Certified Semi-annual Shareholder Report for Management Investment Companies (n-csrs)

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 811-3010

Fidelity Advisor Series VII
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

245 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)

Marc Bryant, Secretary

245 Summer St.

Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end:

July 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 31, 2014

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

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Fidelity Advisor ®

Real Estate
Fund - Class A, Class T, Class B
and Class C

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January 31, 2014

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Contents

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 financial statements.

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All other marks appearing herein are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of FMR LLC or an affiliated company. © 2014 FMR LLC. All rights reserved.

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

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-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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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.18%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 989.30

$ 5.92

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.26

$ 6.01

Class T

1.38%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 988.10

$ 6.92

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.25

$ 7.02

Class B

1.94%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 985.40

$ 9.71

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.43

$ 9.86

Class C

1.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 985.80

$ 9.56

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.58

$ 9.70

Institutional Class

.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 990.50

$ 4.57

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.62

$ 4.63

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Simon Property Group, Inc.

13.3

12.2

Public Storage

6.8

7.2

Ventas, Inc.

6.5

6.8

Prologis, Inc.

6.3

6.1

Boston Properties, Inc.

5.7

4.4

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

4.8

3.5

SL Green Realty Corp.

4.1

4.6

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

3.8

2.8

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

3.8

0.9

LaSalle Hotel Properties (SBI)

3.1

0.0

 

58.2

Top Five REIT Sectors as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

REITs - Office Buildings

19.1

17.6

REITs - Apartments

17.0

16.6

REITs - Industrial Buildings

16.1

16.0

REITs - Malls

15.0

15.6

REITs - Health Care Facilities

11.2

11.9

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

As of July 31, 2013

ARE184669

Stocks 99.0%

 

ARE184669

Stocks 98.1%

 

ARE184672

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.0%

 

ARE184672

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.9%

 

ARE184675

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.0%

Shares

Value

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.4%

Health Care Facilities - 1.4%

Emeritus Corp. (a)

410,737

$ 9,056,751

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 96.4%

REITs - Apartments - 17.0%

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

130,340

16,096,990

Camden Property Trust (SBI)

198,874

12,294,391

Equity Residential (SBI)

345,909

19,156,440

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

205,615

32,563,248

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

400,014

25,816,904

UDR, Inc.

404,500

9,845,530

TOTAL REITS - APARTMENTS

115,773,503

REITs - Health Care Facilities - 11.2%

HCP, Inc.

482,495

18,889,679

Health Care REIT, Inc.

231,969

13,435,644

Ventas, Inc.

711,505

44,390,797

TOTAL REITS - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

76,716,120

REITs - Hotels - 6.2%

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

1,027,148

8,381,528

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

702,934

12,926,956

LaSalle Hotel Properties (SBI)

688,000

21,162,880

TOTAL REITS - HOTELS

42,471,364

REITs - Industrial Buildings - 16.1%

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (d)

363,079

9,436,423

Liberty Property Trust (SBI)

270,900

9,860,760

Prologis, Inc.

1,116,977

43,294,029

Public Storage

292,450

46,087,196

Terreno Realty Corp.

68,600

1,184,722

TOTAL REITS - INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

109,863,130

REITs - Malls - 15.0%

General Growth Properties, Inc.

140,575

2,831,181

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - CONTINUED

REITs - Malls - continued

Simon Property Group, Inc.

584,450

$ 90,496,237

Taubman Centers, Inc.

142,100

9,239,342

TOTAL REITS - MALLS

102,566,760

REITs - Management/Investment - 2.3%

Coresite Realty Corp.

102,399

3,141,601

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

155,441

6,110,386

Weyerhaeuser Co.

227,300

6,791,724

TOTAL REITS - MANAGEMENT/INVESTMENT

16,043,711

REITs - Mobile Home Parks - 0.8%

Sun Communities, Inc.

111,522

5,213,654

REITs - Office Buildings - 19.1%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

368,733

25,859,245

Boston Properties, Inc.

356,247

38,506,738

Cousins Properties, Inc.

1,386,200

14,901,650

Kilroy Realty Corp.

198,400

10,475,520

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A (d)

749,400

12,492,498

SL Green Realty Corp.

296,165

27,771,392

TOTAL REITS - OFFICE BUILDINGS

130,007,043

REITs - Shopping Centers - 8.7%

Acadia Realty Trust (SBI)

51,154

1,301,869

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

705,205

4,449,844

Equity One, Inc.

686,595

15,558,243

Excel Trust, Inc.

86,725

989,532

Federal Realty Investment Trust (SBI)

102,902

11,216,318

Glimcher Realty Trust

1,488,154

12,738,598

Kite Realty Group Trust

706,231

4,555,190

Vornado Realty Trust

90,483

8,309,054

TOTAL REITS - SHOPPING CENTERS

59,118,648

TOTAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

657,773,933

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 1.2%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 1.2%

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Class A (a)

457,667

$ 8,324,963

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $562,496,649)


675,155,647

Money Market Funds - 1.4%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

8,874,804

8,874,804

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

904,025

904,025

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $9,778,829)


9,778,829

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.4%

(Cost $572,275,478)

684,934,476

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.4)%

(2,622,316 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 682,312,160

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 5,828

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

5,668

Total

$ 11,496

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $874,493) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $562,496,649)

$ 675,155,647

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $9,778,829)

9,778,829

 

Total Investments (cost $572,275,478)

 

$ 684,934,476

Receivable for investments sold

10,488,134

Receivable for fund shares sold

2,550,047

Dividends receivable

66,053

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

969

Prepaid expenses

4,953

Other receivables

16,748

Total assets

698,061,380

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 12,423,263

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,741,356

Accrued management fee

309,740

Distribution and service plan fees payable

147,195

Other affiliated payables

176,193

Other payables and accrued expenses

47,448

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

904,025

Total liabilities

15,749,220

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 682,312,160

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 566,171,917

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(534,286)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

4,015,531

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

112,658,998

Net Assets

$ 682,312,160

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($225,308,312 ÷ 11,304,778 shares)

$ 19.93

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $19.93)

$ 21.15

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($113,008,432 ÷ 5,672,483 shares)

$ 19.92

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $19.92)

$ 20.64

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($6,313,943 ÷ 320,511 shares) A

$ 19.70

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($57,940,072 ÷ 2,949,260 shares) A

$ 19.65

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($279,741,401 ÷ 13,936,949 shares)

$ 20.07

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 9,358,407

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

11,496

Total income

 

9,369,903

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,920,232

Transfer agent fees

963,939

Distribution and service plan fees

927,504

Accounting and security lending fees

124,795

Custodian fees and expenses

29,402

Independent trustees' compensation

9,704

Registration fees

82,226

Audit

26,892

Legal

11,368

Interest

395

Miscellaneous

4,463

Total expenses before reductions

4,100,920

Expense reductions

(18,091 )

4,082,829

Net investment income (loss)

5,287,074

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

13,137,867

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

(31,861,858 )

Net gain (loss)

(18,723,991 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (13,436,917 )

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 5,287,074

$ 7,647,889

Net realized gain (loss)

13,137,867

29,947,480

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(31,861,858 )

6,004,617

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

(13,436,917 )

43,599,986

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(7,177,325)

(7,604,308)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(17,838,487 )

(5,306,125 )

Total distributions

(25,015,812 )

(12,910,433 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(30,053,677 )

86,239,926

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(68,506,406)

116,929,479

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

750,818,566

633,889,087

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $534,286 and undistributed net investment income of $1,355,965, respectively)

$ 682,312,160

$ 750,818,566

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.92

$ 19.83

$ 18.24

$ 14.88

$ 9.41

$ 16.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .15

  .22

  .17

  .12

  .19

  .27

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.27

  2.02

  3.37

  5.46

  (6.86 )

Total from investment operations

  (.27 )

  1.49

  2.19

  3.49

  5.65

  (6.59 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.21)

  (.23)

  (.13)

  (.13)

  (.18)

  (.36)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.72 ) I

  (.40 )

  (.60 )

  (.13 )

  (.18 )

  (.39 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.93

$ 20.92

$ 19.83

$ 18.24

$ 14.88

$ 9.41

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.07)%

  7.66%

  12.81%

  23.63%

  60.38%

  (40.19)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.18% A

  1.17%

  1.19%

  1.19%

  1.23%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.18% A

  1.17%

  1.19%

  1.19%

  1.23%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.18% A

  1.16%

  1.18%

  1.18%

  1.22%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.52% A

  1.06%

  .98%

  .69%

  1.45%

  2.73%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 225,308

$ 246,323

$ 199,303

$ 178,978

$ 117,929

$ 62,422

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

I Total distributions of $.72 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.213 and distributions from net realized gain of $.518 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.91

$ 19.82

$ 18.24

$ 14.90

$ 9.42

$ 16.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .13

  .17

  .13

  .07

  .15

  .25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.28

  2.02

  3.38

  5.47

  (6.87 )

Total from investment operations

  (.29 )

  1.45

  2.15

  3.45

  5.62

  (6.62 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.18)

  (.19)

  (.10)

  (.11)

  (.14)

  (.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.70 )

  (.36 )

  (.57 )

  (.11 )

  (.14 )

  (.36 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.92

$ 20.91

$ 19.82

$ 18.24

$ 14.90

$ 9.42

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.19)%

  7.43%

  12.52%

  23.28%

  60.02%

  (40.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.49%

  1.54%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.49%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.48%

  1.50%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.31% A

  .85%

  .73%

  .43%

  1.19%

  2.48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 113,008

$ 114,717

$ 86,987

$ 76,785

$ 59,529

$ 40,276

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.66

$ 19.59

$ 18.05

$ 14.77

$ 9.35

$ 16.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .07

  .06

  .04

  (.01)

  .09

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.41 )

  1.26

  2.00

  3.35

  5.42

  (6.81 )

Total from investment operations

  (.34 )

  1.32

  2.04

  3.34

  5.51

  (6.61 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

  (.08)

  (.03)

  (.06)

  (.09)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.62 ) I

  (.25 )

  (.50 )

  (.06 )

  (.09 )

  (.30 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.70

$ 20.66

$ 19.59

$ 18.05

$ 14.77

$ 9.35

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.46)%

  6.84%

  11.99%

  22.69%

  59.14%

  (40.60)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.94% A

  1.92%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.94% A

  1.92%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.93% A

  1.91%

  1.93%

  1.93%

  1.97%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .76% A

  .31%

  .23%

  (.07)%

  .70%

  1.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,314

$ 8,697

$ 9,481

$ 11,542

$ 12,078

$ 7,933

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

I Total distributions of $.62 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.114 and distributions from net realized gain of $.518 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.61

$ 19.55

$ 18.03

$ 14.76

$ 9.34

$ 16.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

  .07

  .04

  (.01)

  .09

  .19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.41 )

  1.26

  1.98

  3.35

  5.43

  (6.81 )

Total from investment operations

  (.33 )

  1.33

  2.02

  3.34

  5.52

  (6.62 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

  (.10)

  (.03)

  (.07)

  (.10)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.63 )

  (.27 )

  (.50 )

  (.07 )

  (.10 )

  (.30 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.65

$ 20.61

$ 19.55

$ 18.03

$ 14.76

$ 9.34

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.42)%

  6.89%

  11.92%

  22.69%

  59.28%

  (40.64)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.91% A

  1.90%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.91% A

  1.90%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.91% A

  1.89%

  1.93%

  1.93%

  1.97%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78% A

  .33%

  .23%

  (.07)%

  .71%

  1.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 57,940

$ 75,461

$ 55,064

$ 47,406

$ 31,204

$ 13,226

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 21.07

$ 19.97

$ 18.36

$ 14.96

$ 9.46

$ 16.47

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .18

  .28

  .22

  .16

  .23

  .30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.27

  2.03

  3.39

  5.47

  (6.90 )

Total from investment operations

  (.24 )

  1.55

  2.25

  3.55

  5.70

  (6.60 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.28)

  (.17)

  (.15)

  (.20)

  (.38)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.76 )

  (.45 )

  (.64 )

  (.15 )

  (.20 )

  (.41 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.07

$ 21.07

$ 19.97

$ 18.36

$ 14.96

$ 9.46

Total Return B, C

  (.95)%

  7.92%

  13.12%

  23.92%

  60.75%

  (40.03)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .91% A

  .90%

  .93%

  .93%

  .97%

  1.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .91% A

  .90%

  .93%

  .93%

  .97%

  1.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .90% A

  .89%

  .93%

  .92%

  .96%

  1.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.79% A

  1.33%

  1.23%

  .94%

  1.71%

  2.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 279,741

$ 305,619

$ 283,054

$ 174,655

$ 167,699

$ 55,177

Portfolio turnover rate F

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Real Estate Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are

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Investment Valuation - continued

limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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. 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.

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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 117,718,791

Gross unrealized depreciation

(8,971,189 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 108,747,602

 

 

Tax cost

$ 576,186,874

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $268,770,949 and $308,134,826, respectively.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 287,269

$ 4,176

Class T

.25%

.25%

275,876

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

36,327

27,245

Class C

.75%

.25%

328,032

78,552

 

 

 

$ 927,504

$ 109,973

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 33,787

Class T

5,625

Class B *

4,331

Class C *

7,825

 

$ 51,568

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 340,507

.30

Class T

136,588

.25

Class B

11,005

.30

Class C

91,598

.28

Institutional Class

384,241

.27

 

$ 963,939

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation

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Brokerage Commissions - continued

(depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $5,765 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average
Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 11,177,500

.32%

$ 395

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $314 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity

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7. Security Lending - continued

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 $5,668. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $18,085 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 custody expenses by $6.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 2,348,559

$ 2,470,657

Class T

1,004,512

882,131

Class B

37,346

35,157

Class C

367,021

295,037

Institutional Class

3,419,887

3,921,326

Total

$ 7,177,325

$ 7,604,308

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 5,987,252

$ 1,782,636

Class T

2,831,247

780,775

Class B

199,888

76,216

Class C

1,765,927

516,924

Institutional Class

7,054,173

2,149,574

Total

$ 17,838,487

$ 5,306,125

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,103,236

5,439,337

$ 41,889,700

$ 112,236,960

Reinvestment of distributions

415,607

203,180

7,897,271

3,981,426

Shares redeemed

(2,986,796 )

(3,918,883 )

(59,219,629 )

(80,333,991 )

Net increase (decrease)

(467,953 )

1,723,634

$ (9,432,658 )

$ 35,884,395

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

956,896

2,359,748

$ 18,882,848

$ 48,593,378

Reinvestment of distributions

198,611

82,685

3,772,806

1,616,132

Shares redeemed

(969,019 )

(1,344,901 )

(19,157,715 )

(27,286,441 )

Net increase (decrease)

186,488

1,097,532

$ 3,497,939

$ 22,923,069

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,528

112,710

$ 69,658

$ 2,287,362

Reinvestment of distributions

10,942

5,188

205,776

98,861

Shares redeemed

(114,929 )

(180,971 )

(2,250,796 )

(3,674,862 )

Net increase (decrease)

(100,459 )

(63,073 )

$ (1,975,362 )

$ (1,288,639 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

295,352

1,545,715

$ 5,774,377

$ 31,572,252

Reinvestment of distributions

103,592

39,180

1,942,789

747,349

Shares redeemed

(1,110,980 )

(739,815 )

(21,604,874 )

(14,971,358 )

Net increase (decrease)

(712,036 )

845,080

$ (13,887,708 )

$ 17,348,243

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,258,130

10,230,645

$ 107,702,926

$ 215,528,191

Reinvestment of distributions

408,121

177,841

7,801,867

3,543,243

Shares redeemed

(6,231,903 )

(10,081,938 )

(123,760,681 )

(207,698,576 )

Net increase (decrease)

(565,652 )

326,548

$ (8,255,888 )

$ 11,372,858

11. Other.

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

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ARE-USAN-0314
1.789730.111

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Contents

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 financial statements.

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Shareholder Expense Example

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

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.18%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 989.30

$ 5.92

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.26

$ 6.01

Class T

1.38%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 988.10

$ 6.92

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.25

$ 7.02

Class B

1.94%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 985.40

$ 9.71

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.43

$ 9.86

Class C

1.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 985.80

$ 9.56

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.58

$ 9.70

Institutional Class

.91%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 990.50

$ 4.57

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.62

$ 4.63

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Simon Property Group, Inc.

13.3

12.2

Public Storage

6.8

7.2

Ventas, Inc.

6.5

6.8

Prologis, Inc.

6.3

6.1

Boston Properties, Inc.

5.7

4.4

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

4.8

3.5

SL Green Realty Corp.

4.1

4.6

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

3.8

2.8

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

3.8

0.9

LaSalle Hotel Properties (SBI)

3.1

0.0

 

58.2

Top Five REIT Sectors as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

REITs - Office Buildings

19.1

17.6

REITs - Apartments

17.0

16.6

REITs - Industrial Buildings

16.1

16.0

REITs - Malls

15.0

15.6

REITs - Health Care Facilities

11.2

11.9

Asset Allocation (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

As of July 31, 2013

ARE184669

Stocks 99.0%

 

ARE184669

Stocks 98.1%

 

ARE184672

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.0%

 

ARE184672

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets
(Liabilities) 1.9%

 

ARE184686

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.0%

Shares

Value

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 1.4%

Health Care Facilities - 1.4%

Emeritus Corp. (a)

410,737

$ 9,056,751

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 96.4%

REITs - Apartments - 17.0%

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

130,340

16,096,990

Camden Property Trust (SBI)

198,874

12,294,391

Equity Residential (SBI)

345,909

19,156,440

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

205,615

32,563,248

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

400,014

25,816,904

UDR, Inc.

404,500

9,845,530

TOTAL REITS - APARTMENTS

115,773,503

REITs - Health Care Facilities - 11.2%

HCP, Inc.

482,495

18,889,679

Health Care REIT, Inc.

231,969

13,435,644

Ventas, Inc.

711,505

44,390,797

TOTAL REITS - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

76,716,120

REITs - Hotels - 6.2%

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

1,027,148

8,381,528

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

702,934

12,926,956

LaSalle Hotel Properties (SBI)

688,000

21,162,880

TOTAL REITS - HOTELS

42,471,364

REITs - Industrial Buildings - 16.1%

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (d)

363,079

9,436,423

Liberty Property Trust (SBI)

270,900

9,860,760

Prologis, Inc.

1,116,977

43,294,029

Public Storage

292,450

46,087,196

Terreno Realty Corp.

68,600

1,184,722

TOTAL REITS - INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

109,863,130

REITs - Malls - 15.0%

General Growth Properties, Inc.

140,575

2,831,181

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - CONTINUED

REITs - Malls - continued

Simon Property Group, Inc.

584,450

$ 90,496,237

Taubman Centers, Inc.

142,100

9,239,342

TOTAL REITS - MALLS

102,566,760

REITs - Management/Investment - 2.3%

Coresite Realty Corp.

102,399

3,141,601

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

155,441

6,110,386

Weyerhaeuser Co.

227,300

6,791,724

TOTAL REITS - MANAGEMENT/INVESTMENT

16,043,711

REITs - Mobile Home Parks - 0.8%

Sun Communities, Inc.

111,522

5,213,654

REITs - Office Buildings - 19.1%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

368,733

25,859,245

Boston Properties, Inc.

356,247

38,506,738

Cousins Properties, Inc.

1,386,200

14,901,650

Kilroy Realty Corp.

198,400

10,475,520

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A (d)

749,400

12,492,498

SL Green Realty Corp.

296,165

27,771,392

TOTAL REITS - OFFICE BUILDINGS

130,007,043

REITs - Shopping Centers - 8.7%

Acadia Realty Trust (SBI)

51,154

1,301,869

Cedar Shopping Centers, Inc.

705,205

4,449,844

Equity One, Inc.

686,595

15,558,243

Excel Trust, Inc.

86,725

989,532

Federal Realty Investment Trust (SBI)

102,902

11,216,318

Glimcher Realty Trust

1,488,154

12,738,598

Kite Realty Group Trust

706,231

4,555,190

Vornado Realty Trust

90,483

8,309,054

TOTAL REITS - SHOPPING CENTERS

59,118,648

TOTAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

657,773,933

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 1.2%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 1.2%

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Class A (a)

457,667

$ 8,324,963

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $562,496,649)


675,155,647

Money Market Funds - 1.4%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

8,874,804

8,874,804

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

904,025

904,025

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $9,778,829)


9,778,829

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.4%

(Cost $572,275,478)

684,934,476

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.4)%

(2,622,316 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 682,312,160

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 5,828

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

5,668

Total

$ 11,496

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $874,493) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $562,496,649)

$ 675,155,647

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $9,778,829)

9,778,829

 

Total Investments (cost $572,275,478)

 

$ 684,934,476

Receivable for investments sold

10,488,134

Receivable for fund shares sold

2,550,047

Dividends receivable

66,053

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

969

Prepaid expenses

4,953

Other receivables

16,748

Total assets

698,061,380

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 12,423,263

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,741,356

Accrued management fee

309,740

Distribution and service plan fees payable

147,195

Other affiliated payables

176,193

Other payables and accrued expenses

47,448

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

904,025

Total liabilities

15,749,220

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 682,312,160

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 566,171,917

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(534,286)

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

4,015,531

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

112,658,998

Net Assets

$ 682,312,160

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($225,308,312 ÷ 11,304,778 shares)

$ 19.93

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $19.93)

$ 21.15

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($113,008,432 ÷ 5,672,483 shares)

$ 19.92

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $19.92)

$ 20.64

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($6,313,943 ÷ 320,511 shares) A

$ 19.70

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($57,940,072 ÷ 2,949,260 shares) A

$ 19.65

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($279,741,401 ÷ 13,936,949 shares)

$ 20.07

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 9,358,407

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

11,496

Total income

 

9,369,903

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,920,232

Transfer agent fees

963,939

Distribution and service plan fees

927,504

Accounting and security lending fees

124,795

Custodian fees and expenses

29,402

Independent trustees' compensation

9,704

Registration fees

82,226

Audit

26,892

Legal

11,368

Interest

395

Miscellaneous

4,463

Total expenses before reductions

4,100,920

Expense reductions

(18,091 )

4,082,829

Net investment income (loss)

5,287,074

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

13,137,867

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

(31,861,858 )

Net gain (loss)

(18,723,991 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (13,436,917 )

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 5,287,074

$ 7,647,889

Net realized gain (loss)

13,137,867

29,947,480

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(31,861,858 )

6,004,617

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

(13,436,917 )

43,599,986

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(7,177,325)

(7,604,308)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(17,838,487 )

(5,306,125 )

Total distributions

(25,015,812 )

(12,910,433 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(30,053,677 )

86,239,926

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(68,506,406)

116,929,479

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

750,818,566

633,889,087

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $534,286 and undistributed net investment income of $1,355,965, respectively)

$ 682,312,160

$ 750,818,566

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.92

$ 19.83

$ 18.24

$ 14.88

$ 9.41

$ 16.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .15

  .22

  .17

  .12

  .19

  .27

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.27

  2.02

  3.37

  5.46

  (6.86 )

Total from investment operations

  (.27 )

  1.49

  2.19

  3.49

  5.65

  (6.59 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.21)

  (.23)

  (.13)

  (.13)

  (.18)

  (.36)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.72 ) I

  (.40 )

  (.60 )

  (.13 )

  (.18 )

  (.39 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.93

$ 20.92

$ 19.83

$ 18.24

$ 14.88

$ 9.41

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.07)%

  7.66%

  12.81%

  23.63%

  60.38%

  (40.19)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.18% A

  1.17%

  1.19%

  1.19%

  1.23%

  1.27%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.18% A

  1.17%

  1.19%

  1.19%

  1.23%

  1.25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.18% A

  1.16%

  1.18%

  1.18%

  1.22%

  1.25%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.52% A

  1.06%

  .98%

  .69%

  1.45%

  2.73%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 225,308

$ 246,323

$ 199,303

$ 178,978

$ 117,929

$ 62,422

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

I Total distributions of $.72 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.213 and distributions from net realized gain of $.518 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.91

$ 19.82

$ 18.24

$ 14.90

$ 9.42

$ 16.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .13

  .17

  .13

  .07

  .15

  .25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.28

  2.02

  3.38

  5.47

  (6.87 )

Total from investment operations

  (.29 )

  1.45

  2.15

  3.45

  5.62

  (6.62 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.18)

  (.19)

  (.10)

  (.11)

  (.14)

  (.33)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.70 )

  (.36 )

  (.57 )

  (.11 )

  (.14 )

  (.36 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.92

$ 20.91

$ 19.82

$ 18.24

$ 14.90

$ 9.42

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.19)%

  7.43%

  12.52%

  23.28%

  60.02%

  (40.33)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.49%

  1.54%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.49%

  1.50%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

  1.38%

  1.43%

  1.44%

  1.48%

  1.50%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.31% A

  .85%

  .73%

  .43%

  1.19%

  2.48%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 113,008

$ 114,717

$ 86,987

$ 76,785

$ 59,529

$ 40,276

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.66

$ 19.59

$ 18.05

$ 14.77

$ 9.35

$ 16.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .07

  .06

  .04

  (.01)

  .09

  .20

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.41 )

  1.26

  2.00

  3.35

  5.42

  (6.81 )

Total from investment operations

  (.34 )

  1.32

  2.04

  3.34

  5.51

  (6.61 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

  (.08)

  (.03)

  (.06)

  (.09)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.62 ) I

  (.25 )

  (.50 )

  (.06 )

  (.09 )

  (.30 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.70

$ 20.66

$ 19.59

$ 18.05

$ 14.77

$ 9.35

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.46)%

  6.84%

  11.99%

  22.69%

  59.14%

  (40.60)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.94% A

  1.92%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.94% A

  1.92%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.93% A

  1.91%

  1.93%

  1.93%

  1.97%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .76% A

  .31%

  .23%

  (.07)%

  .70%

  1.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,314

$ 8,697

$ 9,481

$ 11,542

$ 12,078

$ 7,933

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

I Total distributions of $.62 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.114 and distributions from net realized gain of $.518 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.61

$ 19.55

$ 18.03

$ 14.76

$ 9.34

$ 16.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

  .07

  .04

  (.01)

  .09

  .19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.41 )

  1.26

  1.98

  3.35

  5.43

  (6.81 )

Total from investment operations

  (.33 )

  1.33

  2.02

  3.34

  5.52

  (6.62 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.11)

  (.10)

  (.03)

  (.07)

  (.10)

  (.27)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.63 )

  (.27 )

  (.50 )

  (.07 )

  (.10 )

  (.30 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.65

$ 20.61

$ 19.55

$ 18.03

$ 14.76

$ 9.34

Total Return B, C, D

  (1.42)%

  6.89%

  11.92%

  22.69%

  59.28%

  (40.64)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.91% A

  1.90%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.91% A

  1.90%

  1.93%

  1.94%

  1.98%

  2.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.91% A

  1.89%

  1.93%

  1.93%

  1.97%

  2.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  .78% A

  .33%

  .23%

  (.07)%

  .71%

  1.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 57,940

$ 75,461

$ 55,064

$ 47,406

$ 31,204

$ 13,226

Portfolio turnover rate G

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

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

E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 21.07

$ 19.97

$ 18.36

$ 14.96

$ 9.46

$ 16.47

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .18

  .28

  .22

  .16

  .23

  .30

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.42 )

  1.27

  2.03

  3.39

  5.47

  (6.90 )

Total from investment operations

  (.24 )

  1.55

  2.25

  3.55

  5.70

  (6.60 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

  (.28)

  (.17)

  (.15)

  (.20)

  (.38)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.52 )

  (.17 )

  (.47 )

  -

  -

  (.03 )

Total distributions

  (.76 )

  (.45 )

  (.64 )

  (.15 )

  (.20 )

  (.41 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.07

$ 21.07

$ 19.97

$ 18.36

$ 14.96

$ 9.46

Total Return B, C

  (.95)%

  7.92%

  13.12%

  23.92%

  60.75%

  (40.03)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .91% A

  .90%

  .93%

  .93%

  .97%

  1.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .91% A

  .90%

  .93%

  .93%

  .97%

  1.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .90% A

  .89%

  .93%

  .92%

  .96%

  1.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.79% A

  1.33%

  1.23%

  .94%

  1.71%

  2.98%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 279,741

$ 305,619

$ 283,054

$ 174,655

$ 167,699

$ 55,177

Portfolio turnover rate F

  78% A

  63%

  48%

  63%

  60%

  98%

A Annualized

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

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

D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

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

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

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

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

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Real Estate Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are

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Investment Valuation - continued

limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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. 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.

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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 117,718,791

Gross unrealized depreciation

(8,971,189 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 108,747,602

 

 

Tax cost

$ 576,186,874

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $268,770,949 and $308,134,826, respectively.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 287,269

$ 4,176

Class T

.25%

.25%

275,876

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

36,327

27,245

Class C

.75%

.25%

328,032

78,552

 

 

 

$ 927,504

$ 109,973

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 33,787

Class T

5,625

Class B *

4,331

Class C *

7,825

 

$ 51,568

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 340,507

.30

Class T

136,588

.25

Class B

11,005

.30

Class C

91,598

.28

Institutional Class

384,241

.27

 

$ 963,939

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation

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Brokerage Commissions - continued

(depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $5,765 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average
Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 11,177,500

.32%

$ 395

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $314 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity

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7. Security Lending - continued

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 $5,668. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $18,085 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 custody expenses by $6.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 2,348,559

$ 2,470,657

Class T

1,004,512

882,131

Class B

37,346

35,157

Class C

367,021

295,037

Institutional Class

3,419,887

3,921,326

Total

$ 7,177,325

$ 7,604,308

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 5,987,252

$ 1,782,636

Class T

2,831,247

780,775

Class B

199,888

76,216

Class C

1,765,927

516,924

Institutional Class

7,054,173

2,149,574

Total

$ 17,838,487

$ 5,306,125

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10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Six months ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,103,236

5,439,337

$ 41,889,700

$ 112,236,960

Reinvestment of distributions

415,607

203,180

7,897,271

3,981,426

Shares redeemed

(2,986,796 )

(3,918,883 )

(59,219,629 )

(80,333,991 )

Net increase (decrease)

(467,953 )

1,723,634

$ (9,432,658 )

$ 35,884,395

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

956,896

2,359,748

$ 18,882,848

$ 48,593,378

Reinvestment of distributions

198,611

82,685

3,772,806

1,616,132

Shares redeemed

(969,019 )

(1,344,901 )

(19,157,715 )

(27,286,441 )

Net increase (decrease)

186,488

1,097,532

$ 3,497,939

$ 22,923,069

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,528

112,710

$ 69,658

$ 2,287,362

Reinvestment of distributions

10,942

5,188

205,776

98,861

Shares redeemed

(114,929 )

(180,971 )

(2,250,796 )

(3,674,862 )

Net increase (decrease)

(100,459 )

(63,073 )

$ (1,975,362 )

$ (1,288,639 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

295,352

1,545,715

$ 5,774,377

$ 31,572,252

Reinvestment of distributions

103,592

39,180

1,942,789

747,349

Shares redeemed

(1,110,980 )

(739,815 )

(21,604,874 )

(14,971,358 )

Net increase (decrease)

(712,036 )

845,080

$ (13,887,708 )

$ 17,348,243

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,258,130

10,230,645

$ 107,702,926

$ 215,528,191

Reinvestment of distributions

408,121

177,841

7,801,867

3,543,243

Shares redeemed

(6,231,903 )

(10,081,938 )

(123,760,681 )

(207,698,576 )

Net increase (decrease)

(565,652 )

326,548

$ (8,255,888 )

$ 11,372,858

11. Other.

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Contents

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Biotechnology Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

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Communications Equipment Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

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Financial Statements

 

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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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
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.09%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,227.30

$ 6.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.71

$ 5.55

Class T

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,225.00

$ 7.91

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.10

$ 7.17

Class B

1.90%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,222.40

$ 10.64

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.63

$ 9.65

Class C

1.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,223.50

$ 10.31

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.93

$ 9.35

Institutional Class

.81%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,229.30

$ 4.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.12

$ 4.13

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

14.3

14.7

Amgen, Inc.

9.2

12.3

Biogen Idec, Inc.

7.7

6.0

Celgene Corp.

5.9

7.2

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4.5

4.6

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.6

0.5

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.2

3.9

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.2

3.9

Medivation, Inc.

1.9

1.7

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

1.9

2.4

 

55.4

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Biotechnology

93.6%

 

QWE471

Pharmaceuticals

3.1%

 

QWE473

Health Care Providers & Services

0.3%

 

QWE475

Life Sciences Tools & Services

0.0%

 

QWE477

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

0.0%

 

QWE479

All Others *

3.0%

 

QWE481

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Biotechnology

96.8%

 

QWE471

Pharmaceuticals

1.9%

 

QWE473

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

0.1%

 

QWE475

Life Sciences Tools & Services

0.0%

 

QWE477

Personal Products

0.0%

 

QWE479

All Others *

1.2%

 

QWE489

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Amount represents less than 0.1%.

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.8%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 93.6%

Biotechnology - 93.6%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

379,586

$ 8,844,354

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.

308,108

14,280,806

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

300,572

8,821,788

Actelion Ltd.

46,462

4,366,142

ADMA Biologics, Inc.

50,300

432,580

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

282,543

16,946,929

Agenus, Inc. (a)(d)

9,425

29,123

Agenus, Inc. warrants 6/9/18 (a)

452,000

13,845

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

7,400

195,730

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (e)

5,087

134,551

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

394,144

62,562,477

Alkermes PLC (a)

294,856

14,353,590

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

173,748

14,535,758

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

69,911

1,500,989

Ambit Biosciences Corp.

112,547

1,209,880

Amgen, Inc.

1,089,886

129,641,940

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

6,328

40,120

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

1,170,695

8,651,436

ArQule, Inc. (a)

950

2,176

Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)

534,904

2,572,888

Arrowhead Research Corp. (a)

238,623

3,660,477

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

344,156

107,596,932

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

272,238

18,751,753

Bionovo, Inc. warrants 2/2/16 (a)

56,850

204

Bluebird Bio, Inc. (d)

20,549

455,571

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

72,700

938,557

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.:

warrants 5/2/17 (a)

8,557

5,897

warrants 5/30/17 (a)

17,900

16,876

Celgene Corp. (a)

546,923

83,094,011

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

473,147

1,509,339

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. warrants 7/6/16 (a)

46,404

5,766

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

413,902

10,670,394

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

55,200

2,917,872

Chimerix, Inc.

19,155

372,565

Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)

127,534

8,293,536

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

253,281

18,512,308

Curis, Inc. (a)

335,272

948,820

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

67,916

526,349

Cytokinetics, Inc. warrants 6/25/17 (a)

244,500

64,800

Dendreon Corp. (a)(d)

327,540

913,837

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

11,500

472,880

Dyax Corp. (a)

1,443,705

12,155,996

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)

5,369

9,342

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)

40,892

978,546

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

105,390

3,855,166

Epizyme, Inc. (d)

303,633

9,230,443

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (d)

10,708

163,404

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)(d)

196,659

2,556,567

Exelixis, Inc. (a)(d)

263,845

1,815,254

 

Shares

Value

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

145,502

$ 836,782

Fibrocell Science, Inc. (a)

279,800

1,376,616

Genmab A/S (a)

121,900

4,838,631

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

54,120

1,630,094

Geron Corp. (a)

1,865,420

9,364,408

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

2,491,728

200,957,863

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

225,117

3,525,332

Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

279,121

7,837,718

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

192,661

1,350,554

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)(d)

184,438

2,764,726

Immunomedics, Inc. (a)(d)

359,932

1,745,670

Incyte Corp. (a)

259,374

16,994,184

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

199,034

2,557,587

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

33,499

1,970,746

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

168,060

50,565,893

InterMune, Inc. (a)

500,218

6,677,910

Intrexon Corp. (d)

17,700

594,189

Intrexon Corp. (a)

11,530

348,356

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A (a)(d)

433,251

6,009,191

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

324,247

16,556,052

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

165,702

516,990

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.

290,318

10,135,001

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

352,837

5,426,633

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

219,330

10,089,180

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,437,492

2,644,985

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class B (a)

167,785

10,392,603

Macrogenics, Inc. (d)

97,257

3,871,801

MannKind Corp. (a)(d)

1,236,762

6,703,250

Medivation, Inc. (a)

341,421

27,177,112

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

60,200

316,050

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a)

153,813

1,205,894

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

25,300

526,746

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

121,037

2,166,562

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)(d)

156,810

4,332,660

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

382,847

6,542,855

NewLink Genetics Corp. (a)(d)

219,835

8,138,292

Novavax, Inc. (a)(d)

2,204,031

11,989,929

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

137,600

48,160

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. warrants 12/6/16 (a)

137,600

3

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

334,525

11,969,305

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d)

18,700

564,179

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (d)

113,317

1,713,353

Ophthotech Corp. (d)

178,439

5,511,981

Opko Health, Inc. (a)(d)

850,451

6,744,076

Oragenics, Inc. (a)

250,308

936,152

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

722,378

4,912,170

Organovo Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

244,983

2,315,089

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

219,071

3,419,698

OvaScience, Inc. (a)

12,800

119,808

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (d)

99,788

908,071

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED

Biotechnology - continued

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

200,433

$ 26,671,619

PolyMedix, Inc. (a)

7,142

179

PolyMedix, Inc. warrants 4/10/16 (a)

163,833

2

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

205,413

5,478,365

Prana Biotechnology Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

131,998

1,531,177

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

553,886

2,647,575

Prosensa Holding BV (a)

334

2,014

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

90,943

386,508

Prothena Corp. PLC (a)

51,700

1,599,598

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

213,001

5,552,936

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

168,811

19,955,148

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (a)

245,273

3,813,995

Receptos, Inc.

201,390

8,025,392

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

153,078

44,176,780

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

174,370

1,586,767

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,572

4,763

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a)(d)

464,115

8,975,984

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

132,301

3,225,498

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)(d)

196,850

8,830,691

Sophiris Bio, Inc. (a)

141,653

574,879

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

45,800

437,390

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

363,247

3,054,907

Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.

128,093

3,221,539

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

159,517

698,684

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

68,100

6,168,498

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

242,484

1,287,590

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. warrants 11/14/16 (a)

20,600

29,458

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)(d)

471,286

2,516,667

Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (a)

100

197

TESARO, Inc. (a)

165,179

5,204,790

Theravance, Inc. (a)(d)

158,926

5,851,655

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

92,584

451,810

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. warrants 3/16/16 (a)

35,146

91,493

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

163,894

16,818,802

Verastem, Inc. (a)(d)

154,324

1,938,309

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

559,989

44,261,531

Vical, Inc. (a)

659,862

890,814

Xencor, Inc.

205,100

1,796,676

XOMA Corp. (a)

463,026

3,597,712

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(d)

486,379

2,037,928

 

1,312,867,974

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 0.0%

Health Care Equipment - 0.0%

Alsius Corp. (a)

14,200

0

 

Shares

Value

Aradigm Corp. (a)

351,440

$ 75,560

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (a)

98,300

216,260

 

291,820

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 0.3%

Health Care Services - 0.3%

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.

214,254

4,156,528

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 0.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.0%

BG Medicine, Inc. (a)(d)

75,570

91,062

ChromaDex, Inc. (a)

143,866

241,695

Transgenomic, Inc. (a)

16,258

97,548

Transgenomic, Inc. warrants 2/3/17 (a)

81,000

1

 

430,306

PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.0%

Personal Products - 0.0%

MYOS Corp. (a)

333,300

49,995

PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.9%

Pharmaceuticals - 2.9%

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

52,410

598,522

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

101,038

2,584,552

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Class A (a)

1,090,387

4,088,951

Horizon Pharma, Inc. (a)(d)

484,633

4,778,481

Horizon Pharma, Inc.:

warrants 2/28/17 (a)

18,737

106,096

warrants 9/25/17 (a)

55,250

302,118

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

36,220

5,493,125

NeurogesX, Inc. (a)

187,202

1,835

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

104,160

7,138,085

Perrigo Co. PLC

49

7,627

Relypsa, Inc.

161,876

5,351,621

Repros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

227,500

4,265,625

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (a)

113,400

746,172

Zogenix, Inc. (a)

1,284,991

5,692,510

Zogenix, Inc. warrants 7/27/17 (a)

32,985

29,962

 

41,185,282

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $925,464,401)


1,358,981,905

Preferred Stocks - 0.2%

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2%

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.2%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%

aTyr Pharma, Inc. 8.00% (f)

282,494

714,427

Zafgen, Inc. Series E (f)

810,900

1,761,680

 

2,476,107

Preferred Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.0%

Biotechnology - 0.0%

Moderna LLC Series D, 8.00% (f)

26,918

$ 574,161

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.0%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%

Equilibrate Asia Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

4,885

Equilibrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

12,024

Neuropathic Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

2,254

Oculus Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

3,756

Orchestrate U.S. Therapeutics, Inc. Series D (f)

299,320

5,259

Orchestrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

9,393

 

37,571

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

611,732

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $3,087,839)


3,087,839

Money Market Funds - 7.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

30,775,863

30,775,863

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

79,168,807

79,168,807

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $109,944,670)


109,944,670

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 104.9%

(Cost $1,038,496,910)

1,472,014,414

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (4.9)%

(68,564,939 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,403,449,475

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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 $134,551 or 0.0% of net assets.

(f) 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 $3,087,839 or 0.2% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

aTyr Pharma, Inc. 8.00%

4/8/13 - 5/17/13

$ 714,427

Equilibrate Asia Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 4,885

Equilibrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 12,024

Moderna LLC Series D, 8.00%

11/6/13

$ 574,161

Neuropathic Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 2,254

Oculus Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 3,756

Orchestrate U.S. Therapeutics, Inc. Series D

5/17/13

$ 5,259

Orchestrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 9,393

Zafgen, Inc. Series E

11/25/13

$ 1,761,680

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

$ 8,083

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

629,363

Total

$ 637,446

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 1,358,981,905

$ 1,356,584,825

$ 1,822,201

$ 574,879

Preferred Stocks

3,087,839

-

-

3,087,839

Money Market Funds

109,944,670

109,944,670

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,472,014,414

$ 1,466,529,495

$ 1,822,201

$ 3,662,718

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

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Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $75,194,326) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $928,552,240)

$ 1,362,069,744

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $109,944,670)

109,944,670

 

Total Investments (cost $1,038,496,910)

 

$ 1,472,014,414

Cash

 

232,180

Receivable for investments sold

12,940,888

Receivable for fund shares sold

16,176,443

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

186,754

Prepaid expenses

4,174

Other receivables

12,708

Total assets

1,501,567,561

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 14,889,259

Payable for fund shares redeemed

2,820,669

Accrued management fee

592,760

Distribution and service plan fees payable

391,069

Other affiliated payables

220,167

Other payables and accrued expenses

35,355

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

79,168,807

Total liabilities

98,118,086

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,403,449,475

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 983,780,998

Accumulated net investment loss

(6,009,107)

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

(7,839,920)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

433,517,504

Net Assets

$ 1,403,449,475

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($586,380,757 ÷ 27,774,864 shares)

$ 21.11

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $21.11)

$ 22.40

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($94,715,209 ÷ 4,662,800 shares)

$ 20.31

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $20.31)

$ 21.05

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($8,987,209 ÷ 475,291 shares) A

$ 18.91

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($306,053,764 ÷ 16,162,803 shares) A

$ 18.94

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($407,312,536 ÷ 18,489,906 shares)

$ 22.03

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 970,998

Interest

 

2,976

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $629,363 from security lending)

 

637,446

Total income

 

1,611,420

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,660,626

Transfer agent fees

1,008,371

Distribution and service plan fees

1,780,232

Accounting and security lending fees

164,780

Custodian fees and expenses

21,151

Independent trustees' compensation

11,572

Registration fees

120,953

Audit

24,298

Legal

9,286

Miscellaneous

3,639

Total expenses before reductions

5,804,908

Expense reductions

(15,746 )

5,789,162

Net investment income (loss)

(4,177,742 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(350,090)

Foreign currency transactions

1,182

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(348,908)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

228,885,831

Net gain (loss)

228,536,923

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 224,359,181

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (4,177,742)

$ (2,400,307)

Net realized gain (loss)

(348,908)

(3,418,106)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

228,885,831

172,587,152

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

224,359,181

166,768,739

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(3,083,049 )

(10,422,000 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

494,810,077

368,981,342

Redemption fees

36,378

20,216

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

716,122,587

525,348,297

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

687,326,888

161,978,591

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $6,009,107 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,831,365, respectively)

$ 1,403,449,475

$ 687,326,888

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 17.25

$ 11.79

$ 8.81

$ 6.67

$ 6.94

$ 7.81

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.09)

(.07)

(.07) H

(.08) I

(.08)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.98

6.24

3.05

2.21

(.19 )

(.79 )

Total from investment operations

  3.91

6.15

2.98

2.14

(.27 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 21.11

$ 17.25

$ 11.79

$ 8.81

$ 6.67

$ 6.94

Total Return B, C, D

  22.73%

54.94%

33.83%

32.08%

(3.89)%

(11.14)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.09% A

1.15%

1.27%

1.35%

1.39%

1.40%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.09% A

1.15%

1.27%

1.35%

1.39%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.09% A

1.14%

1.27%

1.34%

1.38%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.75)% A

(.63)%

(.73)%

(.91)% H

(1.15)% I

(1.27)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 586,381

$ 286,695

$ 68,993

$ 30,639

$ 20,154

$ 19,858

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.04)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.29)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.63

$ 11.42

$ 8.56

$ 6.50

$ 6.78

$ 7.65

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.12)

(.10)

(.09) H

(.09) I

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.82

6.02

2.96

2.15

(.19 )

(.78 )

Total from investment operations

  3.73

5.90

2.86

2.06

(.28 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.31

$ 16.63

$ 11.42

$ 8.56

$ 6.50

$ 6.78

Total Return B, C, D

  22.50%

54.50%

33.41%

31.69%

(4.13)%

(11.37)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.69%

1.71%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.08)% A

(.94)%

(1.02)%

(1.21)% H

(1.41)% I

(1.52)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 94,715

$ 67,887

$ 28,154

$ 16,454

$ 11,684

$ 13,356

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.34)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.55)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.52

$ 10.75

$ 8.09

$ 6.17

$ 6.47

$ 7.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.13)

(.17)

(.13)

(.12) H

(.12) I

(.12)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.57

5.63

2.79

2.04

(.18 )

(.75 )

Total from investment operations

  3.44

5.46

2.66

1.92

(.30 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.91

$ 15.52

$ 10.75

$ 8.09

$ 6.17

$ 6.47

Total Return B, C, D

  22.24%

53.76%

32.88%

31.12%

(4.64)%

(11.85)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.03%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.03%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.02%

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.56)% A

(1.42)%

(1.49)%

(1.66)% H

(1.90)% I

(2.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 8,987

$ 8,136

$ 6,349

$ 5,849

$ 6,297

$ 7,377

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.79)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (2.04)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.53

$ 10.76

$ 8.10

$ 6.18

$ 6.47

$ 7.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.12)

(.17)

(.13)

(.12) H

(.12) I

(.12)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.58

5.63

2.79

2.04

(.17 )

(.75 )

Total from investment operations

  3.46

5.46

2.66

1.92

(.29 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.94

$ 15.53

$ 10.76

$ 8.10

$ 6.18

$ 6.47

Total Return B, C, D

  22.35%

53.71%

32.84%

31.07%

(4.48)%

(11.85)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.84% A

1.88%

2.01%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.84% A

1.88%

2.01%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.83% A

1.87%

2.01%

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.50)% A

(1.36)%

(1.47)%

(1.66)% H

(1.90)% I

(2.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 306,054

$ 146,684

$ 31,710

$ 15,787

$ 11,421

$ 12,426

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.79)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (2.04)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 17.97

$ 12.22

$ 9.10

$ 6.87

$ 7.12

$ 8.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.04)

(.05)

(.04)

(.05) G

(.06) H

(.06)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.15

6.49

3.16

2.28

(.19 )

(.82 )

Total from investment operations

  4.11

6.44

3.12

2.23

(.25 )

(.88 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.03

$ 17.97

$ 12.22

$ 9.10

$ 6.87

$ 7.12

Total Return B, C

  22.93%

55.39%

34.29%

32.46%

(3.51)%

(11.00)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .81% A

.85%

.95%

1.04%

1.07%

1.11%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .81% A

.85%

.95%

1.04%

1.07%

1.11%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .81% A

.84%

.94%

1.03%

1.06%

1.11%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.47)% A

(.32)%

(.40)%

(.60)% G

(.83)% H

(.98)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 407,313

$ 177,926

$ 26,772

$ 5,903

$ 3,008

$ 1,901

Portfolio turnover rate F

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.73)%. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.97)%. I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Biotechnology Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds ,including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of January 31, 2014 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 462,199,332

Gross unrealized depreciation

(33,774,277 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 428,425,055

 

 

Tax cost

$ 1,043,589,359

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

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

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

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (1,733,930 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $582,289,188 and $127,304,194, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 507,724

$ 7,795

Class T

.25%

.25%

192,740

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

40,552

30,486

Class C

.75%

.25%

1,039,216

657,614

 

 

 

$ 1,780,232

$ 695,895

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 514,467

Class T

37,045

Class B *

6,053

Class C *

29,103

 

$ 586,668

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

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 429,856

.21

Class T

110,396

.29

Class B

11,068

.27

Class C

215,181

.21

Institutional Class

241,870

.18

 

$ 1,008,371

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $7,747 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $309 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $15,746 for the period.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 1,291,019

$ 4,291,683

Class T

234,773

1,771,667

Class B

24,488

386,626

Class C

722,215

2,278,583

Institutional Class

810,554

1,693,441

Total

$ 3,083,049

$ 10,422,000

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

14,406,994

13,694,524

$ 265,326,754

$ 191,221,226

Reinvestment of distributions

64,680

314,111

1,162,297

3,649,967

Shares redeemed

(3,316,932 )

(3,240,220 )

(60,752,032 )

(42,003,741 )

Net increase (decrease)

11,154,742

10,768,415

$ 205,737,019

$ 152,867,452

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,272,583

2,069,871

$ 22,563,116

$ 26,930,551

Reinvestment of distributions

13,197

149,494

228,305

1,678,816

Shares redeemed

(706,162 )

(601,268 )

(12,742,135 )

(7,670,183 )

Net increase (decrease)

579,618

1,618,097

$ 10,049,286

$ 20,939,184

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

63,924

144,734

$ 1,072,620

$ 1,825,757

Reinvestment of distributions

1,384

32,327

22,292

340,408

Shares redeemed

(114,327 )

(243,257 )

(1,861,949 )

(2,832,185 )

Net increase (decrease)

(49,019 )

(66,196 )

$ (767,037 )

$ (666,020 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,743,439

7,472,327

$ 129,327,953

$ 93,824,317

Reinvestment of distributions

36,658

172,010

591,296

1,812,981

Shares redeemed

(1,059,670 )

(1,149,639 )

(17,443,459 )

(13,555,676 )

Net increase (decrease)

6,720,427

6,494,698

$ 112,475,790

$ 82,081,622

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

11,011,528

9,398,986

$ 212,936,336

$ 138,330,404

Reinvestment of distributions

35,974

114,710

674,146

1,385,697

Shares redeemed

(2,457,875 )

(1,804,114 )

(46,295,463 )

(25,956,997 )

Net increase (decrease)

8,589,627

7,709,582

$ 167,315,019

$ 113,759,104

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Communications Equipment Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,110.60

$ 7.45

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.15

$ 7.12

Class T

1.65%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,109.00

$ 8.77

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.89

$ 8.39

Class B

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.70

$ 11.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.70

$ 11.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Institutional Class

1.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,111.80

$ 6.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.41

$ 5.85

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Cisco Systems, Inc.

