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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, MA 02210

 (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)



Margaret Carey, 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:

February 29, 2024



Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders







Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024

Contents

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

Liquidity Risk Management Program

To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.
 
 
You may also call 1-800-835-5092 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.institutional.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined Investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of investments in Fidelity's Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
6.2
 
NVIDIA Corp.
3.8
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
3.4
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
2.4
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
2.4
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
1.9
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.6
 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
1.6
 
Boston Scientific Corp.
1.4
 
Apple, Inc.
1.4
 
 
26.1
 
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
12.5
 
Fannie Mae
2.2
 
Freddie Mac
2.0
 
Ginnie Mae
1.5
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.5
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.6
 
Morgan Stanley
0.6
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.5
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust
0.4
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.2
 
 
22.0
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
19.5
 
Financials
15.7
 
Industrials
10.0
 
Health Care
8.7
 
Consumer Discretionary
7.8
 
Communication Services
7.3
 
Energy
2.7
 
Materials
2.5
 
Consumer Staples
1.5
 
Real Estate
1.2
 
Utilities
0.6
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (2.0)%
Written options - (0.1)%
Futures and Swaps - (0.6)%
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 - 64.7%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.0%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 1.0%
 
 
 
LiveOne, Inc. (a)(b)
 
354,306
573,976
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
9,628
5,804,914
PodcastOne, Inc.
 
16,874
32,398
Roblox Corp. (a)
 
31,402
1,252,940
Spotify Technology SA (a)
 
4,765
1,221,794
The Walt Disney Co.
 
59,432
6,631,423
TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
 
3,409
285,436
Universal Music Group NV
 
33,989
1,026,142
 
 
 
16,829,023
Interactive Media & Services - 4.8%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)
 
277,695
38,816,207
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
 
80,390
39,401,551
 
 
 
78,217,758
Media - 0.2%
 
 
 
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
71,132
3,048,006
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
98,094,787
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.0%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.1%
 
 
 
General Motors Co.
 
41,686
1,708,292
Broadline Retail - 3.4%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
310,666
54,913,322
Etsy, Inc. (a)
 
8,461
606,569
 
 
 
55,519,891
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
59,181
9,319,232
Compass Group PLC
 
23,773
652,298
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
2,628
1,178,264
Draftkings Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
8,746
378,877
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 
33,251
6,793,844
 
 
 
18,322,515
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
D.R. Horton, Inc.
 
16,622
2,483,992
Specialty Retail - 1.4%
 
 
 
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A (a)
 
18,455
2,357,811
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
48,405
11,649,631
Revolve Group, Inc. (a)
 
4,012
87,983
RH (a)
 
793
217,599
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
84,987
8,425,611
 
 
 
22,738,635
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.8%
 
 
 
Brunello Cucinelli SpA
 
2,067
247,976
Brunello Cucinelli SpA
 
63,029
7,561,514
Moncler SpA
 
5,474
394,381
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
18,418
1,914,183
On Holding AG (a)
 
2,707
94,799
Ralph Lauren Corp.
 
14,306
2,659,772
 
 
 
12,872,625
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
113,645,950
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.8%
 
 
 
Beverages - 0.2%
 
 
 
Monster Beverage Corp.
 
40,368
2,385,749
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.3%
 
 
 
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
 
6,660
976,889
Performance Food Group Co. (a)
 
10,098
775,223
Target Corp.
 
14,909
2,279,884
Walmart, Inc.
 
21,027
1,232,392
 
 
 
5,264,388
Household Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
The Clorox Co.
 
15,354
2,353,922
Personal Care Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
13,111
1,948,032
Kenvue, Inc.
 
81,912
1,556,328
L'Oreal SA
 
182
86,936
 
 
 
3,591,296
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
13,595,355
ENERGY - 1.3%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
205,178
6,071,217
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
124,775
6,030,376
TechnipFMC PLC
 
130,750
2,835,968
 
 
 
14,937,561
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.4%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
17,581
1,224,705
Hess Corp.
 
8,361
1,218,616
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
14,297
894,596
Shell PLC ADR
 
41,172
2,586,837
 
 
 
5,924,754
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
20,862,315
FINANCIALS - 10.9%
 
 
 
Banks - 1.7%
 
 
 
Citigroup, Inc.
 
22,009
1,221,279
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
47,279
8,796,731
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
24,733
3,640,698
U.S. Bancorp
 
106,768
4,479,985
UniCredit SpA
 
9,509
318,500
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
164,020
9,117,872
 
 
 
27,575,065
Capital Markets - 3.6%
 
 
 
Ares Management Corp.
 
77,388
10,263,970
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
9,000
7,302,060
Blue Owl Capital, Inc. Class A
 
197,660
3,549,974
Carlyle Group LP
 
7,119
326,406
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
16,906
3,245,952
CME Group, Inc.
 
31,417
6,922,736
Deutsche Borse AG
 
5,020
1,050,924
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
15,695
6,106,140
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
32,721
4,529,241
KKR & Co. LP
 
61,488
6,041,811
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
 
6,675
749,691
Moody's Corp.
 
7,387
2,802,776
Morgan Stanley
 
34,217
2,944,031
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
7,150
860,288
UBS Group AG
 
32,864
934,981
XP, Inc. Class A
 
25,374
599,841
 
 
 
58,230,822
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
5,002
1,097,539
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
17,957
2,471,063
 
 
 
3,568,602
Financial Services - 3.9%
 
 
 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
 
120,611
13,484,310
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)
 
9,817
4,019,080
Block, Inc. Class A (a)
 
30,064
2,389,186
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
676
188,787
Global Payments, Inc.
 
31,393
4,071,672
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
54,730
25,983,615
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
47,891
13,535,912
 
 
 
63,672,562
Insurance - 1.5%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
17,697
4,316,829
Chubb Ltd.
 
27,271
6,863,293
Globe Life, Inc.
 
9,886
1,254,830
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
48,772
4,674,308
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
17,389
3,517,273
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
21,709
4,796,821
 
 
 
25,423,354
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
178,470,405
HEALTH CARE - 7.8%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.3%
 
 
 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
1,547
233,736
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
 
15,154
1,092,603
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
2,147
674,094
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
16,028
1,044,384
Moderna, Inc. (a)
 
57,621
5,314,961
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a)
 
6,245
525,329
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
12,700
12,269,343
 
 
 
21,154,450
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%
 
 
 
Baxter International, Inc.
 
28,583
1,169,616
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
354,767
23,489,123
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
34,672
2,942,613
Glaukos Corp. (a)
 
16,524
1,463,861
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
 
11,346
4,375,018
Stryker Corp.
 
6,109
2,132,469
 
 
 
35,572,700
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.3%
 
 
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
 
7,977
893,264
Centene Corp. (a)
 
61,908
4,855,444
CVS Health Corp.
 
56,572
4,207,260
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
24,926
12,303,474
 
 
 
22,259,442
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6%
 
 
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
 
20,584
2,827,418
Bruker Corp.
 
5,531
478,653
Danaher Corp.
 
19,385
4,907,119
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
2,059
1,174,001
 
 
 
9,387,191
Pharmaceuticals - 2.4%
 
 
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
35,749
26,943,306
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
72,436
9,210,237
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B
 
28,557
3,408,726
 
 
 
39,562,269
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
127,936,052
INDUSTRIALS - 9.3%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.5%
 
 
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.
 
1,414
142,574
General Dynamics Corp.
 
15,814
4,321,176
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
34,964
2,326,854
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
72,364
14,741,994
TransDigm Group, Inc.
 
2,013
2,370,791
 
 
 
23,903,389
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
15,203
3,785,091
Building Products - 1.2%
 
 
 
Carrier Global Corp.
 
22,523
1,251,828
Trane Technologies PLC
 
63,084
17,787,795
 
 
 
19,039,623
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%
 
 
 
ACV Auctions, Inc. Class A (a)
 
11,908
211,367
Cintas Corp.
 
5,147
3,235,456
Republic Services, Inc.
 
778
142,841
 
 
 
3,589,664
Construction & Engineering - 0.3%
 
 
 
Fluor Corp. (a)
 
122,262
4,499,242
Electrical Equipment - 2.6%
 
 
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
 
106,681
30,830,809
Hubbell, Inc. Class B
 
12,896
4,909,120
Nextracker, Inc. Class A
 
71,132
4,000,464
Prysmian SpA
 
49,490
2,463,159
 
 
 
42,203,552
Ground Transportation - 0.7%
 
 
 
Lyft, Inc. (a)
 
120,044
1,906,299
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
123,797
9,841,862
 
 
 
11,748,161
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.9%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
97,811
15,345,568
Machinery - 0.8%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
25,062
8,369,706
PACCAR, Inc.
 
11,197
1,241,635
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
3,486
1,866,579
Pentair PLC
 
15,807
1,229,627
 
 
 
12,707,547
Passenger Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)
 
12,354
461,916
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
 
4,300
181,761
 
 
 
643,677
Professional Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Equifax, Inc.
 
4,108
1,123,908
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
 
6,831
873,412
 
 
 
1,997,320
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.8%
 
 
 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
 
3,520
668,413
Ferguson PLC
 
4,922
1,040,757
United Rentals, Inc.
 
11,580
8,028,067
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
 
2,708
2,636,130
 
 
 
12,373,367
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
151,836,201
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 19.0%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
53,264
5,818,559
Flex Ltd. (a)
 
53,500
1,506,025
Jabil, Inc.
 
26,814
3,863,629
 
 
 
11,188,213
IT Services - 0.8%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
17,991
6,742,667
Shopify, Inc. Class A (a)
 
89,374
6,825,492
X Holdings Corp. Class A (c)(d)
 
4,690
125,927
 
 
 
13,694,086
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.3%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
44,196
8,509,056
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
9,223
1,859,541
ASML Holding NV (depository receipt)
 
11,292
10,746,371
GlobalFoundries, Inc. (a)
 
15,858
866,957
Lam Research Corp.
 
2,055
1,928,104
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
250,522
17,952,407
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
30,084
2,725,911
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
 
1,349
971,334
NVIDIA Corp.
 
78,593
62,176,494
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
10,121
2,527,517
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
38,166
4,910,819
Universal Display Corp.
 
26,614
4,642,014
 
 
 
119,816,525
Software - 8.8%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
17,084
9,571,824
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
 
8,682
2,241,432
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
42,429
2,102,357
Fair Isaac Corp. (a)
 
1,322
1,678,821
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
4,013
2,483,285
Intuit, Inc.
 
4,637
3,073,821
Microsoft Corp.
 
242,514
100,313,481
Rapid7, Inc. (a)
 
8,820
516,676
Salesforce, Inc.
 
28,540
8,813,723
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
9,980
5,725,825
UiPath, Inc. Class A (a)
 
145,272
3,450,210
Workday, Inc. Class A (a)
 
5,252
1,547,554
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Class A (a)
 
20,673
1,462,201
 
 
 
142,981,210
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.4%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
119,948
21,680,601
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (a)
 
4,798
263,718
 
 
 
21,944,319
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
309,624,353
MATERIALS - 2.2%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.5%
 
 
 
Linde PLC
 
39,435
17,699,217
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
20,913
6,943,743
 
 
 
24,642,960
Construction Materials - 0.3%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
7,441
4,298,740
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
4,163
1,106,734
 
 
 
5,405,474
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Ball Corp.
 
23,602
1,511,000
Metals & Mining - 0.3%
 
 
 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
92,985
3,515,763
Gold Fields Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
52,770
688,121
 
 
 
4,203,884
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
35,763,318
REAL ESTATE - 0.3%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.2%
 
 
 
Prologis, Inc.
 
3,963
528,149
Public Storage
 
10,161
2,884,403
Ventas, Inc.
 
6,365
269,176
 
 
 
3,681,728
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%
 
 
 
Zillow Group, Inc. Class C (a)
 
18,183
1,020,975
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
4,702,703
UTILITIES - 0.1%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 0.1%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
12,655
2,131,735
Southern Co.
 
5,997
403,298
 
 
 
2,535,033
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 (Cost $740,362,440)
 
 
 
1,057,066,472
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 34.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (e)
 
666,725
69,572,733
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (e)
 
5,087,956
493,684,349
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
 (Cost $602,024,320)
 
 
563,257,082
 
 
 
 
Other - 0.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Other - 0.0%
 
 
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (c)(f)
  (Cost $434,651)
 
43,209
442,463
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 0.7%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (g)
 
10,554,021
10,556,132
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% (g)(h)
 
29,572
29,575
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
 (Cost $10,585,706)
 
 
10,585,707
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 99.9%
 (Cost $1,353,407,117)
 
 
 
1,631,351,724
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.1%  
1,229,514
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
1,632,581,238
 
 
 
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 $568,390 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(d)
Level 3 security
 
(e)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(f)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments.
 
(g)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(h)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
6/06/22 - 2/02/24
434,651
 
 
 
X Holdings Corp. Class A
10/25/22
469,000
 
 
 
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
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 5.39%
11,334,206
149,149,296
149,927,370
318,052
-
-
10,556,132
0.0%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
64,331,981
7,385,994
3,221,476
2,611,678
(95,352)
1,171,586
69,572,733
4.9%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
429,042,334
73,765,601
11,982,156
9,727,825
(1,317,379)
4,175,949
493,684,349
1.2%
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
207,892
227,905
-
21,906
-
6,666
442,463
0.1%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39%
3,701,050
6,204,667
9,876,142
767
-
-
29,575
0.0%
Total
508,617,463
236,733,463
175,007,144
12,680,228
(1,412,731)
5,354,201
574,285,252
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts in the dividend 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.
 
Amounts in the dividend income column 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.
 
