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FIDELITY STRATEGIC DISCIPLINES
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
245 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
617-563-7000
www.fidelity.com
November 10, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Fidelity Management
& Research Company LLC (“FMR”). Throughout this brochure and related materials, FMR may refer to
itself as a “registered investment adviser” or “being registered.” These statements do not in any way imply
a certain level of skill or training. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please
contact us at 617-563-7000. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority. Additional
information about FMR also is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
MATERIAL CHANGES
Material changes have been made to this brochure since its annual updating amendment filed on March
31, 2025, as described below.
• Effective Q4 2025, state-preference options will be available for the Fidelity Limited Duration Municipal
Strategy. Please see the “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss” section for
more information.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ADVISORY BUSINESS ................................................................................................................................ 4
FEES AND COMPENSATION ...................................................................................................................... 5
PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT ..................................................... 5
TYPES OF CLIENTS .................................................................................................................................... 7
METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS ....................................... 7
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 12
OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS.......................................................... 12
CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS, AND PERSONAL
TRADING .................................................................................................................................................... 18
BROKERAGE PRACTICES ........................................................................................................................ 20
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS ........................................................................................................................... 25
CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION ............................................................................ 25
CUSTODY ................................................................................................................................................... 25
INVESTMENT DISCRETION ...................................................................................................................... 26
VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES .................................................................................................................. 26
FINANCIAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................... 26
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE-REGISTERED ADVISERS ...................................................................... 26
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ADVISORY BUSINESS
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (“FMR”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, provides
investment supervisory services, including sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and
exchange-traded funds (the “Fidelity Funds” or the “Fidelity group of funds”), qualified tuition programs, as
defined under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Qualified Tuition Programs”), privately offered
unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional
accounts. FMR also provides non-discretionary investment advice to its affiliates or to third parties. This
brochure provides information only about FMR’s role with respect to Fidelity Strategic Disciplines (the
“Program”). For information about the additional services that FMR provides, please see FMR’s Form ADV
Part 2A brochure.
Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR Co.”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, has been
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since 1971. FMR Co. reorganized into
FMR effective January 1, 2020.
Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR serves as a sub-advisor to its affiliate, Strategic Advisers LLC (“Strategic Advisers”), in connection
with the Program. As sub-advisor, FMR will make the day-to-day discretionary trading decisions with
respect to Program accounts (“Program Accounts”) and will receive a portion of the advisory fees clients
pay to Strategic Advisers in connection with the Program. Important information regarding Strategic
Advisers and the Program can be found in Strategic Advisers’ Fidelity Strategic Disciplines Program
Fundamentals (“Strategic Advisers Program Fundamentals”).
As described in the Strategic Advisers Program Fundamentals, four of the investment strategies offered to
clients in the Program are sub-advised by FMR:
• Fidelity® Intermediate Municipal Strategy
• Fidelity® Core Bond Strategy
• Fidelity® Limited Duration Municipal Strategy
• Fidelity® Limited Duration Bond Strategy
Prior to enrolling in the Program, Strategic Advisers will determine whether the relevant strategy is
appropriate for a client based on a review of the client’s investor profile and any other relevant information
that the client provides to Strategic Advisers. Subject to the imposition of reasonable restrictions, FMR will
apply its proprietary methodology to manage a client’s Program Account to align with the selected strategy.
FMR is responsible for portfolio management, trading, and supervision of Program Accounts.
Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR also provides non-discretionary model portfolio services to its affiliate Strategic Advisers LLC in
connection with the Program.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, FMR managed $4,730,738,518,487 of client assets on a discretionary basis. As
of December 31, 2024, FMR did not manage any client assets on a non-discretionary basis.
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FEES AND COMPENSATION
Discretionary Advisory Services
Clients of the Program do not pay FMR for the services it provides under the Program. Instead, as
compensation for its discretionary portfolio management services provided to Program Accounts, FMR
receives a portion of the advisory fee paid to Strategic Advisers by Program clients through an agreement
between Strategic Advisers and FMR. In certain circumstances, as further discussed below, FMR and its
affiliates can receive compensation with respect to the mutual funds and exchange-traded products
(“ETPs”) held in a client’s Program Account. However, the fee crediting applied by Strategic Advisers
reduces the advisory fees by the amount of compensation, if any, FMR and its affiliates retain with respect
to these mutual funds and ETPs that is derived as a direct result of investments by Program Accounts (the
“Credit Amount”). Compensation that is not directly derived from Program Account assets is not included
in the Credit Amount calculation. Please see the Strategic Advisers Program Fundamentals for information
about Program fees and the application of the Credit Amount.
Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR is compensated by Strategic Advisers in connection with the model portfolio services provided to
Strategic Advisers for Program Accounts. Clients of the Program do not pay any compensation to FMR in
connection with the model portfolio services.
Certain Fidelity Model Portfolios and certain Program Accounts include mutual funds and ETPs sponsored
or managed by FMR or an affiliate (“Fidelity Funds”), which are subject to fees, as provided for in the
prospectus for each such fund. The fees received from Fidelity Model Portfolios’ and Program Accounts’
investments in the Fidelity Funds will be shared by various affiliates of FMR involved in distributing and
advising the Fidelity Funds, Fidelity Model Portfolios and Program Accounts. Each Fidelity Fund incurs
advisory as well as other fees and expenses that it pays out of the assets of each fund, meaning such costs
are indirectly borne by the shareholders of each applicable fund. Additional information about the expense
ratio of any specific Fidelity Fund is available in the applicable prospectus. Within a given model portfolio
or Program Account, the cost to shareholders and benefits to FMR’s affiliates across the Fidelity Funds
varies. As a result, an economic incentive exists for FMR when constructing model portfolios or investing
Program Account client assets that include allocations to underlying mutual funds to select Fidelity Funds
that pay additional revenue to its affiliates. However, as further discussed below, FMR does not select the
investment universe for Fidelity Model Portfolios that consist of underlying mutual funds, exchange traded
funds (“ETFs”) and ETPs and certain of the portfolios are constructed by FMR using a rules-based
methodology. In addition, the amount paid to FMR and its employees under the services does not vary
based on the Fidelity Funds selected when constructing the Fidelity Model Portfolios or investment Program
Account assets and the compensation arrangements for FMR investment professionals do not vary based
on the Fidelity Funds selected for such model portfolios or Program Accounts. For more information
regarding conflicts of interests relating to the management of multiple funds and accounts, see “Code of
Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading” section herein.
PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR does not receive any performance-based fees for Strategic Advisers Program accounts.
The management of multiple funds and accounts (including proprietary accounts of FMR or one or more of
its affiliates) gives rise to conflicts of interest, especially when the funds and accounts have different
objectives, benchmarks, time horizons, and fees as the portfolio manager must allocate his or her time and
investment ideas across multiple funds and accounts. Investment personnel are mindful of potentially
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conflicting interests of our clients and take appropriate measures to ensure that the interests of all clients
are taken into consideration.
Conflicts of interest also arise when fund or account orders do not get fully executed due to being
aggregated with those of other funds or accounts managed by FMR or an affiliate. Portfolio orders for funds
or accounts, when executed, may adversely impact the value of securities held by other funds and
accounts. For example, short sales in one fund or account may have an adverse impact on the value of the
shorted security held or traded by other funds or accounts. Although FMR or its affiliates monitor such
transactions to attempt to ensure equitable treatment of both a fund or account holding a security and a
fund or account that engages in short sales in the same or a similar security, there can be no assurance
that the price of a security held by the fund or account is not impacted as a result. Also, securities selected
for a particular fund or account may outperform the securities selected for other funds or accounts managed
by the same portfolio manager. Portfolio managers are permitted to invest in the funds or accounts they
manage even when, under certain circumstances, a fund or account is closed to new investors.
FMR also manages certain proprietary accounts or “pilot funds,” which are used to develop investment
ideas, strategies, and management experience. These pilot funds or accounts are in some instances similar
to other funds or accounts managed by FMR and trade in the same securities as other funds or accounts
managed by FMR. FMR has oversight in place to ensure that trading and allocations for these funds and
accounts are not favored over accounts managed for discretionary clients. For more information regarding
trade allocation procedures, see “Trade Allocation Policies” in the “Brokerage Practices” section herein.
