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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 811-5511

Variable Insurance Products Fund II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

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

Scott C. Goebel, Secretary

82 Devonshire St.

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

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

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

December 31, 2011

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:

Index 500 Portfolio

Annual Report

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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

Investments

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

Financial Statements

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

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products are separate account options which are purchased through a variable insurance contract.

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

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

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended December 31, 2011

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

VIP Index 500 Portfolio - Initial Class

2.04%

-0.26%

2.83%

VIP Index 500 Portfolio - Service Class

1.93%

-0.36%

2.73%

VIP Index 500 Portfolio - Service Class 2

1.78%

-0.51%

2.58%

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Index 500 Portfolio - Initial Class on December 31, 2001. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500 ® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Extreme market volatility took center stage during the 12 months ending December 31, 2011, stealing the spotlight from signs of progress in the global economy. Early in the year, aggressive monetary stimulus by the U.S. federal government, improving credit-market conditions and solid corporate earnings buoyed most major asset classes. As the period progressed, however, fresh worries about sovereign debt in Europe, inflation in China, gridlock over raising the debt ceiling in the U.S. - along with Standard & Poor's early-August downgrade of the nation's long-term sovereign credit rating - and a dimmed outlook for global growth punctured investor confidence and ignited market instability. Domestic equities, as measured by the broad-based S&P 500® Index, gained 2.11%, easily outpacing the 13.61% decline of MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index, a proxy for foreign stocks. Within the MSCI index, emerging markets declined the most (-18%), with investments here generally held back by a stronger U.S. dollar. The U.K. (-3%) fared better than the rest of Europe (-15%), which was the second-worst-performing index component. Bolstered by periodic flights to quality, U.S. investment-grade bonds posted a 7.84% advance, as reflected by the Barclays Capital® U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, outperforming the 4.37% gain of high-yield securities, as represented by The BofA Merrill LynchSM US High Yield Constrained Index. Hampered by financial woes in Europe, the sovereign debt of major developed markets outside the U.S. rose 4.86%, according to the Citigroup® Non-USD Group-of-Seven (G7) Equal Weighted Index, while the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBI Global) advanced 8.46%, despite the currency head wind.

Comments from James Francis, Senior Portfolio Manager of the Geode Capital Management, LLC, investment management team for VIP Index 500 Portfolio: For the year ending December 31, 2011, the fund's share classes performed roughly in line with the S&P 500® Index, which rose 2.11%. (For specific portfolio results, please refer to the performance section of this report.) The three largest stocks in the index also were its three top contributors during the year. Topping the list was Apple, the second-largest stock in the S&P 500. This consumer products and personal computer manufacturer enjoyed very strong sales, especially of its popular iPad® tablet computers and iPhone® smartphones. Energy giant Exxon Mobil, the index's largest position, benefited along with rising oil prices. A competitor of Exxon's, Chevron, also contributed in this favorable environment. Computer-services company International Business Machines, the third-largest stock in the index, also added value - its shares trended upward throughout most of 2011. Elsewhere, a couple of consumer staples stocks, tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris International and fast-food restaurant giant McDonald's, both performed well, while in health care, drug makers Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb contributed. Semiconductor manufacturer Intel benefited from strong product demand that spurred better-than-expected sales growth, while in telecommunication services, Verizon Communications also was helpful. Unsurprisingly, given the tremendous market volatility seen during the past year, many financials stocks topped the list of detractors. The biggest absolute laggard was diversified financials company Bank of America, whose shares declined 58% during 2011. Other diversified financials firms also encountered substantial difficulty, including Citigroup (-40%), Goldman Sachs Group (-46%) and JPMorgan Chase (-20%). Meanwhile, in the information technology sector, computer and peripherals company Hewlett-Packard had a difficult year. In August, the company announced plans - which were rescinded a few months later - to exit the personal computer business. Investors appeared to have little confidence in this move, causing the stock to lose 20% of its value in a single day - the biggest one-day decline for the company since October 1987. Shares of U.S. automaker Ford Motor performed poorly, shedding about one-third of their value during the year. Other notable detractors included database-software maker Oracle, mining business Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and oil-field services company Schlumberger.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2011

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2011

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
July 1, 2011 to
December 31, 2011

Initial Class

.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 962.70

$ .49

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,024.70

$ .51

Service Class

.20%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 962.20

$ .99

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,024.20

$ 1.02

Service Class 2

.35%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 961.50

$ 1.73

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,023.44

$ 1.79

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Exxon Mobil Corp.

3.5

3.3

Apple, Inc.

3.2

2.5

International Business Machines Corp.

1.9

1.7

Chevron Corp.

1.8

1.7

Microsoft Corp.

1.7

1.6

General Electric Co.

1.6

1.6

Procter & Gamble Co.

1.6

1.5

AT&T, Inc.

1.5

1.5

Johnson & Johnson

1.5

1.5

Pfizer, Inc.

1.4

1.3

 

19.7

Market Sectors as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Information Technology

18.5

17.6

Financials

13.1

15.0

Energy

11.9

12.6

Health Care

11.5

11.6

Consumer Staples

11.2

10.5

Industrials

10.4

11.1

Consumer Discretionary

10.4

10.5

Utilities

3.7

3.4

Materials

3.4

3.6

Telecommunication Services

3.1

3.1

Asset Allocation

To match the S&P 500® Index, the VIP Index 500 Portfolio seeks 100% investment exposure to stocks at all times.

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Investments December 31, 2011

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.2%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.4%

Auto Components - 0.3%

BorgWarner, Inc. (a)

20,581

$ 1,311,833

Johnson Controls, Inc.

127,626

3,989,589

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a)

45,836

649,496

 

5,950,918

Automobiles - 0.4%

Ford Motor Co.

712,824

7,669,986

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

43,588

1,694,266

 

9,364,252

Distributors - 0.1%

Genuine Parts Co.

29,197

1,786,856

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1%

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A (non-vtg.) (a)(d)

21,800

1,174,366

DeVry, Inc.

11,358

436,829

H&R Block, Inc.

54,943

897,219

 

2,508,414

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.0%

Carnival Corp. unit

84,883

2,770,581

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)(d)

5,871

1,982,872

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

24,728

1,127,102

International Game Technology

55,824

960,173

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

50,290

1,466,959

McDonald's Corp.

191,935

19,256,839

Starbucks Corp.

139,822

6,433,210

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

36,047

1,729,175

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

28,628

1,082,997

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

14,855

1,641,329

Yum! Brands, Inc.

86,380

5,097,284

 

43,548,521

Household Durables - 0.2%

D.R. Horton, Inc.

52,171

657,876

Harman International Industries, Inc.

13,150

500,226

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

26,098

601,298

Lennar Corp. Class A (d)

30,168

592,801

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

54,304

877,010

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)(d)

63,186

398,704

Whirlpool Corp.

14,338

680,338

 

4,308,253

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.8%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

68,242

11,812,690

Expedia, Inc.

17,781

516,005

Netflix, Inc. (a)

10,385

719,577

Priceline.com, Inc. (a)

9,338

4,367,476

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

17,781

448,259

 

17,864,007

 

Shares

Value

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.1%

Hasbro, Inc.

21,776

$ 694,437

Mattel, Inc.

63,523

1,763,398

 

2,457,835

Media - 3.0%

Cablevision Systems Corp. - NY Group Class A

41,412

588,879

CBS Corp. Class B

122,755

3,331,571

Comcast Corp. Class A

511,126

12,118,797

DIRECTV (a)

132,353

5,659,414

Discovery Communications, Inc. (a)(d)

49,572

2,030,965

Gannett Co., Inc.

44,698

597,612

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

86,507

841,713

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

55,036

2,474,969

News Corp. Class A

411,355

7,338,573

Omnicom Group, Inc.

51,749

2,306,970

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Class A

18,245

773,953

The Walt Disney Co.

336,990

12,637,125

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

59,859

3,805,237

Time Warner, Inc.

187,746

6,785,140

Viacom, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.)

103,584

4,703,749

Washington Post Co. Class B (d)

912

343,651

 

66,338,318

Multiline Retail - 0.8%

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

12,296

464,297

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

22,327

1,855,597

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

22,020

1,269,673

JCPenney Co., Inc.

26,809

942,336

Kohl's Corp.

47,539

2,346,050

Macy's, Inc.

78,750

2,534,175

Nordstrom, Inc.

30,346

1,508,500

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(d)

7,217

229,356

Target Corp.

125,978

6,452,593

 

17,602,577

Specialty Retail - 2.0%

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

16,125

787,545

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(d)

8,922

328,954

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

5,238

1,702,193

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

45,032

2,610,505

Best Buy Co., Inc.

55,047

1,286,448

CarMax, Inc. (a)(d)

42,474

1,294,608

GameStop Corp. Class A (a)(d)

25,961

626,439

Gap, Inc.

65,079

1,207,215

Home Depot, Inc.

289,168

12,156,623

Limited Brands, Inc.

46,139

1,861,709

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

234,956

5,963,183

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

24,072

1,924,556

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. Class A

324

2,441

Ross Stores, Inc.

43,368

2,061,281

Staples, Inc.

131,198

1,822,340

Tiffany & Co., Inc.

23,815

1,577,982

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - continued

Specialty Retail - continued

TJX Companies, Inc.

70,744

$ 4,566,525

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)(d)

20,828

574,020

 

42,354,567

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%

Coach, Inc.

54,741

3,341,391

NIKE, Inc. Class B

69,580

6,705,425

Ralph Lauren Corp.

12,097

1,670,354

VF Corp.

16,355

2,076,921

 

13,794,091

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

227,878,609

CONSUMER STAPLES - 11.2%

Beverages - 2.6%

Beam, Inc.

29,161

1,493,918

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (non-vtg.)

18,920

1,523,249

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

58,528

1,508,852

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

32,657

675,020

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

40,214

1,587,649

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

29,549

1,286,563

PepsiCo, Inc.

293,265

19,458,133

The Coca-Cola Co.

426,038

29,809,879

 

57,343,263

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.3%

Costco Wholesale Corp.

81,291

6,773,166

CVS Caremark Corp.

244,160

9,956,845

Kroger Co.

112,013

2,712,955

Safeway, Inc.

63,759

1,341,489

SUPERVALU, Inc. (d)

39,810

323,257

Sysco Corp.

110,654

3,245,482

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

327,627

19,578,990

Walgreen Co.

166,814

5,514,871

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

29,967

2,085,104

 

51,532,159

Food Products - 1.9%

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

125,300

3,583,580

Campbell Soup Co.

33,641

1,118,227

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

77,751

2,052,626

Dean Foods Co. (a)

34,458

385,930

General Mills, Inc.

120,700

4,877,487

H.J. Heinz Co.

60,070

3,246,183

Hershey Co.

28,715

1,774,013

Hormel Foods Corp.

25,871

757,762

Kellogg Co.

46,485

2,350,746

Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A

331,407

12,381,366

McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)

24,886

1,254,752

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

38,185

2,624,455

Sara Lee Corp.

110,812

2,096,563

 

Shares

Value

The J.M. Smucker Co.

21,354

$ 1,669,242

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

54,799

1,131,051

 

41,303,983

Household Products - 2.3%

Clorox Co.

24,743

1,646,894

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

90,789

8,387,996

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

73,925

5,437,923

Procter & Gamble Co.

516,093

34,428,564

 

49,901,377

Personal Products - 0.2%

Avon Products, Inc.

80,805

1,411,663

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A

20,952

2,353,329

 

3,764,992

Tobacco - 1.9%

Altria Group, Inc.

385,744

11,437,310

Lorillard, Inc.

25,325

2,887,050

Philip Morris International, Inc.

325,823

25,570,589

Reynolds American, Inc.

63,419

2,626,815

 

42,521,764

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

246,367,538

ENERGY - 11.9%

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.9%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

81,872

3,982,254

Cameron International Corp. (a)

45,995

2,262,494

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

13,039

720,535

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)(d)

44,697

2,334,524

Halliburton Co.

172,605

5,956,599

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

20,098

1,172,919

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)

53,940

935,320

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

79,505

5,405,545

Noble Corp.

47,352

1,430,977

Rowan Companies, Inc. (a)

23,444

711,057

Schlumberger Ltd.

251,756

17,197,452

 

42,109,676

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 10.0%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

41,231

842,349

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

93,410

7,129,985

Apache Corp.

72,042

6,525,564

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

19,601

1,487,716

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

123,665

2,756,493

Chevron Corp.

373,563

39,747,103

ConocoPhillips

249,058

18,148,856

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

42,547

1,561,475

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

74,519

1,125,237

Devon Energy Corp.

75,764

4,697,368

El Paso Corp.

144,661

3,843,643

EOG Resources, Inc.

50,431

4,967,958

EQT Corp.

28,031

1,535,818

Exxon Mobil Corp.

899,111

76,208,646

Hess Corp.

55,901

3,175,177

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ENERGY - continued

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued

Marathon Oil Corp.

132,004

$ 3,863,757

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

66,876

2,226,302

Murphy Oil Corp.

36,301

2,023,418

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

24,854

937,741

Noble Energy, Inc.

32,931

3,108,357

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

152,276

14,268,261

Peabody Energy Corp.

50,811

1,682,352

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

22,956

2,054,103

QEP Resources, Inc.

33,193

972,555

Range Resources Corp.

29,342

1,817,443

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

65,162

2,081,274

Spectra Energy Corp. (d)

121,992

3,751,254

Sunoco, Inc.

20,026

821,467

Tesoro Corp. (a)(d)

26,679

623,221

Valero Energy Corp.

104,994

2,210,124

Williams Companies, Inc.

110,562

3,650,757

 

219,845,774

TOTAL ENERGY

261,955,450

FINANCIALS - 13.1%

Capital Markets - 1.8%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

42,441

2,106,771

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

227,466

4,528,848

BlackRock, Inc. Class A

18,792

3,349,486

Charles Schwab Corp.

202,491

2,280,049

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

47,625

379,095

Federated Investors, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.) (d)

17,323

262,443

Franklin Resources, Inc.

27,303

2,622,726

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

92,348

8,351,030

Invesco Ltd.

84,598

1,699,574

Legg Mason, Inc.

23,335

561,207

Morgan Stanley

278,388

4,212,010

Northern Trust Corp.

45,206

1,792,870

State Street Corp.

92,280

3,719,807

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

47,390

2,698,861

 

38,564,777

Commercial Banks - 2.6%

BB&T Corp.

130,766

3,291,380

Comerica, Inc.

37,269

961,540

Fifth Third Bancorp

172,532

2,194,607

First Horizon National Corp.

49,450

395,600

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

162,083

889,836

KeyCorp

178,743

1,374,534

M&T Bank Corp.

23,565

1,798,952

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

98,688

5,691,337

Regions Financial Corp.

236,140

1,015,402

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

100,730

1,782,921

U.S. Bancorp

357,979

9,683,332

 

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Wells Fargo & Co.

989,209

$ 27,262,600

Zions Bancorporation

34,569

562,783

 

56,904,824

Consumer Finance - 0.7%

American Express Co.

189,548

8,940,979

Capital One Financial Corp.

86,226

3,646,498

Discover Financial Services

103,101

2,474,424

SLM Corp.

95,429

1,278,749

 

16,340,650

Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

Bank of America Corp.

1,901,289

10,571,167

Citigroup, Inc.

548,430

14,429,193

CME Group, Inc.

12,454

3,034,666

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

13,628

1,642,855

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

712,761

23,699,303

Leucadia National Corp.

37,162

845,064

Moody's Corp.

36,646

1,234,237

NYSE Euronext

49,146

1,282,711

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (a)

23,929

586,500

 

57,325,696

Insurance - 3.5%

ACE Ltd.

63,182

4,430,322

AFLAC, Inc.

87,560

3,787,846

Allstate Corp.

94,794

2,598,304

American International Group, Inc. (a)(d)

81,939

1,900,985

Aon Corp.

60,643

2,838,092

Assurant, Inc.

17,278

709,435

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

329,777

25,161,985

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

30,403

926,075

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (a)

92,089

603,183

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

83,612

1,358,695

Lincoln National Corp.

56,586

1,098,900

Loews Corp.

57,279

2,156,554

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

100,912

3,190,837

MetLife, Inc.

198,391

6,185,831

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

57,241

1,408,129

Progressive Corp.

115,681

2,256,936

Prudential Financial, Inc.

88,538

4,437,525

The Chubb Corp.

52,161

3,610,584

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

77,428

4,581,415

Torchmark Corp.

19,122

829,704

Unum Group (d)

54,845

1,155,584

XL Group PLC Class A

60,123

1,188,632

 

76,415,553

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.8%

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A

22,681

519,622

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

17,836

2,329,382

Boston Properties, Inc.

27,692

2,758,123

Equity Residential (SBI)

55,642

3,173,263

HCP, Inc.

76,493

3,169,105

Health Care REIT, Inc.

35,599

1,941,213

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Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

132,476

$ 1,956,671

Kimco Realty Corp.

76,334

1,239,664

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

30,253

1,106,050

Prologis, Inc.

85,959

2,457,568

Public Storage

26,632

3,580,939

Simon Property Group, Inc.

55,110

7,105,883

Ventas, Inc.

54,008

2,977,461

Vornado Realty Trust

34,608

2,659,971

Weyerhaeuser Co.

100,621

1,878,594

 

38,853,509

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

60,834

925,893

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

98,944

618,400

People's United Financial, Inc.

67,649

869,290

 

1,487,690

TOTAL FINANCIALS

286,818,592

HEALTH CARE - 11.5%

Biotechnology - 1.2%

Amgen, Inc.

148,797

9,554,255

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

45,566

5,014,538

Celgene Corp. (a)

83,273

5,629,255

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

140,899

5,766,996

 

25,965,044

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.7%

Baxter International, Inc.

105,770

5,233,500

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

40,309

3,011,888

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

277,901

1,483,991

C. R. Bard, Inc.

16,091

1,375,781

CareFusion Corp. (a)

42,133

1,070,600

Covidien PLC

90,494

4,073,135

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

26,553

929,089

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

21,398

1,512,839

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

7,315

3,386,918

Medtronic, Inc.

197,961

7,572,008

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

59,836

2,052,375

Stryker Corp.

61,015

3,033,056

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)(d)

21,114

1,417,383

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

33,610

1,795,446

 

37,948,009

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.0%

Aetna, Inc.

67,960

2,867,232

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (d)

48,460

1,802,227

Cardinal Health, Inc.

64,810

2,631,934

CIGNA Corp.

53,547

2,248,974

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a)

27,064

821,934

DaVita, Inc. (a)

17,539

1,329,632

Express Scripts, Inc. (a)(d)

91,259

4,078,365

 

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Humana, Inc.

30,670

$ 2,686,999

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)(d)

18,589

1,598,096

McKesson Corp.

46,062

3,588,690

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

72,622

4,059,570

Patterson Companies, Inc. (d)

16,423

484,807

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

29,592

1,718,112

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)(d)

81,475

417,967

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

199,965

10,134,226

WellPoint, Inc.

65,252

4,322,945

 

44,791,710

Health Care Technology - 0.1%

Cerner Corp. (a)(d)

27,328

1,673,840

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

65,130

2,274,991

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

33,428

1,300,683

PerkinElmer, Inc.

21,212

424,240

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)(d)

70,958

3,190,981

Waters Corp. (a)

16,809

1,244,706

 

8,435,601

Pharmaceuticals - 6.1%

Abbott Laboratories

292,212

16,431,081

Allergan, Inc.

57,218

5,020,307

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

317,861

11,201,422

Eli Lilly & Co.

191,112

7,942,615

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

50,113

1,516,419

Hospira, Inc. (a)

30,896

938,312

Johnson & Johnson

512,253

33,593,552

Merck & Co., Inc.

571,730

21,554,221

Mylan, Inc. (a)

80,005

1,716,907

Perrigo Co.

17,481

1,700,901

Pfizer, Inc.

1,441,923

31,203,214

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

23,852

1,439,230

 

134,258,181

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

253,072,385

INDUSTRIALS - 10.4%

Aerospace & Defense - 2.6%

General Dynamics Corp.

66,800

4,436,188

Goodrich Corp.

23,489

2,905,589

Honeywell International, Inc.

145,093

7,885,805

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

18,732

1,249,050

Lockheed Martin Corp.

49,770

4,026,393

Northrop Grumman Corp.

49,011

2,866,163

Precision Castparts Corp.

27,047

4,457,075

Raytheon Co.

64,922

3,140,926

Rockwell Collins, Inc. (d)

28,386

1,571,733

Textron, Inc.

52,179

964,790

The Boeing Co.

139,416

10,226,164

United Technologies Corp.

169,964

12,422,669

 

56,152,545

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Air Freight & Logistics - 1.0%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

30,797

$ 2,149,015

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

39,773

1,629,102

FedEx Corp.

59,504

4,969,179

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B (d)

181,013

13,248,341

 

21,995,637

Airlines - 0.1%

Southwest Airlines Co.

146,035

1,250,060

Building Products - 0.0%

Masco Corp.

67,116

703,376

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

Avery Dennison Corp.

19,732

565,914

Cintas Corp. (d)

20,683

719,975

Iron Mountain, Inc.

34,818

1,072,394

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (d)

37,448

694,286

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

35,228

508,340

Republic Services, Inc.

59,052

1,626,883

Stericycle, Inc. (a)(d)

15,966

1,244,071

Waste Management, Inc.

86,349

2,824,476

 

9,256,339

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

Fluor Corp.

31,826

1,599,257

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)(d)

24,036

975,381

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

39,417

849,042

 

3,423,680

Electrical Equipment - 0.5%

Cooper Industries PLC Class A

29,657

1,605,927

Emerson Electric Co.

138,012

6,429,979

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

26,621

1,953,183

Roper Industries, Inc.

18,097

1,572,086

 

11,561,175

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.5%

3M Co.

131,465

10,744,634

Danaher Corp.

106,858

5,026,600

General Electric Co.

1,980,350

35,468,069

Tyco International Ltd.

86,658

4,047,795

 

55,287,098

Machinery - 2.0%

Caterpillar, Inc.

121,293

10,989,146

Cummins, Inc.

36,175

3,184,124

Deere & Co.

77,644

6,005,763

Dover Corp.

34,773

2,018,573

Eaton Corp.

62,689

2,728,852

Flowserve Corp.

10,422

1,035,113

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

90,637

4,233,654

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

58,558

1,784,262

Joy Global, Inc.

19,714

1,477,959

PACCAR, Inc.

67,194

2,517,759

Pall Corp.

21,599

1,234,383

 

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Parker Hannifin Corp.