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, 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
98,094,787
97,068,645
1,026,142
-
Consumer Discretionary
113,645,950
112,993,652
652,298
-
Consumer Staples
13,595,355
13,508,419
86,936
-
Energy
20,862,315
20,862,315
-
-
Financials
178,470,405
176,351,290
2,119,115
-
Health Care
127,936,052
124,527,326
3,408,726
-
Industrials
151,836,201
151,836,201
-
-
Information Technology
309,624,353
309,498,426
-
125,927
Materials
35,763,318
35,763,318
-
-
Real Estate
4,702,703
4,702,703
-
-
Utilities
2,535,033
2,535,033
-
-
 Fixed-Income Funds
563,257,082
563,257,082
-
-
 Other
442,463
-
442,463
-
  Money Market Funds
10,585,707
10,585,707
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
1,631,351,724
1,623,490,117
7,735,680
125,927
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $27,378) - See accompanying schedule:
 
 
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $740,362,440)
$
1,057,066,472
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $613,044,677)
574,285,252
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,353,407,117)
 
 
$
1,631,351,724
Cash
 
 
50,822
Foreign currency held at value (cost $6,273)
 
 
6,273
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
10,357,206
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
1,248,457
Dividends receivable
 
 
733,464
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
46,165
Other receivables
 
 
4,004
  Total assets
 
 
1,643,798,115
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
$
10,325,111
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
434,130
 
 
Accrued management fee
428,061
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
29,575
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
11,216,877
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note)
 
 
 
 
Net Assets  
 
 
$
1,632,581,238
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
1,374,743,043
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
257,838,195
Net Assets
 
 
$
1,632,581,238
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,632,581,238 ÷ 108,621,224 shares)
 
 
$
15.03
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
4,201,690
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $767 from security lending)
 
 
12,679,912
 Total Income
 
 
 
16,881,602
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
2,308,455
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
3,510
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
2,311,965
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(917)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
2,311,048
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
14,570,554
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers  
 
5,418,000
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(1,412,731)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
4,942
 
 
 Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds
 
316
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
4,010,527
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers  
 
147,334,942
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
5,354,201
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(16)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
152,689,127
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
156,699,654
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
171,270,208
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
14,570,554
$
18,720,505
Net realized gain (loss)
 
4,010,527
 
 
(21,720,120)
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
152,689,127
 
113,486,902
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
171,270,208
 
 
110,487,287
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(10,633,384)
 
 
(17,241,436)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share transactions
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales of shares
 
246,883,051
 
590,724,615
  Reinvestment of distributions
 
10,633,384
 
 
17,241,436
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
(169,436,478)
 
(148,653,415)
 
 
 
 
 
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
 
88,079,957
 
 
459,312,636
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
248,716,781
 
 
552,558,487
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
1,383,864,457
 
831,305,970
 
End of period
$
1,632,581,238
$
1,383,864,457
 
 
 
 
 
Other Information
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
 
 
Sold
 
17,744,114
 
45,291,468
  Issued in reinvestment of distributions
 
795,006
 
 
1,403,797
 
Redeemed
 
(12,338,663)
 
(11,910,163)
Net increase (decrease)
 
6,200,457
 
34,785,102
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Highlights
Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019 A  
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
13.51
$
12.29
$
14.69
$
12.36
$
10.26
$
10.00
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) B,C
 
.14
 
.24
 
.20
 
.16
 
.16
 
.03
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
1.48
 
1.22
 
(1.94)
 
2.36
 
2.07
 
.24
  Total from investment operations
 
1.62  
 
1.46  
 
(1.74)  
 
2.52  
 
2.23
 
.27
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.10)
 
(.24)
 
(.18)
 
(.14)
 
(.13)
 
(.01)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
-
 
-
 
(.47)
 
(.05)
 
-
 
-
     Total distributions
 
(.10)
 
(.24)
 
(.66) D
 
(.19)
 
(.13)
 
(.01)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
15.03
$
13.51
$
12.29
$
14.69
$
12.36
$
10.26
 Total Return E,F
 
12.12%
 
12.05%
 
(12.35)%
 
20.55%
 
21.95%
 
2.65%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31%
 
.32%
 
.31% I,J
    Net investment income (loss)
 
2.02% I
 
1.95%
 
1.46%
 
1.17%
 
1.48%
 
1.62% I
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
1,632,581
$
1,383,864
$
831,306
$
650,542
$
371,252
$
83,185
    Portfolio turnover rate K
 
55% I,L
 
58%
 
72%
 
65%
 
67%
 
99% M
 
AFor the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2019.
 
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
CNet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
ETotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
GExpense 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.
 
HFees 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. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
IAnnualized.
 
JThe size and fluctuation of net assets and expense amounts may cause ratios to differ from contractual rates.
 
KAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
LPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
MAmount not annualized.
 
For the period ended February 29, 2024
 
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 RatioA
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
Less than .005%
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Futures
Options
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. Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, which is a limited liability company available only to certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. The Fund has no redemption rights under Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's limited liability company agreement. There will be no trading market for the units.
 
Based on its investment objective, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC may invest or participate in various investments or strategies that are similar to those in which the Fund may invest or participate. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC and thus a decline in the value of the Fund. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC intends to invest primarily in directly originated loans to private companies but also with liquid credit investments, like broadly syndicated loans, and other select private credit investments.
 
The Schedule of Investments lists Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC represented less than 5% of the Fund's net assets at period end. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. The annualized expense ratio for Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2023 was 10.16%.
 
On March 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC approved to change the name to Fidelity Private Credit Company LLC.
4. 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 designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services 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 the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
 
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 service 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.
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC is valued at its net asset value (NAV) each month end and is categorized as Level 2 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 February 29, 2024 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. 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. 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, capital loss carryforwards 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
$319,831,687
Gross unrealized depreciation
(44,818,415)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$275,013,272
Tax cost
$1,356,338,452
 
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
 
Short-term
$(27,396,104)
Long-term
-
Total capital loss carryforward
$(27,396,104)
 
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. The amount of commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. These commitments are not included in the net assets of the Fund at period end.
 
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
$1,789,000
5. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow for various types of derivative instruments, 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 in total accumulated earnings (loss) in 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 contracts amount is presented.
6. 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
387,297,319
414,738,818
 
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
8,340,754
116,893,548
 
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
1,245,767
15,422,345
7. 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
$3,238
 
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
 7,632,470
 10,035,572
 (2,009,824)
 
Subsequent Event - Sub-Advisory Arrangements. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
8. 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.
9. 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
$77
$399
$27,378
10. Expense Reductions.
The investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive the Fund's management fee with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets invested in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC until December 31, 2024. During the period, this waiver reduced the Fund's management fee by $519.
 
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 $398.
11. 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.
12. 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. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
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 (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024).
 
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 September 1, 2023
 
Ending Account Value February 29, 2024
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® K6 Fund
 
 
 
.32%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,121.20
 
$ 1.69
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.27
 
$ 1.61
 
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 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity Puritan K6 Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Sub-Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
The Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser, and that the management fee paid by the fund under the management contract with FMR will remain unchanged.
The Board further considered that the approval of the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Sub-Advisory Contracts would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of services provided to the fund by FMR and its affiliates.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's advisory contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts should be approved.
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
  • Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
  • Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
  • Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
  • Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023.  The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
1.9893908.104
PUR-K6-SANN-0424
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024

Contents

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

Liquidity Risk Management Program

To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov.
 
 
You may also call 1-800-544-8544 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 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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Other third-party marks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.
All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2024 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.
 
This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.institutional.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined Investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of investments in Fidelity's Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
5.3
 
NVIDIA Corp.
3.3
 
Apple, Inc.
3.2
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.9
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
2.0
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
1.5
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.1
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.1
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.0
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
0.9
 
 
22.3
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
15.0
 
Fannie Mae
2.6
 
Freddie Mac
2.5
 
Ginnie Mae
1.8
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.4
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.7
 
Morgan Stanley
0.6
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust
0.4
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.3
 
 
25.7
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
18.1
 
Financials
13.4
 
Health Care
8.4
 
Consumer Discretionary
7.1
 
Communication Services
6.6
 
Industrials
5.9
 
Consumer Staples
4.2
 
Energy
3.3
 
Real Estate
2.4
 
Utilities
1.8
 
Materials
1.5
 
 
Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (2.2)%
 
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) - (2.2)%
Written options - (0.1)%
Futures and Swaps - 0.2%
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
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 - 61.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.7%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
7,608,191
128,807
Cellnex Telecom SA (a)
 
382,200
13,818
Liberty Global Ltd. Class C (b)
 
521,645
9,677
 
 
 
152,302
Entertainment - 1.0%
 
 
 
Capcom Co. Ltd.
 
200,900
8,079
Netflix, Inc. (c)
 
218,703
131,860
Roku, Inc. Class A (c)
 
132,239
8,355
Sea Ltd. ADR (c)
 
983,927
47,740
Spotify Technology SA (c)
 
67,359
17,272
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (c)
 
77,273
11,354
The Walt Disney Co.
 
1,569,842
175,163
TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
 
447,547
37,473
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (c)
 
772,600
17,703
 
 
 
454,999
Interactive Media & Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (c)
 
4,994,716
691,568
 Class C (c)
 
881,305
123,189
Epic Games, Inc. (c)(d)(e)
 
12,272
8,419
Match Group, Inc. (c)
 
818,365
29,494
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
 
1,831,778
897,809
Snap, Inc. Class A (c)
 
2,905,679
32,021
 
 
 
1,782,500
Media - 0.3%
 
 
 
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (c)
 
3,982,896
11,829
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (c)
 
82,034
24,112
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
899,488
38,543
Liberty Broadband Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (c)
 
680,713
40,945
 Class C (c)
 
32,075
1,930
Paramount Global Class B
 
163,700
1,807
 
 
 
119,166
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.
 
268,786
43,893
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
2,552,860
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.7%
 
 
 
Automobile Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (c)
 
699,432
23,739
Aptiv PLC (c)
 
303,600
24,133
 
 
 
47,872
Automobiles - 0.6%
 
 
 
Tesla, Inc. (c)
 
1,455,491
293,835
Broadline Retail - 2.9%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (c)
 
7,425,368
1,312,508
Etsy, Inc. (c)
 
104,385
7,483
 
 
 
1,319,991
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
LKQ Corp.
 
628,500
32,864
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.2%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (c)
 
258,300
40,675
Booking Holdings, Inc.
 
27,782
96,371
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (c)
 
623,971
27,124
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
368,072
44,857
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
89,352
40,061
Flutter Entertainment PLC (c)
 
106,400
22,974
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
344,047
85,967
McDonald's Corp.
 
267,689
78,240
Red Rock Resorts, Inc.
 
185,273
10,744
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A (c)
 
72,795
927
Yum! Brands, Inc.
 
643,927
89,132
 
 
 
537,072
Household Durables - 0.1%
 
 
 
D.R. Horton, Inc.
 
30,287
4,526
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (c)
 
177,098
21,007
 
 
 
25,533
Leisure Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
Brunswick Corp.
 
147,800
12,918
Specialty Retail - 1.2%
 
 
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (c)
 
91,870
18,843
Cazoo Group Ltd. (c)(d)
 
193
1
Cazoo Group Ltd.:
 
 
 
 warrants (c)
 
209
0
 warrants (c)
 
229
0
 warrants (c)
 
253
0
Foot Locker, Inc.
 
233,513
8,040
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
682,534
164,265
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
339,900
129,369
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
1,822,342
180,667
Valvoline, Inc. (c)
 
531,858
22,678
 
 
 
523,863
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%
 
 
 
Levi Strauss & Co. Class A
 
713,000
12,955
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
953,068
99,052
PVH Corp.
 
378,293
51,701
Tapestry, Inc.
 
1,048,908
49,855
 
 
 
213,563
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
3,007,511
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.7%
 
 
 
Beverages - 1.1%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (c)
 
52,140
16,066
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (non-vtg.)
 
238,368
14,357
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
63,882
5,214
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
251,693
62,551
Diageo PLC
 
398,761
14,909
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
1,153,306
34,495
Monster Beverage Corp.
 
1,145,319
67,688
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
630,762
104,290
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
2,970,480
178,288
 
 
 
497,858
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.2%
 
 
 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.)
 
372,440
23,099
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
78,572
5,739
Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
316,031
235,092
Dollar Tree, Inc. (c)
 
61,588
9,034
Maplebear, Inc. (NASDAQ)
 
15,289
498
Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (c)
 
105,000
6,556
Target Corp.
 
371,011
56,735
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (c)
 
651,520
33,091
Walmart, Inc.
 
2,652,963
155,490
 
 
 
525,334
Food Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Freshpet, Inc. (b)(c)
 
105,620
11,938
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
230,221
23,531
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)
 
332,974
22,929
Mondelez International, Inc.
 
1,089,564
79,614
The Hershey Co.
 
150,489
28,280
The J.M. Smucker Co.
 
157,700
18,951
 
 
 
185,243
Household Products - 0.7%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
1,825,082
290,079
Personal Care Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
elf Beauty, Inc. (c)
 
106,355
22,178
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
246,052
36,558
Kenvue, Inc.
 
2,190,968
41,628
Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
2,786,500
5,183
 
 
 
105,547
Tobacco - 0.1%
 
 
 
Altria Group, Inc.
 
1,517,200
62,069
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
1,666,130
ENERGY - 2.3%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
Expro Group Holdings NV (c)
 
1,013,071
18,124
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
506,838
24,495
Weatherford International PLC (c)
 
320,600
32,897
 
 
 
75,516
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.1%
 
 
 
Africa Oil Corp.
 
13,502,322
20,793
Athabasca Oil Corp. (c)
 
8,688,738
31,499
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
167,200
11,652
Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. (c)
 
4,815,179
585
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
4,348,841
454,541
Galp Energia SGPS SA Class B
 
1,550,100
24,410
Hess Corp.
 
137,368
20,021
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
1,462,158
91,491
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (c)
 
3,479,718
21,365
MEG Energy Corp. (c)
 
3,565,214
76,314
Phillips 66 Co.
 
487,404
69,460
Shell PLC ADR
 
1,136,187
71,387
Valero Energy Corp.
 
486,452
68,813
 
 
 
962,331
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
1,037,847
FINANCIALS - 8.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 2.8%
 
 
 
AIB Group PLC
 
3,042,037
14,092
Bank of America Corp.
 
3,582,765
123,677
Citigroup, Inc.
 
2,172,187
120,535
DNB Bank ASA
 
1,020,740
20,439
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (c)
 
16,592,568
34,279
HDFC Bank Ltd.
 
707,698
11,955
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
2,604,900
484,668
KeyCorp
 
3,449,964
49,231
M&T Bank Corp.
 
333,784
46,643
Pathward Financial, Inc.
 
362,700
18,440
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (c)
 
5,098,290
22,427
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
547,323
80,566
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
5,092,112
20,183
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
3,669,467
203,986
 
 
 
1,251,121
Capital Markets - 1.6%
 
 
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
 
1,283,749
72,005
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
119,548
96,994
Brookfield Corp. Class A
 
434,398
17,928
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
169,239
32,494
CME Group, Inc.
 