FMR’s use of multiple investment strategies presents additional conflicts. For example, a conflict of interest
situation is presented when Fidelity’s client accounts may invest in securities or purchase a loan relating to
different parts of the capital structure of a single issuer. In some cases, Fidelity may exercise rights, provide
additional capital, or approve or disapprove of certain corporate actions for certain client accounts with
respect to an issuer, or refrain from taking any such action or decision and such actions or decisions may
adversely impact the value or rights of securities or loans held by other client accounts.
For example, if a client account holds loans, securities, or other positions in the capital structure of an issuer
that ranks senior in preference to the holdings of other client accounts in the same issuer, and the issuer
experiences financial or operational challenges, Fidelity, acting on behalf of the client account, may exercise
its rights or provide additional capital in connection with a liquidation, reorganization, or restructuring of the
issuer with terms that may have an adverse effect on or otherwise conflict with the interests of other client
accounts. In connection with any lending arrangements involving the issuer in which a client account
participates, Fidelity, on behalf of certain client accounts, may seek to exercise rights under the applicable
loan agreement or other document in a manner that may prove detrimental to positions held by other client
accounts. Alternatively, in situations in which client accounts hold a more senior position as compared to
positions held by other client accounts in the capital structure of an issuer experiencing financial or other
difficulties , Fidelity may determine not to pursue actions and remedies available to the client account or
enforce particular terms that might be unfavorable to the other client accounts holding the less senior
position so long as such determination does not adversely affect the funds holding such rights to take action.
Additionally, Fidelity may negotiate for a new investment to rank senior to an existing investment or
negotiate for other terms that are advantageous to the clients making the new investment but
disadvantageous to clients that only hold the existing investment.
In addition, if client accounts hold voting securities of an issuer in which other client accounts hold loans,
bonds, or other credit-related assets or securities, Fidelity may vote on certain matters in a manner that has
an adverse effect on the positions held by other client accounts. Conversely, client accounts may hold
voting securities of an issuer in which other client accounts hold credit-related assets or securities, and
Fidelity may determine on behalf of the client accounts not to vote in a manner adverse to the other client
accounts (including by abstaining from the relevant vote or voting in line with other pari passu investors in
the same debt tranche) so long as such vote does not adversely affect the funds exercising such voting
rights.
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These potential issues are examples of conflicts of interest that Fidelity will face when client accounts invest
in different parts of the capital structure of a single issuer. Fidelity addresses these issues based on the
facts and circumstances of each situation. This may result in the creation of separate advisory groups to
consult with and represent the client accounts having potentially conflicting interests. Each of these
separate groups will pursue options in the best interests of the client accounts they support without taking
into consideration the other group’s positions.
As a result of the conflicts presented in the examples above, client accounts could sustain losses or lower
investment returns during periods in which other client accounts achieve gains or higher investment returns
generally or with respect to particular holdings in the same issuer than would have been the case had the
conflicts described above not existed.
FMR has adopted policies and procedures and maintains a compliance program designed to help manage
conflicts arising from side-by-side management, which include trade allocation policies. These policies and
procedures seek to ensure that trading for all funds and accounts is fair and equitable over time. There can
be no assurance, however, that all conflicts have been addressed in all situations. For more information
regarding conflicts of interests relating to the management of multiple funds and accounts, see “Code of
Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading” section herein.
Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR does not receive any performance-based fees for non-discretionary services.
TYPES OF CLIENTS
FMR provides discretionary portfolio management services for clients’ Program Accounts and non-
discretionary model portfolio services to Strategic Advisers LLC in connection with its services to Program
Accounts. Please see the Strategic Advisers Program Fundamentals for information about the types of
clients eligible for the Program.
METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
This section contains information about how FMR provides discretionary portfolio management services to
Program Accounts and non-discretionary model portfolio services to Strategic Advisers.
Discretionary Advisory Services
The Fidelity® Intermediate Municipal Strategy and Fidelity® Limited Duration Municipal Strategy
seek to generate federal tax-exempt interest income while limiting risk to principal over a full market cycle.
The strategies focus on investment grade municipal bonds across different market sectors (i.e., general
obligation bonds of a state or bonds financing a specific project) and different maturities. They combine the
fixed income experience, research, and execution capabilities of FMR with ongoing oversight by Strategic
Adviser, the investment manager. Both strategies offer a state-preference option for eligible clients. With
the state-preference option, state tax-exempt interest income is emphasized over national diversification.
The Fidelity® Core Bond Strategy seeks to provide income while limiting risk to principal over a full market
cycle. The strategy invests in investment-grade bonds, including U.S. Treasury, government-related bonds,
corporate bonds, mortgage bonds, asset-backed bonds, taxable municipal bonds, and can invest in an ETF
managed by FMR or an affiliate that provides exposure to securitized bonds such as residential mortgage-
backed, commercial mortgage-backed, and/or asset-backed securities. The Fidelity® Core Bond Strategy
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combines the fixed income experience, research and execution capabilities of FMR with ongoing oversight
by Strategic Advisers, the investment manager.
The Fidelity® Limited Duration Bond Strategy seeks to generate interest income while limiting risk to
the original investment over a full market cycle. The strategy invests in investment-grade bonds, including
corporate bonds and government-related bonds, and can invest in a mutual fund sponsored or managed
by FMR or an affiliate that is designed for use in Program Accounts. The fund primarily holds securitized
investments such as asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities. The Fidelity® Limited
Duration Bond Strategy combines the fixed income experience, research, and execution capabilities of
FMR with ongoing oversight by Strategic Advisers, the investment manager.
Investment Restrictions. A client has the ability to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of
a Program Account. Any proposed restriction is subject to FMR’s review and approval. Such a restriction
can include prohibitions such as with respect to the purchase of a particular individual security or securities
within an industry, provided such restriction is not inconsistent with the Program’s stated investment
strategy or philosophy, or is not fundamentally inconsistent with the nature or operation of the Program. If
a restriction is accepted, assets will be invested in a manner that is appropriate given the restriction.
Imposing an investment restriction can delay the start of discretionary management, and Program Accounts
with client-imposed restrictions will experience different performance from Program Accounts without
restrictions, possibly producing lower overall results. Program Account restrictions should be requested
through a Fidelity representative.
Investment Practices. FMR uses a variety of methods of security analysis to select investments in
managing Program Accounts including, as applicable: fundamental analysis (i.e., evaluating each issuer’s
financial condition, industry position, financially material sustainable investing factors, and the market and
economic conditions impacting their profitability); quantitative analysis (i.e., mathematical and statistical
modeling); technical analysis (i.e., statistical analysis of market activity); cyclical analysis (i.e., evaluating
issuers based in part on their sensitivity to business cycles); and factor-based analysis (i.e., evaluating
investment opportunities based on exposure to targeted characteristics). FMR also uses general macro-
economic analysis as a component of its security analysis methods. In addition to relying on financial
statement information, FMR uses extensive in-person and/or remote corporate visits and interviews with
issuer management teams in conducting research, offering statements of various municipalities as a source
of information, information and analysis relating to foreign sovereigns and currency markets, third-party
research, and alternative data.
In managing Program Accounts, FMR invests in securities of companies engaged in a variety of economic
sectors and industries that are domiciled in the U.S. and outside the U.S. and in companies with market
capitalizations of all sizes. FMR invests across different asset classes, market sectors, maturities, and
regions. With respect to money market funds, FMR observes industry-standard regulatory requirements for
money market funds for the quality, maturity, liquidity, and diversification of investments.
With respect to strategies that consist of investing in underlying funds, the factors considered when making
an investment include, but are not limited to, fund performance, a fund manager’s experience and
investment style, fund company infrastructure, and fund characteristics such as expense ratio, asset size,
and portfolio turnover.