28,340

$ 2,160,925

Snap-On, Inc. (d)

10,913

552,416

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

31,683

2,141,771

Xylem, Inc.

34,622

889,439

 

42,954,139

Professional Services - 0.1%

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

9,118

682,300

Equifax, Inc.

22,712

879,863

Robert Half International, Inc. (d)

26,816

763,183

 

2,325,346

Road & Rail - 0.9%

CSX Corp.

196,950

4,147,767

Norfolk Southern Corp.

63,047

4,593,604

Ryder System, Inc.

9,590

509,613

Union Pacific Corp.

90,616

9,599,859

 

18,850,843

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

Fastenal Co. (d)

55,374

2,414,860

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

11,383

2,130,784

 

4,545,644

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

228,305,882

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.5%

Communications Equipment - 2.0%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

1,008,406

18,231,980

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

14,910

1,582,249

Harris Corp.

21,723

782,897

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

42,981

448,722

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

98,669

2,013,834

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.

49,444

1,918,427

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

53,736

2,487,439

QUALCOMM, Inc.

315,308

17,247,348

 

44,712,896

Computers & Peripherals - 4.5%

Apple, Inc. (a)

174,339

70,607,295

Dell, Inc. (a)

286,441

4,190,632

EMC Corp. (a)

382,656

8,242,410

Hewlett-Packard Co.

372,716

9,601,164

Lexmark International, Inc. Class A

13,468

445,387

NetApp, Inc. (a)(d)

67,267

2,439,774

SanDisk Corp. (a)

45,075

2,218,141

Western Digital Corp. (a)

43,854

1,357,281

 

99,102,084

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.4%

Amphenol Corp. Class A

31,089

1,411,130

Corning, Inc.

294,797

3,826,465

FLIR Systems, Inc.

29,261

733,573

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

34,366

675,636

Molex, Inc.

25,721

613,703

TE Connectivity Ltd.

79,619

2,453,061

 

9,713,568

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Internet Software & Services - 2.0%

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

33,658

$ 1,086,480

eBay, Inc. (a)

215,517

6,536,631

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

47,389

30,608,555

VeriSign, Inc. (d)

29,838

1,065,813

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

232,656

3,752,741

 

43,050,220

IT Services - 3.8%

Accenture PLC Class A

120,222

6,399,417

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

91,670

4,951,097

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

56,671

3,644,512

Computer Sciences Corp.

29,086

689,338

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

45,502

1,209,898

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

26,422

1,552,028

International Business Machines Corp.

221,085

40,653,110

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

19,998

7,455,654

Paychex, Inc.

60,498

1,821,595

SAIC, Inc. (a)(d)

51,811

636,757

Teradata Corp. (a)

31,401

1,523,263

The Western Union Co.

116,138

2,120,680

Total System Services, Inc.

30,409

594,800

Visa, Inc. Class A

95,399

9,685,860

 

82,938,009

Office Electronics - 0.1%

Xerox Corp.

260,184

2,071,065

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.3%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(d)

109,812

592,985

Altera Corp.

60,188

2,232,975

Analog Devices, Inc.

55,892

1,999,816

Applied Materials, Inc.

244,912

2,623,008

Broadcom Corp. Class A

90,995

2,671,613

First Solar, Inc. (a)

11,024

372,170

Intel Corp.

955,159

23,162,606

KLA-Tencor Corp.

31,263

1,508,440

Linear Technology Corp.

42,725

1,283,032

LSI Corp. (a)

105,699

628,909

Microchip Technology, Inc. (d)

35,852

1,313,259

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)(d)

185,249

1,165,216

Novellus Systems, Inc. (a)

12,491

515,753

NVIDIA Corp. (a)

114,546

1,587,608

Teradyne, Inc. (a)(d)

34,525

470,576

Texas Instruments, Inc.

214,339

6,239,408

Xilinx, Inc.

49,233

1,578,410

 

49,945,784

Software - 3.4%

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

92,082

2,603,158

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

42,543

1,290,329

BMC Software, Inc. (a)

31,926

1,046,534

CA, Inc.

69,413

1,403,184

 

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Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

34,983

$ 2,124,168

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

62,169

1,280,681

Intuit, Inc.

55,758

2,932,313

Microsoft Corp.

1,404,384

36,457,809

Oracle Corp.

738,089

18,931,983

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

36,173

1,493,583

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)(d)

25,511

2,588,346

Symantec Corp. (a)

138,277

2,164,035

 

74,316,123

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

405,849,749

MATERIALS - 3.4%

Chemicals - 2.2%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

39,479

3,363,216

Airgas, Inc.

12,816

1,000,673

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

12,265

1,778,180

Dow Chemical Co.

221,685

6,375,661

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

173,309

7,934,086

Eastman Chemical Co.

25,807

1,008,021

Ecolab, Inc.

56,302

3,254,819

FMC Corp.

13,210

1,136,588

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

15,175

795,474

Monsanto Co.

100,432

7,037,270

PPG Industries, Inc.

28,967

2,418,455

Praxair, Inc.

56,229

6,010,880

Sherwin-Williams Co.

16,155

1,442,157

Sigma Aldrich Corp.

22,592

1,411,096

The Mosaic Co.

55,851

2,816,566

 

47,783,142

Construction Materials - 0.0%

Vulcan Materials Co.

24,242

953,923

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

Ball Corp.

30,509

1,089,476

Bemis Co., Inc.

19,317

581,055

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

30,809

597,078

Sealed Air Corp.

36,019

619,887

 

2,887,496

Metals & Mining - 0.9%

Alcoa, Inc.

199,642

1,726,903

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

19,951

953,658

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

26,826

1,672,601

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

177,809

6,541,593

Newmont Mining Corp.

92,818

5,570,008

Nucor Corp.

59,407

2,350,735

Titanium Metals Corp.

15,444

231,351

United States Steel Corp. (d)

27,011

714,711

 

19,761,560

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MATERIALS - continued

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

International Paper Co.

81,986

$ 2,426,786

MeadWestvaco Corp.

32,028

959,239

 

3,386,025

TOTAL MATERIALS

74,772,146

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 3.1%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.8%

AT&T, Inc.

1,111,600

33,614,784

CenturyLink, Inc.

115,851

4,309,657

Frontier Communications Corp.

186,666

961,330

Verizon Communications, Inc.

531,057

21,306,007

Windstream Corp.

109,322

1,283,440

 

61,475,218

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

American Tower Corp. Class A

73,724

4,424,177

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a)

55,042

477,765

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)(d)

561,956

1,314,977

 

6,216,919

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

67,692,137

UTILITIES - 3.7%

Electric Utilities - 2.0%

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

90,585

3,742,066

Duke Energy Corp.

249,994

5,499,868

Edison International

61,116

2,530,202

Entergy Corp.

33,036

2,413,280

Exelon Corp.

124,368

5,393,840

FirstEnergy Corp.

78,449

3,475,291

NextEra Energy, Inc.

79,259

4,825,288

Northeast Utilities

33,208

1,197,813

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

42,572

864,212

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

20,480

986,726

PPL Corp.

108,477

3,191,393

Progress Energy, Inc.

55,337

3,099,979

Southern Co.

161,681

7,484,213

 

44,704,171

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

AGL Resources, Inc.

21,896

925,325

ONEOK, Inc.

19,319

1,674,764

 

2,600,089

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.2%

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

37,809

1,499,883

 

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NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

43,137

$ 781,642

The AES Corp. (a)

120,941

1,431,941

 

3,713,466

Multi-Utilities - 1.4%

Ameren Corp.

45,439

1,505,394

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

79,897

1,605,131

CMS Energy Corp. (d)

47,269

1,043,700

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

54,943

3,408,114

Dominion Resources, Inc.

106,848

5,671,492

DTE Energy Co.

31,748

1,728,679

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

14,615

791,841

NiSource, Inc. (d)

52,731

1,255,525

PG&E Corp.

76,136

3,138,326

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

94,898

3,132,583

SCANA Corp.

21,645

975,324

Sempra Energy

44,955

2,472,525

TECO Energy, Inc.

40,474

774,672

Wisconsin Energy Corp. (d)

43,381

1,516,600

Xcel Energy, Inc.

90,968

2,514,356

 

31,534,262

TOTAL UTILITIES

82,551,988

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,348,696,325)


2,135,264,476

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%

Specialty Retail - 0.0%

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. Series A (a)

(Cost $1)

324


0

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.2%

 

Principal Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.03% 6/7/12 (e)

(Cost $3,499,497)

$ 3,500,000


3,499,318

Money Market Funds - 5.0%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.11% (b)

54,860,007

$ 54,860,007

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.13% (b)(c)

54,788,279

54,788,279

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $109,648,286)


109,648,286

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 102.4%

(Cost $1,461,844,109)

2,248,412,080

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (2.4)%

(52,553,345)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 2,195,858,735

Futures Contracts

Expiration Date

Underlying Face Amount at Value

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

1 CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts

March 2012

$ 62,630

$ 171

195 CME S&P 500 Index Contracts

March 2012

61,064,250

459,601

TOTAL EQUITY INDEX CONTRACTS

$ 61,126,880

$ 459,772

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 2.8%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

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

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

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

(e) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $3,499,318.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 35,403

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

407,068

Total

$ 442,471

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2011, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 227,878,609

$ 227,876,168

$ -

$ 2,441

Consumer Staples

246,367,538

246,367,538

-

-

Energy

261,955,450

261,955,450

-

-

Financials

286,818,592

286,818,592

-

-

Health Care

253,072,385

253,072,385

-

-

Industrials

228,305,882

228,305,882

-

-

Information Technology

405,849,749

405,849,749

-

-

Materials

74,772,146

74,772,146

-

-

Telecommunication Services

67,692,137

67,692,137

-

-

Utilities

82,551,988

82,551,988

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

3,499,318

-

3,499,318

-

Money Market Funds

109,648,286

109,648,286

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 2,248,412,080

$ 2,244,910,321

$ 3,499,318

$ 2,441

Derivative Instruments:

Assets

Futures Contracts

$ 459,772

$ 459,772

$ -

$ -

The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:

Investments in Securities:

Beginning Balance

$ -

Total Realized Gain (Loss)

-

Total Unrealized Gain (Loss)

-

Cost of Purchases

2,441

Proceeds of Sales

-

Amortization/Accretion

-

Transfers in to Level 3

-

Transfers out of Level 3

-

Ending Balance

$ 2,441

The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2011

$ -

The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. The cost of purchases and the proceeds of sales may include securities received or delivered through corporate actions or exchanges. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations.

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of December 31, 2011. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ 459,772

$ -

Total Value of Derivatives

$ 459,772

$ -

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $53,380,901) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,352,195,823)

$ 2,138,763,794

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $109,648,286)

109,648,286

 

Total Investments (cost $1,461,844,109)

 

$ 2,248,412,080

Segregated cash with broker for futures contracts

581,000

Cash

 

86,734

Receivable for investments sold

340,859

Receivable for fund shares sold

548,630

Dividends receivable

3,227,662

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

21,681

Other receivables

54,040

Total assets

2,253,272,686

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for fund shares redeemed

$ 2,124,039

Accrued management fee

81,060

Distribution and service plan fees payable

52,524

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

234,239

Other affiliated payables

99,132

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,678

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

54,788,279

Total liabilities

57,413,951

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 2,195,858,735

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 1,385,103,124

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(371,329)

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

24,099,197

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

787,027,743

Net Assets

$ 2,195,858,735

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Initial Class:

Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,918,592,202 ÷ 14,835,137 shares)

$ 129.33

 

 

 

Service Class:

Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($37,094,649 ÷ 287,546 shares)

$ 129.00

 

 

 

Service Class 2:

Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($240,171,884 ÷ 1,872,845 shares)

$ 128.24

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 45,165,004

Interest

 

4,262

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

442,471

Total income

 

45,611,737

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,829,853

Transfer agent fees

419,390

Distribution and service plan fees

644,850

Independent trustees' compensation

12,811

Miscellaneous

6,738

Total expenses before reductions

2,913,642

Expense reductions

(31,744)

2,881,898

Net investment income (loss)

42,729,839

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

29,512,006

Foreign currency transactions

(236)

Futures contracts

(1,096,644)

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

28,415,126

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(27,904,262)

Futures contracts

(246,251)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(28,150,513)

Net gain (loss)

(264,613)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 42,994,452

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
December 31,
2011

Year ended
December 31,
2010

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 42,729,839

$ 38,610,465

Net realized gain (loss)

28,415,126

49,816,060

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(28,150,513)

198,653,430

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

42,994,452

287,079,955

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(43,244,270)

(39,528,264)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(51,595,129)

(38,021,665)

Total distributions

(94,839,399)

(77,549,929)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

36,547,032

(19,052,019)

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(15,297,915)

190,478,007

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

2,211,156,650

2,020,678,643

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $371,329 and distributions in excess of net investment income of $35,740, respectively)

$ 2,195,858,735

$ 2,211,156,650

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

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Financial Highlights - Initial Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 132.39

$ 119.62

$ 99.19

$ 164.03

$ 161.36

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  2.58

2.35

2.37

3.03

3.11

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .10

15.13

23.03

(63.32)

5.59

Total from investment operations

  2.68

17.48

25.40

(60.29)

8.70

Distributions from net investment income

  (2.65)

(2.44)

(2.72)

(3.07)

(6.03)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.09)

(2.27)

(2.25)

(1.48)

-

Total distributions

  (5.74)

(4.71)

(4.97)

(4.55)

(6.03)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 129.33

$ 132.39

$ 119.62

$ 99.19

$ 164.03

Total Return A, B

  2.04%

15.02%

26.61%

(37.00)%

5.45%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

.10%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.96%

1.94%

2.31%

2.22%

1.86%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,918,592

$ 1,931,271

$ 1,767,750

$ 1,525,779

$ 2,626,891

Portfolio turnover rate E

  5%

5%

6%

6%

5%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

Financial Highlights - Service Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 132.07

$ 119.35

$ 98.99

$ 163.66

$ 160.88

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  2.44

2.22

2.27

2.88

2.93

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .10

15.09

22.96

(63.14)

5.58

Total from investment operations

  2.54

17.31

25.23

(60.26)

8.51

Distributions from net investment income

  (2.52)

(2.32)

(2.62)

(2.93)

(5.73)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.09)

(2.27)

(2.25)

(1.48)

-

Total distributions

  (5.61)

(4.59)

(4.87)

(4.41)

(5.73)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 129.00

$ 132.07

$ 119.35

$ 98.99

$ 163.66

Total Return A, B

  1.93%

14.91%

26.48%

(37.07)%

5.34%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

.20%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.86%

1.84%

2.21%

2.12%

1.76%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 37,095

$ 37,209

$ 32,708

$ 24,340

$ 38,960

Portfolio turnover rate E

  5%

5%

6%

6%

5%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Financial Highlights - Service Class 2

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 131.31

$ 118.71

$ 98.50

$ 162.79

$ 159.90

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  2.23

2.03

2.11

2.66

2.67

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .11

14.97

22.82

(62.74)

5.54

Total from investment operations

  2.34

17.00

24.93

(60.08)

8.21

Distributions from net investment income

  (2.32)

(2.13)

(2.47)

(2.73)

(5.32)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.09)

(2.27)

(2.25)

(1.48)

-

Total distributions

  (5.41)

(4.40)

(4.72)

(4.21)

(5.32)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 128.24

$ 131.31

$ 118.71

$ 98.50

$ 162.79

Total Return A, B

  1.78%

14.73%

26.30%

(37.16)%

5.17%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

.35%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.71%

1.69%

2.06%

1.97%

1.61%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 240,172

$ 242,677

$ 220,221

$ 170,637

$ 269,769

Portfolio turnover rate E

  5%

5%

6%

6%

5%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended December 31, 2011

1. Organization.

VIP Index 500 Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II (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. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, and Service Class 2 shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

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

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

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments. When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or reliable, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Factors used in determining value may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The value used for net asset value (NAV) calculation under these procedures may differ from published prices for the same securities.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

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 December 31, 2011, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 securities, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments. 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 an independent 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 significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy in these circumstances. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing matrices which consider similar factors that would be used by independent pricing services. These 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 each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will result in additional disclosure for transfers between levels as well as expanded disclosure for securities categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), independent Trustees may elect to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2011, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

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

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

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, market discount, deferred trustees compensation and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,042,469,567

Gross unrealized depreciation

(257,875,631)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 784,593,936

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 1,463,818,144

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

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 304,922

Undistributed long-term capital gain

$ 26,228,080

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 784,593,936

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Ordinary Income

$ 46,257,668

$ 42,375,701

Long-term Capital Gains

48,581,731

35,174,228

Total

$ 94,839,399

$ 77,549,929

4. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund used derivative instruments (derivatives), including futures contracts, in order to meet its investment objectives. The strategy is to use derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade. Derivatives involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

4. Derivative Instruments - continued

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

The underlying face amount at value of open futures contracts at period end is shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." This amount reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Certain risks arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid market limits the ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $(1,096,644) and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(246,251) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $120,362,339 and $160,242,117, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee and Expense Contracts. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. During the period the Board of Trustees approved an amendment to the management contract, effective September 1, 2011, to reduce the management fee from an annual rate of .10% to .045% of the Fund's average net assets. Under the management contract, FMR pays all other fund-level expenses, except the compensation of the independent Trustees and certain other expenses such as interest expense. In addition, under an expense contract, FMR pays class-level expenses as necessary so that total expenses do not exceed an annual rate of .10% of each class' average net assets, excluding the distribution and service fee for each applicable class, with certain exceptions.

Sub-Adviser. Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode), serves as sub-adviser for the Fund. Geode provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Fund and is paid by FMR for providing these services.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.

For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services were as follows:

Service Class

$ 37,589

Service Class 2

607,261

 

$ 644,850

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent for each class. FIIOC receives asset based fees of .067% of each class's average net assets. In addition, FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of .0045% of average net assets for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. FIIOC voluntarily agreed to waive this fee for the period September 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. Prior to September 1, 2011, under the expense contract the classes did not pay transfer agent fees. Effective September 1, 2011, as a result of the amendment to the management contract referenced above, each class pays a portion of the transfer agent fees equal to an annual rate of .055% of the class' average net assets.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class, including printing and out of pocket expenses, were as follows:

 

Amount

% of Average
Net Assets

Initial Class

$ 366,291

.02

Service Class

7,114

.02

Service Class 2

45,985

.02

 

$ 419,390

 

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7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.0 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $6,738 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $407,068. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

9. Expense Reductions.

FMR or its affiliates agreed to waive certain fees during the period as noted in the table below.

Initial Class

$ 27,712

Service Class

538

Service Class 2

3,474

 

$ 31,724

In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $20.

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

From net investment income

 

 

Initial Class

$ 38,255,176

$ 35,017,804

Service Class

707,018

639,120

Service Class 2

4,282,076

3,871,340

Total

$ 43,244,270

$ 39,528,264

From net realized gain

 

 

Initial Class

$ 44,996,692

$ 33,213,569

Service Class

869,322

619,294

Service Class 2

5,729,115

4,188,802

Total

$ 51,595,129

$ 38,021,665

11. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Initial Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,835,066

1,562,668

$ 243,984,868

$ 191,691,853

Reinvestment of distributions

638,728

564,289

83,251,868

68,231,373

Shares redeemed

(2,226,316)

(2,317,208)

(294,250,679)

(279,458,721)

Net increase (decrease)

247,478

(190,251)

$ 32,986,057

$ (19,535,495)

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

11. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Service Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

31,831

33,640

$ 4,163,777

$ 4,058,019

Reinvestment of distributions

12,115

10,441

1,576,340

1,258,414

Shares redeemed

(38,138)

(36,392)

(4,956,107)

(4,366,671)

Net increase (decrease)

5,808

7,689

$ 784,010

$ 949,762

Service Class 2

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

359,331

337,917

$ 46,317,215

$ 40,695,508

Reinvestment of distributions

77,281

67,549

10,011,190

8,060,142

Shares redeemed

(411,858)

(412,564)

(53,551,440)

(49,221,936)

Net increase (decrease)

24,754

(7,098)

$ 2,776,965

$ (466,286)

12. Other.

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

At the end of the period, FMR or its affiliates were the owners of record of 32% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Shareholders of VIP Index 500 Portfolio:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of VIP Index 500 Portfolio (the Fund), a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II, including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VIP Index 500 Portfolio as of December 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 10, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 226 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 429 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interested Trustees*:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (76)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

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

Ronald P. O'Hanley (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

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

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

Independent Trustees:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Alan J. Lacy (58)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Ned C. Lautenbach (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (1999-present); a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present); and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Robert W. Selander (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Cornelia M. Small (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

William S. Stavropoulos (72)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

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

David M. Thomas (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Michael E. Wiley (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

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

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (81)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Peter S. Lynch (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

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

Kenneth B. Robins (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Brian B. Hogan (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Thomas C. Hense (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 or 2010

Vice President of Fidelity's High Income (2008), Small Cap (2008), and Value (2010) Funds. Previously, Mr. Hense served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity's Institutional Money Management Group (Pyramis) (2003-2008).

Scott C. Goebel (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

William C. Coffey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Holly C. Laurent (57)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006).

Christine Reynolds (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Kenneth A. Rathgeber (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2004

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Rathgeber is Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), FMR (2005-present), FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2005-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2005-present), Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC (2005-present), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2005-present).

Jeffrey S. Christian (50)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Christian is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Chief Financial Officer (2008-2009) of certain Fidelity funds and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-2009).

Joseph F. Zambello (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Adrien E. Deberghes (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Stephanie J. Dorsey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

John R. Hebble (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Gary W. Ryan (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Jonathan Davis (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of VIP Index 500 Portfolio voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Capital Gains

Initial Class

02/03/2012

02/03/2012

$1.557

 

 

 

 

Service Class

02/03/2012

02/03/2012

$1.557

 

 

 

 

Service Class 2

02/03/2012

02/03/2012

$1.557

The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2011, $26,269,863, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

Initial Class designates 51% and 98%; Service Class designates 51% and 100%; and Service Class 2 designates 51% and 100% of the dividends distributed in February and December as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

VIP Index 500 Portfolio

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

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

At its July 2011 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

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

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

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has devoted increased resources to non-U.S. offices.