335,947
74,026
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
 
239,049
25,989
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
 
166,599
18,711
LPL Financial
 
168,954
45,261
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
 
185,792
39,650
Moody's Corp.
 
181,173
68,741
Morgan Stanley
 
1,062,266
91,397
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A
 
535,510
18,598
Tradeweb Markets, Inc. Class A
 
186,611
19,747
UBS Group AG
 
1,955,469
55,633
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A
 
613,539
11,074
 
 
 
688,248
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
Discover Financial Services
 
423,353
51,099
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
471,386
22,264
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.
 
678,697
19,966
 
 
 
93,329
Financial Services - 2.2%
 
 
 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
 
1,052,860
117,710
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A (c)
 
79
48,708
Block, Inc. Class A (c)
 
1,980,828
157,416
Corebridge Financial, Inc.
 
440,378
10,935
Fiserv, Inc. (c)
 
555,301
82,890
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (c)
 
119,327
33,324
Global Payments, Inc.
 
489,841
63,532
Jumo World Holding Ltd. (d)(e)
 
1,165,143
1,934
Jumo World Ltd. (c)(e)
 
1,163
0
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
143,577
68,165
UWM Holdings Corp. Class A (b)
 
2,130,054
13,590
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
1,300,015
367,436
Voya Financial, Inc.
 
273,676
18,708
 
 
 
984,348
Insurance - 1.5%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
361,993
88,301
Chubb Ltd.
 
473,074
119,059
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (c)
 
9,870,362
25,168
Everest Re Group Ltd.
 
119,486
44,076
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)
 
51,661
55,142
Globe Life, Inc.
 
189,599
24,066
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
786,000
75,330
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
456,449
92,326
Progressive Corp.
 
499,431
94,672
Prudential PLC
 
850,306
8,378
Unum Group
 
897,807
44,397
 
 
 
670,915
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
3,687,961
HEALTH CARE - 7.7%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.0%
 
 
 
Cytokinetics, Inc. (c)
 
74,500
5,382
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
 
1,929,572
139,122
Moderna, Inc. (c)
 
721,200
66,523
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (c)
 
206,872
199,857
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (c)
 
64,324
27,064
 
 
 
437,948
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
317,967
37,724
Boston Scientific Corp. (c)
 
5,138,280
340,206
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (c)
 
395,498
152,504
Penumbra, Inc. (c)
 
162,324
38,133
Shockwave Medical, Inc. (c)
 
139,035
36,270
Stryker Corp.
 
743,129
259,404
 
 
 
864,241
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.8%
 
 
 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (c)
 
404,200
33,730
Cencora, Inc.
 
796,858
187,740
CVS Health Corp.
 
1,106,658
82,302
Surgery Partners, Inc. (c)
 
2,275,456
70,607
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
844,549
416,869
 
 
 
791,248
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
10X Genomics, Inc. (c)
 
224,097
10,452
Danaher Corp.
 
424,170
107,374
Sartorius Stedim Biotech
 
38,200
10,499
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
98,640
56,243
 
 
 
184,568
Pharmaceuticals - 2.6%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
1,792,007
114,975
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
650,201
490,043
Indivior PLC (c)
 
1,797,132
38,905
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
2,839,075
360,988
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
2,541,900
77,121
UCB SA
 
842,836
97,015
 
 
 
1,179,047
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
3,457,052
INDUSTRIALS - 5.6%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
1,013,214
67,429
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
296,575
127,005
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
106,280
48,997
RTX Corp.
 
359,811
32,264
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (c)(d)(e)
 
117,000
11,349
The Boeing Co. (c)
 
640,388
130,460
TransDigm Group, Inc.
 
69,784
82,187
 
 
 
499,691
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
177,471
44,185
Building Products - 0.5%
 
 
 
Trane Technologies PLC
 
749,211
211,255
Construction & Engineering - 0.1%
 
 
 
Quanta Services, Inc.
 
217,600
52,553
Electrical Equipment - 0.6%
 
 
 
AMETEK, Inc.
 
977,621
176,148
Eaton Corp. PLC
 
419,280
121,172
 
 
 
297,320
Ground Transportation - 0.9%
 
 
 
CSX Corp.
 
2,502,709
94,953
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
 
278,568
123,261
Uber Technologies, Inc. (c)
 
967,729
76,934
Union Pacific Corp.
 
382,706
97,089
 
 
 
392,237
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
1,344,702
210,970
Machinery - 1.7%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
358,909
119,861
Deere & Co.
 
95,398
34,825
Dover Corp.
 
758,003
125,359
Fortive Corp.
 
1,281,227
109,071
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
1,683,240
153,730
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
391,983
209,887
 
 
 
752,733
Passenger Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
 
464,958
19,654
Professional Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.
 
2,736,357
28,841
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
2,509,439
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 17.7%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
492,653
53,817
IT Services - 0.7%
 
 
 
Capgemini SA
 
313,713
76,309
EPAM Systems, Inc. (c)
 
176,944
53,862
Infosys Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
789,872
15,766
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (c)
 
208,416
93,283
Snowflake, Inc. (c)
 
212,159
39,945
Twilio, Inc. Class A (c)
 
548,607
32,691
 
 
 
311,856
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.5%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (c)
 
738,179
142,122
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)
 
110,739
105,092
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (c)
 
532,700
40,810
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
1,190,881
85,339
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
2,137,772
193,704
NVIDIA Corp.
 
1,854,579
1,467,195
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
411,408
102,741
ON Semiconductor Corp. (c)
 
1,029,600
81,256
Renesas Electronics Corp.
 
2,721,278
44,964
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (b)(c)
 
779,263
52,343
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
 
5,818,000
127,332
Teradyne, Inc.
 
299,700
31,046
 
 
 
2,473,944
Software - 8.1%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (c)
 
498,395
279,241
Autodesk, Inc. (c)
 
374,436
96,668
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (c)(d)
 
253,848
2,973
Elastic NV (c)
 
314,981
42,148
Five9, Inc. (c)
 
518,825
31,648
HubSpot, Inc. (c)
 
144,203
89,234
Intuit, Inc.
 
278,573
184,663
Microsoft Corp.
 
5,705,610
2,360,070
Salesforce, Inc.
 
924,079
285,374
Stripe, Inc. Class B (c)(d)(e)
 
110,500
2,806
Synopsys, Inc. (c)
 
206,991
118,757
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
585,642
28,205
Workday, Inc. Class A (c)
 
244,722
72,110
 
 
 
3,593,897
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.3%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
7,787,462
1,407,584
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (c)
 
1,109,840
61,001
 
 
 
1,468,585
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
7,902,099
MATERIALS - 1.4%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.1%
 
 
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
 
114,550
26,809
Cabot Corp.
 
157,809
13,406
Celanese Corp. Class A
 
110,457
16,786
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund
 
169,033
1,006
Corteva, Inc.
 
499,221
26,718
Dow, Inc.
 
764,100
42,698
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
182,512
12,628
Ecolab, Inc.
 
195,000
43,844
Element Solutions, Inc.
 
296,100
6,958
Koppers Holdings, Inc.
 
103,500
5,860
Linde PLC
 
367,587
164,980
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A
 
229,303
22,995
Olin Corp.
 
186,325
10,024
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
89,300
29,650
The Chemours Co. LLC
 
646,042
12,708
The Mosaic Co.
 
333,000
10,376
Tronox Holdings PLC
 
977,771
14,373
Westlake Corp.
 
71,506
9,919
 
 
 
471,738
Construction Materials - 0.1%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
25,712
14,854
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
54,039
14,366
 
 
 
29,220
Containers & Packaging - 0.0%
 
 
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
 
68,621
9,639
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
35,973
2,756
Greif, Inc. Class A
 
143,621
9,258
 
 
 
21,653
Metals & Mining - 0.2%
 
 
 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
1,037,076
9,819
Franco-Nevada Corp.
 
68,336
7,155
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
1,005,833
38,031
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (c)
 
941,539
10,011
Newmont Corp.
 
113,600
3,550
Nucor Corp.
 
189,200
36,383
Teck Resources Ltd. Class B (b)
 
165,300
6,351
 
 
 
111,300
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
633,911
REAL ESTATE - 1.4%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.4%
 
 
 
American Tower Corp.
 
337,709
67,157
COPT Defense Properties (SBI)
 
413,617
10,022
Crown Castle, Inc.
 
357,593
39,314
CubeSmart
 
405,675
17,691
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
 
277,808
40,785
Equinix, Inc.
 
90,296
80,257
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
526,646
35,454
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
 
97,425
22,544
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
 
11,022
1,554
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
1,098,525
37,427
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
148,433
18,655
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
 
468,701
14,586
Prologis, Inc.
 
691,673
92,179
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
368,947
54,656
Sun Communities, Inc.
 
145,100
19,409
Ventas, Inc.
 
534,337
22,597
Welltower, Inc.
 
557,873
51,414
 
 
 
625,701
UTILITIES - 1.3%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.1%
 
 
 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
 
213,700
18,205
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
294,605
49,626
Edison International
 
720,447
49,005
Entergy Corp.
 
333,858
33,910
Evergy, Inc.
 
338,000
16,745
Eversource Energy
 
606,644
35,610
Exelon Corp.
 
324,400
11,626
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
849,419
31,097
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
1,638,762
90,443
NRG Energy, Inc.
 
258,319
14,290
PG&E Corp.
 
3,874,489
64,665
PPL Corp.
 
1,171,416
30,890
Southern Co.
 
498,437
33,520
Xcel Energy, Inc.
 
113,500
5,980
 
 
 
485,612
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.0%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
1,158,085
17,603
Multi-Utilities - 0.2%
 
 
 
NiSource, Inc.
 
967,275
25,207
Sempra
 
971,834
68,611
 
 
 
93,818
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
597,033
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 (Cost $15,208,715)
 
 
 
27,677,544
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2%
 
 
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (c)(d)(e)
 
143,672
31,770
 
 
 
 
FINANCIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Financial Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F (c)(d)(e)
 
239,407
6,359
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%
 
 
 
ABL Space Systems:
 
 
 
  Series B(c)(d)(e)
 
120,349
3,519
  Series B2(c)(d)(e)
 
54,288
1,727
 
 
 
5,246
Construction & Engineering - 0.0%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (c)(d)(e)
 
49,193
5,595
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
10,841
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C (c)(d)(e)
 
412,038
4,541
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C (c)(d)(e)
 
473,600
10,050
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
450,873
2,313
 
 
 
12,363
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
Algolia, Inc. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
189,206
3,179
Bolt Technology OU Series E (c)(d)(e)
 
41,382
4,838
Databricks, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series G(c)(d)(e)
 
30,576
2,509
  Series H(c)(d)(e)
 
125,490
10,296
Skyryse, Inc. Series B (c)(d)(e)
 
332,947
6,762
Stripe, Inc. Series H (c)(d)(e)
 
135,605
3,443
 
 
 
31,027
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
47,931
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
96,901
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%
 
 
 
FINANCIALS - 0.1%
 
 
 
Financial Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E (c)(d)(e)
 
467,381
12,414
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Professional Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Checkr, Inc. Series E (c)(e)
 
588,051
5,240
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Gupshup, Inc. (c)(d)(e)
 
403,701
4,530
 
 
 
 
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
22,184
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
 (Cost $122,742)
 
 
 
119,085
 
 
 
 
Nonconvertible Bonds - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
FINANCIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Financial Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. 3.55% 8/14/24 (d)(e)
 
  (Cost $10,087)
 
 
10,087
10,100
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 5.28% to 5.31% 4/25/24 to 5/30/24 (g)
 
 (Cost $20,935)
 
 
21,200
20,935
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 36.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (h)
 
 (Cost $18,381,863)
 
 
168,251,745
16,325,467
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 1.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (i)
 
572,649,875
572,764
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% (i)(j)
 
55,043,755
55,049
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
 (Cost $627,810)
 
 
627,813
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0%
 (Cost $34,372,152)
 
 
 
44,780,944
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%  
11,510
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
44,792,454
 
 
 
Futures Contracts 
 
Number
of contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount ($)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
(000s)
 
Purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Index Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
CME Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)
1,633
Mar 2024
416,721
19,557
19,557
 
 
 
 
 
 
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.9%
 
 
Any values shown as $0 in the Schedule of Investments may reflect amounts less than $500.
 
Legend
 
(a)
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 $13,818,000 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Non-income producing
 
(d)
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 $171,610,000 or 0.4% 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 $20,935,000.
 
(h)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(i)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(j)
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, Inc. Series D
7/23/21
5,533
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. 3.55% 8/14/24
8/14/23
10,087
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
1,808
 
 
 
Databricks, Inc. Series H
8/31/21
9,222
 
 
 
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
10,861
 
 
 
Gupshup, Inc.
6/08/21
9,231
 
 
 
Jumo World Holding Ltd.
9/06/23
1,165
 
 
 
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 - 5/25/23
5,441
 
 
 
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 5.39%
564,596
2,558,708
2,550,540
12,417
-
-
572,764
1.1%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
15,060,318
1,166,623
9,945
314,792
(215)
108,686
16,325,467
41.0%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39%
36,233
371,002
352,186
138
-
-
55,049
0.2%
Total
15,661,147
4,096,333
2,912,671
327,347
(215)
108,686
16,953,280
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts in the dividend 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.
 
Amounts in the dividend income column 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.
 