Risks. The strategies presented above pose risks, and many factors affect the performance of Program
Accounts. The following risk factors are not a complete list of the risks involved in an investment in Program
Accounts. These risk factors include only those risks we believe to be material. Past performance is not an
indication of future performance or a guarantee of future results. An investment may be risky and may not
be suitable for an investor's goals, objectives, and risk tolerance. Investors should be aware that an
investment's value may be volatile, and a client in a Program Account could lose money by investing in the
Program. Investments in a Program Account are not a deposit of a bank and are not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency.
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Strategies that pursue investments in fixed-income securities will see values fluctuate in response to
changes in interest rates. In general, the price of a debt security can fall when interest rates rise and can
rise when interest rates fall. Securities with longer maturities can be more sensitive to interest rate changes,
meaning the longer the maturity of a security, the greater the impact a change in interest rates could have
on the security's price. Short-term and long-term interest rates do not necessarily move in the same amount
or the same direction. Short-term securities tend to react to changes in short-term interest rates, and long-
term securities tend to react to changes in long-term interest rates. Securities with floating interest rates
can be less sensitive to interest rate changes, but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as
much as interest rates in general.
Accounts that pursue strategies that concentrate in particular industries or are otherwise subject to
particular segments of the market (e.g., municipal funds' exposure to the municipal bond market) are more
significantly impacted by events affecting those industries or markets. Municipal securities can be
significantly affected by political changes as well as uncertainties in the municipal market related to taxation,
legislative changes, or the rights of municipal security holders. Because many municipal securities are
issued to finance similar projects, especially those relating to education, health care, transportation, and
utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market. Budgetary constraints of local,
state, and federal governments upon which the issuers may be relying for funding may also impact
municipal securities. In addition, changes in the financial condition of an individual municipal insurer can
affect the overall municipal market, and market conditions may directly impact the liquidity and valuation of
municipal securities.
All strategies are ultimately affected by impacts to the individual issuers or counterparties, such as changes
in an issuer's or counterparty’s profitability and credit quality, or changes in tax, regulatory, market,
economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or counterparty. Entities providing
credit support or a maturity-shortening structure also can be affected by these types of changes, and if the
structure of a security fails to function as intended, the security could decline in value. Municipal securities
backed by current or anticipated revenues from a specific project or specific assets can be negatively
affected by the discontinuance of the taxation supporting the project or assets or the inability to collect
revenues for the project or from the assets. If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determines an issuer of
a municipal security has not complied with applicable tax requirements, interest from the security could
become taxable and the security could decline significantly in value. Generally, FMR purchases municipal
securities whose interest, in the opinion of bond counsel, is free from federal income tax. FMR cannot
guarantee that this opinion is correct, and there is no assurance that the IRS will agree with bond counsel's
opinion. Issuers or other parties generally enter into covenants requiring continuing compliance with federal
tax requirements to preserve the tax-free status of interest payments over the life of the security. If at any
time the covenants are not complied with, or if the IRS otherwise determines that the issuer did not comply
with relevant tax requirements, interest payments from a security could become federally taxable, possibly
retroactively to the date the security was issued. For certain types of structured securities, the tax status of
the pass-through of tax-free income may also be based on the federal tax treatment of the structure.
A decline in the credit quality of an issuer can cause the price of a security to decrease. Lower-quality debt
securities (those of less than investment-grade quality, also referred to as high-yield debt securities or junk
bonds) involve greater risk of default or price changes due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer.
The value of lower-quality debt securities can be more volatile due to increased sensitivity to adverse issuer,
political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Accounts that invest in a smaller number of
individual issuers can be more sensitive to these changes.
Additionally, accounts that pursue debt investments are subject to risks of prepayment, when an issuer of
a security can repay principal prior to the security’s maturity, or default, as well as changes to bankruptcy
or debtor relief laws, which may impede collection efforts or alter timing and amount of collections.
Securities subject to prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a declining interest rate
environment and similar or greater potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment. In addition, the
potential impact of prepayment features on the price of a debt security can be difficult to predict and result
in greater volatility. Securitized debt securities, which include commercial mortgage-backed securities, are
dependent on the cash flows generated by the underlying loans, receivables, or other assets, can be
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significantly affected by changes in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the underlying
assets and their structure, and the creditworthiness of the originators of the loans or other receivables or
the entities providing credit support.
Nearly all accounts are subject to volatility in non-U.S. markets, either through direct exposure or indirect
effects on U.S. markets from events abroad, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and,
in the case of less-developed markets, currency illiquidity. Global economies and financial markets are
becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or
region might adversely impact issuers or providers in, or foreign exchange rates with, a different country or
region. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as war, acts of terrorism,
economic sanctions, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions or other events
may magnify factors that affect performance. In addition, some countries experience low or negative interest
rates, from time to time, which may magnify interest rate risk for the markets as a whole and for the funds
or accounts.
Strategies that lead accounts to invest in other funds, including ETFs, bear all the risks inherent in the
underlying funds in which those funds invest, as described in that fund’s registration statement Unlike
individual debt securities, which typically pay principal at maturity, the value of an investment in an
underlying fund will fluctuate. In addition, ETF shares that are listed on an exchange can be bought and
sold in the secondary market at market prices. The market prices of such shares will fluctuate in accordance
with changes in NAV and supply and demand on the listing exchange. Although a share's market price is
expected to approximate its NAV, it is possible that the market price and NAV will vary significantly. Shares
of an exchange traded ETF, similar to shares of other issuers listed on a stock exchange, may be sold short
and are therefore subject to the risk of increased volatility and price decreases associated with being sold
short.
Additionally, Program Accounts are subject to operational risks, which can include risks of loss arising from
failures in internal processes, people, or systems, such as routine processing errors or major systems
failures, or from external events, such as securities exchange outages. While FMR has implemented a
program to provide ongoing oversight of the sub-advisers it selects for multi-manager funds or other funds
and accounts, the sub-advisers make the day-to-day investment decisions for the portions of the funds and
accounts they manage.
Ultimately, an account’s net asset value changes daily based on changes in market conditions, foreign
currency exchange rates and interest rates, and in response to other economic, political, or financial
developments. An account’s reaction to these events will be affected by the types of securities in which the
account invests; the financial condition, industry and economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer;
and the account’s level of investment in the securities of that issuer. An account’s investment in such
securities involves risk of loss that clients of the fund or account would, and should, be prepared to bear.
An account owner could lose money due to a decline in the account’s net asset value.
Due to regulatory and issuer-specific limits that apply to the ownership of securities of certain issuers, FMR
and its affiliates limit investments in the securities of such issuers. In addition, FMR and/or its affiliates from
time-to-time determine that, because of regulatory requirements that apply to FMR and/or its affiliates in
relation to investments in a particular country or in an issuer operating in a particular regulated industry,
investments in the securities of issuers domiciled or listed on trading markets in that country or operating
in that regulated industry above certain thresholds is impractical or undesirable. The foregoing limits and
thresholds may apply at the account level or in the aggregate across all accounts (or certain subsets of
accounts) managed, sponsored, or owned by, or otherwise attributable to, FMR and its affiliates. For
investment risk management and other purposes, FMR and its affiliates also generally apply internal
aggregate limits on the amount of a particular issuer’s securities that are owned by all such accounts,
although such limits may vary for certain accounts established to develop performance track records. In
connection with the foregoing limits and thresholds, FMR limits or excludes clients’ investment in particular
issuers, futures, derivatives and/or other instruments (or limits the exercise of voting or other rights) and
investment flexibility may be restricted. In addition, to the extent that client accounts already own securities
that directly or indirectly contribute to such an ownership threshold being exceeded, FMR generally sells
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securities held in such accounts to bring account-level and/or aggregate ownership below the relevant
threshold. If any such sales result in realized losses for client accounts, those client accounts may bear
such losses depending on the particular circumstances.
FMR and its affiliates establish internal limits, and are subject to external limits, on how much the funds and
accounts they manage can invest in any one other fund. Additionally, regulatory restrictions limit the amount
that one fund can invest in another, which means that FMR is limited in the amount it can cause a fund it
manages to invest in any particular fund.
