31, 2021
Ordinary Income
$   29,293,650
$   11,464,714
Long-term Capital Gains
  16,226,692
  1,244,678
Total
$   45,520,342
$   12,709,392
 
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds 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 held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
 
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) or similar special purpose entities. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital via an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies via merger, business combination, acquisition or other similar transactions within a designated time frame.
 
Private Investment in Public Equity. Funds may acquire equity securities of an issuer through a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) transaction, including through commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued basis. A PIPE typically involves the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a resale registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective.
 
At the current and/or prior period end, the Fund had commitments to purchase when-issued securities through PIPE transactions with SPACs. The commitments are contingent upon the SPACs acquiring the securities of target companies. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable.
 
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
 
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
Stripe, Inc.
$10,803
$(10,803)
 
 
 
 
 
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a 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.
 
Derivatives were used 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 objectives may not be achieved.
 
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
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.
 
 
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a 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 a fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded 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. Futures contracts were used to manage 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 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, and is representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented. Any securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Any cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is presented as segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, U.S. government securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
  524,657,676
  405,820,063
 
Unaffiliated Exchanges In-Kind.   Shares that were exchanged for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
 
 
Shares
Total Proceeds
($)
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
15,411,272
216,180,050
 
 
Prior Year Unaffiliated Exchanges In-Kind.   Shares that were exchanged for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
 
 
Shares
Total Proceeds
($)
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
26,062,904
360,632,992
 
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee.   Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee that is based on an annual rate of .32% of average net assets. Under the management contract, the investment adviser or an affiliate pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed 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 as follows:
 
 
Amount
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
$   9,330
 
Interfund Trades. Funds 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. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
  39,552,777
  33,171,419
  (308,266)
 
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate 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 commitment fees on the pro-rata portion of the line of credit are borne by the investment adviser. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a 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 a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A 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, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A 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. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the 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. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
$   2,016
$   38
$-
 
 
9. Expense Reductions.
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 by $10.
10. Other.
A 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, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
11. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer.
To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Puritan Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Puritan Trust, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of August 31, 2022, the related statement of operations for the year ended August 31, 2022, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and for the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 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 August 31, 2022, 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 August 31, 2022 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 2022 and for the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 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 August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities 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/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 17, 2022
 
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 316 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 184 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 1-800-835-5092.
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. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair 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 Chair, 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 Chair 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. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee 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.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity ® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity ® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* 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+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present) and as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).     
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 served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure), President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), President and a member of the Board of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation. Mr. Dirks currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board (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 Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as 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 currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York and a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-present). Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018).     
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), 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). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Advisory Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2021-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).     
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).         
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-present). He is also a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board (2011-present) and a member of the UCLA Engineering Dean's Executive Board (2016-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present) and a member of the Advisory Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2020-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2021).
Garnett A. Smith (1947)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1997) and President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products). Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Mr. Smith previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2012-2013).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. 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). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).     
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).     
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ 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
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).     
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 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 Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019), 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 an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present), FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-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).     
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 serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020). 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: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2016-2020) and 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 Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and 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 an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-present); and Assistant Secretary of FIMM, LLC (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 CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was 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: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020); 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).     
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance for Fidelity Investments and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity funds (2015-2020).     
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1996-present).     
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 FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity ® funds.     
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2019-2021).     
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include 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 a 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 (March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table 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/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 March 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value August 31, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
 
.32%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 902.90
 
$ 1.53
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.59
 
$ 1.63
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
Distributions   (Unaudited)
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.  
 
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended August 31, 2022, $24,369,828, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
 
A total of 9.94% 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.
 
The fund designates 99.90% and 90.82% of the short-term capital gain dividends distributed in October and December, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
 
                                                               
The fund designates 2%, 49%, 82%, and 82% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
 
The fund designates 5%, 56%, 91%, and 91% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively 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 designates 1%, 4%, 3%, and 3% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as a section 199A dividend.
 
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2023 of amounts for use in preparing 2022 income tax returns.
 
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided.   The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.  
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family . The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that the fund had a portfolio manager change in November 2019, January 2020 and January 2022. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio manager changes.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.  
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the fund, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-year period ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.   
 
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month (or shorter) periods ended September 30 (June 30 for the period ended 2019) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.
 
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
 
T he Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.  
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the fund's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's unitary fee rate as well as other fund expenses paid by FMR under the fund's management contract, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison for the fund, which focuses on the total expenses of the fund relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the fund's total net expense ratio ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.  
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the fund's total expense ratio was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.  
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.  
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.  
 
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board recognized that, due to the fund's current contractual arrangements, its expense ratio will not decline if the fund's operating costs decrease as assets grow, or rise as assets decrease. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
1.9893903.103
BAL-K6-ANN-1022
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
Annual Report
August 31, 2022

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

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
Periods ended August 31, 2022
 
Past 1
year
Past 5
years
Past 10
years
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
-12.80%
8.87%
9.50%
Class K
-12.73%
8.96%
9.60%
 
 
 
 $10,000 Over 10 Years
 
Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Balanced Fund, a class of the fund,  on August 31, 2012.
 
The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period.
 