18.1

22.1

QUALCOMM, Inc.

16.0

15.0

Juniper Networks, Inc.

5.8

6.0

F5 Networks, Inc.

4.9

4.5

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR

4.5

2.6

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (B Shares) sponsored ADR

4.4

4.5

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

3.6

3.2

Polycom, Inc.

3.1

2.6

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

3.0

2.2

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

2.5

2.7

 

65.9

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Communications Equipment

85.3%

 

QWE471

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

2.9%

 

QWE473

Computers & Peripherals

2.6%

 

QWE475

Internet Software & Services

1.8%

 

QWE477

IT Services

1.7%

 

QWE479

All Others *

5.7%

 

QWE497

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Communications Equipment

83.2%

 

QWE471

Computers & Peripherals

2.5%

 

QWE473

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

2.4%

 

QWE475

Electronic Equipment & Components

1.9%

 

QWE477

IT Services

1.8%

 

QWE479

All Others *

8.2%

 

QWE505

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.8%

Shares

Value

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 85.3%

Communications Equipment - 85.3%

ADVA Optical Networking SE (a)

17,801

$ 91,711

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

104,657

413,395

Anaren, Inc. (a)

3,400

95,030

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)(d)

10,840

213,656

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)(d)

25,900

244,755

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

18,359

171,473

Calix Networks, Inc. (a)

2,700

21,411

Cisco Systems, Inc.

93,924

2,057,875

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

1,700

51,714

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

5,165

552,655

Infinera Corp. (a)(d)

4,400

38,368

InterDigital, Inc.

2,900

83,375

Ixia (a)

4,900

62,671

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

9,900

131,571

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

24,888

662,270

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

4,547

290,099

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

5,400

172,314

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR (a)

73,420

508,066

Oclaro, Inc. (a)

7,500

20,025

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

3,400

202,130

Plantronics, Inc.

4,600

197,478

Polycom, Inc. (a)

29,799

355,502

QUALCOMM, Inc.

24,581

1,824,402

Radware Ltd. (a)

8,300

140,436

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

17,558

346,244

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

38,000

114,000

Spirent Communications PLC

66,300

103,705

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (B Shares) sponsored ADR

40,520

497,991

Wi-Lan, Inc.

16,100

48,137

 

9,712,459

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 2.6%

Computer Hardware - 1.6%

Apple, Inc.

288

144,173

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

1,800

37,008

 

181,181

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 1.0%

EMC Corp.

2,200

53,328

QLogic Corp. (a)

4,900

56,693

 

110,021

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

291,202

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 0.7%

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.2%

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

1,300

23,361

 

Shares

Value

Technology Distributors - 0.5%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

1,100

$ 56,518

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

79,879

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Health Care Technology - 0.2%

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

1,500

26,205

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 1.8%

Internet Software & Services - 1.8%

Equinix, Inc. (a)

400

74,080

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

96

113,373

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

600

21,846

 

209,299

IT SERVICES - 1.7%

IT Consulting & Other Services - 1.7%

Amdocs Ltd.

4,400

190,344

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 2.9%

Semiconductors - 2.9%

Altera Corp.

4,500

150,435

Broadcom Corp. Class A

5,100

151,776

Semtech Corp. (a)

1,200

27,372

 

329,583

SOFTWARE - 1.6%

Application Software - 0.8%

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

1,500

45,915

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

800

43,256

 

89,171

Systems Software - 0.8%

Rovi Corp. (a)

2,000

42,420

Symantec Corp.

2,200

47,102

 

89,522

TOTAL SOFTWARE

178,693

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $8,942,652)


11,017,664

Money Market Funds - 10.8%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

682,679

$ 682,679

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

544,050

544,050

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $1,226,729)


1,226,729

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 107.6%

(Cost $10,169,381)

12,244,393

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (7.6)%

(862,074 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 11,382,319

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 372

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

1,760

Total

$ 2,132

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

United States of America

82.0%

Finland

4.5%

Sweden

4.4%

France

3.6%

Canada

2.6%

Israel

1.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.7%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Communications Equipment Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $503,082) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $8,942,652)

$ 11,017,664

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,226,729)

1,226,729

 

Total Investments (cost $10,169,381)

 

$ 12,244,393

Cash

 

2,122

Receivable for investments sold

7,918,891

Receivable for fund shares sold

57,028

Dividends receivable

930

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

170

Prepaid expenses

69

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

1,765

Other receivables

565

Total assets

20,225,933

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 105,182

Payable for fund shares redeemed

8,151,388

Accrued management fee

8,948

Distribution and service plan fees payable

4,664

Other affiliated payables

4,188

Other payables and accrued expenses

25,194

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

544,050

Total liabilities

8,843,614

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 11,382,319

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 10,154,119

Accumulated net investment loss

(14,789)

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

(832,166)

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

2,075,155

Net Assets

$ 11,382,319

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($3,963,237 ÷ 349,060 shares)

$ 11.35

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.35)

$ 12.04

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($3,750,127 ÷ 341,200 shares)

$ 10.99

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.99)

$ 11.39

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($413,235 ÷ 40,221 shares) A

$ 10.27

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,338,219 ÷ 227,696 shares) A

$ 10.27

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($917,501 ÷ 78,189 shares)

$ 11.73

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fund Name
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 95,983

Interest

 

13

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

2,132

Total income

 

98,128

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 37,056

Transfer agent fees

19,627

Distribution and service plan fees

27,849

Accounting and security lending fees

2,657

Custodian fees and expenses

3,738

Independent trustees' compensation

163

Registration fees

45,518

Audit

24,160

Legal

199

Miscellaneous

280

Total expenses before reductions

161,247

Expense reductions

(57,174 )

104,073

Net investment income (loss)

(5,945 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

587,813

Foreign currency transactions

(72 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

587,741

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

957,043

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

143

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

957,186

Net gain (loss)

1,544,927

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,538,982

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (5,945)

$ (7,046)

Net realized gain (loss)

587,741

329,684

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

957,186

2,517,574

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

1,538,982

2,840,212

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

-

(3,925 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(1,128,999 )

(1,708,594 )

Redemption fees

77

1,030

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

410,060

1,128,723

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

10,972,259

9,843,536

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $14,789 and accumulated net investment loss of $8,844, respectively)

$ 11,382,319

$ 10,972,259

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.22

$ 7.71

$ 9.73

$ 8.67

$ 7.28

$ 7.82

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - J

.02

(.01)

(.06)

(.11)

.02 H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.13

2.50

(1.81 )

1.12

1.50

(.56 )

Total from investment operations

  1.13

2.52

(1.82 )

1.06

1.39

(.54 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.01)

-

-

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  -

(.01 )

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.35

$ 10.22

$ 7.71

$ 9.73

$ 8.67

$ 7.28

Total Return B, C, D

  11.06%

32.65%

(18.88)%

12.23%

19.09%

(6.91)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.32% A

2.22%

1.96%

1.64%

1.90%

3.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.40% A

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.39% A

1.37%

1.39%

1.39%

1.38%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  .08% A

.18%

(.16)%

(.60)%

(1.32)%

.26% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,963

$ 3,962

$ 3,568

$ 8,787

$ 4,860

$ 3,476

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.88)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.91

$ 7.49

$ 9.48

$ 8.46

$ 7.13

$ 7.68

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.01)

(.01)

(.03)

(.09)

(.13)

- H, J

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.09

2.43

(1.76 )

1.11

1.46

(.55 )

Total from investment operations

  1.08

2.42

(1.79 )

1.02

1.33

(.55 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.99

$ 9.91

$ 7.49

$ 9.48

$ 8.46

$ 7.13

Total Return B, C, D

  10.90%

32.31%

(19.06)%

12.06%

18.65%

(7.16)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.60% A

2.52%

2.27%

1.97%

2.20%

3.52%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.65% A

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.64% A

1.62%

1.64%

1.64%

1.63%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.17)% A

(.07)%

(.41)%

(.85)%

(1.57)%

.01% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,750

$ 3,342

$ 2,843

$ 4,607

$ 3,273

$ 2,396

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.13)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.99

$ 8.06

$ 6.83

$ 7.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.05)

(.07)

(.13)

(.16)

(.03) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.02

2.28

(1.67 )

1.06

1.39

(.53 )

Total from investment operations

  .99

2.23

(1.74 )

.93

1.23

(.56 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.27

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.99

$ 8.06

$ 6.83

Total Return B, C, D

  10.67%

31.63%

(19.56)%

11.54%

18.01%

(7.58)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.06% A

3.00%

2.71%

2.47%

2.68%

3.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.13%

2.13%

2.14%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.67)% A

(.57)%

(.91)%

(1.35)%

(2.07)%

(.49)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 413

$ 480

$ 570

$ 1,316

$ 1,408

$ 1,281

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.63)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.98

$ 8.06

$ 6.82

$ 7.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.05)

(.07)

(.13)

(.16)

(.03) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.02

2.28

(1.66 )

1.05

1.40

(.53 )

Total from investment operations

  .99

2.23

(1.73 )

.92

1.24

(.56 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.27

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.98

$ 8.06

$ 6.82

Total Return B, C, D

  10.67%

31.63%

(19.47)%

11.41%

18.18%

(7.59)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.08% A

2.98%

2.71%

2.40%

2.67%

3.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.12%

2.14%

2.14%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.67)% A

(.57)%

(.91)%

(1.35)%

(2.07)%

(.49)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,338

$ 2,334

$ 2,142

$ 5,866

$ 3,029

$ 2,792

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.63)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.55

$ 7.95

$ 10.00

$ 8.88

$ 7.45

$ 7.98

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .02

.04

.01

(.04)

(.09)

.03 G

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.16

2.58

(1.86 )

1.16

1.52

(.56 )

Total from investment operations

  1.18

2.62

(1.85 )

1.12

1.43

(.53 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.02)

-

-

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  -

(.02 )

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.73

$ 10.55

$ 7.95

$ 10.00

$ 8.88

$ 7.45

Total Return B, C

  11.18%

32.92%

(18.66)%

12.61%

19.19%

(6.64)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.68% A

1.93%

1.66%

1.22%

1.54%

2.44%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.15% A

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.12%

1.13%

1.14%

1.13%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32% A

.43%

.10%

(.35)%

(1.07)%

.51% G

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 918

$ 855

$ 721

$ 2,855

$ 1,717

$ 957

Portfolio turnover rate F

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.63)%. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Communications Equipment Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 2,376,747

Gross unrealized depreciation

(342,922 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 2,033,825

 

 

Tax cost

$ 10,210,568

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

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

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (1,351,318 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $9,584,575 and $10,335,194, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 4,866

$ 31

Class T

.25%

.25%

8,820

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

2,175

1,631

Class C

.75%

.25%

11,988

2,519

 

 

 

$ 27,849

$ 4,181

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,138

Class T

867

Class B *

1,168

Class C *

137

 

$ 3,310

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

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 6,089

.31

Class T

6,200

.35

Class B

681

.31

Class C

3,833

.32

Institutional Class

2,824

.18

 

$ 19,627

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,090 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $5 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $1,760. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

8. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser 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.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement

Class A

1.40%

$ 17,973

Class T

1.65%

16,911

Class B

2.15%

1,986

Class C

2.15%

11,255

Institutional Class

1.15%

8,423

 

 

$ 56,548

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $621 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 custody expenses by $5.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 2,612

Institutional Class

-

1,313

Total

$ -

$ 3,925

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

32,794

119,229

$ 357,040

$ 1,075,395

Reinvestment of distributions

-

272

-

2,398

Shares redeemed

(71,346 )

(194,578 )

(758,467 )

(1,739,434 )

Net increase (decrease)

(38,552 )

(75,077 )

$ (401,427 )

$ (661,641 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

22,621

54,310

$ 235,638

$ 477,965

Shares redeemed

(18,778 )

(96,623 )

(196,365 )

(817,480 )

Net increase (decrease)

3,843

(42,313 )

$ 39,273

$ (339,515 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

63

612

$ 624

$ 4,500

Shares redeemed

(11,496 )

(29,754 )

(110,275 )

(242,910 )

Net increase (decrease)

(11,433 )

(29,142 )

$ (109,651 )

$ (238,410 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

23,810

99,311

$ 232,965

$ 848,531

Shares redeemed

(47,687 )

(151,640 )

(469,953 )

(1,232,762 )

Net increase (decrease)

(23,877 )

(52,329 )

$ (236,988 )

$ (384,231 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

714,211

37,292

$ 7,985,052

$ 354,493

Reinvestment of distributions

-

122

-

1,105

Shares redeemed

(717,065 )

(47,116 )

(8,405,258 )

(440,395 )

Net increase (decrease)

(2,854 )

(9,702 )

$ (420,206 )

$ (84,797 )

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11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.25%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,052.40

$ 6.47

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.90

$ 6.36

Class T

1.55%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,051.00

$ 8.01

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.39

$ 7.88

Class B

2.06%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.00

$ 10.63

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.82

$ 10.46

Class C

2.02%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.90

$ 10.43

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.02

$ 10.26

Institutional Class

.96%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,053.80

$ 4.97

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.37

$ 4.89

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

The Walt Disney Co.

6.1

4.7

Target Corp.

4.7

0.0

McDonald's Corp.

4.1

0.0

Dollar General Corp.

3.8

2.9

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

3.7

4.3

DIRECTV

3.7

1.7

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

3.5

3.5

Yum! Brands, Inc.

3.4

3.1

Dollar Tree, Inc.

3.1

2.3

Time Warner, Inc.

3.1

3.5

 

39.2

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Specialty Retail

27.2%

 

QWE471

Media

22.0%

 

QWE473

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

14.8%

 

QWE475

Multiline Retail

11.6%

 

QWE477

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

9.4%

 

QWE479

All Others *

15.0%

 

QWE513

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Specialty Retail

32.4%

 

QWE471

Media

26.6%

 

QWE473

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

10.8%

 

QWE475

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

9.5%

 

QWE477

Multiline Retail

5.2%

 

QWE479

All Others *

15.5%

 

QWE521

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.1%

Shares

Value

AUTO COMPONENTS - 3.1%

Auto Parts & Equipment - 3.1%

Delphi Automotive PLC

37,584

$ 2,288,490

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

20,446

1,516,071

 

3,804,561

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 1.9%

Diversified Support Services - 1.9%

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

82,204

2,286,915

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 14.8%

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 3.2%

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

28,050

1,382,865

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

35,311

2,504,962

 

3,887,827

Restaurants - 11.6%

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (a)

28,746

660,296

Burger King Worldwide, Inc.

95,721

2,329,849

McDonald's Corp.

53,077

4,998,261

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Class A

83,741

2,030,719

Yum! Brands, Inc.

60,814

4,083,660

 

14,102,785

TOTAL HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE

17,990,612

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES - 4.9%

Homebuilding - 2.8%

NVR, Inc. (a)

2,890

3,333,355

Housewares & Specialties - 2.1%

Jarden Corp. (a)

42,268

2,555,101

TOTAL HOUSEHOLD DURABLES

5,888,456

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL - 4.2%

Internet Retail - 4.2%

Liberty Interactive Corp. Series A (a)

84,068

2,245,456

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

2,530

2,896,572

 

5,142,028

MEDIA - 22.0%

Broadcasting - 1.7%

Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

25,300

2,018,434

Cable & Satellite - 6.7%

DIRECTV (a)

64,552

4,481,845

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a)

19,179

1,081,312

Liberty Global PLC Class A (a)

32,879

2,628,018

 

8,191,175

Movies & Entertainment - 13.6%

The Madison Square Garden Co. Class A (a)

15,374

892,153

The Walt Disney Co.

101,706

7,384,872

 

Shares

Value

Time Warner, Inc.

58,790

$ 3,693,776

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

142,233

4,525,854

 

16,496,655

TOTAL MEDIA

26,706,264

MULTILINE RETAIL - 11.6%

General Merchandise Stores - 11.6%

Dollar General Corp. (a)

82,964

4,672,532

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

74,809

3,779,351

Target Corp.

100,103

5,669,834

 

14,121,717

SPECIALTY RETAIL - 27.2%

Apparel Retail - 10.0%

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

28,002

990,711

Foot Locker, Inc.

82,551

3,186,469

L Brands, Inc.

25,201

1,319,524

Ross Stores, Inc.

50,079

3,400,865

TJX Companies, Inc.

55,808

3,201,147

 

12,098,716

Automotive Retail - 4.8%

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

6,836

3,384,230

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

18,807

2,463,341

 

5,847,571

Home Improvement Retail - 3.5%

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

90,548

4,191,467

Homefurnishing Retail - 1.6%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

36,626

1,996,850

Specialty Stores - 7.3%

Cabela's, Inc. Class A (a)

33,516

2,240,880

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

43,463

2,281,808

PetSmart, Inc.

32,389

2,040,507

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

81,395

2,309,990

 

8,873,185

TOTAL SPECIALTY RETAIL

33,007,789

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 9.4%

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 7.4%

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

4,300

480,869

PVH Corp.

19,823

2,396,006

Ralph Lauren Corp.

14,225

2,231,760

Swatch Group AG (Bearer) (Reg.)

16,753

1,721,218

VF Corp.

37,704

2,203,799

 

9,033,652

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - CONTINUED

Footwear - 2.0%

NIKE, Inc. Class B

5,853

$ 426,391

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

69,596

1,941,728

 

2,368,119

TOTAL TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS

11,401,771

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $105,510,737)


120,350,113

Money Market Funds - 1.2%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)
(Cost $1,422,932)

1,422,932


1,422,932

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.3%

(Cost $106,933,669)

121,773,045

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)%

(326,030 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 121,447,015

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,204

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,510

Total

$ 3,714

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $105,510,737)

$ 120,350,113

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,422,932)

1,422,932

 

Total Investments (cost $106,933,669)

 

$ 121,773,045

Receivable for investments sold

1,221,903

Receivable for fund shares sold

727,358

Dividends receivable

59,475

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

187

Prepaid expenses

561

Other receivables

14,993

Total assets

123,797,522

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 2,006,584

Payable for fund shares redeemed

187,130

Distributions payable

36

Accrued management fee

57,574

Distribution and service plan fees payable

41,200

Other affiliated payables

27,164

Other payables and accrued expenses

30,819

Total liabilities

2,350,507

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 121,447,015

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 102,010,816

Accumulated net investment loss

(275,700)

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

4,872,575

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

14,839,324

Net Assets

$ 121,447,015

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($60,911,284 ÷ 3,202,871 shares)

$ 19.02

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $19.02)

$ 20.18

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($18,490,307 ÷ 1,022,222 shares)

$ 18.09

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $18.09)

$ 18.75

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,263,363 ÷ 139,610 shares) A

$ 16.21

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($21,244,300 ÷ 1,308,537 shares) A

$ 16.24

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($18,537,761 ÷ 917,978 shares)

$ 20.19

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 496,550

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

3,714

Total income

 

500,264

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 306,086

Transfer agent fees

133,852

Distribution and service plan fees

222,712

Accounting and security lending fees

21,610

Custodian fees and expenses

12,515

Independent trustees' compensation

1,421

Registration fees

44,849

Audit

33,769

Legal

1,289

Miscellaneous

704

Total expenses before reductions

778,807

Expense reductions

(2,843 )

775,964

Net investment income (loss)

(275,700 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

8,225,459

Foreign currency transactions

(54 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

8,225,405

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(3,239,808)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

9

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(3,239,799 )

Net gain (loss)

4,985,606

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 4,709,906

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (275,700)

$ (195,793)

Net realized gain (loss)

8,225,405

9,882,077

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(3,239,799 )

10,583,809

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

4,709,906

20,270,093

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(8,442,076 )

(6,688,896 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

31,663,730

16,864,514

Redemption fees

1,931

6,411

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

27,933,491

30,452,122

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

93,513,524

63,061,402

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $275,700 and $0, respectively)

$ 121,447,015

$ 93,513,524

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 19.59

$ 16.22

$ 16.00

$ 12.75

$ 10.26

$ 11.41

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.02)

.01

(.02)

(.02)

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.01

5.04

1.07

3.27

2.51

(1.16 )

Total from investment operations

  .98

5.02

1.08

3.25

2.49

(1.12 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.03)

-

-

(.03)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.55 )

(1.65 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.55 )

(1.65 )

(.86 )

-

-

(.03 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.02

$ 19.59

$ 16.22

$ 16.00

$ 12.75

$ 10.26

Total Return B, C, D

  5.24%

33.65%

7.96%

25.49%

24.27%

(9.81)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.25% A

1.31%

1.38%

1.39%

1.44%

1.62%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.25% A

1.31%

1.38%

1.39%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.24% A

1.29%

1.37%

1.38%

1.39%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.34)% A

(.10)%

.04%

(.15)%

(.15)%

.42%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 60,911

$ 45,292

$ 26,547

$ 23,447

$ 19,423

$ 13,010

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 18.68

$ 15.57

$ 15.43

$ 12.32

$ 9.94

$ 11.07

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.06)

(.06)

(.03)

(.06)

(.05)

.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .97

4.81

1.02

3.17

2.43

(1.12 )

Total from investment operations

  .91

4.75

.99

3.11

2.38

(1.11 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.02)

-

-

(.02)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.50 )

(1.64 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.50 )

(1.64 )

(.85 )

-

-

(.02 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.09

$ 18.68

$ 15.57

$ 15.43

$ 12.32

$ 9.94

Total Return B, C, D

  5.10%

33.25%

7.62%

25.24%

23.94%

(10.04)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.55% A

1.60%

1.64%

1.66%

1.71%

1.89%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.55% A

1.60%

1.64%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.55% A

1.58%

1.63%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.65)% A

(.39)%

(.23)%

(.40)%

(.40)%

.17%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,490

$ 15,613

$ 10,447

$ 9,897

$ 8,018

$ 6,738

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.85

$ 14.23

$ 14.23

$ 11.42

$ 9.26

$ 10.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

(.13)

(.10)

(.12)

(.10)

(.03)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .87

4.36

.93

2.93

2.26

(1.06 )

Total from investment operations

  .77

4.23

.83

2.81

2.16

(1.09 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.41 )

(1.61 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.21

$ 16.85

$ 14.23

$ 14.23

$ 11.42

$ 9.26

Total Return B, C, D

  4.80%

32.61%

7.11%

24.61%

23.33%

(10.53)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.06% A

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

2.21%

2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.06% A

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.05% A

2.07%

2.12%

2.13%

2.14%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.15)% A

(.88)%

(.72)%

(.90)%

(.90)%

(.33)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,263

$ 2,389

$ 2,577

$ 3,170

$ 3,643

$ 3,550

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.90

$ 14.27

$ 14.26

$ 11.44

$ 9.27

$ 10.37

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.12)

(.09)

(.12)

(.10)

(.03)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .87

4.37

.93

2.94

2.27

(1.07 )

Total from investment operations

  .78

4.25

.84

2.82

2.17

(1.10 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.44 )

(1.62 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.24

$ 16.90

$ 14.27

$ 14.26

$ 11.44

$ 9.27

Total Return B, C, D

  4.89%

32.68%

7.17%

24.65%

23.41%

(10.61)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.02% A

2.04%

2.09%

2.11%

2.12%

2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.02% A

2.04%

2.09%

2.11%

2.12%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.01% A

2.02%

2.08%

2.09%

2.11%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.11)% A

(.83)%

(.68)%

(.86)%

(.87)%

(.33)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 21,244

$ 17,176

$ 13,507

$ 7,341

$ 9,288

$ 2,955

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.72

$ 17.04

$ 16.72

$ 13.27

$ 10.66

$ 11.84

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.01)

.04

.07

.03

.02

.06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.07

5.32

1.13

3.42

2.60

(1.20 )

Total from investment operations

  1.06

5.36

1.20

3.45

2.62

(1.14 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.05)

-

(.01)

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.59 )

(1.68 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.59 )

(1.68 )

(.88 )

-

(.01 )

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.19

$ 20.72

$ 17.04

$ 16.72

$ 13.27

$ 10.66

Total Return B, C

  5.38%

34.06%

8.33%

26.00%

24.62%

(9.59)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .96% A

.97%

1.00%

1.03%

1.09%

1.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .96% A

.97%

1.00%

1.03%

1.09%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .96% A

.96%

.99%

1.01%

1.08%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.05)% A

.24%

.41%

.22%

.16%

.67%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,538

$ 13,044

$ 9,984

$ 9,406

$ 9,013

$ 5,990

Portfolio turnover rate F

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 17,122,838

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,740,715 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 14,382,123

 

 

Tax cost

$ 107,390,922

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $97,244,173 and $73,624,094, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 67,737

$ 1,457

Class T

.25%

.25%

43,982

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

11,872

8,904

Class C

.75%

.25%

99,121

28,401

 

 

 

$ 222,712

$ 38,762

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 34,209

Class T

4,470

Class B *

541

Class C *

1,511

 

$ 40,731

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 63,204

.23

Class T

25,556

.29

Class B

3,479

.29

Class C

24,868

.25

Institutional Class

16,745

.20

 

$ 133,852

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,903 for the period.

Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses in the amount of $12,476.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $41 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. 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 $2,510. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $2,842 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 custody expenses by $1.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 4,039,405

$ 2,760,192

Class T

1,360,265

1,156,068

Class B

196,098

276,657

Class C

1,615,723

1,553,543

Institutional Class

1,230,585

942,436

Total

$ 8,442,076

$ 6,688,896

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,158,890

1,258,652

$ 22,715,014

$ 22,336,491

Reinvestment of distributions

185,416

153,097

3,485,073

2,439,799

Shares redeemed

(453,953 )

(736,031 )

(8,832,289 )

(12,466,044 )

Net increase (decrease)

890,353

675,718

$ 17,367,798

$ 12,310,246

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

186,487

212,852

$ 3,479,109

$ 3,581,408

Reinvestment of distributions

73,668

73,194

1,316,540

1,114,024

Shares redeemed

(73,694 )

(121,300 )

(1,366,641 )

(1,949,037 )

Net increase (decrease)

186,461

164,746

$ 3,429,008

$ 2,746,395

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

12,303

14,257

$ 203,613

$ 220,513

Reinvestment of distributions

9,369

16,131

150,012

223,127

Shares redeemed

(23,827 )

(69,701 )

(398,608 )

(1,023,777 )

Net increase (decrease)

(2,155 )

(39,313 )

$ (44,983 )

$ (580,137 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

316,380

555,264

$ 5,314,596

$ 8,601,818

Reinvestment of distributions

89,038

102,005

1,432,315

1,411,723

Shares redeemed

(113,095 )

(587,502 )

(1,878,591 )

(8,790,601 )

Net increase (decrease)

292,323

69,767

$ 4,868,320

$ 1,222,940

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

497,230

404,001

$ 10,374,436

$ 7,620,195

Reinvestment of distributions

51,438

46,665

1,028,758

784,588

Shares redeemed

(260,165 )

(407,175 )

(5,359,607 )

(7,239,713 )

Net increase (decrease)

288,503

43,491

$ 6,043,587

$ 1,165,070

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,122.90

$ 7.49

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.15

$ 7.12

Class T

1.65%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,121.40

$ 8.82

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.89

$ 8.39

Class B

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,118.40

$ 11.48

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,119.70

$ 11.49

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Institutional Class

1.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,124.50

$ 6.16

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.41

$ 5.85

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Intel Corp.

10.8

10.0

Broadcom Corp. Class A

10.2

8.5

Analog Devices, Inc.

6.7

3.2

Altera Corp.

5.7

4.6

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

4.0

3.5

NXP Semiconductors NV

3.7

1.5

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd.

3.3

0.7

Xilinx, Inc.

3.2

3.2

Intersil Corp. Class A

2.9

4.7

ON Semiconductor Corp.

2.8

3.4

 

53.3

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

82.2%

 

QWE471

Electronic Equipment & Components

8.0%

 

QWE473

Communications Equipment

2.7%

 

QWE475

Computers & Peripherals

2.4%

 

QWE477

Software

0.9%

 

QWE479

All Others *

3.8%

 

QWE529

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

71.3%

 

QWE471

Electronic Equipment & Components

8.8%

 

QWE473

Communications Equipment

7.6%

 

QWE475

Computers & Peripherals

3.8%

 

QWE477

Internet Software & Services

0.9%

 

QWE479

All Others *

7.6%

 

QWE537

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.0%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.0%

Biotechnology - 0.0%

Arrowhead Research Corp. warrants 5/21/17 (a)

64,879

$ 1

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 0.4%

Office Services & Supplies - 0.4%

West Corp.

2,534

58,586

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 2.7%

Communications Equipment - 2.7%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

8,588

188,163

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

1,576

50,290

Polycom, Inc. (a)

3,622

43,210

QUALCOMM, Inc.

2,439

181,023

 

462,686

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 2.4%

Computer Hardware - 0.4%

Apple, Inc.

134

67,080

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 2.0%

EMC Corp.

13,767

333,712

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

400,792

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 8.0%

Electronic Components - 1.9%

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (a)

36,527

251,671

Audience, Inc. (a)

1,227

13,963

Corning, Inc.

355

6,110

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(d)

3,022

59,503

 

331,247

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 6.1%

Flextronics International Ltd. (a)

43,268

352,634

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

18,269

328,294

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

1,965

27,117

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

39,346

315,161

Viasystems Group, Inc. (a)

12

157

 

1,023,363

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

1,354,610

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.4%

Internet Software & Services - 0.4%

Demand Media, Inc. (a)

8,589

49,559

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

600

21,846

 

71,405

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 82.2%

Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. (a)

6,318

64,886

Lam Research Corp. (a)

6,559

331,951

 

Shares

Value

Teradyne, Inc. (a)(d)

10,449

$ 196,546

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

2,641

52,424

 

645,807

Semiconductors - 78.4%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(d)

26,344

90,360

Altera Corp.

29,022

970,205

Analog Devices, Inc.

23,315

1,125,415

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

2,553

25,785

Avago Technologies Ltd.

6,077

332,047

Broadcom Corp. Class A

57,726

1,717,926

Cavium, Inc. (a)

4,000

148,680

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

32,482

326,119

Entropic Communications, Inc. (a)

10,531

43,914

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

3,710

90,487

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

11,385

145,273

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)

30,755

557,588

Inphi Corp. (a)

7,218

82,863

Intel Corp.

74,206

1,821,015

Intermolecular, Inc. (a)

8,063

32,494

Intersil Corp. Class A

42,955

487,110

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (a)

1,704

26,940

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

23,662

353,274

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

22,498

680,789

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

17,385

400,550

Motech Industries, Inc. (a)

1

2

NVIDIA Corp.

21,874

343,422

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

12,973

627,245

O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

10,021

32,067

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (a)

3,774

58,082

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

57,488

480,600

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (a)

1,272

10,532

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (a)

43,906

287,584

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

31,605

168,455

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

406

475,915

Semtech Corp. (a)

8,621

196,645

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

9,436

285,439

Spansion, Inc. Class A (a)

3,494

52,410

Texas Instruments, Inc.

3,504

148,570

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (a)

19

0

Wolfson Microelectronics PLC (a)

25,817

57,295

Xilinx, Inc.

11,465

532,205

 

13,215,302

TOTAL SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

13,861,109

SOFTWARE - 0.9%

Application Software - 0.9%

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

49

1,500

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

SOFTWARE - CONTINUED

Application Software - continued

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

1,385

$ 74,887

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d)

4,634

71,039

 

147,426

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $17,518,900)


16,356,615

Money Market Funds - 3.0%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

212,237

212,237

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

296,872

296,872

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $509,109)


509,109

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.0%

(Cost $18,028,009)

16,865,724

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%

69

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 16,865,793

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 368

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

4,801

Total

$ 5,169

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 16,356,615

$ 15,880,697

$ 475,918

$ -

Money Market Funds

509,109

509,109

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 16,865,724

$ 16,389,806

$ 475,918

$ -

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

United States of America

83.0%

Bermuda

5.4%

Singapore

4.1%

Netherlands

3.7%

Korea (South)

2.8%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.0%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $283,429) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $17,518,900)

$ 16,356,615

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $509,109)

509,109

 

 

 

 

Total Investments (cost $18,028,009)

 

$ 16,865,724

Cash

 

64,987

Receivable for investments sold

318,169

Receivable for fund shares sold

22,971

Dividends receivable

3,417

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

377

Prepaid expenses

92

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

5,652

Other receivables

1,107

Total assets

17,282,496

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 49,521

Payable for fund shares redeemed

17,299

Accrued management fee

7,647

Distribution and service plan fees payable

6,181

Other affiliated payables

4,284

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,899

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

296,872

Total liabilities

416,703

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 16,865,793

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 23,691,280

Accumulated net investment loss

(50,489)

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

(5,612,664)

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

(1,162,334 )

Net Assets

$ 16,865,793

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($6,734,195 ÷ 580,470 shares)

$ 11.60

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.60)

$ 12.31

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($4,322,158 ÷ 383,351 shares)

$ 11.27

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.27)

$ 11.68

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($284,429 ÷ 26,883 shares) A

$ 10.58

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,342,831 ÷ 316,294 shares) A

$ 10.57

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,182,180 ÷ 181,655 shares)

$ 12.01

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 103,438

Interest

 

932

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

5,169

Total income

 

109,539

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 45,060

Transfer agent fees

24,636

Distribution and service plan fees

35,053

Accounting and security lending fees

3,217

Custodian fees and expenses

23,273

Independent trustees' compensation

218

Registration fees

45,648

Audit

24,170

Legal

255

Miscellaneous

302

Total expenses before reductions

201,832

Expense reductions

(74,455 )

127,377

Net investment income (loss)

(17,838 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

1,724,246

Foreign currency transactions

1,155

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

1,725,401

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

166,520

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(42 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

166,478

Net gain (loss)

1,891,879

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,874,041

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (17,838)

$ (41,761)

Net realized gain (loss)

1,725,401

(680,452)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

166,478

3,203,673

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

1,874,041

2,481,460

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(935,171 )

(3,915,862 )

Redemption fees

301

1,278

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

939,171

(1,433,124)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

15,926,622

17,359,746

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $50,489 and accumulated net investment loss of $32,651, respectively)

$ 16,865,793

$ 15,926,622

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.33

$ 8.45

$ 8.93

$ 7.14

$ 6.59

$ 6.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - I

(.01)

(.05)

(.04)

(.01)

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.27

1.89

(.43 )

1.83

.59

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.27

1.88

(.48 )

1.79

.58

(.20 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.03 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.60

$ 10.33

$ 8.45

$ 8.93

$ 7.14

$ 6.59

Total Return B, C, D

  12.29%

22.25%

(5.38)%

25.07%

8.74%

(2.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.31% A

2.18%

1.88%

1.89%

1.97%

2.44%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.40% A

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

1.37%

1.39%

1.39%

1.39%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.04)% A

(.07)%

(.53)%

(.40)%

(.15)%

.69%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,734

$ 5,833

$ 6,000

$ 7,537

$ 5,394

$ 5,433

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.05

$ 8.24

$ 8.73

$ 7.00

$ 6.46

$ 6.67

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

(.03)

(.07)

(.06)

(.03)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.24

1.84

(.42 )

1.79

.58

(.23 )

Total from investment operations

  1.22

1.81

(.49 )

1.73

.55

(.21 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.01 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.27

$ 10.05

$ 8.24

$ 8.73

$ 7.00

$ 6.46

Total Return B, C, D

  12.14%

21.97%

(5.61)%

24.71%

8.50%

(3.15)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.61% A

2.48%

2.23%

2.25%

2.26%

2.77%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.65% A

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.63% A

1.62%

1.64%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.29)% A

(.32)%

(.78)%

(.65)%

(.40)%

.44%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,322

$ 3,756

$ 3,909

$ 4,476

$ 3,862

$ 4,195

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.46

$ 7.79

$ 8.29

$ 6.69

$ 6.19

$ 6.43

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.04)

(.07)

(.10)

(.09)

(.06)

- I

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.16

1.74

(.40 )

1.69

.56

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.12

1.67

(.50 )

1.60

.50

(.24 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.58

$ 9.46

$ 7.79

$ 8.29

$ 6.69

$ 6.19

Total Return B, C, D

  11.84%

21.44%

(6.03)%

23.92%

8.08%

(3.73)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.07% A

2.95%

2.70%

2.76%

2.73%

3.22%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.12%

2.15%

2.14%

2.15%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.79)% A

(.82)%

(1.29)%

(1.15)%

(.90)%

(.06)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 284

$ 306

$ 459

$ 691

$ 1,073

$ 1,197

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.44

$ 7.78

$ 8.29

$ 6.68

$ 6.18

$ 6.42

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.04)

(.07)

(.10)

(.09)

(.06)

- I

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.17

1.73

(.41 )

1.70

.56

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.13

1.66

(.51 )

1.61

.50

(.24 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.57

$ 9.44

$ 7.78

$ 8.29

$ 6.68

$ 6.18

Total Return B, C, D

  11.97%

21.34%

(6.15)%

24.10%

8.09%

(3.74)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.06% A

2.93%

2.65%

2.70%

2.72%

3.21%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.13% A

2.12%

2.14%

2.14%

2.14%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.79)% A

(.82)%

(1.28)%

(1.15)%

(.90)%

(.06)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,343

$ 3,157

$ 3,721

$ 3,836

$ 3,256

$ 3,016

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.68

$ 8.72

$ 9.19

$ 7.33

$ 6.75

$ 6.94

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .01

.02

(.02)

(.01)

.01

.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.32

1.94

(.45 )

1.87

.60

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.33

1.96

(.47 )

1.86

.61

(.19 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.03 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 12.01

$ 10.68

$ 8.72

$ 9.19

$ 7.33

$ 6.75

Total Return B, C

  12.45%

22.48%

(5.11)%

25.38%

9.10%

(2.74)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.86%

1.55%

1.42%

1.64%

2.16%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.15% A

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.12%

1.14%

1.14%

1.14%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  .21% A

.18%

(.28)%

(.15)%

.11%

.94%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,182

$ 2,874

$ 3,271

$ 1,765

$ 645

$ 367

Portfolio turnover rate F

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to market discount, net operating losses, capital loss carryforwards, expiring 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

$ 763,357

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,151,929 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (1,388,572 )

 

 

Tax cost

$ 18,254,296

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (310,663)

2017

(5,202,838 )

Total with expiration

$ (5,513,501 )

No expiration

 

Long-term

(661,002 )

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (6,174,503 )

The Fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending July 31, 2014, approximately $922,950 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013.

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $13,461,330 and $13,932,240, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 7,752

$ 71

Class T

.25%

.25%

9,908

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

1,476

1,109

Class C

.75%

.25%

15,917

1,546

 

 

 

$ 35,053

$ 2,726

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,582

Class T

1,500

Class B *

142

Class C *

173

 

$ 3,397

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 9,564

.31

Class T

7,208

.36

Class B

457

.31

Class C

4,880

.31

Institutional Class

2,527

.19

 

$ 24,636

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,602 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $7 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments

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7. Security Lending - continued

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 $4,801. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser 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.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement

Class A

1.40%

$ 28,189

Class T

1.65%

19,070

Class B

2.15%

1,344

Class C

2.15%

14,422

Institutional Class

1.15%

9,915

 

 

$ 72,940

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $1,515 for the period.

9. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

62,544

137,609

$ 680,414

$ 1,216,436

Shares redeemed

(46,820 )

(283,233 )

(507,053 )

(2,448,434 )

Net increase (decrease)

15,724

(145,624 )

$ 173,361

$ (1,231,998 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

57,578

112,240

$ 607,692

$ 987,721

Shares redeemed

(47,974 )

(212,855 )

(497,354 )

(1,812,736 )

Net increase (decrease)

9,604

(100,615 )

$ 110,338

$ (825,015 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

65

678

$ 636

$ 4,830

Shares redeemed

(5,533 )

(27,225 )

(55,232 )

(220,563 )

Net increase (decrease)

(5,468 )

(26,547 )

$ (54,596 )

$ (215,733 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

33,531

96,174

$ 332,209

$ 799,164

Shares redeemed

(51,526 )

(240,043 )

(507,518 )

(1,893,943 )

Net increase (decrease)

(17,995 )

(143,869 )

$ (175,309 )

$ (1,094,779 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

53,245

228,631

$ 593,231

$ 2,347,005

Shares redeemed

(140,640 )

(334,852 )

(1,582,196 )

(2,895,342 )

Net increase (decrease)

(87,395 )

(106,221 )

$ (988,965 )

$ (548,337 )

10. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.14%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.10

$ 5.79

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.46

$ 5.80

Class T

1.35%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.20

$ 6.85

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.40

$ 6.87

Class B

1.92%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,011.10

$ 9.73

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.53

$ 9.75

Class C

1.88%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,011.50

$ 9.53

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.73

$ 9.55

Institutional Class

.87%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.90

$ 4.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.82

$ 4.43

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Chevron Corp.

11.3

7.9

Exxon Mobil Corp.

10.0

14.8

EOG Resources, Inc.

7.5

4.0

Schlumberger Ltd.

5.8

3.8

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

4.9

3.9

ConocoPhillips Co.

4.0

0.0

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

3.0

1.9

Halliburton Co.

2.9

5.4

Cimarex Energy Co.

2.9

2.0

Noble Energy, Inc.

2.8

2.6

 

55.1

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Oil, Gas &
Consumable Fuels

80.0%

 

QWE540

Energy Equipment
& Services

18.6%

 

QWE542

Construction & Engineering

0.2%

 

QWE477

Metals & Mining

0.1%

 

QWE479

All Others *

1.1%

 

QWE546

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Oil, Gas &
Consumable Fuels

74.5%

 

QWE540

Energy Equipment
& Services

21.8%

 

QWE550

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

0.0%

 

QWE479

All Others *

3.7%

 

QWE553

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Amount represents less than 0.1%.

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.9%

Shares

Value

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 0.2%

Construction & Engineering - 0.2%

URS Corp.

33,100

$ 1,661,620

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 18.6%

Oil & Gas Drilling - 1.4%

Ocean Rig UDW, Inc. (United States) (a)

42,700

731,878

Odfjell Drilling A/S

553,878

3,158,740

Pacific Drilling SA (a)

65,049

653,742

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

1,887,530

3,076,674

Xtreme Drilling & Coil Services Corp. (a)

599,002

1,989,951

 

9,610,985

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 17.2%

Cameron International Corp. (a)

216,945

13,010,192

Core Laboratories NV

17,048

3,050,228

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

13,191

1,326,487

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

309,744

15,313,743

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a)

158,075

3,970,844

Halliburton Co.

404,314

19,815,429

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

193,465

14,511,810

Oceaneering International, Inc.

47,873

3,262,545

Schlumberger Ltd.

454,175

39,772,105

Total Energy Services, Inc.

53,200

926,671

Weatherford International Ltd. (a)

200,546

2,715,393

 

117,675,447

TOTAL ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

127,286,432

METALS & MINING - 0.1%

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.1%

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

23,500

696,070

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 80.0%

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 1.6%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

84,300

478,824

Peabody Energy Corp.

610,418

10,407,627

 

10,886,451

Integrated Oil & Gas - 26.5%

Chevron Corp.

692,157

77,265,483

Exxon Mobil Corp.

747,035

68,846,746

Hess Corp.

168,631

12,729,954

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

110,584

9,683,841

Suncor Energy, Inc.

412,960

13,566,964

 

182,092,988

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 42.6%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

412,783

33,307,460

Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (a)

1,046,700

4,022,335

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

51,333

1,437,837

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (a)

103,425

4,210,432

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

523,515

20,930,130

 

Shares

Value

Cimarex Energy Co.

200,147

$ 19,610,403

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (a)

367,324

6,013,094

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

7,000

684,530

ConocoPhillips Co.

419,993

27,278,545

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)(d)

109,534

12,070,647

Emerald Oil, Inc. (a)

56,000

429,520

Energen Corp.

16,543

1,169,921

EOG Resources, Inc.

312,243

51,595,033

EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

64,562

1,734,781

EQT Corp.

139,007

12,901,240

Evolution Petroleum Corp.