The investment research process employed by FMR includes gathering, cleaning, culling and analyzing
large amounts of data from external public sources and/or third-party data providers, including, in some
instances, through the use of generative artificial intelligence ("AI") and large language models ("LLM"). It
is not possible or practicable, however, to factor all relevant, available data into economic forecasts or
trading decisions. In addition, due to the automated nature of this data gathering and the fact that much of
this data comes from third-party sources, it is inevitable that not all desired or relevant data will be available
to, or processed by, FMR at all times. Investors should be aware that there is no guarantee that the data
utilized in generating forecasts or making trading decisions will be the most accurate data available or even
free of errors. Furthermore, the use of AI and LLMs may require training of the models to be used in the
research process and proper engagement by analysts in order to yield the desired outcome. There can be
no guarantee that LLMs can be trained to address all scenarios or that they will provide complete and
accurate responses in all situations. AI and LLMs are subject to various risks, including (1) the data used
to train LLMs suffers inaccuracies, biases, or flaws that may cause the AI model to respond other than as
intended; (2) weak controls in the development and use of AI allow it to be deployed for use cases for which
it was not intended; and (3) the AI may provide inaccurate or fabricated responses to queries it is unable to
process (a “hallucination”). Fidelity has adopted a Generative AI Policy and governance framework so that
the use of AI and LLMs is targeted and limited, and that AI and LLMs are trained using known and
appropriate data sources and are subject to controls and oversight, which helps ensure that the use of AI
and LLMs is but one input into the research process. Investors should assume that the foregoing limitation
and risks associated with gathering, cleaning, culling and analyzing large amounts of data from third-party
and other external sources, and the use of AI and LLMs, are an inherent part of investing. There may also
be incidents where data fails to load or FMR’s systems fail to retrieve or capture the data, for example,
because of changes in the vendor’s or FMR’s system configurations due to upgrades, enhancements,
maintenance or errors, or that LLMs provide incorrect information in response to certain prompts. Investors
should assume that these data errors, like other system implementation errors, and their ensuing risks and
impact are an inherent part of investing. Accordingly, unless otherwise required to do so, FMR does not
expect to disclose discovered data errors to clients.
With the increased use of technologies to conduct business, FMR and its affiliates are susceptible to
operational, information security and related risks. For example, computer, communications, data
processing, networks, backup, business continuity or other operating, information or technology systems,
including those outsourced to other providers, may fail to operate properly or become disabled, overloaded
or damaged as a result of a number of factors. These factors could include events that are wholly or partially
beyond our control and may have a negative effect on our ability to conduct business activities. We believe
that we have taken reasonable steps to mitigate these risks, but do not believe that we can eliminate them
altogether. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events and may
arise from external or internal sources. Cyber-attacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized
access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding) for purposes of
misappropriating assets or sensitive information; corrupting data, equipment, or systems; or causing
operational disruption. Cyber-attacks may also be carried out in a manner that does not require gaining
unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network
services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting FMR, its affiliates, or any other service
providers (including, but not limited to, accountants, custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries
used by a fund or account) have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially
resulting in financial losses, interference with the ability to calculate NAV, impediments to trading, the
inability to transact business, destruction to equipment and systems, violations of applicable privacy and
other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs,
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or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cyber incidents affecting
issuers of securities in which a fund or account invests, counterparties with which a fund or account engages
in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market
operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (including financial
intermediaries and service providers) and other parties.
Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
Strategic Advisers has retained FMR to provide investment models to be used by Strategic Advisers in
rendering discretionary investment advisory services to Program Accounts. FMR provides Strategic
Advisers with model portfolios (each, a “Model Portfolio” and together the “Model Portfolios”) and provides
periodic updates to each Model Portfolio. Model portfolios are constructed using fundamental and
quantitative analysis to select stocks based on investment guidelines provided by Strategic Advisers. These
guidelines can change from time to time and include allocations to equity and fixed income securities in
various markets, including the U.S. and foreign markets, and underlying mutual funds. FMR is not acting
as investment adviser or portfolio manager with respect to Program Accounts managed by Strategic
Advisers. Rather, Strategic Advisers is the portfolio manager and has the discretion to implement the
models as provided by FMR or to make modifications as it deems appropriate. FMR could provide a similar
Model Portfolio or manage accounts using a similar investment strategy for its other clients and could
provide the model to such accounts or clients prior to providing it to Strategic Advisers. At any time, Strategic
Advisers can determine to no longer receive a Model Portfolio from FMR, in which case Strategic Advisers
can engage another investment firm to provide a model portfolio or manage Program Accounts without
recommendations from a model portfolio provider. Strategic Advisers has designed investment guidelines
for the Model Portfolios delivered by FMR. These guidelines can change from time to time. Please see
Strategic Advisers’ Program Fundamentals for Fidelity Strategic Disciplines for information about Strategic
Advisers’ model portfolio services and the risks associated with investing in such portfolios.
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to the evaluation of FMR’s business or the integrity
of its management.
OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Broker-Dealers
FMR or its affiliates have relationships or arrangements with the following broker-dealers:
Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (“FDC LLC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage
Group, Inc., is the principal underwriter for business development companies ("BDCs") and general
distributor of shares in the Fidelity family of registered investment companies (including, open-end mutual
funds and ETFs and closed-end funds). FDC LLC markets products such as mutual funds, ETFs, closed-
end funds, private funds, and commingled pools advised by FMR, its affiliates, or certain unaffiliated
advisers to certain third-party financial intermediaries and institutional investors. On behalf of certain FDC
LLC investment advisor affiliates, FDC LLC also solicits intermediaries, institutions and governmental
entities who are interested in purchasing investment advisory services directly or for their clients. FDC LLC
also acts as a solicitor for FMR’s products, and acts as a placement agent for certain privately offered
investment funds advised by FMR. FDC LLC is a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group,
Inc., is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act, and provides brokerage products and services
including the sale of shares of investment companies advised by FMR to individuals and institutions
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including retirement plans administered by affiliates. Pursuant to referral agreements and for compensation,
representatives of FBS refer customers to various services offered by FBS’s related persons, and FBS acts
as a solicitor for FMR’s products. FBS also acts as a placement agent for certain privately-offered
investment funds advised by FMR. In addition, FBS is the distributor of insurance products, including
variable annuities, which are issued by FMR’s related persons, Fidelity Investments Life Insurance
Company (“FILI”) and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“EFILI”). FBS provides
shareholder services to certain of FMR’s or FMR’s affiliates’ clients.
Fidelity Global Brokerage Group, Inc. (“FGBG”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, wholly owns six
broker-dealers: Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, National Financial Services LLC, Fidelity Distributors
Company LLC, Fidelity Prime Financing LLC, Digital Brokerage Services LLC and Green Pier Fintech LLC.
FGBG and FMR Sakura Holdings, Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of FMR LLC, along with other third-
party financial institutions, also have ownership interests in Kezar Markets, LLC. Transactions for clients of
FMR or other entities for which FMR serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser or provides discretionary
trading services, as well as clients of FMR’s affiliates, are executed through two alternative trading systems,
the LeveL ATS and the Luminex ATS, that are operated by Kezar Trading, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Kezar Markets, LLC.
Digital Brokerage Services LLC (“DBS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group
Inc., is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act. DBS provides securities brokerage services to
a retail customer base through a digital mobile application-based brokerage platform. DBS clears all
customer transactions through National Financial Services LLC and Green Pier Fintech LLC, each an
affiliated registered broker-dealer, on a fully disclosed basis.
National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”) is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and is a fully
disclosed clearing broker-dealer. As such, NFS provides clearing, settlement, and execution services for
other broker-dealers, including its affiliate FBS. Fidelity Capital Markets (“FCM”) is a division of NFS that
provides trade executions for FMR and other advisory clients. Additionally, FCM operates CrossStream, an
alternative trading system that allows orders submitted by its subscribers to be crossed against orders
submitted by other subscribers. CrossStream is used to execute transactions for FMR or FMR’s affiliates’
investment companies and other advisory clients. NFS provides transfer agent or sub transfer agent
services and other custodial services to certain of FMR’s or FMR’s affiliates’ clients. NFS may provide
securities lending services to certain of FMR’s or FMR’s affiliates’ clients. Additionally, NFS provides prime
brokerage services to certain of FMR’s clients. NFS is a wholly owned subsidiary of FGBG, a holding
company that provides certain administrative services to NFS and other affiliates.