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, 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
2,584,630
2,530,623
13,818
40,189
Consumer Discretionary
3,007,511
3,007,511
-
-
Consumer Staples
1,666,130
1,666,130
-
-
Energy
1,037,847
1,037,847
-
-
Financials
3,706,734
3,606,361
59,483
40,890
Health Care
3,457,052
3,457,052
-
-
Industrials
2,525,520
2,498,090
-
27,430
Information Technology
7,954,560
7,545,596
353,697
55,267
Materials
633,911
633,911
-
-
Real Estate
625,701
625,701
-
-
Utilities
597,033
597,033
-
-
 Corporate Bonds
10,100
-
-
10,100
 U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations
20,935
-
20,935
-
 Fixed-Income Funds
16,325,467
16,325,467
-
-
  Money Market Funds
627,813
627,813
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
44,780,944
44,159,135
447,933
173,876
 
 
 
 
 
  Net Unrealized Depreciation on Unfunded Commitments
(204)
-
(204)
-
 Total
(204)
-
(204)
-
 Derivative Instruments:
 Assets
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
19,557
19,557
-
-
  Total Assets
19,557
19,557
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
19,557
19,557
-
-
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of February 29, 2024. 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) 
19,557
0
Total Equity Risk
19,557
0
Total Value of Derivatives
19,557
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
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)
 
 
 
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $54,633) - See accompanying schedule:
 
 
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $15,362,479)
$
27,827,664
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $19,009,673)
16,953,280
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $34,372,152)
 
 
$
44,780,944
Foreign currency held at value (cost $1)
 
 
1
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
98,060
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
32,140
Dividends receivable
 
 
36,318
Interest receivable
 
 
192
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
2,002
Receivable for daily variation margin on futures contracts
 
 
1,858
Prepaid expenses
 
 
28
Other receivables
 
 
1,291
  Total assets
 
 
44,952,834
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
$
38
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
66,629
 
 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded commitments
204
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
18,775
 
 
Accrued management fee
13,693
 
 
Other affiliated payables
4,067
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
1,925
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
55,049
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
160,380
Net Assets  
 
 
$
44,792,454
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
33,700,544
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
11,091,910
Net Assets
 
 
$
44,792,454
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Balanced :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($36,313,836 ÷ 1,289,113 shares)
 
 
$
28.17
Class K :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($8,478,618 ÷ 300,943 shares)
 
 
$
28.17
Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands
 
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
164,045
Interest  
 
 
589
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $138 from security lending)
 
 
327,347
 Total Income
 
 
 
491,981
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
77,355
 
 
Transfer agent fees
21,746
 
 
Accounting fees
1,237
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
207
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
106
 
 
Registration fees
236
 
 
Audit
112
 
 
Legal
33
 
 
Interest
48
 
 
Miscellaneous
73
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
101,153
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(1,779)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
99,374
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
392,607
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $21)
 
831,714
 
 
   Redemptions in-kind
 
7,687
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(215)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
114
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
9,440
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
848,740
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $822)  
 
2,907,840
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
108,686
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
(204)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(12)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
9,436
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
3,025,746
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
3,874,486
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
4,267,093
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
Amount in thousands
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
392,607
$
660,824
Net realized gain (loss)
 
848,740
 
 
991,942
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
3,025,746
 
2,581,420
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
4,267,093
 
 
4,234,186
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(1,062,484)
 
 
(2,942,116)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
532,912
 
 
423,615
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
3,737,521
 
 
1,715,685
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
41,054,933
 
39,339,248
 
End of period
$
44,792,454
$
41,054,933
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Highlights
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019   
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
26.16
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.54
$
25.33
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.25
 
.42
 
.30
 
.29
 
.38
 
.42
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
2.43
 
2.17
 
(4.09)
 
6.17
 
4.49
 
.08
  Total from investment operations
 
2.68  
 
2.59  
 
(3.79)  
 
6.46  
 
4.87
 
.50
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.25)
 
(.41)
 
(.29)
 
(.29)
 
(.41)
 
(.40)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.42)
 
(1.51)
 
(2.67)
 
(1.31)
 
(.62)
 
(1.89)
     Total distributions
 
(.67)
 
(1.92)
 
(2.96)
 
(1.59) C
 
(1.04) C
 
(2.29)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
28.17
$
26.16
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.54
 Total Return D,E
 
10.53%
 
11.60%
 
(12.80)%
 
24.83%
 
21.44%
 
2.61%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.50% H
 
.51%
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.49% H
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.52%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.49% H
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.53%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.88% H
 
1.70%
 
1.05%
 
.98%
 
1.57%
 
1.82%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
36,314  
$
33,113
$
31,647
$
37,819
$
28,805
$
24,969
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
26% H,J
 
29% J
 
36% J
 
40% J
 
95% J
 
60%
 
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
BNet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
CTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
FFees 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.
 
GExpense 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.
 
HAnnualized.
 
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
JPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Fidelity® Balanced Fund Class K
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019   
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
26.17
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.55
$
25.33
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.26
 
.43
 
.32
 
.31
 
.40
 
.44
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
2.43
 
2.19
 
(4.09)
 
6.17
 
4.48
 
.09
  Total from investment operations
 
2.69  
 
2.62  
 
(3.77)  
 
6.48  
 
4.88
 
.53
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.26)
 
(.42)
 
(.31)
 
(.31)
 
(.43)
 
(.42)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.42)
 
(1.51)
 
(2.67)
 
(1.31)
 
(.62)
 
(1.89)
     Total distributions
 
(.69) C
 
(1.94) C
 
(2.98)
 
(1.61) C
 
(1.06) C
 
(2.31)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
28.17
$
26.17
$
25.49
$
32.24
$
27.37
$
23.55
 Total Return D,E
 
10.53%
 
11.72%
 
(12.73)%
 
24.92%
 
21.49%
 
2.74%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.42% H
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.42% H
 
.42%
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.42% H
 
.42%
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.95% H
 
1.78%
 
1.12%
 
1.06%
 
1.65%
 
1.91%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
8,479  
$
7,942
$
7,692
$
10,092
$
9,033
$
8,429
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
26% H,J
 
29% J
 
36% J
 
40% J
 
95% J
 
60%
 
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
BNet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
CTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
DTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
ETotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
FFees 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.
 
GExpense 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.
 
HAnnualized.
 
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
JPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
For the period ended February 29, 2024
(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 RatioA
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Futures
Options
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 designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services 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 the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters. 
 
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 service 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 services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds and U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing services 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 and swaps may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. 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 February 29, 2024 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 (ETFs). 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 (ETF). 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
$1,127
 
 
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. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Other payables and accrued expenses on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.
 
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
 
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
 
Book-tax differences are primarily due to the futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), market discount, redemptions in kind, 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
$12,992,527
Gross unrealized depreciation
(2,615,008)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$10,377,519
Tax cost
$34,422,982
 
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 Statement 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. The total amount of commitments outstanding at period end is presented in the table below.
 
 
Investment to be Acquired
Shares
Commitment Amount
Fidelity Balanced Fund
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
359
$3,456
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow for various types of derivative instruments, 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
5,344,564
5,485,943
 
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 "Net realized gain (loss) on: Redemptions in-kind" line 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
1,094
7,687
26,805
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
13,857
97,766
327,304
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 .22% 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 annualized management fee rate was .37% 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.
 
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the transfer agent fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of class-level average net assets as follows:
 
 
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets
Balanced
.1190
 
Prior to December 1, 2023, FIIOC received account fees and asset-based fees that varied according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund, except for Class K. FIIOC received 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 AssetsA
Balanced
$20,071
.12
Class K
 1,675
.04
 
$21,746
 
A Annualized
 
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
 
 
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Balanced Fund
.0059
 
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Balanced Fund
.01
 
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
 
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
 
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
 
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
 
 
Maximum Management Fee Rate %
Balanced
0.47
Class K
0.39
 
 
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
 
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
 
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
 
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
$ 58
 
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 Balanced Fund
 Borrower
$ 312,318
5.57%
$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 Balanced Fund
 204,199
 380,503
 28,922
 
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
$32
 
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
$15
$3
$-
 
 
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 $8.
 
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 $1,771.
 
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Balanced
$ 855,294
 $2,360,180
Class K
             207,190
             581,936
Total  
$1,062,484
$2,942,116
 
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
 
Six months ended
 February 29, 2024
Year ended
 August 31, 2023
Six months ended
 February 29, 2024
Year ended
 August 31, 2023
Fidelity Balanced Fund
 
 
 
 
Balanced
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
86,084
128,865
$2,275,525
$3,183,932
Reinvestment of distributions
30,803
98,805
791,148
2,193,993
Shares redeemed
(93,497)
(203,664)
(2,460,917)
(4,945,165)
Net increase (decrease)
23,390
24,006
$605,756
$432,760
Class K
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
18,094
33,384
$478,441
$818,833
Reinvestment of distributions
8,068
26,192
207,190
581,936
Shares redeemed
(28,731)
(57,853)
(758,475)
(1,409,914)
Net increase (decrease)
(2,569)
1,723
$(72,844)
$(9,145)
 
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. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
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 (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024).
 
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 September 1, 2023
 
Ending Account Value February 29, 2024
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
 
.49%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,105.30
 
$ 2.56
 
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.43
 
$ 2.46
 
Class K **
 
 
 
.42%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,105.30
 
$ 2.20
 
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.77
 
$ 2.11
 
 
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 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Expenses Paid
Fidelity® Balanced Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class K
 
 
 
.38%
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1.99
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity Balanced Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved an amended and restated management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) (the Management Contract), and amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts, and together with the Management Contract, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
Management Contract. The Board approved the Management Contract, which implements a new fee structure combining the management fee, transfer agent fee (TA Fee), and pricing and bookkeeping fee (P&B Fee) of the fund and each class into a single class-level fee based on tiered schedules and subject to a maximum class-level rate (the Unified Fee). In exchange for the Unified Fee, the fund will receive investment advisory, management, administrative, transfer agent, pricing and bookkeeping services under a single agreement - the Management Contract.
In its consideration of the Management Contract over several meetings, the Board received, reviewed and discussed a comprehensive set of analyses regarding the Unified Fee including (i) the legal framework, (ii) design goals for the Unified Fee, (iii) calculation methodology for the Unified Fee and illustrative examples, (iv) annual and cumulative projected impacts under various scenarios, both in the aggregate and at the fund/class level, (v) explanations of schedules, rate levers and maximum rates and (vi) shareholder benefits and projected savings.
The Board considered that the maximum Unified Fee for each class of the fund would be no higher than the sum of (i) the lowest contractual management fee rate under the fund's existing management contract, which is the individual fund fee rate, if any, plus the lowest contractual marginal group fee rate and (ii) the TA and P&B Fee rates, which are fixed fee rates since December 1, 2023 (together, the Unified Fee Cap). The Board noted that Fidelity has represented that, as a result of this Unified Fee Cap, the Unified Fee would be no greater than the fee rates previously authorized to be charged to the fund for the same services. The Board noted that certain expenses such as third-party expenses and certain other miscellaneous expenses would be outside the scope of the Unified Fee and the calculation of such fees would not change as a result of the Unified Fee. The Board considered that, under the Management Contract, a different management fee rate will be applicable to each class of the fund. The Board noted that Fidelity has represented that the difference in expenses between classes is based on differences in class-specific expenses and not due to any difference in advisory or third-party custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets.
The Board considered Fidelity's representations that implementation of the Unified Fee, which includes the Unified Fee Cap, would cause all funds subject to the Unified Fee, including the fund, to experience an immediate reduction on contractual fee rates for services provided under the current management contracts. The Board considered that some funds would not experience lower net total fees as a result of existing fee caps. The Board further considered that, in addition to the contractual fee savings, the Unified Fee offers funds and their shareholders greater protection from future rate increases for services previously offered under separate agreements that are now covered by the Management Contract because such rate increases would require shareholder approval.
Sub-Advisory Contracts. In connection with the Unified Fee changes, the Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser.
The Board further considered that the approval of the fund's Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Management Contract would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of advisory, management, administration, transfer agent, and pricing and bookkeeping services provided to the fund by FMR, its affiliates, and each applicable sub-adviser.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions and representations noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
  • Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
  • Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
  • Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
  • Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023.  The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
1.471161.126
BAL-SANN-0424
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024

Contents

Consolidated Investment Summary

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined Investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of investments in Fidelity's Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
6.1
 
NVIDIA Corp.
3.8
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
3.4
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
2.4
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
2.4
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
1.9
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.6
 
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
1.6
 
Boston Scientific Corp.
1.4
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
1.4
 
 
26.0
 
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
12.4
 
Fannie Mae
2.1
 
Freddie Mac
2.0
 
Ginnie Mae
1.5
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.5
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.6
 
Morgan Stanley
0.5
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust
0.4
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.2
 
 
21.6
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
19.8
 
Financials
15.5
 
Industrials
10.3
 
Health Care
8.6
 
Consumer Discretionary
7.8
 
Communication Services
7.4
 
Energy
2.7
 
Materials
2.5
 
Consumer Staples
1.5
 
Real Estate
1.2
 
Utilities
0.7
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (2.4)%
Written options - (0.1)%
Futures and Swaps - (0.6)%
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 - 65.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.0%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 1.0%
 
 
 
LiveOne, Inc. (a)(b)(c)
 
6,687,977
10,835
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
173,270
104,468
PodcastOne, Inc. (b)
 
318,475
611
Roblox Corp. (a)
 
568,000
22,663
Spotify Technology SA (a)
 
83,324
21,365
The Walt Disney Co.
 
1,076,157
120,078
TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
 
61,600
5,158
Universal Music Group NV
 
621,863
18,774
 
 
 
303,952
Interactive Media & Services - 4.8%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)
 
5,029,955
703,087
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
 
1,455,629
713,447
 
 
 
1,416,534
Media - 0.2%
 
 
 
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
1,286,614
55,131
Vice Holding, Inc. (a)(d)
 
1,498,461
0
 
 
 
55,131
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
1,775,617
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.1%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.1%
 
 
 
General Motors Co.
 
803,000
32,907
Neutron Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)(e)
 
4,168,198
136
 
 
 
33,043
Broadline Retail - 3.4%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
5,624,808
994,241
Etsy, Inc. (a)
 
177,900
12,754
 
 
 
1,006,995
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
1,065,920
167,850
Compass Group PLC
 
415,950
11,413
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
46,622
20,903
Draftkings Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
153,938
6,669
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
 
598,146
122,213
 
 
 
329,048
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
Blu Investments LLC (a)(d)(e)
 
14,988,638
5
D.R. Horton, Inc.
 
312,874
46,756
 
 
 
46,761
Specialty Retail - 1.4%
 
 
 
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A (a)
 
337,648
43,138
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
875,536
210,715
Revolve Group, Inc. (a)
 
208,749
4,578
RH (a)
 
20,230
5,551
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
1,537,214
152,399
 
 
 
416,381
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.9%
 
 
 
Brunello Cucinelli SpA
 
1,175,754
141,054
Moncler SpA
 
102,609
7,393
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
332,037
34,509
On Holding AG (a)
 
53,249
1,865
Ralph Lauren Corp.
 
269,785
50,158
Tory Burch LLC:
 
 
 
 Class A (d)(f)
 
702,741
26,081
 Class B (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
324,840
13,039
 
 
 
274,099
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
2,106,327
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.9%
 
 
 
Beverages - 0.2%
 
 
 
Monster Beverage Corp.
 
730,968
43,200
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.3%
 
 
 
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
 
119,970
17,597
Performance Food Group Co. (a)
 
197,931
15,195
Target Corp.
 