Market Recap:
The S&P 500 index returned -11.23% for the 12 months ending August 31, 2022, as a multitude of crosscurrents challenged the global economy and financial markets. Persistently high inflation, exacerbated by energy price shocks from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, spurred the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike interest rates more aggressively than anticipated, and concerns about the outlook for economic growth sent stocks into bear market territory. In early May, the Fed approved a rare half-percentage-point interest rate increase and announced plans to shrink its $9 trillion asset portfolio. June began with the Fed allowing up to billions in Treasuries and mortgage bonds to mature every month without investing the proceeds. Two weeks later, the central bank raised rates by 0.75 percentage points, its largest increase since 1994, and said it was becoming more difficult to achieve a soft landing, in which the economy slows enough to bring down inflation while avoiding a recession. Against this volatile backdrop, the S&P 500 posted its worst first-half result (-19.96%) to begin a year since 1970. Stocks sharply reversed course in July (+9.22%), even as the central bank again raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%, before a leg down in August (-4.08%). Turning to fixed income, U.S. taxable investment-grade bonds returned -11.52% for the 12 months, hampered by higher interest rates. Meanwhile, U.S. corporate high-yield bonds returned -10.43% and U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities had a return of -5.98%.
Comments from Co-Portfolio Manager Robert Stansky:
For the fiscal year, the fund's share classes returned about -13%, trailing the -11.07% return of the Fidelity Balanced Hybrid Composite Index. Versus the Composite index, security selection in the equity subportfolio detracted most. The fund's stock investments returned -13.12% the past 12 months, versus -11.23% for the S&P 500. Stock picks particularly hurt in the software & services segment of the information technology sector. At the stock level, negligible exposure to strong-performing benchmark components Chevron (+70%) and ConocoPhillips (+104%) notably held back the fund's performance. We sold both positions. Conversely, positioning in utilities and materials aided relative performance a bit. Nielsen Holdings (+22%) - not held at period end - was one of the top relative contributors among individual holdings. The investment-grade bond central fund returned -11.04%, outpacing the -11.52% result of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Our decision to limit the portfolio's duration, particularly in the period's first half, added value versus the benchmark amid sharply rising interest rates the past 12 months. Significantly underweighting mortgage-backed securities also contributed on a relative basis. On the other hand, overweighting investment-grade corporate bonds detracted versus the benchmark, as widening credit spreads negatively affected the performance of corporates. We especially saw underperformance from the debt of high-quality bank issuers, which we favored for their generally defensive qualities.
Notes to shareholders:
After more than 17 years with Fidelity, Brian Lempel retired from Fidelity on January 18, 2022, at which time Matt Drukker, Pri Bakshi and Ali Khan were appointed co-managers of the fund. Pri and Ali assumed responsibility for the information technology sleeve, while Matt took the reins on the communication services sleeve. On April 1, 2022, Ashley Fernandes assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund's materials sleeve, joining Jody Simes. On July 27, 2022, Chad Colman assumed portfolio management responsibilities for the fund's industrials sleeve, succeeding John Mirshekari. On August 1, 2022, Chris Lee assumed co-management responsibilities for the fund. After nearly four decades with Fidelity, Robert Stansky will retire on December 31, 2022. On January 1, 2023, Chris Lee plans to assume Stansky's responsibilities for the fund.
 
The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of the investments of Fidelity's Fixed-Income Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
4.7
 
Apple, Inc.
4.3
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.6
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
1.6
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
1.4
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
1.3
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
1.2
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.2
 
Tesla, Inc.
1.1
 
Bank of America Corp.
1.1
 
 
20.5
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
10.9
 
Freddie Mac
1.9
 
Fannie Mae
1.7
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.4
 
Ginnie Mae
1.3
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.4
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
Morgan Stanley
0.4
 
BX Trust
0.4
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.3
 
 
19.1
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
18.1
 
Financials
12.4
 
Health Care
10.1
 
Consumer Discretionary
8.4
 
Communication Services
6.9
 
Industrials
5.6
 
Consumer Staples
5.2
 
Energy
4.2
 
Real Estate
2.9
 
Utilities
2.6
 
Materials
1.8
 
 
Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.1)%*
*Short-term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) are not available in the pie chart.
 
We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes.
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.7)%*
Foreign investments - 8.7%
*Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) are not available in the pie chart.
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts and swaps, if applicable.
An unaudited holdings listing for the fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying Fidelity Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable.
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets  
Common Stocks - 67.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.0%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
1,822,754
31,971
Liberty Global PLC Class C (a)
 
1,809,636
38,563
 
 
 
70,534
Entertainment - 1.1%
 
 
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
 
993,492
77,979
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
956,180
13,463
Electronic Arts, Inc.
 
84,200
10,682
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
629,640
140,762
Sea Ltd. ADR (a)
 
490,446
30,408
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)
 
227,006
27,822
The Walt Disney Co. (a)
 
1,087,300
121,865
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (a)
 
85,853
1,137
 
 
 
424,118
Interactive Media & Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
5,064,555
548,086
 Class C (a)
 
4,552,292
496,883
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
2,938,097
478,704
Snap, Inc. Class A (a)
 
3,779,959
41,126
Tongdao Liepin Group (a)
 
10,176,124
12,697
Twitter, Inc. (a)
 
455,410
17,647
 
 
 
1,595,143
Media - 0.3%
 
 
 
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)(b)
 
1,295,330
12,953
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
1,267,224
45,861
Liberty Broadband Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
106,089
10,696
 Class C (a)
 
408,845
41,580
 
 
 
111,090
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)
 
1,225,684
176,449
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
2,377,334
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.9%
 
 
 
Auto Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (a)
 
713,528
23,689
Automobiles - 1.2%
 
 
 
Ferrari NV
 
130,971
25,495
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
1,643,412
452,941
 
 
 
478,436
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
LKQ Corp.
 
713,062
37,949
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Frontdoor, Inc. (a)
 
390,572
9,171
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%
 
 
 
ARAMARK Holdings Corp.
 
155,071
5,538
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
59,776
112,128
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
632,461
27,272
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
300,565
59,238
Compass Group PLC
 
1,220,844
26,262
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
108,187
40,230
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
682,507
104,929
McDonald's Corp.
 
258,702
65,265
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A
 
73,488
1,243
 
 
 
442,105
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
Lennar Corp. Class A
 
614,264
47,575
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)
 
199,009
21,963
 
 
 
69,538
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 3.0%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
7,948,626
1,007,647
Cazoo Group Ltd. (a)(c)
 
387,545
262
Deliveroo PLC Class A (a)(d)
 
477,231
448
eBay, Inc.
 
1,502,788
66,318
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
3,362,850
96,716
ZOZO, Inc.
 
37
1
 
 
 
1,171,392
Multiline Retail - 0.4%
 
 
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
513,947
122,021
Nordstrom, Inc. (b)
 
1,028,723
17,601
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
117,117
6,478
 
 
 
146,100
Specialty Retail - 1.4%
 
 
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
 
115,099
16,136
Industria de Diseno Textil SA (b)
 
1,897,735
40,975
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
1,153,869
224,012
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
451,402
130,193
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
2,206,864
137,598
 
 
 
548,914
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%
 
 
 
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)
 
266,769
12,586
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
28,563
18,431
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
543,248
57,829
PVH Corp.
 
332,496
18,703
Tapestry, Inc.
 
1,878,953
65,256
 
 
 
172,805
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
3,100,099
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.6%
 
 
 
Beverages - 1.7%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
36,891
12,435
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
93,731
9,700
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
399,286
98,244
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (a)
 
366,787
6,690
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
367,059
13,992
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
819,429
72,790
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
1,080,345
186,111
Pernod Ricard SA
 
97,492
17,983
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
3,875,574
239,162
 
 
 
657,107
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.2%
 
 
 
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
 
902,351
24,824
Cake Box Holdings PLC
 
341,737
498
Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
360,956
188,455
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)
 
164,569
6,603
Sysco Corp.
 
504,803
41,505
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)
 
1,589,209
48,662
Walmart, Inc.
 
1,330,109
176,306
 
 
 
486,853
Food Products - 0.7%
 
 
 
Bunge Ltd.
 