Kezar Trading, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and operator of alternative trading systems (“ATS”),
operates the Luminex ATS and the LeveL ATS, which allow orders submitted by their subscribers to be
crossed against orders submitted by other subscribers. Kezar Trading, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Kezar Markets, LLC. FGBG and FMR Sakura Holdings, Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of FMR
LLC, along with other third-party financial institutions, have ownership interests in Kezar Markets, LLC.
Kezar Trading, LLC charges a commission to both sides of each trade executed in the Luminex ATS and
LeveL ATS. The Luminex ATS and LeveL ATS are used to execute transactions for FMR’s or FMR’s
affiliates’ investment companies and other advisory clients. NFS serves as a clearing agent for transactions
executed in the Luminex ATS.
FMR is authorized to place portfolio transactions with FCM and use CrossStream, an ATS operated by
NFS, as well as Luminex ATS and LeveL ATS, which are operated by Kezar Trading, LLC, if it reasonably
believes the quality of the transaction is comparable to what it would be with other qualified broker-dealers.
In addition, FMR places client trades with broker-dealers that use NFS or FCC as a clearing agent.
Transactions executed by brokers considered to be affiliates of FMR under the 1940 Act on behalf of
registered investment company clients are effected in accordance with Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act, and
procedures adopted thereunder.
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FCM and Kezar Trading, LLC cross transactions on an agency basis between clients of FMR or its affiliates,
including investment company clients, non-investment company clients, and other non-advisory clients
(agency cross transactions), as permitted by applicable rules and regulations. Such transactions will be
executed, to the extent required by law, in accordance with (i) Rule 206(3)-2 under the Advisers Act,
requiring written consent, confirmations of transactions and annual reporting, and (ii) procedures adopted
pursuant to Rule 17e-1 under the 1940 Act by the Board of Trustees or Directors of FMR’s clients that are
registered investment companies.
Conflicts of interest with respect to registered investment companies that arise from dealings with affiliated
brokers are governed by various policies adopted by the respective funds’ Board of Trustees or Directors.
For example, Section 10(f) of the 1940 Act is intended to prevent affiliated underwriters from “dumping”
undesirable securities on funds or otherwise using fund purchases to benefit the underwriting syndicate. In
accordance with Rule 10f-3, the fund Boards of Trustees or Directors have adopted procedures by which
the funds are permitted to purchase securities in offerings for which FCM acts as a principal underwriter,
provided that certain conditions are satisfied.
Additionally, Section 17(a) prevents affiliated brokers from selling securities to, or buying securities from,
the funds on their own behalf, except to the extent allowed by law, to prevent those affiliated brokers from
taking advantage of the funds. The fund Boards of Trustees or Directors have adopted policies and
procedures preventing affiliated brokers from engaging in such transactions, except to the extent allowed
by law. Furthermore, Section 17(e)(1) prevents affiliated brokers from charging excessive fees for
transactions on behalf of the funds. Under Rule 17e-1, affiliated brokers are permitted to receive a “usual
and customary brokerage commission” in connection with transactions effected on a securities exchange,
and the Rule 17e-1 procedures adopted by the fund Boards of Trustees or Directors ensure that the fees
do not exceed the usual and customary requirements. In addition, FMR has adopted various policies and
procedures to address provisions of and prohibitions under the Adviser’s Act and ERISA (where applicable)
with respect to potential conflicts of interest and self-dealing.
In certain circumstances, trades are executed through alternative trading systems or national securities
exchanges in which FMR or its affiliates have an interest. Any decision to execute a trade through an
alternative trading system or exchange in which FMR or its affiliates have an interest would be made in
accordance with applicable law, including best execution obligations. For trades placed on such a system
or exchange, not limited to ones in which FMR or its affiliates have an ownership interest, FMR or its
affiliates derive benefit in the form of increased valuation(s) of its equity interest, where it has an ownership
interest, or other remuneration, including rebates.
Securities Lending
NFS provides securities lending services to the Fidelity group of funds and other client accounts (lending
accounts) that are advised by FMR or FMR’s affiliates under a securities lending agency agreement subject
to a flat fee arrangement and a limit, or cap, on total daily compensation. An economic incentive exists for
NFS to increase the amount of securities out on loan to generate income equal to the daily cap; however,
FMR, not NFS, determines daily the securities that are eligible to participate in the securities lending
program. NFS has established policies and procedures designed to help ensure that the information NFS
receives about the lending accounts in its capacity as securities lending agent is used solely in connection
with the agency securities lending program and is not accessed by trading personnel who effect
transactions in NFS proprietary accounts or in the accounts of NFS’s other clients.
NFS also borrows securities from the Fidelity group of funds pursuant to SEC exemptive relief. NFS uses
automated third-party software to allocate loans to a pre-approved list of borrowers provided by FMR or an
affiliate to help ensure the fair allocation of lending opportunities between NFS and other borrowers. The
above referenced policies and procedures help ensure that the information NFS receives in its capacity as
securities lending agent is not used by NFS in its role as borrower.
If a borrower in a securities loan defaults, NFS would indemnify a lending account to the extent that the
collateral deposited by the borrower is insufficient to make the lending account whole, which subjects NFS
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to collateral shortfall risk (“shortfall risk”). Management of the shortfall risk creates an incentive for NFS to
limit the amount of securities lending activity NFS conducts on behalf of the lending accounts, which has
the potential to reduce the volume of lending opportunities for certain types of loans. FMR has established
policies and procedures that provide for FMR or its affiliates, as applicable, to compare loans entered into
by NFS on behalf of the lending accounts with opportunities for securities loans that NFS passed over.
Missed opportunities will be evaluated by FMR or its affiliates, as applicable, and reviewed with NFS. NFS
has purchased insurance to mitigate shortfall risk.
Investment Companies
FMR provides portfolio management services for several investment companies, including investment
companies in the Fidelity group of funds. FMR disclaims that it is a related person of the investment
companies for which it provides investment management services.
Other Investment Advisers
FMR or its affiliates have relationships or arrangements with the following investment advisers:
Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (FDS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered
investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FDS is registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (“CFTC”) under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended (“CEA”), as a commodity
pool operator (“CPO”) and a commodity trading adviser (“CTA”). FDS is a member of the National Futures
Association (“NFA”). FDS provides portfolio management services as an adviser and, where required, a
CPO to registered investment companies unregistered investment companies (“private funds”), business
development companies (“BDCs”), and separately managed accounts.
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (“FMR UK”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of FMR, is
registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is authorized by the U.K. Financial Conduct
Authority to provide investment advisory and portfolio management services. FMR UK provides investment
advisory and portfolio management services to certain collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) issuers and as
a sub-adviser to certain of FMR’s clients, including investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds,
and provides trading services to FMR and its affiliates. FMR UK provides portfolio management services
as an adviser or sub-adviser to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated advisers. FMR UK is also authorized
to undertake insurance mediation as part of its benefits consulting business. FMR UK is also registered
with the Central Bank of Ireland.
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (“FMR (Japan)”), a direct wholly owned subsidiary of
FMR, is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is authorized by the Japan Financial
Services Agency (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) to provide investment advisory and discretionary
investment management services. FMR (Japan) supplies investment research and investment advisory
information and provides discretionary investment management services to certain clients of FMR and its
affiliates, including investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds, and to clients of other affiliated and
unaffiliated advisers.
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (“FMR (Hong Kong)”), a wholly owned subsidiary
of FMR, is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is authorized by the Hong Kong
Securities and Futures Commission to advise on securities, dealing in futures contracts, provide asset
management services, and conduct trading services. FMR (Hong Kong) provides investment advisory or
portfolio management services as a sub-adviser with respect to certain clients of FMR and its affiliates,
including investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds, and provides trading services to FMR and
its affiliates. FMR (Hong Kong) provides portfolio management services as an adviser or sub-adviser to
clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated advisers.
Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC (“FIWA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is a registered
investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FIWA provides non-discretionary investment advice to third-
party financial institutions in connection with the provision of model asset allocation portfolios (“Fidelity
Model Portfolios”) and model-delivered separately managed accounts (“Fidelity Advisor Separately
Managed Accounts” or “Fidelity Advisor SMAs”). FIWA also sponsors the Fidelity Managed Account
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Xchange program (“FMAX”), a turn-key asset management program made available to individual investors
through financial intermediaries, which includes Fidelity Model Portfolios and Fidelity Advisor SMAs. FMR
acts as sub-advisor to FIWA in providing discretionary portfolio management services to customized
separately managed accounts offered by FIWA (“Fidelity Institutional Custom SMAs”). FMR also provides
model portfolio construction services to FIWA in connection with FIWA’s services to its intermediary clients
and FIWA compensates FMR for such services.
Strategic Advisers LLC (“Strategic Advisers”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Advisory Holdings
LLC, which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, and is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers
Act. Strategic Advisers provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services and acts as the
investment manager to registered investment companies that invest in affiliated and unaffiliated funds.
Strategic Advisers serves as the sponsor and discretionary manager to investment advisory programs and
can retain the services of affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers and model providers for its advisory
programs. Strategic Advisers is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and is a member
of the NFA.
FIAM LLC (“FIAM”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly owned by
FMR LLC, and provides investment management services, including sub-advisory services to FMR or its
affiliates. FIAM is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FIAM is also registered with the
Central Bank of Ireland.
Ballyrock Investment Advisors LLC (“Ballyrock”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, and is registered
as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. Ballyrock provides investment advisory services to
collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) issuers, with a focus on investments in high yield debt securities,
primarily including bank loans. FMR or its affiliates provides portfolio management services as a sub-
adviser to clients of Ballyrock.
Impresa Management LLC (“Impresa”) is owned by trusts, the trustees of which are individuals, certain of
whom are employees of FMR LLC. Impresa is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and
serves as (i) an investment adviser and general partner or manager for certain limited partnerships or limited
liability companies (the “Investor Entities”); and (ii) an investment adviser and/or the ultimate general partner
or manager (either directly or indirectly through subsidiary entities) to certain collective investment entities
in which the Investor Entities invest and to funds or other special purpose vehicles that co-invest or hold
investments alongside such collective investment vehicles. Impresa also provides investment advisory
services as an adviser to other affiliated entities or sub-adviser to other affiliated or unaffiliated entities.
Impresa generally invests, on behalf of its clients, in securities of private companies, purchased and sold
in privately negotiated transactions, and generally does not purchase publicly traded securities. From time
to time, Impresa clients acquire or hold publicly traded securities as a result of a private portfolio company’s
initial public offering, the purchase of additional securities in such an initial public offering or through the
acquisition of a portfolio company by a public company. Impresa from time to time invests in less established
or early-stage companies, as well as later-stage private companies. For more information regarding
conflicts of interests relating to proprietary trading, see “Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading” section herein.
Fidelity Management & Research (Canada) ULC (“FMR-Canada”) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
FMR. FMR-Canada is registered as a portfolio manager and commodity trading manager with the Ontario
Securities Commission. FMR-Canada provides portfolio management services as a sub-adviser to certain
of FMR’s and its affiliates’ clients.
FMR or its affiliates use the investment management personnel of certain of the investment advisors noted
above and the trust companies noted below under personnel sharing arrangements or other inter-company
agreements. In addition, FMR or its affiliates provide certain administrative services to certain of the
foregoing investment advisers, including, but not limited to, securities and derivatives trade execution,
investment compliance and proxy voting.
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Banking, Thrift Institutions, and Trust Companies
FMR or its affiliates have relationships or arrangements with the following affiliated banking and trust
institutions. FMR or its affiliates provide certain investment management personnel to certain of the banking
and trust institutions under personnel sharing arrangements or other inter-company agreements. In
addition, FMR or its affiliates provide certain administrative services to certain of the foregoing banking and
trust institutions, including, but not limited to, securities and derivatives trade execution, investment
compliance and proxy voting.
Fidelity Management Trust Company (“FMTC”), a limited-purpose trust company organized and operating
under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides non-discretionary trustee and custodial
services to employee benefit plans and IRAs through which individuals invest in mutual funds managed by
FMR or its affiliates, and discretionary investment management services to institutional clients and acts as
trustee and investment manager of collective investment trusts. FMR or its affiliates provide portfolio
management services as a sub-adviser to certain of FMTC’s clients. FMTC is a wholly owned subsidiary of
FMTC Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC.
Fidelity Personal Trust Company, FSB (“FPTC”) is a federal savings bank that offers fiduciary services to
its customers that include trustee or co-trustee services, custody, principal and income accounting,
investment management services, and recordkeeping and administration. FPTC is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Fidelity Thrift Holding Company, Inc., which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC.
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust Company (“FIAM TC”), a trust company organized under the
laws of the State of New Hampshire, provides investment management services principally for institutional
clients, including employee benefit plans and acts as trustee and investment manager of its collective
investment trusts. FIAM TC is a wholly owned subsidiary of FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly
owned by FMR LLC. FIAM or its affiliates provide certain administrative services to FIAM TC, including, but
not limited to, trade execution, investment compliance, and proxy voting.
Insurance Companies or Agencies
FMR or its affiliates have relationships or arrangements with the following insurance companies and
agencies:
Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“FILI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is engaged
in the distribution and issuance of life insurance and annuity products that may offer shares of investment
companies managed by FMR or its affiliates.
Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company (“EFILI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FILI, is
engaged in the distribution and issuance of life insurance and annuity products that may offer shares of
investment companies managed by FMR or its affiliates to residents of New York.
Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is engaged in the business of
selling life insurance and annuity products of affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies.
Fidelity Health Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is an insurance licensed
business entity (agency) under which certain workplace and individual insurance-related product and
services are offered or sold. Product and services include Medicare-related products sold to individuals
and employer-offered benefits such as broker/agent for certain group health plans, retiree transition to
Medicare, and voluntary/optional insurance coverage.
Soteria Reinsurance Ltd (“Soteria Re”) is owned directly by Soteria Reinsurance Holdings, LLC which itself
is a 100% owned subsidiary of FMR LLC. Soteria Re is an incorporated Bermuda exempted company.
Soteria Re focuses on reinsurance of US retail annuities and other investment-oriented insurance products
underwritten by FILI.
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Participating Affiliates
Fidelity Business Services India Private Limited (“FBS India”), with its registered office in Bangalore,
is incorporated under the laws of India and is ultimately owned by FMR LLC through certain of its respective
direct or indirect subsidiaries. Certain employees of FBS India (FBS India Associated Employees) from time
to time provide certain research services for FMR and its affiliates, which FMR and its affiliates may use for
their U.S. clients.
FBS India is not registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is deemed to be a
“Participating Affiliate” (as this term has been used by the SEC’s Division of Investment Management in
various no-action letters granting relief from the Advisers Act’s registration requirements for certain affiliates
of registered investment advisers) of FMR. FMR deems FBS India and certain of its employees as
associated persons within the meaning of Section 202(a)(17) of the Advisers Act, because FBS India,
through such employees, contribute to FMR’s research process and may have access to information
concerning which securities are being recommended to FMR’s U.S. clients prior to the effective
dissemination of such recommendations. FBS India also provides certain affiliates of FMR with certain
research relating to securities that are the subject of research it provides to FMR. As a Participating Affiliate
of FMR, FBS India has agreed to submit itself to the jurisdiction of United States courts for actions arising
under U.S. securities laws in connection with investment advisory activities conducted for FMR’s U.S.
clients. FMR maintains a list of the employees of FBS India whom it has deemed associated persons, which
it will make available to current and prospective U.S. clients upon request.
CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS,
AND PERSONAL TRADING
Code of Ethics
From time to time, FMR purchases or sells for the accounts of clients securities in which FMR or its affiliates’
in-house accounts (including institutional accounts), affiliates, directors, officers or employees have a
position. This situation results, in part, from the breadth of securities purchased by FMR’s or its affiliates’
varied clients and from FMR’s and its affiliates’ personnel being permitted to invest in securities for their
personal accounts. The conflicts of interest involved in such transactions are governed by FMR's Code of
Ethics for Personal Investing (the “Code”), which has been adopted and approved by the Board of Trustees
of FMR’s or its affiliates’ investment company clients in the Fidelity group of funds in accordance with Rule
17j-1 under the 1940 Act, and which incorporates the Adviser’s Code of Ethics (“Adviser’s Code”) adopted
in accordance with Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act.
The Code applies to officers, directors, and employees (including certain contractors) of FMR, and certain
employees of its affiliates (“Advisory Personnel”) and requires that they place the interests of FMR's clients
above their own. The Code establishes securities transactions requirements for all Advisory Personnel and
their covered persons, including their spouses. More specifically, the Code: (i) requires that Advisory
Personnel and their covered persons move their covered accounts to FBS unless an exception exists or
prior approval is obtained; (ii) requires pre-clearance of transactions in covered securities with limited
exceptions; (iii) requires reporting of transactions in covered securities on a quarterly basis with limited
exceptions; (iv) requires reporting of securities accounts and holdings of covered securities at the time of
hire and annually thereafter; (v) prohibits personal trading by a portfolio manager within seven days before
or after a trade in any covered security of the same issuer by a fund managed by such portfolio manager
except in limited circumstances; (vi) prohibits purchases of securities in initial public offerings unless an
exception has been approved; (vii) restricts the selling short of a covered security; (viii) prohibits
investments in limited offerings without prior approval; and (ix) requires disgorgement of profits from short-
term transactions with limited exceptions. Violation of the Code’s requirements may also result in the
imposition of remedial action, including termination.
In addition, the Adviser’s Code, as incorporated in the Code: (1) describes the fiduciary duty Advisory
Personnel have to FMR’s clients; (2) requires Advisory Personnel of FMR to comply with federal securities
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laws; (3) requires certain Advisory Personnel of FMR to report, and for FMR to review, such Advisory
Personnel’s and their covered persons’ mutual fund share transactions and holdings periodically (core
money market funds excepted) for funds advised by FMR or an affiliate and certain other funds specified
in the Adviser’s Code; (4) requires Advisory Personnel of FMR to report any violations of the Code to FMR’s
Ethics Office; and (5) requires FMR to provide each Advisory Personnel with a copy of the Code and any
amendments, and requires Advisory Personnel to acknowledge their receipt and understanding of the
Code.
FMR will provide a copy of its Adviser’s Code, as integrated into the Code, to any client or prospective client
upon request.
Conflicts of Interest
In certain instances, the purchase or sale of securities for the accounts of clients is restricted in connection
with distributions of securities where FMR, its affiliates or their clients are proposing to act as selling
shareholders in the distribution. Any such activity is evaluated in accordance with Regulation M under the
Exchange Act, the 1940 Act and other applicable rules and regulations and from time-to-time results in
restrictions on the ability of client accounts to purchase or sell in the distribution and/or in the secondary
market. From time to time, FCM, a division of NFS, an affiliated broker-dealer of FMR, acts as a selling
agent or principal underwriter in underwritings of municipal, equity or other securities which FMR
recommends to clients. The Trustees of FMR’s or its affiliates’ mutual fund clients in the Fidelity group of
funds evaluate any such activity by FMR in accordance with Rule 10f-3 under the 1940 Act and procedures
adopted pursuant to Rule 10f-3.
A conflict of interest situation is presented when a portfolio manager considers investing a client account in
securities of an issuer in which FMR, its affiliates or their (or their fund clients’) respective directors, officers
or employees already hold a significant position for their own account, including positions held indirectly
through certain funds or accounts managed by FMR or one of its affiliated advisers (collectively, “Proprietary
Accounts”). Because the 1940 Act, as well as other applicable laws and regulations, restrict certain
transactions between affiliated entities or between an advisor and its clients, client accounts managed by
FMR or its affiliates, including accounts sub-advised by third parties, are, in certain circumstances,
prohibited from participating in offerings of such securities (including initial public offerings and other
offerings occurring before or after an issuer’s initial public offering) or acquiring such securities in the
secondary market. For example, ownership of a company by the Investor Entities advised by Impresa or
other Proprietary Accounts has, in certain situations, resulted in restrictions on FMR’s and its affiliates’ client
accounts’ ability to acquire securities in the company’s initial public offering and subsequent public offerings,
private offerings, and in the secondary market, and additional restrictions could arise in the future; to the
extent such client accounts acquire the relevant securities after such restrictions are subsequently lifted,
the delay could affect the price at which the securities are acquired. A conflict of interest situation is
presented when FMR or its affiliates acquire, on behalf of their client accounts, securities of the same
issuers whose securities are already held in Proprietary Accounts, because such investments could have
the effect of increasing or supporting the value of the Proprietary Accounts. A conflict of interest situation
also arises when FMR investment advisory personnel consider whether client accounts they manage
should invest in an investment opportunity that they know is also being considered by an affiliate of FMR
for a Proprietary Account, to the extent that not investing on behalf of such client accounts improves the
ability of the Proprietary Account to take advantage of the opportunity. FMR has adopted policies and
procedures and maintains a compliance program designed to help manage such actual and potential
conflicts of interest.
A conflict of interest situation is also presented if the funds’ orders for the purchase or sale of securities do
not get fully executed due to being aggregated with those of other accounts managed by FMR or an affiliate,
including FMR’s or its affiliates’ in-house accounts. FMR has adopted policies and procedures (for example,
trade allocation procedures) and maintains a compliance program designed to help manage these actual
and potential conflicts. There can be no assurance, however, that all conflicts have been addressed in all
situations. Trading in personal accounts, which gives rise to actual and potential conflicts of interest, is
subject to certain restrictions by the Code.
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From time to time, in connection with its business, FMR obtains material, non-public information. In
compliance with applicable laws, FMR has adopted a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that
prohibit the use of material, non-public information by investment professionals and other employees. FMR
also has procedures addressing the use of third party paid research consultants.
In addition, FMR has implemented a Corporate Gifts & Entertainment Policy intended to set standards for
business entertainment and the giving or receiving of gifts, help employees make sound decisions with
respect to these activities, and ensure that the interests of FMR’s clients come first. Similarly, to support
compliance with applicable “pay-to-play” rules, FMR has implemented a Personal Political Contributions &
Activities Policy which requires employees to pre-clear political contributions and activities. FMR also has
a Global Anti-Corruption Policy regarding commercial bribery and bribery of government officials that
prohibits directly or indirectly giving, offering, authorizing, promising, accepting, or receiving any bribe,
facilitation payment, kickback, or payoff (whether in cash or any other form) with the intent to improperly
obtain or retain business or any improper advantage.
BROKERAGE PRACTICES
Selection of Brokers and Dealers to Effect Client Transactions
Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR or its affiliates generally have authority to select brokers (whether acting as a broker or a dealer) to
place or execute clients’ portfolio securities transactions. FMR or its affiliates are responsible for the
placement of portfolio securities transactions for certain client accounts for which an affiliate or related
person has investment discretion. In selecting a broker or dealer for a specific securities transaction, FMR
or its affiliates evaluate a variety of criteria and use good faith judgment in seeking to obtain execution of
portfolio securities transactions at commissions or costs that are reasonable in relation to the brokerage
and research services provided, where allowed under applicable law.
In selecting broker-dealers (“brokers”), including affiliates of FMR, to execute client portfolio securities
transactions, FMR or its affiliates consider the factors they deem relevant in the context of a particular trade
and in regard to FMR’s or its affiliates’ overall responsibilities with respect to the fund and other investment
accounts including any instructions from the client’s portfolio manager, which may emphasize, for example,
speed of execution over other factors. Based on the factors considered, FMR or its affiliates may choose
to execute an order using electronic channels, including broker-sponsored algorithms, internal crossing, or
by verbally working an order with one or more brokers. Other possibly relevant factors include, but are not
limited to, the following: price; costs; the size, nature and type of the order; speed of execution; financial
condition and reputation of the broker; broker specific considerations (e.g., not all brokers are able to
execute all types of trades); broker willingness to commit capital; the nature and characteristics of the
markets in which the security is traded; the trader’s assessment of whether and how closely the broker
likely will follow the trader’s instructions to the broker; confidentiality and the potential for information
leakage; the nature or existence of post-trade clearing, settlement, custody and currency convertibility
mechanisms; and the provision of brokerage and research products and services, if applicable and where
allowed by law.