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

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) rationalizing product lines through the mergers of six funds into other funds; (iii) continuing to migrate the Freedom Funds to dedicated lower cost underlying funds; (iv) obtaining shareholder approval to broaden the investment strategies for Fidelity Consumer Finance Portfolio, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund, and Fidelity Environment and Alternative Energy Portfolio; (v) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees and impose other expense limitations on Spartan 500 Index Fund and U.S. Bond Index Fund in connection with launching new institutional classes of these funds; (vi) changing the name, primary and supplemental benchmarks, and investment policies of Fidelity Global Strategies Fund to support the fund's flexible investment mandate and global orientation; and (vii) reducing the transfer agency account fee rates on certain accounts.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2010, the cumulative total returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a peer group of mutual funds identified by Lipper Inc. as having an investment objective similar to that of the fund. The returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated.

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

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

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

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 0% means that 100% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board. For a more meaningful comparison of management fees, the fund is compared on the basis of a hypothetical "net management fee," which is derived by subtracting payments made by FMR for "fund-level" non-management expenses (including pricing and bookkeeping fees and non-affiliated custody fees) from the fund's management fee. In this regard, the Board realizes that net management fees can vary from year to year because of differences in "fund-level" non-management expenses. The Board noted, however, that FMR does not pay transfer agent fees or other "class-level" expenses (including 12b-1 fees, if applicable) under the fund's management contract.

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The Board noted that the fund's hypothetical net management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2010.

Furthermore, the Board considered that, in July 2011, after the periods shown in the chart above, it had approved an amended and restated management contract (effective September 1, 2011) that lowered the fund's management fee from 10 basis points to 4.5 basis points. The Board also considered that it had approved an amended and restated sub-advisory contract for the fund with Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode) that lowered the sub-advisory fees that FMR pays Geode.

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

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

The Board also considered that the current contractual arrangements for the fund (i) have the effect of setting the total "fund-level" expenses (including, among other expenses, the management fee) at 10 basis points, and (ii) limit the total expenses of the fund's existing classes of shareholders to 10 basis points for Initial Class, 20 basis points for Service Class, and 35 basis points for Service Class 2. These contractual expense limits may not be increased without the approval of the Board and the shareholders of the applicable class.

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2010. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board also noted that Investor Class has higher transfer agent fees than traditional variable annuity classes because it is designed for lower cost annuity products, where the majority of servicing costs are incorporated into the funds' total expense ratios rather than being paid at the annuity level.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

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

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered, including the findings of the Committee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and length of portfolio manager tenure for different categories of funds over time; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key personnel and strategies for attracting and retaining non-investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) historical trends in Fidelity's realization of fall-out benefits; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and Fidelity's compliance practices with respect to performance adjustment calculations; (ix) the fee structures in place for certain other Fidelity clients; and (x) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends, and actions that might be taken by FMR to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes.

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

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Geode Capital Management, LLC

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon
New York, NY

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Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:

Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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

Investments

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

Financial Statements

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

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products are separate account options which are purchased through a variable insurance contract.

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

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

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended December 31, 2011

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Life of
fund
A

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio - Initial Class

-1.36%

-0.40%

2.13%

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio - Service Class

-1.41%

-0.51%

2.02%

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio - Service Class 2

-1.58%

-0.68%

1.85%

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio - Investor Class

-1.35%

-0.49%

2.04%

A From December 27, 2005.

$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio - Initial Class on December 27, 2005, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Russell 2000® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Extreme market volatility took center stage during the 12 months ending December 31, 2011, stealing the spotlight from signs of progress in the global economy. Early in the year, aggressive monetary stimulus by the U.S. federal government, improving credit-market conditions and solid corporate earnings buoyed most major asset classes. As the period progressed, however, fresh worries about sovereign debt in Europe, inflation in China, gridlock over raising the debt ceiling in the U.S. - along with Standard & Poor's early-August downgrade of the nation's long-term sovereign credit rating - and a dimmed outlook for global growth punctured investor confidence and ignited market instability. Domestic equities, as measured by the broad-based S&P 500® Index, gained 2.11%, easily outpacing the 13.61% decline of MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index, a proxy for foreign stocks. Within the MSCI index, emerging markets declined the most (-18%), with investments here generally held back by a stronger U.S. dollar. The U.K. (-3%) fared better than the rest of Europe (-15%), which was the second-worst-performing index component. Bolstered by periodic flights to quality, U.S. investment-grade bonds posted a 7.84% advance, as reflected by the Barclays Capital® U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, outperforming the 4.37% gain of high-yield securities, as represented by The BofA Merrill LynchSM US High Yield Constrained Index. Hampered by financial woes in Europe, the sovereign debt of major developed markets outside the U.S. rose 4.86%, according to the Citigroup® Non-USD Group-of-Seven (G7) Equal Weighted Index, while the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBI Global) advanced 8.46%, despite the currency head wind.

Comments from Maximilian Kaufmann, Portfolio Manager of the Geode Capital Management, LLC, investment management team for VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio: For the year, the fund's share classes lost modest ground but significantly outpaced the Russell 2000® Index. (For specific portfolio results, please refer to the performance section of this report.) Security selection in the consumer discretionary, information technology, financials and energy sectors had the greatest positive impact on the fund's relative performance, while stock picking in materials and, to a lesser extent, telecommunication services, hampered results the most. On an individual basis, Domino's Pizza, whose shares more than doubled during 2011, was the top contributor. The pizza chain's stock rose in part on better-than-expected profits and strong international same-store sales. PriceSmart, a U.S.-based membership warehouse club with a dominant presence in Central America, also added significant value. Other notable contributors included solar-energy semiconductor manufacturer GT Solar International (which changed its name in August to GT Advanced Technologies); Hercules Offshore, a provider of energy drilling services; wireless-communications equipment maker Powerwave Technologies; and Buckeye Technologies, a materials company specializing in cellulose-based products. On the negative side, mining stocks Golden Star Resources and Hecla Mining were disappointments, while shares of for-profit higher education company Lincoln Educational Services declined after the company cut its revenue forecast for 2011. Five Star Quality Care, an operator of assisted-living centers, underperformed, as did Global Sources, a Bermuda-based media and marketing firm, and Global Crossing, a telecommunications-network operator acquired by Level 3 Communications in October. Some of the stocks I've mentioned in this update were no longer held at period end.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2011

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2011

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
July 1, 2011 to
December 31, 2011

Initial Class

.92%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 912.70

$ 4.44

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.57

$ 4.69

Service Class

1.02%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 911.60

$ 4.91

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.06

$ 5.19

Service Class 2

1.25%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 911.40

$ 6.02

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.90

$ 6.36

Investor Class

.99%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 912.70

$ 4.77

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.21

$ 5.04

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

0.8

0.6

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

0.8

0.4

ViroPharma, Inc.

0.8

0.5

Centene Corp.

0.7

0.3

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

0.7

0.5

Hexcel Corp.

0.7

0.0

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

0.7

0.5

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

0.7

0.3

Cleco Corp.

0.7

0.6

Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.

0.7

0.6

 

7.3

Top Five Market Sectors as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Financials

19.9

18.2

Information Technology

16.5

19.7

Consumer Discretionary

14.4

13.1

Industrials

13.9

12.9

Health Care

11.0

11.6

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of December 31, 2011*

As of June 30, 2011**

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 100.0%

 

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 99.9%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 0.0%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 0.1%

 

* Foreign investments

3.1%

 

** Foreign investments

2.5%

 

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Investments December 31, 2011

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.9%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 14.4%

Auto Components - 0.7%

Dana Holding Corp. (a)

26,297

$ 319,509

Standard Motor Products, Inc.

11,570

231,979

 

551,488

Distributors - 0.0%

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.

203

8,039

VOXX International Corp. (a)

3,300

27,885

 

35,924

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.5%

Capella Education Co. (a)

737

26,569

Lincoln Educational Services Corp.

22,253

175,799

Sotheby's Class A (Ltd. vtg.)

5,150

146,930

 

349,298

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.6%

AFC Enterprises, Inc. (a)

1,779

26,151

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

17,317

299,411

Biglari Holdings, Inc. (a)

470

173,073

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

11,275

378,164

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (a)

3,229

37,360

CEC Entertainment, Inc.

1,400

48,230

DineEquity, Inc. (a)

1,625

68,591

Domino's Pizza, Inc. (a)(d)

16,314

553,860

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (a)

8,872

58,023

Multimedia Games Holdng Co., Inc. (a)

1,365

10,838

Papa John's International, Inc. (a)

8,189

308,562

Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. (a)

12,747

63,353

Scientific Games Corp. Class A (a)

16,479

159,846

Shuffle Master, Inc. (a)

1,453

17,029

Sonic Corp. (a)

37,629

253,243

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (a)

8,088

237,383

 

2,693,117

Household Durables - 1.7%

American Greetings Corp. Class A

23

288

Blyth, Inc.

4,154

235,947

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

9,632

295,702

iRobot Corp. (a)(d)

4,875

145,519

Libbey, Inc. (a)

5,276

67,216

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. (a)(d)

5,260

276,308

Tupperware Brands Corp.

5,085

284,607

 

1,305,587

Leisure Equipment & Products - 1.4%

Arctic Cat, Inc. (a)

12,248

276,192

Brunswick Corp.

5,605

101,226

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. Class A (a)

3,150

17,609

Polaris Industries, Inc.

6,536

365,885

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (a)

1,846

8,049

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (a)

642

16,076

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

8,250

276,045

 

1,061,082

 

Shares

Value

Media - 0.4%

Digital Generation, Inc. (a)(d)

13,192

$ 157,249

Global Sources Ltd. (a)

36,571

177,369

Valassis Communications, Inc. (a)

3

58

 

334,676

Specialty Retail - 5.1%

Aeropostale, Inc. (a)(d)

16,712

254,858

America's Car Mart, Inc. (a)(d)

1,867

73,149

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

43

623

bebe Stores, Inc.

10,900

90,797

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp.

1,500

15,660

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (a)

723

6,117

Conn's, Inc. (a)

12,318

136,730

Express, Inc.

17,523

349,409

Finish Line, Inc. Class A (d)

20,371

392,855

GNC Holdings, Inc.

10,335

299,198

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

3,590

185,962

Kirkland's, Inc. (a)

429

5,706

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (a)(d)

36,316

505,882

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

15,698

580,826

Select Comfort Corp. (a)(d)

17,976

389,899

Stein Mart, Inc.

6,816

46,417

Systemax, Inc. (a)

1,715

28,143

The Cato Corp. Class A (sub. vtg.)

13,325

322,465

Tractor Supply Co.

3,069

215,290

 

3,899,986

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.0%

Crocs, Inc. (a)

6,014

88,827

Fossil, Inc. (a)

857

68,012

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (a)(d)

19,174

312,344

Movado Group, Inc.

13,868

251,982

 

721,165

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

10,952,323

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.4%

Beverages - 0.2%

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. CONSOLIDATED

2,268

132,791

National Beverage Corp.

1,025

16,472

 

149,263

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.5%

Andersons, Inc.

1,725

75,314

Casey's General Stores, Inc.

4,141

213,303

Ingles Markets, Inc. Class A

500

7,530

PriceSmart, Inc. (d)

1,675

116,563

Rite Aid Corp. (a)

40,863

51,487

Ruddick Corp.

11,976

510,657

Spartan Stores, Inc.

2,399

44,382

Susser Holdings Corp. (a)

2,133

48,248

The Pantry, Inc. (a)

1,118

13,382

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

CONSUMER STAPLES - continued

Food & Staples Retailing - continued

Village Super Market, Inc. Class A

1

$ 28

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (a)(d)

7,334

68,793

 

1,149,687

Food Products - 1.7%

B&G Foods, Inc. Class A

19,702

474,227

Darling International, Inc. (a)(d)

20,556

273,189

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

12,807

320,303

Seneca Foods Corp. Class A (a)

458

11,826

Smart Balance, Inc. (a)

34,131

182,942

 

1,262,487

Personal Products - 1.0%

Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (a)

4,832

178,977

Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (a)

3,648

56,617

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A (d)

10,865

527,713

Nutraceutical International Corp. (a)

600

6,792

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. (a)

2,672

28,590

 

798,689

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

3,360,126

ENERGY - 6.3%

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.8%

Bristow Group, Inc.

3,021

143,165

Complete Production Services, Inc. (a)

2,236

75,040

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

5,757

168,162

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)(d)

28,815

455,277

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (a)(d)

50,330

223,465

Newpark Resources, Inc. (a)(d)

44,017

418,162

OYO Geospace Corp. (a)

3,804

294,163

RigNet, Inc.

7,990

133,753

Tesco Corp. (a)

12,055

152,375

TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a)

4,915

45,906

 

2,109,468

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.5%

Alon USA Energy, Inc.

17,562

152,965

Callon Petroleum Co. (a)

15,753

78,292

CAMAC Energy, Inc. (a)(d)

13,092

13,223

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. (a)(d)

15,091

291,558

Crosstex Energy, Inc.

13,511

170,779

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

20,480

383,590

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

8

91

Golar LNG Ltd. (NASDAQ)

5,987

266,122

Petroquest Energy, Inc. (a)(d)

9,112

60,139

Rex American Resources Corp. (a)

4,281

94,653

Stone Energy Corp. (a)(d)

13,886

366,313

Targa Resources Corp.

2,700

109,863

Vaalco Energy, Inc. (a)(d)

50,271

303,637

 

Shares

Value

Warren Resources, Inc. (a)(d)

21,091

$ 68,757

Western Refining, Inc.

22,394

297,616

 

2,657,598

TOTAL ENERGY

4,767,066

FINANCIALS - 19.9%

Capital Markets - 1.2%

American Capital Ltd. (a)

49,446

332,772

Arlington Asset Investment Corp.

3,590

76,575

Artio Global Investors, Inc. Class A

6,518

31,808

Gleacher & Co., Inc. (a)

20,504

34,447

Kohlberg Capital Corp.

8,831

55,724

Medallion Financial Corp.

1,963

22,339

Prospect Capital Corp.

165

1,533

SWS Group, Inc.

1,694

11,638

TICC Capital Corp.

13,103

113,341

Triangle Capital Corp.

11,287

215,807

 

895,984

Commercial Banks - 4.6%

Alliance Financial Corp.

1,836

56,696

American National Bankshares, Inc.

2,172

42,332

BancFirst Corp.

1,406

52,781

Banco Latin Americano de Exporaciones SA (BLADEX) Series E

20,068

322,091

Bank of Marin Bancorp

1,486

55,859

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

9,520

282,078

Banner Bank

19,995

342,914

BBCN Bancorp, Inc. (a)

2,976

28,123

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

5,604

44,496

Central Pacific Financial Corp. (a)

5,069

65,491

Citizens & Northern Corp.

3,781

69,835

Columbia Banking Systems, Inc.

1,087

20,946

Community Bank System, Inc.

2,709

75,310

Eagle Bancorp, Inc., Maryland (a)

4,219

61,344

Financial Institutions, Inc.

411

6,634

First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc.

1,293

16,848

First Merchants Corp.

7,440

63,017

Hanmi Financial Corp. (a)

17,430

128,982

MainSource Financial Group, Inc.

2,696

23,806

Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

8,818

257,486

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

5,561

46,935

Old National Bancorp, Indiana

16,772

195,394

Pacific Capital Bancorp NA (a)

9,859

278,418

Park Sterling Corp. (a)

1,480

6,038

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

13,908

152,710

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

1,167

47,088

Republic Bancorp, Inc., Kentucky Class A

11,204

256,572

SCBT Financial Corp.

957

27,763

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

3,042

65,890

Southwest Bancorp, Inc., Oklahoma (a)

3,460

20,622

State Bank Financial Corp. (a)

7,683

116,090

Sterling Financial Corp., Washington (a)

540

9,018

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

FINANCIALS - continued

Commercial Banks - continued

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

2,644

$ 22,157

Tompkins Financial Corp.

12

462

Washington Banking Co., Oak Harbor

381

4,538

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

4,082

97,397

WesBanco, Inc.

6,328

123,206

 

3,487,367

Consumer Finance - 2.9%

Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc. (d)

42,928

384,206

Cash America International, Inc. (d)

7,993

372,714

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)

3,382

278,271

EZCORP, Inc. (non-vtg.) Class A (a)

13,175

347,425

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. (a)(d)

6,899

242,086

Nelnet, Inc. Class A

19,104

467,475

Nicholas Financial, Inc.

172

2,205

World Acceptance Corp. (a)

1,772

130,242

 

2,224,624

Diversified Financial Services - 0.7%

Compass Diversified Holdings

4,202

52,063

Encore Capital Group, Inc. (a)

8,091

172,015

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

7,041

212,005

PHH Corp. (a)

5,017

53,682

Vector Capital Corp. rights

5,673

0

 

489,765

Insurance - 1.4%

Amerisafe, Inc. (a)

473

10,997

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.

3,571

84,811

Employers Holdings, Inc.

1,558

28,184

FBL Financial Group, Inc. Class A (d)

10,511

357,584

First American Financial Corp.

3,888

49,261

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.

11,853

98,261

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

1,512

20,730

Maiden Holdings Ltd.

37,534

328,798

Primerica, Inc.

979

22,752

ProAssurance Corp.

714

56,991

Symetra Financial Corp.

3,188

28,915

 

1,087,284

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 8.2%

Alexanders, Inc.

768

284,183

American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.

249

4,686

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp.

61,186

384,248

Capstead Mortgage Corp.

33,681

418,992

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

26,250

412,125

Crexus Investment Corp.

26,990

280,156

CubeSmart

18,600

197,904

Dynex Capital, Inc.

13,673

124,834

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

10,200

104,346

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

7,255

483,836

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

10,467

253,615

 

Shares

Value

Hatteras Financial Corp.

1,001

$ 26,396

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (SBI)

12,715

377,254

Home Properties, Inc. (d)

8,420

484,739

LTC Properties, Inc.

13,249

408,864

MFA Financial, Inc.

67,372

452,740

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

3,396

212,420

Mission West Properties, Inc.

9,055

81,676

National Health Investors, Inc.

1,729

76,041

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (d)

11,720

55,904

Pennymac Mortgage Investment Trust

9,126

151,674

PS Business Parks, Inc.

6,943

384,850

RAIT Financial Trust (d)

21,300

101,175

RLJ Lodging Trust

3,022

50,860

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

1,511

18,268

Saul Centers, Inc.

4,475

158,505

Universal Health Realty Income Trust (SBI)

1,156

45,084

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. Class A

1,704

30,808

Winthrop Realty Trust

11,897

120,992

 

6,187,175

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.9%

BofI Holding, Inc. (a)(d)

15,099

245,359

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.

13,395

168,777

Doral Financial Corp. (a)

26,084

24,936

Flushing Financial Corp.

6,509

82,209

Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc.

3,859

48,739

Kaiser Federal Financial Group, Inc.

3,381

43,344

NASB Financial, Inc. (a)

276

2,956

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

5,678

82,217

 

698,537

TOTAL FINANCIALS

15,070,736

HEALTH CARE - 11.0%

Biotechnology - 2.0%

Affymax, Inc. (a)

225

1,487

Alkermes PLC (a)

2,900

50,344

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

70,469

133,186

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

15,931

274,013

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

916

31,520

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,205

47,742

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)

4,000

67,360

Medivation, Inc. (a)

849

39,147

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (a)

33,953

63,832

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

4,588

38,998

ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

1,944

85,439

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

4,118

22,031

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

69,873

433,213

SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

26,303

112,840

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

9,638

141,004

 

1,542,156

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.1%

Accuray, Inc. (a)(d)

697

2,948

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

HEALTH CARE - continued

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - continued

ArthroCare Corp. (a)(d)

11,615

$ 367,963

Atrion Corp.

100

24,023

Cantel Medical Corp.

3,867

108,005

CONMED Corp. (a)

3,373

86,585

Greatbatch, Inc. (a)(d)

12,474

275,675

Haemonetics Corp. (a)(d)

1,129

69,117

Invacare Corp.

11,981

183,189

Kensey Nash Corp.

3,885

74,553

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

4,300

39,173

RTI Biologics, Inc. (a)

48,333

214,599

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

7,028

309,513

SurModics, Inc. (a)

3,716

54,477

Symmetry Medical, Inc. (a)

3,100

24,769

Thoratec Corp. (a)

10,968

368,086

Young Innovations, Inc.

4,990

147,854

 

2,350,529

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.2%

Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc. (a)

2,800

3,528

AMERIGROUP Corp. (a)(d)

5,821

343,905

Centene Corp. (a)

14,055

556,437

Chemed Corp. (d)

3,549

181,744

Chindex International, Inc. (a)(d)

4,096

34,898

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (a)

64,164

192,492

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (a)

9,623

476,050

Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. (a)

2,931

21,895

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)(d)

16,901

377,399

National Healthcare Corp.

359

15,042

PharMerica Corp. (a)

17,160

260,489

Providence Service Corp. (a)

6,643

91,408

Select Medical Holdings Corp. (a)

500

4,240

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (a)

1,220

6,661

Triple-S Management Corp. (a)

2,343

46,907

Universal American Spin Corp. (a)

1,538

19,548

Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

9,840

516,600

 

3,149,243

Health Care Technology - 0.3%

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

1,687

86,223

HealthStream, Inc. (a)(d)

4,274

78,855

MedAssets, Inc. (a)

3,547

32,810

 

197,888

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.2%

Affymetrix, Inc. (a)

36,055

147,465

Medtox Scientific, Inc.

1,143

16,059

 

163,524

Pharmaceuticals - 1.2%

Cornerstone Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

4,638

25,973

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Class A

770

25,603

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (a)

5,524

180,801

Pozen, Inc. (a)

5,871

23,190

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,141

47,443

 

Shares

Value

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (a)

1,408

$ 67,373

ViroPharma, Inc. (a)(d)

20,547

562,782

 

933,165

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

8,336,505

INDUSTRIALS - 13.9%

Aerospace & Defense - 3.5%

AAR Corp.

988

18,940

AeroVironment, Inc. (a)

11,891

374,210

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

549

37,392

Ceradyne, Inc. (a)

9,991

267,559

Cubic Corp.

4,215

183,732

Curtiss-Wright Corp. (d)

15,118

534,119

Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)

6,925

387,592

Hexcel Corp. (a)(d)

22,068

534,266

LMI Aerospace, Inc. (a)

2,222

38,996

Moog, Inc. Class A (a)

6,709

294,726

 

2,671,532

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

6,972

267,934

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (a)

2,749

49,042

 

316,976

Airlines - 1.3%

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

8,067

605,743

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (a)

2,417

14,019

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

5,359

27,867

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (a)

1,877

6,438

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

4,873

76,019

US Airways Group, Inc. (a)

43,261

219,333

 

949,419

Building Products - 0.2%

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

11,478

160,233

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.7%

Cenveo, Inc. (a)

1,738

5,909

Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (a)

5,030

242,848

Courier Corp.