114,714
11,376
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)
 
183,727
13,974
Freshpet, Inc. (a)
 
257,576
11,212
Hotel Chocolat Group Ltd. (a)
 
209,298
331
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
263,340
20,943
Local Bounti Corp. (a)
 
1,108,407
4,123
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)
 
421,727
35,455
Mondelez International, Inc.
 
1,647,340
101,904
Sovos Brands, Inc.
 
535,923
8,184
The Hershey Co.
 
206,436
46,380
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)
 
268,599
12,517
 
 
 
266,399
Household Products - 0.9%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
2,413,673
332,942
The Clorox Co.
 
38,983
5,627
 
 
 
338,569
Personal Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
205,946
52,389
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.
 
113,182
1,508
The Honest Co., Inc. (a)(b)
 
194,732
703
 
 
 
54,600
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
1,803,528
ENERGY - 3.1%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Expro Group Holdings NV (a)
 
465,790
6,297
Halliburton Co.
 
1,125,773
33,920
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. Class A (a)
 
291,931
4,379
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
1,786,446
68,153
Weatherford International PLC (a)
 
438,968
12,353
 
 
 
125,102
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.8%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
1,747,043
95,776
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.
 
342,509
9,676
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
4,842,517
462,896
Genesis Energy LP
 
2,656,323
30,760
Hess Corp.
 
1,014,536
122,536
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
1,815,986
89,130
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)
 
5,784,167
40,894
MEG Energy Corp. (a)
 
6,826,191
95,427
Phillips 66 Co.
 
420,059
37,578
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
891,256
52,694
Valero Energy Corp.
 
638,682
74,802
 
 
 
1,112,169
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
1,237,271
FINANCIALS - 7.2%
 
 
 
Banks - 3.7%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
13,197,045
443,553
BankUnited, Inc.
 
168,919
6,258
BNP Paribas SA
 
483,515
22,469
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
 
648,119
23,773
Comerica, Inc.
 
357,801
28,731
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (a)
 
24,237,898
22,488
First Horizon National Corp.
 
1,039,490
23,513
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
1,147,314
130,484
M&T Bank Corp.
 
384,668
69,925
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (a)
 
5,684,380
5,987
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
382,327
60,408
Signature Bank
 
146,906
25,615
Silvergate Capital Corp. (a)
 
51,235
4,669
Societe Generale Series A
 
1,171,016
25,816
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(e)
 
5,092,112
13,949
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
 
334,300
10,084
SVB Financial Group (a)
 
63,862
25,961
U.S. Bancorp
 
2,441,021
111,335
UniCredit SpA
 
2,389,812
23,386
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
8,370,168
365,860
 
 
 
1,444,264
Capital Markets - 1.1%
 
 
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
 
2,828,570
117,471
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
130,212
86,772
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
124,346
14,669
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
80,029
26,623
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
716,514
72,260
State Street Corp.
 
1,032,925
70,600
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A
 
716,536
19,554
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A
 
1,055,878
24,243
 
 
 
432,192
Consumer Finance - 0.4%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
537,312
81,671
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
306,281
32,411
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
877,601
30,655
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.
 
696,618
11,687
 
 
 
156,424
Diversified Financial Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C (a)(c)(e)
 
7,317,052
13,098
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
87
36,654
 Class B (a)
 
301,144
84,561
Jumo World Ltd. (a)(e)
 
1,163
4,833
 
 
 
139,146
Insurance - 1.6%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
389,979
70,808
Assurant, Inc.
 
134,788
21,363
Chubb Ltd.
 
171,832
32,485
Globe Life, Inc.
 
466,593
45,348
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
1,097,607
70,587
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
728,596
117,574
Prudential PLC
 
464,208
4,872
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
1,766,949
285,610
 
 
 
648,647
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
2,820,673
HEALTH CARE - 9.5%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.5%
 
 
 
Amgen, Inc.
 
910,547
218,804
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)
 
153,273
9,075
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
886,404
41,209
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
157,127
91,300
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
119,256
18,400
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
733,323
206,621
 
 
 
585,409
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.5%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
1,869,302
191,884
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
5,022,973
202,476
Demant A/S (a)
 
1,024,239
31,624
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
577,852
52,064
ResMed, Inc.
 
525,978
115,673
 
 
 
593,721
Health Care Providers & Services - 3.1%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)
 
2,987,363
62,077
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
 
1,150,084
168,556
Humana, Inc.
 
424,766
204,644
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
 
3,274,852
101,389
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
 
2,653,535
73,052
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
1,187,641
616,778
 
 
 
1,226,496
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
195,400
41,554
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
559,189
304,937
 
 
 
346,491
Pharmaceuticals - 2.5%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
2,353,344
146,802
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 
2,040,494
137,550
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
1,139,996
343,401
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)
 
312,829
100,807
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
3,704,541
154,887
Zoetis, Inc. Class A
 
624,158
97,699
 
 
 
981,146
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
3,733,263
INDUSTRIALS - 5.3%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
1,181,200
41,850
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
358,739
150,710
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
138,083
66,002
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
469,981
42,181
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (a)(c)(e)
 
117,000
8,190
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
783,764
125,598
 
 
 
434,531
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%
 
 
 
Delhivery Private Ltd. (c)
 
1,518,900
10,326
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
223,214
43,417
 
 
 
53,743
Airlines - 0.1%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)
 
1,307,500
40,624
Building Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (a)
 
1,110,502
12,382
Trane Technologies PLC
 
974,109
150,081
 
 
 
162,463
Electrical Equipment - 0.6%
 
 
 
AMETEK, Inc.
 
1,187,587
142,700
Emerson Electric Co.
 
1,211,800
99,053
 
 
 
241,753
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
1,748,353
128,399
Honeywell International, Inc.
 
453,803
85,928
 
 
 
214,327
Machinery - 1.5%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
470,170
86,845
Deere & Co.
 
127,300
46,496
Dover Corp.
 
784,741
98,061
Fortive Corp.
 
2,630,272
166,575
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
1,754,800
83,125
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
433,865
114,974
 
 
 
596,076
Professional Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (b)
 
580,409
8,271
Equifax, Inc.
 
135,092
25,499
 
 
 
33,770
Road & Rail - 0.8%
 
 
 
CSX Corp.
 
4,648,881
147,137
Norfolk Southern Corp.
 
347,923
84,591
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
 
291,500
79,116
 
 
 
310,844
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
2,088,131
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 17.6%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
1,089,959
80,145
IT Services - 2.6%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
109,419
31,563
Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
356,539
8,354
Block, Inc. Class A (a)
 
864,114
59,546
Capgemini SA
 
309,404
53,792
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A
 
1,806,262
114,102
Dlocal Ltd. (a)
 
1,516,922
37,726
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
136,010
58,008
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
207,739
67,384
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
242,611
78,329
Snowflake, Inc. (a)
 
164,301
29,730
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.
 