60,495

796,114

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

57,578

3,509,379

Halcon Resources Corp. (a)

300,000

1,011,000

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

570,163

6,049,429

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (a)

161,594

3,997,836

Noble Energy, Inc.

312,408

19,472,391

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

204,993

2,980,598

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

27,958

1,168,924

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. (a)

142,700

937,880

PDC Energy, Inc. (a)

157,488

7,852,352

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

88,316

14,953,665

Rex Energy Corp. (a)

1,515

28,543

Sanchez Energy Corp. (a)(d)

140,300

3,856,847

SM Energy Co.

111,308

9,211,850

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

42,692

1,737,137

Synergy Resources Corp. (a)

115,015

993,730

TAG Oil Ltd. (a)

446,700

1,307,512

Tullow Oil PLC

49,300

640,655

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

250,250

14,609,595

 

292,511,345

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 3.9%

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

137,759

11,991,921

Phillips 66 Co.

103,799

7,586,669

Tesoro Corp.

28,690

1,478,109

Valero Energy Corp.

69,600

3,556,560

World Fuel Services Corp.

40,833

1,744,386

 

26,357,645

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 5.4%

Access Midstream Partners LP

159,602

8,945,692

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP

96,400

3,222,652

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

63,586

4,225,926

Markwest Energy Partners LP

50,104

3,516,800

MPLX LP

40,594

1,867,730

Phillips 66 Partners LP

63,769

2,386,874

Spectra Energy Corp.

53,886

1,937,202

Targa Resources Corp.

48,147

4,347,193

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - CONTINUED

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - continued

The Williams Companies, Inc.

159,396

$ 6,453,944

Valero Energy Partners LP

3,100

110,205

 

37,014,218

TOTAL OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS

548,862,647

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $614,166,879)


678,506,769

Money Market Funds - 2.6%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

5,081,972

5,081,972

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

12,944,200

12,944,200

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $18,026,172)


18,026,172

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.5%

(Cost $632,193,051)

696,532,941

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.5)%

(10,267,497 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 686,265,444

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 7,342

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

40,978

Total

$ 48,320

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

United States of America

87.9%

Curacao

5.8%

Canada

4.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

2.1%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $12,799,816) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $614,166,879)

$ 678,506,769

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $18,026,172)

18,026,172

 

Total Investments (cost $632,193,051)

 

$ 696,532,941

Receivable for investments sold

15,738,013

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,462,077

Dividends receivable

75,455

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

2,702

Prepaid expenses

4,356

Other receivables

13,855

Total assets

713,829,399

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 12,289,395

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,545,005

Accrued management fee

324,695

Distribution and service plan fees payable

255,735

Other affiliated payables

168,533

Other payables and accrued expenses

36,392

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

12,944,200

Total liabilities

27,563,955

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 686,265,444

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 619,054,608

Accumulated net investment loss

(1,862,137)

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

4,733,214

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

64,339,759

Net Assets

$ 686,265,444

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($280,571,504 ÷ 7,162,123 shares)

$ 39.17

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $39.17)

$ 41.56

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($213,902,699 ÷ 5,344,816 shares)

$ 40.02

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $40.02)

$ 41.47

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($17,332,441 ÷ 478,615 shares) A

$ 36.21

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($103,371,983 ÷ 2,833,712 shares) A

$ 36.48

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($71,086,817 ÷ 1,728,553 shares)

$ 41.13

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 5,370,373

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

48,320

Total income

 

5,418,693

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,978,136

Transfer agent fees

903,498

Distribution and service plan fees

1,559,328

Accounting and security lending fees

128,335

Custodian fees and expenses

15,389

Independent trustees' compensation

9,749

Registration fees

55,902

Audit

25,907

Legal

10,505

Miscellaneous

4,072

Total expenses before reductions

4,690,821

Expense reductions

(9,821 )

4,681,000

Net investment income (loss)

737,693

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

30,633,892

Foreign currency transactions

1,045

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

30,634,937

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(20,967,282)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(71 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(20,967,353 )

Net gain (loss)

9,667,584

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 10,405,277

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 737,693

$ 2,837,213

Net realized gain (loss)

30,634,937

68,491,304

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(20,967,353 )

51,387,693

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

10,405,277

122,716,210

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(2,028,434)

(2,261,471)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(32,994,104 )

-

Total distributions

(35,022,538 )

(2,261,471 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

22,410,840

(79,579,362 )

Redemption fees

7,694

15,482

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(2,198,727)

40,890,859

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

688,464,171

647,573,312

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $1,862,137 and accumulated net investment loss of $571,396, respectively)

$ 686,265,444

$ 688,464,171

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 40.59

$ 33.71

$ 40.17

$ 27.70

$ 25.82

$ 50.24

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

.23

.25

.11

(.05)

(.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .59

6.81

(6.50 )

12.47

1.93

(17.48 )

Total from investment operations

  .67

7.04

(6.25 )

12.58

1.88

(17.52 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.17)

(.16)

(.21)

(.11)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.09 ) J

(.16 )

(.21 )

(.11 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 39.17

$ 40.59

$ 33.71

$ 40.17

$ 27.70

$ 25.82

Total Return B, C, D

  1.51%

20.94%

(15.58)%

45.46%

7.28%

(38.86)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.14% A

1.16%

1.17%

1.16%

1.20%

1.22%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.14% A

1.16%

1.17%

1.16%

1.20%

1.22%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.15%

1.17%

1.16%

1.19%

1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  .38% A

.61%

.72%

.30%

(.16)%

(.14)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 280,572

$ 279,798

$ 253,332

$ 331,120

$ 214,407

$ 216,595

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J Total distributions of $2.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.165 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.929 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 41.38

$ 34.40

$ 41.04

$ 28.33

$ 26.47

$ 51.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .03

.15

.18

.03

(.11)

(.10)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .62

6.95

(6.65 )

12.75

1.97

(17.93 )

Total from investment operations

  .65

7.10

(6.47 )

12.78

1.86

(18.03 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.08)

(.12)

(.17)

(.07)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.01 )

(.12 )

(.17 )

(.07 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 40.02

$ 41.38

$ 34.40

$ 41.04

$ 28.33

$ 26.47

Total Return B, C, D

  1.42%

20.70%

(15.77)%

45.16%

7.03%

(38.99)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.35% A

1.36%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.35% A

1.36%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.35% A

1.35%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Net investment income (loss)

  .16% A

.40%

.50%

.09%

(.37)%

(.38)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 213,903

$ 223,248

$ 215,488

$ 290,512

$ 219,051

$ 224,376

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 37.65

$ 31.41

$ 37.61

$ 26.06

$ 24.48

$ 48.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.08)

(.05)

(.01)

(.15)

(.25)

(.22)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .56

6.34

(6.09 )

11.71

1.83

(16.75 )

Total from investment operations

  .48

6.29

(6.10 )

11.56

1.58

(16.97 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.05)

(.10)

(.01)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.92 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (1.92 )

(.05 )

(.10 )

(.01 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.21

$ 37.65

$ 31.41

$ 37.61

$ 26.06

$ 24.48

Total Return B, C, D

  1.11%

20.04%

(16.22)%

44.38%

6.45%

(39.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.92% A

1.92%

1.92%

1.93%

1.96%

1.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.92% A

1.92%

1.92%

1.93%

1.96%

1.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.91%

1.92%

1.92%

1.95%

1.96%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.41)% A

(.15)%

(.03)%

(.46)%

(.92)%

(.89)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 17,332

$ 20,551

$ 28,558

$ 49,793

$ 44,330

$ 47,795

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 37.92

$ 31.63

$ 37.88

$ 26.25

$ 24.65

$ 48.63

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.04)

(.01)

(.15)

(.25)

(.21)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .57

6.38

(6.13 )

11.80

1.85

(16.87 )

Total from investment operations

  .50

6.34

(6.14 )

11.65

1.60

(17.08 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

(.05)

(.11)

(.02)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (1.94 )

(.05 )

(.11 )

(.02 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.48

$ 37.92

$ 31.63

$ 37.88

$ 26.25

$ 24.65

Total Return B, C, D

  1.15%

20.08%

(16.22)%

44.38%

6.49%

(39.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.88% A

1.90%

1.92%

1.90%

1.94%

1.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.88% A

1.90%

1.92%

1.90%

1.94%

1.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.87% A

1.88%

1.91%

1.89%

1.93%

1.95%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.36)% A

(.13)%

(.03)%

(.43)%

(.90)%

(.88)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 103,372

$ 99,833

$ 93,504

$ 133,476

$ 90,596

$ 86,650

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 42.55

$ 35.28

$ 41.95

$ 28.87

$ 26.83

$ 51.76

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .14

.35

.37

.23

.04

.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

7.12

(6.79 )

12.99

2.00

(18.06 )

Total from investment operations

  .78

7.47

(6.42 )

13.22

2.04

(18.03 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.27)

(.20)

(.25)

(.14)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.20 )

(.20 )

(.25 )

(.14 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 41.13

$ 42.55

$ 35.28

$ 41.95

$ 28.87

$ 26.83

Total Return B, C

  1.69%

21.26%

(15.31)%

45.87%

7.60%

(38.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .87% A

.88%

.86%

.86%

.90%

.95%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .87% A

.88%

.86%

.86%

.90%

.95%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .86% A

.86%

.85%

.85%

.90%

.94%

Net investment income (loss)

  .65% A

.89%

1.03%

.60%

.14%

.13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 71,087

$ 65,034

$ 56,692

$ 54,024

$ 27,338

$ 18,631

Portfolio turnover rate F

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, 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

$ 89,691,334

Gross unrealized depreciation

(27,101,677 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 62,589,657

 

 

Tax cost

$ 633,943,284

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $394,462,122 and $387,977,875, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 366,289

$ 2,966

Class T

.25%

.25%

566,653

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

98,203

73,871

Class C

.75%

.25%

528,183

79,271

 

 

 

$ 1,559,328

$ 156,108

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 50,722

Class T

11,430

Class B *

10,297

Class C *

2,608

 

$ 75,057

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 391,929

.27

Class T

259,860

.23

Class B

29,622

.30

Class C

133,936

.25

Institutional Class

88,151

.24

 

$ 903,498

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $11,776 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $303 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $40,978. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $9,802 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 custody expenses by $19.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,151,718

$ 1,079,554

Class T

407,949

706,555

Class B

-

36,766

Class C

21,756

148,895

Institutional Class

447,011

289,701

Total

$ 2,028,434

$ 2,261,471

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 13,468,949

$ -

Class T

10,162,438

-

Class B

951,726

-

Class C

5,213,642

-

Institutional Class

3,197,349

-

Total

$ 32,994,104

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

879,317

1,740,823

$ 36,548,957

$ 65,442,879

Reinvestment of distributions

321,215

27,199

13,089,815

963,658

Shares redeemed

(932,201 )

(2,390,270 )

(38,679,614 )

(87,941,708 )

Net increase (decrease)

268,331

(622,248 )

$ 10,959,158

$ (21,535,171 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

224,580

467,358

$ 9,527,119

$ 17,841,598

Reinvestment of distributions

243,465

18,548

10,134,907

670,876

Shares redeemed

(518,360 )

(1,355,160 )

(22,023,100 )

(50,748,604 )

Net increase (decrease)

(50,315 )

(869,254 )

$ (2,361,074 )

$ (32,236,130 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,631

13,140

$ 217,625

$ 454,110

Reinvestment of distributions

22,691

989

856,078

32,636

Shares redeemed

(95,615 )

(377,487 )

(3,672,719 )

(13,045,539 )

Net increase (decrease)

(67,293 )

(363,358 )

$ (2,599,016 )

$ (12,558,793 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

335,410

525,111

$ 13,034,571

$ 18,433,044

Reinvestment of distributions

118,313

3,815

4,495,308

126,850

Shares redeemed

(252,797 )

(851,939 )

(9,803,374 )

(29,267,435 )

Net increase (decrease)

200,926

(323,013 )

$ 7,726,505

$ (10,707,541 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

475,868

923,636

$ 20,689,299

$ 35,802,942

Reinvestment of distributions

75,999

6,056

3,249,427

224,624

Shares redeemed

(351,556 )

(1,008,582 )

(15,253,459 )

(38,569,293 )

Net increase (decrease)

200,311

(78,890 )

$ 8,685,267

$ (2,541,727 )

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,060.90

$ 6.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.85

$ 6.41

Class T

1.51%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,059.20

$ 7.84

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.59

$ 7.68

Class B

2.01%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,055.90

$ 10.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.07

$ 10.21

Class C

1.97%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,056.80

$ 10.21

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.27

$ 10.01

Institutional Class

.90%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,063.00

$ 4.68

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.67

$ 4.58

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Bank of America Corp.

5.4

5.3

U.S. Bancorp

5.1

4.8

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.8

5.0

Citigroup, Inc.

4.8

5.0

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.6

4.2

Capital One Financial Corp.

3.9

4.2

American Tower Corp.

3.5

2.8

MetLife, Inc.

2.8

2.7

Simon Property Group, Inc.

2.4

2.6

Invesco Ltd.

2.3

2.3

 

39.6

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Diversified Financial Services

22.3%

 

QWE471

Insurance

16.6%

 

QWE473

Commercial Banks

16.4%

 

QWE475

Capital Markets

14.2%

 

QWE477

Real Estate Investment Trusts

10.2%

 

QWE479

All Others *

20.3%

 

QWE561

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Commercial Banks

19.9%

 

QWE471

Insurance

19.4%

 

QWE473

Diversified Financial Services

18.9%

 

QWE475

Capital Markets

12.0%

 

QWE477

Real Estate Investment Trusts

10.1%

 

QWE479

All Others *

19.7%

 

QWE569

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.3%

Shares

Value

CAPITAL MARKETS - 14.2%

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 11.1%

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

11,214

$ 2,234,277

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

22,100

2,334,644

BlackRock, Inc. Class A

4,806

1,444,059

Carlyle Group LP

9,900

344,619

Franklin Resources, Inc.

54,450

2,831,945

Invesco Ltd.

112,338

3,735,239

Oaktree Capital Group LLC Class A

27,500

1,606,275

The Blackstone Group LP

98,365

3,221,454

 

17,752,512

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 3.1%

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

80,300

1,607,606

FXCM, Inc. Class A (d)

52,200

894,708

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

48,400

2,464,044

 

4,966,358

TOTAL CAPITAL MARKETS

22,718,870

COMMERCIAL BANKS - 16.4%

Diversified Banks - 9.7%

U.S. Bancorp

204,708

8,133,049

Wells Fargo & Co.

160,548

7,279,246

 

15,412,295

Regional Banks - 6.7%

BB&T Corp.

76,200

2,850,642

CIT Group, Inc.

16,100

749,455

CoBiz, Inc.

57,191

603,937

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

35,435

1,540,359

Fifth Third Bancorp

112,340

2,361,387

M&T Bank Corp. (d)

15,670

1,747,362

Popular, Inc. (a)

34,800

918,720

 

10,771,862

TOTAL COMMERCIAL BANKS

26,184,157

CONSUMER FINANCE - 6.2%

Consumer Finance - 6.2%

Capital One Financial Corp.

88,238

6,230,485

Santander Consumer U.S.A. Holdings, Inc.

4,300

110,209

SLM Corp.

122,115

2,779,337

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

34,500

826,620

 

9,946,651

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.1%

Specialized Consumer Services - 1.1%

H&R Block, Inc.

57,800

1,757,120

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 22.3%

Multi-Sector Holdings - 2.2%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

30,969

3,456,140

 

Shares

Value

Other Diversified Financial Services - 15.0%

Bank of America Corp.

512,156

$ 8,578,613

Citigroup, Inc.

161,565

7,663,028

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

139,531

7,724,436

 

23,966,077

Specialized Finance - 5.1%

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

16,564

3,458,398

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

40,100

3,049,204

MSCI, Inc. Class A (a)

36,082

1,541,423

 

8,049,025

TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES

35,471,242

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 0.3%

Health Care Facilities - 0.3%

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

15,400

422,884

INSURANCE - 16.6%

Insurance Brokers - 2.1%

Brown & Brown, Inc.

15,900

500,691

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

62,900

2,875,159

 

3,375,850

Life & Health Insurance - 4.2%

MetLife, Inc.

92,326

4,528,590

Prudential PLC

48,155

969,368

Torchmark Corp.

16,200

1,217,430

 

6,715,388

Multi-Line Insurance - 0.5%

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

19,850

851,764

Property & Casualty Insurance - 8.4%

ACE Ltd.

13,719

1,286,979

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

19,600

2,017,232

Allstate Corp.

60,240

3,084,288

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Class A

72,200

2,277,188

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

44,192

3,591,926

XL Group PLC Class A

39,600

1,138,104

 

13,395,717

Reinsurance - 1.4%

Everest Re Group Ltd.

14,800

2,142,448

TOTAL INSURANCE

26,481,167

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 1.5%

Internet Software & Services - 1.5%

eBay, Inc. (a)

27,600

1,468,320

Equinix, Inc. (a)

4,800

888,960

 

2,357,280

IT SERVICES - 5.1%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 5.1%

EVERTEC, Inc.

59,000

1,423,670

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

40,166

2,251,304

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

IT SERVICES - CONTINUED

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - continued

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

13,700

$ 1,456,584

The Western Union Co.

78,700

1,211,980

Visa, Inc. Class A

8,030

1,729,903

 

8,073,441

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 10.2%

Mortgage REITs - 2.9%

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.

40,100

1,125,206

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (d)

80,300

1,171,577

Redwood Trust, Inc. (d)

60,600

1,133,220

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

39,300

1,186,860

 

4,616,863

Residential REITs - 0.8%

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

8,000

1,266,960

Retail REITs - 3.0%

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

56,200

954,838

Simon Property Group, Inc.

24,838

3,845,916

 

4,800,754

Specialized REITs - 3.5%

American Tower Corp.

68,250

5,520,060

TOTAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

16,204,637

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 3.4%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 0.4%

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

310,000

678,506

Real Estate Services - 3.0%

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA

11,850

1,549,269

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

120,387

3,195,071

 

4,744,340

TOTAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

5,422,846

 

Shares

Value

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE - 1.0%

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.0%

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

50,000

$ 424,500

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

20,050

885,007

Radian Group, Inc.

19,600

291,648

 

1,601,155

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $141,852,342)


156,641,450

Money Market Funds - 5.0%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

3,116,346

3,116,346

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

4,887,868

4,887,868

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $8,004,214)


8,004,214

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.3%

(Cost $149,856,556)

164,645,664

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.3)%

(5,311,844 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 159,333,820

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,412

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

3,984

Total

$ 5,396

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 156,641,450

$ 154,993,576

$ 1,647,874

$ -

Money Market Funds

8,004,214

8,004,214

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 164,645,664

$ 162,997,790

$ 1,647,874

$ -

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

United States of America

90.0%

Bermuda

3.7%

Switzerland

2.1%

Puerto Rico

1.5%

Luxembourg

1.0%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.7%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $4,788,048) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $141,852,342)

$ 156,641,450

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $8,004,214)

8,004,214

 

Total Investments (cost $149,856,556)

 

$ 164,645,664

Receivable for investments sold

953,657

Receivable for fund shares sold

206,144

Dividends receivable

28,044

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,072

Prepaid expenses

881

Other receivables

1,919

Total assets

165,837,381

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 1,152,818

Payable for fund shares redeemed

253,362

Distributions payable

16

Accrued management fee

74,283

Distribution and service plan fees payable

63,086

Other affiliated payables

41,676

Other payables and accrued expenses

30,452

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

4,887,868

Total liabilities

6,503,561

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 159,333,820

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 209,768,974

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(78,090)

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

(65,146,120)

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

14,789,056

Net Assets

$ 159,333,820

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($71,046,035 ÷ 5,028,190 shares)

$ 14.13

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $14.13)

$ 14.99

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($31,313,128 ÷ 2,229,597 shares)

$ 14.04

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $14.04)

$ 14.55

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($6,344,801 ÷ 466,711 shares) A

$ 13.59

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($34,180,121 ÷ 2,538,717 shares) A

$ 13.46

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($16,449,735 ÷ 1,138,624 shares)

$ 14.45

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,227,920

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

5,396

Total income

 

1,233,316

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 410,996

Transfer agent fees

213,824

Distribution and service plan fees

354,259

Accounting and security lending fees

29,497

Custodian fees and expenses

9,710

Independent trustees' compensation

1,994

Registration fees

39,902

Audit

29,214

Legal

2,475

Miscellaneous

983

Total expenses before reductions

1,092,854

Expense reductions

(2,133 )

1,090,721

Net investment income (loss)

142,595

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

2,276,346

Foreign currency transactions

(724 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

2,275,622

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

5,736,417

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

633

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

5,737,050

Net gain (loss)

8,012,672

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 8,155,267

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 142,595

$ 1,261,864

Net realized gain (loss)

2,275,622

21,677,767

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

5,737,050

10,094,408

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

8,155,267

33,034,039

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(647,193)

(847,180)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(72,538 )

-

Total distributions

(719,731 )

(847,180 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

11,210,867

4,858,599

Redemption fees

1,118

3,052

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

18,647,521

37,048,510

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

140,686,299

103,637,789

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $78,090 and undistributed net investment income of $426,508, respectively)

$ 159,333,820

$ 140,686,299

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.41

$ 10.18

$ 10.06

$ 10.35

$ 9.53

$ 13.18

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .03

.15

.07

(.02)

(.01)

.19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

3.18

.06

(.27 )

.93

(3.58 )

Total from investment operations

  .81

3.33

.13

(.29 )

.92

(3.39 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.08)

(.10)

(.01)

-

(.10)

(.24)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.09 )

(.10 )

(.01 )

-

(.10 )

(.26 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.13

$ 13.41

$ 10.18

$ 10.06

$ 10.35

$ 9.53

Total Return B, C, D

  6.09%

32.99%

1.34%

(2.80)%

9.61%

(25.87)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.26% A

1.29%

1.28%

1.26%

1.27%

1.29%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.26% A

1.29%

1.28%

1.26%

1.27%

1.29%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.25% A

1.21%

1.20%

1.21%

1.22%

1.28%

Net investment income (loss)

  .40% A

1.31%

.72%

(.24)%

(.09)%

2.12%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 71,046

$ 64,428

$ 47,055

$ 63,937

$ 69,723

$ 68,245

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.31

$ 10.11

$ 10.01

$ 10.32

$ 9.52

$ 13.14

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .01

.12

.04

(.05)

(.04)

.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

3.16

.06

(.26 )

.92

(3.56 )

Total from investment operations

  .79

3.28

.10

(.31 )

.88

(3.40 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

(.08)

- I

-

(.08)

(.20)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.06 )

(.08 )

- I

-

(.08 )

(.22 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.04

$ 13.31

$ 10.11

$ 10.01

$ 10.32

$ 9.52

Total Return B, C, D

  5.92%

32.66%

1.03%

(3.00)%

9.26%

(26.00)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.51% A

1.55%

1.54%

1.52%

1.53%

1.55%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.51% A

1.55%

1.54%

1.52%

1.53%

1.55%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.51% A

1.47%

1.45%

1.47%

1.47%

1.54%

Net investment income (loss)

  .15% A

1.06%

.46%

(.49)%

(.35)%

1.86%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 31,313

$ 30,576

$ 24,367

$ 27,037

$ 33,310

$ 34,927

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 12.87

$ 9.79

$ 9.73

$ 10.09

$ 9.33

$ 12.85

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

.06

- I

(.10)

(.09)

.12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

3.06

.06

(.26 )

.91

(3.50 )

Total from investment operations

  .72

3.12

.06

(.36 )

.82

(3.38 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.04)

-

-

(.06)

(.12)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  -

(.04 )

-

-

(.06 )

(.14 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 13.59

$ 12.87

$ 9.79

$ 9.73

$ 10.09

$ 9.33

Total Return B, C, D

  5.59%

32.00%

.62%

(3.57)%

8.78%

(26.35)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.01% A

2.04%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.01% A

2.04%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.01% A

1.97%

1.94%

1.96%

1.97%

2.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.35)% A

.56%

(.03)%

(.98)%

(.85)%

1.38%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,345

$ 6,511

$ 5,745

$ 7,480

$ 10,992

$ 12,477

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 12.75

$ 9.70

$ 9.65

$ 10.00

$ 9.25

$ 12.78

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

.06

- I

(.10)

(.09)

.12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

3.03

.05

(.25 )

.90

(3.48 )

Total from investment operations

  .72

3.09

.05

(.35 )

.81

(3.36 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

(.04)

-

-

(.06)

(.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.01 )

(.04 )

-

-

(.06 )

(.17 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 13.46

$ 12.75

$ 9.70

$ 9.65

$ 10.00

$ 9.25

Total Return B, C, D

  5.68%

31.98%

.52%

(3.50)%

8.79%

(26.38)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.97% A

2.03%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.97% A

2.03%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.94%

1.96%

1.96%

2.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.31)% A

.57%

(.03)%

(.99)%

(.84)%

1.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 34,180

$ 29,897

$ 20,875

$ 23,196

$ 30,804

$ 29,849

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.73

$ 10.42

$ 10.28

$ 10.55

$ 9.69

$ 13.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .05

.20

.10

.01

.02

.21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .81

3.25

.06

(.28 )

.95

(3.63 )

Total from investment operations

  .86

3.45

.16

(.27 )

.97

(3.42 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.13)

(.14)

(.02)

-

(.11)

(.25)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.14 )

(.14 )

(.02 )

-

(.11 )

(.27 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.45

$ 13.73

$ 10.42

$ 10.28

$ 10.55

$ 9.69

Total Return B, C

  6.30%

33.45%

1.61%

(2.56)%

9.99%

(25.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90% A

.96%

.98%

.96%

.99%

1.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .90% A

.96%

.98%

.96%

.99%

1.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .89% A

.88%

.89%

.91%

.94%

1.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  .76% A

1.65%

1.02%

.07%

.19%

2.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 16,450

$ 9,275

$ 5,596

$ 8,162

$ 5,158

$ 3,797

Portfolio turnover rate F

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), equity-debt classifications, 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

$ 15,615,894

Gross unrealized depreciation

(1,918,184 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 13,697,710

 

 

Tax cost

$ 150,947,954

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (42,483,031)

2018

(23,251,884)

2019

(450,657 )

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (66,185,572 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $47,136,064 and $36,512,136, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 84,112

$ 3,875

Class T

.25%

.25%

77,818

100

Class B

.75%

.25%

32,633

24,551

Class C

.75%

.25%

159,696

33,100

 

 

 

$ 354,259

$ 61,626

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 20,944

Class T

3,623

Class B *

3,560

Class C *

3,982

 

$ 32,109

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

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 101,661

.30

Class T

47,896

.31

Class B

9,936

.30

Class C

42,774

.27

Institutional Class

11,557

.19

 

$ 213,824

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,056 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $61 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $3,984. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $2,133 for the period.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 405,756

$ 468,043

Class T

104,978

194,766

Class B

-

25,088

Class C

31,349

89,452

Institutional Class

105,110

69,831

Total

$ 647,193

$ 847,180

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 43,910

$ -

Class T

20,144

-

Institutional Class

8,484

-

Total

$ 72,538

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

853,084

1,230,107

$ 11,948,192

$ 14,721,154

Reinvestment of distributions

28,780

36,718

390,562

401,001

Shares redeemed

(656,863 )

(1,085,572 )

(9,017,771 )

(12,586,886 )

Net increase (decrease)

225,001

181,253

$ 3,320,983

$ 2,535,269

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

163,252

446,551

$ 2,261,793

$ 5,238,758

Reinvestment of distributions

8,794

16,926

118,136

183,990

Shares redeemed

(238,991 )

(576,646 )

(3,279,960 )

(6,688,740 )

Net increase (decrease)

(66,945 )

(113,169 )

$ (900,031 )

$ (1,265,992 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

25,631

117,587

$ 340,658

$ 1,311,553

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,943

-

20,652

Shares redeemed

(64,958 )

(200,454 )

(865,215 )

(2,232,316 )

Net increase (decrease)

(39,327 )

(80,924 )

$ (524,557 )

$ (900,111 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

465,599

769,144

$ 6,183,940

$ 8,857,879

Reinvestment of distributions

2,148

7,186

26,657

75,671

Shares redeemed

(273,166 )

(584,253 )

(3,590,701 )

(6,452,079 )

Net increase (decrease)

194,581

192,077

$ 2,619,896

$ 2,481,471

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

564,788

490,356

$ 8,127,145

$ 6,177,619

Reinvestment of distributions

5,144

5,017

71,934

55,775

Shares redeemed

(106,641 )

(356,871 )

(1,504,503 )

(4,225,432 )

Net increase (decrease)

463,291

138,502

$ 6,694,576

$ 2,007,962

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,248.60

$ 6.23

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.66

$ 5.60

Class T

1.36%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,247.40

$ 7.70

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.35

$ 6.92

Class B

1.93%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,243.70

$ 10.91

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.48

$ 9.80

Class C

1.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,244.30

$ 10.41

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.93

$ 9.35

Institutional Class

.83%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,250.60

$ 4.71

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.02

$ 4.23

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

5.6

8.0

Amgen, Inc.

5.4

7.0

Actavis PLC

4.6

4.4

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4.5

3.7

Biogen Idec, Inc.

4.3

1.6

Boston Scientific Corp.

3.6

3.7

Illumina, Inc.

3.5

2.2

McKesson Corp.

3.4

3.4

Perrigo Co. PLC

2.9

2.9

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

2.7

0.0

 

40.5

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Biotechnology

32.7%

 

QWE471

Pharmaceuticals

24.9%

 

QWE473

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

14.1%

 

QWE475

Health Care Providers & Services

13.0%

 

QWE477

Life Sciences Tools & Services

8.0%

 

QWE479

All Others *

7.3%

 

QWE577

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Biotechnology

33.2%

 

QWE471

Pharmaceuticals

27.6%

 

QWE473

Health Care Providers & Services

17.1%

 

QWE475

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

10.4%

 

QWE477

Health Care Technology

5.2%

 

QWE479

All Others *

6.5%

 

QWE585

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.6%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 32.5%

Biotechnology - 32.5%

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.

70,000

$ 3,244,500

Actelion Ltd.

54,838

5,153,254

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

65,450

3,925,691

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

295,514

46,906,937

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

15,800

1,321,828

Amgen, Inc.

478,196

56,881,414

Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)

580,500

2,792,205

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

212,100

2,163,420

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

142,484

44,546,198

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

164,689

12,037,119

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (a)

770,000

1,732,500

Dyax Corp. (a)

239,900

2,019,958

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

98,576

2,969,109

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

727,386

58,663,682

Grifols SA ADR

253,087

10,024,776

Innate Pharma SA (a)

190,600

1,814,859

Insmed, Inc. (a)

164,900

3,367,258

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

43,621

13,124,686

InterMune, Inc. (a)

378,780

5,056,713

Kindred Biosciences, Inc.

126,400

1,962,992

Medivation, Inc. (a)

133,100

10,594,760

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

340,264

5,815,112

NewLink Genetics Corp. (a)

47,800

1,769,556

Novavax, Inc. (a)

374,900

2,039,456

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

80,590

2,883,510

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

45,192

6,013,699

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

93,700

2,442,759

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

49,200

5,815,932

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

41,627

12,013,136

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

68,600

576,926

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (a)

293,000

3,340,828

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

240,900

3,208,788

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

19,000

1,501,760

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(d)

404,100

1,693,179

 

339,418,500

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.3%

Carriage Services, Inc.

159,335

3,409,769

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 14.1%

Health Care Equipment - 12.6%

Accuray, Inc. (a)

187,400

1,995,810

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

2,775,901

37,557,941

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

97,920

3,321,446

CONMED Corp.

149,987

6,291,955

Covidien PLC

145,823

9,950,962

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

123,853

8,065,307

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

61,431

6,094,570

Insulet Corp. (a)

92,400

3,973,200

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

30,680

12,504,554

Masimo Corp. (a)

262,427

7,675,990

 

Shares

Value

Smith & Nephew PLC sponsored ADR

91,863

$ 6,636,183

Steris Corp.

115,181

5,285,656

Stryker Corp.

160,384

12,445,798

Volcano Corp. (a)

325,400

6,830,146

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. (a)

173,618

3,557,433

 

132,186,951

Health Care Supplies - 1.5%

Derma Sciences, Inc. (a)

192,595

2,530,698

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

103,026

12,804,071

 

15,334,769

TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

147,521,720

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 13.0%

Health Care Distributors & Services - 3.9%

Amplifon SpA

549,395

2,960,912

EBOS Group Ltd.

258,429

2,037,415

McKesson Corp.

206,197

35,962,819

 

40,961,146

Health Care Facilities - 2.2%

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

108,015

2,966,092

Emeritus Corp. (a)

118,100

2,604,105

Hanger, Inc. (a)

16,065

543,158

NMC Health PLC

321,600

2,580,478

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

67,936

2,608,543

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.

116,285

3,731,586

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

88,527

7,260,985

 

22,294,947

Health Care Services - 3.6%

Air Methods Corp. (a)

104,570

5,378,035

Catamaran Corp. (a)

324,649

15,795,941

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

187,420

10,428,049

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (d)

113,548

5,961,270

 

37,563,295

Managed Health Care - 3.3%

Cigna Corp.

187,412

16,175,530

Humana, Inc.

93,737

9,120,610

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

131,224

9,484,871

 

34,781,011

TOTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES

135,600,399

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 2.7%

Health Care Technology - 2.7%

Cerner Corp. (a)

412,356

23,458,933

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

89,712

2,603,442

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

94,600

2,178,638

 

28,241,013

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 1.5%

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%

Danaher Corp.

219,023

16,293,121

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

IT SERVICES - 0.4%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 0.4%

Maximus, Inc.

93,740

$ 3,971,764

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 8.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 8.0%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

268,900

15,636,535

Bruker BioSciences Corp. (a)

175,700

3,575,495

Illumina, Inc. (a)(d)

239,870

36,460,240

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

244,422

28,142,749

 

83,815,019

PHARMACEUTICALS - 24.9%

Pharmaceuticals - 24.9%

AbbVie, Inc.

211,380

10,406,237

Actavis PLC (a)

256,003

48,379,447

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (e)

113,365

2,194,633

Bayer AG

61,600

8,132,693

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

187,403

9,364,528

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

319,800

3,687,920

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

12,900

855,270

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

110,643

2,560,279

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

31,615

4,794,731

Merck & Co., Inc.

458,633

24,293,790

Mylan, Inc. (a)

244,062

11,082,855

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

37,800

3,285,101

Orexo AB (a)(d)

148,400

3,930,061

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

67,000

4,591,510

Perrigo Co. PLC

191,671

29,835,508

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

132,472

4,008,603

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (a)

239,865

23,348,459

Shire PLC sponsored ADR

125,100

18,717,462

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sponsored ADR

402,083

17,944,964

The Medicines Company (a)

160,600

5,582,456

UCB SA

75,700

5,359,050

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (Canada) (a)

133,604

18,129,358

 

260,484,915

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.1%

Human Resource & Employment Services - 1.1%

Towers Watson & Co.

57,727

6,749,441

WageWorks, Inc. (a)

72,973

4,538,191

 

11,287,632

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 0.1%

Real Estate Development - 0.1%

PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk

15,620,000

1,215,761

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $713,806,383)


1,031,259,613

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.4%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Biotechnology - 0.2%

Roka Bioscience, Inc. Series E, 8.00% (e)

1,372,273

$ 1,749,991

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Health Care Technology - 0.2%

Castlight Health, Inc. Series D (a)(e)

336,800

2,680,928

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $3,783,104)


4,430,919

Money Market Funds - 4.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

5,336,311

5,336,311

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

45,561,589

45,561,589

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $50,897,900)


50,897,900

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.9%

(Cost $768,487,387)

1,086,588,432

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.9)%

(41,227,054 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,045,361,378

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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) 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 $6,625,552 or 0.6% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.

10/14/13

$ 1,813,840

Castlight Health, Inc. Series D

4/25/12

$ 2,033,113

Roka Bioscience, Inc. Series E, 8.00%

11/20/13

$ 1,749,991

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

$ 4,993

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

150,348

Total

$ 155,341

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 1,031,259,613

$ 1,021,955,575

$ 9,304,038

$ -

Convertible Preferred Stocks

4,430,919

-

-

4,430,919

Money Market Funds

50,897,900

50,897,900

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,086,588,432

$ 1,072,853,475

$ 9,304,038

$ 4,430,919

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

United States of America

78.3%

Ireland

8.9%

Canada

3.2%

Bailiwick of Jersey

1.8%

Israel

1.7%

United Kingdom

1.2%

Spain

1.0%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

3.9%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $44,827,971) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $717,589,487)

$ 1,035,690,532

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $50,897,900)

50,897,900

 

Total Investments (cost $768,487,387)

 

$ 1,086,588,432

Cash

 

3,370

Receivable for investments sold

26,371,129

Receivable for fund shares sold

3,349,099

Dividends receivable

226,842

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

14,168

Prepaid expenses

4,583

Other receivables

15,310

Total assets

1,116,572,933

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 23,378,159

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,237,843

Accrued management fee

460,404

Distribution and service plan fees payable

343,738

Other affiliated payables

189,387

Other payables and accrued expenses

40,435

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

45,561,589

Total liabilities

71,211,555

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,045,361,378

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 684,191,783

Accumulated net investment loss

(4,594,204)

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

47,664,429

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

318,099,370

Net Assets

$ 1,045,361,378

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($496,759,203 ÷ 14,217,648 shares)

$ 34.94

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $34.94)

$ 37.07

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($198,775,075 ÷ 5,975,479 shares)

$ 33.27

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $33.27)

$ 34.48

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,153,321 ÷ 506,426 shares) A

$ 29.92

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($189,178,947 ÷ 6,353,585 shares) A

$ 29.78

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($145,494,832 ÷ 3,911,341 shares)

$ 37.20

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,739,448

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $150,348 from security lending)

 

155,341

Total income

 

1,894,789

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,330,062

Transfer agent fees

937,553

Distribution and service plan fees

1,764,005

Accounting and security lending fees

149,719

Custodian fees and expenses

28,751

Independent trustees' compensation

10,844

Registration fees

73,957

Audit

28,637

Legal

10,740

Miscellaneous

3,975

Total expenses before reductions

5,338,243

Expense reductions

(19,319 )

5,318,924

Net investment income (loss)

(3,424,135 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

92,875,247

Foreign currency transactions

(3,665 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

92,871,582

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

104,693,838

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

437

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

104,694,275

Net gain (loss)

197,565,857

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 194,141,722

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (3,424,135)

$ (1,047,566)

Net realized gain (loss)

92,871,582

65,048,667

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

104,694,275

144,188,245

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

194,141,722

208,189,346

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(91,414,790 )

(53,403,217 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

203,696,153

98,074,235

Redemption fees

12,423

6,876

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

306,435,508

252,867,240

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

738,925,870

486,058,630

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $4,594,204 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,170,069, respectively)

$ 1,045,361,378

$ 738,925,870

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.29

$ 24.35

$ 25.60

$ 19.01

$ 17.15

$ 19.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

- I

(.04)

(.10)

(.07)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  7.27

9.53

1.43

6.69

1.93

(2.22 )

Total from investment operations

  7.17

9.53

1.39

6.59

1.86

(2.20 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.52 )

(2.59 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 34.94

$ 31.29

$ 24.35

$ 25.60

$ 19.01

$ 17.15

Total Return B, C, D

  24.86%

42.77%

7.58%

34.67%

10.85%

(11.37)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.10% A

1.14%

1.19%

1.19%

1.22%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.10% A

1.14%

1.19%

1.19%

1.22%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.09% A

1.13%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.64)% A

(.01)%

(.18)%

(.43)%

(.36)%

.11%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 496,759

$ 365,416

$ 233,188

$ 224,704

$ 179,586

$ 177,890

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.91

$ 23.42

$ 24.80

$ 18.46

$ 16.69

$ 19.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.14)

(.07)

(.09)

(.16)

(.12)

(.02)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.95

9.13

1.35

6.50

1.89

(2.18 )

Total from investment operations

  6.81

9.06

1.26

6.34

1.77

(2.20 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.45 )

(2.57 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.27

$ 29.91

$ 23.42

$ 24.80

$ 18.46

$ 16.69

Total Return B, C, D

  24.74%

42.39%

7.27%

34.34%

10.61%

(11.65)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.36% A

1.39%

1.43%

1.44%

1.47%

1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.36% A

1.39%

1.43%

1.44%

1.47%

1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.35% A

1.38%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.90)% A

(.26)%

(.42)%

(.69)%

(.62)%

(.15)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 198,775

$ 158,611

$ 117,969

$ 123,606

$ 100,883

$ 103,772

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.16

$ 21.55

$ 23.15

$ 17.32

$ 15.74

$ 18.27

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.20)

(.18)

(.19)

(.25)

(.20)

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.26

8.31

1.23

6.08

1.78

(2.07 )

Total from investment operations

  6.06

8.13

1.04

5.83

1.58

(2.16 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.30 )

(2.52 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.92

$ 27.16

$ 21.55

$ 23.15

$ 17.32

$ 15.74

Total Return B, C, D

  24.37%

41.61%

6.78%

33.66%

10.04%

(12.07)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.94%

1.94%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.94%

1.94%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.47)% A

(.80)%

(.93)%

(1.19)%

(1.11)%

(.64)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,153

$ 14,517

$ 15,403

$ 20,365

$ 23,543

$ 29,381

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.11

$ 21.51

$ 23.11

$ 17.29

$ 15.70

$ 18.23

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.19)

(.17)

(.18)

(.24)

(.19)

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.24

8.31

1.22

6.06

1.78

(2.07 )

Total from investment operations

  6.05

8.14

1.04

5.82

1.59

(2.16 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.38 )

(2.54 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.78

$ 27.11

$ 21.51

$ 23.11

$ 17.29

$ 15.70

Total Return B, C, D

  24.43%

41.74%

6.80%

33.66%

10.13%

(12.09)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.84% A

1.87%

1.90%

1.90%

1.94%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.84% A

1.87%

1.90%

1.90%

1.94%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.84% A

1.85%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.39)% A

(.74)%

(.89)%

(1.15)%

(1.08)%

(.64)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 189,179

$ 125,965

$ 78,763

$ 77,749

$ 60,861

$ 64,002

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 33.12

$ 25.60

$ 26.69

$ 19.77

$ 17.78

$ 20.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.06)

.07

.03

(.03)

(.02)

.06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  7.74

10.07

1.52

6.95

2.01

(2.30 )

Total from investment operations

  7.68

10.14

1.55

6.92

1.99

(2.24 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.60 )

(2.62 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 37.20

$ 33.12

$ 25.60

$ 26.69

$ 19.77

$ 17.78

Total Return B, C

  25.06%

43.12%

7.91%

35.00%

11.19%

(11.19)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .83% A

.87%

.89%

.89%

.96%

.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .83% A

.87%

.89%

.89%

.96%

.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .83% A

.85%

.88%

.88%

.95%

.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.38)% A

.26%

.12%

(.13)%

(.10)%

.36%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 145,495

$ 74,417

$ 40,737

$ 45,243

$ 14,172

$ 13,452

Portfolio turnover rate F

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, deferred trustees compensation, net operating losses 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

$ 324,534,874

Gross unrealized depreciation

(7,413,191 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 317,121,683

 

 

Tax cost

$ 769,466,749

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $559,730,689 and $457,713,936, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 516,577

$ 7,759

Class T

.25%

.25%

430,659

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

72,233

54,256

Class C

.75%

.25%

744,536

160,081

 

 

 

$ 1,764,005

$ 222,096

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 117,640

Class T

20,792

Class B *

7,131

Class C *

4,730

 

$ 150,293

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 457,070

.22

Class T

197,771

.23

Class B

21,723

.30

Class C

161,798

.22

Institutional Class

99,191

.21

 

$ 937,553

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $5,011 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $321 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $19,306 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 custody expenses by $13.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 43,930,276

$ 25,387,002

Class T

18,842,520

13,085,534

Class B

1,694,148

1,715,002

Class C

17,484,054

9,051,114

Institutional Class

9,463,792

4,164,565

Total

$ 91,414,790

$ 53,403,217

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,797,110

3,549,260

$ 90,576,815

$ 93,836,372

Reinvestment of distributions

1,286,052

942,761

39,516,716

22,474,621

Shares redeemed

(1,545,427 )

(2,389,171 )

(49,721,684 )

(61,582,185 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,537,735

2,102,850

$ 80,371,847

$ 54,728,808

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

467,582

680,868

$ 14,340,589

$ 17,081,065

Reinvestment of distributions

618,882

547,411

18,107,773

12,508,788

Shares redeemed

(413,488 )

(963,078 )

(12,572,360 )

(23,759,625 )

Net increase (decrease)

672,976

265,201

$ 19,876,002

$ 5,830,228

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

39,189

53,093

$ 1,070,489

$ 1,227,477

Reinvestment of distributions

57,285

72,420

1,511,205

1,510,947

Shares redeemed

(124,484 )

(305,905 )

(3,412,707 )

(6,859,622 )

Net increase (decrease)

(28,010 )

(180,392 )

$ (831,013 )

$ (4,121,198 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,485,987

1,458,495

$ 41,134,078

$ 33,813,707

Reinvestment of distributions

567,374

363,077

14,940,345

7,555,835

Shares redeemed

(346,460 )

(836,253 )

(9,493,251 )

(18,706,199 )

Net increase (decrease)

1,706,901

985,319

$ 46,581,172

$ 22,663,343

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,817,919

1,149,859

$ 63,135,797

$ 32,276,173

Reinvestment of distributions

259,255

148,348

8,481,841

3,734,787

Shares redeemed

(412,448 )

(643,078 )

(13,919,493 )

(17,037,906 )

Net increase (decrease)

1,664,726

655,129

$ 57,698,145

$ 18,973,054

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,107.90

$ 5.84

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.66

$ 5.60

Class T

1.34%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.60

$ 7.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.45

$ 6.82

Class B

1.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,103.30

$ 10.02

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.68

$ 9.60

Class C

1.85%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,104.00

$ 9.81

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.88

$ 9.40

Institutional Class

.82%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,109.40

$ 4.36

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.07

$ 4.18

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Technologies Corp.

7.5

7.0

General Electric Co.

6.9

12.2

Danaher Corp.

5.1

5.7

Union Pacific Corp.

4.4

4.5

Honeywell International, Inc.

3.9

4.0

Caterpillar, Inc.

3.8

3.2

FedEx Corp.

3.7

0.0

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

2.4

1.6

Eaton Corp. PLC

2.4

2.8

Cummins, Inc.

2.3

2.1

 

42.4

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Machinery

24.8%

 

QWE471

Aerospace & Defense

17.8%

 

QWE473

Industrial Conglomerates

12.0%

 

QWE475

Electrical Equipment

8.9%

 

QWE477

Professional Services

8.4%

 

QWE479

All Others *

28.1%

 

QWE593

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Machinery

29.7%

 

QWE471

Industrial Conglomerates

17.9%

 

QWE473

Aerospace & Defense

16.3%

 

QWE475

Electrical Equipment

7.8%

 

QWE477

Professional Services

6.8%

 

QWE479

All Others *

21.5%

 

QWE601

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.8%

Shares

Value

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 17.8%

Aerospace & Defense - 17.8%

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

38,594

$ 5,545,958

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

44,644

2,742,034

Exelis, Inc.

156,855

3,072,789

Honeywell International, Inc.

333,792

30,451,844

Precision Castparts Corp.

54,893

13,983,992

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

110,573

10,158,342

Textron, Inc.

122,621

4,353,046

Triumph Group, Inc.

140,231

9,594,605

United Technologies Corp.

509,037

58,040,398

 

137,943,008

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 4.0%

Air Freight & Logistics - 4.0%

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

63,289

2,236,000

FedEx Corp.