260,879
39,894
Walmart, Inc.
 
384,747
22,550
 
 
 
95,236
Household Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
The Clorox Co.
 
278,816
42,745
Personal Care Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
236,369
35,120
Kenvue, Inc.
 
1,483,221
28,181
L'Oreal SA
 
10,418
4,976
 
 
 
68,277
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
249,458
ENERGY - 1.3%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
3,707,589
109,708
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
2,259,310
109,192
TechnipFMC PLC
 
2,367,214
51,345
 
 
 
270,245
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.4%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
318,000
22,152
Hess Corp.
 
150,596
21,949
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
258,900
16,200
Shell PLC ADR
 
734,600
46,155
 
 
 
106,456
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
376,701
FINANCIALS - 11.1%
 
 
 
Banks - 1.8%
 
 
 
Citigroup, Inc.
 
397,700
22,068
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
854,333
158,957
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
448,034
65,951
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(d)(e)
 
7,254,400
28,754
U.S. Bancorp
 
1,933,268
81,120
UniCredit SpA
 
172,000
5,761
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
2,969,967
165,100
 
 
 
527,711
Capital Markets - 3.7%
 
 
 
Ares Management Corp.
 
1,401,264
185,850
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
162,956
132,213
Blue Owl Capital, Inc. Class A
 
3,575,197
64,211
Carlyle Group LP
 
128,900
5,910
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
299,393
57,483
CME Group, Inc.
 
567,543
125,058
Deutsche Borse AG
 
91,841
19,227
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
288,748
112,337
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
584,961
80,970
KKR & Co. LP
 
1,113,366
109,399
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
 
133,676
15,014
Moody's Corp.
 
133,756
50,750
Morgan Stanley
 
616,846
53,073
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
129,662
15,601
TulCo LLC (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
42,857
32,783
UBS Group AG
 
632,727
18,001
XP, Inc. Class A
 
448,091
10,593
 
 
 
1,088,473
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
90,383
19,832
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
324,800
44,696
 
 
 
64,528
Financial Services - 3.9%
 
 
 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
 
2,181,572
243,900
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)
 
174,609
71,485
Block, Inc. Class A (a)
 
543,800
43,216
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
12,200
3,407
Global Payments, Inc.
 
565,000
73,281
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
991,023
470,498
New Moda LLC Class 1 (a)(d)
 
62,880
22
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
870,246
245,966
 
 
 
1,151,775
Insurance - 1.5%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
318,503
77,692
Chubb Ltd.
 
490,637
123,479
Globe Life, Inc.
 
179,684
22,807
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
877,797
84,128
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
314,876
63,690
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
387,886
85,707
 
 
 
457,503
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
3,289,990
HEALTH CARE - 7.8%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.3%
 
 
 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
27,900
4,215
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
 
274,100
19,763
Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
38,810
12,185
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
281,480
18,341
Moderna, Inc. (a)
 
1,042,239
96,136
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a)
 
109,392
9,202
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
229,722
221,932
 
 
 
381,774
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%
 
 
 
Baxter International, Inc.
 
516,454
21,133
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
6,391,227
423,163
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
624,016
52,960
Glaukos Corp. (a)
 
298,563
26,450
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
 
204,192
78,736
Stryker Corp.
 
110,387
38,533
 
 
 
640,975
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.3%
 
 
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.
 
138,852
15,549
Centene Corp. (a)
 
1,116,015
87,529
CVS Health Corp.
 
1,018,194
75,723
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
451,324
222,774
 
 
 
401,575
Health Care Technology - 0.0%
 
 
 
Evolent Health, Inc. Class A (a)
 
230,600
7,820
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6%
 
 
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
 
362,046
49,731
Bruker Corp.
 
99,980
8,652
Danaher Corp.
 
351,004
88,853
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
37,124
21,167
 
 
 
168,403
Pharmaceuticals - 2.4%
 
 
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
647,321
487,873
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
1,311,630
166,774
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B
 
514,727
61,441
 
 
 
716,088
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
2,316,635
INDUSTRIALS - 9.4%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.6%
 
 
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.
 
25,884
2,610
General Dynamics Corp.
 
281,754
76,989
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
634,286
42,212
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)(d)(e)
 
411,220
39,888
 Class C (a)(d)(e)
 
56,070
5,439
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
1,308,893
266,648
TransDigm Group, Inc.
 
36,826
43,371
 
 
 
477,157
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
274,996
68,466
Building Products - 1.2%
 
 
 
Carrier Global Corp.
 
382,843
21,278
Trane Technologies PLC
 
1,135,389
320,146
 
 
 
341,424
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%
 
 
 
ACV Auctions, Inc. Class A (a)
 
166,000
2,947
Cintas Corp.
 
91,173
57,312
Republic Services, Inc.
 
13,641
2,504
 
 
 
62,763
Construction & Engineering - 0.3%
 
 
 
Fluor Corp. (a)
 
2,193,051
80,704
Electrical Equipment - 2.6%
 
 
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
 
1,920,053
554,895
Hubbell, Inc. Class B
 
233,936
89,052
Nextracker, Inc. Class A
 
1,268,299
71,329
Prysmian SpA
 
896,545
44,622
 
 
 
759,898
Ground Transportation - 0.7%
 
 
 
Lyft, Inc. (a)
 
1,467,959
23,311
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
2,241,602
178,207
 
 
 
201,518
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.9%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
1,761,630
276,382
Machinery - 0.8%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
451,060
150,636
PACCAR, Inc.
 
198,214
21,980
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
63,106
33,790
Pentair PLC
 
286,645
22,298
 
 
 
228,704
Passenger Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)
 
226,028
8,451
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
 
64,963
2,746
 
 
 
11,197
Professional Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Equifax, Inc.
 
81,800
22,380
Leidos Holdings, Inc.
 
123,700
15,816
 
 
 
38,196
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.8%
 
 
 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
 
71,836
13,641
Ferguson PLC
 
86,329
18,254
United Rentals, Inc.
 
211,907
146,909
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
 
49,570
48,254
 
 
 
227,058
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
2,773,467
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 19.3%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
956,687
104,508
Flex Ltd. (a)
 
1,396,363
39,308
Jabil, Inc.
 
476,691
68,686
 
 
 
212,502
IT Services - 0.8%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
323,666
121,304
Shopify, Inc. Class A (a)
 
1,614,899
123,330
X Holdings Corp. Class A (d)(e)
 
172,430
4,630
 
 
 
249,264
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.6%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
796,077
153,269
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
166,719
33,614
ASML Holding NV (depository receipt)
 
204,256
194,386
GlobalFoundries, Inc. (a)
 
301,091
16,461
Lam Research Corp.
 
37,758
35,426
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
5,774,735
413,818
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
538,688
48,811
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
 
24,680
17,771
NVIDIA Corp.
 
1,421,555
1,124,621
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
176,967
44,194
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
690,334
88,825
Universal Display Corp.
 
479,774
83,682
 
 
 
2,254,878
Software - 8.8%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
307,983
172,557
Atom Tickets LLC (a)(d)(e)(f)
 
2,580,511
0
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
 
156,243
40,337
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
767,440
38,027
Fair Isaac Corp. (a)
 
24,194
30,724
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
72,513
44,872
Intuit, Inc.
 
83,926
55,634
Microsoft Corp.
 
4,386,490
1,814,432
Rapid7, Inc. (a)
 
159,716
9,356
Salesforce, Inc.
 
515,672
159,250
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
180,530
103,575
UiPath, Inc. Class A (a)
 
2,630,463
62,473
Workday, Inc. Class A (a)
 
94,517
27,850
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Class A (a)
 
374,344
26,477
 
 
 
2,585,564
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.4%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
2,169,572
392,150
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (a)
 
100,000
5,496
 
 
 
397,646
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
5,699,854
MATERIALS - 2.2%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.5%
 
 
 
Linde PLC
 
712,592
319,826
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
378,267
125,596
 
 
 
445,422
Construction Materials - 0.3%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
138,143
79,807
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
90,000
23,927
 
 
 
103,734
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Ball Corp.
 
423,882
27,137
Metals & Mining - 0.3%
 
 
 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
1,679,484
63,501
Gold Fields Ltd. sponsored ADR (b)
 
1,224,334
15,965
 
 
 
79,466
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
655,759
REAL ESTATE - 0.3%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.2%
 
 
 
Prologis, Inc.
 
71,600
9,542
Public Storage
 
184,000
52,232
Ventas, Inc.
 
115,000
4,863
 
 
 
66,637
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%
 
 
 
Zillow Group, Inc. Class C (a)
 
329,230
18,486
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
85,123
UTILITIES - 0.2%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 0.2%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
228,909
38,560
Southern Co.
 
108,600
7,303
 
 
 
45,863
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 (Cost $11,243,442)
 
 
 
19,374,794
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(d)(e)
 
145,676
32,213
Reddit, Inc. Series E (a)(d)(e)
 
28,500
834
 
 
 
33,047
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%
 
 
 
Goop International Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series C(a)(d)(e)
 
1,881,874
10,953
  Series D(a)(d)(e)
 
342,241
1,992
 
 
 
12,945
HEALTH CARE - 0.0%
 
 
 
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Get Heal, Inc. Series B (a)(d)(e)
 
8,512,822
14
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.2%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.2%
 
 
 
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Series H (a)(d)(e)
 
51,921
50,363
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
96,369
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.0%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series 1C(a)(d)(e)
 
38,589,900
1,258
  Series 1D(a)(d)(e)
 
40,824,742
1,331
 
 
 
2,589
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
 (Cost $66,156)
 
 
 
98,958
 
 
 
 
Corporate Bonds - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (g)
(000s)
 
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Convertible Bonds - 0.0%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.0%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
  4% 5/22/27(d)(e)
 
1,371
1,857
  4% 6/12/27(d)(e)
 
354
480
 
 
 
2,337
Nonconvertible Bonds - 0.0%
 
 
 
FINANCIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Financial Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. 3.55% 8/14/24 (d)(e)
 
3,617
3,622
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
 (Cost $5,342)
 
 
 
5,959
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 33.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (h)
 
10,593,440
1,105,425
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (h)
 
91,622,224
8,890,104
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
 (Cost $11,028,655)
 
 
9,995,529
 
 
 
 
Other - 0.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Other - 0.0%
 
 
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (e)(i)
  (Cost $11,409)
 
1,134,180
11,614
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 0.3%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
(000s)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (j)
 
63,586,591
63,599
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% (j)(k)
 
12,869,258
12,871
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
 (Cost $76,470)
 
 
76,470
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0%
 (Cost $22,431,474)
 
 
 
29,563,324
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%  
(2,233)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
29,561,091
 
 
 
Any values shown as $0 in the Consolidated 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 $241,205,000 or 0.8% 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)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(h)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(i)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments.
 
(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 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. 3.55% 8/14/24
8/14/23
3,617
 
 
 
Atom Tickets LLC
8/15/17
15,000
 
 
 
Blu Investments LLC
5/21/20
26
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
15,962
 
 
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
6/06/22 - 2/02/24
11,409
 
 
 
Get Heal, Inc. Series B
8/17/23
18
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
X Holdings Corp. Class A
10/25/22
17,243
 
 
 
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 5.39%
119,215
2,077,745
2,133,361
5,272
-
-
63,599
0.1%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
1,251,032
46,620
209,887
46,620
(17,286)
34,946
1,105,425
77.7%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
8,540,786
535,484
253,576
185,247
(30,475)
97,885
8,890,104
22.4%
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
5,469
5,970
-
576
-
175
11,614
1.7%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39%
69,423
233,040
289,592
43
-
-
12,871
0.0%
Total
9,985,925
2,898,859
2,886,416
237,758
(47,761)
133,006
10,083,613
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amounts in the dividend income column 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.
 
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
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 presented in the table below. Certain corporate actions, such as mergers, are excluded from the amounts in this table if applicable. A dash in the Value end of period ($) column means either the issuer is no longer held at period end, or the issuer is held at period end but is no longer an affiliate.
Affiliate (Amounts in thousands)
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
LiveOne, Inc.
14,374
-
34
907
(27)
(3,478)
10,835
Total
14,374
-
34
907
(27)
(3,478)
10,835
 
 
 
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, 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 Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
(Amounts in thousands)
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
 Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
1,808,664
1,756,843
18,774
33,047
Consumer Discretionary
2,121,861
2,055,653
11,413
54,795
Consumer Staples
249,458
244,482
4,976
-
Energy
376,701
376,701
-
-
Financials
3,289,990
3,188,429
40,002
61,559
Health Care
2,316,649
2,255,194
61,441
14
Industrials
2,823,830
2,728,140
-
95,690
Information Technology
5,699,854
5,695,224
-
4,630
Materials
655,759
655,759
-
-
Real Estate
85,123
85,123
-
-
Utilities
45,863
45,863
-
-
 Corporate Bonds
5,959
-
-
5,959
 Fixed-Income Funds
9,995,529
9,995,529
-
-
 Other
11,614
-
11,614
-
  Money Market Funds
76,470
76,470
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
29,563,324
29,159,410
148,220
255,694
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Amounts in thousands (except per-share amounts)
 
 
 
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $13,163) - See accompanying schedule:
 
 
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $11,294,560)
$
19,468,876
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $11,116,534)
10,083,613
 
 
Other affiliated issuers (cost $20,380)
10,835
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $22,431,474)
 
 
$
29,563,324
Cash
 
 
8
Restricted cash
 
 
3,807
Foreign currency held at value (cost $1,449)
 
 
1,446
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
29,478
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
13,579
Dividends receivable
 
 
13,060
Interest receivable
 
 
327
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
376
Prepaid expenses
 
 
19
Other receivables
 
 
1,074
  Total assets
 
 
29,626,498
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
$
23,853
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
15,642
 
 
Accrued management fee
8,994
 
 
Other affiliated payables
2,889
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
1,148
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
12,881
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
65,407
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note)
 
 
 
 
Net Assets  
 
 
$
29,561,091
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
21,701,827
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
7,859,264
Net Assets
 
 
$
29,561,091
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Puritan :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($26,007,092 ÷ 1,049,345 shares)
 
 
$
24.78
Class K :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($3,553,999 ÷ 143,537 shares)
 
 
$
24.76
Consolidated Statement of Operations
Amounts in thousands
 
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends (including $907 earned from affiliated issuers)
 
 
$
77,948
Interest  
 
 
3,935
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $43 from security lending)
 