1,182,717
15,565
Twilio, Inc. Class A (a)
 
330,832
23,019
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
2,059,971
409,337
Wix.com Ltd. (a)
 
345,606
21,873
Worldline SA (a)(d)
 
223,543
9,577
 
 
 
1,017,905
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.2%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
414,450
35,174
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)
 
95,840
46,781
Lam Research Corp.
 
252,820
110,712
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
1,202,603
56,306
MediaTek, Inc.
 
1,358,000
29,405
Microchip Technology, Inc.
 
1,597,766
104,254
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
2,421,158
136,868
NVIDIA Corp.
 
2,572,300
388,263
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
486,925
80,138
Renesas Electronics Corp. (a)
 
7,521,060
71,214
Silergy Corp.
 
972,000
16,676
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
225,797
62,313
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
 
7,358,000
120,542
 
 
 
1,258,646
Software - 7.3%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
638,477
238,433
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
 
459,499
92,699
Black Knight, Inc. (a)
 
136,166
9,009
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)(c)
 
253,848
2,427
Coupa Software, Inc. (a)
 
338,767
19,784
Cvent Holding Corp. (a)(c)
 
788,735
3,991
Elastic NV (a)
 
279,903
23,487
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(c)(e)
 
12,272
11,413
Five9, Inc. (a)
 
375,279
36,819
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
199,333
67,183
Intuit, Inc.
 
375,679
162,211
Microsoft Corp.
 
7,103,526
1,857,364
Otonomo Technologies Ltd. (a)
 
719,577
309
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
1,244,410
194,277
Stripe, Inc. Class B (a)(c)(e)
 
110,500
3,123
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
275,170
95,214
Workday, Inc. Class A (a)
 
282,028
46,411
 
 
 
2,864,154
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.3%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
10,817,545
1,700,734
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
6,921,584
MATERIALS - 1.8%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.2%
 
 
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
 
203,691
51,422
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
777,696
80,460
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
420,382
23,390
Ecolab, Inc.
 
233,943
38,327
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
 
317,699
35,099
Linde PLC
 
416,644
117,852
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A
 
24,900
2,067
Olin Corp.
 
607,445
33,203
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
197,179
45,765
Valvoline, Inc.
 
1,083,772
31,505
 
 
 
459,090
Construction Materials - 0.2%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
76,495
26,598
Summit Materials, Inc. (a)
 
585,726
16,646
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
161,149
26,830
 
 
 
70,074
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
 
26,099
2,683
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
448,791
40,656
Sealed Air Corp.
 
184,300
9,917
 
 
 
53,256
Metals & Mining - 0.3%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
296,424
14,667
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
1,542,978
27,303
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
1,770,833
52,417
Newmont Corp.
 
316,341
13,084
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
 
129,505
24,344
 
 
 
131,815
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
714,235
REAL ESTATE - 1.9%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.7%
 
 
 
American Tower Corp.
 
401,926
102,109
Corporate Office Properties Trust (SBI)
 
591,233
15,277
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
601,814
102,808
CubeSmart
 
485,491
22,357
Equinix, Inc.
 
90,800
59,689
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
659,575
46,236
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
 
105,338
27,921
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
 
1,612,106
28,647
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
1,148,238
41,658
Life Storage, Inc.
 
85,374
10,864
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
258,308
42,794
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
737,769
91,860
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
113,282
11,552
Ventas, Inc.
 
556,820
26,649
Washington REIT (SBI)
 
402,620
7,895
Welltower Op
 
519,975
39,856
 
 
 
678,172
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.2%
 
 
 
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)
 
3,343,966
50,026
WeWork, Inc. (a)
 
912,473
3,741
 
 
 
53,767
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
731,939
UTILITIES - 2.1%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.4%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
683,643
55,778
Edison International
 
509,312
34,516
Evergy, Inc.
 
406,763
27,875
Exelon Corp.
 
1,288,933
56,597
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
1,005,759
39,778
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
1,906,213
162,142
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
4,416,459
54,455
PPL Corp.
 
1,190,658
34,624
Southern Co.
 
1,355,924
104,501
 
 
 
570,266
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
1,513,060
38,507
Multi-Utilities - 0.6%
 
 
 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
 
952,112
30,020
Dominion Energy, Inc.
 
1,004,484
82,167
NiSource, Inc.
 
776,618
22,918
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
 
453,247
29,171
Sempra Energy
 
444,689
73,360
 
 
 
237,636
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
846,409
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $19,954,671)
 
 
 
26,374,466
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F (c)
 
239,407
11,669
 
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%
 
 
 
Algolia SAS Series D (a)(c)(e)
 
189,206
3,680
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
15,349
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%
 
 
 
ABL Space Systems:
 
 
 
  Series B(a)(c)(e)
 
120,349
6,736
  Series B2(c)(e)
 
54,288
3,038
 
 
 
9,774
Construction & Engineering - 0.0%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (a)(c)(e)
 
49,193
5,075
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
14,849
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C (a)(c)(e)
 
412,038
6,354
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(e)
 
450,873
3,373
 
 
 
9,727
IT Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(c)(e)
 
143,672
21,137
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C (c)(e)
 
947,200
9,633
GaN Systems, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series F1(c)(e)
 
97,586
655
  Series F2(c)(e)
 
51,529
346
 
 
 
10,634
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
Bolt Technology OU Series E (c)(e)
 
41,382
6,426
Databricks, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series G(a)(c)(e)
 
30,576
1,675
  Series H(c)(e)
 
125,490
6,873
Skyryse, Inc. Series B (c)(e)
 
332,947
8,047
Stripe, Inc. Series H (a)(c)(e)
 
45,700
1,291
 
 
 
24,312
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
65,810
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
96,008
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E (c)
 
467,381
22,780
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Checkr, Inc. Series E (e)
 
588,051
10,944
Gupshup, Inc. (a)(c)(e)
 
403,701
7,876
 
 
 
18,820
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
41,600
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $120,400)
 
 
 
137,608
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 1.86% to 1.88% 10/6/22 (g)
 
  (Cost $10,601)
 
 
10,620
10,597
 
 
 
 
Preferred Securities - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
GaN Systems, Inc. 0% (c)(e)(h)
 
  (Cost $2,287)
 
 
2,287
2,287
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 31.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (i)
 
  (Cost $14,107,709)
 
 
124,476,783
12,494,979
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 0.9%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33% (j)
 
300,468,356
300,528
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34% (j)(k)
 
48,080,605
48,085
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $348,599)
 
 
348,613
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.1%
  (Cost $34,544,267)
 
 
 
39,368,550
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)%  
(29,302)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
39,339,248
 
 
 
Futures Contracts  
 
Number
of contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount ($)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
(000s)
 
Purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Index Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)
403
Sep 2022
79,723
(2,027)
(2,027)
 
 
 
 
 
 
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.2%
 
 
 
 
Any values shown as $0 in the Schedule of Investments may reflect amounts less than $500.
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $195,730,000 or 0.5% of net assets.
 