214,488

28,595,540

 

30,831,540

AIRLINES - 2.5%

Airlines - 2.5%

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)(d)

260,532

8,740,849

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

341,700

10,459,437

 

19,200,286

AUTO COMPONENTS - 1.6%

Auto Parts & Equipment - 1.6%

Johnson Controls, Inc.

267,376

12,331,381

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 2.1%

Building Products - 2.1%

A.O. Smith Corp.

238,556

11,264,614

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. warrants 3/28/23 (a)(e)

3,499,903

35

Lennox International, Inc.

60,404

5,228,570

 

16,493,219

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 2.1%

Diversified Support Services - 0.5%

Iron Mountain, Inc.

149,225

3,941,032

Environmental & Facility Services - 1.6%

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

42,278

4,949,063

Waste Connections, Inc.

184,100

7,526,008

 

12,475,071

TOTAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES

16,416,103

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 4.2%

Construction & Engineering - 4.2%

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV

32,006

2,400,130

EMCOR Group, Inc.

244,441

10,391,187

MasTec, Inc. (a)

139,904

5,028,150

 

Shares

Value

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

85,035

$ 1,921,791

URS Corp.

248,298

12,464,560

 

32,205,818

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 8.9%

Electrical Components & Equipment - 8.9%

Eaton Corp. PLC

252,460

18,452,301

Emerson Electric Co.

256,053

16,884,135

Generac Holdings, Inc.

142,044

6,836,578

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

116,326

13,578,734

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

113,545

13,039,508

 

68,791,256

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 12.0%

Industrial Conglomerates - 12.0%

Danaher Corp.

530,032

39,429,080

General Electric Co.

2,119,405

53,260,648

 

92,689,728

MACHINERY - 24.8%

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 11.5%

Caterpillar, Inc.

312,753

29,370,634

Cummins, Inc.

137,809

17,498,987

Deere & Co.

38,900

3,343,844

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

649,656

18,482,713

Oshkosh Truck Corp.

100,612

5,447,134

Toro Co.

79,376

5,029,263

Wabtec Corp.

133,405

9,846,623

 

89,019,198

Industrial Machinery - 13.3%

Andritz AG

45,632

2,507,913

Dover Corp.

130,637

11,307,939

GEA Group AG

170,190

7,984,384

Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.

106,540

1,842,077

Graco, Inc.

44,482

3,091,054

Harsco Corp.

21,774

552,842

IDEX Corp.

124,329

8,952,931

ITT Corp.

197,766

8,098,518

Mueller Industries, Inc.

11,000

684,640

Pall Corp.

119,916

9,605,272

Parker Hannifin Corp.

111,284

12,616,267

Pentair Ltd.

92,484

6,874,336

Timken Co.

165,007

9,294,844

TriMas Corp. (a)

109,825

3,821,910

Valmont Industries, Inc.

105,309

15,415,131

 

102,650,058

TOTAL MACHINERY

191,669,256

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 0.4%

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 0.4%

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (a)

74,025

1,686,290

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

161,003

1,610,030

 

3,296,320

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 8.4%

Human Resource & Employment Services - 2.1%

Towers Watson & Co.

139,084

$ 16,261,701

Research & Consulting Services - 6.3%

CRA International, Inc. (a)

80,301

1,514,477

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

106,996

11,769,560

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

95,820

6,347,117

Nielsen Holdings B.V.

404,912

17,123,728

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

191,143

12,206,392

 

48,961,274

TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

65,222,975

ROAD & RAIL - 6.5%

Railroads - 4.9%

Kansas City Southern

36,300

3,832,917

Union Pacific Corp.

197,964

34,493,247

 

38,326,164

Trucking - 1.6%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

160,081

12,014,079

TOTAL ROAD & RAIL

50,340,243

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 2.5%

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.5%

Houston Wire & Cable Co.

91,711

1,213,337

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

13,830

386,134

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

27,594

6,470,241

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

138,220

11,466,731

 

19,536,443

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $596,778,579)


756,967,576

Convertible Bonds - 0.3%

 

Principal Amount

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 0.3%

Building Products - 0.3%

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.:

8% 6/1/14 (e)

$ 1,275,374

1,275,374

8% 12/6/14 (e)

1,206,114

1,206,114

8% 3/28/16 (e)

95,302

95,302

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS

(Cost $2,576,755)


2,576,790

Money Market Funds - 2.4%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

18,045,998

$ 18,045,998

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

824,550

824,550

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $18,870,548)


18,870,548

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.5%

(Cost $618,225,882)

778,414,914

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.5)%

(4,183,309 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 774,231,605

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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) 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 $2,576,825 or 0.3% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. warrants 3/28/23

5/6/13

$ 35

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 6/1/14

6/14/11 - 12/31/13

$ 1,275,374

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 12/6/14

12/6/11 - 12/31/13

$ 1,206,114

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 3/28/16

5/6/13 - 12/31/13

$ 95,267

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

$ 6,312

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,655

Total

$ 8,967

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 756,967,576

$ 756,967,541

$ -

$ 35

Convertible Bonds

2,576,790

-

-

2,576,790

Money Market Funds

18,870,548

18,870,548

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 778,414,914

$ 775,838,089

$ -

$ 2,576,825

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

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Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $801,845) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $599,355,334)

$ 759,544,366

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $18,870,548)

18,870,548

 

Total Investments (cost $618,225,882)

 

$ 778,414,914

Receivable for investments sold

3,345,083

Receivable for fund shares sold

4,857,339

Dividends receivable

251,715

Interest receivable

18,324

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,579

Prepaid expenses

3,418

Other receivables

5,730

Total assets

786,898,102

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 9,678,935

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,391,281

Accrued management fee

353,420

Distribution and service plan fees payable

233,257

Other affiliated payables

150,468

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,586

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

824,550

Total liabilities

12,666,497

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 774,231,605

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 597,142,656

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(1,008,811)

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

17,908,402

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

160,189,358

Net Assets

$ 774,231,605

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($365,263,736 ÷ 10,048,081 shares)

$ 36.35

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $36.35)

$ 38.57

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($88,780,300 ÷ 2,481,948 shares)

$ 35.77

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $35.77)

$ 37.07

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,612,107 ÷ 464,308 shares) A

$ 33.62

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($127,456,265 ÷ 3,778,814 shares) A

$ 33.73

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($177,119,197 ÷ 4,688,202 shares)

$ 37.78

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 4,186,362

Interest

 

104,119

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

8,967

Total income

 

4,299,448

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,787,111

Transfer agent fees

690,531

Distribution and service plan fees

1,228,193

Accounting and security lending fees

117,719

Custodian fees and expenses

14,525

Independent trustees' compensation

8,256

Registration fees

66,311

Audit

27,851

Legal

7,993

Miscellaneous

3,171

Total expenses before reductions

3,951,661

Expense reductions

(5,282 )

3,946,379

Net investment income (loss)

353,069

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

25,870,192

Foreign currency transactions

(2,592 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

25,867,600

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

35,584,713

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

122

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

35,584,835

Net gain (loss)

61,452,435

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 61,805,504

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 353,069

$ 2,656,191

Net realized gain (loss)

25,867,600

38,246,997

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

35,584,835

82,647,313

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

61,805,504

123,550,501

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(2,130,494)

(2,791,779)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(26,777,765 )

-

Total distributions

(28,908,259 )

(2,791,779 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

198,468,397

36,897,765

Redemption fees

7,103

13,370

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

231,372,745

157,669,857

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

542,858,860

385,189,003

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $1,008,811 and undistributed net investment income of $768,614, respectively)

$ 774,231,605

$ 542,858,860

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 34.50

$ 26.18

$ 25.73

$ 21.54

$ 16.87

$ 21.97

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .04

.23

.20

.09

.06

.13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.53

8.33

.61

4.13

4.68

(5.08 )

Total from investment operations

  3.57

8.56

.81

4.22

4.74

(4.95 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.15)

(.24)

(.11)

(.03)

(.07)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.72 ) J

(.24 )

(.36 )

(.03 )

(.07 )

(.15 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.35

$ 34.50

$ 26.18

$ 25.73

$ 21.54

$ 16.87

Total Return B, C, D

  10.79%

32.92%

3.42%

19.59%

28.13%

(22.49)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.18%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.18%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.17%

1.23%

Net investment income (loss)

  .23% A

.77%

.80%

.36%

.31%

.89%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 365,264

$ 271,512

$ 192,038

$ 228,106

$ 165,029

$ 130,860

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J  Total distributions of $1.72 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.146 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.577 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 33.93

$ 25.75

$ 25.33

$ 21.24

$ 16.64

$ 21.67

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - I

.15

.13

.03

.01

.10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.47

8.20

.61

4.07

4.61

(5.03 )

Total from investment operations

  3.47

8.35

.74

4.10

4.62

(4.93 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

(.17)

(.07)

(.01)

(.02)

(.08)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.63 ) J

(.17 )

(.32 )

(.01 )

(.02 )

(.10 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 35.77

$ 33.93

$ 25.75

$ 25.33

$ 21.24

$ 16.64

Total Return B, C, D

  10.66%

32.60%

3.15%

19.28%

27.80%

(22.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.34% A

1.37%

1.40%

1.39%

1.44%

1.48%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.34% A

1.37%

1.40%

1.39%

1.44%

1.48%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.34% A

1.36%

1.39%

1.38%

1.43%

1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.01)% A

.52%

.54%

.10%

.06%

.63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 88,780

$ 79,172

$ 63,954

$ 71,542

$ 58,202

$ 48,054

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J  Total distributions of $1.63 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.057 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.577 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.97

$ 24.29

$ 23.99

$ 20.22

$ 15.90

$ 20.74

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.01)

- J

(.11)

(.09)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.26

7.74

.57

3.88

4.41

(4.82 )

Total from investment operations

  3.17

7.73

.57

3.77

4.32

(4.80 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.05)

(.02)

-

-

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.52 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.52 )

(.05 )

(.27 )

-

-

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.62

$ 31.97

$ 24.29

$ 23.99

$ 20.22

$ 15.90

Total Return B, C, D

  10.33%

31.87%

2.59%

18.64%

27.17%

(23.10)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.92%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.89% A

1.92%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.56)% A

(.04)%

-% H

(.44)%

(.48)%

.13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,612

$ 17,502

$ 20,058

$ 28,600

$ 29,048

$ 25,212

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Amount represents less than .01%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 32.08

$ 24.38

$ 24.07

$ 20.28

$ 15.94

$ 20.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.08)

.01

.01

(.09)

(.08)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.28

7.75

.58

3.88

4.42

(4.83 )

Total from investment operations

  3.20

7.76

.59

3.79

4.34

(4.81 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.06)

(.03)

-

-

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.55 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.55 )

(.06 )

(.28 )

-

-

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.73

$ 32.08

$ 24.38

$ 24.07

$ 20.28

$ 15.94

Total Return B, C, D

  10.40%

31.90%

2.67%

18.69%

27.23%

(23.09)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.85% A

1.87%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.85% A

1.87%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.84% A

1.86%

1.88%

1.88%

1.92%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.52)% A

.02%

.05%

(.40)%

(.43)%

.14%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 127,456

$ 89,893

$ 66,289

$ 72,673

$ 51,760

$ 37,862

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 35.83

$ 27.18

$ 26.69

$ 22.30

$ 17.45

$ 22.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .09

.33

.28

.17

.13

.19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.68

8.64

.63

4.28

4.83

(5.27 )

Total from investment operations

  3.77

8.97

.91

4.45

4.96

(5.08 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

(.32)

(.17)

(.06)

(.11)

(.17)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.82 )

(.32 )

(.42 )

(.06 )

(.11 )

(.19 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 37.78

$ 35.83

$ 27.18

$ 26.69

$ 22.30

$ 17.45

Total Return B, C

  10.94%

33.28%

3.72%

19.95%

28.52%

(22.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .82% A

.84%

.85%

.85%

.89%

.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .82% A

.84%

.85%

.85%

.89%

.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .82% A

.83%

.85%

.84%

.88%

.95%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51% A

1.04%

1.08%

.65%

.61%

1.16%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 177,119

$ 84,780

$ 42,850

$ 68,323

$ 29,578

$ 12,762

Portfolio turnover rate F

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, equity-debt classifications, 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

$ 163,646,229

Gross unrealized depreciation

(5,127,387 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 158,518,842

 

 

Tax cost

$ 619,896,072

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $325,891,093 and $161,171,040, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 393,429

$ 2,175

Class T

.25%

.25%

210,140

1,910

Class B

.75%

.25%

83,199

62,431

Class C

.75%

.25%

541,425

136,581

 

 

 

$ 1,228,193

$ 203,097

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 109,368

Class T

14,213

Class B *

4,953

Class C *

5,203

 

$ 133,737

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 344,541

.22

Class T

89,768

.21

Class B

21,585

.26

Class C

116,973

.22

Institutional Class

117,664

.19

 

$ 690,531

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $6,710 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $240 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $2,655. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $5,279 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 custody expenses by $3.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,245,232

$ 1,710,170

Class T

134,405

408,593

Class B

-

36,770

Class C

-

160,671

Institutional Class

750,857

475,575

Total

$ 2,130,494

$ 2,791,779

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 13,069,287

$ -

Class T

3,703,526

-

Class B

784,693

-

Class C

4,700,702

-

Institutional Class

4,519,557

-

Total

$ 26,777,765

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,768,116

2,574,295

$ 99,327,153

$ 79,657,790

Reinvestment of distributions

371,630

53,714

12,577,534

1,500,721

Shares redeemed

(961,464 )

(2,093,962 )

(34,253,953 )

(62,545,427 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,178,282

534,047

$ 77,650,734

$ 18,613,084

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

259,284

353,347

$ 9,130,097

$ 10,754,227

Reinvestment of distributions

111,368

14,180

3,695,039

390,674

Shares redeemed

(222,035 )

(517,661 )

(7,733,391 )

(15,034,025 )

Net increase (decrease)

148,617

(150,134 )

$ 5,091,745

$ (3,889,124 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

16,619

24,479

$ 542,889

$ 701,454

Reinvestment of distributions

20,842

1,145

646,413

30,226

Shares redeemed

(120,651 )

(303,898 )

(3,941,840 )

(8,464,475 )

Net increase (decrease)

(83,190 )

(278,274 )

$ (2,752,538 )

$ (7,732,795 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,126,262

682,170

$ 37,420,772

$ 19,951,920

Reinvestment of distributions

122,958

5,091

3,851,751

134,814

Shares redeemed

(272,252 )

(604,905 )

(9,066,471 )

(16,678,512 )

Net increase (decrease)

976,968

82,356

$ 32,206,052

$ 3,408,222

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,658,010

1,667,388

$ 98,939,744

$ 53,671,489

Reinvestment of distributions

116,471

12,331

4,133,979

356,365

Shares redeemed

(452,553 )

(890,195 )

(16,801,319 )

(27,529,476 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,321,928

789,524

$ 86,272,404

$ 26,498,378

Semiannual Report

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

11. Other.

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

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.16%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,155.10

$ 6.30

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.36

$ 5.90

Class T

1.39%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,153.80

$ 7.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.20

$ 7.07

Class B

1.93%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,150.80

$ 10.46

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.48

$ 9.80

Class C

1.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,151.30

$ 10.25

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.68

$ 9.60

Institutional Class

.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,157.20

$ 4.57

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.97

$ 4.28

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Google, Inc. Class A

10.4

9.0

Yahoo!, Inc.

5.3

1.3

Microsoft Corp.

4.6

5.6

Facebook, Inc. Class A

4.6

0.1

Apple, Inc.

4.5

10.0

Naver Corp.

2.5

0.3

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

2.4

0.4

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

2.4

1.6

Visa, Inc. Class A

2.2

3.3

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

2.2

0.9

 

41.1

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Internet Software & Services

32.2%

 

QWE471

Software

18.6%

 

QWE473

IT Services

12.5%

 

QWE475

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

9.1%

 

QWE477

Computers & Peripherals

8.0%

 

QWE479

All Others *

19.6%

 

QWE609

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Software

27.7%

 

QWE471

Internet Software & Services

16.2%

 

QWE473

Computers & Peripherals

13.4%

 

QWE475

Communications Equipment

12.5%

 

QWE477

IT Services

9.5%

 

QWE479

All Others *

20.7%

 

QWE617

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.5%

Shares

Value

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.0%

Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

236

$ 9,010

AUTOMOBILES - 0.5%

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.5%

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a)(d)

27,509

4,990,408

CHEMICALS - 0.1%

Diversified Chemicals - 0.1%

Oci Co. Ltd.

5,477

950,172

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 7.8%

Communications Equipment - 7.8%

AAC Technology Holdings, Inc.

1,000

4,321

ADTRAN, Inc.

3,487

88,535

ADVA Optical Networking SE (a)

245,713

1,265,922

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

349,579

1,380,837

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

41,932

826,480

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)(d)

457,086

4,319,464

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

14,000

130,760

Ciena Corp. (a)(d)

244,733

5,709,621

Cisco Systems, Inc.

56,853

1,245,649

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd. (a)

66,000

22,613

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.

96,900

1,737,417

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

157,157

16,815,799

Finisar Corp. (a)

63

1,494

Infinera Corp. (a)(d)

301,406

2,628,260

Ixia (a)

166,125

2,124,739

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

681

9,050

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

659,366

17,545,729

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

18

1,148

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR (a)

326,833

2,261,684

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

133

7,907

Radware Ltd. (a)

208,910

3,534,757

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

127,838

2,520,965

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (a)

66,120

887,992

Sandvine Corp. (U.K.) (a)

1,305,800

3,599,377

SerComm Corp.

273,000

493,098

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

805,553

2,416,659

Spirent Communications PLC

1,335,268

2,088,587

 

73,668,864

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 8.0%

Computer Hardware - 6.8%

3D Systems Corp. (a)

5,869

456,197

Advantech Co. Ltd.

138,000

860,653

Apple, Inc.

84,898

42,499,939

Cray, Inc. (a)

152,646

4,501,531

Hewlett-Packard Co.

590

17,110

Lenovo Group Ltd.

4,632,000

6,001,948

NCR Corp. (a)

156,799

5,517,757

Quanta Computer, Inc.

186,000

454,673

 

Shares

Value

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

182,558

$ 2,375,080

Stratasys Ltd. (a)

14,609

1,761,261

 

64,446,149

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 1.2%

ADLINK Technology, Inc.

2,300

3,564

AIC, Inc.

27,000

179,036

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

1,000

6,625

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.

290

739

EMC Corp.

441,748

10,707,972

NetApp, Inc.

66

2,794

Nimble Storage, Inc.

5,240

226,525

SanDisk Corp.

114

7,929

 

11,135,184

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

75,581,333

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 0.0%

Construction Materials - 0.0%

Universal Cement Corp.

364,000

343,315

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%

Education Services - 0.0%

Educomp Solutions Ltd. (a)

16,123

6,081

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.3%

LifeLock, Inc. (a)

143,167

2,922,038

TOTAL DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES

2,928,119

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.1%

Multi-Sector Holdings - 0.1%

Investment AB Kinnevik (B Shares)

11,800

463,254

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 0.2%

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.2%

SolarCity Corp. (a)(d)

9,251

685,407

TECO Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd.

815,000

884,090

 

1,569,497

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 4.5%

Electronic Components - 1.8%

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (a)

144

992

Delta Electronics, Inc.

255,000

1,393,851

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(d)

136,826

2,694,104

Ledlink Optics, Inc.

586,118

1,787,226

Omron Corp.

68,100

2,692,498

Sapphire Technology Co. Ltd. (a)

10,342

376,633

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd.

928,000

759,010

Tong Hsing Electronics Industries Ltd.

911,000

4,663,116

Universal Display Corp. (a)(d)

327

10,621

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

184,000

2,501,643

 

16,879,694

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.0%

Chroma ATE, Inc.

5,683

12,196

FEI Co.

3,300

309,276

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - CONTINUED

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - continued

Keyence Corp.

6,650

$ 2,730,574

National Instruments Corp.

88,053

2,553,537

RealD, Inc. (a)

12,949

115,894

Test Research, Inc.

20,366

30,361

TPK Holding Co. Ltd.

627,000

3,957,810

 

9,709,648

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 1.4%

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

1,200

27,276

Fabrinet (a)

43

794

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

2,200

147,114

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

37

665

KEMET Corp. (a)

1,417

7,822

TE Connectivity Ltd.

101,929

5,760,008

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)

213,236

6,893,920

 

12,837,599

Technology Distributors - 0.3%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

53

2,723

Digital China Holdings Ltd. (H Shares)

2,991,000

2,931,749

Redington India Ltd.

57,478

59,869

 

2,994,341

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

42,421,282

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 0.1%

Health Care Equipment - 0.1%

Biosensors International Group Ltd.

16,000

10,811

PW Medtech Group Ltd. (a)

946,000

410,626

 

421,437

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 1.2%

Health Care Technology - 1.2%

athenahealth, Inc. (a)(d)

32,919

4,852,261

Cerner Corp. (a)

1,715

97,566

M3, Inc.

2,147

6,296,047

 

11,245,874

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 0.0%

Casinos & Gaming - 0.0%

500 Com Ltd. sponsored ADR Class A

5,100

213,894

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES - 0.3%

Consumer Electronics - 0.3%

Panasonic Corp.

2,400

27,201

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

862,000

471,869

Sony Corp. sponsored ADR

507

7,985

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd.

4,486,000

2,080,115

Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd. (a)

731,600

581,413

 

3,168,583

 

Shares

Value

Household Appliances - 0.0%

Haier Electronics Group Co. Ltd.

17,000

$ 49,705

TOTAL HOUSEHOLD DURABLES

3,218,288

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 0.0%

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0%

Toshiba Corp.

2,000

8,314

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL - 1.8%

Internet Retail - 1.8%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

11,873

4,258,726

Ctrip.com International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

23,500

928,485

E-Commerce China Dangdang, Inc. ADR (a)(d)

178,891

1,686,942

Expedia, Inc.

29

1,884

Groupon, Inc. Class A (a)

353,695

3,699,650

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

12,199

498,451

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

1,613

1,846,708

Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. sponsored ADR

211

5,492

Rakuten, Inc.

700

11,454

Start Today Co. Ltd.

16,600

368,064

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

4,748

366,498

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

25,385

2,667,710

YOOX SpA (a)

23,681

897,154

 

17,237,218

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 32.2%

Internet Software & Services - 32.2%

58.com, Inc. ADR

2,100

78,981

Angie's List, Inc. (a)(d)

123,966

2,223,950

AOL, Inc. (a)

2,711

124,923

Autohome, Inc. ADR Class A

1,800

58,428

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

151

23,632

Bankrate, Inc. (a)

493

8,179

Bazaarvoice, Inc. (a)

2,800

20,300

Blinkx PLC (a)(d)

432,300

906,089

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a)

2,008

87,087

comScore, Inc. (a)

354

9,703

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

65,665

3,746,188

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

18,300

3,148,332

Cvent, Inc.

40,458

1,545,900

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

62,970

2,937,551

Demandware, Inc. (a)

108,106

6,884,190

E2open, Inc. (a)

104,026

2,491,423

eBay, Inc. (a)

53,683

2,855,936

eGain Communications Corp. (a)

43,550

417,209

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

687,611

43,023,820

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

82,387

97,296,563

IAC/InterActiveCorp

82,531

5,780,471

INFO Edge India Ltd. (a)

35,836

283,161

InterPark INT Corp.

2,302

16,393

IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a)

860

9,099

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - CONTINUED

Internet Software & Services - continued

Kakaku.com, Inc.

1,500

$ 28,363

LinkedIn Corp. (a)

13,594

2,925,565

Livesense, Inc. (a)

99,800

2,119,429

LogMeIn, Inc. (a)

2,747

93,288

Mail.Ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (e)

1,800

67,086

GDR (Reg. S)

22,029

821,021

Marketo, Inc.

25,800

1,056,252

MercadoLibre, Inc.

134

12,930

Millennial Media, Inc. (a)(d)

65,680

521,499

Move, Inc. (a)

370,201

5,234,642

Naver Corp.

37,934

23,692,043

NIC, Inc.

26,480

575,675

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

2,776

100,130

Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ADR (a)

1,100

111,188

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

36,639

1,334,026

Renren, Inc. ADR (a)(d)

5,900

18,939

SciQuest, Inc. (a)

41,554

1,098,688

Sohu.com, Inc. (a)(d)

129

9,389

SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR

11,457

932,485

TelecityGroup PLC

32,432

381,202

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

292,600

20,483,281

Textura Corp. (d)

127,915

4,021,648

Trulia, Inc. (a)(d)

4,177

144,232

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

1,630

95,763

Vocus, Inc. (a)

146,108

1,785,440

Web.com Group, Inc. (a)

111,886

3,781,747

XO Group, Inc. (a)

5,200

63,076

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

159,700

901,552

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

1,389,093

50,035,130

Yandex NV (a)

66,916

2,459,163

Yelp, Inc. (a)

48,043

3,648,866

Youku Tudou, Inc. ADR (a)

404

11,700

 

302,542,946

IT SERVICES - 12.5%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 9.1%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

38,991

2,986,711

DST Systems, Inc.

36,568

3,327,688

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

47,835

2,050,208

EVERTEC, Inc.

106,300

2,565,019

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

442,993

22,459,745

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

120,139

6,733,791

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

17,834

1,896,111

Global Payments, Inc.

202

13,350

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

21,748

937,556

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

25,292

1,410,788

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

75,330

5,700,974

NETeller PLC (a)

158,962

1,046,577

Paychex, Inc.

40,322

1,686,266

 

Shares

Value

QIWI PLC Class B sponsored ADR

27,600

$ 996,084

Syntel, Inc. (a)

1,100

92,675

Total System Services, Inc.

279,713

8,357,824

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

44

1,276

Visa, Inc. Class A

95,502

20,573,996

WEX, Inc. (a)

37,538

3,091,630

 

85,928,269

IT Consulting & Other Services - 3.4%

Accenture PLC Class A

136

10,864

Anite Group PLC

248,268

372,417

Bit-isle, Inc.

1,600

11,338

Camelot Information Systems, Inc. ADR (a)

145

289

ChinaSoft International Ltd. (a)

20,000

5,951

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

234,597

22,737,141

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

80,761

3,303,125

IBM Corp.

375

66,255

Infosys Ltd. sponsored ADR

48,789

2,858,060

InterXion Holding N.V. (a)

7,600

187,112

Pactera Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

94,096

673,727

ServiceSource International, Inc. (a)

93,888

749,226

Virtusa Corp. (a)

16,100

551,908

 

31,527,413

TOTAL IT SERVICES

117,455,682

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 0.4%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%

Illumina, Inc. (a)

6

912

WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

109,385

3,817,537

 

3,818,449

MACHINERY - 0.4%

Industrial Machinery - 0.4%

Airtac International Group

13,910

125,340

Fanuc Corp.

300

48,618

HIWIN Technologies Corp.

110,000

994,472

King Slide Works Co. Ltd.

117,000

1,276,556

Mirle Automation Corp.

95,738

84,557

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

152

12,063

Shin Zu Shing Co. Ltd.

92,000

223,959

SMC Corp.

3,000

751,360

 

3,516,925

MEDIA - 0.5%

Advertising - 0.0%

Dentsu, Inc.

200

7,845

ReachLocal, Inc. (a)

658

8,541

 

16,386

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

MEDIA - CONTINUED

Broadcasting - 0.4%

CJ E&M Corp. (a)

83,583

$ 2,588,268

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

48,300

903,059

 

3,491,327

Cable & Satellite - 0.0%

DIRECTV (a)

190

13,192

Movies & Entertainment - 0.1%

IMAX Corp. (a)

29,830

825,993

Publishing - 0.0%

NEXT Co. Ltd.

41,100

401,783

TOTAL MEDIA

4,748,681

OFFICE ELECTRONICS - 0.0%

Office Electronics - 0.0%

Xerox Corp.

8,333

90,413

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.0%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

95,250

109,189

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.5%

Research & Consulting Services - 0.5%

Acacia Research Corp.

300

4,146

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

68,068

4,346,822

 

4,350,968

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 0.2%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 0.2%

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

915,000

2,002,688

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 9.1%

Semiconductor Equipment - 3.1%

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

5,757

157,166

Aixtron AG (a)(d)

92,644

1,411,653

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

1,594

8,448

Applied Materials, Inc.

524

8,814

ASM International NV (depositary receipt)

2,330

77,706

Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (a)

2,948

116,505

Entegris, Inc. (a)

8,857

93,176

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

176,700

1,137,948

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (a)

34,486,000

11,726,608

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. (a)

886

9,099

Lam Research Corp. (a)

17,141

867,506

Nanometrics, Inc. (a)

8,409

142,448

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)(d)

354,219

3,885,782

SunEdison, Inc. (a)

133,700

1,859,767

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

4,232

79,604

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

324,314

6,437,633

Ultratech, Inc. (a)

3,272

82,782

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

27,463

1,043,869

 

29,146,514

 

Shares

Value

Semiconductors - 6.0%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

1,157

$ 3,969

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

8,432

61,216

Altera Corp.

194,879

6,514,805

Analog Devices, Inc.

1,758

84,859

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

106,225

1,072,873

ARM Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

19

875

Avago Technologies Ltd.

138

7,540

Broadcom Corp. Class A

30,922

920,239

Canadian Solar, Inc. (a)

32

1,252

Cavium, Inc. (a)

50,999

1,895,633

Chipbond Technology Corp.

1,179,000

1,795,245

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) Ltd.

5,638

106,896

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)(d)

3,406

59,639

Cree, Inc. (a)

83,845

5,065,915

Crystalwise Technology, Inc. (a)

200,000

210,523

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

183,938

1,846,738

Diodes, Inc. (a)

370

8,477

Epistar Corp.

670,000

1,487,059

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

564

13,756

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

565

7,209

Formosa Epitaxy, Inc. (a)

365,000

217,698

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)

91,178

1,653,057

Himax Technologies, Inc. sponsored ADR (d)

28,900

423,096

Hittite Microwave Corp.

134

7,685

Infineon Technologies AG

1,000

10,326

Inphi Corp. (a)

139,000

1,595,720

Intermolecular, Inc. (a)

349,254

1,407,494

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

3,569

92,830

Intersil Corp. Class A

42,594

483,016

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

1,086

10,013

Lextar Electronics Corp.

214,000

232,017

Linear Technology Corp.

185

8,240

LSI Corp.

11,127

122,731

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (a)

64

1,012

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

125,166

1,868,728

MediaTek, Inc.

1,522

20,258

Melexis NV

35,899

1,243,832

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)(d)

83,052

3,095,348

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

4,639

106,883

Microsemi Corp. (a)

4,100

96,104

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (a)

32,001

1,046,113

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

470,000

1,887,062

NVIDIA Corp.

6,070

95,299

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

118,970

5,752,200

O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

14,600

46,720

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

9,535

79,713

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (a)

14,599

95,623

Power Integrations, Inc.

1,654

97,966

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED

Semiconductors - continued

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

3,626

$ 15,718

Rambus, Inc. (a)

9,516

84,788

RDA Microelectronics, Inc. sponsored ADR

125,522

2,275,714

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

1,611

8,587

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

2

2,344

Semtech Corp. (a)

2,703

61,655

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

127,284

5,374,630

Silergy Corp.

13,000

91,401

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

32,500

1,535,300

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. sponsored ADR

66

1,111

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

53,700

306,627

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

350

12,072

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

3,767

113,952

STMicroelectronics NV (NY Shares) unit

1,000

8,190

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

181

10,563

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2,850

120,840

Trina Solar Ltd. (a)

894

13,276

Xilinx, Inc.

79,106

3,672,101

YoungTek Electronics Corp.

34,491

72,774

 

56,743,145

TOTAL SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

85,889,659

SOFTWARE - 18.6%

Application Software - 9.8%

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

149,516

8,849,852

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

47,662

3,742,897

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

112,421

5,123,025

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

136,316

6,986,195

Blackbaud, Inc.

2,435

83,910

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

68,730

2,103,825

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

224,334

12,129,739

Comverse, Inc. (a)

4,710

169,748

Concur Technologies, Inc. (a)

48,204

5,849,073

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (a)

219,300

3,150,438

Gemalto NV

940

106,138

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

76,508

3,611,943

Informatica Corp. (a)

30

1,211

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (a)

14,799

1,123,836

Intuit, Inc.

12,213

894,602

Jive Software, Inc. (a)

42,898

396,807

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (a)

12,024,800

4,538,070

Linx SA

49,700

903,075

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

388

13,083

MicroStrategy, Inc. Class A (a)

26,030

3,271,971

 

Shares

Value

Open Text Corp.

100

$ 9,909

Parametric Technology Corp. (a)

13,894

495,738

Pegasystems, Inc.

9,081

412,641

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

8,633

328,140

QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a)

29,187

788,633

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

263,019

15,920,540

SAP AG

125

9,564

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

12,333

491,963

Solera Holdings, Inc.

42,800

2,860,324

Splunk, Inc. (a)

12,996

1,001,082

Sungy Mobile Ltd. ADR

800

16,032

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

12,887

343,567

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

85,333

1,816,740

TiVo, Inc. (a)

8,000

99,120

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)

20,100

3,280,923

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

215

9,770

Workday, Inc. Class A (a)

17,603

1,576,173

 

92,510,297

Home Entertainment Software - 1.9%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

240,870

4,126,103

Capcom Co. Ltd.

1,400

27,345

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

146,000

3,854,400

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

439,000

1,439,057

NHN Entertainment Corp. (a)

2,649

184,894

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

24,400

2,798,583

Perfect World Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR Class B

116,132

2,247,154

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

4,883

93,656

WeMade Entertainment Co. Ltd. (a)

73,975

2,864,063

 

17,635,255

Systems Software - 6.9%

Allot Communications Ltd. (a)

224,219

3,591,988

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

13

851

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

10,057

694,637

FleetMatics Group PLC (a)

103,296

4,132,873

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

442

9,370

Imperva, Inc. (a)

241

13,255

Infoblox, Inc. (a)

37,600

1,319,008

Insyde Software Corp.

15,000

25,188

Microsoft Corp.

1,149,595

43,512,171

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

51,334

5,399,310

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

9,448

533,812

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

55,795

3,539,077

Symantec Corp.

584

12,503

Tableau Software, Inc.

1,400

113,148

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

19,738

1,779,183

 

64,676,374

TOTAL SOFTWARE

174,821,926

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

RingCentral, Inc.

51,226

$ 934,875

SBA Communications Corp. Class A (a)

7

649

SoftBank Corp.

11,200

810,845

 

1,746,369

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $799,790,328)


936,364,174

Money Market Funds - 6.1%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

22,082,008

22,082,008

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

35,157,217

35,157,217

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $57,239,225)


57,239,225

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 105.6%

(Cost $857,029,553)

993,603,399

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (5.6)%

(53,113,951 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 940,489,448

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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 $67,086 or 0.0% of net assets.

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

$ 7,843

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

183,835

Total

$ 191,678

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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 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:

Common Stocks

$ 936,364,174

$ 849,242,740

$ 87,121,434

$ -

Money Market Funds

57,239,225

57,239,225

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 993,603,399

$ 906,481,965

$ 87,121,434

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended January 31, 2014. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 27,335,739

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 0

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

United States of America

76.6%

Cayman Islands

7.0%

Korea (South)

3.8%

Japan

2.5%

Taiwan

1.9%

Israel

1.3%

Canada

1.3%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

5.6%

 

100.0%

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

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $33,691,862) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $799,790,328)

$ 936,364,174

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $57,239,225)

57,239,225

 

Total Investments (cost $857,029,553)

 

$ 993,603,399

Receivable for investments sold

58,043,136

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,035,416

Dividends receivable

62,839

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

36,214

Prepaid expenses

5,395

Other receivables

56,276

Total assets

1,052,842,675

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 74,923,521

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,298,255

Accrued management fee

432,102

Distribution and service plan fees payable

258,053

Other affiliated payables

212,848

Other payables and accrued expenses

71,231

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

35,157,217

Total liabilities

112,353,227

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 940,489,448

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 784,926,715

Accumulated net investment loss

(3,769,038)

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

22,785,566

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

136,546,205

Net Assets

$ 940,489,448

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($401,174,300 ÷ 11,764,397 shares)

$ 34.10

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $34.10)

$ 36.18

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($193,439,142 ÷ 5,894,907 shares)

$ 32.81

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $32.81)

$ 34.00

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($13,617,936 ÷ 450,617 shares) A

$ 30.22

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($98,379,961 ÷ 3,240,536 shares) A

$ 30.36

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($233,878,109 ÷ 6,507,720 shares)

$ 35.94

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

Semiannual Report

Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 3,056,865

Interest

 

19

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $183,835 from security lending)

 

191,678

Total income

 

3,248,562

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,478,052

Transfer agent fees

1,144,077

Distribution and service plan fees

1,458,080

Accounting and security lending fees

154,843

Custodian fees and expenses

74,223

Independent trustees' compensation

12,058

Registration fees

56,900

Audit

35,120

Legal

14,876

Interest

258

Miscellaneous

4,896

Total expenses before reductions

5,433,383

Expense reductions

(50,415 )

5,382,968

Net investment income (loss)

(2,134,406 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

50,895,864

Foreign currency transactions

(15,230 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

50,880,634

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

79,367,418

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(26,630 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

79,340,788

Net gain (loss)

130,221,422

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 128,087,016

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (2,134,406)

$ (2,608,860)

Net realized gain (loss)

50,880,634

108,122,498

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

79,340,788

25,685,939

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

128,087,016

131,199,577

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(11,189,170 )

-

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(22,967,582 )

5,042,118

Redemption fees

14,355

41,110

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

93,944,619

136,282,805

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

846,544,829

710,262,024

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $3,769,038 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,634,632, respectively)

$ 940,489,448

$ 846,544,829

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.90

$ 25.25

$ 25.14

$ 19.83

$ 16.03

$ 17.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.07)

(.13)

(.18)

(.16)

.02 H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.69

4.72

.24

5.49

3.96

(1.03 )

Total from investment operations

  4.62

4.65

.11

5.31

3.80

(1.01 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.42 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 34.10

$ 29.90

$ 25.25

$ 25.14

$ 19.83

$ 16.03

Total Return B, C, D

  15.51%

18.42%

.44%

26.78%

23.71%

(5.93)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.16% A

1.18%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.16% A

1.18%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.15% A

1.14%

1.17%

1.16%

1.18%

1.22%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.42)% A

(.25)%

(.55)%

(.73)%

(.83)%

.17% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 401,174

$ 355,306

$ 336,693

$ 375,609

$ 312,659

$ 258,433

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.18)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 28.79

$ 24.38

$ 24.33

$ 19.24

$ 15.59

$ 16.62

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

(.13)

(.19)

(.23)

(.20)

(.01) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.51

4.54

.24

5.32

3.85

(1.02 )

Total from investment operations

  4.41

4.41

.05

5.09

3.65

(1.03 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.39 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 32.81

$ 28.79

$ 24.38

$ 24.33

$ 19.24

$ 15.59

Total Return B, C, D

  15.38%

18.09%

.21%

26.46%

23.41%

(6.20)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.39% A

1.42%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.39% A

1.42%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

1.39%

1.42%

1.40%

1.44%

1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.66)% A

(.50)%

(.80)%

(.98)%

(1.09)%

(.09)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 193,439

$ 173,692

$ 172,709

$ 196,913

$ 169,049

$ 151,170

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.44)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.56

$ 22.60

$ 22.67

$ 18.01

$ 14.67

$ 15.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.17)

(.24)

(.28)

(.33)

(.27)

(.07) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.16

4.20

.21

4.99

3.61

(.98 )

Total from investment operations

  3.99

3.96

(.07 )

4.66

3.34

(1.05 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.33 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 30.22

$ 26.56

$ 22.60

$ 22.67

$ 18.01

$ 14.67

Total Return B, C, D

  15.08%

17.52%

(.31)%

25.87%

22.77%

(6.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.89%

1.92%

1.91%

1.94%

1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.20)% A

(1.01)%

(1.30)%

(1.49)%

(1.59)%

(.58)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 13,618

$ 13,745

$ 17,476

$ 25,508

$ 29,176

$ 30,580

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.93)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.68

$ 22.70

$ 22.77

$ 18.09

$ 14.74

$ 15.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.17)

(.24)

(.29)

(.33)

(.28)

(.07) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.19

4.22

.22

5.01

3.63

(.98 )

Total from investment operations

  4.02

3.98

(.07 )

4.68

3.35

(1.05 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.34 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 30.36

$ 26.68

$ 22.70

$ 22.77

$ 18.09

$ 14.74

Total Return B, C, D

  15.13%

17.53%

(.31)%

25.87%

22.73%

(6.65)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.92%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.92%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.88% A

1.88%

1.91%

1.90%

1.93%

1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.16)% A

(.99)%

(1.29)%

(1.48)%

(1.58)%

(.58)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 98,380

$ 84,858

$ 88,074

$ 89,819

$ 70,017

$ 55,645

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.93)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.47

$ 26.50

$ 26.30

$ 20.68

$ 16.67

$ 17.68

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.02)

.02

(.06)

(.11)

(.11)

.06 G

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.94

4.95

.26

5.73

4.12

(1.07 )

Total from investment operations

  4.92

4.97

.20

5.62

4.01

(1.01 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.45 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 35.94

$ 31.47

$ 26.50

$ 26.30

$ 20.68

$ 16.67

Total Return B, C

  15.72%

18.75%

.76%

27.18%

24.06%

(5.71)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .84% A

.86%

.86%

.87%

.92%

.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .84% A

.86%

.86%

.87%

.92%

.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .83% A

.83%

.85%

.85%

.90%

.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.11)% A

.06%

(.23)%

(.43)%

(.55)%

.42% G

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 233,878

$ 218,944

$ 95,310

$ 81,350

$ 42,277

$ 26,285

Portfolio turnover rate F

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .07%. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, market discounts, deferred trustees compensation, net operating losses, 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

$ 159,074,158

Gross unrealized depreciation

(27,989,427 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 131,084,731

 

 

Tax cost

$ 862,518,668

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (13,373,523 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $958,614,875 and $972,632,557, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 472,616

$ 10,440

Class T

.25%

.25%

461,338

1,150

Class B

.75%

.25%

68,767

51,760

Class C

.75%

.25%

455,359

45,828

 

 

 

$ 1,458,080

$ 109,178

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 36,578

Class T

7,724

Class B *

5,180

Class C *

3,934

 

$ 53,416

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 521,898

.28

Class T

240,806

.26

Class B

20,697

.30

Class C

117,899

.26

Institutional Class

242,777

.21

 

$ 1,144,077

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $24,176 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 4,500,000

.30%

$ 258

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $376 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer

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7. Security Lending - continued

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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $50,385 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 custody expenses by $30.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 4,830,570

$ -

Class T

2,285,304

-

Class B

152,106

-

Class C

1,068,092

-

Institutional Class

2,853,098

-

Total

$ 11,189,170

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

933,909

2,023,713

$ 30,168,849

$ 54,950,216

Reinvestment of distributions

136,812

-

4,412,174

-

Shares redeemed

(1,190,850 )

(3,472,615 )

(38,347,620 )

(93,501,470 )

Net increase (decrease)

(120,129 )

(1,448,902 )

$ (3,766,597 )

$ (38,551,254 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

323,990

649,951

$ 10,058,074

$ 16,942,760

Reinvestment of distributions

71,451

-

2,218,547

-

Shares redeemed

(533,330 )

(1,701,808 )

(16,628,964 )

(44,280,679 )

Net increase (decrease)

(137,889 )

(1,051,857 )

$ (4,352,343 )

$ (27,337,919 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,753

13,056

$ 165,366

$ 310,857

Reinvestment of distributions

4,834

-

138,293

-

Shares redeemed

(77,497 )

(268,749 )

(2,214,108 )

(6,477,118 )

Net increase (decrease)

(66,910 )

(255,693 )

$ (1,910,449 )

$ (6,166,261 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

283,731

460,587

$ 8,208,556

$ 11,287,228

Reinvestment of distributions

31,647

-

909,547

-

Shares redeemed

(254,951 )

(1,159,733 )

(7,290,410 )

(27,841,417 )

Net increase (decrease)

60,427

(699,146 )

$ 1,827,693

$ (16,554,189 )

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10. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,164,830

6,347,952

$ 39,552,995

$ 179,251,253

Reinvestment of distributions

81,545

-

2,770,913

-

Shares redeemed

(1,695,532 )

(2,987,970 )

(57,089,794 )

(85,599,512 )

Net increase (decrease)

(449,157 )

3,359,982

$ (14,765,886 )

$ 93,651,741

11. Other.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.19%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,072.10

$ 6.22

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.21

$ 6.06

Class T

1.48%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,070.30

$ 7.72

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.74

$ 7.53

Class B

1.97%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,067.50

$ 10.27

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.27

$ 10.01

Class C

1.92%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,068.40

$ 10.01

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.53

$ 9.75

Institutional Class

.86%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,074.00

$ 4.50

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.87

$ 4.38

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

NextEra Energy, Inc.

11.7

6.9

Dominion Resources, Inc.

9.8

0.0

Sempra Energy

9.5

7.8

ONEOK, Inc.

7.1

1.7

OGE Energy Corp.

5.4

5.6

PG&E Corp.

4.5

4.3

Energy Transfer Equity LP

4.4

0.0

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

4.4

5.6

NiSource, Inc.

4.2

4.2

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

4.0

0.0

 

65.0

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

QWE469

Multi-Utilities

36.0%

 

QWE471

Electric Utilities

28.3%

 

QWE473

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

14.4%

 

QWE475

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

10.4%

 

QWE477

Gas Utilities

7.1%

 

QWE479

All Others *

3.8%

 

QWE625

As of July 31, 2013

QWE469

Electric Utilities

38.6%

 

QWE471

Multi-Utilities

26.4%

 

QWE473

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

15.2%

 

QWE475

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

13.6%

 

QWE477

Gas Utilities

4.7%

 

QWE479

All Others *

1.5%

 

QWE633

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.2%

Shares

Value

ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 28.3%

Electric Utilities - 28.3%

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

176,966

$ 8,637,710

Edison International

173,302

8,346,224

Exelon Corp.

75,300

2,183,700

ITC Holdings Corp.

51,139

5,292,887

NextEra Energy, Inc.

275,040

25,284,426

OGE Energy Corp.

340,823

11,611,840

 

61,356,787

GAS UTILITIES - 7.1%

Gas Utilities - 7.1%

ONEOK, Inc.

226,259

15,496,479

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS - 10.4%

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 10.4%

Calpine Corp. (a)

351,417

6,669,895

NRG Energy, Inc.

309,015

8,606,068

The AES Corp.

516,287

7,258,995

 

22,534,958

METALS & MINING - 0.2%

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.2%

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

16,700

494,654

MULTI-UTILITIES - 36.0%

Multi-Utilities - 36.0%

Ameren Corp.

206,800

7,825,312

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

403,919

9,451,705

Dominion Resources, Inc.

314,699

21,371,209

NiSource, Inc.

266,863

9,172,081

PG&E Corp.

233,518

9,842,784

Sempra Energy

221,237

20,510,882

 

78,173,973

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 14.4%

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 1.9%

Energen Corp.

59,241

4,189,524

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 12.5%

Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC

258,936

4,842,103

 

Shares

Value

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

109,121

$ 4,794,777

Enbridge, Inc.

74,900

3,144,623

Energy Transfer Equity LP

230,500

9,616,460

Inter Pipeline Ltd.

26,900

669,028

Kinder Morgan Holding Co. LLC

29,400

999,894

Plains GP Holdings LP Class A

114,700

2,915,674

 

26,982,559

TOTAL OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS

31,172,083

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 1.8%

Specialized REITs - 1.8%

American Tower Corp.