 
237,750
 Total Income
 
 
 
319,633
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
50,942
 
 
Transfer agent fees
15,243
 
 
Accounting fees
1,080
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
102
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
70
 
 
Registration fees
81
 
 
Audit
119
 
 
Legal
45
 
 
Interest
33
 
 
Miscellaneous
49
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
67,764
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(1,815)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
65,949
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
253,684
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes of $41)
 
847,695
 
 
   Redemptions in-kind
 
42,229
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(47,761)
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
(27)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
28
 
 
 Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds
 
8
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
842,172
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers  
 
1,968,445
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
133,006
 
 
   Other affiliated issuers
 
(3,478)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
3
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
2,097,976
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
2,940,148
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
3,193,832
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
Amount in thousands
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
253,684
$
475,597
Net realized gain (loss)
 
842,172
 
 
916,685
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
2,097,976
 
1,630,156
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
3,193,832
 
 
3,022,438
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(1,249,052)
 
 
(2,340,895)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
(45,130)
 
 
(699,333)
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
1,899,650
 
 
(17,790)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
27,661,441
 
27,679,231
 
End of period
$
29,561,091
$
27,661,441
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Financial Highlights
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019   
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
23.18
$
22.76
$
29.62
$
25.87
$
22.17
$
25.10
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.21
 
.38
 
.33
 
.25
 
.30
 
.34
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
2.45
 
1.98
 
(3.57)
 
4.79
 
4.35
 
(.27)
  Total from investment operations
 
2.66  
 
2.36  
 
(3.24)  
 
5.04  
 
4.65
 
.07
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.21)
 
(.35)
 
(.39) C
 
(.25)
 
(.32)
 
(.36)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.85)
 
(1.59)
 
(3.23) C
 
(1.04)
 
(.63)
 
(2.63)
     Total distributions
 
(1.06)
 
(1.94)
 
(3.62)
 
(1.29)
 
(.95)
 
(3.00) D
  Net asset value, end of period
$
24.78
$
23.18
$
22.76
$
29.62
$
25.87
$
22.17
 Total Return E,F
 
12.12%
 
12.00%
 
(12.30)%
 
20.33%
 
21.84%
 
1.17%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.51% I
 
.51%
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.49% I
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.51%
 
.52%
 
.53%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.49% I
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.50%
 
.52%
 
.53%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.85% I
 
1.76%
 
1.31%
 
.93%
 
1.33%
 
1.58%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
26,007  
$
23,959
$
23,519
$
28,846
$
24,168
$
21,319
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
49% I,K
 
52% K
 
62% K
 
58% K
 
55% K
 
132% K
 
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
BNet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
ETotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
GExpense 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.
 
HFees 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 Consolidated Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
IAnnualized.
 
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
KPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund Class K
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019   
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
23.16
$
22.74
$
29.60
$
25.85
$
22.15
$
25.09
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.22
 
.40
 
.35
 
.27
 
.32
 
.36
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
2.45
 
1.98
 
(3.57)
 
4.79
 
4.35
 
(.28)
  Total from investment operations
 
2.67  
 
2.38  
 
(3.22)  
 
5.06  
 
4.67
 
.08
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.22)
 
(.37)
 
(.41) C
 
(.27)
 
(.34)
 
(.38)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.85)
 
(1.59)
 
(3.23) C
 
(1.04)
 
(.63)
 
(2.63)
     Total distributions
 
(1.07)
 
(1.96)
 
(3.64)
 
(1.31)
 
(.97)
 
(3.02) D
  Net asset value, end of period
$
24.76
$
23.16
$
22.74
$
29.60
$
25.85
$
22.15
 Total Return E,F
 
12.17%
 
12.10%
 
(12.24)%
 
20.43%
 
21.97%
 
1.22%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets A,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.43% I
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.41% I
 
.42%
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.44%
 
.45%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.41% I
 
.42%
 
.42%
 
.43%
 
.43%
 
.44%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.92% I
 
1.84%
 
1.39%
 
1.00%
 
1.41%
 
1.67%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (in millions)
$
3,554  
$
3,702
$
4,160
$
5,659
$
5,478
$
5,662
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
49% I,K
 
52% K
 
62% K
 
58% K
 
55% K
 
132% K
 
ANet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
CThe amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
ETotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
GExpense 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.
 
HFees 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 Consolidated Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
IAnnualized.
 
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
KPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) For the period ended February 29, 2024
(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 Consolidated 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 RatioA
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
Less than .005%
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Futures
Options
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. Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, which is a limited liability company available only to certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. The Fund has no redemption rights under Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's limited liability company agreement. There will be no trading market for the units.
 
Based on its investment objective, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC may invest or participate in various investments or strategies that are similar to those in which the Fund may invest or participate. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC and thus a decline in the value of the Fund. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC intends to invest primarily in directly originated loans to private companies but also with liquid credit investments, like broadly syndicated loans, and other select private credit investments.
 
The Schedule of Investments lists Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC represented less than 5% of the Fund's net assets at period end. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. The annualized expense ratio for Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2023 was 10.16%.
 
On March 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC approved to change the name to Fidelity Private Credit Company LLC.
4. 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the consolidated financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. The Fund's Consolidated 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 designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services 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 the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
 
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 service 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 services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds are valued by pricing services 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 services. 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.
 
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC is valued at its net asset value (NAV) each month end and is categorized as Level 2 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 February 29, 2024 is included at the end of the Fund's Consolidated 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 Consolidated 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 Consolidated Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 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 (ETF). 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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
 
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$992
 
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. 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.
 
Capital accounts within the consolidated 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, redemptions in-kind and losses deferred due to wash sales.
 
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
$8,409,421
Gross unrealized depreciation
(1,290,784)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$7,118,637
Tax cost
$22,444,687
 
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 Consolidated 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. The amount of commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. These commitments are not included in the net assets of the Fund at period end.
 
 
Investment to be Acquired
Commitment Amount
Fidelity Puritan Fund
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC
$47,013
 
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
 75,710
 .26
 
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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and included in "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities" in the Consolidated 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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable.
5. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow for various types of derivative instruments, 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 Consolidated 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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Options are valued daily and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in total accumulated earnings (loss) in the Consolidated 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 Consolidated 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 Consolidated Schedule of Investments under the caption "Written Options", and are representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average contracts amount is presented.
6. 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
6,724,541
7,589,882
 
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 "Net realized gain (loss) on: Redemptions in-kind" line in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Consolidated 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
5,065
42,229
116,894
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 Consolidated 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
710
4,410
15,422
Class K
7. 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 .22% 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 annualized management fee rate was .37% 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.
 
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the transfer agent fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of class-level average net assets as follows:
 
 
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets
 Puritan
0.1210%
 
Prior to December 1, 2023, FIIOC received account fees and asset-based fees that varied according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund, except for Class K. FIIOC received 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 AssetsA
Puritan
$14,527
.12
Class K
 716
.04
 
$15,243
 
A Annualized
 
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records.
 
During November 2023, the Board approved a change in the accounting fees effective December 1, 2023 to a fixed annual rate of average net assets as follows:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Puritan Fund
0.0077%
 
Prior to December 1, 2023, the accounting fee was based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
Fidelity Puritan Fund
.01
 
Subsequent Event - Management Fee. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's management contract will be amended to incorporate administrative services previously covered under separate services agreements (Transfer Agent and Accounting agreements). The amended contract incorporates a management fee rate that may vary by class. The investment adviser or an affiliate will pay certain expenses of managing and operating the Fund out of each class's management fee.
 
Each class of the Fund will pay a management fee to the investment adviser. The management fee will be calculated and paid to the investment adviser every month.
 
When determining a class's management fee, a mandate rate will be calculated based on the monthly average net assets of a group of funds advised by FMR within a designated asset class. A discount rate will be subtracted from the mandate rate once the Fund's monthly average net assets reach a certain level. The mandate rate and discount rate may vary by class.
 
The annual management fee rate for a class of shares of the Fund will be the lesser of (1) the class's mandate rate reduced by the class's discount rate (if applicable) or (2) the amount set forth in the following table.
 
 
Maximum Management Fee Rate %
Puritan 
0.47
Class K
0.39
 
 
One-twelfth of the management fee rate for a class will be applied to the average net assets of the class for the month, giving a dollar amount which is the management fee for the class for that month.
 
A different management fee rate may be applicable to each class of the Fund. The difference between classes is the result of separate arrangements for class-level services and/or waivers of certain expenses. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the Fund's assets, which do not vary by class.
 
Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
 
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 Consolidated Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
 
Amount
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$121
 
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 Fund
 Borrower
$107,181
5.57%
$33
 
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
 273,927
 320,654
 (12,433)
8. 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 Consolidated Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
 
Amount
Fidelity Puritan Fund
$22
9. 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 Consolidated Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Consolidated 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 Consolidated 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
$5
$- A
$-
 
 
 
A In the amount of less than five hundred dollars.
10. Expense Reductions.
The investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive the Fund's management fee with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets invested in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC until December 31, 2024. During the period, this waiver reduced the Fund's management fee by $16.
 
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 $2.
 
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 $1,797.
11. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Puritan
$1,091,217
 $1,987,615
Class K
 157,835
 353,280
Total  
$1,249,052
$2,340,895
12. 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
 
Six months ended
 February 29, 2024
Year ended
 August 31, 2023
Six months ended
 February 29, 2024
Year ended
 August 31, 2023
Fidelity Puritan Fund
 
 
 
 
Puritan
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
37,290
52,955
$862,936
$1,149,216
Reinvestment of distributions
46,468
94,555
1,016,580
1,862,907
Shares redeemed
(67,878)
(147,229)
(1,550,799)
(3,168,970)
Net increase (decrease)
15,880
281
$328,717
$(156,847)
Class K
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
8,621
17,434
$197,941
$375,693
Reinvestment of distributions
7,221
17,952
157,825
353,263
Shares redeemed
(32,160)
(58,447)
(729,613)
(1,271,442)
Net increase (decrease)
(16,318)
(23,061)
$(373,847)
$(542,486)
13. 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.
14. 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. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
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 (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024).
 
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 September 1, 2023
 
Ending Account Value February 29, 2024
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund **
 
 
 
.49%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,121.20
 
$ 2.58
 
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.43
 
$ 2.46
 
Class K **
 
 
 
.41%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,121.70
 
$ 2.16
 
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.82
 
$ 2.06
 
 
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 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
** If fees and changes to the expense contract and/or expense cap, effective March 1, 2024, had been in effect during the current period, the restated annualized expense ratio and the expenses paid in the actual and hypothetical examples above would have been as shown in table below:
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Expenses Paid
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Puritan® Fund
 
 
 
.46%
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 2.43
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 2.31
Class K
 
 
 
.38%
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 2.00
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity Puritan Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved an amended and restated management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) (the Management Contract), and amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts, and together with the Management Contract, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
Management Contract. The Board approved the Management Contract, which implements a new fee structure combining the management fee, transfer agent fee (TA Fee), and pricing and bookkeeping fee (P&B Fee) of the fund and each class into a single class-level fee based on tiered schedules and subject to a maximum class-level rate (the Unified Fee). In exchange for the Unified Fee, the fund will receive investment advisory, management, administrative, transfer agent, pricing and bookkeeping services under a single agreement - the Management Contract.
In its consideration of the Management Contract over several meetings, the Board received, reviewed and discussed a comprehensive set of analyses regarding the Unified Fee including (i) the legal framework, (ii) design goals for the Unified Fee, (iii) calculation methodology for the Unified Fee and illustrative examples, (iv) annual and cumulative projected impacts under various scenarios, both in the aggregate and at the fund/class level, (v) explanations of schedules, rate levers and maximum rates and (vi) shareholder benefits and projected savings.
The Board considered that the maximum Unified Fee for each class of the fund would be no higher than the sum of (i) the lowest contractual management fee rate under the fund's existing management contract, which is the individual fund fee rate, if any, plus the lowest contractual marginal group fee rate and (ii) the TA and P&B Fee rates, which are fixed fee rates since December 1, 2023 (together, the Unified Fee Cap). The Board noted that Fidelity has represented that, as a result of this Unified Fee Cap, the Unified Fee would be no greater than the fee rates previously authorized to be charged to the fund for the same services. The Board noted that certain expenses such as third-party expenses and certain other miscellaneous expenses would be outside the scope of the Unified Fee and the calculation of such fees would not change as a result of the Unified Fee. The Board considered that, under the Management Contract, a different management fee rate will be applicable to each class of the fund. The Board noted that Fidelity has represented that the difference in expenses between classes is based on differences in class-specific expenses and not due to any difference in advisory or third-party custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets.
The Board considered Fidelity's representations that implementation of the Unified Fee, which includes the Unified Fee Cap, would cause all funds subject to the Unified Fee, including the fund, to experience an immediate reduction on contractual fee rates for services provided under the current management contracts. The Board considered that some funds would not experience lower net total fees as a result of existing fee caps. The Board further considered that, in addition to the contractual fee savings, the Unified Fee offers funds and their shareholders greater protection from future rate increases for services previously offered under separate agreements that are now covered by the Management Contract because such rate increases would require shareholder approval.
Sub-Advisory Contracts. In connection with the Unified Fee changes, the Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser.
The Board further considered that the approval of the fund's Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Management Contract would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of advisory, management, administration, transfer agent, and pricing and bookkeeping services provided to the fund by FMR, its affiliates, and each applicable sub-adviser.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions and representations noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
  • Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
  • Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
  • Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
  • Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023.  The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
1.700677.126
PUR-SANN-0424
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024

Contents

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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You may also call 1-800-835-5092 to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.
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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.
A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.institutional.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.
NOT FDIC INSURED •MAY LOSE VALUE •NO BANK GUARANTEE
Neither the Fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.
 
The information in the following tables is based on the combined Investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of investments in Fidelity's Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
5.4
 
NVIDIA Corp.
3.4
 
Apple, Inc.
3.2
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
3.0
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
2.0
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
1.4
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.1
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1.1
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.0
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
0.9
 
 
22.5
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
15.1
 
Fannie Mae
2.6
 
Freddie Mac
2.5
 
Ginnie Mae
1.9
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.9
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.7
 
Morgan Stanley
0.6
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.4
 
BX Commercial Mortgage Trust
0.4
 
Citigroup, Inc.
0.4
 
 
26.5
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
18.4
 
Financials
13.3
 
Health Care
8.5
 
Consumer Discretionary
7.2
 
Communication Services
6.5
 
Industrials
5.9
 
Consumer Staples
4.3
 
Energy
3.3
 
Real Estate
2.4
 
Utilities
1.8
 
Materials
1.5
 
 
Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Short-Term Investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (2.8)%
Percentages shown as 0.0% may reflect amounts less than 0.05%.
 