(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 $10,025,000 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(e)
Level 3 security
 
(f)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(g)
Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $6,223,000.
 
(h)
Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.
 
(i)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. A complete unaudited schedule of portfolio holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is filed with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT and is available upon request or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. An unaudited holdings listing for the Fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. 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.
 
(j)
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.
 
(k)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
(000s)
ABL Space Systems Series B
3/24/21
5,420
ABL Space Systems Series B2
10/22/21
3,691
Algolia SAS Series D
7/23/21
5,533
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C
5/16/18
27,888
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C
8/24/21
3,184
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C
3/19/21
9,032
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A
4/09/21
3,604
Bolt Technology OU Series E
1/03/22
10,751
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
15,743
Cazoo Group Ltd.
3/28/21
3,875
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.
2/02/21
2,538
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E
5/11/21
7,586
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F
5/09/22
10,089
Cvent Holding Corp.
7/23/21
7,887
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
1,808
Databricks, Inc. Series H
8/31/21
9,222
Delhivery Private Ltd.
5/20/21
7,414
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
10,861
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F1
11/30/21
828
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F2
11/30/21
437
GaN Systems, Inc. 0%
11/30/21
2,287
Gupshup, Inc.
6/08/21
9,231
Skyryse, Inc. Series B
10/21/21
8,217
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
2/16/21
4,914
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D
6/18/21
9,104
Stripe, Inc. Class B
5/18/21
4,434
Stripe, Inc. Series H
3/15/21
1,834
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D
2/16/21
3,605
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate (Amounts in thousands)
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 2.33%
922,130
8,046,416
8,668,018
1,911
-
-
300,528
0.6%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
13,057,906
1,339,400
62,118
318,516
256
(1,840,465)
12,494,979
37.2%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 2.34%
57,083
1,265,244
1,274,242
718
-
-
48,085
0.1%
Total
14,037,119
10,651,060
10,004,378
321,145
256
(1,840,465)
12,843,592
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
Other Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated company is a company in which the Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
Affiliate (Amounts in thousands)
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
Frontdoor, Inc.
-
119,659
97,277
-
(12,422)
(790)
-
Jabil, Inc.
453,034
-
437,734
931
253,668
(268,968)
-
Total
453,034
119,659
535,011
931
241,246
(269,758)
-
 
Sales proceeds in the table above include the value of securities delivered through in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
 
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2022, 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
(Amounts in thousands)
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
2,377,334
2,364,637
12,697
-
Consumer Discretionary
3,138,228
3,014,430
120,118
3,680
Consumer Staples
1,803,528
1,803,528
-
-
Energy
1,237,271
1,237,271
-
-
Financials
2,820,673
2,667,991
120,802
31,880
Health Care
3,733,263
3,632,456
100,807
-
Industrials
2,102,980
2,069,615
10,326
23,039
Information Technology
7,006,214
6,612,853
294,195
99,166
Materials
714,235
714,235
-
-
Real Estate
731,939
731,939
-
-
Utilities
846,409
846,409
-
-
 U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations
10,597
-
10,597
-
 Preferred Securities
2,287
-
-
2,287
 Fixed-Income Funds
12,494,979
12,494,979
-
-
  Money Market Funds
348,613
348,613
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
39,368,550
38,538,956
669,542
160,052
  Derivative Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
(2,027)
(2,027)
-
-
  Total Liabilities
(2,027)
(2,027)
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
(2,027)
(2,027)
-
-
 
 
 
 
 
  Net Unrealized Depreciation on Unfunded Commitments
(726)
-
-
(726)
 Total
(726)
-
-
(726)
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of August 31, 2022. 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
 
(Amounts in thousands)
Asset ($)
Liability ($)
Equity Risk
 
 
Futures Contracts (a)  
0
(2,027)
Total Equity Risk
0
(2,027)
Total Value of Derivatives
0
(2,027)
 
(a)Reflects gross cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the period end daily variation margin is included in receivable or payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts, and the net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) is included in Total accumulated earnings (loss).
 
 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)
 
 
 
August 31, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $41,079) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$26,524,958
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $20,087,959)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $14,456,308)
 
12,843,592
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $34,544,267)
 
 
$
39,368,550
Foreign currency held at value (cost $1,712)
 
 
 
1,712
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
46,641
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
9,788
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
36,047
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
655
Prepaid expenses
 
 
 
77
Other receivables
 
 
 
1,486
  Total assets
 
 
 
39,464,956
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
 
$4,836
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
34,293
 
 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded commitments
 
726
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
18,132
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
12,915
 
 
Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts
 
588
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
3,676
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
2,457
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
48,085
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
125,708
Net Assets  
 
 
$
39,339,248
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
32,638,300
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
6,700,948
Net Assets
 
 
$
39,339,248
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Balanced :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($31,647,068 ÷ 1,241,717 shares)
 
 
$
25.49
Class K :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($7,692,180 ÷ 301,789 shares)
 
 
$
25.49
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands
 
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends (including $931 earned from affiliated issuers)
 
 
$
369,009
Interest  
 
 
53
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $718 from security lending)
 
 
 
321,145
 Total Income
 
 
 
690,207
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
167,509
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
44,405
 
 
Accounting fees
 
2,542
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
504
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
151
 
 
Registration fees
 
603
 
 
Audit
 
157
 
 
Legal
 
54
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
192
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
216,117
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(1,422)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
214,695
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
475,512
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers(net of foreign taxes of $6,060)
 
2,400,246
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
256
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
241,246
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(864)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
(25,476)
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
2,615,408
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $4,267)  
 
(6,934,730)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(1,840,465)
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
(269,758)
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
2,444
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(439)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
(34,870)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(9,077,818)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(6,462,410)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(5,986,898)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
Amount in thousands
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
 
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
475,512
$
425,894
Net realized gain (loss)
 
2,615,408
 
 
4,497,159
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(9,077,818)
 
4,509,303
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(5,986,898)
 
 
9,432,356
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(4,444,353)
 
 
(2,233,189)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
1,859,354
 
 
2,873,760
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(8,571,897)
 
 
10,072,927
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
47,911,145
 
37,838,218
 
End of period
$
39,339,248
$
47,911,145
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.54
$
25.33
$
24.27
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.30
 
.29
 
.38
 
.42
 
.38
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.09)
 
6.17
 
4.49
 
.08
 
2.55
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.79)  
 