47,000

3,801,360

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $189,136,410)


213,030,294

Money Market Funds - 2.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)
(Cost $6,291,104)

6,291,104


6,291,104

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $195,427,514)

219,321,398

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(2,442,596 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 216,878,802

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,196

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

10,991

Total

$ 12,187

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $189,136,410)

$ 213,030,294

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $6,291,104)

6,291,104

 

Total Investments (cost $195,427,514)

 

$ 219,321,398

Receivable for investments sold

3,015,999

Receivable for fund shares sold

248,901

Dividends receivable

77,559

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

202

Prepaid expenses

1,320

Other receivables

9,095

Total assets

222,674,474

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 5,288,099

Payable for fund shares redeemed

255,152

Distributions payable

22

Accrued management fee

97,499

Distribution and service plan fees payable

75,934

Other affiliated payables

51,803

Other payables and accrued expenses

27,163

Total liabilities

5,795,672

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 216,878,802

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 200,265,738

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(21,473)

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

(7,259,001)

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

23,893,538

Net Assets

$ 216,878,802

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($112,515,847 ÷ 4,562,509 shares)

$ 24.66

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $24.66)

$ 26.16

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($42,931,095 ÷ 1,737,400 shares)

$ 24.71

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $24.71)

$ 25.61

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($4,842,374 ÷ 197,447 shares) A

$ 24.52

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($38,691,629 ÷ 1,595,036 shares) A

$ 24.26

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($17,897,857 ÷ 714,198 shares)

$ 25.06

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 3,007,663

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

12,187

Total income

 

3,019,850

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 571,060

Transfer agent fees

275,999

Distribution and service plan fees

441,364

Accounting and security lending fees

40,527

Custodian fees and expenses

5,973

Independent trustees' compensation

2,817

Registration fees

42,673

Audit

24,169

Legal

3,283

Miscellaneous

1,377

Total expenses before reductions

1,409,242

Expense reductions

(11,164 )

1,398,078

Net investment income (loss)

1,621,772

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

6,575,522

Foreign currency transactions

6,701

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

6,582,223

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

6,154,803

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(1,337 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

6,153,466

Net gain (loss)

12,735,689

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 14,357,461

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 1,621,772

$ 4,068,543

Net realized gain (loss)

6,582,223

17,517,824

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

6,153,466

2,065,725

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

14,357,461

23,652,092

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,729,223)

(3,653,862)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(88,322 )

-

Total distributions

(3,817,545 )

(3,653,862 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(2,060,539 )

(6,877,753 )

Redemption fees

1,221

5,578

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

8,480,598

13,126,055

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

208,398,204

195,272,149

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $21,474 and undistributed net investment income of $2,085,978, respectively)

$ 216,878,802

$ 208,398,204

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.48

$ 21.20

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

$ 20.28

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .20

.47

.43

.39

.40

.35

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.45

2.24

2.07

2.50

1.32

(5.10 )

Total from investment operations

  1.65

2.71

2.50

2.89

1.72

(4.75 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.46)

(.43)

(.39)

(.39)

(.40)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.47 )

(.43 )

(.39 )

(.39 )

(.40 )

(.26 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.66

$ 23.48

$ 21.20

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

Total Return B, C, D

  7.21%

13.09%

13.40%

17.71%

11.42%

(23.44)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.19% A

1.20%

1.23%

1.24%

1.26%

1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.19% A

1.20%

1.23%

1.24%

1.26%

1.26%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.18% A

1.16%

1.22%

1.20%

1.22%

1.26%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.74% A

2.16%

2.24%

2.18%

2.49%

2.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 112,516

$ 106,851

$ 99,813

$ 78,312

$ 64,890

$ 66,064

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.50

$ 21.21

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

$ 20.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .17

.41

.38

.35

.35

.31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.45

2.25

2.07

2.50

1.33

(5.10 )

Total from investment operations

  1.62

2.66

2.45

2.85

1.68

(4.79 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.40)

(.37)

(.33)

(.35)

(.36)

(.20)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.41 )

(.37 )

(.33 )

(.35 )

(.36 )

(.20 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.71

$ 23.50

$ 21.21

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

Total Return B, C, D

  7.03%

12.81%

13.13%

17.39%

11.13%

(23.61)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.48% A

1.47%

1.49%

1.50%

1.52%

1.52%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.48% A

1.47%

1.49%

1.50%

1.52%

1.52%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.47% A

1.43%

1.48%

1.46%

1.49%

1.52%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.45% A

1.89%

1.98%

1.92%

2.23%

2.11%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 42,931

$ 41,239

$ 38,276

$ 35,701

$ 33,651

$ 33,989

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.24

$ 20.96

$ 18.86

$ 16.38

$ 15.08

$ 20.01

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .11

.30

.28

.25

.27

.24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.44

2.23

2.05

2.49

1.31

(5.04 )

Total from investment operations

  1.55

2.53

2.33

2.74

1.58

(4.80 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.26)

(.25)

(.23)

(.26)

(.28)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.27 )

(.25 )

(.23 )

(.26 )

(.28 )

(.13 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.52

$ 23.24

$ 20.96

$ 18.86

$ 16.38

$ 15.08

Total Return B, C, D

  6.75%

12.24%

12.54%

16.87%

10.56%

(23.97)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.98%

1.99%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.98%

1.99%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.96% A

1.92%

1.97%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  .96% A

1.40%

1.49%

1.43%

1.74%

1.62%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,842

$ 5,289

$ 6,677

$ 7,773

$ 8,794

$ 10,634

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.03

$ 20.80

$ 18.75

$ 16.30

$ 15.02

$ 19.93

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .12

.31

.29

.26

.27

.24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.43

2.20

2.03

2.46

1.30

(5.02 )

Total from investment operations

  1.55

2.51

2.32

2.72

1.57

(4.78 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.31)

(.28)

(.27)

(.27)

(.29)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.32 )

(.28 )

(.27 )

(.27 )

(.29 )

(.13 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.26

$ 23.03

$ 20.80

$ 18.75

$ 16.30

$ 15.02

Total Return B, C, D

  6.84%

12.27%

12.56%

16.85%

10.54%

(23.96)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.92% A

1.93%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.92% A

1.93%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.90% A

1.89%

1.95%

1.94%

1.97%

2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.01% A

1.43%

1.51%

1.43%

1.74%

1.62%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 38,692

$ 35,457

$ 29,942

$ 26,915

$ 21,415

$ 22,352

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.87

$ 21.56

$ 19.40

$ 16.85

$ 15.51

$ 20.52

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .25

.55

.50

.45

.44

.39

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.47

2.26

2.10

2.54

1.35

(5.17 )

Total from investment operations

  1.72

2.81

2.60

2.99

1.79

(4.78 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.52)

(.50)

(.44)

(.44)

(.45)

(.23)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.53 )

(.50 )

(.44 )

(.44 )

(.45 )

(.23 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 25.06

$ 23.87

$ 21.56

$ 19.40

$ 16.85

$ 15.51

Total Return B, C

  7.40%

13.40%

13.79%

18.05%

11.66%

(23.24)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .86% A

.89%

.92%

.98%

1.00%

1.00%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .86% A

.89%

.92%

.98%

1.00%

1.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .85% A

.85%

.91%

.94%

.97%

1.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  2.07% A

2.46%

2.55%

2.44%

2.75%

2.63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 17,898

$ 19,562

$ 20,564

$ 10,914

$ 6,511

$ 4,373

Portfolio turnover rate F

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

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

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 25,556,964

Gross unrealized depreciation

(1,771,693 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 23,785,271

 

 

Tax cost

$ 195,536,127

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $105,282,767 and $110,189,135, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 133,003

$ 3,344

Class T

.25%

.25%

102,900

348

Class B

.75%

.25%

24,436

18,340

Class C

.75%

.25%

181,025

33,995

 

 

 

$ 441,364

$ 56,027

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 27,066

Class T

4,971

Class B *

2,377

Class C *

2,744

 

$ 37,158

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 142,883

.27

Class T

63,560

.31

Class B

7,364

.30

Class C

44,715

.25

Institutional Class

17,477

.19

 

$ 275,999

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2,079 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $89 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. 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 $10,991. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $11,164 for the period.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 2,098,795

$ 2,004,234

Class T

689,504

666,068

Class B

54,086

71,622

Class C

483,241

400,020

Institutional Class

403,597

511,918

Total

$ 3,729,223

$ 3,653,862

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 45,735

$ -

Class T

17,387

-

Class B

2,010

-

Class C

15,931

-

Institutional Class

7,259

-

Total

$ 88,322

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

459,165

1,274,291

$ 10,835,093

$ 28,192,446

Reinvestment of distributions

82,515

85,327

1,888,629

1,751,329

Shares redeemed

(529,477 )

(1,517,309 )

(12,397,124 )

(33,069,256 )

Net increase (decrease)

12,203

(157,691 )

$ 326,598

$ (3,125,481 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

121,937

287,114

$ 2,869,894

$ 6,306,381

Reinvestment of distributions

29,388

30,843

673,761

634,437

Shares redeemed

(169,083 )

(367,378 )

(3,971,221 )

(7,924,238 )

Net increase (decrease)

(17,758 )

(49,421 )

$ (427,566 )

$ (983,420 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,840

17,365

$ 90,514

$ 386,769

Reinvestment of distributions

2,105

3,129

47,986

63,812

Shares redeemed

(36,112 )

(111,479 )

(842,212 )

(2,387,277 )

Net increase (decrease)

(30,167 )

(90,985 )

$ (703,712 )

$ (1,936,696 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

210,114

509,725

$ 4,851,241

$ 11,190,388

Reinvestment of distributions

17,647

15,458

397,963

312,553

Shares redeemed

(172,065 )

(425,145 )

(3,960,751 )

(9,149,304 )

Net increase (decrease)

55,696

100,038

$ 1,288,453

$ 2,353,637

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

107,213

936,449

$ 2,565,004

$ 20,838,974

Reinvestment of distributions

15,288

22,869

354,761

476,446

Shares redeemed

(227,679 )

(1,093,899 )

(5,464,077 )

(24,501,213 )

Net increase (decrease)

(105,178 )

(134,581 )

$ (2,544,312 )

$ (3,185,793 )

11. Other.

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

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity SelectCo, LLC

Denver, CO

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

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodians

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ††

Boston, MA

State Street Bank and Trust †††

Quincy, MA

Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund, Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund, Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund, Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund, Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund, and Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund.

†† Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund.

††† Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund, Fidelity Advisor
Communications Equipment Fund, and Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund.

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FOC419

Fidelity Advisor

Focus Funds ®

Institutional Class

Fidelity Advisor® Biotechnology Fund

Fidelity Advisor Communications Equipment Fund

Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund

Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund

Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund

Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund

Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund

Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund

Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund

Semiannual Report

January 31, 2014

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Contents

Fidelity Advisor ®
Biotechnology Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor
Communications Equipment Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor
Consumer Discretionary Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

 

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Financial
Services Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

 

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

 

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

 

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund

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Shareholder Expense Example

 

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Investment Changes

 

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Investments

 

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Financial Statements

 

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Notes to the Financial Statements

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Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.09%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,227.30

$ 6.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.71

$ 5.55

Class T

1.41%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,225.00

$ 7.91

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.10

$ 7.17

Class B

1.90%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,222.40

$ 10.64

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.63

$ 9.65

Class C

1.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,223.50

$ 10.31

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.93

$ 9.35

Institutional Class

.81%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,229.30

$ 4.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.12

$ 4.13

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

14.3

14.7

Amgen, Inc.

9.2

12.3

Biogen Idec, Inc.

7.7

6.0

Celgene Corp.

5.9

7.2

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4.5

4.6

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.6

0.5

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.2

3.9

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

3.2

3.9

Medivation, Inc.

1.9

1.7

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

1.9

2.4

 

55.4

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Biotechnology

93.6%

 

FOC473

Pharmaceuticals

3.1%

 

FOC475

Health Care Providers & Services

0.3%

 

FOC477

Life Sciences Tools & Services

0.0%

 

FOC479

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

0.0%

 

FOC481

All Others *

3.0%

 

FOC483

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Biotechnology

96.8%

 

FOC473

Pharmaceuticals

1.9%

 

FOC475

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

0.1%

 

FOC477

Life Sciences Tools & Services

0.0%

 

FOC479

Personal Products

0.0%

 

FOC481

All Others *

1.2%

 

FOC491

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Amount represents less than 0.1%.

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.8%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 93.6%

Biotechnology - 93.6%

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

379,586

$ 8,844,354

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.

308,108

14,280,806

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

300,572

8,821,788

Actelion Ltd.

46,462

4,366,142

ADMA Biologics, Inc.

50,300

432,580

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

282,543

16,946,929

Agenus, Inc. (a)(d)

9,425

29,123

Agenus, Inc. warrants 6/9/18 (a)

452,000

13,845

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

7,400

195,730

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (e)

5,087

134,551

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

394,144

62,562,477

Alkermes PLC (a)

294,856

14,353,590

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

173,748

14,535,758

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

69,911

1,500,989

Ambit Biosciences Corp.

112,547

1,209,880

Amgen, Inc.

1,089,886

129,641,940

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

6,328

40,120

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

1,170,695

8,651,436

ArQule, Inc. (a)

950

2,176

Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)

534,904

2,572,888

Arrowhead Research Corp. (a)

238,623

3,660,477

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

344,156

107,596,932

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

272,238

18,751,753

Bionovo, Inc. warrants 2/2/16 (a)

56,850

204

Bluebird Bio, Inc. (d)

20,549

455,571

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

72,700

938,557

Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.:

warrants 5/2/17 (a)

8,557

5,897

warrants 5/30/17 (a)

17,900

16,876

Celgene Corp. (a)

546,923

83,094,011

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

473,147

1,509,339

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. warrants 7/6/16 (a)

46,404

5,766

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

413,902

10,670,394

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

55,200

2,917,872

Chimerix, Inc.

19,155

372,565

Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a)

127,534

8,293,536

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

253,281

18,512,308

Curis, Inc. (a)

335,272

948,820

Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)

67,916

526,349

Cytokinetics, Inc. warrants 6/25/17 (a)

244,500

64,800

Dendreon Corp. (a)(d)

327,540

913,837

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

11,500

472,880

Dyax Corp. (a)

1,443,705

12,155,996

Dynavax Technologies Corp. (a)

5,369

9,342

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. (a)

40,892

978,546

Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

105,390

3,855,166

Epizyme, Inc. (d)

303,633

9,230,443

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. (d)

10,708

163,404

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)(d)

196,659

2,556,567

Exelixis, Inc. (a)(d)

263,845

1,815,254

 

Shares

Value

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

145,502

$ 836,782

Fibrocell Science, Inc. (a)

279,800

1,376,616

Genmab A/S (a)

121,900

4,838,631

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

54,120

1,630,094

Geron Corp. (a)

1,865,420

9,364,408

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

2,491,728

200,957,863

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

225,117

3,525,332

Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

279,121

7,837,718

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

192,661

1,350,554

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)(d)

184,438

2,764,726

Immunomedics, Inc. (a)(d)

359,932

1,745,670

Incyte Corp. (a)

259,374

16,994,184

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

199,034

2,557,587

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

33,499

1,970,746

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

168,060

50,565,893

InterMune, Inc. (a)

500,218

6,677,910

Intrexon Corp. (d)

17,700

594,189

Intrexon Corp. (a)

11,530

348,356

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class A (a)(d)

433,251

6,009,191

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

324,247

16,556,052

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

165,702

516,990

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.

290,318

10,135,001

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

352,837

5,426,633

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

219,330

10,089,180

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,437,492

2,644,985

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Class B (a)

167,785

10,392,603

Macrogenics, Inc. (d)

97,257

3,871,801

MannKind Corp. (a)(d)

1,236,762

6,703,250

Medivation, Inc. (a)

341,421

27,177,112

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

60,200

316,050

MiMedx Group, Inc. (a)

153,813

1,205,894

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

25,300

526,746

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

121,037

2,166,562

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)(d)

156,810

4,332,660

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

382,847

6,542,855

NewLink Genetics Corp. (a)(d)

219,835

8,138,292

Novavax, Inc. (a)(d)

2,204,031

11,989,929

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

137,600

48,160

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. warrants 12/6/16 (a)

137,600

3

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

334,525

11,969,305

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (d)

18,700

564,179

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (d)

113,317

1,713,353

Ophthotech Corp. (d)

178,439

5,511,981

Opko Health, Inc. (a)(d)

850,451

6,744,076

Oragenics, Inc. (a)

250,308

936,152

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

722,378

4,912,170

Organovo Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

244,983

2,315,089

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

219,071

3,419,698

OvaScience, Inc. (a)

12,800

119,808

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (d)

99,788

908,071

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED

Biotechnology - continued

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

200,433

$ 26,671,619

PolyMedix, Inc. (a)

7,142

179

PolyMedix, Inc. warrants 4/10/16 (a)

163,833

2

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

205,413

5,478,365

Prana Biotechnology Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

131,998

1,531,177

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

553,886

2,647,575

Prosensa Holding BV (a)

334

2,014

Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

90,943

386,508

Prothena Corp. PLC (a)

51,700

1,599,598

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

213,001

5,552,936

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

168,811

19,955,148

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (a)

245,273

3,813,995

Receptos, Inc.

201,390

8,025,392

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

153,078

44,176,780

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

174,370

1,586,767

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

1,572

4,763

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc. (a)(d)

464,115

8,975,984

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

132,301

3,225,498

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)(d)

196,850

8,830,691

Sophiris Bio, Inc. (a)

141,653

574,879

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

45,800

437,390

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

363,247

3,054,907

Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.

128,093

3,221,539

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

159,517

698,684

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

68,100

6,168,498

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

242,484

1,287,590

Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. warrants 11/14/16 (a)

20,600

29,458

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)(d)

471,286

2,516,667

Synthetic Biologics, Inc. (a)

100

197

TESARO, Inc. (a)

165,179

5,204,790

Theravance, Inc. (a)(d)

158,926

5,851,655

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

92,584

451,810

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. warrants 3/16/16 (a)

35,146

91,493

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

163,894

16,818,802

Verastem, Inc. (a)(d)

154,324

1,938,309

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

559,989

44,261,531

Vical, Inc. (a)

659,862

890,814

Xencor, Inc.

205,100

1,796,676

XOMA Corp. (a)

463,026

3,597,712

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(d)

486,379

2,037,928

 

1,312,867,974

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 0.0%

Health Care Equipment - 0.0%

Alsius Corp. (a)

14,200

0

 

Shares

Value

Aradigm Corp. (a)

351,440

$ 75,560

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (a)

98,300

216,260

 

291,820

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 0.3%

Health Care Services - 0.3%

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.

214,254

4,156,528

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 0.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.0%

BG Medicine, Inc. (a)(d)

75,570

91,062

ChromaDex, Inc. (a)

143,866

241,695

Transgenomic, Inc. (a)

16,258

97,548

Transgenomic, Inc. warrants 2/3/17 (a)

81,000

1

 

430,306

PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.0%

Personal Products - 0.0%

MYOS Corp. (a)

333,300

49,995

PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.9%

Pharmaceuticals - 2.9%

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

52,410

598,522

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

101,038

2,584,552

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals Class A (a)

1,090,387

4,088,951

Horizon Pharma, Inc. (a)(d)

484,633

4,778,481

Horizon Pharma, Inc.:

warrants 2/28/17 (a)

18,737

106,096

warrants 9/25/17 (a)

55,250

302,118

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

36,220

5,493,125

NeurogesX, Inc. (a)

187,202

1,835

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

104,160

7,138,085

Perrigo Co. PLC

49

7,627

Relypsa, Inc.

161,876

5,351,621

Repros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(d)

227,500

4,265,625

TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (a)

113,400

746,172

Zogenix, Inc. (a)

1,284,991

5,692,510

Zogenix, Inc. warrants 7/27/17 (a)

32,985

29,962

 

41,185,282

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $925,464,401)


1,358,981,905

Preferred Stocks - 0.2%

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2%

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.2%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%

aTyr Pharma, Inc. 8.00% (f)

282,494

714,427

Zafgen, Inc. Series E (f)

810,900

1,761,680

 

2,476,107

Preferred Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.0%

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.0%

Biotechnology - 0.0%

Moderna LLC Series D, 8.00% (f)

26,918

$ 574,161

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.0%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%

Equilibrate Asia Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

4,885

Equilibrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

12,024

Neuropathic Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

2,254

Oculus Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

3,756

Orchestrate U.S. Therapeutics, Inc. Series D (f)

299,320

5,259

Orchestrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D (f)

299,320

9,393

 

37,571

TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

611,732

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $3,087,839)


3,087,839

Money Market Funds - 7.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

30,775,863

30,775,863

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

79,168,807

79,168,807

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $109,944,670)


109,944,670

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 104.9%

(Cost $1,038,496,910)

1,472,014,414

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (4.9)%

(68,564,939 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,403,449,475

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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 $134,551 or 0.0% of net assets.

(f) 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 $3,087,839 or 0.2% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

aTyr Pharma, Inc. 8.00%

4/8/13 - 5/17/13

$ 714,427

Equilibrate Asia Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 4,885

Equilibrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 12,024

Moderna LLC Series D, 8.00%

11/6/13

$ 574,161

Neuropathic Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 2,254

Oculus Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 3,756

Orchestrate U.S. Therapeutics, Inc. Series D

5/17/13

$ 5,259

Orchestrate Worldwide Therapeutics Series D

5/17/13

$ 9,393

Zafgen, Inc. Series E

11/25/13

$ 1,761,680

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

$ 8,083

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

629,363

Total

$ 637,446

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 1,358,981,905

$ 1,356,584,825

$ 1,822,201

$ 574,879

Preferred Stocks

3,087,839

-

-

3,087,839

Money Market Funds

109,944,670

109,944,670

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,472,014,414

$ 1,466,529,495

$ 1,822,201

$ 3,662,718

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

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Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $75,194,326) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $928,552,240)

$ 1,362,069,744

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $109,944,670)

109,944,670

 

Total Investments (cost $1,038,496,910)

 

$ 1,472,014,414

Cash

 

232,180

Receivable for investments sold

12,940,888

Receivable for fund shares sold

16,176,443

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

186,754

Prepaid expenses

4,174

Other receivables

12,708

Total assets

1,501,567,561

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 14,889,259

Payable for fund shares redeemed

2,820,669

Accrued management fee

592,760

Distribution and service plan fees payable

391,069

Other affiliated payables

220,167

Other payables and accrued expenses

35,355

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

79,168,807

Total liabilities

98,118,086

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,403,449,475

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 983,780,998

Accumulated net investment loss

(6,009,107)

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

(7,839,920)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

433,517,504

Net Assets

$ 1,403,449,475

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($586,380,757 ÷ 27,774,864 shares)

$ 21.11

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $21.11)

$ 22.40

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($94,715,209 ÷ 4,662,800 shares)

$ 20.31

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $20.31)

$ 21.05

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($8,987,209 ÷ 475,291 shares) A

$ 18.91

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($306,053,764 ÷ 16,162,803 shares) A

$ 18.94

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($407,312,536 ÷ 18,489,906 shares)

$ 22.03

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 970,998

Interest

 

2,976

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $629,363 from security lending)

 

637,446

Total income

 

1,611,420

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,660,626

Transfer agent fees

1,008,371

Distribution and service plan fees

1,780,232

Accounting and security lending fees

164,780

Custodian fees and expenses

21,151

Independent trustees' compensation

11,572

Registration fees

120,953

Audit

24,298

Legal

9,286

Miscellaneous

3,639

Total expenses before reductions

5,804,908

Expense reductions

(15,746 )

5,789,162

Net investment income (loss)

(4,177,742 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(350,090)

Foreign currency transactions

1,182

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(348,908)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

228,885,831

Net gain (loss)

228,536,923

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 224,359,181

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (4,177,742)

$ (2,400,307)

Net realized gain (loss)

(348,908)

(3,418,106)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

228,885,831

172,587,152

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

224,359,181

166,768,739

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(3,083,049 )

(10,422,000 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

494,810,077

368,981,342

Redemption fees

36,378

20,216

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

716,122,587

525,348,297

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

687,326,888

161,978,591

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $6,009,107 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,831,365, respectively)

$ 1,403,449,475

$ 687,326,888

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 17.25

$ 11.79

$ 8.81

$ 6.67

$ 6.94

$ 7.81

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.09)

(.07)

(.07) H

(.08) I

(.08)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.98

6.24

3.05

2.21

(.19 )

(.79 )

Total from investment operations

  3.91

6.15

2.98

2.14

(.27 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 21.11

$ 17.25

$ 11.79

$ 8.81

$ 6.67

$ 6.94

Total Return B, C, D

  22.73%

54.94%

33.83%

32.08%

(3.89)%

(11.14)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.09% A

1.15%

1.27%

1.35%

1.39%

1.40%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.09% A

1.15%

1.27%

1.35%

1.39%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.09% A

1.14%

1.27%

1.34%

1.38%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.75)% A

(.63)%

(.73)%

(.91)% H

(1.15)% I

(1.27)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 586,381

$ 286,695

$ 68,993

$ 30,639

$ 20,154

$ 19,858

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.04)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.29)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.63

$ 11.42

$ 8.56

$ 6.50

$ 6.78

$ 7.65

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.12)

(.10)

(.09) H

(.09) I

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.82

6.02

2.96

2.15

(.19 )

(.78 )

Total from investment operations

  3.73

5.90

2.86

2.06

(.28 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.31

$ 16.63

$ 11.42

$ 8.56

$ 6.50

$ 6.78

Total Return B, C, D

  22.50%

54.50%

33.41%

31.69%

(4.13)%

(11.37)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.69%

1.71%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.41% A

1.46%

1.56%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.08)% A

(.94)%

(1.02)%

(1.21)% H

(1.41)% I

(1.52)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 94,715

$ 67,887

$ 28,154

$ 16,454

$ 11,684

$ 13,356

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.34)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.55)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.52

$ 10.75

$ 8.09

$ 6.17

$ 6.47

$ 7.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.13)

(.17)

(.13)

(.12) H

(.12) I

(.12)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.57

5.63

2.79

2.04

(.18 )

(.75 )

Total from investment operations

  3.44

5.46

2.66

1.92

(.30 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.91

$ 15.52

$ 10.75

$ 8.09

$ 6.17

$ 6.47

Total Return B, C, D

  22.24%

53.76%

32.88%

31.12%

(4.64)%

(11.85)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.03%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.03%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.90% A

1.94%

2.02%

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.56)% A

(1.42)%

(1.49)%

(1.66)% H

(1.90)% I

(2.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 8,987

$ 8,136

$ 6,349

$ 5,849

$ 6,297

$ 7,377

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.79)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (2.04)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 15.53

$ 10.76

$ 8.10

$ 6.18

$ 6.47

$ 7.34

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.12)

(.17)

(.13)

(.12) H

(.12) I

(.12)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.58

5.63

2.79

2.04

(.17 )

(.75 )

Total from investment operations

  3.46

5.46

2.66

1.92

(.29 )

(.87 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, K

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.94

$ 15.53

$ 10.76

$ 8.10

$ 6.18

$ 6.47

Total Return B, C, D

  22.35%

53.71%

32.84%

31.07%

(4.48)%

(11.85)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, J

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.84% A

1.88%

2.01%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.84% A

1.88%

2.01%

2.10%

2.14%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.83% A

1.87%

2.01%

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.50)% A

(1.36)%

(1.47)%

(1.66)% H

(1.90)% I

(2.02)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 306,054

$ 146,684

$ 31,710

$ 15,787

$ 11,421

$ 12,426

Portfolio turnover rate G

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.79)%. I Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (2.04)%. J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. K  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 17.97

$ 12.22

$ 9.10

$ 6.87

$ 7.12

$ 8.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.04)

(.05)

(.04)

(.05) G

(.06) H

(.06)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.15

6.49

3.16

2.28

(.19 )

(.82 )

Total from investment operations

  4.11

6.44

3.12

2.23

(.25 )

(.88 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.05 )

(.69 )

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 22.03

$ 17.97

$ 12.22

$ 9.10

$ 6.87

$ 7.12

Total Return B, C

  22.93%

55.39%

34.29%

32.46%

(3.51)%

(11.00)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .81% A

.85%

.95%

1.04%

1.07%

1.11%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .81% A

.85%

.95%

1.04%

1.07%

1.11%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .81% A

.84%

.94%

1.03%

1.06%

1.11%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.47)% A

(.32)%

(.40)%

(.60)% G

(.83)% H

(.98)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 407,313

$ 177,926

$ 26,772

$ 5,903

$ 3,008

$ 1,901

Portfolio turnover rate F

  26% A

22%

82%

99%

130%

73%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.73)%. H Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.01 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.97)%. I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Biotechnology Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds ,including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of January 31, 2014 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 462,199,332

Gross unrealized depreciation

(33,774,277 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 428,425,055

 

 

Tax cost

$ 1,043,589,359

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

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

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (1,733,930 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $582,289,188 and $127,304,194, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 507,724

$ 7,795

Class T

.25%

.25%

192,740

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

40,552

30,486

Class C

.75%

.25%

1,039,216

657,614

 

 

 

$ 1,780,232

$ 695,895

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 514,467

Class T

37,045

Class B *

6,053

Class C *

29,103

 

$ 586,668

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

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 429,856

.21

Class T

110,396

.29

Class B

11,068

.27

Class C

215,181

.21

Institutional Class

241,870

.18

 

$ 1,008,371

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $7,747 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $309 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $15,746 for the period.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 1,291,019

$ 4,291,683

Class T

234,773

1,771,667

Class B

24,488

386,626

Class C

722,215

2,278,583

Institutional Class

810,554

1,693,441

Total

$ 3,083,049

$ 10,422,000

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

14,406,994

13,694,524

$ 265,326,754

$ 191,221,226

Reinvestment of distributions

64,680

314,111

1,162,297

3,649,967

Shares redeemed

(3,316,932 )

(3,240,220 )

(60,752,032 )

(42,003,741 )

Net increase (decrease)

11,154,742

10,768,415

$ 205,737,019

$ 152,867,452

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,272,583

2,069,871

$ 22,563,116

$ 26,930,551

Reinvestment of distributions

13,197

149,494

228,305

1,678,816

Shares redeemed

(706,162 )

(601,268 )

(12,742,135 )

(7,670,183 )

Net increase (decrease)

579,618

1,618,097

$ 10,049,286

$ 20,939,184

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

63,924

144,734

$ 1,072,620

$ 1,825,757

Reinvestment of distributions

1,384

32,327

22,292

340,408

Shares redeemed

(114,327 )

(243,257 )

(1,861,949 )

(2,832,185 )

Net increase (decrease)

(49,019 )

(66,196 )

$ (767,037 )

$ (666,020 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

7,743,439

7,472,327

$ 129,327,953

$ 93,824,317

Reinvestment of distributions

36,658

172,010

591,296

1,812,981

Shares redeemed

(1,059,670 )

(1,149,639 )

(17,443,459 )

(13,555,676 )

Net increase (decrease)

6,720,427

6,494,698

$ 112,475,790

$ 82,081,622

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

11,011,528

9,398,986

$ 212,936,336

$ 138,330,404

Reinvestment of distributions

35,974

114,710

674,146

1,385,697

Shares redeemed

(2,457,875 )

(1,804,114 )

(46,295,463 )

(25,956,997 )

Net increase (decrease)

8,589,627

7,709,582

$ 167,315,019

$ 113,759,104

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Communications Equipment Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,110.60

$ 7.45

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.15

$ 7.12

Class T

1.65%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,109.00

$ 8.77

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.89

$ 8.39

Class B

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.70

$ 11.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.70

$ 11.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Institutional Class

1.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,111.80

$ 6.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.41

$ 5.85

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Cisco Systems, Inc.

18.1

22.1

QUALCOMM, Inc.

16.0

15.0

Juniper Networks, Inc.

5.8

6.0

F5 Networks, Inc.

4.9

4.5

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR

4.5

2.6

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (B Shares) sponsored ADR

4.4

4.5

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

3.6

3.2

Polycom, Inc.

3.1

2.6

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

3.0

2.2

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

2.5

2.7

 

65.9

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Communications Equipment

85.3%

 

FOC473

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

2.9%

 

FOC475

Computers & Peripherals

2.6%

 

FOC477

Internet Software & Services

1.8%

 

FOC479

IT Services

1.7%

 

FOC481

All Others *

5.7%

 

FOC499

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Communications Equipment

83.2%

 

FOC473

Computers & Peripherals

2.5%

 

FOC475

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

2.4%

 

FOC477

Electronic Equipment & Components

1.9%

 

FOC479

IT Services

1.8%

 

FOC481

All Others *

8.2%

 

FOC507

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 96.8%

Shares

Value

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 85.3%

Communications Equipment - 85.3%

ADVA Optical Networking SE (a)

17,801

$ 91,711

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

104,657

413,395

Anaren, Inc. (a)

3,400

95,030

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)(d)

10,840

213,656

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)(d)

25,900

244,755

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

18,359

171,473

Calix Networks, Inc. (a)

2,700

21,411

Cisco Systems, Inc.

93,924

2,057,875

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

1,700

51,714

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

5,165

552,655

Infinera Corp. (a)(d)

4,400

38,368

InterDigital, Inc.

2,900

83,375

Ixia (a)

4,900

62,671

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

9,900

131,571

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

24,888

662,270

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

4,547

290,099

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

5,400

172,314

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR (a)

73,420

508,066

Oclaro, Inc. (a)

7,500

20,025

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

3,400

202,130

Plantronics, Inc.

4,600

197,478

Polycom, Inc. (a)

29,799

355,502

QUALCOMM, Inc.

24,581

1,824,402

Radware Ltd. (a)

8,300

140,436

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

17,558

346,244

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

38,000

114,000

Spirent Communications PLC

66,300

103,705

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (B Shares) sponsored ADR

40,520

497,991

Wi-Lan, Inc.

16,100

48,137

 

9,712,459

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 2.6%

Computer Hardware - 1.6%

Apple, Inc.

288

144,173

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (a)

1,800

37,008

 

181,181

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 1.0%

EMC Corp.

2,200

53,328

QLogic Corp. (a)

4,900

56,693

 

110,021

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

291,202

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 0.7%

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.2%

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

1,300

23,361

 

Shares

Value

Technology Distributors - 0.5%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

1,100

$ 56,518

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

79,879

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Health Care Technology - 0.2%

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

1,500

26,205

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 1.8%

Internet Software & Services - 1.8%

Equinix, Inc. (a)

400

74,080

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

96

113,373

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

600

21,846

 

209,299

IT SERVICES - 1.7%

IT Consulting & Other Services - 1.7%

Amdocs Ltd.

4,400

190,344

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 2.9%

Semiconductors - 2.9%

Altera Corp.

4,500

150,435

Broadcom Corp. Class A

5,100

151,776

Semtech Corp. (a)

1,200

27,372

 

329,583

SOFTWARE - 1.6%

Application Software - 0.8%

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

1,500

45,915

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

800

43,256

 

89,171

Systems Software - 0.8%

Rovi Corp. (a)

2,000

42,420

Symantec Corp.

2,200

47,102

 

89,522

TOTAL SOFTWARE

178,693

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $8,942,652)


11,017,664

Money Market Funds - 10.8%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

682,679

$ 682,679

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

544,050

544,050

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $1,226,729)


1,226,729

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 107.6%

(Cost $10,169,381)

12,244,393

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (7.6)%

(862,074 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 11,382,319

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 372

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

1,760

Total

$ 2,132

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

United States of America

82.0%

Finland

4.5%

Sweden

4.4%

France

3.6%

Canada

2.6%

Israel

1.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.7%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Communications Equipment Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $503,082) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $8,942,652)

$ 11,017,664

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,226,729)

1,226,729

 

Total Investments (cost $10,169,381)

 

$ 12,244,393

Cash

 

2,122

Receivable for investments sold

7,918,891

Receivable for fund shares sold

57,028

Dividends receivable

930

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

170

Prepaid expenses

69

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

1,765

Other receivables

565

Total assets

20,225,933

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 105,182

Payable for fund shares redeemed

8,151,388

Accrued management fee

8,948

Distribution and service plan fees payable

4,664

Other affiliated payables

4,188

Other payables and accrued expenses

25,194

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

544,050

Total liabilities

8,843,614

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 11,382,319

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 10,154,119

Accumulated net investment loss

(14,789)

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

(832,166)

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

2,075,155

Net Assets

$ 11,382,319

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($3,963,237 ÷ 349,060 shares)

$ 11.35

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.35)

$ 12.04

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($3,750,127 ÷ 341,200 shares)

$ 10.99

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $10.99)

$ 11.39

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($413,235 ÷ 40,221 shares) A

$ 10.27

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,338,219 ÷ 227,696 shares) A

$ 10.27

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($917,501 ÷ 78,189 shares)

$ 11.73

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fund Name
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 95,983

Interest

 

13

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

2,132

Total income

 

98,128

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 37,056

Transfer agent fees

19,627

Distribution and service plan fees

27,849

Accounting and security lending fees

2,657

Custodian fees and expenses

3,738

Independent trustees' compensation

163

Registration fees

45,518

Audit

24,160

Legal

199

Miscellaneous

280

Total expenses before reductions

161,247

Expense reductions

(57,174 )

104,073

Net investment income (loss)

(5,945 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

587,813

Foreign currency transactions

(72 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

587,741

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

957,043

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

143

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

957,186

Net gain (loss)

1,544,927

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,538,982

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (5,945)

$ (7,046)

Net realized gain (loss)

587,741

329,684

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

957,186

2,517,574

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

1,538,982

2,840,212

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

-

(3,925 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(1,128,999 )

(1,708,594 )

Redemption fees

77

1,030

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

410,060

1,128,723

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

10,972,259

9,843,536

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $14,789 and accumulated net investment loss of $8,844, respectively)

$ 11,382,319

$ 10,972,259

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.22

$ 7.71

$ 9.73

$ 8.67

$ 7.28

$ 7.82

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - J

.02

(.01)

(.06)

(.11)

.02 H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.13

2.50

(1.81 )

1.12

1.50

(.56 )

Total from investment operations

  1.13

2.52

(1.82 )

1.06

1.39

(.54 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.01)

-

-

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  -

(.01 )

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.35

$ 10.22

$ 7.71

$ 9.73

$ 8.67

$ 7.28

Total Return B, C, D

  11.06%

32.65%

(18.88)%

12.23%

19.09%

(6.91)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.32% A

2.22%

1.96%

1.64%

1.90%

3.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.40% A

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.39% A

1.37%

1.39%

1.39%

1.38%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  .08% A

.18%

(.16)%

(.60)%

(1.32)%

.26% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,963

$ 3,962

$ 3,568

$ 8,787

$ 4,860

$ 3,476

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.88)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.91

$ 7.49

$ 9.48

$ 8.46

$ 7.13

$ 7.68

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.01)

(.01)

(.03)

(.09)

(.13)

- H, J

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.09

2.43

(1.76 )

1.11

1.46

(.55 )

Total from investment operations

  1.08

2.42

(1.79 )

1.02

1.33

(.55 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.99

$ 9.91

$ 7.49

$ 9.48

$ 8.46

$ 7.13

Total Return B, C, D

  10.90%

32.31%

(19.06)%

12.06%

18.65%

(7.16)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.60% A

2.52%

2.27%

1.97%

2.20%

3.52%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.65% A

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.64% A

1.62%

1.64%

1.64%

1.63%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.17)% A

(.07)%

(.41)%

(.85)%

(1.57)%

.01% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,750

$ 3,342

$ 2,843

$ 4,607

$ 3,273

$ 2,396

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.13)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.99

$ 8.06

$ 6.83

$ 7.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.05)

(.07)

(.13)

(.16)

(.03) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.02

2.28

(1.67 )

1.06

1.39

(.53 )

Total from investment operations

  .99

2.23

(1.74 )

.93

1.23

(.56 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.27

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.99

$ 8.06

$ 6.83

Total Return B, C, D

  10.67%

31.63%

(19.56)%

11.54%

18.01%

(7.58)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.06% A

3.00%

2.71%

2.47%

2.68%

3.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.13%

2.13%

2.14%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.67)% A

(.57)%

(.91)%

(1.35)%

(2.07)%

(.49)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 413

$ 480

$ 570

$ 1,316

$ 1,408

$ 1,281

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.63)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.98

$ 8.06

$ 6.82

$ 7.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.05)

(.07)

(.13)

(.16)

(.03) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.02

2.28

(1.66 )

1.05

1.40

(.53 )

Total from investment operations

  .99

2.23

(1.73 )

.92

1.24

(.56 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.27

$ 9.28

$ 7.05

$ 8.98

$ 8.06

$ 6.82

Total Return B, C, D

  10.67%

31.63%

(19.47)%

11.41%

18.18%

(7.59)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.08% A

2.98%

2.71%

2.40%

2.67%

3.63%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.12%

2.14%

2.14%

2.13%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.67)% A

(.57)%

(.91)%

(1.35)%

(2.07)%

(.49)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,338

$ 2,334

$ 2,142

$ 5,866

$ 3,029

$ 2,792

Portfolio turnover rate G

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.63)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.55

$ 7.95

$ 10.00

$ 8.88

$ 7.45

$ 7.98

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .02

.04

.01

(.04)

(.09)

.03 G

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.16

2.58

(1.86 )

1.16

1.52

(.56 )

Total from investment operations

  1.18

2.62

(1.85 )

1.12

1.43

(.53 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.02)

-

-

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

(.20 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  -

(.02 )

(.20 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.73

$ 10.55

$ 7.95

$ 10.00

$ 8.88

$ 7.45

Total Return B, C

  11.18%

32.92%

(18.66)%

12.61%

19.19%

(6.64)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.68% A

1.93%

1.66%

1.22%

1.54%

2.44%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.15% A

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.12%

1.13%

1.14%

1.13%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  .32% A

.43%

.10%

(.35)%

(1.07)%

.51% G

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 918

$ 855

$ 721

$ 2,855

$ 1,717

$ 957

Portfolio turnover rate F

  164% A

33%

79%

101%

106%

97%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.63)%. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor® Communications Equipment Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 2,376,747

Gross unrealized depreciation

(342,922 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 2,033,825

 

 

Tax cost

$ 10,210,568

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

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

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

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (1,351,318 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $9,584,575 and $10,335,194, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 4,866

$ 31

Class T

.25%

.25%

8,820

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

2,175

1,631

Class C

.75%

.25%

11,988

2,519

 

 

 

$ 27,849

$ 4,181

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,138

Class T

867

Class B *

1,168

Class C *

137

 

$ 3,310

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

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Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 6,089

.31

Class T

6,200

.35

Class B

681

.31

Class C

3,833

.32

Institutional Class

2,824

.18

 

$ 19,627

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,090 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $5 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $1,760. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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8. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser 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.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement

Class A

1.40%

$ 17,973

Class T

1.65%

16,911

Class B

2.15%

1,986

Class C

2.15%

11,255

Institutional Class

1.15%

8,423

 

 

$ 56,548

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $621 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 custody expenses by $5.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ -

$ 2,612

Institutional Class

-

1,313

Total

$ -

$ 3,925

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

32,794

119,229

$ 357,040

$ 1,075,395

Reinvestment of distributions

-

272

-

2,398

Shares redeemed

(71,346 )

(194,578 )

(758,467 )

(1,739,434 )

Net increase (decrease)

(38,552 )

(75,077 )

$ (401,427 )

$ (661,641 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

22,621

54,310

$ 235,638

$ 477,965

Shares redeemed

(18,778 )

(96,623 )

(196,365 )

(817,480 )

Net increase (decrease)

3,843

(42,313 )

$ 39,273

$ (339,515 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

63

612

$ 624

$ 4,500

Shares redeemed

(11,496 )

(29,754 )

(110,275 )

(242,910 )

Net increase (decrease)

(11,433 )

(29,142 )

$ (109,651 )

$ (238,410 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

23,810

99,311

$ 232,965

$ 848,531

Shares redeemed

(47,687 )

(151,640 )

(469,953 )

(1,232,762 )

Net increase (decrease)

(23,877 )

(52,329 )

$ (236,988 )

$ (384,231 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

714,211

37,292

$ 7,985,052

$ 354,493

Reinvestment of distributions

-

122

-

1,105

Shares redeemed

(717,065 )

(47,116 )

(8,405,258 )

(440,395 )

Net increase (decrease)

(2,854 )

(9,702 )

$ (420,206 )

$ (84,797 )

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11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.25%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,052.40

$ 6.47

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.90

$ 6.36

Class T

1.55%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,051.00

$ 8.01

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.39

$ 7.88

Class B

2.06%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.00

$ 10.63

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.82

$ 10.46

Class C

2.02%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,048.90

$ 10.43

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.02

$ 10.26

Institutional Class

.96%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,053.80

$ 4.97

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.37

$ 4.89

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

The Walt Disney Co.

6.1

4.7

Target Corp.

4.7

0.0

McDonald's Corp.

4.1

0.0

Dollar General Corp.

3.8

2.9

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

3.7

4.3

DIRECTV

3.7

1.7

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

3.5

3.5

Yum! Brands, Inc.

3.4

3.1

Dollar Tree, Inc.

3.1

2.3

Time Warner, Inc.

3.1

3.5

 

39.2

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Specialty Retail

27.2%

 

FOC473

Media

22.0%

 

FOC475

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

14.8%

 

FOC477

Multiline Retail

11.6%

 

FOC479

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

9.4%

 

FOC481

All Others *

15.0%

 

FOC515

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Specialty Retail

32.4%

 

FOC473

Media

26.6%

 

FOC475

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

10.8%

 

FOC477

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

9.5%

 

FOC479

Multiline Retail

5.2%

 

FOC481

All Others *

15.5%

 

FOC523

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.1%

Shares

Value

AUTO COMPONENTS - 3.1%

Auto Parts & Equipment - 3.1%

Delphi Automotive PLC

37,584

$ 2,288,490

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

20,446

1,516,071

 

3,804,561

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 1.9%

Diversified Support Services - 1.9%

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

82,204

2,286,915

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 14.8%

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 3.2%

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

28,050

1,382,865

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

35,311

2,504,962

 

3,887,827

Restaurants - 11.6%

Bloomin' Brands, Inc. (a)

28,746

660,296

Burger King Worldwide, Inc.

95,721

2,329,849

McDonald's Corp.

53,077

4,998,261

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Class A

83,741

2,030,719

Yum! Brands, Inc.

60,814

4,083,660

 

14,102,785

TOTAL HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE

17,990,612

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES - 4.9%

Homebuilding - 2.8%

NVR, Inc. (a)

2,890

3,333,355

Housewares & Specialties - 2.1%

Jarden Corp. (a)

42,268

2,555,101

TOTAL HOUSEHOLD DURABLES

5,888,456

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL - 4.2%

Internet Retail - 4.2%

Liberty Interactive Corp. Series A (a)

84,068

2,245,456

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

2,530

2,896,572

 

5,142,028

MEDIA - 22.0%

Broadcasting - 1.7%

Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

25,300

2,018,434

Cable & Satellite - 6.7%

DIRECTV (a)

64,552

4,481,845

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a)

19,179

1,081,312

Liberty Global PLC Class A (a)

32,879

2,628,018

 

8,191,175

Movies & Entertainment - 13.6%

The Madison Square Garden Co. Class A (a)

15,374

892,153

The Walt Disney Co.

101,706

7,384,872

 

Shares

Value

Time Warner, Inc.

58,790

$ 3,693,776

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

142,233

4,525,854

 

16,496,655

TOTAL MEDIA

26,706,264

MULTILINE RETAIL - 11.6%

General Merchandise Stores - 11.6%

Dollar General Corp. (a)

82,964

4,672,532

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

74,809

3,779,351

Target Corp.

100,103

5,669,834

 

14,121,717

SPECIALTY RETAIL - 27.2%

Apparel Retail - 10.0%

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

28,002

990,711

Foot Locker, Inc.

82,551

3,186,469

L Brands, Inc.

25,201

1,319,524

Ross Stores, Inc.

50,079

3,400,865

TJX Companies, Inc.