700

8,211

Ennis, Inc.

1,900

25,327

G&K Services, Inc. Class A

12,163

354,065

Intersections, Inc.

9,288

103,004

Multi-Color Corp.

2,411

62,035

Steelcase, Inc. Class A

15,050

112,273

Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (a)

1,645

25,761

Tetra Tech, Inc. (a)(d)

6,970

150,482

TMS International Corp.

2,215

21,884

Unifirst Corp. Massachusetts

2,729

154,843

 

1,266,642

Construction & Engineering - 0.8%

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.

45,689

254,031

Layne Christensen Co. (a)

5,759

139,368

MasTec, Inc. (a)

6,456

112,141

Michael Baker Corp. (a)

442

8,668

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INDUSTRIALS - continued

Construction & Engineering - continued

Pike Electric Corp. (a)

1,926

$ 13,848

Sterling Construction Co., Inc. (a)

4,027

43,371

 

571,427

Electrical Equipment - 0.5%

Brady Corp. Class A

1,497

47,260

EnerSys (a)

2,750

71,418

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

6,800

296,208

 

414,886

Machinery - 3.3%

Alamo Group, Inc.

1,829

49,255

Albany International Corp. Class A

5,972

138,073

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp.

600

11,604

Astec Industries, Inc. (a)(d)

3,271

105,359

Briggs & Stratton Corp. (d)

3,136

48,577

Cascade Corp.

4,616

217,737

CLARCOR, Inc.

6,339

316,887

Colfax Corp. (a)(d)

9,289

264,551

Hurco Companies, Inc. (a)

1,434

30,114

Kadant, Inc. (a)

12,802

289,453

L.B. Foster Co. Class A

2,213

62,606

NACCO Industries, Inc. Class A

287

25,606

Nordson Corp.

7,204

296,661

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

5,044

210,335

Sauer-Danfoss, Inc. (a)

1,898

68,727

Sun Hydraulics Corp.

443

10,379

Tennant Co.

5,383

209,237

Twin Disc, Inc. (d)

3,387

123,016

 

2,478,177

Professional Services - 0.8%

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

300

5,988

CBIZ, Inc. (a)

7,963

48,654

GP Strategies Corp. (a)

1,422

19,169

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

730

28,280

ICF International, Inc. (a)

3,270

81,031

Insperity, Inc.

7,568

191,849

Kelly Services, Inc. Class A (non-vtg.)

9,928

135,815

Kforce, Inc. (a)

1,097

13,526

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (a)

1,063

12,129

On Assignment, Inc. (a)

3,947

44,127

RPX Corp.

1,178

14,902

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

1,757

24,387

 

619,857

Road & Rail - 0.7%

AMERCO

4,117

363,943

Arkansas Best Corp.

7,500

144,525

Quality Distribution, Inc. (a)

3,216

36,180

 

544,648

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.7%

Aceto Corp.

697

4,809

 

Shares

Value

Aircastle Ltd.

2,721

$ 34,611

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

6,504

228,746

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

5,499

111,245

DXP Enterprises, Inc. (a)

1,239

39,896

H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (a)

646

8,669

Interline Brands, Inc. (a)

1,216

18,933

SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.

3,073

45,511

 

492,420

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.0%

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (a)

2,321

32,471

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

10,518,688

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 16.5%

Communications Equipment - 1.2%

Anaren, Inc. (a)

13,920

231,350

Black Box Corp.

2,751

77,138

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (a)(d)

4,075

103,709

Communications Systems, Inc.

1,858

26,123

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

7,000

200,340

Plantronics, Inc.

5,313

189,355

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

1,904

44,744

Tessco Technologies, Inc.

5,096

70,427

 

943,186

Computers & Peripherals - 0.2%

Cray, Inc. (a)

8,260

53,442

Quantum Corp. (a)(d)

14,074

33,778

Xyratex Ltd.

6,077

80,946

 

168,166

Electronic Equipment & Components - 3.0%

Anixter International, Inc. (a)(d)

6,737

401,795

Brightpoint, Inc. (a)

15,588

167,727

Coherent, Inc. (a)

6,679

349,111

Daktronics, Inc.

2,000

19,140

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.

14,921

216,056

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

12,343

188,724

Measurement Specialties, Inc. (a)(d)

3,890

108,764

MTS Systems Corp.

2,190

89,243

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

2,421

49,752

Newport Corp. (a)

19,886

270,648

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

4,560

222,437

PC Connection, Inc.

1,300

14,417

Pulse Electronics Corp.

22

62

SYNNEX Corp. (a)(d)

3,400

103,564

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (a)

2,930

46,821

X-Rite, Inc. (a)

6,387

29,636

 

2,277,897

Internet Software & Services - 0.5%

InfoSpace, Inc. (a)

16,622

182,676

Liquidity Services, Inc. (a)

3,929

144,980

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Internet Software & Services - continued

Perficient, Inc. (a)

1,900

$ 19,019

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

41

1,763

 

348,438

IT Services - 3.4%

Acxiom Corp. (a)

1,814

22,149

CACI International, Inc. Class A (a)

8,664

484,491

Cardtronics, Inc. (a)

10,402

281,478

Convergys Corp. (a)(d)

6,003

76,658

CSG Systems International, Inc. (a)

2,044

30,067

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

6,275

115,962

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (a)

12,854

57,200

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

3,929

95,710

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

7,241

243,370

Maximus, Inc. (d)

10,513

434,713

ServiceSource International, Inc.

759

11,909

Teletech Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

18,701

302,956

TNS, Inc. (a)

608

10,774

Unisys Corp. (a)

4,747

93,563

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

8,223

292,081

 

2,553,081

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.8%

ATMI, Inc. (a)

2,390

47,872

DSP Group, Inc. (a)

80

417

Entegris, Inc. (a)

43,725

381,501

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. (a)

22,637

163,892

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (a)

37,591

347,717

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

25,340

150,520

LTX-Credence Corp. (a)

38,508

206,018

Tessera Technologies, Inc. (a)

1,508

25,259

 

1,323,196

Software - 6.4%

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)(d)

12,117

347,031

Actuate Corp. (a)

18,054

105,796

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

27,442

476,119

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

2,256

96,376

Fair Isaac Corp. (d)

14,204

509,071

JDA Software Group, Inc. (a)

8,376

271,299

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (a)

2,338

16,787

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

10,408

421,316

Monotype Imaging Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

27,113

422,692

NetScout Systems, Inc. (a)(d)

4,531

79,746

Opnet Technologies, Inc. (d)

7,745

284,009

Parametric Technology Corp. (a)

4,676

85,384

Progress Software Corp. (a)(d)

15,154

293,230

QAD, Inc.:

Class A

3,426

35,973

Class B

2,116

21,901

Quest Software, Inc. (a)

19,374

360,356

S1 Corp. (a)

4,700

44,979

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

651

11,757

 

Shares

Value

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)(d)

26,410

$ 357,856

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. Class A (a)(d)

17,377

40,836

TeleNav, Inc. (a)

19,891

155,349

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

14,353

343,180

Vasco Data Security International, Inc. (a)

2,047

13,346

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

3,453

95,096

 

4,889,485

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

12,503,449

MATERIALS - 6.2%

Chemicals - 3.2%

Ferro Corp. (a)

16,827

82,284

FutureFuel Corp.

1,185

14,718

Georgia Gulf Corp. (a)

7,341

143,076

H.B. Fuller Co.

18,469

426,819

Innophos Holdings, Inc.

5,102

247,753

Innospec, Inc. (a)

7,132

200,195

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)(d)

8,704

243,973

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

1,800

101,754

OM Group, Inc. (a)(d)

10,662

238,722

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (a)

6,522

256,771

Sensient Technologies Corp.

2,487

94,257

TPC Group, Inc. (a)

9,705

226,418

Tredegar Corp.

2,329

51,750

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

2,842

130,505

 

2,458,995

Construction Materials - 0.0%

Headwaters, Inc. (a)

2,897

6,431

Containers & Packaging - 0.2%

Boise, Inc.

4,379

31,178

Myers Industries, Inc.

7,904

97,535

 

128,713

Metals & Mining - 1.2%

Golden Star Resources Ltd. (a)

90,821

148,931

Hecla Mining Co. (d)

66,514

347,868

Noranda Aluminium Holding Corp.

10,540

86,955

Worthington Industries, Inc. (d)

19,000

311,220

 

894,974

Paper & Forest Products - 1.6%

Buckeye Technologies, Inc.

14,981

500,965

Domtar Corp.

4,403

352,064

Glatfelter

11,472

161,985

Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp. (a)

13,688

215,449

 

1,230,463

TOTAL MATERIALS

4,719,576

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.8%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

Cbeyond, Inc. (a)

1,491

11,943

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - continued

Diversified Telecommunication Services - continued

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

7,118

$ 135,598

HickoryTech Corp.

1,345

14,903

inContact, Inc. (a)

197

873

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

11,013

187,111

Premiere Global Services, Inc. (a)

3,930

33,287

Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)

100,945

247,315

 

631,030

UTILITIES - 3.5%

Electric Utilities - 2.5%

Cleco Corp. (d)

13,672

520,903

El Paso Electric Co. (d)

13,947

483,124

Empire District Electric Co.

8,753

184,601

IDACORP, Inc.

1,404

59,544

MGE Energy, Inc.

2,822

131,985

Portland General Electric Co.

18,815

475,831

Unisource Energy Corp.

1,506

55,602

 

1,911,590

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

2,260

97,971

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

788

26,776

Southwest Gas Corp.

3,042

129,255

 

254,002

Multi-Utilities - 0.6%

Avista Corp.

3,166

81,525

NorthWestern Energy Corp.

9,752

349,024

 

430,549

Water Utilities - 0.1%

California Water Service Group

2,324

42,436

Consolidated Water Co., Inc.

785

6,735

 

49,171

TOTAL UTILITIES

2,645,312

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $72,455,168)


73,504,811

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.2%

 

Principal Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.03% to 0.06% 1/19/12 to 3/15/12 (e)
(Cost $179,994)

$ 180,000


179,998

Money Market Funds - 23.1%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.11% (b)

2,131,014

$ 2,131,014

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.13% (b)(c)

15,413,178

15,413,178

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $17,544,192)


17,544,192

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 120.2%

(Cost $90,179,354)

91,229,001

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (20.2)%

(15,330,394)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 75,898,607

Futures Contracts

Expiration Date

Underlying Face Amount at Value

Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

32 NYFE Russell 2000 Mini Index Contracts

March 2012

$ 2,364,160

$ 16,170

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 3.1%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

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

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

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

(e) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $179,998.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 3,651

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

54,862

Total

$ 58,513

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2011, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the 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:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 10,952,323

$ 10,952,323

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

3,360,126

3,360,126

-

-

Energy

4,767,066

4,767,066

-

-

Financials

15,070,736

15,070,736

-

-

Health Care

8,336,505

8,336,505

-

-

Industrials

10,518,688

10,518,688

-

-

Information Technology

12,503,449

12,503,449

-

-

Materials

4,719,576

4,719,576

-

-

Telecommunication Services

631,030

631,030

-

-

Utilities

2,645,312

2,645,312

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

179,998

-

179,998

-

Money Market Funds

17,544,192

17,544,192

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 91,229,001

$ 91,049,003

$ 179,998

$ -

Derivative Instruments:

Assets

Futures Contracts

$ 16,170

$ 16,170

$ -

$ -

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of December 31, 2011. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ 16,170

$ -

Total Value of Derivatives

$ 16,170

$ -

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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

Annual Report


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

December 31, 2011

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $14,901,238) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $72,635,162)

$ 73,684,809

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $17,544,192)

17,544,192

 

Total Investments (cost $90,179,354)

 

$ 91,229,001

Segregated cash with broker for futures contracts

76,000

Cash

 

7,000

Receivable for fund shares sold

66,103

Dividends receivable

123,923

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

4,714

Prepaid expenses

277

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

17

Total assets

91,507,035

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for fund shares redeemed

97,310

Accrued management fee

44,409

Distribution and service plan fees payable

360

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

8,128

Other affiliated payables

10,318

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,725

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

15,413,178

Total liabilities

15,608,428

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 75,898,607

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 74,894,590

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(7,973)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

(53,827)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

1,065,817

Net Assets

$ 75,898,607

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

December 31, 2011

Initial Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($19,809,492 ÷ 1,810,595 shares)

$ 10.94

 

 

 

Service Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($234,600 ÷ 21,397 shares)

$ 10.96

 

 

 

Service Class 2:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,656,402 ÷ 151,171 shares)

$ 10.96

 

 

 

Investor Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($54,198,113 ÷ 4,964,242 shares)

$ 10.92

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2011

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,041,488

Interest

 

574

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

58,513

Total income

 

1,100,575

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 563,120

Transfer agent fees

112,959

Distribution and service plan fees

5,043

Accounting and security lending fees

32,639

Custodian fees and expenses

11,389

Independent trustees' compensation

444

Audit

46,884

Legal

282

Miscellaneous

606

Total expenses before reductions

773,366

Expense reductions

(1,550)

771,816

Net investment income (loss)

328,759

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

8,079,976

Futures contracts

504,139

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

8,584,115

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(10,976,050)

Futures contracts

(151,339)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(11,127,389)

Net gain (loss)

(2,543,274)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (2,214,515)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
December 31,
2011

Year ended
December 31,
2010

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 328,759

$ 176,322

Net realized gain (loss)

8,584,115

2,273,230

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(11,127,389)

8,917,095

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

(2,214,515)

11,366,647

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(345,088)

(190,826)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

6,046,479

18,986,293

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

3,486,876

30,162,114

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

72,411,731

42,249,617

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $7,973 and undistributed net investment income of $0, respectively)

$ 75,898,607

$ 72,411,731

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

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Financial Highlights - Initial Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 11.15

$ 8.91

$ 7.32

$ 11.17

$ 11.56

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .05

.04

.04

.07

.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.20)

2.24

1.59

(3.84)

(.32)

Total from investment operations

  (.15)

2.28

1.63

(3.77)

(.27)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

(.04)

(.04)

(.08)

(.06)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

(.07)

Total distributions

  (.06)

(.04)

(.04)

(.08)

(.12) G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.94

$ 11.15

$ 8.91

$ 7.32

$ 11.17

Total Return A, B

  (1.36)%

25.54%

22.28%

(33.72)%

(2.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .91%

.95%

1.05%

1.04%

1.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .91%

.94%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .91%

.94%

1.00%

1.00%

1.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .47%

.41%

.56%

.71%

.45%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 19,809

$ 19,742

$ 13,864

$ 8,381

$ 11,668

Portfolio turnover rate E

  90%

71%

81%

87%

113%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.059 and distributions from net realized gain of $.065 per share.

Financial Highlights - Service Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 11.16

$ 8.92

$ 7.33

$ 11.17

$ 11.56

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .04

.03

.03

.06

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.20)

2.23

1.58

(3.84)

(.31)

Total from investment operations

  (.16)

2.26

1.61

(3.78)

(.27)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.04)

(.02)

(.02)

(.06)

(.05)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

(.07)

Total distributions

  (.04)

(.02)

(.02)

(.06)

(.12) G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.96

$ 11.16

$ 8.92

$ 7.33

$ 11.17

Total Return A, B

  (1.41)%

25.35%

22.03%

(33.79)%

(2.40)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.01%

1.04%

1.10%

1.10%

1.09%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.01%

1.04%

1.10%

1.10%

1.09%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.01%

1.04%

1.10%

1.10%

1.08%

Net investment income (loss)

  .38%

.32%

.46%

.61%

.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 235

$ 327

$ 426

$ 631

$ 1,411

Portfolio turnover rate E

  90%

71%

81%

87%

113%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.051 and distributions from net realized gain of $.065 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Service Class 2

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 11.15

$ 8.92

$ 7.33

$ 11.15

$ 11.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .02

.01

.02

.04

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.20)

2.23

1.59

(3.82)

(.32)

Total from investment operations

  (.18)

2.24

1.61

(3.78)

(.30)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

(.01)

(.02)

(.04)

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

(.07)

Total distributions

  (.01)

(.01)

(.02)

(.04)

(.10) G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.96

$ 11.15

$ 8.92

$ 7.33

$ 11.15

Total Return A, B

  (1.58)%

25.07%

21.94%

(33.91)%

(2.60)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.26%

1.28%

1.41%

1.32%

1.24%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.25%

1.25%

1.25%

1.25%

1.24%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.25%

1.25%

1.25%

1.25%

1.24%

Net investment income (loss)

  .14%

.11%

.31%

.46%

.21%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,656

$ 2,513

$ 1,535

$ 1,494

$ 4,143

Portfolio turnover rate E

  90%

71%

81%

87%

113%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Total distributions of $.10 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.038 and distributions from net realized gain of $.065 per share.

Financial Highlights - Investor Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 11.12

$ 8.89

$ 7.31

$ 11.15

$ 11.55

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .04

.03

.04

.06

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.19)

2.23

1.57

(3.83)

(.32)

Total from investment operations

  (.15)

2.26

1.61

(3.77)

(.28)

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

(.03)

(.03)

(.07)

(.05)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

(.07)

Total distributions

  (.05)

(.03)

(.03)

(.07)

(.12) G

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.92

$ 11.12

$ 8.89

$ 7.31

$ 11.15

Total Return A, B

  (1.35)%

25.44%

22.09%

(33.77)%

(2.50)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .99%

1.02%

1.12%

1.10%

1.10%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .98%

1.01%

1.08%

1.08%

1.10%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .98%

1.01%

1.08%

1.08%

1.10%

Net investment income (loss)

  .40%

.34%

.48%

.63%

.35%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 54,198

$ 49,830

$ 26,426

$ 16,331

$ 21,872

Portfolio turnover rate E

  90%

71%

81%

87%

113%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Total distributions of $.12 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.050 and distributions from net realized gain of $.065 per share.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended December 31, 2011

1. Organization.

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II (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. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

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

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

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments. When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or reliable, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Factors used in determining value may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The value used for net asset value (NAV) calculation under these procedures may differ from published prices for the same securities.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

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 December 31, 2011, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments. 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 an independent 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 significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy in these circumstances. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing matrices which consider similar factors that would be used by independent pricing services. These 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 each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will result in additional disclosures for transfers between levels as well as expanded disclosure for security categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities.

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

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2011, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.

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

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

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, market discount, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 9,199,556

Gross unrealized depreciation

(8,213,035)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 986,521

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 90,242,480

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

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 6,520

Undistributed long-term capital gain

$ 25,467

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 986,521

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Ordinary Income

$ 345,088

$ 190,826

4. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund used derivative instruments (derivatives), including futures contracts in order to meet its investment objectives. The strategy is to use derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade. Derivatives involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

The underlying face amount at value of open futures contracts at period end is shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." This amount reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Certain risks arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid market limits the ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $504,139 and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(151,339) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $84,785,020 and $69,860,204, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .45% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .71% of the Fund's average net assets.

Sub-Adviser. Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode), serves as sub-adviser for the Fund. Geode provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Fund and is paid by FMR for providing these services.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.

For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services were as follows:

Service Class

$ 288

Service Class 2

4,755

 

$ 5,043

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class (with the exception of Investor Class) pays a transfer agent fee, excluding out of pocket expenses, equal to an annual rate of .07% of average net assets. Investor Class pays a monthly asset-based transfer agent fee of .15% of average net assets. In addition, FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of .0045% of average net assets for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. FIIOC voluntarily agreed to waive this fee for the period August 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (see expense reduction note). For the period, transfer agent fees for each class, including printing and out of pocket expenses, were as follows:

Initial Class

$ 18,692

Service Class

247

Service Class 2

3,501

Investor Class

90,519

 

$ 112,959

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

7. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.0 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $228 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

8. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the

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8. Security Lending - continued

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $54,862. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

9. Expense Reductions.

In addition to FIIOC waiving a portion of its transfer agent fee, FMR voluntarily agreed to reimburse each class to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded certain levels of average net assets as noted in the table below. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement.

Expenses were reimbursed and/or waived for the following classes during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement/
Waiver

Initial Class

1.00%

$ 366

Service Class

1.10%

5

Service Class 2

1.25%

221

Investor Class

1.08%

958

 

 

$ 1,550

10. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

From net investment income

 

 

Initial Class

$ 102,021

$ 57,782

Service Class

895

657

Service Class 2

1,949

1,252

Investor Class

240,223

131,135

Total

$ 345,088

$ 190,826

11. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Initial Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

799,889

872,164

$ 9,258,309

$ 8,757,192

Reinvestment of distributions

9,535

5,259

102,021

57,782

Shares redeemed

(770,169)

(662,913)

(8,596,529)

(6,175,473)

Net increase (decrease)

39,255

214,510

$ 763,801

$ 2,639,501

Service Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

-

-

$ -

$ -

Reinvestment of distributions

84

60

895

657

Shares redeemed

(7,941)

(18,520)

(86,551)

(177,365)

Net increase (decrease)

(7,857)

(18,460)

$ (85,656)

$ (176,708)

Service Class 2

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

112,730

109,184

$ 1,294,995

$ 1,100,967

Reinvestment of distributions

182

118

1,949

1,252

Shares redeemed

(187,048)

(56,115)

(2,135,089)

(539,602)

Net increase (decrease)

(74,136)

53,187

$ (838,145)

$ 562,617

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,193,939

2,258,001

$ 25,259,132

$ 22,969,167

Reinvestment of distributions

22,493

11,942

240,223

131,135

Shares redeemed

(1,732,651)

(762,231)

(19,292,876)

(7,139,419)

Net increase (decrease)

483,781

1,507,712

$ 6,206,479

$ 15,960,883

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

12. Other.

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

At the end of the period, FMR or its affiliates were the owners of record of 98% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Shareholders of VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio (the Fund), a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II, including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio as of December 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 10, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 226 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 429 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Trustees and Officers - continued

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

Interested Trustees*:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (76)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

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

Ronald P. O'Hanley (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

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

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

Independent Trustees:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Alan J. Lacy (58)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Ned C. Lautenbach (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (1999-present); a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present); and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Robert W. Selander (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Cornelia M. Small (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

William S. Stavropoulos (72)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

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

David M. Thomas (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Michael E. Wiley (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

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

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (81)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Peter S. Lynch (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

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

Kenneth B. Robins (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Brian B. Hogan (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Thomas C. Hense (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008 or 2010

Vice President of Fidelity's High Income (2008), Small Cap (2008), and Value (2010) Funds. Previously, Mr. Hense served as a portfolio manager for Fidelity's Institutional Money Management Group (Pyramis) (2003-2008).