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) - (2.8)%
Written options - (0.1)%
Futures and Swaps - (0.3)%
Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
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 - 62.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.7%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
309,294
5,236,347
Cellnex Telecom SA (a)
 
16,021
579,232
Liberty Global Ltd. Class C (b)
 
21,223
393,687
 
 
 
6,209,266
Entertainment - 1.0%
 
 
 
Capcom Co. Ltd.
 
8,200
329,761
Netflix, Inc. (c)
 
8,924
5,380,458
Roku, Inc. Class A (c)
 
5,487
346,669
Sea Ltd. ADR (c)
 
39,230
1,903,440
Spotify Technology SA (c)
 
2,760
707,692
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (c)
 
3,094
454,601
The Walt Disney Co.
 
63,863
7,125,834
TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
 
18,177
1,521,960
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (c)
 
31,975
732,642
 
 
 
18,503,057
Interactive Media & Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (c)
 
189,542
26,243,985
 Class C (c)
 
49,715
6,949,163
Epic Games, Inc. (c)(d)(e)
 
182
124,863
Match Group, Inc. (c)
 
33,218
1,197,177
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
 
74,657
36,591,635
Snap, Inc. Class A (c)
 
117,956
1,299,875
 
 
 
72,406,698
Media - 0.3%
 
 
 
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (c)
 
189,818
563,759
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (c)
 
3,304
971,145
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
36,558
1,566,510
Liberty Broadband Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (c)
 
28,470
1,712,471
 Class C (c)
 
1,276
76,790
Paramount Global Class B
 
5,872
64,827
 
 
 
4,955,502
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.
 
10,910
1,781,603
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
103,856,126
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.8%
 
 
 
Automobile Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (c)
 
26,155
887,701
Aptiv PLC (c)
 
12,392
985,040
 
 
 
1,872,741
Automobiles - 0.7%
 
 
 
Tesla, Inc. (c)
 
59,219
11,955,132
Broadline Retail - 3.0%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (c)
 
302,707
53,506,489
Etsy, Inc. (c)
 
4,553
326,405
 
 
 
53,832,894
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
LKQ Corp.
 
25,599
1,338,572
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.2%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (c)
 
10,528
1,657,844
Booking Holdings, Inc.
 
1,133
3,930,184
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (c)
 
25,448
1,106,225
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
15,012
1,829,512
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
3,644
1,633,787
Flutter Entertainment PLC (c)
 
4,340
937,077
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
13,806
3,449,705
McDonald's Corp.
 
10,921
3,191,990
Red Rock Resorts, Inc.
 
7,557
438,230
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A (c)
 
2,709
34,513
Yum! Brands, Inc.
 
26,257
3,634,494
 
 
 
21,843,561
Household Durables - 0.0%
 
 
 
D.R. Horton, Inc.
 
1,332
199,054
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (c)
 
7,227
857,267
 
 
 
1,056,321
Leisure Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
Brunswick Corp.
 
6,028
526,847
Specialty Retail - 1.2%
 
 
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (c)
 
3,769
773,022
Cazoo Group Ltd. (c)(d)
 
2
9
Cazoo Group Ltd.:
 
 
 
 warrants (c)
 
2
0
 warrants (c)
 
2
0
 warrants (c)
 
2
0
Foot Locker, Inc.
 
9,578
329,771
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
27,832
6,698,327
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
13,865
5,277,158
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
73,138
7,250,901
Valvoline, Inc. (b)(c)
 
21,395
912,283
 
 
 
21,241,471
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%
 
 
 
Levi Strauss & Co. Class A
 
28,941
525,858
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
38,870
4,039,759
PVH Corp.
 
15,429
2,108,681
Tapestry, Inc.
 
42,780
2,033,333
 
 
 
8,707,631
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
122,375,170
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.8%
 
 
 
Beverages - 1.1%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (c)
 
2,108
649,559
Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (non-vtg.)
 
9,656
581,581
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
2,665
217,517
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
10,248
2,546,833
Diageo PLC
 
16,106
602,192
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
46,958
1,404,514
Monster Beverage Corp.
 
46,633
2,756,010
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
25,682
4,246,262
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
120,948
7,259,299
 
 
 
20,263,767
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 1.2%
 
 
 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.)
 
15,190
942,079
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
3,216
234,897
Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
12,867
9,571,633
Dollar Tree, Inc. (c)
 
2,507
367,727
Maplebear, Inc. (NASDAQ)
 
611
19,882
Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (c)
 
4,327
270,178
Target Corp.
 
15,054
2,302,058
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (c)
 
26,572
1,349,592
Walmart, Inc.
 
108,018
6,330,935
 
 
 
21,388,981
Food Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Freshpet, Inc. (b)(c)
 
4,255
480,943
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
9,364
957,094
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)
 
13,525
931,332
Mondelez International, Inc.
 
44,363
3,241,604
The Hershey Co.
 
6,127
1,151,386
The J.M. Smucker Co.
 
6,421
771,612
 
 
 
7,533,971
Household Products - 0.7%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
74,311
11,810,990
Personal Care Products - 0.2%
 
 
 
elf Beauty, Inc. (c)
 
4,329
902,726
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
10,004
1,486,394
Kenvue, Inc.
 
89,375
1,698,125
Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
113,222
210,593
 
 
 
4,297,838
Tobacco - 0.2%
 
 
 
Altria Group, Inc.
 
61,667
2,522,797
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
67,818,344
ENERGY - 2.3%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
Expro Group Holdings NV (c)
 
39,028
698,211
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
20,631
997,096
Weatherford International PLC (c)
 
13,050
1,339,061
 
 
 
3,034,368
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.1%
 
 
 
Africa Oil Corp.
 
545,662
840,315
Athabasca Oil Corp. (c)
 
353,677
1,282,165
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
6,806
474,310
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
177,023
18,502,444
Galp Energia SGPS SA Class B
 
63,126
994,061
Hess Corp.
 
5,594
815,326
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
59,517
3,724,116
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (c)
 
141,640
869,670
MEG Energy Corp. (c)
 
147,671
3,160,920
Phillips 66 Co.
 
19,839
2,827,256
Shell PLC ADR
 
46,248
2,905,762
Valero Energy Corp.
 
19,801
2,801,049
 
 
 
39,197,394
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
42,231,762
FINANCIALS - 8.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 2.8%
 
 
 
AIB Group PLC
 
123,942
574,138
Bank of America Corp.
 
137,847
4,758,478
Citigroup, Inc.
 
88,675
4,920,576
DNB Bank ASA
 
41,112
823,215
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (c)
 
671,098
1,386,454
HDFC Bank Ltd.
 
28,042
473,722
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
110,350
20,531,721
KeyCorp
 
140,808
2,009,330
M&T Bank Corp.
 
13,656
1,908,289
Pathward Financial, Inc.
 
14,482
736,265
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (c)
 
196,085
862,550
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
20,633
3,037,178
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
182,820
724,629
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
143,948
8,002,069
 
 
 
50,748,614
Capital Markets - 1.6%
 
 
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
 
55,758
3,127,466
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
4,929
3,999,095
Brookfield Corp. Class A
 
17,727
731,593
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
6,951
1,334,592
CME Group, Inc.
 
13,696
3,017,914
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
 
9,741
1,059,042
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
 
6,810
764,854
LPL Financial
 
6,879
1,842,815
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
 
7,568
1,615,087
Moody's Corp.
 
6,976
2,646,834
Morgan Stanley
 
45,925
3,951,387
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A
 
21,437
744,507
Tradeweb Markets, Inc. Class A
 
7,600
804,232
UBS Group AG
 
79,501
2,261,803
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A
 
25,127
453,542
 
 
 
28,354,763
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
Discover Financial Services
 
17,814
2,150,150
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
15,737
743,259
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.
 
26,132
768,750
 
 
 
3,662,159
Financial Services - 2.2%
 
 
 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
 
43,191
4,828,754
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A (c)
 
3
1,849,683
Block, Inc. Class A (c)
 
82,104
6,524,805
Corebridge Financial, Inc.
 
17,903
444,531
Fiserv, Inc. (c)
 
24,929
3,721,152
FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (c)
 
4,905
1,369,819
Global Payments, Inc.
 
19,964
2,589,331
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
5,850
2,777,346
Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. (c)
 
70
746
UWM Holdings Corp. Class A (b)
 
88,222
562,856
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
52,270
14,773,593
Voya Financial, Inc.
 
10,992
751,413
 
 
 
40,194,029
Insurance - 1.5%
 
 
 
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
16,361
3,990,939
Chubb Ltd.
 
19,396
4,881,391
Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (c)
 
387,832
988,912
Everest Re Group Ltd.
 
5,261
1,940,678
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (sub. vtg.)
 
2,102
2,243,625
Globe Life, Inc.
 
8,328
1,057,073
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
32,169
3,083,077
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
18,493
3,740,579
Progressive Corp.
 
20,155
3,820,582
Prudential PLC
 
34,026
335,253
Unum Group
 
36,456
1,802,749
 
 
 
27,884,858
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
150,844,423
HEALTH CARE - 7.8%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.0%
 
 
 
Cytokinetics, Inc. (c)
 
3,079
222,427
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
 
78,508
5,660,427
Moderna, Inc. (c)
 
29,349
2,707,152
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (c)
 
8,419
8,133,512
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (c)
 
2,618
1,101,497
 
 
 
17,825,015
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
12,939
1,535,083
Boston Scientific Corp. (c)
 
209,089
13,843,783
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (c)
 
16,094
6,205,846
Penumbra, Inc. (c)
 
6,809
1,599,570
Shockwave Medical, Inc. (c)
 
5,688
1,483,829
Stryker Corp.
 
30,240
10,555,877
 
 
 
35,223,988
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.8%
 
 
 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (c)
 
16,448
1,372,586
Cencora, Inc.
 
32,428
7,640,037
CVS Health Corp.
 
45,023
3,348,361
Surgery Partners, Inc. (c)
 
92,595
2,873,223
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
34,367
16,963,551
 
 
 
32,197,758
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
10X Genomics, Inc. (c)
 
8,714
406,421
Danaher Corp.
 
17,261
4,369,450
Sartorius Stedim Biotech
 
1,526
419,417
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
4,014
2,288,703
 
 
 
7,483,991
Pharmaceuticals - 2.7%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
72,921
4,678,611
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
26,459
19,941,619
Indivior PLC (c)
 
73,071
1,581,874
Merck & Co., Inc.
 
115,529
14,689,512
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
103,440
3,138,370
UCB SA
 
34,445
3,964,799
 
 
 
47,994,785
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
140,725,537
INDUSTRIALS - 5.6%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
41,240
2,744,522
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
12,068
5,168,000
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
4,326
1,994,373
RTX Corp.
 
14,641
1,312,858
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (c)(d)(e)
 
2,000
194,000
The Boeing Co. (c)
 
26,067
5,310,369
TransDigm Group, Inc.
 
2,844
3,349,493
 
 
 
20,073,615
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
7,223
1,798,310
Building Products - 0.5%
 
 
 
Trane Technologies PLC
 
30,490
8,597,265
Construction & Engineering - 0.1%
 
 
 
Quanta Services, Inc.
 
8,859
2,139,537
Electrical Equipment - 0.7%
 
 
 
AMETEK, Inc.
 
39,792
7,169,723
Eaton Corp. PLC
 
17,059
4,930,051
 
 
 
12,099,774
Ground Transportation - 0.9%
 
 
 
CSX Corp.
 
101,864
3,864,720
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
 
11,338
5,016,838
Uber Technologies, Inc. (c)
 
39,390
3,131,505
Union Pacific Corp.
 
15,580
3,952,490
 
 
 
15,965,553
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%
 
 
 
General Electric Co.
 
54,730
8,586,590
Machinery - 1.7%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
14,602
4,876,484
Deere & Co.
 
3,882
1,417,124
Dover Corp.
 
30,853
5,102,469
Fortive Corp.
 
52,150
4,439,530
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
68,505
6,256,562
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
15,957
8,544,176
 
 
 
30,636,345
Passenger Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
 
18,923
799,875
Professional Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.
 
110,586
1,165,576
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
101,862,440
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.0%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
20,436
2,232,429
IT Services - 0.7%
 
 
 
Capgemini SA
 
12,812
3,116,440
EPAM Systems, Inc. (c)
 
7,309
2,224,860
Infosys Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
30,846
615,686
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (c)
 
8,588
3,843,817
Snowflake, Inc. (c)
 
8,553
1,610,359
Twilio, Inc. Class A (c)
 
22,400
1,334,816
 
 
 
12,745,978
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.6%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (c)
 
30,553
5,882,369
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)
 
4,569
4,335,990
Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (c)
 
21,430
1,641,752
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
45,688
3,274,002
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
88,335
8,004,034
NVIDIA Corp.
 
76,729
60,701,846
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
16,509
4,122,793
ON Semiconductor Corp. (c)
 
41,310
3,260,185
Renesas Electronics Corp.
 
113,601
1,877,039
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (c)
 
31,025
2,083,949
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
 
233,718
5,115,103
Teradyne, Inc.
 
12,043
1,247,534
 
 
 
101,546,596
Software - 8.2%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (c)
 
20,657
11,573,704
Autodesk, Inc. (c)
 
15,464
3,992,341
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (c)(d)
 
3,671
42,987
Elastic NV (c)
 
12,874
1,722,670
Five9, Inc. (c)
 
21,752
1,326,872
HubSpot, Inc. (c)
 
6,059
3,749,370
Intuit, Inc.
 
12,027
7,972,578
Microsoft Corp.
 
235,942
97,595,048
Salesforce, Inc.
 
38,253
11,813,291
Stripe, Inc. Class B (c)(d)(e)
 
1,800
45,702
Synopsys, Inc. (c)
 
8,837
5,070,052
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (c)
 
23,680
1,140,429
Workday, Inc. Class A (c)
 
10,014
2,950,725
 
 
 
148,995,769
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.4%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
322,315
58,258,436
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (c)
 
43,681
2,400,891
 
 
 
60,659,327
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
326,180,099
MATERIALS - 1.4%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.0%
 
 
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
 
4,596
1,075,648
Cabot Corp.
 