55,808

3,201,147

 

12,098,716

Automotive Retail - 4.8%

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

6,836

3,384,230

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

18,807

2,463,341

 

5,847,571

Home Improvement Retail - 3.5%

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

90,548

4,191,467

Homefurnishing Retail - 1.6%

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

36,626

1,996,850

Specialty Stores - 7.3%

Cabela's, Inc. Class A (a)

33,516

2,240,880

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

43,463

2,281,808

PetSmart, Inc.

32,389

2,040,507

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

81,395

2,309,990

 

8,873,185

TOTAL SPECIALTY RETAIL

33,007,789

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - 9.4%

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 7.4%

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

4,300

480,869

PVH Corp.

19,823

2,396,006

Ralph Lauren Corp.

14,225

2,231,760

Swatch Group AG (Bearer) (Reg.)

16,753

1,721,218

VF Corp.

37,704

2,203,799

 

9,033,652

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS - CONTINUED

Footwear - 2.0%

NIKE, Inc. Class B

5,853

$ 426,391

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

69,596

1,941,728

 

2,368,119

TOTAL TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS

11,401,771

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $105,510,737)


120,350,113

Money Market Funds - 1.2%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)
(Cost $1,422,932)

1,422,932


1,422,932

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.3%

(Cost $106,933,669)

121,773,045

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.3)%

(326,030 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 121,447,015

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,204

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,510

Total

$ 3,714

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $105,510,737)

$ 120,350,113

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $1,422,932)

1,422,932

 

Total Investments (cost $106,933,669)

 

$ 121,773,045

Receivable for investments sold

1,221,903

Receivable for fund shares sold

727,358

Dividends receivable

59,475

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

187

Prepaid expenses

561

Other receivables

14,993

Total assets

123,797,522

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 2,006,584

Payable for fund shares redeemed

187,130

Distributions payable

36

Accrued management fee

57,574

Distribution and service plan fees payable

41,200

Other affiliated payables

27,164

Other payables and accrued expenses

30,819

Total liabilities

2,350,507

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 121,447,015

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 102,010,816

Accumulated net investment loss

(275,700)

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

4,872,575

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

14,839,324

Net Assets

$ 121,447,015

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($60,911,284 ÷ 3,202,871 shares)

$ 19.02

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $19.02)

$ 20.18

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($18,490,307 ÷ 1,022,222 shares)

$ 18.09

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $18.09)

$ 18.75

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($2,263,363 ÷ 139,610 shares) A

$ 16.21

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($21,244,300 ÷ 1,308,537 shares) A

$ 16.24

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($18,537,761 ÷ 917,978 shares)

$ 20.19

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 496,550

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

3,714

Total income

 

500,264

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 306,086

Transfer agent fees

133,852

Distribution and service plan fees

222,712

Accounting and security lending fees

21,610

Custodian fees and expenses

12,515

Independent trustees' compensation

1,421

Registration fees

44,849

Audit

33,769

Legal

1,289

Miscellaneous

704

Total expenses before reductions

778,807

Expense reductions

(2,843 )

775,964

Net investment income (loss)

(275,700 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

8,225,459

Foreign currency transactions

(54 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

8,225,405

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(3,239,808)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

9

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(3,239,799 )

Net gain (loss)

4,985,606

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 4,709,906

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (275,700)

$ (195,793)

Net realized gain (loss)

8,225,405

9,882,077

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(3,239,799 )

10,583,809

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

4,709,906

20,270,093

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(8,442,076 )

(6,688,896 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

31,663,730

16,864,514

Redemption fees

1,931

6,411

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

27,933,491

30,452,122

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

93,513,524

63,061,402

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $275,700 and $0, respectively)

$ 121,447,015

$ 93,513,524

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 19.59

$ 16.22

$ 16.00

$ 12.75

$ 10.26

$ 11.41

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.03)

(.02)

.01

(.02)

(.02)

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.01

5.04

1.07

3.27

2.51

(1.16 )

Total from investment operations

  .98

5.02

1.08

3.25

2.49

(1.12 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.03)

-

-

(.03)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.55 )

(1.65 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.55 )

(1.65 )

(.86 )

-

-

(.03 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 19.02

$ 19.59

$ 16.22

$ 16.00

$ 12.75

$ 10.26

Total Return B, C, D

  5.24%

33.65%

7.96%

25.49%

24.27%

(9.81)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.25% A

1.31%

1.38%

1.39%

1.44%

1.62%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.25% A

1.31%

1.38%

1.39%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.24% A

1.29%

1.37%

1.38%

1.39%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.34)% A

(.10)%

.04%

(.15)%

(.15)%

.42%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 60,911

$ 45,292

$ 26,547

$ 23,447

$ 19,423

$ 13,010

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 18.68

$ 15.57

$ 15.43

$ 12.32

$ 9.94

$ 11.07

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.06)

(.06)

(.03)

(.06)

(.05)

.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .97

4.81

1.02

3.17

2.43

(1.12 )

Total from investment operations

  .91

4.75

.99

3.11

2.38

(1.11 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.02)

-

-

(.02)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.50 )

(1.64 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.50 )

(1.64 )

(.85 )

-

-

(.02 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 18.09

$ 18.68

$ 15.57

$ 15.43

$ 12.32

$ 9.94

Total Return B, C, D

  5.10%

33.25%

7.62%

25.24%

23.94%

(10.04)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.55% A

1.60%

1.64%

1.66%

1.71%

1.89%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.55% A

1.60%

1.64%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.55% A

1.58%

1.63%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.65)% A

(.39)%

(.23)%

(.40)%

(.40)%

.17%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,490

$ 15,613

$ 10,447

$ 9,897

$ 8,018

$ 6,738

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.85

$ 14.23

$ 14.23

$ 11.42

$ 9.26

$ 10.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

(.13)

(.10)

(.12)

(.10)

(.03)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .87

4.36

.93

2.93

2.26

(1.06 )

Total from investment operations

  .77

4.23

.83

2.81

2.16

(1.09 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.41 )

(1.61 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.21

$ 16.85

$ 14.23

$ 14.23

$ 11.42

$ 9.26

Total Return B, C, D

  4.80%

32.61%

7.11%

24.61%

23.33%

(10.53)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.06% A

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

2.21%

2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.06% A

2.09%

2.13%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.05% A

2.07%

2.12%

2.13%

2.14%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.15)% A

(.88)%

(.72)%

(.90)%

(.90)%

(.33)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,263

$ 2,389

$ 2,577

$ 3,170

$ 3,643

$ 3,550

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 16.90

$ 14.27

$ 14.26

$ 11.44

$ 9.27

$ 10.37

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.12)

(.09)

(.12)

(.10)

(.03)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .87

4.37

.93

2.94

2.27

(1.07 )

Total from investment operations

  .78

4.25

.84

2.82

2.17

(1.10 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.44 )

(1.62 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 16.24

$ 16.90

$ 14.27

$ 14.26

$ 11.44

$ 9.27

Total Return B, C, D

  4.89%

32.68%

7.17%

24.65%

23.41%

(10.61)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.02% A

2.04%

2.09%

2.11%

2.12%

2.38%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.02% A

2.04%

2.09%

2.11%

2.12%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.01% A

2.02%

2.08%

2.09%

2.11%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.11)% A

(.83)%

(.68)%

(.86)%

(.87)%

(.33)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 21,244

$ 17,176

$ 13,507

$ 7,341

$ 9,288

$ 2,955

Portfolio turnover rate G

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 20.72

$ 17.04

$ 16.72

$ 13.27

$ 10.66

$ 11.84

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.01)

.04

.07

.03

.02

.06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.07

5.32

1.13

3.42

2.60

(1.20 )

Total from investment operations

  1.06

5.36

1.20

3.45

2.62

(1.14 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

(.05)

-

(.01)

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.59 )

(1.68 )

(.83 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.59 )

(1.68 )

(.88 )

-

(.01 )

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 20.19

$ 20.72

$ 17.04

$ 16.72

$ 13.27

$ 10.66

Total Return B, C

  5.38%

34.06%

8.33%

26.00%

24.62%

(9.59)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .96% A

.97%

1.00%

1.03%

1.09%

1.15%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .96% A

.97%

1.00%

1.03%

1.09%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .96% A

.96%

.99%

1.01%

1.08%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.05)% A

.24%

.41%

.22%

.16%

.67%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 18,538

$ 13,044

$ 9,984

$ 9,406

$ 9,013

$ 5,990

Portfolio turnover rate F

  136% A

146%

217%

179%

163%

99%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, net operating losses, 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

$ 17,122,838

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,740,715 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 14,382,123

 

 

Tax cost

$ 107,390,922

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $97,244,173 and $73,624,094, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 67,737

$ 1,457

Class T

.25%

.25%

43,982

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

11,872

8,904

Class C

.75%

.25%

99,121

28,401

 

 

 

$ 222,712

$ 38,762

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 34,209

Class T

4,470

Class B *

541

Class C *

1,511

 

$ 40,731

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 63,204

.23

Class T

25,556

.29

Class B

3,479

.29

Class C

24,868

.25

Institutional Class

16,745

.20

 

$ 133,852

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,903 for the period.

Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses in the amount of $12,476.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $41 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. 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 $2,510. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $2,842 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 custody expenses by $1.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 4,039,405

$ 2,760,192

Class T

1,360,265

1,156,068

Class B

196,098

276,657

Class C

1,615,723

1,553,543

Institutional Class

1,230,585

942,436

Total

$ 8,442,076

$ 6,688,896

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,158,890

1,258,652

$ 22,715,014

$ 22,336,491

Reinvestment of distributions

185,416

153,097

3,485,073

2,439,799

Shares redeemed

(453,953 )

(736,031 )

(8,832,289 )

(12,466,044 )

Net increase (decrease)

890,353

675,718

$ 17,367,798

$ 12,310,246

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

186,487

212,852

$ 3,479,109

$ 3,581,408

Reinvestment of distributions

73,668

73,194

1,316,540

1,114,024

Shares redeemed

(73,694 )

(121,300 )

(1,366,641 )

(1,949,037 )

Net increase (decrease)

186,461

164,746

$ 3,429,008

$ 2,746,395

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

12,303

14,257

$ 203,613

$ 220,513

Reinvestment of distributions

9,369

16,131

150,012

223,127

Shares redeemed

(23,827 )

(69,701 )

(398,608 )

(1,023,777 )

Net increase (decrease)

(2,155 )

(39,313 )

$ (44,983 )

$ (580,137 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

316,380

555,264

$ 5,314,596

$ 8,601,818

Reinvestment of distributions

89,038

102,005

1,432,315

1,411,723

Shares redeemed

(113,095 )

(587,502 )

(1,878,591 )

(8,790,601 )

Net increase (decrease)

292,323

69,767

$ 4,868,320

$ 1,222,940

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

497,230

404,001

$ 10,374,436

$ 7,620,195

Reinvestment of distributions

51,438

46,665

1,028,758

784,588

Shares redeemed

(260,165 )

(407,175 )

(5,359,607 )

(7,239,713 )

Net increase (decrease)

288,503

43,491

$ 6,043,587

$ 1,165,070

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.40%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,122.90

$ 7.49

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.15

$ 7.12

Class T

1.65%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,121.40

$ 8.82

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.89

$ 8.39

Class B

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,118.40

$ 11.48

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Class C

2.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,119.70

$ 11.49

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.37

$ 10.92

Institutional Class

1.15%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,124.50

$ 6.16

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.41

$ 5.85

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Intel Corp.

10.8

10.0

Broadcom Corp. Class A

10.2

8.5

Analog Devices, Inc.

6.7

3.2

Altera Corp.

5.7

4.6

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

4.0

3.5

NXP Semiconductors NV

3.7

1.5

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd.

3.3

0.7

Xilinx, Inc.

3.2

3.2

Intersil Corp. Class A

2.9

4.7

ON Semiconductor Corp.

2.8

3.4

 

53.3

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

82.2%

 

FOC473

Electronic Equipment & Components

8.0%

 

FOC475

Communications Equipment

2.7%

 

FOC477

Computers & Peripherals

2.4%

 

FOC479

Software

0.9%

 

FOC481

All Others *

3.8%

 

FOC531

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

71.3%

 

FOC473

Electronic Equipment & Components

8.8%

 

FOC475

Communications Equipment

7.6%

 

FOC477

Computers & Peripherals

3.8%

 

FOC479

Internet Software & Services

0.9%

 

FOC481

All Others *

7.6%

 

FOC539

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.0%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.0%

Biotechnology - 0.0%

Arrowhead Research Corp. warrants 5/21/17 (a)

64,879

$ 1

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 0.4%

Office Services & Supplies - 0.4%

West Corp.

2,534

58,586

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 2.7%

Communications Equipment - 2.7%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

8,588

188,163

NETGEAR, Inc. (a)

1,576

50,290

Polycom, Inc. (a)

3,622

43,210

QUALCOMM, Inc.

2,439

181,023

 

462,686

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 2.4%

Computer Hardware - 0.4%

Apple, Inc.

134

67,080

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 2.0%

EMC Corp.

13,767

333,712

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

400,792

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 8.0%

Electronic Components - 1.9%

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (a)

36,527

251,671

Audience, Inc. (a)

1,227

13,963

Corning, Inc.

355

6,110

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(d)

3,022

59,503

 

331,247

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 6.1%

Flextronics International Ltd. (a)

43,268

352,634

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

18,269

328,294

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (a)

1,965

27,117

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

39,346

315,161

Viasystems Group, Inc. (a)

12

157

 

1,023,363

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

1,354,610

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.4%

Internet Software & Services - 0.4%

Demand Media, Inc. (a)

8,589

49,559

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

600

21,846

 

71,405

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 82.2%

Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. (a)

6,318

64,886

Lam Research Corp. (a)

6,559

331,951

 

Shares

Value

Teradyne, Inc. (a)(d)

10,449

$ 196,546

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

2,641

52,424

 

645,807

Semiconductors - 78.4%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(d)

26,344

90,360

Altera Corp.

29,022

970,205

Analog Devices, Inc.

23,315

1,125,415

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

2,553

25,785

Avago Technologies Ltd.

6,077

332,047

Broadcom Corp. Class A

57,726

1,717,926

Cavium, Inc. (a)

4,000

148,680

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

32,482

326,119

Entropic Communications, Inc. (a)

10,531

43,914

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

3,710

90,487

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

11,385

145,273

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)

30,755

557,588

Inphi Corp. (a)

7,218

82,863

Intel Corp.

74,206

1,821,015

Intermolecular, Inc. (a)

8,063

32,494

Intersil Corp. Class A

42,955

487,110

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (a)

1,704

26,940

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

23,662

353,274

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

22,498

680,789

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

17,385

400,550

Motech Industries, Inc. (a)

1

2

NVIDIA Corp.

21,874

343,422

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

12,973

627,245

O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

10,021

32,067

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. (a)

3,774

58,082

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

57,488

480,600

Pericom Semiconductor Corp. (a)

1,272

10,532

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (a)

43,906

287,584

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

31,605

168,455

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

406

475,915

Semtech Corp. (a)

8,621

196,645

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

9,436

285,439

Spansion, Inc. Class A (a)

3,494

52,410

Texas Instruments, Inc.

3,504

148,570

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (a)

19

0

Wolfson Microelectronics PLC (a)

25,817

57,295

Xilinx, Inc.

11,465

532,205

 

13,215,302

TOTAL SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

13,861,109

SOFTWARE - 0.9%

Application Software - 0.9%

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

49

1,500

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

SOFTWARE - CONTINUED

Application Software - continued

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

1,385

$ 74,887

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d)

4,634

71,039

 

147,426

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $17,518,900)


16,356,615

Money Market Funds - 3.0%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

212,237

212,237

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

296,872

296,872

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $509,109)


509,109

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.0%

(Cost $18,028,009)

16,865,724

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.0%

69

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 16,865,793

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 368

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

4,801

Total

$ 5,169

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 16,356,615

$ 15,880,697

$ 475,918

$ -

Money Market Funds

509,109

509,109

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 16,865,724

$ 16,389,806

$ 475,918

$ -

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

United States of America

83.0%

Bermuda

5.4%

Singapore

4.1%

Netherlands

3.7%

Korea (South)

2.8%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.0%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $283,429) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $17,518,900)

$ 16,356,615

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $509,109)

509,109

 

 

 

 

Total Investments (cost $18,028,009)

 

$ 16,865,724

Cash

 

64,987

Receivable for investments sold

318,169

Receivable for fund shares sold

22,971

Dividends receivable

3,417

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

377

Prepaid expenses

92

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

5,652

Other receivables

1,107

Total assets

17,282,496

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 49,521

Payable for fund shares redeemed

17,299

Accrued management fee

7,647

Distribution and service plan fees payable

6,181

Other affiliated payables

4,284

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,899

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

296,872

Total liabilities

416,703

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 16,865,793

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 23,691,280

Accumulated net investment loss

(50,489)

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

(5,612,664)

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

(1,162,334 )

Net Assets

$ 16,865,793

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($6,734,195 ÷ 580,470 shares)

$ 11.60

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $11.60)

$ 12.31

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($4,322,158 ÷ 383,351 shares)

$ 11.27

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $11.27)

$ 11.68

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($284,429 ÷ 26,883 shares) A

$ 10.58

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($3,342,831 ÷ 316,294 shares) A

$ 10.57

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($2,182,180 ÷ 181,655 shares)

$ 12.01

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 103,438

Interest

 

932

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

5,169

Total income

 

109,539

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 45,060

Transfer agent fees

24,636

Distribution and service plan fees

35,053

Accounting and security lending fees

3,217

Custodian fees and expenses

23,273

Independent trustees' compensation

218

Registration fees

45,648

Audit

24,170

Legal

255

Miscellaneous

302

Total expenses before reductions

201,832

Expense reductions

(74,455 )

127,377

Net investment income (loss)

(17,838 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

1,724,246

Foreign currency transactions

1,155

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

1,725,401

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

166,520

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(42 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

166,478

Net gain (loss)

1,891,879

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 1,874,041

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (17,838)

$ (41,761)

Net realized gain (loss)

1,725,401

(680,452)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

166,478

3,203,673

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

1,874,041

2,481,460

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(935,171 )

(3,915,862 )

Redemption fees

301

1,278

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

939,171

(1,433,124)

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

15,926,622

17,359,746

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $50,489 and accumulated net investment loss of $32,651, respectively)

$ 16,865,793

$ 15,926,622

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.33

$ 8.45

$ 8.93

$ 7.14

$ 6.59

$ 6.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - I

(.01)

(.05)

(.04)

(.01)

.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.27

1.89

(.43 )

1.83

.59

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.27

1.88

(.48 )

1.79

.58

(.20 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.03 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.60

$ 10.33

$ 8.45

$ 8.93

$ 7.14

$ 6.59

Total Return B, C, D

  12.29%

22.25%

(5.38)%

25.07%

8.74%

(2.95)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.31% A

2.18%

1.88%

1.89%

1.97%

2.44%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.40% A

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

1.40%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

1.37%

1.39%

1.39%

1.39%

1.40%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.04)% A

(.07)%

(.53)%

(.40)%

(.15)%

.69%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,734

$ 5,833

$ 6,000

$ 7,537

$ 5,394

$ 5,433

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.05

$ 8.24

$ 8.73

$ 7.00

$ 6.46

$ 6.67

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

(.03)

(.07)

(.06)

(.03)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.24

1.84

(.42 )

1.79

.58

(.23 )

Total from investment operations

  1.22

1.81

(.49 )

1.73

.55

(.21 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.01 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.27

$ 10.05

$ 8.24

$ 8.73

$ 7.00

$ 6.46

Total Return B, C, D

  12.14%

21.97%

(5.61)%

24.71%

8.50%

(3.15)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.61% A

2.48%

2.23%

2.25%

2.26%

2.77%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.65% A

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

1.65%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.63% A

1.62%

1.64%

1.64%

1.64%

1.65%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.29)% A

(.32)%

(.78)%

(.65)%

(.40)%

.44%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,322

$ 3,756

$ 3,909

$ 4,476

$ 3,862

$ 4,195

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.46

$ 7.79

$ 8.29

$ 6.69

$ 6.19

$ 6.43

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.04)

(.07)

(.10)

(.09)

(.06)

- I

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.16

1.74

(.40 )

1.69

.56

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.12

1.67

(.50 )

1.60

.50

(.24 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.58

$ 9.46

$ 7.79

$ 8.29

$ 6.69

$ 6.19

Total Return B, C, D

  11.84%

21.44%

(6.03)%

23.92%

8.08%

(3.73)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.07% A

2.95%

2.70%

2.76%

2.73%

3.22%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.14% A

2.12%

2.15%

2.14%

2.15%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.79)% A

(.82)%

(1.29)%

(1.15)%

(.90)%

(.06)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 284

$ 306

$ 459

$ 691

$ 1,073

$ 1,197

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.44

$ 7.78

$ 8.29

$ 6.68

$ 6.18

$ 6.42

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.04)

(.07)

(.10)

(.09)

(.06)

- I

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.17

1.73

(.41 )

1.70

.56

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.13

1.66

(.51 )

1.61

.50

(.24 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.57

$ 9.44

$ 7.78

$ 8.29

$ 6.68

$ 6.18

Total Return B, C, D

  11.97%

21.34%

(6.15)%

24.10%

8.09%

(3.74)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  3.06% A

2.93%

2.65%

2.70%

2.72%

3.21%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.15% A

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

2.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.13% A

2.12%

2.14%

2.14%

2.14%

2.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.79)% A

(.82)%

(1.28)%

(1.15)%

(.90)%

(.06)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 3,343

$ 3,157

$ 3,721

$ 3,836

$ 3,256

$ 3,016

Portfolio turnover rate G

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.68

$ 8.72

$ 9.19

$ 7.33

$ 6.75

$ 6.94

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .01

.02

(.02)

(.01)

.01

.05

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.32

1.94

(.45 )

1.87

.60

(.24 )

Total from investment operations

  1.33

1.96

(.47 )

1.86

.61

(.19 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

-

-

-

(.03 )

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 12.01

$ 10.68

$ 8.72

$ 9.19

$ 7.33

$ 6.75

Total Return B, C

  12.45%

22.48%

(5.11)%

25.38%

9.10%

(2.74)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.86%

1.55%

1.42%

1.64%

2.16%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.15% A

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

1.15%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.12%

1.14%

1.14%

1.14%

1.15%

Net investment income (loss)

  .21% A

.18%

(.28)%

(.15)%

.11%

.94%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,182

$ 2,874

$ 3,271

$ 1,765

$ 645

$ 367

Portfolio turnover rate F

  173% A

179%

140%

166%

87%

92%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to market discount, net operating losses, capital loss carryforwards, expiring 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

$ 763,357

Gross unrealized depreciation

(2,151,929 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (1,388,572 )

 

 

Tax cost

$ 18,254,296

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2016

$ (310,663)

2017

(5,202,838 )

Total with expiration

$ (5,513,501 )

No expiration

 

Long-term

(661,002 )

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (6,174,503 )

The Fund intends to elect to defer to its fiscal year ending July 31, 2014, approximately $922,950 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2012 to July 31, 2013.

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $13,461,330 and $13,932,240, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 7,752

$ 71

Class T

.25%

.25%

9,908

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

1,476

1,109

Class C

.75%

.25%

15,917

1,546

 

 

 

$ 35,053

$ 2,726

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

Semiannual Report

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 1,582

Class T

1,500

Class B *

142

Class C *

173

 

$ 3,397

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 9,564

.31

Class T

7,208

.36

Class B

457

.31

Class C

4,880

.31

Institutional Class

2,527

.19

 

$ 24,636

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,602 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $7 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments

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7. Security Lending - continued

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 $4,801. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser 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.

The following classes were in reimbursement during the period:

 

Expense
Limitations

Reimbursement

Class A

1.40%

$ 28,189

Class T

1.65%

19,070

Class B

2.15%

1,344

Class C

2.15%

14,422

Institutional Class

1.15%

9,915

 

 

$ 72,940

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $1,515 for the period.

9. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

62,544

137,609

$ 680,414

$ 1,216,436

Shares redeemed

(46,820 )

(283,233 )

(507,053 )

(2,448,434 )

Net increase (decrease)

15,724

(145,624 )

$ 173,361

$ (1,231,998 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

57,578

112,240

$ 607,692

$ 987,721

Shares redeemed

(47,974 )

(212,855 )

(497,354 )

(1,812,736 )

Net increase (decrease)

9,604

(100,615 )

$ 110,338

$ (825,015 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

65

678

$ 636

$ 4,830

Shares redeemed

(5,533 )

(27,225 )

(55,232 )

(220,563 )

Net increase (decrease)

(5,468 )

(26,547 )

$ (54,596 )

$ (215,733 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

33,531

96,174

$ 332,209

$ 799,164

Shares redeemed

(51,526 )

(240,043 )

(507,518 )

(1,893,943 )

Net increase (decrease)

(17,995 )

(143,869 )

$ (175,309 )

$ (1,094,779 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

53,245

228,631

$ 593,231

$ 2,347,005

Shares redeemed

(140,640 )

(334,852 )

(1,582,196 )

(2,895,342 )

Net increase (decrease)

(87,395 )

(106,221 )

$ (988,965 )

$ (548,337 )

10. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.14%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.10

$ 5.79

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.46

$ 5.80

Class T

1.35%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,014.20

$ 6.85

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.40

$ 6.87

Class B

1.92%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,011.10

$ 9.73

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.53

$ 9.75

Class C

1.88%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,011.50

$ 9.53

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.73

$ 9.55

Institutional Class

.87%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,016.90

$ 4.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.82

$ 4.43

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Chevron Corp.

11.3

7.9

Exxon Mobil Corp.

10.0

14.8

EOG Resources, Inc.

7.5

4.0

Schlumberger Ltd.

5.8

3.8

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

4.9

3.9

ConocoPhillips Co.

4.0

0.0

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

3.0

1.9

Halliburton Co.

2.9

5.4

Cimarex Energy Co.

2.9

2.0

Noble Energy, Inc.

2.8

2.6

 

55.1

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Oil, Gas &
Consumable Fuels

80.0%

 

FOC542

Energy Equipment
& Services

18.6%

 

FOC544

Construction & Engineering

0.2%

 

FOC479

Metals & Mining

0.1%

 

FOC481

All Others *

1.1%

 

FOC548

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Oil, Gas &
Consumable Fuels

74.5%

 

FOC542

Energy Equipment
& Services

21.8%

 

FOC552

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

0.0%

 

FOC481

All Others *

3.7%

 

FOC555

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Amount represents less than 0.1%.

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.9%

Shares

Value

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 0.2%

Construction & Engineering - 0.2%

URS Corp.

33,100

$ 1,661,620

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 18.6%

Oil & Gas Drilling - 1.4%

Ocean Rig UDW, Inc. (United States) (a)

42,700

731,878

Odfjell Drilling A/S

553,878

3,158,740

Pacific Drilling SA (a)

65,049

653,742

Vantage Drilling Co. (a)

1,887,530

3,076,674

Xtreme Drilling & Coil Services Corp. (a)

599,002

1,989,951

 

9,610,985

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 17.2%

Cameron International Corp. (a)

216,945

13,010,192

Core Laboratories NV

17,048

3,050,228

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

13,191

1,326,487

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

309,744

15,313,743

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a)

158,075

3,970,844

Halliburton Co.

404,314

19,815,429

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

193,465

14,511,810

Oceaneering International, Inc.

47,873

3,262,545

Schlumberger Ltd.

454,175

39,772,105

Total Energy Services, Inc.

53,200

926,671

Weatherford International Ltd. (a)

200,546

2,715,393

 

117,675,447

TOTAL ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

127,286,432

METALS & MINING - 0.1%

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.1%

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

23,500

696,070

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 80.0%

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 1.6%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

84,300

478,824

Peabody Energy Corp.

610,418

10,407,627

 

10,886,451

Integrated Oil & Gas - 26.5%

Chevron Corp.

692,157

77,265,483

Exxon Mobil Corp.

747,035

68,846,746

Hess Corp.

168,631

12,729,954

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

110,584

9,683,841

Suncor Energy, Inc.

412,960

13,566,964

 

182,092,988

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 42.6%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

412,783

33,307,460

Bankers Petroleum Ltd. (a)

1,046,700

4,022,335

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

51,333

1,437,837

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (a)

103,425

4,210,432

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

523,515

20,930,130

 

Shares

Value

Cimarex Energy Co.

200,147

$ 19,610,403

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (a)

367,324

6,013,094

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

7,000

684,530

ConocoPhillips Co.

419,993

27,278,545

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)(d)

109,534

12,070,647

Emerald Oil, Inc. (a)

56,000

429,520

Energen Corp.

16,543

1,169,921

EOG Resources, Inc.

312,243

51,595,033

EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

64,562

1,734,781

EQT Corp.

139,007

12,901,240

Evolution Petroleum Corp.

60,495

796,114

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

57,578

3,509,379

Halcon Resources Corp. (a)

300,000

1,011,000

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (a)

570,163

6,049,429

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (a)

161,594

3,997,836

Noble Energy, Inc.

312,408

19,472,391

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)

204,993

2,980,598

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

27,958

1,168,924

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. (a)

142,700

937,880

PDC Energy, Inc. (a)

157,488

7,852,352

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

88,316

14,953,665

Rex Energy Corp. (a)

1,515

28,543

Sanchez Energy Corp. (a)(d)

140,300

3,856,847

SM Energy Co.

111,308

9,211,850

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

42,692

1,737,137

Synergy Resources Corp. (a)

115,015

993,730

TAG Oil Ltd. (a)

446,700

1,307,512

Tullow Oil PLC

49,300

640,655

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

250,250

14,609,595

 

292,511,345

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 3.9%

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

137,759

11,991,921

Phillips 66 Co.

103,799

7,586,669

Tesoro Corp.

28,690

1,478,109

Valero Energy Corp.

69,600

3,556,560

World Fuel Services Corp.

40,833

1,744,386

 

26,357,645

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 5.4%

Access Midstream Partners LP

159,602

8,945,692

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP

96,400

3,222,652

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

63,586

4,225,926

Markwest Energy Partners LP

50,104

3,516,800

MPLX LP

40,594

1,867,730

Phillips 66 Partners LP

63,769

2,386,874

Spectra Energy Corp.

53,886

1,937,202

Targa Resources Corp.

48,147

4,347,193

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - CONTINUED

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - continued

The Williams Companies, Inc.

159,396

$ 6,453,944

Valero Energy Partners LP

3,100

110,205

 

37,014,218

TOTAL OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS

548,862,647

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $614,166,879)


678,506,769

Money Market Funds - 2.6%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

5,081,972

5,081,972

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

12,944,200

12,944,200

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $18,026,172)


18,026,172

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.5%

(Cost $632,193,051)

696,532,941

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.5)%

(10,267,497 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 686,265,444

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

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

$ 7,342

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

40,978

Total

$ 48,320

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

United States of America

87.9%

Curacao

5.8%

Canada

4.2%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

2.1%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $12,799,816) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $614,166,879)

$ 678,506,769

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $18,026,172)

18,026,172

 

Total Investments (cost $632,193,051)

 

$ 696,532,941

Receivable for investments sold

15,738,013

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,462,077

Dividends receivable

75,455

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

2,702

Prepaid expenses

4,356

Other receivables

13,855

Total assets

713,829,399

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 12,289,395

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,545,005

Accrued management fee

324,695

Distribution and service plan fees payable

255,735

Other affiliated payables

168,533

Other payables and accrued expenses

36,392

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

12,944,200

Total liabilities

27,563,955

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 686,265,444

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 619,054,608

Accumulated net investment loss

(1,862,137)

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

4,733,214

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

64,339,759

Net Assets

$ 686,265,444

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($280,571,504 ÷ 7,162,123 shares)

$ 39.17

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $39.17)

$ 41.56

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($213,902,699 ÷ 5,344,816 shares)

$ 40.02

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $40.02)

$ 41.47

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($17,332,441 ÷ 478,615 shares) A

$ 36.21

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($103,371,983 ÷ 2,833,712 shares) A

$ 36.48

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($71,086,817 ÷ 1,728,553 shares)

$ 41.13

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 5,370,373

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

48,320

Total income

 

5,418,693

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,978,136

Transfer agent fees

903,498

Distribution and service plan fees

1,559,328

Accounting and security lending fees

128,335

Custodian fees and expenses

15,389

Independent trustees' compensation

9,749

Registration fees

55,902

Audit

25,907

Legal

10,505

Miscellaneous

4,072

Total expenses before reductions

4,690,821

Expense reductions

(9,821 )

4,681,000

Net investment income (loss)

737,693

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

30,633,892

Foreign currency transactions

1,045

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

30,634,937

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(20,967,282)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(71 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(20,967,353 )

Net gain (loss)

9,667,584

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 10,405,277

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 737,693

$ 2,837,213

Net realized gain (loss)

30,634,937

68,491,304

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(20,967,353 )

51,387,693

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

10,405,277

122,716,210

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(2,028,434)

(2,261,471)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(32,994,104 )

-

Total distributions

(35,022,538 )

(2,261,471 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

22,410,840

(79,579,362 )

Redemption fees

7,694

15,482

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(2,198,727)

40,890,859

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

688,464,171

647,573,312

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $1,862,137 and accumulated net investment loss of $571,396, respectively)

$ 686,265,444

$ 688,464,171

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 40.59

$ 33.71

$ 40.17

$ 27.70

$ 25.82

$ 50.24

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .08

.23

.25

.11

(.05)

(.04)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .59

6.81

(6.50 )

12.47

1.93

(17.48 )

Total from investment operations

  .67

7.04

(6.25 )

12.58

1.88

(17.52 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.17)

(.16)

(.21)

(.11)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.09 ) J

(.16 )

(.21 )

(.11 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 39.17

$ 40.59

$ 33.71

$ 40.17

$ 27.70

$ 25.82

Total Return B, C, D

  1.51%

20.94%

(15.58)%

45.46%

7.28%

(38.86)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.14% A

1.16%

1.17%

1.16%

1.20%

1.22%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.14% A

1.16%

1.17%

1.16%

1.20%

1.22%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.14% A

1.15%

1.17%

1.16%

1.19%

1.21%

Net investment income (loss)

  .38% A

.61%

.72%

.30%

(.16)%

(.14)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 280,572

$ 279,798

$ 253,332

$ 331,120

$ 214,407

$ 216,595

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J Total distributions of $2.09 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.165 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.929 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 41.38

$ 34.40

$ 41.04

$ 28.33

$ 26.47

$ 51.40

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .03

.15

.18

.03

(.11)

(.10)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .62

6.95

(6.65 )

12.75

1.97

(17.93 )

Total from investment operations

  .65

7.10

(6.47 )

12.78

1.86

(18.03 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.08)

(.12)

(.17)

(.07)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.01 )

(.12 )

(.17 )

(.07 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 40.02

$ 41.38

$ 34.40

$ 41.04

$ 28.33

$ 26.47

Total Return B, C, D

  1.42%

20.70%

(15.77)%

45.16%

7.03%

(38.99)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.35% A

1.36%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.35% A

1.36%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.35% A

1.35%

1.38%

1.37%

1.41%

1.45%

Net investment income (loss)

  .16% A

.40%

.50%

.09%

(.37)%

(.38)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 213,903

$ 223,248

$ 215,488

$ 290,512

$ 219,051

$ 224,376

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 37.65

$ 31.41

$ 37.61

$ 26.06

$ 24.48

$ 48.35

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.08)

(.05)

(.01)

(.15)

(.25)

(.22)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .56

6.34

(6.09 )

11.71

1.83

(16.75 )

Total from investment operations

  .48

6.29

(6.10 )

11.56

1.58

(16.97 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.05)

(.10)

(.01)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.92 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (1.92 )

(.05 )

(.10 )

(.01 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.21

$ 37.65

$ 31.41

$ 37.61

$ 26.06

$ 24.48

Total Return B, C, D

  1.11%

20.04%

(16.22)%

44.38%

6.45%

(39.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.92% A

1.92%

1.92%

1.93%

1.96%

1.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.92% A

1.92%

1.92%

1.93%

1.96%

1.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.91%

1.92%

1.92%

1.95%

1.96%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.41)% A

(.15)%

(.03)%

(.46)%

(.92)%

(.89)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 17,332

$ 20,551

$ 28,558

$ 49,793

$ 44,330

$ 47,795

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 37.92

$ 31.63

$ 37.88

$ 26.25

$ 24.65

$ 48.63

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.04)

(.01)

(.15)

(.25)

(.21)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .57

6.38

(6.13 )

11.80

1.85

(16.87 )

Total from investment operations

  .50

6.34

(6.14 )

11.65

1.60

(17.08 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

(.05)

(.11)

(.02)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (1.94 )

(.05 )

(.11 )

(.02 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.48

$ 37.92

$ 31.63

$ 37.88

$ 26.25

$ 24.65

Total Return B, C, D

  1.15%

20.08%

(16.22)%

44.38%

6.49%

(39.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.88% A

1.90%

1.92%

1.90%

1.94%

1.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.88% A

1.90%

1.92%

1.90%

1.94%

1.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.87% A

1.88%

1.91%

1.89%

1.93%

1.95%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.36)% A

(.13)%

(.03)%

(.43)%

(.90)%

(.88)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 103,372

$ 99,833

$ 93,504

$ 133,476

$ 90,596

$ 86,650

Portfolio turnover rate G

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 42.55

$ 35.28

$ 41.95

$ 28.87

$ 26.83

$ 51.76

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .14

.35

.37

.23

.04

.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .64

7.12

(6.79 )

12.99

2.00

(18.06 )

Total from investment operations

  .78

7.47

(6.42 )

13.22

2.04

(18.03 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.27)

(.20)

(.25)

(.14)

-

-

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.93 )

-

-

-

-

(6.90 )

Total distributions

  (2.20 )

(.20 )

(.25 )

(.14 )

-

(6.90 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 41.13

$ 42.55

$ 35.28

$ 41.95

$ 28.87

$ 26.83

Total Return B, C

  1.69%

21.26%

(15.31)%

45.87%

7.60%

(38.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .87% A

.88%

.86%

.86%

.90%

.95%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .87% A

.88%

.86%

.86%

.90%

.95%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .86% A

.86%

.85%

.85%

.90%

.94%

Net investment income (loss)

  .65% A

.89%

1.03%

.60%

.14%

.13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 71,087

$ 65,034

$ 56,692

$ 54,024

$ 27,338

$ 18,631

Portfolio turnover rate F

  112% A

68%

88%

91%

103%

148%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships, 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

$ 89,691,334

Gross unrealized depreciation

(27,101,677 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 62,589,657

 

 

Tax cost

$ 633,943,284

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $394,462,122 and $387,977,875, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 366,289

$ 2,966

Class T

.25%

.25%

566,653

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

98,203

73,871

Class C

.75%

.25%

528,183

79,271

 

 

 

$ 1,559,328

$ 156,108

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 50,722

Class T

11,430

Class B *

10,297

Class C *

2,608

 

$ 75,057

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 391,929

.27

Class T

259,860

.23

Class B

29,622

.30

Class C

133,936

.25

Institutional Class

88,151

.24

 

$ 903,498

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $11,776 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $303 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $40,978. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $9,802 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 custody expenses by $19.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,151,718

$ 1,079,554

Class T

407,949

706,555

Class B

-

36,766

Class C

21,756

148,895

Institutional Class

447,011

289,701

Total

$ 2,028,434

$ 2,261,471

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 13,468,949

$ -

Class T

10,162,438

-

Class B

951,726

-

Class C

5,213,642

-

Institutional Class

3,197,349

-

Total

$ 32,994,104

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

879,317

1,740,823

$ 36,548,957

$ 65,442,879

Reinvestment of distributions

321,215

27,199

13,089,815

963,658

Shares redeemed

(932,201 )

(2,390,270 )

(38,679,614 )

(87,941,708 )

Net increase (decrease)

268,331

(622,248 )

$ 10,959,158

$ (21,535,171 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

224,580

467,358

$ 9,527,119

$ 17,841,598

Reinvestment of distributions

243,465

18,548

10,134,907

670,876

Shares redeemed

(518,360 )

(1,355,160 )

(22,023,100 )

(50,748,604 )

Net increase (decrease)

(50,315 )

(869,254 )

$ (2,361,074 )

$ (32,236,130 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,631

13,140

$ 217,625

$ 454,110

Reinvestment of distributions

22,691

989

856,078

32,636

Shares redeemed

(95,615 )

(377,487 )

(3,672,719 )

(13,045,539 )

Net increase (decrease)

(67,293 )

(363,358 )

$ (2,599,016 )

$ (12,558,793 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

335,410

525,111

$ 13,034,571

$ 18,433,044

Reinvestment of distributions

118,313

3,815

4,495,308

126,850

Shares redeemed

(252,797 )

(851,939 )

(9,803,374 )

(29,267,435 )

Net increase (decrease)

200,926

(323,013 )

$ 7,726,505

$ (10,707,541 )

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

475,868

923,636

$ 20,689,299

$ 35,802,942

Reinvestment of distributions

75,999

6,056

3,249,427

224,624

Shares redeemed

(351,556 )

(1,008,582 )

(15,253,459 )

(38,569,293 )

Net increase (decrease)

200,311

(78,890 )

$ 8,685,267

$ (2,541,727 )

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.26%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,060.90

$ 6.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.85

$ 6.41

Class T

1.51%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,059.20

$ 7.84

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.59

$ 7.68

Class B

2.01%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,055.90

$ 10.42

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.07

$ 10.21

Class C

1.97%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,056.80

$ 10.21

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.27

$ 10.01

Institutional Class

.90%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,063.00

$ 4.68

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.67

$ 4.58

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Bank of America Corp.

5.4

5.3

U.S. Bancorp

5.1

4.8

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4.8

5.0

Citigroup, Inc.

4.8

5.0

Wells Fargo & Co.

4.6

4.2

Capital One Financial Corp.

3.9

4.2

American Tower Corp.

3.5

2.8

MetLife, Inc.

2.8

2.7

Simon Property Group, Inc.

2.4

2.6

Invesco Ltd.

2.3

2.3

 

39.6

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Diversified Financial Services

22.3%

 

FOC473

Insurance

16.6%

 

FOC475

Commercial Banks

16.4%

 

FOC477

Capital Markets

14.2%

 

FOC479

Real Estate Investment Trusts

10.2%

 

FOC481

All Others *

20.3%

 

FOC563

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Commercial Banks

19.9%

 

FOC473

Insurance

19.4%

 

FOC475

Diversified Financial Services

18.9%

 

FOC477

Capital Markets

12.0%

 

FOC479

Real Estate Investment Trusts

10.1%

 

FOC481

All Others *

19.7%

 

FOC571

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.3%

Shares

Value

CAPITAL MARKETS - 14.2%

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 11.1%

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

11,214

$ 2,234,277

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

22,100

2,334,644

BlackRock, Inc. Class A

4,806

1,444,059

Carlyle Group LP

9,900

344,619

Franklin Resources, Inc.

54,450

2,831,945

Invesco Ltd.

112,338

3,735,239

Oaktree Capital Group LLC Class A

27,500

1,606,275

The Blackstone Group LP

98,365

3,221,454

 

17,752,512

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 3.1%

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

80,300

1,607,606

FXCM, Inc. Class A (d)

52,200

894,708

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

48,400

2,464,044

 

4,966,358

TOTAL CAPITAL MARKETS

22,718,870

COMMERCIAL BANKS - 16.4%

Diversified Banks - 9.7%

U.S. Bancorp

204,708

8,133,049

Wells Fargo & Co.

160,548

7,279,246

 

15,412,295

Regional Banks - 6.7%

BB&T Corp.

76,200

2,850,642

CIT Group, Inc.

16,100

749,455

CoBiz, Inc.

57,191

603,937

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

35,435

1,540,359

Fifth Third Bancorp

112,340

2,361,387

M&T Bank Corp. (d)

15,670

1,747,362

Popular, Inc. (a)

34,800

918,720

 

10,771,862

TOTAL COMMERCIAL BANKS

26,184,157

CONSUMER FINANCE - 6.2%

Consumer Finance - 6.2%

Capital One Financial Corp.

88,238

6,230,485

Santander Consumer U.S.A. Holdings, Inc.

4,300

110,209

SLM Corp.

122,115

2,779,337

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.

34,500

826,620

 

9,946,651

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.1%

Specialized Consumer Services - 1.1%

H&R Block, Inc.

57,800

1,757,120

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 22.3%

Multi-Sector Holdings - 2.2%

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

30,969

3,456,140

 

Shares

Value

Other Diversified Financial Services - 15.0%

Bank of America Corp.

512,156

$ 8,578,613

Citigroup, Inc.

161,565

7,663,028

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

139,531

7,724,436

 

23,966,077

Specialized Finance - 5.1%

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

16,564

3,458,398

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

40,100

3,049,204

MSCI, Inc. Class A (a)

36,082

1,541,423

 

8,049,025

TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES

35,471,242

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 0.3%

Health Care Facilities - 0.3%

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

15,400

422,884

INSURANCE - 16.6%

Insurance Brokers - 2.1%

Brown & Brown, Inc.

15,900

500,691

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

62,900

2,875,159

 

3,375,850

Life & Health Insurance - 4.2%

MetLife, Inc.

92,326

4,528,590

Prudential PLC

48,155

969,368

Torchmark Corp.

16,200

1,217,430

 

6,715,388

Multi-Line Insurance - 0.5%

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

19,850

851,764

Property & Casualty Insurance - 8.4%

ACE Ltd.

13,719

1,286,979

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

19,600

2,017,232

Allstate Corp.

60,240

3,084,288

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Class A

72,200

2,277,188

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

44,192

3,591,926

XL Group PLC Class A

39,600

1,138,104

 

13,395,717

Reinsurance - 1.4%

Everest Re Group Ltd.

14,800

2,142,448

TOTAL INSURANCE

26,481,167

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 1.5%

Internet Software & Services - 1.5%

eBay, Inc. (a)

27,600

1,468,320

Equinix, Inc. (a)

4,800

888,960

 

2,357,280

IT SERVICES - 5.1%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 5.1%

EVERTEC, Inc.

59,000

1,423,670

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

40,166

2,251,304

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

IT SERVICES - CONTINUED

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - continued

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

13,700

$ 1,456,584

The Western Union Co.

78,700

1,211,980

Visa, Inc. Class A

8,030

1,729,903

 

8,073,441

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 10.2%

Mortgage REITs - 2.9%

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.

40,100

1,125,206

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (d)

80,300

1,171,577

Redwood Trust, Inc. (d)

60,600

1,133,220

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

39,300

1,186,860

 

4,616,863

Residential REITs - 0.8%

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

8,000

1,266,960

Retail REITs - 3.0%

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

56,200

954,838

Simon Property Group, Inc.

24,838

3,845,916

 

4,800,754

Specialized REITs - 3.5%

American Tower Corp.

68,250

5,520,060

TOTAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

16,204,637

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 3.4%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 0.4%

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

310,000

678,506

Real Estate Services - 3.0%

Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA

11,850

1,549,269

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

120,387

3,195,071

 

4,744,340

TOTAL REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

5,422,846

 

Shares

Value

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE - 1.0%

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.0%

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

50,000

$ 424,500

Ocwen Financial Corp. (a)

20,050

885,007

Radian Group, Inc.