Scott C. Goebel (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

William C. Coffey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Holly C. Laurent (57)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006).

Christine Reynolds (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Kenneth A. Rathgeber (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2004

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Rathgeber is Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), FMR (2005-present), FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2005-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2005-present), Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC (2005-present), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2005-present).

Jeffrey S. Christian (50)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Christian is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Chief Financial Officer (2008-2009) of certain Fidelity funds and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-2009).

Joseph F. Zambello (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Adrien E. Deberghes (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Stephanie J. Dorsey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

John R. Hebble (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Gary W. Ryan (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Jonathan Davis (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Initial Class

02/03/11

02/03/11

$0.001

$0.004

Service Class

02/03/11

02/03/11

$0.001

$0.004

Service Class 2

02/03/11

02/03/11

$0.001

$0.004

Investor Class

02/03/11

02/03/11

$0.001

$0.004

The fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2011, $25,466, or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.

Initial Class, Service Class, Service Class 2, and Investor Class designate 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

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

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

At its July 2011 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

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

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

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

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

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

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Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) rationalizing product lines through the mergers of six funds into other funds; (iii) continuing to migrate the Freedom Funds to dedicated lower cost underlying funds; (iv) obtaining shareholder approval to broaden the investment strategies for Fidelity Consumer Finance Portfolio, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund, and Fidelity Environment and Alternative Energy Portfolio; (v) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees and impose other expense limitations on Spartan 500 Index Fund and U.S. Bond Index Fund in connection with launching new institutional classes of these funds; (vi) changing the name, primary and supplemental benchmarks, and investment policies of Fidelity Global Strategies Fund to support the fund's flexible investment mandate and global orientation; and (vii) reducing the transfer agency account fee rates on certain accounts.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against a broad-based securities market index. The Board noted that FMR does not believe that a meaningful peer group exists against which to compare the fund's performance. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2010, the cumulative total returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 of the fund and the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"). The returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance).

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

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The Board noted that the investment performance of the fund was lower than its benchmark for all the periods shown. The Board considered that the variations in performance among the fund's classes reflect the variations in class expenses, which result in lower performance for higher expense classes. The Board discussed with FMR actions that have been taken by FMR to improve the fund's below-benchmark performance. The Board noted that this fund had underperformed in 2009 and discussed with FMR its disappointment with the continued underperformance of the fund. The Board also reviewed the fund's performance since inception as well as performance in the current year. The Board will continue to closely monitor the performance of the fund in the coming year and discuss with FMR other appropriate actions to address the performance of the fund.

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

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

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 9% means that 91% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

VIP Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2010.

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

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

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each of Initial Class, Investor Class, and Service Class ranked below its competitive median for 2010 and the total expense ratio of Service Class 2 ranked above its competitive median for 2010. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board also noted that Investor Class has higher transfer agent fees than traditional variable annuity classes because it is designed for lower cost annuity products, where the majority of servicing costs are incorporated into the funds' total expense ratios rather than being paid at the annuity level. The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.

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

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Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable, although Service Class 2 was above the median of the universe presented for comparison, in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered, including the findings of the Committee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and length of portfolio manager tenure for different categories of funds over time; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key personnel and strategies for attracting and retaining non-investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) historical trends in Fidelity's realization of fall-out benefits; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and Fidelity's compliance practices with respect to performance adjustment calculations; (ix) the fee structures in place for certain other Fidelity clients; and (x) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends, and actions that might be taken by FMR to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes.

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

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

Geode Capital Management, LLC

FMR Co., Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Custodian

The Northern Trust Company

Chicago, IL

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Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:

Contrafund Portfolio

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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

Investments

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

Financial Statements

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

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products are separate account options which are purchased through a variable insurance contract.

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

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

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended December 31, 2011

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Initial Class

-2.53%

0.95%

6.30%

VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class

-2.64%

0.85%

6.19%

VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2

-2.78%

0.69%

6.03%

VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Investor Class A

-2.62%

0.85%

6.22%

A The initial offering of Investor Class shares took place on July 21, 2005. Returns prior to July 21, 2005, are those of Initial Class. Had Investor Class's transfer agent fee been reflected, returns prior to July 21, 2005, would have been lower.

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Initial Class on December 31, 2001. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Extreme market volatility took center stage during the 12 months ending December 31, 2011, stealing the spotlight from signs of progress in the global economy. Early in the year, aggressive monetary stimulus by the U.S. federal government, improving credit-market conditions and solid corporate earnings buoyed most major asset classes. As the period progressed, however, fresh worries about sovereign debt in Europe, inflation in China, gridlock over raising the debt ceiling in the U.S. - along with Standard & Poor's early-August downgrade of the nation's long-term sovereign credit rating - and a dimmed outlook for global growth punctured investor confidence and ignited market instability. Domestic equities, as measured by the broad-based S&P 500® Index, gained 2.11%, easily outpacing the 13.61% decline of MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index, a proxy for foreign stocks. Within the MSCI index, emerging markets declined the most (-18%), with investments here generally held back by a stronger U.S. dollar. The U.K. (-3%) fared better than the rest of Europe (-15%), which was the second-worst-performing index component. Bolstered by periodic flights to quality, U.S. investment-grade bonds posted a 7.84% advance, as reflected by the Barclays Capital® U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, outperforming the 4.37% gain of high-yield securities, as represented by The BofA Merrill LynchSM US High Yield Constrained Index. Hampered by financial woes in Europe, the sovereign debt of major developed markets outside the U.S. rose 4.86%, according to the Citigroup® Non-USD Group-of-Seven (G7) Equal Weighted Index, while the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBI Global) advanced 8.46%, despite the currency head wind.

Comments from Robert Stansky, Head of Fidelity's Stock Selector Large Cap Group, which manages VIP Contrafund Portfolio: For the year, the fund's share classes trailed the S&P 500®. (For specific portfolio results, please refer to the performance section of this report.) Security selection was weak overall, with utilities, materials, information technology and industrials detracting meaningfully. Energy also was disappointing, and market selection within the sleeves also had a negative impact. Conversely, the fund was helped by stock picking within financials - by far the worst-performing sector in the index - and industry positioning within consumer discretionary. In terms of individual stocks, not owning tech giant and index component International Business Machines was the biggest relative detractor, as the company reported strong financial results and its stock saw a solid gain. Underweighting Exxon Mobil and Chevron also hurt performance a lot. Both are high-quality companies that executed well operationally, and also acted as relative safe havens when uncertainty and market volatility picked up in the second half of the year. Within financials, an outsized stake in Citigroup hurt because its shares struggled amid increased regulatory pressure. Conversely, having only modest investments in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs Group helped, as these diversified financials stocks lost substantial ground. In tech hardware/equipment, the fund benefited from overweighting Apple, which enjoyed strong sales of its consumer products. Several of the stocks mentioned were sold from the fund by period end.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2011

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2011

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
July 1, 2011 to
December 31, 2011

Initial Class

.64%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.60

$ 3.11

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.98

$ 3.26

Service Class

.74%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.20

$ 3.59

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.48

$ 3.77

Service Class 2

.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 925.70

$ 4.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.72

$ 4.53

Service Class 2R

.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 925.50

$ 4.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.72

$ 4.53

Investor Class

.73%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.30

$ 3.54

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.53

$ 3.72

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

Annual Report


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Apple, Inc.

5.2

3.8

Procter & Gamble Co.

2.3

2.0

QUALCOMM, Inc.

2.2

1.7

The Coca-Cola Co.

1.9

1.7

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

1.9

0.0

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B sponsored ADR

1.8

1.3

Exxon Mobil Corp.

1.5

1.1

Google, Inc. Class A

1.5

1.6

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

1.5

0.9

U.S. Bancorp

1.3

1.2

 

21.1

Market Sectors as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Information Technology

19.7

18.6

Financials

13.3

14.9

Energy

11.8

12.4

Health Care

11.5

11.0

Consumer Staples

11.4

10.3

Industrials

10.8

11.1

Consumer Discretionary

9.8

10.1

Utilities

3.8

3.3

Materials

3.4

3.2

Telecommunication Services

2.8

3.2

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of December 31, 2011 *

As of June 30, 2011 **

vco381609

Stocks and
Equity Futures 98.8%

 

vco381609

Stocks and
Equity Futures 98.8%

 

vco381612

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 1.2%

 

vco381612

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 1.2%

 

* Foreign investments

16.8%

 

** Foreign investments

20.8%

 

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Annual Report


Investments December 31, 2011

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.3%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.8%

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2%

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

547,468

$ 30,116,215

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.3%

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.

1,824,100

37,448,773

Betfair Group PLC (d)

2,125,965

24,847,117

McDonald's Corp.

1,732,248

173,796,442

Starbucks Corp.

2,749,080

126,485,171

Yum! Brands, Inc.

2,178,860

128,574,529

 

491,152,032

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.0%

Groupon, Inc. Class A (a)

127,000

2,620,010

Media - 2.6%

Comcast Corp. Class A

1,842,249

43,679,724

DIRECTV (a)

3,003,690

128,437,784

Legend Pictures LLC (a)(g)(h)

6,611

4,958,250

Pandora Media, Inc.

134,416

1,345,504

The Walt Disney Co.

3,515,201

131,820,038

Time Warner, Inc.

2,213,953

80,012,261

Weinstein Co. Holdings LLC
Class A-1 (a)(g)(h)

11,499

4,312,125

 

394,565,686

Multiline Retail - 1.1%

Dollar General Corp. (a)

2,610,287

107,387,207

Kohl's Corp.

1,158,872

57,190,333

 

164,577,540

Specialty Retail - 2.3%

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

1,475,384

72,057,755

Limited Brands, Inc.

1,429,299

57,672,215

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

3,152,994

80,022,988

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

469,000

9,909,970

TJX Companies, Inc.

1,808,792

116,757,524

 

336,420,452

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3%

Under Armour, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

558,106

40,066,430

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

1,459,518,365

CONSUMER STAPLES - 11.4%

Beverages - 4.7%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

876,451

53,498,869

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. CONSOLIDATED

150,671

8,821,787

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV sponsored ADR

92,147

8,773,316

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

563,386

6,754,654

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

247,870

8,945,628

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

2,830,005

58,496,203

Diageo PLC sponsored ADR

666,382

58,255,114

Embotelladora Andina SA sponsored ADR

313,190

8,152,336

 

Shares

Value

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

1,337,594

$ 58,238,843

PepsiCo, Inc.

1,049,920

69,662,192

Pernod Ricard SA

462,679

42,916,579

Remy Cointreau SA

413,747

33,252,555

The Coca-Cola Co.

4,099,013

286,807,940

 

702,576,016

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%

CVS Caremark Corp.

3,602,885

146,925,650

Drogasil SA

698,200

4,860,269

Walgreen Co.

1,309,545

43,293,558

 

195,079,477

Food Products - 0.9%

Bunge Ltd.

482,401

27,593,337

Danone

16,200

1,018,478

First Resources Ltd.

3,005,000

3,498,092

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (a)

196,319

8,804,907

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

204,300

14,041,539

Nestle SA

423,261

24,337,000

Orion Corp.

7,805

4,553,839

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)(d)

817,320

4,707,763

Unilever NV (NY Reg.) (d)

1,147,247

39,430,879

Viterra, Inc.

414,700

4,373,407

 

132,359,241

Household Products - 2.5%

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

180,458

16,672,515

Procter & Gamble Co.

5,251,385

350,319,893

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

303,267

8,309,516

 

375,301,924

Personal Products - 0.5%

Amoreg

15,610

3,425,454

Avon Products, Inc.

734,561

12,832,781

L'Oreal SA

417,400

43,600,803

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

163,420

7,937,309

 

67,796,347

Tobacco - 1.5%

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

2,318,198

219,950,626

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

862

4,054,362

Souza Cruz Industria Comerico

668,200

8,216,221

 

232,221,209

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

1,705,334,214

ENERGY - 11.8%

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.1%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

1,596,188

77,638,584

C&J Energy Services, Inc.

482,300

10,094,539

Discovery Offshore S.A. (a)(e)

1,310,900

1,863,335

Ensco International Ltd. ADR

876,901

41,144,195

Halliburton Co.

3,236,032

111,675,464

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

927,957

63,091,796

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ENERGY - continued

Energy Equipment & Services - continued

Noble Corp.

1,571,500

$ 47,490,730

Ocean Rig UDW, Inc.:

(Norway)

16,700

205,959

(United States)

971,264

11,849,421

Oceaneering International, Inc.

532,118

24,546,603

Schlumberger Ltd.

736,379

50,302,049

Transocean Ltd. (United States)

428,683

16,457,140

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

5,923,400

6,871,144

 

463,230,959

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.7%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

1,590,460

32,493,098

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

1,204,717

91,956,049

Apache Corp.

1,151,983

104,346,620

BP PLC sponsored ADR

1,196,575

51,141,616

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

939,600

35,198,095

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

514,940

9,644,826

EV Energy Partners LP

63,500

4,184,650

Exxon Mobil Corp.

2,689,623

227,972,445

HollyFrontier Corp.

2,651,818

62,052,541

InterOil Corp. (a)(d)

485,348

24,815,843

Marathon Oil Corp.

2,288,580

66,986,737

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

1,797,260

59,830,785

Niko Resources Ltd.

436,922

20,692,015

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

798,311

74,801,741

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd.

748,300

7,773,973

Petrominerales Ltd.

514,000

8,358,052

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)(d)

1,048,368

11,322,374

Royal Dutch Shell PLC:

Class A sponsored ADR

174,834

12,778,617

Class B sponsored ADR

3,476,788

264,270,656

Suncor Energy, Inc.

946,810

27,314,688

Talisman Energy, Inc.

2,453,000

31,264,670

Western Refining, Inc. (d)

934,628

12,421,206

Williams Companies, Inc.

1,633,400

53,934,868

 

1,295,556,165

TOTAL ENERGY

1,758,787,124

FINANCIALS - 13.3%

Capital Markets - 1.5%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

766,407

38,044,443

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

798,847

6,358,822

Evercore Partners, Inc. Class A

370,900

9,873,358

ICAP PLC

1,118,855

6,028,253

Invesco Ltd.

1,403,661

28,199,549

Morgan Stanley

1,593,745

24,113,362

 

Shares

Value

State Street Corp.

2,391,706

$ 96,409,669

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

1,585,800

24,817,770

 

233,845,226

Commercial Banks - 2.5%

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

346,812

12,093,334

Comerica, Inc.

1,315,134

33,930,457

FirstMerit Corp.

924,585

13,988,971

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

4,931,075

27,071,602

Regions Financial Corp.

2,599,200

11,176,560

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

2,649,093

46,888,946

Synovus Financial Corp. (d)

5,627,386

7,934,614

U.S. Bancorp

7,365,034

199,224,170

Wells Fargo & Co.

784,829

21,629,887

 

373,938,541

Consumer Finance - 1.5%

Capital One Financial Corp.

3,651,487

154,421,385

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

493,800

9,899,739

Green Dot Corp. Class A (a)(d)

277,248

8,655,683

SLM Corp.

4,128,040

55,315,736

 

228,292,543

Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

African Bank Investments Ltd.

2,677,741

11,377,563

Citigroup, Inc.

2,960,218

77,883,336

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

8,476,852

281,855,329

NBH Holdings Corp. Class A (a)(e)

813,800

13,020,800

 

384,137,028

Insurance - 3.6%

ACE Ltd.

803,620

56,349,834

Amlin PLC

2,692,656

13,127,608

Aon Corp.

553,939

25,924,345

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.:

Class A (a)

252

28,918,260

Class B (a)

2,309,510

176,215,613

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
(sub. vtg.)

143,000

61,363,344

MetLife, Inc.

4,857,740

151,464,333

Validus Holdings Ltd.

626,791

19,743,917

 

533,107,254

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.2%

American Capital Agency Corp.

590,304

16,575,736

Camden Property Trust (SBI)

245,061

15,252,597

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

199,200

13,284,648

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

6,242

9,245,605

Prologis, Inc.

1,194,310

34,145,323

Public Storage

428,809

57,657,658

The Macerich Co.

691,026

34,965,916

 

181,127,483

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

639,600

6,220,240

PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk

135,352,750

9,851,980

 

16,072,220

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

FINANCIALS - continued

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

3,136,319

$ 45,413,899

TOTAL FINANCIALS

1,995,934,194

HEALTH CARE - 11.5%

Biotechnology - 2.6%

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

247,504

17,696,536

Amgen, Inc.

2,480,516

159,273,932

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

484,188

8,328,033

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

779,470

85,780,674

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

794,830

27,326,255

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

1,975,125

80,841,866

ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

268,328

11,793,016

 

391,040,312

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%

Baxter International, Inc.

1,346,878

66,643,523

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

3,312,673

17,689,674

Covidien PLC

2,143,082

96,460,121

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

787,375

55,667,413

Mako Surgical Corp. (a)(d)

717,539

18,089,158

Quidel Corp. (a)

1,433,104

21,682,864

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

329,351

23,225,833

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a)

519,788

8,576,502

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)

436,400

23,312,488

 

331,347,576

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.4%

CIGNA Corp.

855,561

35,933,562

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

781,500

50,352,045

McKesson Corp.

703,484

54,808,438

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

681,570

38,099,763

Omnicare, Inc.

801,620

27,615,809

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

2,924,169

148,196,885

 

355,006,502

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

924,868

32,305,639

Fluidigm Corp. (h)

312,345

4,110,460

 

36,416,099

Pharmaceuticals - 4.0%

Abbott Laboratories

233,500

13,129,705

Allergan, Inc.

426,355

37,408,388

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

469,600

16,548,704

Eli Lilly & Co.

233,500

9,704,260

GlaxoSmithKline PLC sponsored ADR

1,544,269

70,464,994

Merck & Co., Inc.

2,581,136

97,308,827

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

488,048

5,973,708

Pfizer, Inc.

8,415,867

182,119,362

 

Shares

Value

Sanofi-aventis sponsored ADR

1,639,600

$ 59,910,984

Shire PLC sponsored ADR

705,300

73,280,670

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Canada)

810,076

37,910,666

 

603,760,268

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

1,717,570,757

INDUSTRIALS - 10.8%

Aerospace & Defense - 3.7%

Honeywell International, Inc.

1,859,075

101,040,726

MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG

252,960

16,188,210

Precision Castparts Corp.

584,198

96,269,988

Raytheon Co.

444,503

21,505,055

Textron, Inc.

2,530,190

46,783,213

The Boeing Co.

1,922,313

141,001,659

United Technologies Corp.

1,786,347

130,564,102

 

553,352,953

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.3%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

587,899

41,023,592

Building Products - 0.5%

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

565,744

24,819,189

Owens Corning (a)

1,470,801

42,241,405

 

67,060,594

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

Republic Services, Inc.

714,070

19,672,629

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

376,399

29,329,010

 

49,001,639

Construction & Engineering - 0.3%

Fluor Corp.

605,950

30,448,988

Foster Wheeler AG (a)

772,806

14,791,507

 

45,240,495

Electrical Equipment - 0.7%

Emerson Electric Co.

1,279,188

59,597,369

Regal-Beloit Corp.

841,626

42,897,677

 

102,495,046

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%

Danaher Corp.

1,627,904

76,576,604

General Electric Co.

6,564,504

117,570,267

Tyco International Ltd.

998,300

46,630,593

 

240,777,464

Machinery - 2.0%

Caterpillar, Inc.

1,187,760

107,611,056

Cummins, Inc.

1,107,409

97,474,140

Fanuc Corp.

144,700

22,147,288

Fiat Industrial SpA (a)

1,127,000

9,664,476

Joy Global, Inc.

355,900

26,681,823

Parker Hannifin Corp.

479,116

36,532,595

 

300,111,378

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INDUSTRIALS - continued

Professional Services - 0.1%

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

287,023

$ 19,153,045

Road & Rail - 1.3%

CSX Corp.

3,417,705

71,976,867

Union Pacific Corp.

1,126,161

119,305,496

 

191,282,363

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

1,609,498,569

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 19.7%

Communications Equipment - 2.9%

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

761,900

3,954,261

Ciena Corp. (a)(d)

1,375,817

16,647,386

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

1,328,309

27,110,787

Meru Networks, Inc. (a)(d)

129,325

534,112

Polycom, Inc. (a)

642,189

10,467,681

QUALCOMM, Inc.

5,942,091

325,032,378

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
(B Shares) sponsored ADR

3,137,123

31,779,056

ZTE Corp. (H Shares)

4,947,000

15,509,934

 

431,035,595

Computers & Peripherals - 6.4%

Apple, Inc. (a)

1,899,514

769,303,176

EMC Corp. (a)

221,820

4,778,003

SanDisk Corp. (a)

3,272,724

161,050,748

Toshiba Corp.

4,450,000

18,212,824

 

953,344,751

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

726,133

27,164,636

Internet Software & Services - 2.2%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

104,541

12,175,890

Bankrate, Inc.

403,800

8,681,700

Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)

1,207,022

10,006,212

eBay, Inc. (a)

531,790

16,129,191

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

347,125

224,208,038

Mail.ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (a)(e)

434,066

11,285,716

GDR (Reg. S) (a)

78,300

2,035,800

VeriSign, Inc.

1,388,478

49,596,434

 

334,118,981

IT Services - 0.8%

Accenture PLC Class A

2,136,548

113,728,450

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

212,509

13,666,454

 

127,394,904

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.7%

Altera Corp.

1,281,417

47,540,571

Analog Devices, Inc.

4,025,871

144,045,664

ARM Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

1,048,775

29,019,604

 

Shares

Value

ASML Holding NV

621,490

$ 25,972,067

Avago Technologies Ltd.

1,148,225

33,137,774

Broadcom Corp. Class A

1,218,700

35,781,032

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

1,034,183

20,083,834

Intersil Corp. Class A

846,185

8,834,171

KLA-Tencor Corp.

1,405,836

67,831,587

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

2,294,817

31,783,215

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

10,164,006

63,931,598

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

1,487,806

22,867,578

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

4,531,121

24,468,053

 

555,296,748

Software - 3.5%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

289,000

3,560,480

Ariba, Inc. (a)

940,394

26,406,264

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

2,091,626

109,894,030

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

1,639,241

99,534,714

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

2,160,057

44,497,174

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

612,265

13,353,500

Intuit, Inc.

1,320,759

69,458,716

Jive Software, Inc.

73,256

1,172,096

Microsoft Corp.

2,737,904

71,075,988

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

383,420

9,646,847

Oracle Corp.