6,331
537,818
Celanese Corp. Class A
 
4,438
674,443
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund
 
5,282
31,447
Corteva, Inc.
 
20,027
1,071,845
Dow, Inc.
 
30,653
1,712,890
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
7,322
506,609
Ecolab, Inc.
 
7,820
1,758,249
Element Solutions, Inc.
 
11,770
276,595
Koppers Holdings, Inc.
 
4,141
234,463
Linde PLC
 
14,734
6,612,914
LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A
 
9,199
922,476
Olin Corp.
 
7,499
403,446
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
3,564
1,183,355
The Chemours Co. LLC
 
25,922
509,886
The Mosaic Co.
 
13,359
416,266
Tronox Holdings PLC
 
39,315
577,931
Westlake Corp.
 
2,877
399,069
 
 
 
18,905,350
Construction Materials - 0.1%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
1,001
578,288
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
2,168
576,363
 
 
 
1,154,651
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
 
2,758
387,389
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
1,420
108,800
Greif, Inc. Class A
 
5,784
372,837
 
 
 
869,026
Metals & Mining - 0.2%
 
 
 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
41,069
388,857
Franco-Nevada Corp.
 
2,729
285,719
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
40,351
1,525,671
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (c)
 
37,796
401,869
Newmont Corp.
 
4,520
141,250
Nucor Corp.
 
7,510
1,444,173
Teck Resources Ltd. Class B
 
6,607
253,841
 
 
 
4,441,380
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
25,370,407
REAL ESTATE - 1.4%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.4%
 
 
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
 
565
70,472
American Tower Corp.
 
14,284
2,840,516
COPT Defense Properties (SBI)
 
14,751
357,417
Crown Castle, Inc.
 
15,263
1,678,014
CubeSmart
 
17,181
749,263
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
 
11,341
1,664,972
Equinix, Inc.
 
3,682
3,272,635
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
21,864
1,471,884
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
 
3,107
718,960
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
 
546
76,970
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
44,949
1,531,412
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
6,347
797,691
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
 
19,040
592,525
Prologis, Inc.
 
28,841
3,843,640
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
15,008
2,223,285
Sun Communities, Inc.
 
5,920
791,859
Ventas, Inc.
 
21,517
909,954
Welltower, Inc.
 
20,058
1,848,545
 
 
 
25,440,014
UTILITIES - 1.3%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.1%
 
 
 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
 
8,696
740,812
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
11,667
1,965,306
Edison International
 
29,344
1,995,979
Entergy Corp.
 
13,589
1,380,235
Evergy, Inc.
 
12,128
600,821
Eversource Energy
 
25,064
1,471,257
Exelon Corp.
 
13,207
473,339
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
35,089
1,284,608
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
66,736
3,683,160
NRG Energy, Inc.
 
10,498
580,749
PG&E Corp.
 
155,087
2,588,402
PPL Corp.
 
47,686
1,257,480
Southern Co.
 
22,441
1,509,157
Xcel Energy, Inc.
 
4,619
243,375
 
 
 
19,774,680
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.0%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
47,857
727,426
Multi-Utilities - 0.2%
 
 
 
NiSource, Inc.
 
39,922
1,040,367
Sempra
 
38,586
2,724,172
 
 
 
3,764,539
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
24,266,645
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
 (Cost $775,457,303)
 
 
 
1,130,970,967
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.1%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%
 
 
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.0%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (c)(d)(e)
 
1,863
411,965
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%
 
 
 
ABL Space Systems:
 
 
 
  Series B(c)(d)(e)
 
1,784
52,164
  Series B2(c)(d)(e)
 
1,176
37,409
 
 
 
89,573
Construction & Engineering - 0.0%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (c)(d)(e)
 
731
83,144
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
172,717
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C (c)(d)(e)
 
6,103
67,255
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C (c)(d)(e)
 
9,300
197,346
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
6,632
34,022
 
 
 
231,368
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
Algolia, Inc. Series D (c)(d)(e)
 
3,612
60,682
Bolt Technology OU Series E (c)(d)(e)
 
957
111,883
Databricks, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series G(c)(d)(e)
 
444
36,430
  Series H(c)(d)(e)
 
2,574
211,197
Skyryse, Inc. Series B (c)(d)(e)
 
7,300
148,263
Stripe, Inc. Series H (c)(d)(e)
 
2,037
51,719
 
 
 
620,174
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
918,797
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
1,503,479
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Professional Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Checkr, Inc. Series E (c)(e)
 
12,063
107,481
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Gupshup, Inc. (c)(d)(e)
 
3,298
37,004
 
 
 
 
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
144,485
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
 (Cost $1,791,443)
 
 
 
1,647,964
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
 
Value ($)
 
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 5.3% to 5.31% 5/23/24 to 5/30/24 (g)
 
 (Cost $740,317)
 
 
750,000
740,319
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 36.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (h)
 
0
1
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund (h)
 
6,844,990
664,169,377
 
TOTAL FIXED-INCOME FUNDS
 (Cost $718,240,736)
 
 
664,169,378
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 0.9%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (i)
 
13,656,231
13,658,962
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% (i)(j)
 
1,609,350
1,609,511
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
 (Cost $15,268,473)
 
 
15,268,473
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.0%
 (Cost $1,511,498,272)
 
 
 
1,812,797,101
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%  
609,877
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
1,813,406,978
 
 
 
Futures Contracts 
 
Number
of contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount ($)
 
Value ($)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Index Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
CME Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)
28
Mar 2024
7,145,250
621,223
621,223
 
 
 
 
 
 
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.4%
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
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 $579,232 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Non-income producing
 
(d)
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 $2,672,673 or 0.1% 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 $740,319.
 
(h)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(i)
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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(j)
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, Inc. 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
 
 
 
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
26,250
 
 
 
Databricks, Inc. Series H
8/31/21
189,148
 
 
 
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
161,070
 
 
 
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 - 5/25/23
81,735
 
 
 
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 5.39%
23,108,138
152,148,242
161,597,418
641,209
-
-
13,658,962
0.0%
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
-
3
2
-
-
-
1
0.0%
Fidelity Investment Grade Bond Central Fund
587,007,125
72,111,845
-
12,718,720
-
5,050,407
664,169,377
1.7%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39%
1,008,450
13,812,728
13,211,667
4,984
-
-
1,609,511
0.0%
Total
611,123,713
238,072,818
174,809,087
13,364,913
-
5,050,407
679,437,851
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts in the dividend 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.
 
Amounts in the dividend income column 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.
 
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, 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
104,268,091
103,152,031
579,232
536,828
Consumer Discretionary
122,375,170
122,375,170
-
-
Consumer Staples
67,818,344
67,818,344
-
-
Energy
42,231,762
42,231,762
-
-
Financials
150,844,423
147,722,750
2,397,044
724,629
Health Care
140,725,537
140,725,537
-
-
Industrials
102,142,638
101,668,440
-
474,198
Information Technology
327,135,900
311,689,825
14,444,572
1,001,503
Materials
25,370,407
25,370,407
-
-
Real Estate
25,440,014
25,440,014
-
-
Utilities
24,266,645
24,266,645
-
-
 U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations
740,319
-
740,319
-
 Fixed-Income Funds
664,169,378
664,169,378
-
-
  Money Market Funds
15,268,473
15,268,473
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
1,812,797,101
1,791,898,776
18,161,167
2,737,158
 
 
 
 
 
  Net Unrealized Depreciation on Unfunded Commitments
(8,449)
-
(8,449)
-
 Total
(8,449)
-
(8,449)
-
 Derivative Instruments:
 Assets
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
621,223
621,223
-
-
  Total Assets
621,223
621,223
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
621,223
621,223
-
-
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of February 29, 2024. 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) 
621,223
0
Total Equity Risk
621,223
0
Total Value of Derivatives
621,223
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
 
 
 
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $1,581,858) - See accompanying schedule:
 
 
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $777,989,063)
$
1,133,359,250
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $733,509,209)
679,437,851
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,511,498,272)
 
 
$
1,812,797,101
Foreign currency held at value (cost $467)
 
 
465
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
3,948,363
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
1,723,132
Dividends receivable
 
 
1,446,787
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
94,505
Receivable for daily variation margin on futures contracts
 
 
49,181
Other receivables
 
 
4,335
  Total assets
 
 
1,820,063,869
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
$
48,814
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
2,825,243
 
 
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded commitments
8,449
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
1,677,204
 
 
Accrued management fee
479,812
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
7,858
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
1,609,511
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
6,656,891
Net Assets  
 
 
$
1,813,406,978
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
1,531,254,477
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
282,152,501
Net Assets
 
 
$
1,813,406,978
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,813,406,978 ÷ 122,561,259 shares)
 
 
$
14.80
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
6,564,067
Interest  
 
 
30,694
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $4,984 from security lending)
 
 
13,364,913
 Total Income
 
 
 
19,959,674
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
2,665,909
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
4,175
 
 
Interest
801
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
2,670,885
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(1,137)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
2,669,748
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
17,289,926
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers  
 
15,739,545
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
3,156
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
1,175,249
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
16,917,950
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $37,372)  
 
137,533,739
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
5,050,407
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
(8,449)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
151
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
125,370
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
142,701,218
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
159,619,168
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
176,909,094
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
February 29, 2024
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
August 31, 2023
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
17,289,926
$
26,492,751
Net realized gain (loss)
 
16,917,950
 
 
(24,679,278)
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
142,701,218
 
172,647,639
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
176,909,094
 
 
174,461,112
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(15,454,114)
 
 
(46,423,529)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share transactions
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from sales of shares
 
220,263,340
 
629,232,728
  Reinvestment of distributions
 
13,501,803
 
 
43,706,343
 
Cost of shares redeemed
 
(183,409,180)
 
(337,292,021)
 
 
 
 
 
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
 
50,355,963
 
 
335,647,050
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
211,810,943
 
 
463,684,633
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
1,601,596,035
 
1,137,911,402
 
End of period
$
1,813,406,978
$
1,601,596,035
 
 
 
 
 
Other Information
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
 
 
Sold
 
16,181,182
 
51,105,312
  Issued in reinvestment of distributions
 
998,968
 
 
3,722,524
 
Redeemed
 
(13,276,349)
 
(27,015,596)
Net increase (decrease)
 
3,903,801
 
27,812,240
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Highlights
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) February 29, 2024 
 
Years ended August 31, 2023 
 
2022  
 
2021 
 
2020 
 
2019 A  
  Selected Per-Share Data 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
13.50
$
12.53
$
14.97
$
12.24
$
10.23
$
10.00
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) B,C
 
.14
 
.24
 
.17
 
.16
 
.19
 
.04
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
1.29
 
1.20
 
(1.98)
 
2.87
 
1.97
 
.20
  Total from investment operations
 
1.43  
 
1.44  
 
(1.81)  
 
3.03  
 
2.16
 
.24
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.13)
 
(.22)
 
(.16)
 
(.14)
 
(.14)
 
(.01)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
-
 
(.24)
 
(.47)
 
(.16)
 
(.01)
 
-
     Total distributions
 
(.13)
 
(.47) D
 
(.63)
 
(.30)
 
(.15)
 
(.01)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
14.80
$
13.50
$
12.53
$
14.97
$
12.24
$
10.23
 Total Return E,F
 
10.67%
 
12.09%
 
(12.52)%
 
25.14%
 
21.36%
 
2.35%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets C,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32% I
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32% I
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.32% I
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.32%
 
.31%
 
.32% I
    Net investment income (loss)
 
2.08% I
 
1.91%
 
1.23%
 
1.14%
 
1.75%
 
2.00% I
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
1,813,407
$
1,601,596
$
1,137,911
$
957,453
$
426,979
$
1,629
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
24% I,K
 
33% K
 
38% K
 
42% K
 
76% K
 
6% L
 
AFor the period June 14, 2019 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2019.
 
BCalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
CNet 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 mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
DTotal distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
ETotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
FTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
GFees 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.
 
HExpense 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.
 
IAnnualized.
 
JAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
KPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
LAmount not annualized.
 
For the period ended February 29, 2024
 
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 RatioA
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Loans & Direct Debt Instruments
Restricted Securities
Less than .005%
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.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Futures
Options
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 designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services 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 the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters. 
 
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 service 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 services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing services 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 services. 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 February 29, 2024 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. 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. 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 futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), market discount, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards 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
$375,202,785
Gross unrealized depreciation
(78,940,682)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$296,262,103
Tax cost
$1,515,913,775
 
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
 
 Short-term
$(38,423,880)
 
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 Statement 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. The total amount of commitments outstanding at period end is presented in the table below.
 
 
Investment to be Acquired
Shares
Commitment Amount
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
14,849
$142,996
 
 
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow for various types of derivative instruments, 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
232,100,783
197,059,172
 
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
2,102,228
26,805,478
 
 
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
26,952,681
327,304,143
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
$ 2,383
 
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 Balanced K6 Fund
 Borrower
$ 5,184,000
5.57%
$801
 
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
 8,993,659
 12,865,716
 190,174
 
Subsequent Event - Sub-Advisory Arrangements. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
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
$523
$51
$-
 
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 $1,137.
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. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
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 (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024).
 
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 September 1, 2023
 
Ending Account Value February 29, 2024
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fidelity® Balanced K6 Fund
 
 
 
.32%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,106.70
 
$ 1.68
Hypothetical-B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,023.27
 
$ 1.61
 
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 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity Balanced K6 Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Sub-Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
The Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser, and that the management fee paid by the fund under the management contract with FMR will remain unchanged.
The Board further considered that the approval of the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Sub-Advisory Contracts would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of services provided to the fund by FMR and its affiliates.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's advisory contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Sub-Advisory Contracts should be approved.
 
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
  • Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
  • Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
  • Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
  • Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023.  The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Item 2.

Code of Ethics


Not applicable.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert


Not applicable.


Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services


Not applicable.


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 Fidelity Puritan Trusts Board of Trustees.


Item 11.

Controls and Procedures


(a)(i)  The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Puritan Trusts (the Trust) 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 18.

Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation


(a)

Not applicable.


(b)

Not applicable.


Item 19.

Exhibits


(a)

(1)

Not applicable.

(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 (Principal Executive Officer)



Date:

April 22, 2024


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 (Principal Executive Officer)



Date:

April 22, 2024



By:

/s/John J. Burke III


John J. Burke III


Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)



Date:

April 22, 2024