6.46  
 
4.87  
 
.50  
 
2.93
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.29)
 
(.29)
 
(.41)
 
(.40)
 
(.37)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.67)
 
(1.31)
 
(.62)
 
(1.89)
 
(1.50)
     Total distributions
 
(2.96)
 
(1.59) C
 
(1.04) C
 
(2.29)
 
(1.87)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.54
$
25.33
 Total Return   D
 
(12.80)%
 
24.83%
 
21.44%
 
2.61%
 
12.78%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.53%
 
.53%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.05%
 
.98%
 
1.57%
 
1.82%
 
1.55%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
31,647  
$
37,819
$
28,805
$
24,969
$
25,088
    Portfolio turnover rate G
 
36% H
 
40% H
 
95% H
 
60%
 
66% H
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
H Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Fidelity® Balanced Fund Class K
 
Years ended August 31,
 
2022  
 
2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.55
$
25.33
$
24.27
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.32
 
.31
 
.40
 
.44
 
.40
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.09)
 
6.17
 
4.48
 
.09
 
2.55
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.77)  
 
6.48  
 
4.88  
 
.53  
 
2.95
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.31)
 
(.31)
 
(.43)
 
(.42)
 
(.39)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.67)
 
(1.31)
 
(.62)
 
(1.89)
 
(1.50)
     Total distributions
 
(2.98)
 
(1.61) C
 
(1.06) C
 
(2.31)
 
(1.89)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.55
$
25.33
 Total Return   D
 
(12.73)%
 
24.92%
 
21.49%
 
2.74%
 
12.87%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.44%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.12%
 
1.06%
 
1.65%
 
1.91%
 
1.63%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
7,692  
$
10,092
$
9,033
$
8,429
$
9,157
    Portfolio turnover rate G
 
36% H
 
40% H
 
95% H
 
60%
 
66% H
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
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 mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
F Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
H Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
For the period ended August 31, 2022
( Amounts in thousands except percentages)
 
1. Organization.
Fidelity Balanced Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Puritan Trust (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 Balanced and Class K 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.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest 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 Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
 
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of income by normally investing in investment-grade debt securities.
Futures
Restricted Securities
Swaps
Less than .005%
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
 
An unaudited holdings listing for the investing fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 - Investment 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. 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, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and 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 - unadjusted 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, 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.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Preferred securities and U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of August 31, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds 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. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. 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. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a 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 a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. 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. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
 
Fidelity Balanced Fund
$1,118
 
 
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 August 31, 2022, 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 the short-term gain distributions from the underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), market discount, redemptions in kind, partnerships, losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
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
$   8,309,167
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (3,572,476)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$   4,736,691
Tax Cost
$   34,631,133
 
The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:
 
Undistributed ordinary income
$   112,114
Undistributed long-term capital gain
$   2,299,379
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments
$   4,736,448
 
 
The Fund intends to elect to defer to its next fiscal year $446,097 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1,2021 to August 31, 2022.
The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:
 
 
August 31, 2022
August 31, 2021
Ordinary Income
$   1,821,812
$   656,030
Long-term Capital Gains
  2,622,541
  1,577,159
Total
$   4,444,353
$   2,233,189
 
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds 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 held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) or similar special purpose entities. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital via an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies via merger, business combination, acquisition or other similar transactions within a designated time frame.
Private Investment in Public Equity. Funds may acquire equity securities of an issuer through a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) transaction, including through commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued basis. A PIPE typically involves the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a resale registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective.
At the current and/or prior period end, the Fund had commitments to purchase when-issued securities through PIPE transactions with SPACs. The commitments are contingent upon the SPACs acquiring the securities of target companies. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable.
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
Fidelity Balanced Fund
Stripe, Inc.
$726
$(726)
 
 
 
 
 
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a 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.
Derivatives were used 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 objectives may not be achieved.
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
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.
 
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a 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 a fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded 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. Futures contracts were used to manage 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 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, and is representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented. Any securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Any cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is presented as segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, U.S. government securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Fidelity Balanced Fund
  16,106,105
  17,373,995
 
Unaffiliated Redemptions In-Kind. Shares that were redeemed in-kind for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below. The net realized gain or loss 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. There was no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
 
Shares
Total net realized gain or loss
($)
Total Proceeds
($)
Participating classes
Fidelity Balanced Fund
7,482
79,467
216,180
Balanced, Class K
 
Prior Fiscal Year Unaffiliated Redemptions In-Kind. Shares that were redeemed in-kind for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below; along with realized gain or loss on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets. There was no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
 
Shares
Total net realized gain or loss
($)
Total Proceeds
($)
Participating classes
Fidelity Balanced Fund
12,036
137,278
360,633
Balanced, Class K
 
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 .15% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .23% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. 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 .38% of the Fund's average net assets.
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (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 K. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of Class K'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
Balanced
$   40,765
.11
Class K
  3,640
.04
 
$   44,405
 
 
Accounting 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. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annual rates:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Balanced Fund
.01
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed 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 as follows:
 
 
Amount
Fidelity Balanced Fund
$   348
 
Interfund Trades. Funds 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. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
Fidelity Balanced Fund
  1,509,680
  1,505,275
  145,484
 
 
Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses as follows:
 
Amount ($)
Fidelity Balanced Fund
  133
 
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate 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 participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
 
 
Amount
Fidelity Balanced Fund
$   76
 
 
 
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a 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 a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A 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, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A 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. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the 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. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
Fidelity Balanced Fund
$   77
$   - (a)
$-
A Amount is   less than five hundred dollars.
9. Expense Reductions.
 
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $1,422.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
 
Year ended
August 31, 2022
Year ended
August 31, 2021
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Balanced
$   3,513,610
  $1,705,630
Class K
  930,743
  527,559
Total   
$   4,444,353
$   2,233,189
 
11. Share Transactions.
Share transactions for each class were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions, automatic conversions between classes or exchanges between affiliated funds:
 
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Year ended August 31, 2022
Year ended August 31, 2021
Year ended August 31, 2022
Year ended August 31, 2021
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
 
 
Balanced
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  153,031
  211,084
$   4,421,713
$   6,162,545
Reinvestment of distributions
  113,479
  59,745
  3,307,115
  1,615,469
Shares redeemed
  (197,918)
  (150,244)
  (5,573,068)
  (4,364,986)
Net increase (decrease)
  68,592
  120,585
$   2,155,760
$   3,413,028
Class K
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  31,940
  43,418
$   913,583
$   1,254,599
Reinvestment of distributions
  31,940
  19,517
  930,743
  527,559
Shares redeemed
  (75,095)
  (79,977)
  (2,140,732)
  (2,321,426)
Net increase (decrease)
  (11,215)
  (17,042)
$   (296,406)
$   (539,268)
 
