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<strong>Fidelity</strong><br />

<strong>Funds</strong><br />

Introduction<br />

<strong>Fidelity</strong> <strong>Funds</strong> (the "Company") is an open-ended investment <strong>com</strong>pany established in Luxembourg as a société d'investissement à capital variable<br />

("SICAV"). It has an umbrella structure and its assets are held in a number of different funds ("sub-funds"). Each sub-fund is a separate portfolio of<br />

securities and other assets managed in accordance with specific investment objectives. Separate classes of shares in the Company (the "Shares")<br />

are issued in relation to the sub-funds. Each sub-fund provides an investment opportunity in professionally managed pools of securities in different<br />

geographical areas and currencies, with the investment objective of capital growth, in<strong>com</strong>e or a balance between capital growth and in<strong>com</strong>e.<br />

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Shares are authorised for sale in a number of jurisdictions and are generally listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, except for the Reserved<br />

<strong>Funds</strong>, the Institutional Reserved <strong>Funds</strong>.<br />

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Swiss investors are advised that with the exception of Asian Equity Fund, Greater China Fund II, Fixed Term 2018 Fund, MoneyBuilder Europe Fund,<br />

MoneyBuilder European Bond Fund, MoneyBuilder Global Fund, Live 2020 Fund, Live 2030 Fund, Live Today Fund, FAWF American Diversified Fund,<br />

FAWF Asian Special Situations Fund, FAWF Diversified Stock Fund, FAWF Emerging Markets Fund, FAWF Equity Growth Fund, FAWF Equity In<strong>com</strong>e<br />

Fund, FAWF Europe Fund, FAWF International Fund, FAWF Japan Fund, FAWF Mega Cap Stock Fund, FAWF Pacific Fund, FAWF US Large-Cap Stock<br />

Fund, FAWF Limited Term Bond Fund, FAWF US Dollar Bond Fund, FAWF US High In<strong>com</strong>e Fund, FAWF Global Balanced Fund, the present sub-funds of<br />

the Company have been authorised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority for distribution in Switzerland.<br />

Board of Directors <br />

The Directors of the Company are listed on page 3. Six of the twelve Directors, serving as at 31 October 2014, are considered by the Board to be<br />

independent of the Investment Manager and free from any business or other relationship which could materially interfere with the exercise of their<br />

independent judgment. <br />

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The appointment of Ms Abby Johnson to the Board of <strong>Fidelity</strong> <strong>Funds</strong> was approved by shareholders on 2 October 2014. Ms Johnson is also:<br />

President and Chief Executive Officer of FMR LLC; chairman of <strong>Fidelity</strong> Management & Research Company (FMRCo); chairman of the Board of FIL<br />

Limited; chairman of the Board of Trustees of US <strong>Fidelity</strong> Investments Fixed-In<strong>com</strong>e/Asset Allocation funds.<br />

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This Semi-Annual Report of the Company does not constitute an offer of Shares. Shares are offered on the basis of the information contained in the<br />

current Prospectus (and the documents referred to within it) supplemented by the last available Annual Report of the Company and any subsequently<br />

published Semi-Annual Report. Copies of the current Prospectus, latest Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and Portfolio Changes for the Company are<br />

available free of charge from the registered office of the Company or from any of the <strong>com</strong>panies registered as distributors of <strong>Fidelity</strong> <strong>Funds</strong>, or, for<br />

investors in Switzerland, from the Representative of the Company in Switzerland.<br />

This Semi-Annual Report has been approved for circulation in the United Kingdom by FIL Investments International, UK distributor of the Company,<br />

authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority.<br />

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