2,814,320

72,187,308

 

520,787,117

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2,949,142,732

MATERIALS - 3.4%

Chemicals - 2.0%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

680,944

58,009,619

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

2,436,311

111,534,318

Ecolab, Inc.

1,173,479

67,838,821

Sherwin-Williams Co.

579,135

51,699,381

The Mosaic Co.

390,582

19,697,050

 

308,779,189

Containers & Packaging - 0.4%

Ball Corp.

723,513

25,836,649

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A

622,659

35,927,424

 

61,764,073

Metals & Mining - 1.0%

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

2,156,700

42,460,561

Goldcorp, Inc.

557,033

24,728,458

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a)

1,233,600

21,912,632

Newmont Mining Corp.

404,790

24,291,448

Nucor Corp.

839,637

33,224,436

 

146,617,535

TOTAL MATERIALS

517,160,797

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.8%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

CenturyLink, Inc.

3,495,744

$ 130,041,677

Verizon Communications, Inc.

2,750,695

110,357,883

 

240,399,560

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

American Tower Corp. Class A

2,469,558

148,198,176

Clearwire Corp. Class A (a)

6,430,800

12,475,752

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

58,080

2,601,984

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC sponsored ADR

336,900

4,945,692

NII Holdings, Inc. (a)

366,000

7,795,800

TIM Participacoes SA sponsored ADR

144,500

3,728,100

 

179,745,504

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

420,145,064

UTILITIES - 3.8%

Electric Utilities - 2.7%

Duke Energy Corp.

3,352,737

73,760,214

Edison International

1,807,316

74,822,882

Exelon Corp.

1,494,535

64,817,983

FirstEnergy Corp.

1,787,414

79,182,440

NextEra Energy, Inc.

1,356,514

82,584,572

Progress Energy, Inc.

538,500

30,166,770

 

405,334,861

Gas Utilities - 0.0%

ONEOK, Inc.

42,200

3,658,318

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.7%

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

1,650,896

65,491,044

The AES Corp. (a)

2,692,135

31,874,878

 

97,365,922

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

Sempra Energy

1,044,374

57,440,570

TOTAL UTILITIES

563,799,671

TOTAL STOCKS

(Cost $13,455,002,115)


14,696,891,487

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%

 

Principal Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0% to 0.02% 2/23/12 (f)
(Cost $7,999,854)

$ 8,000,000


7,999,856

Money Market Funds - 2.9%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.11% (b)

354,331,172

$ 354,331,172

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.13% (b)(c)

77,830,523

77,830,523

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $432,161,695)


432,161,695

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.2%

(Cost $13,895,163,664)

15,137,053,038

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.2)%

(181,258,074)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 14,955,794,964

Futures Contracts

Expiration Date

Underlying Face Amount at Value

Unrealized Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

1,243 CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts

March 2012

$ 77,849,090

$ (26,725)

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 0.5%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

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

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

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

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $26,169,851 or 0.2% of net assets.

(f) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $5,399,903.

(g) Investment is owned by an entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. tax purposes which is owned by the Fund.

(h) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $13,380,835 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Fluidigm Corp.

10/9/07 - 1/6/11

$ 5,645,236

Legend Pictures LLC

9/23/10

$ 4,958,250

Weinstein Co. Holdings LLC
Class A-1

10/19/05

$ 11,499,000

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 470,178

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,779,542

Total

$ 3,249,720

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2011, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 1,459,518,365

$ 1,450,247,990

$ -

$ 9,270,375

Consumer Staples

1,705,334,214

1,651,835,345

53,498,869

-

Energy

1,758,787,124

1,758,787,124

-

-

Financials

1,995,934,194

1,982,913,394

-

13,020,800

Health Care

1,717,570,757

1,717,570,757

-

-

Industrials

1,609,498,569

1,609,498,569

-

-

Information Technology

2,949,142,732

2,949,142,732

-

-

Materials

517,160,797

517,160,797

-

-

Telecommunication Services

420,145,064

420,145,064

-

-

Utilities

563,799,671

563,799,671

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

7,999,856

-

7,999,856

-

Money Market Funds

432,161,695

432,161,695

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 15,137,053,038

$ 15,053,263,138

$ 61,498,725

$ 22,291,175

Derivative Instruments:

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (26,725)

$ (26,725)

$ -

$ -

The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:

Investments in Securities:

Beginning Balance

$ 28,027,598

Total Realized Gain (Loss)

-

Total Unrealized Gain (Loss)

(2,890,580)

Cost of Purchases

41,454

Proceeds of Sales

(2,887,297)

Amortization/Accretion

-

Transfers in to Level 3

-

Transfers out of Level 3

-

Ending Balance

$ 22,291,175

The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2011

$ (2,889,754)

The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. The cost of purchases and the proceeds of sales may include securities received or delivered through corporate actions or exchanges. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations.

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of December 31, 2011. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ -

$ (26,725)

Total Value of Derivatives

$ -

$ (26,725)

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: (Unaudited)

United States of America

83.2%

United Kingdom

5.4%

Canada

2.4%

Switzerland

1.4%

Ireland

1.3%

France

1.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

5.1%

 

100.0%

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $75,213,815) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $13,463,001,969)

$ 14,704,891,343

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $432,161,695)

432,161,695

 

Total Investments (cost $13,895,163,664)

 

$ 15,137,053,038

Cash

 

3,795,130

Receivable for investments sold

14,769,879

Receivable for fund shares sold

5,473,686

Dividends receivable

15,671,224

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

195,928

Prepaid expenses

42,898

Other receivables

1,043,129

Total assets

15,178,044,912

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 189

Payable for investments purchased

119,248,760

Payable for fund shares redeemed

14,907,548

Accrued management fee

6,914,523

Distribution and service plan fees payable

1,550,219

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

298,320

Other affiliated payables

979,897

Other payables and accrued expenses

519,969

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

77,830,523

Total liabilities

222,249,948

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 14,955,794,964

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 17,102,053,490

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(2,498,208)

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

(3,385,627,012)

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

1,241,866,694

Net Assets

$ 14,955,794,964

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Initial Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($6,113,440,311 ÷ 265,543,403 shares)

$ 23.02

 

 

 

Service Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,277,100,797 ÷ 55,649,086 shares)

$ 22.95

 

 

 

Service Class 2:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($6,980,191,432 ÷ 308,292,381 shares)

$ 22.64

 

 

 

Service Class 2R:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($8,041,668 ÷ 355,823 shares)

$ 22.60

 

 

 

Investor Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($577,020,756 ÷ 25,149,475 shares)

$ 22.94

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

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Statement of Operations

  

Year ended December 31, 2011

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 265,248,429

Interest

 

6,946

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

3,249,720

Total income

 

268,505,095

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 90,471,687

Transfer agent fees

12,205,669

Distribution and service plan fees

20,028,048

Accounting and security lending fees

1,565,865

Custodian fees and expenses

509,075

Independent trustees' compensation

93,364

Appreciation in deferred trustee compensation account

10

Audit

118,198

Legal

68,724

Interest

121

Miscellaneous

184,322

Total expenses before reductions

125,245,083

Expense reductions

(2,625,361)

122,619,722

Net investment income (loss)

145,885,373

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

917,425,594

Foreign currency transactions

(860,699)

Futures contracts

7,209,878

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

923,774,773

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(1,479,796,606)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(41,702)

Futures contracts

(1,621,704)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(1,481,460,012)

Net gain (loss)

(557,685,239)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (411,799,866)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
December 31,
2011

Year ended
December 31,
2010

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 145,885,373

$ 156,808,770

Net realized gain (loss)

923,774,773

1,213,062,242

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(1,481,460,012)

1,272,193,349

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

(411,799,866)

2,642,064,361

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(141,940,543)

(173,609,742)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(7,015,810)

Total distributions

(141,940,543)

(180,625,552)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(1,239,479,004)

(2,950,980,349)

Redemption fees

8,960

1,677

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(1,793,210,453)

(489,539,863)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

16,749,005,417

17,238,545,280

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $2,498,208 and $10,971,317, respectively)

$ 14,955,794,964

$ 16,749,005,417

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

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Financial Highlights - Initial Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.88

$ 20.62

$ 15.39

$ 27.90

$ 31.47

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .25

.23

.23

.24

.34

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.86)

3.31

5.26

(11.87)

5.17

Total from investment operations

  (.61)

3.54

5.49

(11.63)

5.51

Distributions from net investment income

  (.25)

(.27)

(.25)

(.23)

(.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.25)

(.28)

(.26)H

(.88)

(9.08)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 23.02

$ 23.88

$ 20.62

$ 15.39

$ 27.90

Total Return A,B

  (2.53)%

17.22%

35.71%

(42.51)%

17.59%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .65%

.65%

.67%

.66%

.65%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .64%

.65%

.67%

.66%

.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .63%

.63%

.65%

.65%

.64%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.03%

1.06%

1.33%

1.07%

1.00%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,113,440

$ 7,160,125

$ 7,405,228

$ 6,240,871

$ 12,371,009

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.26 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.250 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

Financial Highlights - Service Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.81

$ 20.55

$ 15.33

$ 27.80

$ 31.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .22

.20

.21

.21

.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.85)

3.31

5.25

(11.83)

5.16

Total from investment operations

  (.63)

3.51

5.46

(11.62)

5.46

Distributions from net investment income

  (.23)

(.24)

(.23)

(.20)

(.29)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.23)

(.25)

(.24)H

(.85)

(9.04)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.95

$ 23.81

$ 20.55

$ 15.33

$ 27.80

Total Return A,B

  (2.64)%

17.11%

35.66%

(42.61)%

17.51%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .75%

.75%

.77%

.76%

.75%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .74%

.75%

.77%

.76%

.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .73%

.73%

.75%

.75%

.74%

Net investment income (loss)

  .93%

.96%

1.23%

.97%

.90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,277,101

$ 1,379,305

$ 1,784,820

$ 1,497,734

$ 3,008,644

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.24 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.232 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Service Class 2

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.49

$ 20.29

$ 15.14

$ 27.46

$ 31.11

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

.17

.18

.18

.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.84)

3.26

5.18

(11.67)

5.11

Total from investment operations

  (.66)

3.43

5.36

(11.49)

5.36

Distributions from net investment income

  (.19)

(.22)

(.21)

(.18)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.19)

(.23)

(.21)H

(.83)

(9.01)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.64

$ 23.49

$ 20.29

$ 15.14

$ 27.46

Total Return A,B

  (2.78)%

16.93%

35.47%

(42.69)%

17.30%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .89%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .88%

.88%

.90%

.90%

.89%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78%

.81%

1.08%

.82%

.75%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,980,191

$ 7,627,793

$ 7,577,737

$ 6,187,985

$ 9,339,663

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.205 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

Financial Highlights - Service Class 2R

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.44

$ 20.24

$ 15.10

$ 27.35

$ 31.02

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

.17

.18

.18

.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.84)

3.25

5.17

(11.62)

5.09

Total from investment operations

  (.66)

3.42

5.35

(11.44)

5.34

Distributions from net investment income

  (.18)

(.21)

(.20)

(.16)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.18)

(.22)

(.21) H

(.81)

(9.01)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.60

$ 23.44

$ 20.24

$ 15.10

$ 27.35

Total Return A,B

  (2.79)%

16.94%

35.46%

(42.69)%

17.30%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .89%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .88%

.88%

.90%

.90%

.89%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78%

.81%

1.08%

.82%

.75%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 8,042

$ 10,942

$ 13,285

$ 13,585

$ 35,606

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.200 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Investor Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.80

$ 20.56

$ 15.34

$ 27.82

$ 31.41

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .23

.21

.21

.21

.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.86)

3.30

5.25

(11.83)

5.16

Total from investment operations

  (.63)

3.51

5.46

(11.62)

5.46

Distributions from net investment income

  (.23)

(.26)

(.24)

(.21)

(.30)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.23)

(.27)

(.24) H

(.86)

(9.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.94

$ 23.80

$ 20.56

$ 15.34

$ 27.82

Total Return A,B

  (2.62)%

17.10%

35.66%

(42.60)%

17.47%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .73%

.74%

.77%

.75%

.76%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .73%

.73%

.77%

.75%

.76%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .71%

.72%

.75%

.74%

.75%

Net investment income (loss)

  .94%

.98%

1.23%

.98%

.89%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 577,021

$ 570,841

$ 457,476

$ 324,919

$ 532,268

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.24 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.235 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended December 31, 2011

1. Organization.

VIP Contrafund Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II (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. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares, Service Class 2R shares, and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

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

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

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments. When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or reliable, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Factors used in determining value may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The value used for net asset value (NAV) calculation under these procedures may differ from published prices for the same securities.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

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 December 31, 2011, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 securities, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments. 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 an independent 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 significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy in these circumstances. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing matrices which consider similar factors that would be used by independent pricing services. These 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 each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will result in additional disclosure for transfers between levels as well as expanded disclosure for securities categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), independent Trustees may elect to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2011, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

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

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

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards, and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,957,457,991

Gross unrealized depreciation

(912,037,789)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 1,045,420,202

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 14,091,632,836

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

Capital loss carryforward

$ (3,189,184,565)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 1,045,424,246

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

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (854,185,637)

2017

(2,334,998,928)

Total with expiration

$ (3,189,184,565)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Ordinary Income

$ 141,940,543

$ 180,625,552

Trading (Redemption) Fees. Service Class 2 R shares, held by investors less than 60 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

4. Operating Policies.

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

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5. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund used derivative instruments (derivatives), including futures contracts in order to meet its investment objectives. The strategy is to use derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade. Derivatives involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

The underlying face amount at value of open futures contracts at period end is shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." This amount reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Certain risks arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid market limits the ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $7,209,878 and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(1,621,704) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

6. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $21,646,015,616 and $22,882,964,536, respectively.

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's and Service Class 2R's average net assets.

For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services were as follows:

Service Class

$ 1,345,593

Service Class 2

18,658,060

Service Class 2R

24,395

 

$ 20,028,048

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class (with the exception of Investor Class) pays a transfer agent fee, excluding out of pocket expenses, equal to an annual rate of .07% of average net assets. Investor Class pays a monthly asset-based transfer agent fee of .15% of average net assets. In addition, FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of .0045% of average net assets for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. FIIOC voluntarily agreed to waive this fee for the period August 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (see Expense Reductions note). For the period, transfer agent fees for each class, including printing and out of pocket expenses, were as follows:

Initial Class

$ 4,913,008

Service Class

972,476

Service Class 2

5,374,193

Service Class 2R

6,995

Investor Class

938,997

 

$ 12,205,669

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

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $904,052 for the period.

8. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.0 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $51,228 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

9. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The value of securities loaned to FCM at period end was $355,696. 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 represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $2,779,542, including $11,125 from securities loaned to FCM.

10. Bank Borrowings.

The Fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity requirements. The Fund has established borrowing arrangements with certain banks. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. The average loan balance during the period for which loans were outstanding amounted to $7,662,000. The weighted average interest rate was .57%. The interest expense amounted to $121 under the bank borrowing program. At period end, there were no bank borrowings outstanding.

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11. Expense Reductions.

FMR or its affiliates agreed to waive certain fees during the period as noted in the table below.

Initial Class

$ 116,768

Service Class

23,081

Service Class 2

127,953

Service Class 2R

167

Investor Class

10,255

 

$ 278,224

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $2,345,429 for the period.

In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $1,708.

12. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

From net investment income

 

 

Initial Class

$ 65,616,073

$ 82,141,064

Service Class

12,220,263

14,096,830

Service Class 2

58,305,804

71,159,779

Service Class 2R

65,304

100,197

Investor Class

5,733,099

6,111,872

Total

$ 141,940,543

$ 173,609,742

From net realized gain

 

 

Initial Class

$ -

$ 2,975,123

Service Class

-

575,173

Service Class 2

-

3,224,769

Service Class 2R

-

4,617

Investor Class

-

236,128

Total

$ -

$ 7,015,810

13. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Initial Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

8,887,647

11,081,201

$ 215,181,582

$ 237,555,506

Reinvestment of distributions

2,941,106

3,639,831

65,616,073

85,116,187

Shares redeemed

(46,079,138)

(74,008,339)

(1,098,879,687)

(1,628,773,596)

Net increase (decrease)

(34,250,385)

(59,287,307)

$ (818,082,032)

$ (1,306,101,903)

Service Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,960,533

4,235,533

$ 142,199,635

$ 89,409,017

Reinvestment of distributions

549,472

631,651

12,220,263

14,672,003

Shares redeemed

(8,798,344)

(33,788,989)

(211,519,636)

(763,918,858)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,288,339)

(28,921,805)

$ (57,099,738)

$ (659,837,838)

Service Class 2

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

28,618,316

29,628,488

$ 674,963,970

$ 621,610,993

Reinvestment of distributions

2,657,512

3,238,949

58,305,804

74,384,548

Shares redeemed

(47,724,451)

(81,615,457)

(1,123,942,590)

(1,716,672,110)

Net increase (decrease)

(16,448,623)

(48,748,020)

$ (390,672,816)

$ (1,020,676,569)

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

13. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Service Class 2R

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

57,708

104,398

$ 1,412,478

$ 2,198,967

Reinvestment of distributions

2,982

4,580

65,304

104,814

Shares redeemed

(171,761)

(298,461)

(4,029,960)

(6,070,211)

Net increase (decrease)

(111,071)

(189,483)

$ (2,552,178)

$ (3,766,430)

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,165,850

3,515,764

$ 76,274,096

$ 76,017,353

Reinvestment of distributions

257,783

272,002

5,733,099

6,348,000

Shares redeemed

(2,256,234)

(2,058,150)

(53,079,435)

(42,962,962)

Net increase (decrease)

1,167,399

1,729,616

$ 28,927,760

$ 39,402,391

14. Other.

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

At the end of the period, two otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were the owners of record of 30% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

Annual Report


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Shareholders of VIP Contrafund Portfolio:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of VIP Contrafund Portfolio (the Fund), a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II, including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VIP Contrafund Portfolio as of December 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 10, 2012

Annual Report


Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 226 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 429 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Annual Report

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

Interested Trustees*:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (76)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

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

Ronald P. O'Hanley (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

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

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

Independent Trustees:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Alan J. Lacy (58)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Ned C. Lautenbach (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (1999-present); a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present); and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Robert W. Selander (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Cornelia M. Small (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

William S. Stavropoulos (72)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

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

David M. Thomas (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Michael E. Wiley (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

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

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (81)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Peter S. Lynch (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

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

Kenneth B. Robins (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Bruce T. Herring (46)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

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

Brian B. Hogan (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Scott C. Goebel (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

William C. Coffey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Holly C. Laurent (57)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006).

Christine Reynolds (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Kenneth A. Rathgeber (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2004

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Rathgeber is Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), FMR (2005-present), FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2005-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2005-present), Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC (2005-present), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2005-present).

Jeffrey S. Christian (50)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Christian is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Chief Financial Officer (2008-2009) of certain Fidelity funds and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-2009).

Joseph F. Zambello (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Adrien E. Deberghes (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Stephanie J. Dorsey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

John R. Hebble (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Gary W. Ryan (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Jonathan Davis (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

Annual Report


Distributions (Unaudited)

Initial Class, Service Class, Service Class 2, and Investor Class designate 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Annual Report


Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

VIP Contrafund Portfolio

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

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

At its July 2011 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

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

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

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

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

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) rationalizing product lines through the mergers of six funds into other funds; (iii) continuing to migrate the Freedom Funds to dedicated lower cost underlying funds; (iv) obtaining shareholder approval to broaden the investment strategies for Fidelity Consumer Finance Portfolio, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund, and Fidelity Environment and Alternative Energy Portfolio; (v) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees and impose other expense limitations on Spartan 500 Index Fund and U.S. Bond Index Fund in connection with launching new institutional classes of these funds; (vi) changing the name, primary and supplemental benchmarks, and investment policies of Fidelity Global Strategies Fund to support the fund's flexible investment mandate and global orientation; and (vii) reducing the transfer agency account fee rates on certain accounts.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2010, the cumulative total returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.

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

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

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

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 10% means that 90% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2010.

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

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

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2010. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board also noted that Investor Class has higher transfer agent fees than traditional variable annuity classes because it is designed for lower cost annuity products, where the majority of servicing costs are incorporated into the funds' total expense ratios rather than being paid at the annuity level.

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

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered, including the findings of the Committee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and length of portfolio manager tenure for different categories of funds over time; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key personnel and strategies for attracting and retaining non-investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) historical trends in Fidelity's realization of fall-out benefits; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and Fidelity's compliance practices with respect to performance adjustment calculations; (ix) the fee structures in place for certain other Fidelity clients; and (x) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends, and actions that might be taken by FMR to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes.

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

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

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

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA

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Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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

Investments

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

Financial Statements

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

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products are separate account options which are purchased through a variable insurance contract.

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

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the class' distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. Performance numbers are net of all underlying fund operating expenses, but do not include any insurance charges imposed by your insurance company's separate account. If performance information included the effect of these additional charges, the total returns would have been lower. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended December 31, 2011

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2RA

-2.79%

0.70%

6.03%

A The initial offering of Service Class 2R shares took place on April 24, 2002. Returns prior to April 24, 2002, are those of Service Class 2.

$10,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in VIP Contrafund Portfolio - Service Class 2R on December 31, 2001. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the S&P 500® Index performed over the same period. The initial offering of Service Class 2R took place on April 24, 2002. See above for additional information regarding the performance of Service Class 2R.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Extreme market volatility took center stage during the 12 months ending December 31, 2011, stealing the spotlight from signs of progress in the global economy. Early in the year, aggressive monetary stimulus by the U.S. federal government, improving credit-market conditions and solid corporate earnings buoyed most major asset classes. As the period progressed, however, fresh worries about sovereign debt in Europe, inflation in China, gridlock over raising the debt ceiling in the U.S. - along with Standard & Poor's early-August downgrade of the nation's long-term sovereign credit rating - and a dimmed outlook for global growth punctured investor confidence and ignited market instability. Domestic equities, as measured by the broad-based S&P 500® Index, gained 2.11%, easily outpacing the 13.61% decline of MSCI® ACWI® (All Country World Index) ex USA Index, a proxy for foreign stocks. Within the MSCI index, emerging markets declined the most (-18%), with investments here generally held back by a stronger U.S. dollar. The U.K. (-3%) fared better than the rest of Europe (-15%), which was the second-worst-performing index component. Bolstered by periodic flights to quality, U.S. investment-grade bonds posted a 7.84% advance, as reflected by the Barclays Capital® U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, outperforming the 4.37% gain of high-yield securities, as represented by The BofA Merrill LynchSM US High Yield Constrained Index. Hampered by financial woes in Europe, the sovereign debt of major developed markets outside the U.S. rose 4.86%, according to the Citigroup® Non-USD Group-of-Seven (G7) Equal Weighted Index, while the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (EMBI Global) advanced 8.46%, despite the currency head wind.