 
12. Other.
A 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, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
13. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer.
To the Board of Trustees of Fidelity Puritan Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Balanced Fund  
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Fidelity Balanced Fund (one of the funds constituting Fidelity Puritan Trust, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of August 31, 2022, the related statement of operations for the year ended August 31, 2022, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended August 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 (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 August 31, 2022, 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 August 31, 2022 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended August 31, 2022 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 August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, issuers of privately offered securities 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/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 17, 2022
 
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 316 funds. Mr. Chiel oversees 184 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 1-800-544-8544 if you're an individual investing directly with Fidelity, call 1-800-835-5092 if you're a plan sponsor or participant with Fidelity as your recordkeeper or call 1-877-208-0098 on institutional accounts or if you're an advisor or invest through one.
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. Robert A. Lawrence is an interested person and currently serves as Chair. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chair is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chair 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 Chair, 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 Chair 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. David M. Thomas serves as Lead Independent Trustee 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.
Bettina Doulton (1964)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Ms. Doulton also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Doulton served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments, including as a managing director of research (2006-2007), portfolio manager to certain Fidelity ® funds (1993-2005), equity analyst and portfolio assistant (1990-1993), and research assistant (1987-1990). Ms. Doulton currently owns and operates Phi Builders + Architects and Cellardoor Winery. Previously, Ms. Doulton served as a member of the Board of Brown Capital Management, LLC (2014-2018).
Robert A. Lawrence (1952)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Lawrence also serves as Trustee of other funds. Previously, Mr. Lawrence served as a Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of certain funds. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of certain Fidelity ® funds (2006-2008), Senior Vice President, Head of High Income Division of Fidelity Management & Research Company (investment adviser firm, 2006-2008), and President of Fidelity Strategic Investments (investment adviser firm, 2002-2005).
* 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+
Thomas P. Bostick (1956)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Lieutenant General Bostick also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, General Bostick (United States Army, Retired) held a variety of positions within the U.S. Army, including Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2012-2016) and Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Human Resources, U.S. Army (2009-2012). General Bostick currently serves as a member of the Board and Finance and Governance Committees of CSX Corporation (transportation, 2020-present) and a member of the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (nuclear waste management, 2020-present). General Bostick serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bostick Global Strategies, LLC (consulting, 2016-present) and as a member of the Board of HireVue, Inc. (video interview and assessment, 2020-present). Previously, General Bostick served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2021), President, Intrexon Bioengineering (2018-2020) and Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President of the Environment Sector (2016-2017) of Intrexon Corporation (biopharmaceutical company).     
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 served as Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Board of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (financial markets infrastructure), President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), President and a member of the Board of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Government Securities Clearing Corporation and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation. Mr. Dirks currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee (2016-present) and Board (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 Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Donahue serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Miranda Partners, LLC (risk consulting for the financial services industry, 2012-present). Previously, Mr. Donahue served as 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 currently serves as a member (2007-present) and Co-Chairman (2016-present) of the Board of United Way of New York and a member of the Board of The Leadership Academy (previously NYC Leadership Academy) (2012-present). Mr. Donahue previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2015-2018).     
Vicki L. Fuller (1957)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Fuller also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Ms. Fuller served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), 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). Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of two Blackstone business development companies (2020-present), as a member of the Board of Treliant, LLC (consulting, 2019-present), as a member of the Advisory Board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC (private equity, 2021-present) and as a member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Gusto, Inc. (software, 2021-present). In addition, Ms. Fuller currently serves as a member of the Board of Roosevelt University (2019-present) and as a member of the Executive Board of New York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Fuller previously served as a member of the Board, Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of The Williams Companies, Inc. (natural gas infrastructure, 2018-2021).     
Patricia L. Kampling (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Kampling also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Kampling served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (2012-2019), President and Chief Operating Officer (2011-2012) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2010-2011) of Alliant Energy Corporation. Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board, Finance Committee and Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee of Xcel Energy Inc. (utilities company, 2020-present) and as a member of the Board, Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Safety, Environmental, Technology and Operations Committee and Chair of the Executive Development and Compensation Committee of American Water Works Company, Inc. (utilities company, 2019-present). In addition, Ms. Kampling currently serves as a member of the Board of the Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Chapter (2019-present). Previously, Ms. Kampling served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity® funds (2020), a member of the Board, Compensation Committee and Executive Committee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (manufacturing, 2011-2021), a member of the Board of Interstate Power and Light Company (2012-2019) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (2012-2019) (each a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation) and as a member of the Board and Workforce Development Committee of the Business Roundtable (2018-2019).         
Thomas A. Kennedy (1955)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020) and held a variety of positions at Raytheon Company (aerospace and defense, 1983-2020), including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2014-2020) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2013-2014). Mr. Kennedy currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (aerospace and defense, 2020-present). He is also a member of the Rutgers School of Engineering Industry Advisory Board (2011-present) and a member of the UCLA Engineering Dean's Executive Board (2016-present).
Oscar Munoz (1959)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Trustee
Mr. Munoz also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Munoz served as Executive Chairman (2020-2021), Chief Executive Officer (2015-2020), President (2015-2016) and a member of the Board (2010-2021) of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Mr. Munoz currently serves as a member of the Board of CBRE Group, Inc. (commercial real estate, 2020-present), a member of the Board of Univision Communications, Inc. (Hispanic media, 2020-present) and a member of the Advisory Board of Salesforce.com, Inc. (cloud-based software, 2020-present). Previously, Mr. Munoz served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2021).
Garnett A. Smith (1947)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2018
Trustee
Mr. Smith also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Smith served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1997) and President (1986-1990) of Inbrand Corp. (manufacturer of personal absorbent products). Prior to his employment with Inbrand Corp., he was employed by a retail fabric chain and North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Mr. Smith previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2012-2013).
David M. Thomas (1949)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2008
Trustee
Lead Independent Trustee
Mr. Thomas also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. 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). Mr. Thomas currently serves as a member of the Board of Fortune Brands Home and Security (home and security products, 2004-present) and as Director (2013-present) and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (2022-present) of Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (marketing communication).     
Susan Tomasky (1953)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Ms. Tomasky also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Tomasky served in various executive officer positions at American Electric Power Company, Inc. (1998-2011), including most recently as President of AEP Transmission (2007-2011). Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member of the Board and Sustainability Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (2018-present) and as a member of the Board, Executive Committee, Corporate Governance Committee and Organization and Compensation Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (utilities company, 2012-present) and as a member of the Board of its subsidiary company, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (2021-present). In addition, Ms. Tomasky currently serves as a member (2009-present) and President (2020-present) of the Board of the Royal Shakespeare Company - America (2009-present), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (2011-present) and as a member of the Board and Kenyon in the World Committee of Kenyon College (2016-present). Previously, Ms. Tomasky served as a Member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2020), as a member of the Board of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority (2007-2020), as a member of the Board (2011-2018) and Lead Independent Director (2015-2018) of Andeavor Corporation (previously Tesoro Corporation) (independent oil refiner and marketer) and as a member of the Board of Summit Midstream Partners LP (energy, 2012-2018).     
Michael E. Wiley (1950)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Trustee
Mr. Wiley also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity ® funds. Previously, Mr. Wiley served as a member of the Advisory Board of certain Fidelity ® funds (2018-2020), Chairman, President and CEO of Baker Hughes, Inc. (oilfield services, 2000-2004). Mr. Wiley also previously served as a member of the Board of Andeavor Corporation (independent oil refiner and marketer, 2005-2018), a member of the Board of Andeavor Logistics LP (natural resources logistics, 2015-2018) and a member of the Board of High Point Resources (exploration and production, 2005-2020).
+ 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
Peter S. Lynch (1944)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2003
Member of the Advisory Board
Mr. Lynch also serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity ® funds. Mr. Lynch is Vice Chairman and a Director of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (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 as Vice Chairman and a Director of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm) and on the Special Olympics International Board of Directors (1997-2006).     
Craig S. Brown (1977)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Brown also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 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 Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019), 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 an officer of other funds. Mr. Davis serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present), FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-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).     
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 serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2017-present). Previously, Ms. Del Prato served as President and Treasurer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash Portfolio and Term Portfolio (2018-2020). 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: 2020
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Hogan also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Hogan serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2005-present). Previously, Mr. Hogan served as Deputy Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2016-2020) and 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 Co-Head of Equity (2018-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2013-present). Previously, Ms. Holding served as Executive Vice President of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2019) and 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 an officer of other funds. Ms. Lo Bessette serves as CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (investment adviser firm, 2019-present); CLO of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (investment adviser firms, 2019-present); Secretary of FD Funds GP LLC (2021-present), FD Funds Holding LLC (2021-present), and FD Funds Management LLC (2021-present); and Assistant Secretary of FIMM, LLC (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 CLO, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (investment adviser firm, 2019); Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC and Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (investment adviser firms, 2019). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Lo Bessette was 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: 2020
Deputy Treasurer
Mr. Maher also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and FMR Capital, Inc. (2017-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Maher served as Assistant Treasurer of certain funds (2013-2020); 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).     
Jason P. Pogorelec (1975)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2020
Chief Compliance Officer
Mr. Pogorelec also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Pogorelec is a senior Vice President of Asset Management Compliance for Fidelity Investments and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2006-present). Previously, Mr. Pogorelec served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Fidelity Investments (2010-2020) and Assistant Secretary of certain Fidelity funds (2015-2020).     
Brett Segaloff (1972)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2021
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer
Mr. Segaloff also serves as an AML Officer of other funds and other related entities. He is Director, Anti-Money Laundering (2007-present) of FMR LLC (diversified financial services company) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (1996-present).     
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 FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and 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 (2013-2019) and Deputy Treasurer (2013-2016) of certain Fidelity ® funds.     
Jim Wegmann (1979)
Year of Election or Appointment: 2019
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Wegmann also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Wegmann serves as Assistant Treasurer of FIMM, LLC (2021-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Wegmann served as Assistant Treasurer of certain Fidelity ® funds (2019-2021).     
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include 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 a 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 (March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table 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/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the 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. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the 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 March 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value August 31, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C March 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
 
