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pro.en.xx.20210831.LU1075904802.pdf Sustainable European Smaller Companies Fund I-ACC-Euro For Investment Professionals Only FIDELITY FUNDS MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL FACTSHEET SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES FUND I-ACC-EURO 31 AUGUST 2021 Strategy Fund Facts The fund aims to provide long-term capital growth from an actively managed portfolio Launch date: 25.06.14 consisting of smaller and medium-sized European companies with strong ESG Portfolio manager: Jim Maun, Joseph Edwards characteristics. The Portfolio Managers use bottom-up analysis to select companies with Appointed to fund: 01.04.18, 01.01.20 attractive growth characteristics, above average returns, strong balance sheets and Years at Fidelity: 21, 10 conservative accounting policies. This is coupled with ESG analysis at stock and sector Fund size: €194m levels to select companies that have best practices, sustainable development, high ESG Number of positions in fund*: 108 scores and low controversy risks. It is a research-driven approach, leveraging Fidelity’s Fund reference currency: Euro (EUR) proprietary research and additional market data. Fund domicile: Luxembourg Fund legal structure: SICAV Management company: FIL Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A. Capital guarantee: No Portfolio Turnover Cost (PTC): 0.13% Portfolio Turnover Rate (PTR): 97.81% *A definition of positions can be found on page 3 of this factsheet in the section titled “How data is calculated and presented.” Objectives & Investment Policy Share Class Facts • The fund aims to provide long-term capital growth with the level of income expected to be low. Other share classes may be available. Please refer to the prospectus for more details. • The fund will invest at least 70% in shares of small and medium sized European companies. • The fund adopts a Sustainable Focused strategy under which a minimum of 70% will be invested in shares of companies that maintain sustainable characteristics. Launch date: 25.06.14 • On an ongoing basis, the fund will consider a wide range of environmental and social NAV price in share class currency: 23.74 characteristics such as climate change mitigation and adaptation, water and waste management, biodiversity, product safety, supply chain, health and safety and human rights. The fund seeks to ISIN: LU1075904802 promote these characteristics by adhering to the Fidelity Sustainable Family Framework. SEDOL: BN7PJT0 • The fund complies with a principle-based exclusion framework which includes norm-based and negative screening of sectors, companies, practices based on specific ESG criteria to be WKN: A14VPB determined by the Investment Manager from time to time. In addition, the Investment Manager will Bloomberg: FFIEIAE LX exclude investment in issuers that are air and cruise line companies, or having exposure to adult entertainment, alcohol, gambling, mining, oil and thermal coal. Dealing cut-off: 15:00 UK time (normally 16:00 Central European Time) • The fund has the freedom to invest outside its principal geographies, market sectors, industries or Distribution type: Accumulating asset classes. • The fund may invest in assets directly or achieve exposure indirectly through other eligible means Ongoing Charges Figure (OCF) per year: 0.9% (30.04.21) including derivatives. The fund can use derivatives with the aim of risk or cost reduction or to OCF takes into account annual management charge per year: 0.8% generate additional capital or income, including for investment purposes, in line with the fund’s risk profile. • The fund is actively managed. The Investment Manager will, when selecting investments for the fund and for the purposes of monitoring risk, reference MSCI Europe Small Cap Index (Net) (the “Index”). The fund’s performance can be assessed against its Index. The Investment Manager has a wide range of discretion relative to the Index. While the fund will hold assets that are components of the Index, it may also invest in companies, countries or sectors that are not included in, and that have different weightings from, the Index in order to take advantage of investment opportunities. • Income earned by the fund is accumulated in the share price. • Shares can usually be bought and sold each business day of the fund. • The class may only be acquired by institutional investors. Independent Assessment Share Class Risk and Reward Profile Information in this section is the latest available at date of publication. Further details can be found in This risk indicator is taken from the key information document at the relevant month- the Glossary section of this factsheet. As some ratings agencies may use past performance to end. Because it may be updated during a month, please refer to the key information produce their assessments, these are not a reliable indicator of future results. document for the most up-to-date information. Scope Rating: (B) • The risk category was calculated using historical performance