19,600

291,648

 

1,601,155

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $141,852,342)


156,641,450

Money Market Funds - 5.0%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

3,116,346

3,116,346

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

4,887,868

4,887,868

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $8,004,214)


8,004,214

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.3%

(Cost $149,856,556)

164,645,664

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.3)%

(5,311,844 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 159,333,820

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,412

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

3,984

Total

$ 5,396

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 156,641,450

$ 154,993,576

$ 1,647,874

$ -

Money Market Funds

8,004,214

8,004,214

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 164,645,664

$ 162,997,790

$ 1,647,874

$ -

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

United States of America

90.0%

Bermuda

3.7%

Switzerland

2.1%

Puerto Rico

1.5%

Luxembourg

1.0%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

1.7%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $4,788,048) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $141,852,342)

$ 156,641,450

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $8,004,214)

8,004,214

 

Total Investments (cost $149,856,556)

 

$ 164,645,664

Receivable for investments sold

953,657

Receivable for fund shares sold

206,144

Dividends receivable

28,044

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,072

Prepaid expenses

881

Other receivables

1,919

Total assets

165,837,381

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 1,152,818

Payable for fund shares redeemed

253,362

Distributions payable

16

Accrued management fee

74,283

Distribution and service plan fees payable

63,086

Other affiliated payables

41,676

Other payables and accrued expenses

30,452

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

4,887,868

Total liabilities

6,503,561

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 159,333,820

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 209,768,974

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(78,090)

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

(65,146,120)

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

14,789,056

Net Assets

$ 159,333,820

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($71,046,035 ÷ 5,028,190 shares)

$ 14.13

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $14.13)

$ 14.99

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($31,313,128 ÷ 2,229,597 shares)

$ 14.04

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $14.04)

$ 14.55

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($6,344,801 ÷ 466,711 shares) A

$ 13.59

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($34,180,121 ÷ 2,538,717 shares) A

$ 13.46

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($16,449,735 ÷ 1,138,624 shares)

$ 14.45

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund
Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,227,920

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

5,396

Total income

 

1,233,316

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 410,996

Transfer agent fees

213,824

Distribution and service plan fees

354,259

Accounting and security lending fees

29,497

Custodian fees and expenses

9,710

Independent trustees' compensation

1,994

Registration fees

39,902

Audit

29,214

Legal

2,475

Miscellaneous

983

Total expenses before reductions

1,092,854

Expense reductions

(2,133 )

1,090,721

Net investment income (loss)

142,595

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

2,276,346

Foreign currency transactions

(724 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

2,275,622

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

5,736,417

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

633

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

5,737,050

Net gain (loss)

8,012,672

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 8,155,267

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 142,595

$ 1,261,864

Net realized gain (loss)

2,275,622

21,677,767

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

5,737,050

10,094,408

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

8,155,267

33,034,039

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(647,193)

(847,180)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(72,538 )

-

Total distributions

(719,731 )

(847,180 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

11,210,867

4,858,599

Redemption fees

1,118

3,052

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

18,647,521

37,048,510

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

140,686,299

103,637,789

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $78,090 and undistributed net investment income of $426,508, respectively)

$ 159,333,820

$ 140,686,299

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.41

$ 10.18

$ 10.06

$ 10.35

$ 9.53

$ 13.18

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .03

.15

.07

(.02)

(.01)

.19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

3.18

.06

(.27 )

.93

(3.58 )

Total from investment operations

  .81

3.33

.13

(.29 )

.92

(3.39 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.08)

(.10)

(.01)

-

(.10)

(.24)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.09 )

(.10 )

(.01 )

-

(.10 )

(.26 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.13

$ 13.41

$ 10.18

$ 10.06

$ 10.35

$ 9.53

Total Return B, C, D

  6.09%

32.99%

1.34%

(2.80)%

9.61%

(25.87)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.26% A

1.29%

1.28%

1.26%

1.27%

1.29%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.26% A

1.29%

1.28%

1.26%

1.27%

1.29%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.25% A

1.21%

1.20%

1.21%

1.22%

1.28%

Net investment income (loss)

  .40% A

1.31%

.72%

(.24)%

(.09)%

2.12%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 71,046

$ 64,428

$ 47,055

$ 63,937

$ 69,723

$ 68,245

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.31

$ 10.11

$ 10.01

$ 10.32

$ 9.52

$ 13.14

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .01

.12

.04

(.05)

(.04)

.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .78

3.16

.06

(.26 )

.92

(3.56 )

Total from investment operations

  .79

3.28

.10

(.31 )

.88

(3.40 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.05)

(.08)

- I

-

(.08)

(.20)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.06 )

(.08 )

- I

-

(.08 )

(.22 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.04

$ 13.31

$ 10.11

$ 10.01

$ 10.32

$ 9.52

Total Return B, C, D

  5.92%

32.66%

1.03%

(3.00)%

9.26%

(26.00)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.51% A

1.55%

1.54%

1.52%

1.53%

1.55%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.51% A

1.55%

1.54%

1.52%

1.53%

1.55%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.51% A

1.47%

1.45%

1.47%

1.47%

1.54%

Net investment income (loss)

  .15% A

1.06%

.46%

(.49)%

(.35)%

1.86%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 31,313

$ 30,576

$ 24,367

$ 27,037

$ 33,310

$ 34,927

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 12.87

$ 9.79

$ 9.73

$ 10.09

$ 9.33

$ 12.85

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

.06

- I

(.10)

(.09)

.12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

3.06

.06

(.26 )

.91

(3.50 )

Total from investment operations

  .72

3.12

.06

(.36 )

.82

(3.38 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.04)

-

-

(.06)

(.12)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  -

(.04 )

-

-

(.06 )

(.14 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 13.59

$ 12.87

$ 9.79

$ 9.73

$ 10.09

$ 9.33

Total Return B, C, D

  5.59%

32.00%

.62%

(3.57)%

8.78%

(26.35)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  2.01% A

2.04%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  2.01% A

2.04%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  2.01% A

1.97%

1.94%

1.96%

1.97%

2.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.35)% A

.56%

(.03)%

(.98)%

(.85)%

1.38%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 6,345

$ 6,511

$ 5,745

$ 7,480

$ 10,992

$ 12,477

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 12.75

$ 9.70

$ 9.65

$ 10.00

$ 9.25

$ 12.78

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.02)

.06

- I

(.10)

(.09)

.12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .74

3.03

.05

(.25 )

.90

(3.48 )

Total from investment operations

  .72

3.09

.05

(.35 )

.81

(3.36 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

(.04)

-

-

(.06)

(.15)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.01 )

(.04 )

-

-

(.06 )

(.17 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 13.46

$ 12.75

$ 9.70

$ 9.65

$ 10.00

$ 9.25

Total Return B, C, D

  5.68%

31.98%

.52%

(3.50)%

8.79%

(26.38)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.97% A

2.03%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.97% A

2.03%

2.03%

2.01%

2.02%

2.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.94%

1.96%

1.96%

2.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.31)% A

.57%

(.03)%

(.99)%

(.84)%

1.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 34,180

$ 29,897

$ 20,875

$ 23,196

$ 30,804

$ 29,849

Portfolio turnover rate G

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 13.73

$ 10.42

$ 10.28

$ 10.55

$ 9.69

$ 13.38

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .05

.20

.10

.01

.02

.21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .81

3.25

.06

(.28 )

.95

(3.63 )

Total from investment operations

  .86

3.45

.16

(.27 )

.97

(3.42 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.13)

(.14)

(.02)

-

(.11)

(.25)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (.14 )

(.14 )

(.02 )

-

(.11 )

(.27 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 14.45

$ 13.73

$ 10.42

$ 10.28

$ 10.55

$ 9.69

Total Return B, C

  6.30%

33.45%

1.61%

(2.56)%

9.99%

(25.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .90% A

.96%

.98%

.96%

.99%

1.04%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .90% A

.96%

.98%

.96%

.99%

1.04%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .89% A

.88%

.89%

.91%

.94%

1.03%

Net investment income (loss)

  .76% A

1.65%

1.02%

.07%

.19%

2.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 16,450

$ 9,275

$ 5,596

$ 8,162

$ 5,158

$ 3,797

Portfolio turnover rate F

  50% A

288%

441%

260%

254%

269%

A Annualized B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), equity-debt classifications, 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

$ 15,615,894

Gross unrealized depreciation

(1,918,184 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 13,697,710

 

 

Tax cost

$ 150,947,954

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (42,483,031)

2018

(23,251,884)

2019

(450,657 )

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (66,185,572 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $47,136,064 and $36,512,136, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 84,112

$ 3,875

Class T

.25%

.25%

77,818

100

Class B

.75%

.25%

32,633

24,551

Class C

.75%

.25%

159,696

33,100

 

 

 

$ 354,259

$ 61,626

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 20,944

Class T

3,623

Class B *

3,560

Class C *

3,982

 

$ 32,109

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

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 101,661

.30

Class T

47,896

.31

Class B

9,936

.30

Class C

42,774

.27

Institutional Class

11,557

.19

 

$ 213,824

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,056 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $61 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $3,984. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $2,133 for the period.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 405,756

$ 468,043

Class T

104,978

194,766

Class B

-

25,088

Class C

31,349

89,452

Institutional Class

105,110

69,831

Total

$ 647,193

$ 847,180

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 43,910

$ -

Class T

20,144

-

Institutional Class

8,484

-

Total

$ 72,538

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

853,084

1,230,107

$ 11,948,192

$ 14,721,154

Reinvestment of distributions

28,780

36,718

390,562

401,001

Shares redeemed

(656,863 )

(1,085,572 )

(9,017,771 )

(12,586,886 )

Net increase (decrease)

225,001

181,253

$ 3,320,983

$ 2,535,269

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

163,252

446,551

$ 2,261,793

$ 5,238,758

Reinvestment of distributions

8,794

16,926

118,136

183,990

Shares redeemed

(238,991 )

(576,646 )

(3,279,960 )

(6,688,740 )

Net increase (decrease)

(66,945 )

(113,169 )

$ (900,031 )

$ (1,265,992 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

25,631

117,587

$ 340,658

$ 1,311,553

Reinvestment of distributions

-

1,943

-

20,652

Shares redeemed

(64,958 )

(200,454 )

(865,215 )

(2,232,316 )

Net increase (decrease)

(39,327 )

(80,924 )

$ (524,557 )

$ (900,111 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

465,599

769,144

$ 6,183,940

$ 8,857,879

Reinvestment of distributions

2,148

7,186

26,657

75,671

Shares redeemed

(273,166 )

(584,253 )

(3,590,701 )

(6,452,079 )

Net increase (decrease)

194,581

192,077

$ 2,619,896

$ 2,481,471

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

564,788

490,356

$ 8,127,145

$ 6,177,619

Reinvestment of distributions

5,144

5,017

71,934

55,775

Shares redeemed

(106,641 )

(356,871 )

(1,504,503 )

(4,225,432 )

Net increase (decrease)

463,291

138,502

$ 6,694,576

$ 2,007,962

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,248.60

$ 6.23

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.66

$ 5.60

Class T

1.36%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,247.40

$ 7.70

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.35

$ 6.92

Class B

1.93%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,243.70

$ 10.91

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.48

$ 9.80

Class C

1.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,244.30

$ 10.41

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.93

$ 9.35

Institutional Class

.83%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,250.60

$ 4.71

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.02

$ 4.23

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

5.6

8.0

Amgen, Inc.

5.4

7.0

Actavis PLC

4.6

4.4

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4.5

3.7

Biogen Idec, Inc.

4.3

1.6

Boston Scientific Corp.

3.6

3.7

Illumina, Inc.

3.5

2.2

McKesson Corp.

3.4

3.4

Perrigo Co. PLC

2.9

2.9

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

2.7

0.0

 

40.5

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Biotechnology

32.7%

 

FOC473

Pharmaceuticals

24.9%

 

FOC475

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

14.1%

 

FOC477

Health Care Providers & Services

13.0%

 

FOC479

Life Sciences Tools & Services

8.0%

 

FOC481

All Others *

7.3%

 

FOC579

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Biotechnology

33.2%

 

FOC473

Pharmaceuticals

27.6%

 

FOC475

Health Care Providers & Services

17.1%

 

FOC477

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

10.4%

 

FOC479

Health Care Technology

5.2%

 

FOC481

All Others *

6.5%

 

FOC587

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.6%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 32.5%

Biotechnology - 32.5%

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.

70,000

$ 3,244,500

Actelion Ltd.

54,838

5,153,254

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

65,450

3,925,691

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

295,514

46,906,937

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

15,800

1,321,828

Amgen, Inc.

478,196

56,881,414

Array BioPharma, Inc. (a)

580,500

2,792,205

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

212,100

2,163,420

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

142,484

44,546,198

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

164,689

12,037,119

Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (a)

770,000

1,732,500

Dyax Corp. (a)

239,900

2,019,958

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

98,576

2,969,109

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

727,386

58,663,682

Grifols SA ADR

253,087

10,024,776

Innate Pharma SA (a)

190,600

1,814,859

Insmed, Inc. (a)

164,900

3,367,258

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

43,621

13,124,686

InterMune, Inc. (a)

378,780

5,056,713

Kindred Biosciences, Inc.

126,400

1,962,992

Medivation, Inc. (a)

133,100

10,594,760

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)

340,264

5,815,112

NewLink Genetics Corp. (a)

47,800

1,769,556

Novavax, Inc. (a)

374,900

2,039,456

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

80,590

2,883,510

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

45,192

6,013,699

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

93,700

2,442,759

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

49,200

5,815,932

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

41,627

12,013,136

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

68,600

576,926

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (a)

293,000

3,340,828

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(d)

240,900

3,208,788

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

19,000

1,501,760

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (a)(d)

404,100

1,693,179

 

339,418,500

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.3%

Carriage Services, Inc.

159,335

3,409,769

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 14.1%

Health Care Equipment - 12.6%

Accuray, Inc. (a)

187,400

1,995,810

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

2,775,901

37,557,941

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

97,920

3,321,446

CONMED Corp.

149,987

6,291,955

Covidien PLC

145,823

9,950,962

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

123,853

8,065,307

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

61,431

6,094,570

Insulet Corp. (a)

92,400

3,973,200

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

30,680

12,504,554

Masimo Corp. (a)

262,427

7,675,990

 

Shares

Value

Smith & Nephew PLC sponsored ADR

91,863

$ 6,636,183

Steris Corp.

115,181

5,285,656

Stryker Corp.

160,384

12,445,798

Volcano Corp. (a)

325,400

6,830,146

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. (a)

173,618

3,557,433

 

132,186,951

Health Care Supplies - 1.5%

Derma Sciences, Inc. (a)

192,595

2,530,698

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

103,026

12,804,071

 

15,334,769

TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

147,521,720

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES - 13.0%

Health Care Distributors & Services - 3.9%

Amplifon SpA

549,395

2,960,912

EBOS Group Ltd.

258,429

2,037,415

McKesson Corp.

206,197

35,962,819

 

40,961,146

Health Care Facilities - 2.2%

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (a)

108,015

2,966,092

Emeritus Corp. (a)

118,100

2,604,105

Hanger, Inc. (a)

16,065

543,158

NMC Health PLC

321,600

2,580,478

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

67,936

2,608,543

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc.

116,285

3,731,586

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

88,527

7,260,985

 

22,294,947

Health Care Services - 3.6%

Air Methods Corp. (a)

104,570

5,378,035

Catamaran Corp. (a)

324,649

15,795,941

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

187,420

10,428,049

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (d)

113,548

5,961,270

 

37,563,295

Managed Health Care - 3.3%

Cigna Corp.

187,412

16,175,530

Humana, Inc.

93,737

9,120,610

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

131,224

9,484,871

 

34,781,011

TOTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES

135,600,399

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 2.7%

Health Care Technology - 2.7%

Cerner Corp. (a)

412,356

23,458,933

HealthStream, Inc. (a)

89,712

2,603,442

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

94,600

2,178,638

 

28,241,013

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 1.5%

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%

Danaher Corp.

219,023

16,293,121

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

IT SERVICES - 0.4%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 0.4%

Maximus, Inc.

93,740

$ 3,971,764

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 8.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 8.0%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

268,900

15,636,535

Bruker BioSciences Corp. (a)

175,700

3,575,495

Illumina, Inc. (a)(d)

239,870

36,460,240

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

244,422

28,142,749

 

83,815,019

PHARMACEUTICALS - 24.9%

Pharmaceuticals - 24.9%

AbbVie, Inc.

211,380

10,406,237

Actavis PLC (a)

256,003

48,379,447

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (e)

113,365

2,194,633

Bayer AG

61,600

8,132,693

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

187,403

9,364,528

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC

319,800

3,687,920

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

12,900

855,270

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

110,643

2,560,279

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

31,615

4,794,731

Merck & Co., Inc.

458,633

24,293,790

Mylan, Inc. (a)

244,062

11,082,855

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

37,800

3,285,101

Orexo AB (a)(d)

148,400

3,930,061

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

67,000

4,591,510

Perrigo Co. PLC

191,671

29,835,508

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

132,472

4,008,603

Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (a)

239,865

23,348,459

Shire PLC sponsored ADR

125,100

18,717,462

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. sponsored ADR

402,083

17,944,964

The Medicines Company (a)

160,600

5,582,456

UCB SA

75,700

5,359,050

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (Canada) (a)

133,604

18,129,358

 

260,484,915

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.1%

Human Resource & Employment Services - 1.1%

Towers Watson & Co.

57,727

6,749,441

WageWorks, Inc. (a)

72,973

4,538,191

 

11,287,632

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 0.1%

Real Estate Development - 0.1%

PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk

15,620,000

1,215,761

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $713,806,383)


1,031,259,613

Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.4%

Shares

Value

BIOTECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Biotechnology - 0.2%

Roka Bioscience, Inc. Series E, 8.00% (e)

1,372,273

$ 1,749,991

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%

Health Care Technology - 0.2%

Castlight Health, Inc. Series D (a)(e)

336,800

2,680,928

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $3,783,104)


4,430,919

Money Market Funds - 4.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

5,336,311

5,336,311

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

45,561,589

45,561,589

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $50,897,900)


50,897,900

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 103.9%

(Cost $768,487,387)

1,086,588,432

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (3.9)%

(41,227,054 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,045,361,378

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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) 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 $6,625,552 or 0.6% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.

10/14/13

$ 1,813,840

Castlight Health, Inc. Series D

4/25/12

$ 2,033,113

Roka Bioscience, Inc. Series E, 8.00%

11/20/13

$ 1,749,991

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

$ 4,993

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

150,348

Total

$ 155,341

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 1,031,259,613

$ 1,021,955,575

$ 9,304,038

$ -

Convertible Preferred Stocks

4,430,919

-

-

4,430,919

Money Market Funds

50,897,900

50,897,900

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,086,588,432

$ 1,072,853,475

$ 9,304,038

$ 4,430,919

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

United States of America

78.3%

Ireland

8.9%

Canada

3.2%

Bailiwick of Jersey

1.8%

Israel

1.7%

United Kingdom

1.2%

Spain

1.0%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

3.9%

 

100.0%

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

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Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $44,827,971) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $717,589,487)

$ 1,035,690,532

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $50,897,900)

50,897,900

 

Total Investments (cost $768,487,387)

 

$ 1,086,588,432

Cash

 

3,370

Receivable for investments sold

26,371,129

Receivable for fund shares sold

3,349,099

Dividends receivable

226,842

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

14,168

Prepaid expenses

4,583

Other receivables

15,310

Total assets

1,116,572,933

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 23,378,159

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,237,843

Accrued management fee

460,404

Distribution and service plan fees payable

343,738

Other affiliated payables

189,387

Other payables and accrued expenses

40,435

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

45,561,589

Total liabilities

71,211,555

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,045,361,378

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 684,191,783

Accumulated net investment loss

(4,594,204)

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

47,664,429

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

318,099,370

Net Assets

$ 1,045,361,378

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($496,759,203 ÷ 14,217,648 shares)

$ 34.94

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $34.94)

$ 37.07

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($198,775,075 ÷ 5,975,479 shares)

$ 33.27

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $33.27)

$ 34.48

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,153,321 ÷ 506,426 shares) A

$ 29.92

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($189,178,947 ÷ 6,353,585 shares) A

$ 29.78

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($145,494,832 ÷ 3,911,341 shares)

$ 37.20

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 1,739,448

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $150,348 from security lending)

 

155,341

Total income

 

1,894,789

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,330,062

Transfer agent fees

937,553

Distribution and service plan fees

1,764,005

Accounting and security lending fees

149,719

Custodian fees and expenses

28,751

Independent trustees' compensation

10,844

Registration fees

73,957

Audit

28,637

Legal

10,740

Miscellaneous

3,975

Total expenses before reductions

5,338,243

Expense reductions

(19,319 )

5,318,924

Net investment income (loss)

(3,424,135 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

92,875,247

Foreign currency transactions

(3,665 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

92,871,582

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

104,693,838

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

437

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

104,694,275

Net gain (loss)

197,565,857

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 194,141,722

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (3,424,135)

$ (1,047,566)

Net realized gain (loss)

92,871,582

65,048,667

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

104,694,275

144,188,245

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

194,141,722

208,189,346

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(91,414,790 )

(53,403,217 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

203,696,153

98,074,235

Redemption fees

12,423

6,876

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

306,435,508

252,867,240

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

738,925,870

486,058,630

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $4,594,204 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,170,069, respectively)

$ 1,045,361,378

$ 738,925,870

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.29

$ 24.35

$ 25.60

$ 19.01

$ 17.15

$ 19.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

- I

(.04)

(.10)

(.07)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  7.27

9.53

1.43

6.69

1.93

(2.22 )

Total from investment operations

  7.17

9.53

1.39

6.59

1.86

(2.20 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.52 )

(2.59 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 34.94

$ 31.29

$ 24.35

$ 25.60

$ 19.01

$ 17.15

Total Return B, C, D

  24.86%

42.77%

7.58%

34.67%

10.85%

(11.37)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.10% A

1.14%

1.19%

1.19%

1.22%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.10% A

1.14%

1.19%

1.19%

1.22%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.09% A

1.13%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.64)% A

(.01)%

(.18)%

(.43)%

(.36)%

.11%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 496,759

$ 365,416

$ 233,188

$ 224,704

$ 179,586

$ 177,890

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.91

$ 23.42

$ 24.80

$ 18.46

$ 16.69

$ 19.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.14)

(.07)

(.09)

(.16)

(.12)

(.02)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.95

9.13

1.35

6.50

1.89

(2.18 )

Total from investment operations

  6.81

9.06

1.26

6.34

1.77

(2.20 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.45 )

(2.57 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.27

$ 29.91

$ 23.42

$ 24.80

$ 18.46

$ 16.69

Total Return B, C, D

  24.74%

42.39%

7.27%

34.34%

10.61%

(11.65)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.36% A

1.39%

1.43%

1.44%

1.47%

1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.36% A

1.39%

1.43%

1.44%

1.47%

1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.35% A

1.38%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.90)% A

(.26)%

(.42)%

(.69)%

(.62)%

(.15)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 198,775

$ 158,611

$ 117,969

$ 123,606

$ 100,883

$ 103,772

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.16

$ 21.55

$ 23.15

$ 17.32

$ 15.74

$ 18.27

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.20)

(.18)

(.19)

(.25)

(.20)

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.26

8.31

1.23

6.08

1.78

(2.07 )

Total from investment operations

  6.06

8.13

1.04

5.83

1.58

(2.16 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.30 )

(2.52 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.92

$ 27.16

$ 21.55

$ 23.15

$ 17.32

$ 15.74

Total Return B, C, D

  24.37%

41.61%

6.78%

33.66%

10.04%

(12.07)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.94%

1.94%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.94%

1.94%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.47)% A

(.80)%

(.93)%

(1.19)%

(1.11)%

(.64)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,153

$ 14,517

$ 15,403

$ 20,365

$ 23,543

$ 29,381

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 27.11

$ 21.51

$ 23.11

$ 17.29

$ 15.70

$ 18.23

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.19)

(.17)

(.18)

(.24)

(.19)

(.09)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  6.24

8.31

1.22

6.06

1.78

(2.07 )

Total from investment operations

  6.05

8.14

1.04

5.82

1.59

(2.16 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.38 )

(2.54 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 29.78

$ 27.11

$ 21.51

$ 23.11

$ 17.29

$ 15.70

Total Return B, C, D

  24.43%

41.74%

6.80%

33.66%

10.13%

(12.09)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.84% A

1.87%

1.90%

1.90%

1.94%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.84% A

1.87%

1.90%

1.90%

1.94%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.84% A

1.85%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.39)% A

(.74)%

(.89)%

(1.15)%

(1.08)%

(.64)%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 189,179

$ 125,965

$ 78,763

$ 77,749

$ 60,861

$ 64,002

Portfolio turnover rate G

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 33.12

$ 25.60

$ 26.69

$ 19.77

$ 17.78

$ 20.39

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.06)

.07

.03

(.03)

(.02)

.06

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  7.74

10.07

1.52

6.95

2.01

(2.30 )

Total from investment operations

  7.68

10.14

1.55

6.92

1.99

(2.24 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (3.60 )

(2.62 )

(2.64 )

-

-

(.37 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 37.20

$ 33.12

$ 25.60

$ 26.69

$ 19.77

$ 17.78

Total Return B, C

  25.06%

43.12%

7.91%

35.00%

11.19%

(11.19)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .83% A

.87%

.89%

.89%

.96%

.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .83% A

.87%

.89%

.89%

.96%

.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .83% A

.85%

.88%

.88%

.95%

.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.38)% A

.26%

.12%

(.13)%

(.10)%

.36%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 145,495

$ 74,417

$ 40,737

$ 45,243

$ 14,172

$ 13,452

Portfolio turnover rate F

  109% A

92%

124%

125%

103%

172%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, deferred trustees compensation, net operating losses 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

$ 324,534,874

Gross unrealized depreciation

(7,413,191 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 317,121,683

 

 

Tax cost

$ 769,466,749

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $559,730,689 and $457,713,936, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 516,577

$ 7,759

Class T

.25%

.25%

430,659

-

Class B

.75%

.25%

72,233

54,256

Class C

.75%

.25%

744,536

160,081

 

 

 

$ 1,764,005

$ 222,096

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 117,640

Class T

20,792

Class B *

7,131

Class C *

4,730

 

$ 150,293

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 457,070

.22

Class T

197,771

.23

Class B

21,723

.30

Class C

161,798

.22

Institutional Class

99,191

.21

 

$ 937,553

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $5,011 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $321 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $19,306 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 custody expenses by $13.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 43,930,276

$ 25,387,002

Class T

18,842,520

13,085,534

Class B

1,694,148

1,715,002

Class C

17,484,054

9,051,114

Institutional Class

9,463,792

4,164,565

Total

$ 91,414,790

$ 53,403,217

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,797,110

3,549,260

$ 90,576,815

$ 93,836,372

Reinvestment of distributions

1,286,052

942,761

39,516,716

22,474,621

Shares redeemed

(1,545,427 )

(2,389,171 )

(49,721,684 )

(61,582,185 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,537,735

2,102,850

$ 80,371,847

$ 54,728,808

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

467,582

680,868

$ 14,340,589

$ 17,081,065

Reinvestment of distributions

618,882

547,411

18,107,773

12,508,788

Shares redeemed

(413,488 )

(963,078 )

(12,572,360 )

(23,759,625 )

Net increase (decrease)

672,976

265,201

$ 19,876,002

$ 5,830,228

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

39,189

53,093

$ 1,070,489

$ 1,227,477

Reinvestment of distributions

57,285

72,420

1,511,205

1,510,947

Shares redeemed

(124,484 )

(305,905 )

(3,412,707 )

(6,859,622 )

Net increase (decrease)

(28,010 )

(180,392 )

$ (831,013 )

$ (4,121,198 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,485,987

1,458,495

$ 41,134,078

$ 33,813,707

Reinvestment of distributions

567,374

363,077

14,940,345

7,555,835

Shares redeemed

(346,460 )

(836,253 )

(9,493,251 )

(18,706,199 )

Net increase (decrease)

1,706,901

985,319

$ 46,581,172

$ 22,663,343

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,817,919

1,149,859

$ 63,135,797

$ 32,276,173

Reinvestment of distributions

259,255

148,348

8,481,841

3,734,787

Shares redeemed

(412,448 )

(643,078 )

(13,919,493 )

(17,037,906 )

Net increase (decrease)

1,664,726

655,129

$ 57,698,145

$ 18,973,054

11. Other.

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

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Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,107.90

$ 5.84

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.66

$ 5.60

Class T

1.34%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,106.60

$ 7.12

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.45

$ 6.82

Class B

1.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,103.30

$ 10.02

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.68

$ 9.60

Class C

1.85%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,104.00

$ 9.81

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.88

$ 9.40

Institutional Class

.82%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,109.40

$ 4.36

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,021.07

$ 4.18

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

United Technologies Corp.

7.5

7.0

General Electric Co.

6.9

12.2

Danaher Corp.

5.1

5.7

Union Pacific Corp.

4.4

4.5

Honeywell International, Inc.

3.9

4.0

Caterpillar, Inc.

3.8

3.2

FedEx Corp.

3.7

0.0

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

2.4

1.6

Eaton Corp. PLC

2.4

2.8

Cummins, Inc.

2.3

2.1

 

42.4

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Machinery

24.8%

 

FOC473

Aerospace & Defense

17.8%

 

FOC475

Industrial Conglomerates

12.0%

 

FOC477

Electrical Equipment

8.9%

 

FOC479

Professional Services

8.4%

 

FOC481

All Others *

28.1%

 

FOC595

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Machinery

29.7%

 

FOC473

Industrial Conglomerates

17.9%

 

FOC475

Aerospace & Defense

16.3%

 

FOC477

Electrical Equipment

7.8%

 

FOC479

Professional Services

6.8%

 

FOC481

All Others *

21.5%

 

FOC603

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 97.8%

Shares

Value

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 17.8%

Aerospace & Defense - 17.8%

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

38,594

$ 5,545,958

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

44,644

2,742,034

Exelis, Inc.

156,855

3,072,789

Honeywell International, Inc.

333,792

30,451,844

Precision Castparts Corp.

54,893

13,983,992

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

110,573

10,158,342

Textron, Inc.

122,621

4,353,046

Triumph Group, Inc.

140,231

9,594,605

United Technologies Corp.

509,037

58,040,398

 

137,943,008

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS - 4.0%

Air Freight & Logistics - 4.0%

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

63,289

2,236,000

FedEx Corp.

214,488

28,595,540

 

30,831,540

AIRLINES - 2.5%

Airlines - 2.5%

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)(d)

260,532

8,740,849

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

341,700

10,459,437

 

19,200,286

AUTO COMPONENTS - 1.6%

Auto Parts & Equipment - 1.6%

Johnson Controls, Inc.

267,376

12,331,381

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 2.1%

Building Products - 2.1%

A.O. Smith Corp.

238,556

11,264,614

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. warrants 3/28/23 (a)(e)

3,499,903

35

Lennox International, Inc.

60,404

5,228,570

 

16,493,219

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES - 2.1%

Diversified Support Services - 0.5%

Iron Mountain, Inc.

149,225

3,941,032

Environmental & Facility Services - 1.6%

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

42,278

4,949,063

Waste Connections, Inc.

184,100

7,526,008

 

12,475,071

TOTAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES

16,416,103

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING - 4.2%

Construction & Engineering - 4.2%

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV

32,006

2,400,130

EMCOR Group, Inc.

244,441

10,391,187

MasTec, Inc. (a)

139,904

5,028,150

 

Shares

Value

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

85,035

$ 1,921,791

URS Corp.

248,298

12,464,560

 

32,205,818

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 8.9%

Electrical Components & Equipment - 8.9%

Eaton Corp. PLC

252,460

18,452,301

Emerson Electric Co.

256,053

16,884,135

Generac Holdings, Inc.

142,044

6,836,578

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

116,326

13,578,734

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

113,545

13,039,508

 

68,791,256

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 12.0%

Industrial Conglomerates - 12.0%

Danaher Corp.

530,032

39,429,080

General Electric Co.

2,119,405

53,260,648

 

92,689,728

MACHINERY - 24.8%

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 11.5%

Caterpillar, Inc.

312,753

29,370,634

Cummins, Inc.

137,809

17,498,987

Deere & Co.

38,900

3,343,844

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

649,656

18,482,713

Oshkosh Truck Corp.

100,612

5,447,134

Toro Co.

79,376

5,029,263

Wabtec Corp.

133,405

9,846,623

 

89,019,198

Industrial Machinery - 13.3%

Andritz AG

45,632

2,507,913

Dover Corp.

130,637

11,307,939

GEA Group AG

170,190

7,984,384

Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.

106,540

1,842,077

Graco, Inc.

44,482

3,091,054

Harsco Corp.

21,774

552,842

IDEX Corp.

124,329

8,952,931

ITT Corp.

197,766

8,098,518

Mueller Industries, Inc.

11,000

684,640

Pall Corp.

119,916

9,605,272

Parker Hannifin Corp.

111,284

12,616,267

Pentair Ltd.

92,484

6,874,336

Timken Co.

165,007

9,294,844

TriMas Corp. (a)

109,825

3,821,910

Valmont Industries, Inc.

105,309

15,415,131

 

102,650,058

TOTAL MACHINERY

191,669,256

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 0.4%

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 0.4%

Navigator Holdings Ltd. (a)

74,025

1,686,290

Scorpio Tankers, Inc.

161,003

1,610,030

 

3,296,320

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 8.4%

Human Resource & Employment Services - 2.1%

Towers Watson & Co.

139,084

$ 16,261,701

Research & Consulting Services - 6.3%

CRA International, Inc. (a)

80,301

1,514,477

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

106,996

11,769,560

Huron Consulting Group, Inc. (a)

95,820

6,347,117

Nielsen Holdings B.V.

404,912

17,123,728

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

191,143

12,206,392

 

48,961,274

TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

65,222,975

ROAD & RAIL - 6.5%

Railroads - 4.9%

Kansas City Southern

36,300

3,832,917

Union Pacific Corp.

197,964

34,493,247

 

38,326,164

Trucking - 1.6%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

160,081

12,014,079

TOTAL ROAD & RAIL

50,340,243

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS - 2.5%

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.5%

Houston Wire & Cable Co.

91,711

1,213,337

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

13,830

386,134

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

27,594

6,470,241

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

138,220

11,466,731

 

19,536,443

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $596,778,579)


756,967,576

Convertible Bonds - 0.3%

 

Principal Amount

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS - 0.3%

Building Products - 0.3%

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.:

8% 6/1/14 (e)

$ 1,275,374

1,275,374

8% 12/6/14 (e)

1,206,114

1,206,114

8% 3/28/16 (e)

95,302

95,302

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS

(Cost $2,576,755)


2,576,790

Money Market Funds - 2.4%

Shares

Value

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

18,045,998

$ 18,045,998

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

824,550

824,550

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $18,870,548)


18,870,548

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 100.5%

(Cost $618,225,882)

778,414,914

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.5)%

(4,183,309 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 774,231,605

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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) 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 $2,576,825 or 0.3% of net assets.

Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:

Security

Acquisition Date

Acquisition Cost

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. warrants 3/28/23

5/6/13

$ 35

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 6/1/14

6/14/11 - 12/31/13

$ 1,275,374

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 12/6/14

12/6/11 - 12/31/13

$ 1,206,114

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. 8% 3/28/16

5/6/13 - 12/31/13

$ 95,267

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

$ 6,312

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

2,655

Total

$ 8,967

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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:

Common Stocks

$ 756,967,576

$ 756,967,541

$ -

$ 35

Convertible Bonds

2,576,790

-

-

2,576,790

Money Market Funds

18,870,548

18,870,548

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 778,414,914

$ 775,838,089

$ -

$ 2,576,825

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $801,845) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $599,355,334)

$ 759,544,366

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $18,870,548)

18,870,548

 

Total Investments (cost $618,225,882)

 

$ 778,414,914

Receivable for investments sold

3,345,083

Receivable for fund shares sold

4,857,339

Dividends receivable

251,715

Interest receivable

18,324

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

1,579

Prepaid expenses

3,418

Other receivables

5,730

Total assets

786,898,102

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 9,678,935

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,391,281

Accrued management fee

353,420

Distribution and service plan fees payable

233,257

Other affiliated payables

150,468

Other payables and accrued expenses

34,586

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

824,550

Total liabilities

12,666,497

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 774,231,605

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 597,142,656

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(1,008,811)

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

17,908,402

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

160,189,358

Net Assets

$ 774,231,605

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($365,263,736 ÷ 10,048,081 shares)

$ 36.35

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $36.35)

$ 38.57

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($88,780,300 ÷ 2,481,948 shares)

$ 35.77

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $35.77)

$ 37.07

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($15,612,107 ÷ 464,308 shares) A

$ 33.62

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($127,456,265 ÷ 3,778,814 shares) A

$ 33.73

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($177,119,197 ÷ 4,688,202 shares)

$ 37.78

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 4,186,362

Interest

 

104,119

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

8,967

Total income

 

4,299,448

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 1,787,111

Transfer agent fees

690,531

Distribution and service plan fees

1,228,193

Accounting and security lending fees

117,719

Custodian fees and expenses

14,525

Independent trustees' compensation

8,256

Registration fees

66,311

Audit

27,851

Legal

7,993

Miscellaneous

3,171

Total expenses before reductions

3,951,661

Expense reductions

(5,282 )

3,946,379

Net investment income (loss)

353,069

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

25,870,192

Foreign currency transactions

(2,592 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

25,867,600

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

35,584,713

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

122

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

35,584,835

Net gain (loss)

61,452,435

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 61,805,504

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 353,069

$ 2,656,191

Net realized gain (loss)

25,867,600

38,246,997

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

35,584,835

82,647,313

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

61,805,504

123,550,501

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(2,130,494)

(2,791,779)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(26,777,765 )

-

Total distributions

(28,908,259 )

(2,791,779 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

198,468,397

36,897,765

Redemption fees

7,103

13,370

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

231,372,745

157,669,857

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

542,858,860

385,189,003

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $1,008,811 and undistributed net investment income of $768,614, respectively)

$ 774,231,605

$ 542,858,860

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 34.50

$ 26.18

$ 25.73

$ 21.54

$ 16.87

$ 21.97

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .04

.23

.20

.09

.06

.13

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.53

8.33

.61

4.13

4.68

(5.08 )

Total from investment operations

  3.57

8.56

.81

4.22

4.74

(4.95 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.15)

(.24)

(.11)

(.03)

(.07)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.72 ) J

(.24 )

(.36 )

(.03 )

(.07 )

(.15 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 36.35

$ 34.50

$ 26.18

$ 25.73

$ 21.54

$ 16.87

Total Return B, C, D

  10.79%

32.92%

3.42%

19.59%

28.13%

(22.49)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.18%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.18%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.10% A

1.11%

1.14%

1.13%

1.17%

1.23%

Net investment income (loss)

  .23% A

.77%

.80%

.36%

.31%

.89%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 365,264

$ 271,512

$ 192,038

$ 228,106

$ 165,029

$ 130,860

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J  Total distributions of $1.72 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.146 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.577 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 33.93

$ 25.75

$ 25.33

$ 21.24

$ 16.64

$ 21.67

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  - I

.15

.13

.03

.01

.10

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.47

8.20

.61

4.07

4.61

(5.03 )

Total from investment operations

  3.47

8.35

.74

4.10

4.62

(4.93 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.06)

(.17)

(.07)

(.01)

(.02)

(.08)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.63 ) J

(.17 )

(.32 )

(.01 )

(.02 )

(.10 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 35.77

$ 33.93

$ 25.75

$ 25.33

$ 21.24

$ 16.64

Total Return B, C, D

  10.66%

32.60%

3.15%

19.28%

27.80%

(22.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.34% A

1.37%

1.40%

1.39%

1.44%

1.48%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.34% A

1.37%

1.40%

1.39%

1.44%

1.48%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.34% A

1.36%

1.39%

1.38%

1.43%

1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.01)% A

.52%

.54%

.10%

.06%

.63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 88,780

$ 79,172

$ 63,954

$ 71,542

$ 58,202

$ 48,054

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share. J  Total distributions of $1.63 per share is comprised of distributions from net investment income of $.057 and distributions from net realized gain of $1.577 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.97

$ 24.29

$ 23.99

$ 20.22

$ 15.90

$ 20.74

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.09)

(.01)

- J

(.11)

(.09)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.26

7.74

.57

3.88

4.41

(4.82 )

Total from investment operations

  3.17

7.73

.57

3.77

4.32

(4.80 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.05)

(.02)

-

-

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.52 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.52 )

(.05 )

(.27 )

-

-

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.62

$ 31.97

$ 24.29

$ 23.99

$ 20.22

$ 15.90

Total Return B, C, D

  10.33%

31.87%

2.59%

18.64%

27.17%

(23.10)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.92%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.89% A

1.92%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.94%

1.93%

1.97%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.56)% A

(.04)%

-% H

(.44)%

(.48)%

.13%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 15,612

$ 17,502

$ 20,058

$ 28,600

$ 29,048

$ 25,212

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Amount represents less than .01%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 32.08

$ 24.38

$ 24.07

$ 20.28

$ 15.94

$ 20.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.08)

.01

.01

(.09)

(.08)

.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.28

7.75

.58

3.88

4.42

(4.83 )

Total from investment operations

  3.20

7.76

.59

3.79

4.34

(4.81 )

Distributions from net investment income

  -

(.06)

(.03)

-

-

(.04)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.55 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (1.55 )

(.06 )

(.28 )

-

-

(.04 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 33.73

$ 32.08

$ 24.38

$ 24.07

$ 20.28

$ 15.94

Total Return B, C, D

  10.40%

31.90%

2.67%

18.69%

27.23%

(23.09)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.85% A

1.87%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.85% A

1.87%

1.89%

1.89%

1.93%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.84% A

1.86%

1.88%

1.88%

1.92%

1.98%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.52)% A

.02%

.05%

(.40)%

(.43)%

.14%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 127,456

$ 89,893

$ 66,289

$ 72,673

$ 51,760

$ 37,862

Portfolio turnover rate G

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 35.83

$ 27.18

$ 26.69

$ 22.30

$ 17.45

$ 22.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .09

.33

.28

.17

.13

.19

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  3.68

8.64

.63

4.28

4.83

(5.27 )

Total from investment operations

  3.77

8.97

.91

4.45

4.96

(5.08 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.24)

(.32)

(.17)

(.06)

(.11)

(.17)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (1.58 )

-

(.25 )

-

-

(.02 )

Total distributions

  (1.82 )

(.32 )

(.42 )

(.06 )

(.11 )

(.19 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 37.78

$ 35.83

$ 27.18

$ 26.69

$ 22.30

$ 17.45

Total Return B, C

  10.94%

33.28%

3.72%

19.95%

28.52%

(22.31)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .82% A

.84%

.85%

.85%

.89%

.96%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .82% A

.84%

.85%

.85%

.89%

.96%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .82% A

.83%

.85%

.84%

.88%

.95%

Net investment income (loss)

  .51% A

1.04%

1.08%

.65%

.61%

1.16%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 177,119

$ 84,780

$ 42,850

$ 68,323

$ 29,578

$ 12,762

Portfolio turnover rate F

  51% A

78%

82%

75%

110%

135%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, equity-debt classifications, 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

$ 163,646,229

Gross unrealized depreciation

(5,127,387 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 158,518,842

 

 

Tax cost

$ 619,896,072

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $325,891,093 and $161,171,040, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 393,429

$ 2,175

Class T

.25%

.25%

210,140

1,910

Class B

.75%

.25%

83,199

62,431

Class C

.75%

.25%

541,425

136,581

 

 

 

$ 1,228,193

$ 203,097

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 109,368

Class T

14,213

Class B *

4,953

Class C *

5,203

 

$ 133,737

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 344,541

.22

Class T

89,768

.21

Class B

21,585

.26

Class C

116,973

.22

Institutional Class

117,664

.19

 

$ 690,531

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $6,710 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $240 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $2,655. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

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8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $5,279 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 custody expenses by $3.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 1,245,232

$ 1,710,170

Class T

134,405

408,593

Class B

-

36,770

Class C

-

160,671

Institutional Class

750,857

475,575

Total

$ 2,130,494

$ 2,791,779

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 13,069,287

$ -

Class T

3,703,526

-

Class B

784,693

-

Class C

4,700,702

-

Institutional Class

4,519,557

-

Total

$ 26,777,765

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,768,116

2,574,295

$ 99,327,153

$ 79,657,790

Reinvestment of distributions

371,630

53,714

12,577,534

1,500,721

Shares redeemed

(961,464 )

(2,093,962 )

(34,253,953 )

(62,545,427 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,178,282

534,047

$ 77,650,734

$ 18,613,084

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

259,284

353,347

$ 9,130,097

$ 10,754,227

Reinvestment of distributions

111,368

14,180

3,695,039

390,674

Shares redeemed

(222,035 )

(517,661 )

(7,733,391 )

(15,034,025 )

Net increase (decrease)

148,617

(150,134 )

$ 5,091,745

$ (3,889,124 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

16,619

24,479

$ 542,889

$ 701,454

Reinvestment of distributions

20,842

1,145

646,413

30,226

Shares redeemed

(120,651 )

(303,898 )

(3,941,840 )

(8,464,475 )

Net increase (decrease)

(83,190 )

(278,274 )

$ (2,752,538 )

$ (7,732,795 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,126,262

682,170

$ 37,420,772

$ 19,951,920

Reinvestment of distributions

122,958

5,091

3,851,751

134,814

Shares redeemed

(272,252 )

(604,905 )

(9,066,471 )

(16,678,512 )

Net increase (decrease)

976,968

82,356

$ 32,206,052

$ 3,408,222

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

2,658,010

1,667,388

$ 98,939,744

$ 53,671,489

Reinvestment of distributions

116,471

12,331

4,133,979

356,365

Shares redeemed

(452,553 )

(890,195 )

(16,801,319 )

(27,529,476 )

Net increase (decrease)

2,321,928

789,524

$ 86,272,404

$ 26,498,378

Semiannual Report

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

11. Other.

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

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.16%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,155.10

$ 6.30

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.36

$ 5.90

Class T

1.39%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,153.80

$ 7.55

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,018.20

$ 7.07

Class B

1.93%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,150.80

$ 10.46

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.48

$ 9.80

Class C

1.89%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,151.30

$ 10.25

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.68

$ 9.60

Institutional Class

.84%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,157.20

$ 4.57

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.97

$ 4.28

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Google, Inc. Class A

10.4

9.0

Yahoo!, Inc.

5.3

1.3

Microsoft Corp.

4.6

5.6

Facebook, Inc. Class A

4.6

0.1

Apple, Inc.

4.5

10.0

Naver Corp.

2.5

0.3

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A

2.4

0.4

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

2.4

1.6

Visa, Inc. Class A

2.2

3.3

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

2.2

0.9

 

41.1

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Internet Software & Services

32.2%

 

FOC473

Software

18.6%

 

FOC475

IT Services

12.5%

 

FOC477

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

9.1%

 

FOC479

Computers & Peripherals

8.0%

 

FOC481

All Others *

19.6%

 

FOC611

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Software

27.7%

 

FOC473

Internet Software & Services

16.2%

 

FOC475

Computers & Peripherals

13.4%

 

FOC477

Communications Equipment

12.5%

 

FOC479

IT Services

9.5%

 

FOC481

All Others *

20.7%

 

FOC619

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.5%

Shares

Value

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.0%

Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (a)

236

$ 9,010

AUTOMOBILES - 0.5%

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.5%

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a)(d)

27,509

4,990,408

CHEMICALS - 0.1%

Diversified Chemicals - 0.1%

Oci Co. Ltd.

5,477

950,172

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 7.8%

Communications Equipment - 7.8%

AAC Technology Holdings, Inc.

1,000

4,321

ADTRAN, Inc.

3,487

88,535

ADVA Optical Networking SE (a)

245,713

1,265,922

Alcatel-Lucent SA sponsored ADR

349,579

1,380,837

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

41,932

826,480

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)(d)

457,086

4,319,464

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

14,000

130,760

Ciena Corp. (a)(d)

244,733

5,709,621

Cisco Systems, Inc.

56,853

1,245,649

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd. (a)

66,000

22,613

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.

96,900

1,737,417

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

157,157

16,815,799

Finisar Corp. (a)

63

1,494

Infinera Corp. (a)(d)

301,406

2,628,260

Ixia (a)

166,125

2,124,739

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

681

9,050

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

659,366

17,545,729

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

18

1,148

Nokia Corp. sponsored ADR (a)

326,833

2,261,684

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

133

7,907

Radware Ltd. (a)

208,910

3,534,757

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

127,838

2,520,965

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (a)

66,120

887,992

Sandvine Corp. (U.K.) (a)

1,305,800

3,599,377

SerComm Corp.