.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 900.90
 
$ 2.40
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.68
 
$ 2.55
Class K
 
 
 
.42%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 901.30
 
$ 2.01
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.09
 
$ 2.14
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
Distributions   (Unaudited)
The dividend and capital gains distributions for the fund(s) are available on Fidelity.com or Institutional.Fidelity.com.  
 
The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended August 31, 2022, $2,874,802,631, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
 
A total of 10.00% 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.
 
The fund designates $ 156,399,145 of distributions paid in the calendar year 2021 as qualifying to be taxed as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
 
The fund designates 100% of the short-term capital gain dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.
                        
Balanced designates 3%, 44%, 93%, and 93%; Class K designates 3%, 42%, 86%, and 87% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.
                         
Balanced designates 5%, 49%, 100%, and 100%; Class K designates 5%, 47%, 100%, and 100% of the dividends distributed in October, December, April, and July, respectively 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.
                                    
Balanced designates 1% and 4%; Class K designates 1% and 4% of the dividends distributed in October and December, respectively, during the fiscal year as a section 199A dividend.
 
The fund will notify shareholders in January 2023 of amounts for use in preparing 2022 income tax returns.
 
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (retail class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.  
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided.   The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.  
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.  
 
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that fund had a portfolio manager change in March 2019, October 2019, November 2019, January 2020, and January 2022. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio manager changes.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.  
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio .   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board .  
 
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (retail class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.  
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of the retail class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.  
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.  
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board . In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
1.536127.126
BAL-ANN-1022


Item 2.

Code of Ethics


As of the end of the period, August 31, 2022, Fidelity Puritan Trust (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 Donald F. Donahue is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  Mr. Donahue 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Fidelity Balanced Fund, Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund, Fidelity Puritan Fund, and Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund (the Funds):


Services Billed by PwC


August 31, 2022 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees


Fidelity Balanced Fund

$94,300

$7,000

$44,300

$2,400

Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund

$71,400

$5,500

$21,400

$1,900

Fidelity Puritan Fund

$143,200

$10,100

$149,500

$3,400

Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund

$66,000

$5,900

$20,700

$2,000



August 31, 2021 FeesA


Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees


Fidelity Balanced Fund

$87,400

$7,300

$36,200

$2,600

Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund

$68,000

$5,900

$22,200

$2,100

Fidelity Puritan Fund

$119,000

$10,400

$90,600

$3,600

Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund

$71,200

$6,500

$21,200

$2,300







A Amounts may reflect rounding.



The following table(s) present(s) fees billed by 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 LLC ("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 PwC





August 31, 2022A


August 31, 2021A

Audit-Related Fees

$7,914,600

$8,959,700

Tax Fees

$353,200

$11,200

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 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

August 31, 2022A

August 31, 2021A

PwC

$13,509,300

$14,484,500


A Amounts may reflect rounding.


The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by PwC to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC in its(their) audit of the Fund(s), taking into account representations from 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 Puritan Trust



By:

/s/Stacie M. Smith


Stacie M. Smith


President and Treasurer



Date:

October 20, 2022


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:

October 20, 2022



By:

/s/John J. Burke III


John J. Burke III


Chief Financial Officer



Date:

October 20, 2022