data. • The risk category may not be a reliable indication of the future risk profile of the fund, is not guaranteed and may change over time. • The lowest category does not mean a "risk free" investment. • The risk and reward profile is classified by the level of historical fluctuation of the Net Asset Values of the share class, and within this classification, categories 1-2 indicate a low level of historical fluctuations, 3-5 a medium level and 6-7 a high level. Important Information The value of investments and any income from them may go down as well as up and an investor may not get back the amount invested. The use of financial derivative instruments may result in increased gains or losses within the fund. This fund invests more heavily than others in smaller companies, which can carry a higher risk because their share prices may be more volatile than those of larger companies. The fund promotes environmental and/or social characteristics. The Investment Manager’s focus on securities of issuers which maintain sustainable characteristics may affect the fund’s investment performance favourably or unfavourably in comparison to similar funds without such focus. The sustainable characteristics of securities may change over time. pro.en.xx.20210831.LU1075904802.pdf FIDELITY FUNDS MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL FACTSHEET SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES FUND I-ACC-EURO 31 AUGUST 2021 This share class may only be acquired by institutional investors and is not available to retail investors. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The fund's returns can be affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Performance Comparator(s) Market index from 25.06.14 MSCI Europe Small Cap Index (Net) Market index is for comparative purposes only unless specifically referenced in the Objectives & Investment Policy on page 1. The same index is used in the positioning tables on this factsheet. Where the effective date for the current market index is after the share class launch date, full history is available from Fidelity. Cumulative performance in EUR (rebased to 100) Performance for 12 month periods in EUR (%) Fund Index Fund Index Performance is shown for the last five years (or since launch for funds launched within that period). Performance for calendar years in EUR (%) Volatility & Risk (3 years) Annualised Volatility: fund (%) 22.04 Annualised Alpha 1.03 Relative Volatility 1.02 Beta 1.00 Sharpe Ratio: fund 0.60 Annualised Tracking Error (%) 3.47 Information Ratio 0.32 R2 0.98 Calculated using month-end data points. Definitions of these terms can be found in the Glossary section of this factsheet. Fund Index Performance to 31.08.21 in EUR (%) Since 1m 3m YTD 1yr 3yr 5yr 25.06.14* Fund cumulative growth 2.9 6.1 25.8 47.4 43.7 91.3 137.4 Index cumulative growth 3.5 6.7 23.9 43.6 39.5 78.0 115.1 Fund annualised growth - - - 47.4 12.8 13.9 12.8 Index annualised growth - - - 43.6 11.7 12.2 11.2 Ranking within Peer Group Universe - - - - - - Total number of funds - - - - - - Quartile ranking** - - - - - - The performance figures above include performance prior to the repurpose of the fund on 13 January 2021 from the legacy Fidelity Funds - Institutional European Smaller Companies Fund. Before this date the performance was achieved in circumstances that no longer apply. Source of fund performance and volatility and risk measures is Fidelity. Performance is excluding initial charge. Basis: nav-nav with income reinvested, in EUR, net of fees. Market indices are sourced from RIMES and other data is sourced from third-party providers such as Morningstar. *Performance commencement date. **Quartile rank is for the fund's primary share class as identified by Morningstar, which may be different than the share class detailed in this factsheet and refers to performance over time rated on a scale of 1-4. A ranking of 1 indicates that the item being ranked is in the top 25% of the sample and so on. Rankings are based on a performance record that is included in the Peer Group Universe. In line with Investment Association methodology, this record may include a track record extension from a legacy share class and the record may not be the same class of this factsheet. Quartile ranking is an internal Fidelity International calculation. Ranking may vary by share class. If you took an initial charge of 5.25% from an investment, this is the equivalent of reducing a growth rate of 6% per annum over 5 years to 4.9%. This is the highest initial charge applicable, if the initial charge you pay is less than 5.25%, the impact on the overall performance will be less. 2 pro.en.xx.20210831.LU1075904802.pdf FIDELITY FUNDS MONTHLY PROFESSIONAL FACTSHEET SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN SMALLER COMPANIES FUND I-ACC-EURO 31 AUGUST 2021 Introduction How data is calculated and presented This factsheet contains information about the composition of the fund at a Portfolio composition data has been calculated and presented particular point in time.