Comments from Robert Stansky, Head of Fidelity's Stock Selector Large Cap Group, which manages VIP Contrafund Portfolio: For the year, the fund's share classes trailed the S&P 500®. (For specific portfolio results, please refer to the performance section of this report.) Security selection was weak overall, with utilities, materials, information technology and industrials detracting meaningfully. Energy also was disappointing, and market selection within the sleeves also had a negative impact. Conversely, the fund was helped by stock picking within financials - by far the worst-performing sector in the index - and industry positioning within consumer discretionary. In terms of individual stocks, not owning tech giant and index component International Business Machines was the biggest relative detractor, as the company reported strong financial results and its stock saw a solid gain. Underweighting Exxon Mobil and Chevron also hurt performance a lot. Both are high-quality companies that executed well operationally, and also acted as relative safe havens when uncertainty and market volatility picked up in the second half of the year. Within financials, an outsized stake in Citigroup hurt because its shares struggled amid increased regulatory pressure. Conversely, having only modest investments in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs Group helped, as these diversified financials stocks lost substantial ground. In tech hardware/equipment, the fund benefited from overweighting Apple, which enjoyed strong sales of its consumer products. Several of the stocks mentioned were sold from the fund by period end.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2011

Ending
Account Value
December 31, 2011

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
July 1, 2011 to
December 31, 2011

Initial Class

.64%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.60

$ 3.11

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.98

$ 3.26

Service Class

.74%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.20

$ 3.59

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.48

$ 3.77

Service Class 2

.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 925.70

$ 4.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.72

$ 4.53

Service Class 2R

.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 925.50

$ 4.32

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.72

$ 4.53

Investor Class

.73%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 926.30

$ 3.54

HypotheticalA

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.53

$ 3.72

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Apple, Inc.

5.2

3.8

Procter & Gamble Co.

2.3

2.0

QUALCOMM, Inc.

2.2

1.7

The Coca-Cola Co.

1.9

1.7

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

1.9

0.0

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B sponsored ADR

1.8

1.3

Exxon Mobil Corp.

1.5

1.1

Google, Inc. Class A

1.5

1.6

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

1.5

0.9

U.S. Bancorp

1.3

1.2

 

21.1

Market Sectors as of December 31, 2011

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Information Technology

19.7

18.6

Financials

13.3

14.9

Energy

11.8

12.4

Health Care

11.5

11.0

Consumer Staples

11.4

10.3

Industrials

10.8

11.1

Consumer Discretionary

9.8

10.1

Utilities

3.8

3.3

Materials

3.4

3.2

Telecommunication Services

2.8

3.2

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of December 31, 2011 *

As of June 30, 2011 **

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 98.8%

 

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Stocks and
Equity Futures 98.8%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 1.2%

 

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Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 1.2%

 

* Foreign investments

16.8%

 

** Foreign investments

20.8%

 

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Investments December 31, 2011

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.3%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.8%

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2%

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

547,468

$ 30,116,215

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.3%

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.

1,824,100

37,448,773

Betfair Group PLC (d)

2,125,965

24,847,117

McDonald's Corp.

1,732,248

173,796,442

Starbucks Corp.

2,749,080

126,485,171

Yum! Brands, Inc.

2,178,860

128,574,529

 

491,152,032

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.0%

Groupon, Inc. Class A (a)

127,000

2,620,010

Media - 2.6%

Comcast Corp. Class A

1,842,249

43,679,724

DIRECTV (a)

3,003,690

128,437,784

Legend Pictures LLC (a)(g)(h)

6,611

4,958,250

Pandora Media, Inc.

134,416

1,345,504

The Walt Disney Co.

3,515,201

131,820,038

Time Warner, Inc.

2,213,953

80,012,261

Weinstein Co. Holdings LLC
Class A-1 (a)(g)(h)

11,499

4,312,125

 

394,565,686

Multiline Retail - 1.1%

Dollar General Corp. (a)

2,610,287

107,387,207

Kohl's Corp.

1,158,872

57,190,333

 

164,577,540

Specialty Retail - 2.3%

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

1,475,384

72,057,755

Limited Brands, Inc.

1,429,299

57,672,215

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

3,152,994

80,022,988

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

469,000

9,909,970

TJX Companies, Inc.

1,808,792

116,757,524

 

336,420,452

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3%

Under Armour, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

558,106

40,066,430

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

1,459,518,365

CONSUMER STAPLES - 11.4%

Beverages - 4.7%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA NV

876,451

53,498,869

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. CONSOLIDATED

150,671

8,821,787

Coca-Cola FEMSA SAB de CV sponsored ADR

92,147

8,773,316

Coca-Cola Icecek A/S

563,386

6,754,654

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

247,870

8,945,628

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

2,830,005

58,496,203

Diageo PLC sponsored ADR

666,382

58,255,114

Embotelladora Andina SA sponsored ADR

313,190

8,152,336

 

Shares

Value

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

1,337,594

$ 58,238,843

PepsiCo, Inc.

1,049,920

69,662,192

Pernod Ricard SA

462,679

42,916,579

Remy Cointreau SA

413,747

33,252,555

The Coca-Cola Co.

4,099,013

286,807,940

 

702,576,016

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%

CVS Caremark Corp.

3,602,885

146,925,650

Drogasil SA

698,200

4,860,269

Walgreen Co.

1,309,545

43,293,558

 

195,079,477

Food Products - 0.9%

Bunge Ltd.

482,401

27,593,337

Danone

16,200

1,018,478

First Resources Ltd.

3,005,000

3,498,092

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (a)

196,319

8,804,907

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. Class A

204,300

14,041,539

Nestle SA

423,261

24,337,000

Orion Corp.

7,805

4,553,839

Pilgrims Pride Corp. (a)(d)

817,320

4,707,763

Unilever NV (NY Reg.) (d)

1,147,247

39,430,879

Viterra, Inc.

414,700

4,373,407

 

132,359,241

Household Products - 2.5%

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

180,458

16,672,515

Procter & Gamble Co.

5,251,385

350,319,893

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

303,267

8,309,516

 

375,301,924

Personal Products - 0.5%

Amoreg

15,610

3,425,454

Avon Products, Inc.

734,561

12,832,781

L'Oreal SA

417,400

43,600,803

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

163,420

7,937,309

 

67,796,347

Tobacco - 1.5%

British American Tobacco PLC sponsored ADR

2,318,198

219,950,626

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

862

4,054,362

Souza Cruz Industria Comerico

668,200

8,216,221

 

232,221,209

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

1,705,334,214

ENERGY - 11.8%

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.1%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

1,596,188

77,638,584

C&J Energy Services, Inc.

482,300

10,094,539

Discovery Offshore S.A. (a)(e)

1,310,900

1,863,335

Ensco International Ltd. ADR

876,901

41,144,195

Halliburton Co.

3,236,032

111,675,464

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

927,957

63,091,796

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ENERGY - continued

Energy Equipment & Services - continued

Noble Corp.

1,571,500

$ 47,490,730

Ocean Rig UDW, Inc.:

(Norway)

16,700

205,959

(United States)

971,264

11,849,421

Oceaneering International, Inc.

532,118

24,546,603

Schlumberger Ltd.

736,379

50,302,049

Transocean Ltd. (United States)

428,683

16,457,140

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

5,923,400

6,871,144

 

463,230,959

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.7%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

1,590,460

32,493,098

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

1,204,717

91,956,049

Apache Corp.

1,151,983

104,346,620

BP PLC sponsored ADR

1,196,575

51,141,616

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

939,600

35,198,095

CVR Energy, Inc. (a)

514,940

9,644,826

EV Energy Partners LP

63,500

4,184,650

Exxon Mobil Corp.

2,689,623

227,972,445

HollyFrontier Corp.

2,651,818

62,052,541

InterOil Corp. (a)(d)

485,348

24,815,843

Marathon Oil Corp.

2,288,580

66,986,737

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

1,797,260

59,830,785

Niko Resources Ltd.

436,922

20,692,015

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

798,311

74,801,741

Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd.

748,300

7,773,973

Petrominerales Ltd.

514,000

8,358,052

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)(d)

1,048,368

11,322,374

Royal Dutch Shell PLC:

Class A sponsored ADR

174,834

12,778,617

Class B sponsored ADR

3,476,788

264,270,656

Suncor Energy, Inc.

946,810

27,314,688

Talisman Energy, Inc.

2,453,000

31,264,670

Western Refining, Inc. (d)

934,628

12,421,206

Williams Companies, Inc.

1,633,400

53,934,868

 

1,295,556,165

TOTAL ENERGY

1,758,787,124

FINANCIALS - 13.3%

Capital Markets - 1.5%

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

766,407

38,044,443

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

798,847

6,358,822

Evercore Partners, Inc. Class A

370,900

9,873,358

ICAP PLC

1,118,855

6,028,253

Invesco Ltd.

1,403,661

28,199,549

Morgan Stanley

1,593,745

24,113,362

 

Shares

Value

State Street Corp.

2,391,706

$ 96,409,669

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

1,585,800

24,817,770

 

233,845,226

Commercial Banks - 2.5%

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

346,812

12,093,334

Comerica, Inc.

1,315,134

33,930,457

FirstMerit Corp.

924,585

13,988,971

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

4,931,075

27,071,602

Regions Financial Corp.

2,599,200

11,176,560

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

2,649,093

46,888,946

Synovus Financial Corp. (d)

5,627,386

7,934,614

U.S. Bancorp

7,365,034

199,224,170

Wells Fargo & Co.

784,829

21,629,887

 

373,938,541

Consumer Finance - 1.5%

Capital One Financial Corp.

3,651,487

154,421,385

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

493,800

9,899,739

Green Dot Corp. Class A (a)(d)

277,248

8,655,683

SLM Corp.

4,128,040

55,315,736

 

228,292,543

Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

African Bank Investments Ltd.

2,677,741

11,377,563

Citigroup, Inc.

2,960,218

77,883,336

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

8,476,852

281,855,329

NBH Holdings Corp. Class A (a)(e)

813,800

13,020,800

 

384,137,028

Insurance - 3.6%

ACE Ltd.

803,620

56,349,834

Amlin PLC

2,692,656

13,127,608

Aon Corp.

553,939

25,924,345

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.:

Class A (a)

252

28,918,260

Class B (a)

2,309,510

176,215,613

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
(sub. vtg.)

143,000

61,363,344

MetLife, Inc.

4,857,740

151,464,333

Validus Holdings Ltd.

626,791

19,743,917

 

533,107,254

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.2%

American Capital Agency Corp.

590,304

16,575,736

Camden Property Trust (SBI)

245,061

15,252,597

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

199,200

13,284,648

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

6,242

9,245,605

Prologis, Inc.

1,194,310

34,145,323

Public Storage

428,809

57,657,658

The Macerich Co.

691,026

34,965,916

 

181,127,483

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%

BR Malls Participacoes SA

639,600

6,220,240

PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk

135,352,750

9,851,980

 

16,072,220

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

FINANCIALS - continued

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

3,136,319

$ 45,413,899

TOTAL FINANCIALS

1,995,934,194

HEALTH CARE - 11.5%

Biotechnology - 2.6%

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

247,504

17,696,536

Amgen, Inc.

2,480,516

159,273,932

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

484,188

8,328,033

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

779,470

85,780,674

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

794,830

27,326,255

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

1,975,125

80,841,866

ONYX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

268,328

11,793,016

 

391,040,312

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%

Baxter International, Inc.

1,346,878

66,643,523

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

3,312,673

17,689,674

Covidien PLC

2,143,082

96,460,121

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

787,375

55,667,413

Mako Surgical Corp. (a)(d)

717,539

18,089,158

Quidel Corp. (a)

1,433,104

21,682,864

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

329,351

23,225,833

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (a)

519,788

8,576,502

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)

436,400

23,312,488

 

331,347,576

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.4%

CIGNA Corp.

855,561

35,933,562

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

781,500

50,352,045

McKesson Corp.

703,484

54,808,438

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

681,570

38,099,763

Omnicare, Inc.

801,620

27,615,809

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

2,924,169

148,196,885

 

355,006,502

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

924,868

32,305,639

Fluidigm Corp. (h)

312,345

4,110,460

 

36,416,099

Pharmaceuticals - 4.0%

Abbott Laboratories

233,500

13,129,705

Allergan, Inc.

426,355

37,408,388

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

469,600

16,548,704

Eli Lilly & Co.

233,500

9,704,260

GlaxoSmithKline PLC sponsored ADR

1,544,269

70,464,994

Merck & Co., Inc.

2,581,136

97,308,827

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

488,048

5,973,708

Pfizer, Inc.

8,415,867

182,119,362

 

Shares

Value

Sanofi-aventis sponsored ADR

1,639,600

$ 59,910,984

Shire PLC sponsored ADR

705,300

73,280,670

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (Canada)

810,076

37,910,666

 

603,760,268

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

1,717,570,757

INDUSTRIALS - 10.8%

Aerospace & Defense - 3.7%

Honeywell International, Inc.

1,859,075

101,040,726

MTU Aero Engines Holdings AG

252,960

16,188,210

Precision Castparts Corp.

584,198

96,269,988

Raytheon Co.

444,503

21,505,055

Textron, Inc.

2,530,190

46,783,213

The Boeing Co.

1,922,313

141,001,659

United Technologies Corp.

1,786,347

130,564,102

 

553,352,953

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.3%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

587,899

41,023,592

Building Products - 0.5%

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

565,744

24,819,189

Owens Corning (a)

1,470,801

42,241,405

 

67,060,594

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

Republic Services, Inc.

714,070

19,672,629

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

376,399

29,329,010

 

49,001,639

Construction & Engineering - 0.3%

Fluor Corp.

605,950

30,448,988

Foster Wheeler AG (a)

772,806

14,791,507

 

45,240,495

Electrical Equipment - 0.7%

Emerson Electric Co.

1,279,188

59,597,369

Regal-Beloit Corp.

841,626

42,897,677

 

102,495,046

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%

Danaher Corp.

1,627,904

76,576,604

General Electric Co.

6,564,504

117,570,267

Tyco International Ltd.

998,300

46,630,593

 

240,777,464

Machinery - 2.0%

Caterpillar, Inc.

1,187,760

107,611,056

Cummins, Inc.

1,107,409

97,474,140

Fanuc Corp.

144,700

22,147,288

Fiat Industrial SpA (a)

1,127,000

9,664,476

Joy Global, Inc.

355,900

26,681,823

Parker Hannifin Corp.

479,116

36,532,595

 

300,111,378

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INDUSTRIALS - continued

Professional Services - 0.1%

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

287,023

$ 19,153,045

Road & Rail - 1.3%

CSX Corp.

3,417,705

71,976,867

Union Pacific Corp.

1,126,161

119,305,496

 

191,282,363

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

1,609,498,569

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 19.7%

Communications Equipment - 2.9%

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

761,900

3,954,261

Ciena Corp. (a)(d)

1,375,817

16,647,386

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

1,328,309

27,110,787

Meru Networks, Inc. (a)(d)

129,325

534,112

Polycom, Inc. (a)

642,189

10,467,681

QUALCOMM, Inc.

5,942,091

325,032,378

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
(B Shares) sponsored ADR

3,137,123

31,779,056

ZTE Corp. (H Shares)

4,947,000

15,509,934

 

431,035,595

Computers & Peripherals - 6.4%

Apple, Inc. (a)

1,899,514

769,303,176

EMC Corp. (a)

221,820

4,778,003

SanDisk Corp. (a)

3,272,724

161,050,748

Toshiba Corp.

4,450,000

18,212,824

 

953,344,751

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

726,133

27,164,636

Internet Software & Services - 2.2%

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

104,541

12,175,890

Bankrate, Inc.

403,800

8,681,700

Dice Holdings, Inc. (a)

1,207,022

10,006,212

eBay, Inc. (a)

531,790

16,129,191

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

347,125

224,208,038

Mail.ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (a)(e)

434,066

11,285,716

GDR (Reg. S) (a)

78,300

2,035,800

VeriSign, Inc.

1,388,478

49,596,434

 

334,118,981

IT Services - 0.8%

Accenture PLC Class A

2,136,548

113,728,450

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

212,509

13,666,454

 

127,394,904

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.7%

Altera Corp.

1,281,417

47,540,571

Analog Devices, Inc.

4,025,871

144,045,664

ARM Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

1,048,775

29,019,604

 

Shares

Value

ASML Holding NV

621,490

$ 25,972,067

Avago Technologies Ltd.

1,148,225

33,137,774

Broadcom Corp. Class A

1,218,700

35,781,032

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

1,034,183

20,083,834

Intersil Corp. Class A

846,185

8,834,171

KLA-Tencor Corp.

1,405,836

67,831,587

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

2,294,817

31,783,215

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

10,164,006

63,931,598

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

1,487,806

22,867,578

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

4,531,121

24,468,053

 

555,296,748

Software - 3.5%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

289,000

3,560,480

Ariba, Inc. (a)

940,394

26,406,264

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

2,091,626

109,894,030

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

1,639,241

99,534,714

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

2,160,057

44,497,174

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

612,265

13,353,500

Intuit, Inc.

1,320,759

69,458,716

Jive Software, Inc.

73,256

1,172,096

Microsoft Corp.

2,737,904

71,075,988

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

383,420

9,646,847

Oracle Corp.

2,814,320

72,187,308

 

520,787,117

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2,949,142,732

MATERIALS - 3.4%

Chemicals - 2.0%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

680,944

58,009,619

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

2,436,311

111,534,318

Ecolab, Inc.

1,173,479

67,838,821

Sherwin-Williams Co.

579,135

51,699,381

The Mosaic Co.

390,582

19,697,050

 

308,779,189

Containers & Packaging - 0.4%

Ball Corp.

723,513

25,836,649

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A

622,659

35,927,424

 

61,764,073

Metals & Mining - 1.0%

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

2,156,700

42,460,561

Goldcorp, Inc.

557,033

24,728,458

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (a)

1,233,600

21,912,632

Newmont Mining Corp.

404,790

24,291,448

Nucor Corp.

839,637

33,224,436

 

146,617,535

TOTAL MATERIALS

517,160,797

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.8%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

CenturyLink, Inc.

3,495,744

$ 130,041,677

Verizon Communications, Inc.

2,750,695

110,357,883

 

240,399,560

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

American Tower Corp. Class A

2,469,558

148,198,176

Clearwire Corp. Class A (a)

6,430,800

12,475,752

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

58,080

2,601,984

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC sponsored ADR

336,900

4,945,692

NII Holdings, Inc. (a)

366,000

7,795,800

TIM Participacoes SA sponsored ADR

144,500

3,728,100

 

179,745,504

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

420,145,064

UTILITIES - 3.8%

Electric Utilities - 2.7%

Duke Energy Corp.

3,352,737

73,760,214

Edison International

1,807,316

74,822,882

Exelon Corp.

1,494,535

64,817,983

FirstEnergy Corp.

1,787,414

79,182,440

NextEra Energy, Inc.

1,356,514

82,584,572

Progress Energy, Inc.

538,500

30,166,770

 

405,334,861

Gas Utilities - 0.0%

ONEOK, Inc.

42,200

3,658,318

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.7%

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

1,650,896

65,491,044

The AES Corp. (a)

2,692,135

31,874,878

 

97,365,922

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

Sempra Energy

1,044,374

57,440,570

TOTAL UTILITIES

563,799,671

TOTAL STOCKS

(Cost $13,455,002,115)


14,696,891,487

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%

 

Principal Amount

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0% to 0.02% 2/23/12 (f)
(Cost $7,999,854)

$ 8,000,000


7,999,856

Money Market Funds - 2.9%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.11% (b)

354,331,172

$ 354,331,172

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.13% (b)(c)

77,830,523

77,830,523

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $432,161,695)


432,161,695

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.2%

(Cost $13,895,163,664)

15,137,053,038

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.2)%

(181,258,074)

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 14,955,794,964

Futures Contracts

Expiration Date

Underlying Face Amount at Value

Unrealized Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

1,243 CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts

March 2012

$ 77,849,090

$ (26,725)

 

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 0.5%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

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

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

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

(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $26,169,851 or 0.2% of net assets.

(f) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $5,399,903.

(g) Investment is owned by an entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. tax purposes which is owned by the Fund.

(h) Restricted securities - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $13,380,835 or 0.1% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Fluidigm Corp.

10/9/07 - 1/6/11

$ 5,645,236

Legend Pictures LLC

9/23/10

$ 4,958,250

Weinstein Co. Holdings LLC
Class A-1

10/19/05

$ 11,499,000

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 470,178

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,779,542

Total

$ 3,249,720

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of December 31, 2011, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the tables below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

Equities:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 1,459,518,365

$ 1,450,247,990

$ -

$ 9,270,375

Consumer Staples

1,705,334,214

1,651,835,345

53,498,869

-

Energy

1,758,787,124

1,758,787,124

-

-

Financials

1,995,934,194

1,982,913,394

-

13,020,800

Health Care

1,717,570,757

1,717,570,757

-

-

Industrials

1,609,498,569

1,609,498,569

-

-

Information Technology

2,949,142,732

2,949,142,732

-

-

Materials

517,160,797

517,160,797

-

-

Telecommunication Services

420,145,064

420,145,064

-

-

Utilities

563,799,671

563,799,671

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

7,999,856

-

7,999,856

-

Money Market Funds

432,161,695

432,161,695

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 15,137,053,038

$ 15,053,263,138

$ 61,498,725

$ 22,291,175

Derivative Instruments:

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (26,725)

$ (26,725)

$ -

$ -

The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:

Investments in Securities:

Beginning Balance

$ 28,027,598

Total Realized Gain (Loss)

-

Total Unrealized Gain (Loss)

(2,890,580)

Cost of Purchases

41,454

Proceeds of Sales

(2,887,297)

Amortization/Accretion

-

Transfers in to Level 3

-

Transfers out of Level 3

-

Ending Balance

$ 22,291,175

The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at December 31, 2011

$ (2,889,754)

The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. The cost of purchases and the proceeds of sales may include securities received or delivered through corporate actions or exchanges. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations.