273,000

493,098

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

805,553

2,416,659

Spirent Communications PLC

1,335,268

2,088,587

 

73,668,864

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS - 8.0%

Computer Hardware - 6.8%

3D Systems Corp. (a)

5,869

456,197

Advantech Co. Ltd.

138,000

860,653

Apple, Inc.

84,898

42,499,939

Cray, Inc. (a)

152,646

4,501,531

Hewlett-Packard Co.

590

17,110

Lenovo Group Ltd.

4,632,000

6,001,948

NCR Corp. (a)

156,799

5,517,757

Quanta Computer, Inc.

186,000

454,673

 

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Value

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

182,558

$ 2,375,080

Stratasys Ltd. (a)

14,609

1,761,261

 

64,446,149

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 1.2%

ADLINK Technology, Inc.

2,300

3,564

AIC, Inc.

27,000

179,036

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

1,000

6,625

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.

290

739

EMC Corp.

441,748

10,707,972

NetApp, Inc.

66

2,794

Nimble Storage, Inc.

5,240

226,525

SanDisk Corp.

114

7,929

 

11,135,184

TOTAL COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS

75,581,333

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - 0.0%

Construction Materials - 0.0%

Universal Cement Corp.

364,000

343,315

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%

Education Services - 0.0%

Educomp Solutions Ltd. (a)

16,123

6,081

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.3%

LifeLock, Inc. (a)

143,167

2,922,038

TOTAL DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES

2,928,119

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.1%

Multi-Sector Holdings - 0.1%

Investment AB Kinnevik (B Shares)

11,800

463,254

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 0.2%

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.2%

SolarCity Corp. (a)(d)

9,251

685,407

TECO Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd.

815,000

884,090

 

1,569,497

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - 4.5%

Electronic Components - 1.8%

Aeroflex Holding Corp. (a)

144

992

Delta Electronics, Inc.

255,000

1,393,851

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(d)

136,826

2,694,104

Ledlink Optics, Inc.

586,118

1,787,226

Omron Corp.

68,100

2,692,498

Sapphire Technology Co. Ltd. (a)

10,342

376,633

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd.

928,000

759,010

Tong Hsing Electronics Industries Ltd.

911,000

4,663,116

Universal Display Corp. (a)(d)

327

10,621

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

184,000

2,501,643

 

16,879,694

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.0%

Chroma ATE, Inc.

5,683

12,196

FEI Co.

3,300

309,276

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS - CONTINUED

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - continued

Keyence Corp.

6,650

$ 2,730,574

National Instruments Corp.

88,053

2,553,537

RealD, Inc. (a)

12,949

115,894

Test Research, Inc.

20,366

30,361

TPK Holding Co. Ltd.

627,000

3,957,810

 

9,709,648

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 1.4%

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (a)

1,200

27,276

Fabrinet (a)

43

794

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

2,200

147,114

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

37

665

KEMET Corp. (a)

1,417

7,822

TE Connectivity Ltd.

101,929

5,760,008

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)

213,236

6,893,920

 

12,837,599

Technology Distributors - 0.3%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

53

2,723

Digital China Holdings Ltd. (H Shares)

2,991,000

2,931,749

Redington India Ltd.

57,478

59,869

 

2,994,341

TOTAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & COMPONENTS

42,421,282

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 0.1%

Health Care Equipment - 0.1%

Biosensors International Group Ltd.

16,000

10,811

PW Medtech Group Ltd. (a)

946,000

410,626

 

421,437

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY - 1.2%

Health Care Technology - 1.2%

athenahealth, Inc. (a)(d)

32,919

4,852,261

Cerner Corp. (a)

1,715

97,566

M3, Inc.

2,147

6,296,047

 

11,245,874

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE - 0.0%

Casinos & Gaming - 0.0%

500 Com Ltd. sponsored ADR Class A

5,100

213,894

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES - 0.3%

Consumer Electronics - 0.3%

Panasonic Corp.

2,400

27,201

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

862,000

471,869

Sony Corp. sponsored ADR

507

7,985

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd.

4,486,000

2,080,115

Tonly Electronics Holdings Ltd. (a)

731,600

581,413

 

3,168,583

 

Shares

Value

Household Appliances - 0.0%

Haier Electronics Group Co. Ltd.

17,000

$ 49,705

TOTAL HOUSEHOLD DURABLES

3,218,288

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES - 0.0%

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.0%

Toshiba Corp.

2,000

8,314

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL - 1.8%

Internet Retail - 1.8%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

11,873

4,258,726

Ctrip.com International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

23,500

928,485

E-Commerce China Dangdang, Inc. ADR (a)(d)

178,891

1,686,942

Expedia, Inc.

29

1,884

Groupon, Inc. Class A (a)

353,695

3,699,650

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

12,199

498,451

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

1,613

1,846,708

Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. sponsored ADR

211

5,492

Rakuten, Inc.

700

11,454

Start Today Co. Ltd.

16,600

368,064

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

4,748

366,498

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

25,385

2,667,710

YOOX SpA (a)

23,681

897,154

 

17,237,218

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 32.2%

Internet Software & Services - 32.2%

58.com, Inc. ADR

2,100

78,981

Angie's List, Inc. (a)(d)

123,966

2,223,950

AOL, Inc. (a)

2,711

124,923

Autohome, Inc. ADR Class A

1,800

58,428

Baidu.com, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

151

23,632

Bankrate, Inc. (a)

493

8,179

Bazaarvoice, Inc. (a)

2,800

20,300

Blinkx PLC (a)(d)

432,300

906,089

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (a)

2,008

87,087

comScore, Inc. (a)

354

9,703

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

65,665

3,746,188

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

18,300

3,148,332

Cvent, Inc.

40,458

1,545,900

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

62,970

2,937,551

Demandware, Inc. (a)

108,106

6,884,190

E2open, Inc. (a)

104,026

2,491,423

eBay, Inc. (a)

53,683

2,855,936

eGain Communications Corp. (a)

43,550

417,209

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

687,611

43,023,820

Google, Inc. Class A (a)

82,387

97,296,563

IAC/InterActiveCorp

82,531

5,780,471

INFO Edge India Ltd. (a)

35,836

283,161

InterPark INT Corp.

2,302

16,393

IntraLinks Holdings, Inc. (a)

860

9,099

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES - CONTINUED

Internet Software & Services - continued

Kakaku.com, Inc.

1,500

$ 28,363

LinkedIn Corp. (a)

13,594

2,925,565

Livesense, Inc. (a)

99,800

2,119,429

LogMeIn, Inc. (a)

2,747

93,288

Mail.Ru Group Ltd.:

GDR (e)

1,800

67,086

GDR (Reg. S)

22,029

821,021

Marketo, Inc.

25,800

1,056,252

MercadoLibre, Inc.

134

12,930

Millennial Media, Inc. (a)(d)

65,680

521,499

Move, Inc. (a)

370,201

5,234,642

Naver Corp.

37,934

23,692,043

NIC, Inc.

26,480

575,675

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

2,776

100,130

Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ADR (a)

1,100

111,188

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

36,639

1,334,026

Renren, Inc. ADR (a)(d)

5,900

18,939

SciQuest, Inc. (a)

41,554

1,098,688

Sohu.com, Inc. (a)(d)

129

9,389

SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR

11,457

932,485

TelecityGroup PLC

32,432

381,202

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

292,600

20,483,281

Textura Corp. (d)

127,915

4,021,648

Trulia, Inc. (a)(d)

4,177

144,232

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

1,630

95,763

Vocus, Inc. (a)

146,108

1,785,440

Web.com Group, Inc. (a)

111,886

3,781,747

XO Group, Inc. (a)

5,200

63,076

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

159,700

901,552

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

1,389,093

50,035,130

Yandex NV (a)

66,916

2,459,163

Yelp, Inc. (a)

48,043

3,648,866

Youku Tudou, Inc. ADR (a)

404

11,700

 

302,542,946

IT SERVICES - 12.5%

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 9.1%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

38,991

2,986,711

DST Systems, Inc.

36,568

3,327,688

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

47,835

2,050,208

EVERTEC, Inc.

106,300

2,565,019

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

442,993

22,459,745

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

120,139

6,733,791

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

17,834

1,896,111

Global Payments, Inc.

202

13,350

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

21,748

937,556

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

25,292

1,410,788

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

75,330

5,700,974

NETeller PLC (a)

158,962

1,046,577

Paychex, Inc.

40,322

1,686,266

 

Shares

Value

QIWI PLC Class B sponsored ADR

27,600

$ 996,084

Syntel, Inc. (a)

1,100

92,675

Total System Services, Inc.

279,713

8,357,824

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

44

1,276

Visa, Inc. Class A

95,502

20,573,996

WEX, Inc. (a)

37,538

3,091,630

 

85,928,269

IT Consulting & Other Services - 3.4%

Accenture PLC Class A

136

10,864

Anite Group PLC

248,268

372,417

Bit-isle, Inc.

1,600

11,338

Camelot Information Systems, Inc. ADR (a)

145

289

ChinaSoft International Ltd. (a)

20,000

5,951

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

234,597

22,737,141

EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)

80,761

3,303,125

IBM Corp.

375

66,255

Infosys Ltd. sponsored ADR

48,789

2,858,060

InterXion Holding N.V. (a)

7,600

187,112

Pactera Technology International Ltd. ADR (a)

94,096

673,727

ServiceSource International, Inc. (a)

93,888

749,226

Virtusa Corp. (a)

16,100

551,908

 

31,527,413

TOTAL IT SERVICES

117,455,682

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES - 0.4%

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%

Illumina, Inc. (a)

6

912

WuXi PharmaTech Cayman, Inc. sponsored ADR (a)

109,385

3,817,537

 

3,818,449

MACHINERY - 0.4%

Industrial Machinery - 0.4%

Airtac International Group

13,910

125,340

Fanuc Corp.

300

48,618

HIWIN Technologies Corp.

110,000

994,472

King Slide Works Co. Ltd.

117,000

1,276,556

Mirle Automation Corp.

95,738

84,557

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

152

12,063

Shin Zu Shing Co. Ltd.

92,000

223,959

SMC Corp.

3,000

751,360

 

3,516,925

MEDIA - 0.5%

Advertising - 0.0%

Dentsu, Inc.

200

7,845

ReachLocal, Inc. (a)

658

8,541

 

16,386

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

MEDIA - CONTINUED

Broadcasting - 0.4%

CJ E&M Corp. (a)

83,583

$ 2,588,268

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

48,300

903,059

 

3,491,327

Cable & Satellite - 0.0%

DIRECTV (a)

190

13,192

Movies & Entertainment - 0.1%

IMAX Corp. (a)

29,830

825,993

Publishing - 0.0%

NEXT Co. Ltd.

41,100

401,783

TOTAL MEDIA

4,748,681

OFFICE ELECTRONICS - 0.0%

Office Electronics - 0.0%

Xerox Corp.

8,333

90,413

PHARMACEUTICALS - 0.0%

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

95,250

109,189

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.5%

Research & Consulting Services - 0.5%

Acacia Research Corp.

300

4,146

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

68,068

4,346,822

 

4,350,968

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT - 0.2%

Real Estate Operating Companies - 0.2%

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

915,000

2,002,688

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 9.1%

Semiconductor Equipment - 3.1%

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)

5,757

157,166

Aixtron AG (a)(d)

92,644

1,411,653

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

1,594

8,448

Applied Materials, Inc.

524

8,814

ASM International NV (depositary receipt)

2,330

77,706

Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (a)

2,948

116,505

Entegris, Inc. (a)

8,857

93,176

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

176,700

1,137,948

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (a)

34,486,000

11,726,608

GT Advanced Technologies, Inc. (a)

886

9,099

Lam Research Corp. (a)

17,141

867,506

Nanometrics, Inc. (a)

8,409

142,448

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)(d)

354,219

3,885,782

SunEdison, Inc. (a)

133,700

1,859,767

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

4,232

79,604

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

324,314

6,437,633

Ultratech, Inc. (a)

3,272

82,782

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

27,463

1,043,869

 

29,146,514

 

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Value

Semiconductors - 6.0%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

1,157

$ 3,969

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

8,432

61,216

Altera Corp.

194,879

6,514,805

Analog Devices, Inc.

1,758

84,859

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (a)

106,225

1,072,873

ARM Holdings PLC sponsored ADR

19

875

Avago Technologies Ltd.

138

7,540

Broadcom Corp. Class A

30,922

920,239

Canadian Solar, Inc. (a)

32

1,252

Cavium, Inc. (a)

50,999

1,895,633

Chipbond Technology Corp.

1,179,000

1,795,245

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) Ltd.

5,638

106,896

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)(d)

3,406

59,639

Cree, Inc. (a)

83,845

5,065,915

Crystalwise Technology, Inc. (a)

200,000

210,523

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

183,938

1,846,738

Diodes, Inc. (a)

370

8,477

Epistar Corp.

670,000

1,487,059

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. (a)

564

13,756

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

565

7,209

Formosa Epitaxy, Inc. (a)

365,000

217,698

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)

91,178

1,653,057

Himax Technologies, Inc. sponsored ADR (d)

28,900

423,096

Hittite Microwave Corp.

134

7,685

Infineon Technologies AG

1,000

10,326

Inphi Corp. (a)

139,000

1,595,720

Intermolecular, Inc. (a)

349,254

1,407,494

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

3,569

92,830

Intersil Corp. Class A

42,594

483,016

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR (a)(d)

1,086

10,013

Lextar Electronics Corp.

214,000

232,017

Linear Technology Corp.

185

8,240

LSI Corp.

11,127

122,731

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (a)

64

1,012

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

125,166

1,868,728

MediaTek, Inc.

1,522

20,258

Melexis NV

35,899

1,243,832

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)(d)

83,052

3,095,348

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

4,639

106,883

Microsemi Corp. (a)

4,100

96,104

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (a)

32,001

1,046,113

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

470,000

1,887,062

NVIDIA Corp.

6,070

95,299

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

118,970

5,752,200

O2Micro International Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)

14,600

46,720

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

9,535

79,713

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (a)

14,599

95,623

Power Integrations, Inc.

1,654

97,966

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED

Semiconductors - continued

Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp.

3,626

$ 15,718

Rambus, Inc. (a)

9,516

84,788

RDA Microelectronics, Inc. sponsored ADR

125,522

2,275,714

RF Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

1,611

8,587

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

2

2,344

Semtech Corp. (a)

2,703

61,655

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

127,284

5,374,630

Silergy Corp.

13,000

91,401

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

32,500

1,535,300

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. sponsored ADR

66

1,111

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR

53,700

306,627

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

350

12,072

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

3,767

113,952

STMicroelectronics NV (NY Shares) unit

1,000

8,190

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

181

10,563

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2,850

120,840

Trina Solar Ltd. (a)

894

13,276

Xilinx, Inc.

79,106

3,672,101

YoungTek Electronics Corp.

34,491

72,774

 

56,743,145

TOTAL SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT

85,889,659

SOFTWARE - 18.6%

Application Software - 9.8%

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

149,516

8,849,852

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

47,662

3,742,897

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

112,421

5,123,025

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

136,316

6,986,195

Blackbaud, Inc.

2,435

83,910

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

68,730

2,103,825

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

224,334

12,129,739

Comverse, Inc. (a)

4,710

169,748

Concur Technologies, Inc. (a)

48,204

5,849,073

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (a)

219,300

3,150,438

Gemalto NV

940

106,138

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

76,508

3,611,943

Informatica Corp. (a)

30

1,211

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (a)

14,799

1,123,836

Intuit, Inc.

12,213

894,602

Jive Software, Inc. (a)

42,898

396,807

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (a)

12,024,800

4,538,070

Linx SA

49,700

903,075

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

388

13,083

MicroStrategy, Inc. Class A (a)

26,030

3,271,971

 

Shares

Value

Open Text Corp.

100

$ 9,909

Parametric Technology Corp. (a)

13,894

495,738

Pegasystems, Inc.

9,081

412,641

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a)

8,633

328,140

QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a)

29,187

788,633

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

263,019

15,920,540

SAP AG

125

9,564

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

12,333

491,963

Solera Holdings, Inc.

42,800

2,860,324

Splunk, Inc. (a)

12,996

1,001,082

Sungy Mobile Ltd. ADR

800

16,032

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (a)

12,887

343,567

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

85,333

1,816,740

TiVo, Inc. (a)

8,000

99,120

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (a)

20,100

3,280,923

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

215

9,770

Workday, Inc. Class A (a)

17,603

1,576,173

 

92,510,297

Home Entertainment Software - 1.9%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

240,870

4,126,103

Capcom Co. Ltd.

1,400

27,345

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

146,000

3,854,400

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.

439,000

1,439,057

NHN Entertainment Corp. (a)

2,649

184,894

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

24,400

2,798,583

Perfect World Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR Class B

116,132

2,247,154

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

4,883

93,656

WeMade Entertainment Co. Ltd. (a)

73,975

2,864,063

 

17,635,255

Systems Software - 6.9%

Allot Communications Ltd. (a)

224,219

3,591,988

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

13

851

CommVault Systems, Inc. (a)

10,057

694,637

FleetMatics Group PLC (a)

103,296

4,132,873

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

442

9,370

Imperva, Inc. (a)

241

13,255

Infoblox, Inc. (a)

37,600

1,319,008

Insyde Software Corp.

15,000

25,188

Microsoft Corp.

1,149,595

43,512,171

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

51,334

5,399,310

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

9,448

533,812

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

55,795

3,539,077

Symantec Corp.

584

12,503

Tableau Software, Inc.

1,400

113,148

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

19,738

1,779,183

 

64,676,374

TOTAL SOFTWARE

174,821,926

Common Stocks - continued

Shares

Value

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

RingCentral, Inc.

51,226

$ 934,875

SBA Communications Corp. Class A (a)

7

649

SoftBank Corp.

11,200

810,845

 

1,746,369

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $799,790,328)


936,364,174

Money Market Funds - 6.1%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

22,082,008

22,082,008

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

35,157,217

35,157,217

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $57,239,225)


57,239,225

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 105.6%

(Cost $857,029,553)

993,603,399

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (5.6)%

(53,113,951 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 940,489,448

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements 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 $67,086 or 0.0% of net assets.

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

$ 7,843

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

183,835

Total

$ 191,678

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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 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:

Common Stocks

$ 936,364,174

$ 849,242,740

$ 87,121,434

$ -

Money Market Funds

57,239,225

57,239,225

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 993,603,399

$ 906,481,965

$ 87,121,434

$ -

The following is a summary of transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for the period ended January 31, 2014. Transfers are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the period, and are primarily attributable to the valuation techniques used for foreign equity securities, as discussed in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements:

Transfers

Total

Level 1 to Level 2

$ 27,335,739

Level 2 to Level 1

$ 0

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

United States of America

76.6%

Cayman Islands

7.0%

Korea (South)

3.8%

Japan

2.5%

Taiwan

1.9%

Israel

1.3%

Canada

1.3%

Others (Individually Less Than 1%)

5.6%

 

100.0%

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

Semiannual Report

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund


Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $33,691,862) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $799,790,328)

$ 936,364,174

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $57,239,225)

57,239,225

 

Total Investments (cost $857,029,553)

 

$ 993,603,399

Receivable for investments sold

58,043,136

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,035,416

Dividends receivable

62,839

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

36,214

Prepaid expenses

5,395

Other receivables

56,276

Total assets

1,052,842,675

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 74,923,521

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,298,255

Accrued management fee

432,102

Distribution and service plan fees payable

258,053

Other affiliated payables

212,848

Other payables and accrued expenses

71,231

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

35,157,217

Total liabilities

112,353,227

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 940,489,448

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 784,926,715

Accumulated net investment loss

(3,769,038)

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

22,785,566

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

136,546,205

Net Assets

$ 940,489,448

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($401,174,300 ÷ 11,764,397 shares)

$ 34.10

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $34.10)

$ 36.18

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($193,439,142 ÷ 5,894,907 shares)

$ 32.81

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $32.81)

$ 34.00

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($13,617,936 ÷ 450,617 shares) A

$ 30.22

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($98,379,961 ÷ 3,240,536 shares) A

$ 30.36

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($233,878,109 ÷ 6,507,720 shares)

$ 35.94

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

Semiannual Report

Statement of Operations

  Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 3,056,865

Interest

 

19

Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $183,835 from security lending)

 

191,678

Total income

 

3,248,562

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 2,478,052

Transfer agent fees

1,144,077

Distribution and service plan fees

1,458,080

Accounting and security lending fees

154,843

Custodian fees and expenses

74,223

Independent trustees' compensation

12,058

Registration fees

56,900

Audit

35,120

Legal

14,876

Interest

258

Miscellaneous

4,896

Total expenses before reductions

5,433,383

Expense reductions

(50,415 )

5,382,968

Net investment income (loss)

(2,134,406 )

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

50,895,864

Foreign currency transactions

(15,230 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

50,880,634

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

79,367,418

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(26,630 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

79,340,788

Net gain (loss)

130,221,422

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 128,087,016

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ (2,134,406)

$ (2,608,860)

Net realized gain (loss)

50,880,634

108,122,498

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

79,340,788

25,685,939

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

128,087,016

131,199,577

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(11,189,170 )

-

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(22,967,582 )

5,042,118

Redemption fees

14,355

41,110

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

93,944,619

136,282,805

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

846,544,829

710,262,024

End of period (including accumulated net investment loss of $3,769,038 and accumulated net investment loss of $1,634,632, respectively)

$ 940,489,448

$ 846,544,829

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 29.90

$ 25.25

$ 25.14

$ 19.83

$ 16.03

$ 17.04

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.07)

(.07)

(.13)

(.18)

(.16)

.02 H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.69

4.72

.24

5.49

3.96

(1.03 )

Total from investment operations

  4.62

4.65

.11

5.31

3.80

(1.01 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.42 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 34.10

$ 29.90

$ 25.25

$ 25.14

$ 19.83

$ 16.03

Total Return B, C, D

  15.51%

18.42%

.44%

26.78%

23.71%

(5.93)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.16% A

1.18%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.16% A

1.18%

1.18%

1.18%

1.21%

1.23%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.15% A

1.14%

1.17%

1.16%

1.18%

1.22%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.42)% A

(.25)%

(.55)%

(.73)%

(.83)%

.17% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 401,174

$ 355,306

$ 336,693

$ 375,609

$ 312,659

$ 258,433

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.18)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 28.79

$ 24.38

$ 24.33

$ 19.24

$ 15.59

$ 16.62

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.10)

(.13)

(.19)

(.23)

(.20)

(.01) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.51

4.54

.24

5.32

3.85

(1.02 )

Total from investment operations

  4.41

4.41

.05

5.09

3.65

(1.03 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.39 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 32.81

$ 28.79

$ 24.38

$ 24.33

$ 19.24

$ 15.59

Total Return B, C, D

  15.38%

18.09%

.21%

26.46%

23.41%

(6.20)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.39% A

1.42%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.39% A

1.42%

1.43%

1.43%

1.46%

1.49%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.38% A

1.39%

1.42%

1.40%

1.44%

1.48%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.66)% A

(.50)%

(.80)%

(.98)%

(1.09)%

(.09)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 193,439

$ 173,692

$ 172,709

$ 196,913

$ 169,049

$ 151,170

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.44)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

Semiannual Report

Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.56

$ 22.60

$ 22.67

$ 18.01

$ 14.67

$ 15.72

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.17)

(.24)

(.28)

(.33)

(.27)

(.07) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.16

4.20

.21

4.99

3.61

(.98 )

Total from investment operations

  3.99

3.96

(.07 )

4.66

3.34

(1.05 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.33 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 30.22

$ 26.56

$ 22.60

$ 22.67

$ 18.01

$ 14.67

Total Return B, C, D

  15.08%

17.52%

(.31)%

25.87%

22.77%

(6.68)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.93% A

1.93%

1.93%

1.93%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.92% A

1.89%

1.92%

1.91%

1.94%

1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.20)% A

(1.01)%

(1.30)%

(1.49)%

(1.59)%

(.58)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 13,618

$ 13,745

$ 17,476

$ 25,508

$ 29,176

$ 30,580

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.93)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 26.68

$ 22.70

$ 22.77

$ 18.09

$ 14.74

$ 15.79

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  (.17)

(.24)

(.29)

(.33)

(.28)

(.07) H

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.19

4.22

.22

5.01

3.63

(.98 )

Total from investment operations

  4.02

3.98

(.07 )

4.68

3.35

(1.05 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.34 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, J

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 30.36

$ 26.68

$ 22.70

$ 22.77

$ 18.09

$ 14.74

Total Return B, C, D

  15.13%

17.53%

(.31)%

25.87%

22.73%

(6.65)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.92%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.89% A

1.91%

1.93%

1.92%

1.96%

1.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.88% A

1.88%

1.91%

1.90%

1.93%

1.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (1.16)% A

(.99)%

(1.29)%

(1.48)%

(1.58)%

(.58)% H

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 98,380

$ 84,858

$ 88,074

$ 89,819

$ 70,017

$ 55,645

Portfolio turnover rate G

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.93)%. I  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. J  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 31.47

$ 26.50

$ 26.30

$ 20.68

$ 16.67

$ 17.68

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  (.02)

.02

(.06)

(.11)

(.11)

.06 G

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  4.94

4.95

.26

5.73

4.12

(1.07 )

Total from investment operations

  4.92

4.97

.20

5.62

4.01

(1.01 )

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.45 )

-

-

-

-

-

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 35.94

$ 31.47

$ 26.50

$ 26.30

$ 20.68

$ 16.67

Total Return B, C

  15.72%

18.75%

.76%

27.18%

24.06%

(5.71)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .84% A

.86%

.86%

.87%

.92%

.98%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .84% A

.86%

.86%

.87%

.92%

.98%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .83% A

.83%

.85%

.85%

.90%

.97%

Net investment income (loss)

  (.11)% A

.06%

(.23)%

(.43)%

(.55)%

.42% G

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 233,878

$ 218,944

$ 95,310

$ 81,350

$ 42,277

$ 26,285

Portfolio turnover rate F

  219% A

142%

201%

167%

115%

225%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Investment income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .07%. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase. The Fund's investments in emerging markets can be subject to social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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 January 31, 2014, including information on transfers between Levels 1 and 2, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. 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.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, market discounts, deferred trustees compensation, net operating losses, 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

$ 159,074,158

Gross unrealized depreciation

(27,989,427 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 131,084,731

 

 

Tax cost

$ 862,518,668

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (13,373,523 )

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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.

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

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $958,614,875 and $972,632,557, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 472,616

$ 10,440

Class T

.25%

.25%

461,338

1,150

Class B

.75%

.25%

68,767

51,760

Class C

.75%

.25%

455,359

45,828

 

 

 

$ 1,458,080

$ 109,178

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Sales Load - continued

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 36,578

Class T

7,724

Class B *

5,180

Class C *

3,934

 

$ 53,416

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 521,898

.28

Class T

240,806

.26

Class B

20,697

.30

Class C

117,899

.26

Institutional Class

242,777

.21

 

$ 1,144,077

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $24,176 for the period.

Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with FMR or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the funds to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. The Fund's activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:

Borrower or Lender

Average Loan
Balance

Weighted Average Interest Rate

Interest
Expense

Borrower

$ 4,500,000

.30%

$ 258

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $376 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included Fidelity Capital Markets (FCM), a broker-dealer

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7. Security Lending - continued

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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $50,385 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 custody expenses by $30.

9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 4,830,570

$ -

Class T

2,285,304

-

Class B

152,106

-

Class C

1,068,092

-

Institutional Class

2,853,098

-

Total

$ 11,189,170

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

933,909

2,023,713

$ 30,168,849

$ 54,950,216

Reinvestment of distributions

136,812

-

4,412,174

-

Shares redeemed

(1,190,850 )

(3,472,615 )

(38,347,620 )

(93,501,470 )

Net increase (decrease)

(120,129 )

(1,448,902 )

$ (3,766,597 )

$ (38,551,254 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

323,990

649,951

$ 10,058,074

$ 16,942,760

Reinvestment of distributions

71,451

-

2,218,547

-

Shares redeemed

(533,330 )

(1,701,808 )

(16,628,964 )

(44,280,679 )

Net increase (decrease)

(137,889 )

(1,051,857 )

$ (4,352,343 )

$ (27,337,919 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

5,753

13,056

$ 165,366

$ 310,857

Reinvestment of distributions

4,834

-

138,293

-

Shares redeemed

(77,497 )

(268,749 )

(2,214,108 )

(6,477,118 )

Net increase (decrease)

(66,910 )

(255,693 )

$ (1,910,449 )

$ (6,166,261 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

283,731

460,587

$ 8,208,556

$ 11,287,228

Reinvestment of distributions

31,647

-

909,547

-

Shares redeemed

(254,951 )

(1,159,733 )

(7,290,410 )

(27,841,417 )

Net increase (decrease)

60,427

(699,146 )

$ 1,827,693

$ (16,554,189 )

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

10. Share Transactions - continued

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

1,164,830

6,347,952

$ 39,552,995

$ 179,251,253

Reinvestment of distributions

81,545

-

2,770,913

-

Shares redeemed

(1,695,532 )

(2,987,970 )

(57,089,794 )

(85,599,512 )

Net increase (decrease)

(449,157 )

3,359,982

$ (14,765,886 )

$ 93,651,741

11. Other.

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

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Class A

1.19%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,072.10

$ 6.22

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,019.21

$ 6.06

Class T

1.48%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,070.30

$ 7.72

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,017.74

$ 7.53

Class B

1.97%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,067.50

$ 10.27

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.27

$ 10.01

Class C

1.92%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,068.40

$ 10.01

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,015.53

$ 9.75

Institutional Class

.86%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,074.00

$ 4.50

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.87

$ 4.38

A 5% return per year before expenses

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

* 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 January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

NextEra Energy, Inc.

11.7

6.9

Dominion Resources, Inc.

9.8

0.0

Sempra Energy

9.5

7.8

ONEOK, Inc.

7.1

1.7

OGE Energy Corp.

5.4

5.6

PG&E Corp.

4.5

4.3

Energy Transfer Equity LP

4.4

0.0

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

4.4

5.6

NiSource, Inc.

4.2

4.2

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

4.0

0.0

 

65.0

Top Industries (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

FOC471

Multi-Utilities

36.0%

 

FOC473

Electric Utilities

28.3%

 

FOC475

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

14.4%

 

FOC477

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

10.4%

 

FOC479

Gas Utilities

7.1%

 

FOC481

All Others *

3.8%

 

FOC627

As of July 31, 2013

FOC471

Electric Utilities

38.6%

 

FOC473

Multi-Utilities

26.4%

 

FOC475

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

15.2%

 

FOC477

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

13.6%

 

FOC479

Gas Utilities

4.7%

 

FOC481

All Others *

1.5%

 

FOC635

* Includes short-term investments and net other assets (liabilities).

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Investments January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 98.2%

Shares

Value

ELECTRIC UTILITIES - 28.3%

Electric Utilities - 28.3%

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

176,966

$ 8,637,710

Edison International

173,302

8,346,224

Exelon Corp.

75,300

2,183,700

ITC Holdings Corp.

51,139

5,292,887

NextEra Energy, Inc.

275,040

25,284,426

OGE Energy Corp.

340,823

11,611,840

 

61,356,787

GAS UTILITIES - 7.1%

Gas Utilities - 7.1%

ONEOK, Inc.

226,259

15,496,479

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS - 10.4%

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 10.4%

Calpine Corp. (a)

351,417

6,669,895

NRG Energy, Inc.

309,015

8,606,068

The AES Corp.

516,287

7,258,995

 

22,534,958

METALS & MINING - 0.2%

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.2%

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.

16,700

494,654

MULTI-UTILITIES - 36.0%

Multi-Utilities - 36.0%

Ameren Corp.

206,800

7,825,312

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

403,919

9,451,705

Dominion Resources, Inc.

314,699

21,371,209

NiSource, Inc.

266,863

9,172,081

PG&E Corp.

233,518

9,842,784

Sempra Energy

221,237

20,510,882

 

78,173,973

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS - 14.4%

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 1.9%

Energen Corp.

59,241

4,189,524

Oil & Gas Storage & Transport - 12.5%

Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings LLC

258,936

4,842,103

 

Shares

Value

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

109,121

$ 4,794,777

Enbridge, Inc.

74,900

3,144,623

Energy Transfer Equity LP

230,500

9,616,460

Inter Pipeline Ltd.

26,900

669,028

Kinder Morgan Holding Co. LLC

29,400

999,894

Plains GP Holdings LP Class A

114,700

2,915,674

 

26,982,559

TOTAL OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS

31,172,083

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS - 1.8%

Specialized REITs - 1.8%

American Tower Corp.

47,000

3,801,360

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $189,136,410)


213,030,294

Money Market Funds - 2.9%

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)
(Cost $6,291,104)

6,291,104


6,291,104

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 101.1%

(Cost $195,427,514)

219,321,398

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)%

(2,442,596 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 216,878,802

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

Affiliated Central Funds

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

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,196

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

10,991

Total

$ 12,187

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 1 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $189,136,410)

$ 213,030,294

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $6,291,104)

6,291,104

 

Total Investments (cost $195,427,514)

 

$ 219,321,398

Receivable for investments sold

3,015,999

Receivable for fund shares sold

248,901

Dividends receivable

77,559

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

202

Prepaid expenses

1,320

Other receivables

9,095

Total assets

222,674,474

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 5,288,099

Payable for fund shares redeemed

255,152

Distributions payable

22

Accrued management fee

97,499

Distribution and service plan fees payable

75,934

Other affiliated payables

51,803

Other payables and accrued expenses

27,163

Total liabilities

5,795,672

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 216,878,802

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 200,265,738

Distributions in excess of net investment income

(21,473)

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

(7,259,001)

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

23,893,538

Net Assets

$ 216,878,802

Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Calculation of Maximum Offering Price

Class A:
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($112,515,847 ÷ 4,562,509 shares)

$ 24.66

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/94.25 of $24.66)

$ 26.16

Class T :
Net Asset Value
and redemption price per share ($42,931,095 ÷ 1,737,400 shares)

$ 24.71

 

 

 

Maximum offering price per share (100/96.50 of $24.71)

$ 25.61

Class B :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($4,842,374 ÷ 197,447 shares) A

$ 24.52

 

 

 

Class C :
Net Asset Value
and offering price per share ($38,691,629 ÷ 1,595,036 shares) A

$ 24.26

 

 

 

Institutional Class :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($17,897,857 ÷ 714,198 shares)

$ 25.06

A Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

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

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

Six months ended January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 3,007,663

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

12,187

Total income

 

3,019,850

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 571,060

Transfer agent fees

275,999

Distribution and service plan fees

441,364

Accounting and security lending fees

40,527

Custodian fees and expenses

5,973

Independent trustees' compensation

2,817

Registration fees

42,673

Audit

24,169

Legal

3,283

Miscellaneous

1,377

Total expenses before reductions

1,409,242

Expense reductions

(11,164 )

1,398,078

Net investment income (loss)

1,621,772

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

6,575,522

Foreign currency transactions

6,701

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

6,582,223

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

6,154,803

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

(1,337 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

6,153,466

Net gain (loss)

12,735,689

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 14,357,461

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014
(Unaudited)

Year ended
July 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 1,621,772

$ 4,068,543

Net realized gain (loss)

6,582,223

17,517,824

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

6,153,466

2,065,725

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

14,357,461

23,652,092

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,729,223)

(3,653,862)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(88,322 )

-

Total distributions

(3,817,545 )

(3,653,862 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

(2,060,539 )

(6,877,753 )

Redemption fees

1,221

5,578

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

8,480,598

13,126,055

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

208,398,204

195,272,149

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $21,474 and undistributed net investment income of $2,085,978, respectively)

$ 216,878,802

$ 208,398,204

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

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Financial Highlights - Class A

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.48

$ 21.20

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

$ 20.28

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .20

.47

.43

.39

.40

.35

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.45

2.24

2.07

2.50

1.32

(5.10 )

Total from investment operations

  1.65

2.71

2.50

2.89

1.72

(4.75 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.46)

(.43)

(.39)

(.39)

(.40)

(.26)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.47 )

(.43 )

(.39 )

(.39 )

(.40 )

(.26 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.66

$ 23.48

$ 21.20

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

Total Return B, C, D

  7.21%

13.09%

13.40%

17.71%

11.42%

(23.44)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.19% A

1.20%

1.23%

1.24%

1.26%

1.26%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.19% A

1.20%

1.23%

1.24%

1.26%

1.26%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.18% A

1.16%

1.22%

1.20%

1.22%

1.26%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.74% A

2.16%

2.24%

2.18%

2.49%

2.37%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 112,516

$ 106,851

$ 99,813

$ 78,312

$ 64,890

$ 66,064

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class T

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.50

$ 21.21

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

$ 20.26

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .17

.41

.38

.35

.35

.31

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.45

2.25

2.07

2.50

1.33

(5.10 )

Total from investment operations

  1.62

2.66

2.45

2.85

1.68

(4.79 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.40)

(.37)

(.33)

(.35)

(.36)

(.20)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.41 )

(.37 )

(.33 )

(.35 )

(.36 )

(.20 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.71

$ 23.50

$ 21.21

$ 19.09

$ 16.59

$ 15.27

Total Return B, C, D

  7.03%

12.81%

13.13%

17.39%

11.13%

(23.61)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.48% A

1.47%

1.49%

1.50%

1.52%

1.52%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.48% A

1.47%

1.49%

1.50%

1.52%

1.52%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.47% A

1.43%

1.48%

1.46%

1.49%

1.52%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.45% A

1.89%

1.98%

1.92%

2.23%

2.11%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 42,931

$ 41,239

$ 38,276

$ 35,701

$ 33,651

$ 33,989

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the sales charges. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Class B

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.24

$ 20.96

$ 18.86

$ 16.38

$ 15.08

$ 20.01

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .11

.30

.28

.25

.27

.24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.44

2.23

2.05

2.49

1.31

(5.04 )

Total from investment operations

  1.55

2.53

2.33

2.74

1.58

(4.80 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.26)

(.25)

(.23)

(.26)

(.28)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.27 )

(.25 )

(.23 )

(.26 )

(.28 )

(.13 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.52

$ 23.24

$ 20.96

$ 18.86

$ 16.38

$ 15.08

Total Return B, C, D

  6.75%

12.24%

12.54%

16.87%

10.56%

(23.97)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.98%

1.99%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.97% A

1.96%

1.98%

1.99%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.96% A

1.92%

1.97%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  .96% A

1.40%

1.49%

1.43%

1.74%

1.62%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 4,842

$ 5,289

$ 6,677

$ 7,773

$ 8,794

$ 10,634

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

Financial Highlights - Class C

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.03

$ 20.80

$ 18.75

$ 16.30

$ 15.02

$ 19.93

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) E

  .12

.31

.29

.26

.27

.24

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.43

2.20

2.03

2.46

1.30

(5.02 )

Total from investment operations

  1.55

2.51

2.32

2.72

1.57

(4.78 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.31)

(.28)

(.27)

(.27)

(.29)

(.13)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.32 )

(.28 )

(.27 )

(.27 )

(.29 )

(.13 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital E, I

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 24.26

$ 23.03

$ 20.80

$ 18.75

$ 16.30

$ 15.02

Total Return B, C, D

  6.84%

12.27%

12.56%

16.85%

10.54%

(23.96)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets F, H

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  1.92% A

1.93%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  1.92% A

1.93%

1.95%

1.98%

2.01%

2.01%

Expenses net of all reductions

  1.90% A

1.89%

1.95%

1.94%

1.97%

2.01%

Net investment income (loss)

  1.01% A

1.43%

1.51%

1.43%

1.74%

1.62%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 38,692

$ 35,457

$ 29,942

$ 26,915

$ 21,415

$ 22,352

Portfolio turnover rate G

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Total returns do not include the effect of the contingent deferred sales charge. E  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. F  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. H  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. I  Amount represents less than $.01 per share.

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

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Financial Highlights - Institutional Class

 

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Years ended July 31,

 

(Unaudited)

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 23.87

$ 21.56

$ 19.40

$ 16.85

$ 15.51

$ 20.52

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .25

.55

.50

.45

.44

.39

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  1.47

2.26

2.10

2.54

1.35

(5.17 )

Total from investment operations

  1.72

2.81

2.60

2.99

1.79

(4.78 )

Distributions from net investment income

  (.52)

(.50)

(.44)

(.44)

(.45)

(.23)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.01 )

-

-

-

-

-

Total distributions

  (.53 )

(.50 )

(.44 )

(.44 )

(.45 )

(.23 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital D, H

  -

-

-

-

-

-

Net asset value, end of period

$ 25.06

$ 23.87

$ 21.56

$ 19.40

$ 16.85

$ 15.51

Total Return B, C

  7.40%

13.40%

13.79%

18.05%

11.66%

(23.24)%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, G

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .86% A

.89%

.92%

.98%

1.00%

1.00%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .86% A

.89%

.92%

.98%

1.00%

1.00%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .85% A

.85%

.91%

.94%

.97%

1.00%

Net investment income (loss)

  2.07% A

2.46%

2.55%

2.44%

2.75%

2.63%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 17,898

$ 19,562

$ 20,564

$ 10,914

$ 6,511

$ 4,373

Portfolio turnover rate F

  103% A

154%

195%

201%

216%

247%

A  Annualized B  Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. C  Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown. D  Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period. E  Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. F  Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds. G  Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or reductions from other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class. H  Amount represents less than $.01 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 January 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

1. Organization.

Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Advisor Series VII (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Fund offers Class A, Class T, Class C and Institutional Class shares, each of which, along with Class B shares, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Class B shares are closed to new accounts and additional purchases, except for exchanges and reinvestments. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares after a holding period of seven years from the initial date of purchase.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

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

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds are available on the SEC website 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:

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (SelectCo) Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

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

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

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

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

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

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

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and 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. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the Fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income 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. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.

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

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

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 25,556,964

Gross unrealized depreciation

(1,771,693 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 23,785,271

 

 

Tax cost

$ 195,536,127

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .75% of the NAV 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. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $105,282,767 and $110,189,135, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Effective August 1, 2013, SelectCo replaced Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR), an affiliate of SelectCo, as investment adviser to the Fund. The investment adviser and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .25% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR and the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .55% of the Fund's average net assets.

Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate Distribution and Service Plans for each class of shares, except for the Institutional Class. Certain classes pay Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, separate Distribution and Service Fees, each of which is based on an annual percentage of each class' average net assets. In addition, FDC may pay financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund and providing shareholder support services. For the period, the Distribution and Service Fee rates, total fees and amounts retained by FDC were as follows:

 

Distribution
Fee

Service
Fee

Total Fees

Retained
by FDC

Class A

-%

.25%

$ 133,003

$ 3,344

Class T

.25%

.25%

102,900

348

Class B

.75%

.25%

24,436

18,340

Class C

.75%

.25%

181,025

33,995

 

 

 

$ 441,364

$ 56,027

Sales Load. FDC may receive a front-end sales charge of up to 5.75% for selling Class A shares and 3.50% for selling Class T shares, some of which is paid to financial intermediaries for selling shares of the Fund. Depending on the holding period, FDC may receive contingent deferred sales charges levied on Class A, Class T, Class B, and Class C redemptions. The deferred sales charges range from 5.00% to 1.00% for Class B shares, 1.00% for Class C shares, 1.00% for certain purchases of Class A shares and .25% for certain purchases of Class T shares.

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

 

Retained
by FDC

Class A

$ 27,066

Class T

4,971

Class B *

2,377

Class C *

2,744

 

$ 37,158

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

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the account size and type of account of the shareholders of the respective classes of the Fund. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

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5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Transfer Agent Fees - continued

For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:

 

Amount

% of
Average
Net Assets
*

Class A

$ 142,883

.27

Class T

63,560

.31

Class B

7,364

.30

Class C

44,715

.25

Institutional Class

17,477

.19

 

$ 275,999

 

* Annualized

Accounting and Security Lending Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. 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. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $2,079 for the period.

6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $89 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. 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, which prior to August 1, 2013 included 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, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The Fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. At period end, there were no security loans outstanding. 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 $10,991. During the period, there were no securities loaned to FCM.

8. Expense Reductions.

Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of the Fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to the Fund to offset certain expenses. This amount totaled $11,164 for the period.

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9. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Six months ended
January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

From net investment income

 

 

Class A

$ 2,098,795

$ 2,004,234

Class T

689,504

666,068

Class B

54,086

71,622

Class C

483,241

400,020

Institutional Class

403,597

511,918

Total

$ 3,729,223

$ 3,653,862

From net realized gain

 

 

Class A

$ 45,735

$ -

Class T

17,387

-

Class B

2,010

-

Class C

15,931

-

Institutional Class

7,259

-

Total

$ 88,322

$ -

10. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Six months ended January 31, 2014

Year ended
July 31, 2013

Class A

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

459,165

1,274,291

$ 10,835,093

$ 28,192,446

Reinvestment of distributions

82,515

85,327

1,888,629

1,751,329

Shares redeemed

(529,477 )

(1,517,309 )

(12,397,124 )

(33,069,256 )

Net increase (decrease)

12,203

(157,691 )

$ 326,598

$ (3,125,481 )

Class T

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

121,937

287,114

$ 2,869,894

$ 6,306,381

Reinvestment of distributions

29,388

30,843

673,761

634,437

Shares redeemed

(169,083 )

(367,378 )

(3,971,221 )

(7,924,238 )

Net increase (decrease)

(17,758 )

(49,421 )

$ (427,566 )

$ (983,420 )

Class B

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

3,840

17,365

$ 90,514

$ 386,769

Reinvestment of distributions

2,105

3,129

47,986

63,812

Shares redeemed

(36,112 )

(111,479 )

(842,212 )

(2,387,277 )

Net increase (decrease)

(30,167 )

(90,985 )

$ (703,712 )

$ (1,936,696 )

Class C

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

210,114

509,725

$ 4,851,241

$ 11,190,388

Reinvestment of distributions

17,647

15,458

397,963

312,553

Shares redeemed

(172,065 )

(425,145 )

(3,960,751 )

(9,149,304 )

Net increase (decrease)

55,696

100,038

$ 1,288,453

$ 2,353,637

Institutional Class

 

 

 

 

Shares sold

107,213

936,449

$ 2,565,004

$ 20,838,974

Reinvestment of distributions

15,288

22,869

354,761

476,446

Shares redeemed

(227,679 )

(1,093,899 )

(5,464,077 )

(24,501,213 )

Net increase (decrease)

(105,178 )

(134,581 )

$ (2,544,312 )

$ (3,185,793 )

11. Other.

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

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity SelectCo, LLC

Denver, CO

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

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodians

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, NY

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ††

Boston, MA

State Street Bank and Trust †††

Quincy, MA

Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Consumer Discretionary Fund, Fidelity Advisor Financial Services Fund, Fidelity Advisor Health Care Fund, Fidelity Advisor Industrials Fund, Fidelity Advisor Technology Fund, and Fidelity Advisor Utilities Fund.

†† Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Energy Fund.

††† Custodian for Fidelity Advisor Biotechnology Fund, Fidelity Advisor
Communications Equipment Fund, and Fidelity Advisor Electronics Fund.

FOC637

AFOCI-USAN-0314
1.789280.111

Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fidelity Advisor Series VII's Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Advisor Series VII's (the "Trust") disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(a)(ii) There was no change in the 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)

Not applicable.

(a)

(2)

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)

(3)

Not applicable.

(b)

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Fidelity Advisor Series VII

By:

/s/Adrien E. Deberghes

 

Adrien E. Deberghes

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

March 27, 2014

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/Adrien E. Deberghes

 

Adrien E. Deberghes

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

March 27, 2014

By:

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

March 27, 2014