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of December 31, 2011. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Equity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ -

$ (26,725)

Total Value of Derivatives

$ -

$ (26,725)

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Distribution of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows: (Unaudited)

United States of America

83.2%

United Kingdom

5.4%

Canada

2.4%

Switzerland

1.4%

Ireland

1.3%

France

1.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

5.1%

 

100.0%

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $75,213,815) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $13,463,001,969)

$ 14,704,891,343

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $432,161,695)

432,161,695

 

Total Investments (cost $13,895,163,664)

 

$ 15,137,053,038

Cash

 

3,795,130

Receivable for investments sold

14,769,879

Receivable for fund shares sold

5,473,686

Dividends receivable

15,671,224

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

195,928

Prepaid expenses

42,898

Other receivables

1,043,129

Total assets

15,178,044,912

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable to custodian bank

$ 189

Payable for investments purchased

119,248,760

Payable for fund shares redeemed

14,907,548

Accrued management fee

6,914,523

Distribution and service plan fees payable

1,550,219

Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts

298,320

Other affiliated payables

979,897

Other payables and accrued expenses

519,969

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

77,830,523

Total liabilities

222,249,948

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 14,955,794,964

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 17,102,053,490

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(2,498,208)

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

(3,385,627,012)

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

1,241,866,694

Net Assets

$ 14,955,794,964

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

  

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

Initial Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($6,113,440,311 ÷ 265,543,403 shares)

$ 23.02

 

 

 

Service Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,277,100,797 ÷ 55,649,086 shares)

$ 22.95

 

 

 

Service Class 2:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($6,980,191,432 ÷ 308,292,381 shares)

$ 22.64

 

 

 

Service Class 2R:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($8,041,668 ÷ 355,823 shares)

$ 22.60

 

 

 

Investor Class:
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($577,020,756 ÷ 25,149,475 shares)

$ 22.94

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

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Statement of Operations

  

Year ended December 31, 2011

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Dividends

 

$ 265,248,429

Interest

 

6,946

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

3,249,720

Total income

 

268,505,095

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 90,471,687

Transfer agent fees

12,205,669

Distribution and service plan fees

20,028,048

Accounting and security lending fees

1,565,865

Custodian fees and expenses

509,075

Independent trustees' compensation

93,364

Appreciation in deferred trustee compensation account

10

Audit

118,198

Legal

68,724

Interest

121

Miscellaneous

184,322

Total expenses before reductions

125,245,083

Expense reductions

(2,625,361)

122,619,722

Net investment income (loss)

145,885,373

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

917,425,594

Foreign currency transactions

(860,699)

Futures contracts

7,209,878

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

923,774,773

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(1,479,796,606)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(41,702)

Futures contracts

(1,621,704)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(1,481,460,012)

Net gain (loss)

(557,685,239)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (411,799,866)

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
December 31,
2011

Year ended
December 31,
2010

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 145,885,373

$ 156,808,770

Net realized gain (loss)

923,774,773

1,213,062,242

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(1,481,460,012)

1,272,193,349

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

(411,799,866)

2,642,064,361

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(141,940,543)

(173,609,742)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(7,015,810)

Total distributions

(141,940,543)

(180,625,552)

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(1,239,479,004)

(2,950,980,349)

Redemption fees

8,960

1,677

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(1,793,210,453)

(489,539,863)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

16,749,005,417

17,238,545,280

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $2,498,208 and $10,971,317, respectively)

$ 14,955,794,964

$ 16,749,005,417

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

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Financial Highlights - Initial Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.88

$ 20.62

$ 15.39

$ 27.90

$ 31.47

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .25

.23

.23

.24

.34

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.86)

3.31

5.26

(11.87)

5.17

Total from investment operations

  (.61)

3.54

5.49

(11.63)

5.51

Distributions from net investment income

  (.25)

(.27)

(.25)

(.23)

(.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.25)

(.28)

(.26)H

(.88)

(9.08)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 23.02

$ 23.88

$ 20.62

$ 15.39

$ 27.90

Total Return A,B

  (2.53)%

17.22%

35.71%

(42.51)%

17.59%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .65%

.65%

.67%

.66%

.65%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .64%

.65%

.67%

.66%

.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .63%

.63%

.65%

.65%

.64%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.03%

1.06%

1.33%

1.07%

1.00%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,113,440

$ 7,160,125

$ 7,405,228

$ 6,240,871

$ 12,371,009

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.26 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.250 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

Financial Highlights - Service Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.81

$ 20.55

$ 15.33

$ 27.80

$ 31.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .22

.20

.21

.21

.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.85)

3.31

5.25

(11.83)

5.16

Total from investment operations

  (.63)

3.51

5.46

(11.62)

5.46

Distributions from net investment income

  (.23)

(.24)

(.23)

(.20)

(.29)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.23)

(.25)

(.24)H

(.85)

(9.04)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.95

$ 23.81

$ 20.55

$ 15.33

$ 27.80

Total Return A,B

  (2.64)%

17.11%

35.66%

(42.61)%

17.51%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .75%

.75%

.77%

.76%

.75%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .74%

.75%

.77%

.76%

.75%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .73%

.73%

.75%

.75%

.74%

Net investment income (loss)

  .93%

.96%

1.23%

.97%

.90%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 1,277,101

$ 1,379,305

$ 1,784,820

$ 1,497,734

$ 3,008,644

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.24 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.232 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Service Class 2

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.49

$ 20.29

$ 15.14

$ 27.46

$ 31.11

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

.17

.18

.18

.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.84)

3.26

5.18

(11.67)

5.11

Total from investment operations

  (.66)

3.43

5.36

(11.49)

5.36

Distributions from net investment income

  (.19)

(.22)

(.21)

(.18)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.19)

(.23)

(.21)H

(.83)

(9.01)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.64

$ 23.49

$ 20.29

$ 15.14

$ 27.46

Total Return A,B

  (2.78)%

16.93%

35.47%

(42.69)%

17.30%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .89%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .88%

.88%

.90%

.90%

.89%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78%

.81%

1.08%

.82%

.75%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,980,191

$ 7,627,793

$ 7,577,737

$ 6,187,985

$ 9,339,663

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.205 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

Financial Highlights - Service Class 2R

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.44

$ 20.24

$ 15.10

$ 27.35

$ 31.02

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .18

.17

.18

.18

.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.84)

3.25

5.17

(11.62)

5.09

Total from investment operations

  (.66)

3.42

5.35

(11.44)

5.34

Distributions from net investment income

  (.18)

(.21)

(.20)

(.16)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.18)

(.22)

(.21) H

(.81)

(9.01)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.60

$ 23.44

$ 20.24

$ 15.10

$ 27.35

Total Return A,B

  (2.79)%

16.94%

35.46%

(42.69)%

17.30%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .89%

.90%

.92%

.91%

.90%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .88%

.88%

.90%

.90%

.89%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78%

.81%

1.08%

.82%

.75%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 8,042

$ 10,942

$ 13,285

$ 13,585

$ 35,606

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.21 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.200 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Investor Class

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.80

$ 20.56

$ 15.34

$ 27.82

$ 31.41

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .23

.21

.21

.21

.30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.86)

3.30

5.25

(11.83)

5.16

Total from investment operations

  (.63)

3.51

5.46

(11.62)

5.46

Distributions from net investment income

  (.23)

(.26)

(.24)

(.21)

(.30)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

(.01)

(.01)

(.65)

(8.75)

Total distributions

  (.23)

(.27)

(.24) H

(.86)

(9.05)

Redemption fees added to paid in capital C,G

  -

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.94

$ 23.80

$ 20.56

$ 15.34

$ 27.82

Total Return A,B

  (2.62)%

17.10%

35.66%

(42.60)%

17.47%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D,F

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .73%

.74%

.77%

.75%

.76%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .73%

.73%

.77%

.75%

.76%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .71%

.72%

.75%

.74%

.75%

Net investment income (loss)

  .94%

.98%

1.23%

.98%

.89%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 577,021

$ 570,841

$ 457,476

$ 324,919

$ 532,268

Portfolio turnover rate E

  135%

117%

145%

172%

134%

A Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.

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

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

G Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

H Total distributions of $.24 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.235 and distributions from net realized gain of $.005 per share.

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended December 31, 2011

1. Organization.

VIP Contrafund Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II (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. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares, Service Class 2R shares, and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

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

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

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments. When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or reliable, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Factors used in determining value may include market or security specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The value used for net asset value (NAV) calculation under these procedures may differ from published prices for the same securities.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

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 December 31, 2011, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 securities, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments. 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 an independent 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 significant market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities are used and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy in these circumstances. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For restricted equity securities and private placements where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing matrices which consider similar factors that would be used by independent pricing services. These 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 each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will result in additional disclosure for transfers between levels as well as expanded disclosure for securities categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), independent Trustees may elect to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in a cross-section of Fidelity funds, are marked-to-market and remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of December 31, 2011, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

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

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

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures transactions, foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, deferred trustees compensation, capital loss carryforwards, and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 1,957,457,991

Gross unrealized depreciation

(912,037,789)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 1,045,420,202

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 14,091,632,836

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

Capital loss carryforward

$ (3,189,184,565)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 1,045,424,246

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

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (854,185,637)

2017

(2,334,998,928)

Total with expiration

$ (3,189,184,565)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

December 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

Ordinary Income

$ 141,940,543

$ 180,625,552

Trading (Redemption) Fees. Service Class 2 R shares, held by investors less than 60 days are subject to a redemption fee equal to 1% of the net asset value of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

4. Operating Policies.

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

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5. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund used derivative instruments (derivatives), including futures contracts in order to meet its investment objectives. The strategy is to use derivatives to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Equity Risk

Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to sell the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund. Counterparty risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade. Derivatives involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the stock market.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

The underlying face amount at value of open futures contracts at period end is shown in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." This amount reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end and is representative of activity for the period. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Certain risks arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid market limits the ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $7,209,878 and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(1,621,704) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

6. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $21,646,015,616 and $22,882,964,536, respectively.

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. FMR and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .26% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the period, the total annual management fee rate was .56% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of FMR, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's and Service Class 2R's average net assets.

For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services were as follows:

Service Class

$ 1,345,593

Service Class 2

18,658,060

Service Class 2R

24,395

 

$ 20,028,048

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

7. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of FMR, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class (with the exception of Investor Class) pays a transfer agent fee, excluding out of pocket expenses, equal to an annual rate of .07% of average net assets. Investor Class pays a monthly asset-based transfer agent fee of .15% of average net assets. In addition, FIIOC receives an asset-based fee of .0045% of average net assets for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. FIIOC voluntarily agreed to waive this fee for the period August 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 (see Expense Reductions note). For the period, transfer agent fees for each class, including printing and out of pocket expenses, were as follows:

Initial Class

$ 4,913,008

Service Class

972,476

Service Class 2

5,374,193

Service Class 2R

6,995

Investor Class

938,997

 

$ 12,205,669

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

Brokerage Commissions. The Fund placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $904,052 for the period.

8. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by FMR or an affiliate in a $4.0 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $51,228 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

9. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. For equity securities, a lending agent is used and may loan securities to certain qualified borrowers, including Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund. On the settlement date of the loan, the Fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The value of securities loaned to FCM at period end was $355,696. 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 represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $2,779,542, including $11,125 from securities loaned to FCM.

10. Bank Borrowings.

The Fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity requirements. The Fund has established borrowing arrangements with certain banks. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. The average loan balance during the period for which loans were outstanding amounted to $7,662,000. The weighted average interest rate was .57%. The interest expense amounted to $121 under the bank borrowing program. At period end, there were no bank borrowings outstanding.

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11. Expense Reductions.

FMR or its affiliates agreed to waive certain fees during the period as noted in the table below.

Initial Class

$ 116,768

Service Class

23,081

Service Class 2

127,953

Service Class 2R

167

Investor Class

10,255

 

$ 278,224

Many of the brokers with whom FMR places trades on behalf of the Fund provided services to the Fund in addition to trade execution. These services included payments of certain expenses on behalf of the Fund totaling $2,345,429 for the period.

In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $1,708.

12. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

From net investment income

 

 

Initial Class

$ 65,616,073

$ 82,141,064

Service Class

12,220,263

14,096,830

Service Class 2

58,305,804

71,159,779

Service Class 2R

65,304

100,197

Investor Class

5,733,099

6,111,872

Total

$ 141,940,543

$ 173,609,742

From net realized gain

 

 

Initial Class

$ -

$ 2,975,123

Service Class

-

575,173

Service Class 2

-

3,224,769

Service Class 2R

-

4,617

Investor Class

-

236,128

Total

$ -

$ 7,015,810

13. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Initial Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

8,887,647

11,081,201

$ 215,181,582

$ 237,555,506

Reinvestment of distributions

2,941,106

3,639,831

65,616,073

85,116,187

Shares redeemed

(46,079,138)

(74,008,339)

(1,098,879,687)

(1,628,773,596)

Net increase (decrease)

(34,250,385)

(59,287,307)

$ (818,082,032)

$ (1,306,101,903)

Service Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,960,533

4,235,533

$ 142,199,635

$ 89,409,017

Reinvestment of distributions

549,472

631,651

12,220,263

14,672,003

Shares redeemed

(8,798,344)

(33,788,989)

(211,519,636)

(763,918,858)

Net increase (decrease)

(2,288,339)

(28,921,805)

$ (57,099,738)

$ (659,837,838)

Service Class 2

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

28,618,316

29,628,488

$ 674,963,970

$ 621,610,993

Reinvestment of distributions

2,657,512

3,238,949

58,305,804

74,384,548

Shares redeemed

(47,724,451)

(81,615,457)

(1,123,942,590)

(1,716,672,110)

Net increase (decrease)

(16,448,623)

(48,748,020)

$ (390,672,816)

$ (1,020,676,569)

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13. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Years ended December 31,

2011

2010

2011

2010

Service Class 2R

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

57,708

104,398

$ 1,412,478

$ 2,198,967

Reinvestment of distributions

2,982

4,580

65,304

104,814

Shares redeemed

(171,761)

(298,461)

(4,029,960)

(6,070,211)

Net increase (decrease)

(111,071)

(189,483)

$ (2,552,178)

$ (3,766,430)

Investor Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,165,850

3,515,764

$ 76,274,096

$ 76,017,353

Reinvestment of distributions

257,783

272,002

5,733,099

6,348,000

Shares redeemed

(2,256,234)

(2,058,150)

(53,079,435)

(42,962,962)

Net increase (decrease)

1,167,399

1,729,616

$ 28,927,760

$ 39,402,391

14. Other.

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

At the end of the period, two otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were the owners of record of 30% of the total outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Shareholders of VIP Contrafund Portfolio:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of VIP Contrafund Portfolio (the Fund), a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund II, including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of VIP Contrafund Portfolio as of December 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 10, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 226 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 429 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interested Trustees*:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

James C. Curvey (76)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

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

Ronald P. O'Hanley (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

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

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

Independent Trustees:

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

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Dennis J. Dirks (63)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Alan J. Lacy (58)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Ned C. Lautenbach (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2000

Mr. Lautenbach is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Equity and High Income Funds (2006-present). Mr. Lautenbach currently serves as the Lead Director of the Eaton Corporation Board of Directors (diversified industrial, 1997-present). Mr. Lautenbach is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida (1999-present); a member of the Board of Trustees of Fairfield University (2005-present); and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1994-present). Previously, Mr. Lautenbach was a Partner/Advisory Partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (private equity investment, 1998-2010), as well as a Director of Sony Corporation (2006-2007).

Joseph Mauriello (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Robert W. Selander (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Cornelia M. Small (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

William S. Stavropoulos (72)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

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

David M. Thomas (62)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Michael E. Wiley (61)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

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

Advisory Board Members and Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for each executive officer, Edward C. Johnson 3d, and Peter S. Lynch may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

Edward C. Johnson 3d (81)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Peter S. Lynch (67)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2003

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

Kenneth B. Robins (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Bruce T. Herring (46)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

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

Brian B. Hogan (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Scott C. Goebel (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

William C. Coffey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Holly C. Laurent (57)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Laurent also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Laurent was Senior Vice President and Head of Legal for Fidelity Business Services India Pvt. Ltd. (2006-2008), and Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Group Head for FMR LLC (2005-2006).

Christine Reynolds (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Kenneth A. Rathgeber (64)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2004

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Equity and High Income Funds. Mr. Rathgeber is Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present), Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), FMR (2005-present), FMR Co., Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2005-present), Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2005-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2005-present), Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC (2005-present), and Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2005-present).

Jeffrey S. Christian (50)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Christian is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Christian served as Chief Financial Officer (2008-2009) of certain Fidelity funds and Senior Vice President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (2004-2009).

Joseph F. Zambello (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

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

Adrien E. Deberghes (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

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

Stephanie J. Dorsey (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

John R. Hebble (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

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

Gary W. Ryan (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

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

Jonathan Davis (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

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

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Distributions (Unaudited)

Service Class 2R designates 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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

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

At its July 2011 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of fund shareholders.

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

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

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

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

The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers, with 35 new branches opening since 2010.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to investment research and support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) rationalizing product lines through the mergers of six funds into other funds; (iii) continuing to migrate the Freedom Funds to dedicated lower cost underlying funds; (iv) obtaining shareholder approval to broaden the investment strategies for Fidelity Consumer Finance Portfolio, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund, and Fidelity Environment and Alternative Energy Portfolio; (v) contractually agreeing to reduce the management fees and impose other expense limitations on Spartan 500 Index Fund and U.S. Bond Index Fund in connection with launching new institutional classes of these funds; (vi) changing the name, primary and supplemental benchmarks, and investment policies of Fidelity Global Strategies Fund to support the fund's flexible investment mandate and global orientation; and (vii) reducing the transfer agency account fee rates on certain accounts.

Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. It also reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance for each class, as well as the fund's relative investment performance for each class measured over multiple periods against (i) a broad-based securities market index, and (ii) a custom peer group of mutual funds deemed appropriate by Fidelity and reviewed by the Board. The following charts considered by the Board show, over the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2010, the cumulative total returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 of the fund, the cumulative total returns of a broad-based securities market index ("benchmark"), and a range of cumulative total returns of a custom peer group of mutual funds defined by FMR based on categories assigned by Morningstar, Inc. The returns of Initial Class and Service Class 2 show the performance of the highest and lowest performing classes, respectively (based on five-year performance). The box within each chart shows the 25th percentile return (bottom of box) and the 75th percentile return (top of box) of the peer group. Returns shown above the box are in the first quartile and returns shown below the box are in the fourth quartile. The percentage beaten numbers noted below each chart correspond to the percentile box and represent the percentage of funds in the peer group whose performance was equal to or lower than that of the class indicated. The fund's custom peer group, defined by FMR, is a peer group that FMR believes provides a more meaningful performance comparison than the peer group assigned by Morningstar, Inc., which assigns mutual funds to categories based on their investment styles as measured by their underlying portfolio holdings.

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

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

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

Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to the total universe of comparable funds available to investors in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps. "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a TMG % of 10% means that 90% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher management fees than the fund. The "Asset-Size Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to non-Fidelity funds similar in size to the fund within the Total Mapped Group. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee characteristics, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee ranked, is also included in the chart and considered by the Board.

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The Board noted that the fund's management fee ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for 2010.

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

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

The Board noted that the total expense ratio of each class ranked below its competitive median for 2010. The Board considered that various factors, including 12b-1 fees, positive or negative performance adjustments, and relatively higher other expenses in the case of small fund size, can affect total expense ratios. The Board also noted that Investor Class has higher transfer agent fees than traditional variable annuity classes because it is designed for lower cost annuity products, where the majority of servicing costs are incorporated into the funds' total expense ratios rather than being paid at the annuity level.

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

Annual Report

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees - continued

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered, including the findings of the Committee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including (i) fund performance trends, actions to be taken by FMR to improve certain funds' overall performance, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and length of portfolio manager tenure for different categories of funds over time; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers and other key personnel and strategies for attracting and retaining non-investment personnel; (iv) the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (v) historical trends in Fidelity's realization of fall-out benefits; (vi) Fidelity's group fee structures and the rationale for the individual fee rates of certain funds; (vii) fund profitability methodology and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (viii) trends regarding industry use of performance fee structures and Fidelity's compliance practices with respect to performance adjustment calculations; (ix) the fee structures in place for certain other Fidelity clients; and (x) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends, and actions that might be taken by FMR to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes.

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

Annual Report

Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company
Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

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

Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited

Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc.

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA

Transfer and Servicing Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.
Boston, MA 

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.
Boston, MA

Custodian

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA

VIPCONR-ANN-0212
1.811844.107

Item 2. Code of Ethics

As of the end of the period, December 31, 2011, Variable Insurance Products Fund II (the trust) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Trustees of the trust has determined that Joseph Mauriello is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.   Mr. Mauriello is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, "Deloitte Entities") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Contrafund Portfolio, Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio and Index 500 Portfolio (the "Funds"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

December 31, 2011 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

 

Contrafund Portfolio

$55,000

$-

$5,700

$2,200

Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

$38,000

$-

$5,700

$300

Index 500 Portfolio

$44,000

$-

$5,700

$600

December 31, 2010 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

 

Contrafund Portfolio

$55,000

$-

$5,700

$-

Disciplined Small Cap Portfolio

$37,000

$-

$5,600

$-

Index 500 Portfolio

$44,000

$-

$5,600

$-

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte Entities that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds and that are rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Funds ("Fund Service Providers"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

 

December 31, 2011A

December 31, 2010A

Audit-Related Fees

$610,000

$645,000

Tax Fees

$-

$-

All Other Fees

$430,000

$840,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

"Audit-Related Fees" represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the fund audit or the review of the fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.

"Tax Fees" represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund.

"All Other Fees" represent fees billed for services provided to the fund or Fund Service Provider, a significant portion of which are assurance related, that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.

Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.

* * *

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by Deloitte Entities for services rendered to the Funds, FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider for each of the last two fiscal years of the Funds are as follows:

Billed By

December 31, 2011 A

December 31, 2010 A

Deloitte Entities

$1,155,000

$1,595,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by Deloitte Entities to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte Entities in its audit of the Funds, taking into account representations from Deloitte Entities, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Funds and their related entities and FMR's review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund Service Providers.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The trust's Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a fund's independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the fund. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee's consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to a Fidelity fund and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund ("Covered Service") are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.

All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair's absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.

Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund are reported to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis.

Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X ("De Minimis Exception")

There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Funds' last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Funds or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the trust's Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(a)(ii) There was no change in the trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trust's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a)

(1)

Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(a)

(2)

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)

(3)

Not applicable.

(b)

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Variable Insurance Products Fund II

By:

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

Kenneth B. Robins

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

February 23, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

Kenneth B. Robins

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

February 23, 2012

By:

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

February 23, 2012