The trading desks through which FMR or its affiliates execute trades are instructed to execute portfolio
transactions on behalf of their clients based on the quality of execution without any consideration of
Research and Brokerage Services (as defined below) the broker or dealer provides. The administration of
Research and Brokerage Services is managed separately from the trading desks, and traders have no
responsibility for administering the research program, including the payment for research.
Please see the Strategic Advisers Program Fundamentals for further information about Program fees,
brokerage commissions and additional fees for transactions in a Program Account.
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Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR does not execute transactions in connection with the provision of non-discretionary investment models
to Strategic Advisers.
Identification and Resolution of Errors
As an investment adviser, FMR maintains policies and procedures that address the identification and
correction of errors consistent with applicable standards of care and clients’ investment management
agreements. To the extent that an error occurs, FMR’s policy is to identify and resolve the error as promptly
as possible. FMR will address and resolve errors on a case-by-case basis, in its discretion, based on each
error’s facts and circumstances. FMR is not obligated to follow any single method of resolving errors.
An incident is any occurrence or event that interrupts normal investment-related activities or that deviates
from applicable law, the terms of an investment management agreement, or applicable internal or external
policies or procedures. Incidents can occur at FMR or at one of FMR’s service providers and can be
identified by any of the same.
The determination of whether an incident constitutes an error is made by FMR in its sole discretion based
on the relevant facts and circumstances of each incident considered in light of the applicable standard of
care. Errors include, without limitation: (i) purchases or sales that exceed the amount of securities intended
to trade for a fund or account; (ii) the purchase (or sale) of a security when it should have been sold (or
purchased); (iii) the purchase or sale of a security not intended for the fund or account, and/or contrary to
investment guidelines or restrictions; and (iv) incorrect allocations of trades.
Situations that generally would be considered by FMR to be incidents but not errors include, without
limitation, (i) failure by a portfolio manager to provide timely notification of an incorrect purchase of a security
although the security purchased was appropriate for the fund or account; (ii) passive or active breach of an
internal fund or account-level limit; (iii) failure to update a portfolio manager in a timely manner regarding
an increase in shares outstanding or additional room to buy for a security that had been at an aggregate
limit; and (iv) external events, such as securities exchange outages. Other situations that result from failures
in internal processes, people or systems, such as other routine processing errors or major systems failures,
may be deemed to be incidents and not errors depending on the facts and circumstances. For example,
computer, communications, data processing, networks, cloud computing, backup, business continuity or
other operating, information or technology systems, including those FMR outsources to other providers,
may fail to operate properly or become disabled, overloaded or damaged as a result of a number of factors.
These factors could include events that are wholly or partially beyond FMR’s control and may have a
negative impact on our ability to conduct business activities. Though losses arising from operating,
information or technology systems failures could adversely affect a client account’s performance, such
losses would likely not be reimbursable under FMR’s policies.
Additionally, incidents involving fund and account monitoring or aggregate monitoring compliance violations
may or may not be deemed by FMR to be errors depending on the facts and circumstances. For example,
an active breach of a client mandate or regulatory limit (e.g., due to an acquisition of additional securities
for an account) may be deemed to be an error and may be compensable depending on the particular
circumstances, but a passive breach of such a limit (e.g., due to a reduction in the issuer’s outstanding
securities) would not be considered an error and would not be compensable. Active breaches of issuer or
regulatory limits, including poison pill limits, may be deemed to be errors and may be compensable
depending on the circumstances, but passive breaches generally will not. Further, a passive breach of an
aggregate limit on holdings of a security established internally by FMR and its affiliates, and instances
where all available aggregate capacity on a security is not fully utilized, generally are not considered errors
and are not compensable, but an active breach of an internal aggregate limit may be deemed to be an error
and compensable depending on the particular circumstances. To the extent that client accounts already
own securities that directly or indirectly contribute to certain ownership thresholds being exceeded, FMR
may sell securities held in such accounts to bring account-level and/or aggregate ownership below the
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relevant threshold. If any such sales result in losses for client accounts, those client accounts may bear
such losses depending on the particular circumstances.
FMR is responsible for notifying, when appropriate, the affected client of an error. FMR generally will not
notify clients about incidents deemed not to be errors and non-compensable errors, unless otherwise
agreed with particular clients. All errors requiring reimbursement to a Fidelity affiliated mutual fund or ETF
of $100,000 or more must be reported to the Compliance Committee (or other applicable Committee) of the
fund’s or ETF’s Board of Trustees at its next scheduled meeting.
When FMR determines that reimbursement is appropriate, the account will be compensated as determined
in good faith by FMR. Resolution of errors includes, but is not limited to, permitting client accounts to retain
gains or reimbursing client accounts for losses resulting from the error. The calculation of the amount of
any loss will depend on the facts and circumstances of the error, and the methodology used by FMR may
vary. Unless prohibited by applicable regulation or a specific agreement with the client, FMR will net a
client’s gains and losses from the error or a series of related errors with the same root cause and
compensate the client for the net loss. In general, compensation is expected to be limited to direct monetary
losses and will not include any amounts that FMR deems to be speculative or uncertain, nor will it cover
investment losses not caused by the error. FMR may elect to establish an error account for the resolution
of errors which could be used depending on the facts and circumstances.
Investment Research Products and Brokerage Services Furnished by Research
Providers and Brokers
FMR and its affiliates have established policies and procedures relating to brokerage commission uses in
compliance with Section 28(e) of the Exchange Act, the provisions of the 1940 Act, and various
interpretations of the staff of the SEC thereunder, and with regard to FMR UK, where applicable, the revised
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive in the European Union, commonly referred to as “MiFID II”, as
implemented in the United Kingdom through the Conduct of Business Sourcebook Rules of the UK Financial
Conduct Authority (the “FCA”). Not all FMR client accounts consume the same Research and Brokerage
Services. For example, any research consumed by the portfolio management team that is responsible for
managing Program accounts will not be generated or paid for by using client commissions or soft dollar
credits.
For a full description of FMR’s policies and procedures that apply to FMR’s other clients when it uses
brokerage commission to pay for research or services, please see FMR’s Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Other Considerations and Brokerage Arrangements
Broker Restrictions
FMR or its affiliates recommend that clients do not request them to direct client portfolio transactions to
specific brokers. Clients may nonetheless make such requests, subject to FMR’s or its affiliates’ attempt to
seek quality execution and provided that the broker is an approved counterparty of FMR or its affiliates.
Clients should be aware that if they require FMR or its affiliates to direct portfolio transactions to specific
brokers, or if clients restrict trading with specific brokers (for example, because of affiliations) (a) FMR or
its affiliates may be unable to achieve most favorable execution of such directed or restricted broker
transactions; (b) the client may pay higher brokerage commissions on such directed or restricted broker
transactions because FMR or its affiliates may be unable to aggregate such transactions with other orders;
and (c) the client may receive less favorable prices on such directed or restricted broker transactions.
Transactions with Certain Brokers
FMR or its affiliates place trades with certain brokers, including NFS and Kezar Trading, LLC, with whom
they are under common control or otherwise affiliated, provided FMR or its affiliates determine that these
affiliates' trade execution abilities and costs are comparable to those of non-affiliated, qualified brokerage
firms, and that such transactions be executed in accordance with applicable rules under the 1940 Act and
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procedures adopted by the Boards of Trustees or Directors (as applicable) of FMR’s clients in the Fidelity
group of funds or FMR’s affiliates’ other clients and subject to other applicable law.
In addition, from time to time, FMR or its affiliates place client trades with brokers that use NFS or FCC as
a clearing agent.
Client trades placed by FMR or its affiliates are also executed through other alternative trading systems or
exchanges in which FMR or its affiliates have an interest, such as Level ATS.
Transactions Among Clients
FMR or its affiliates execute transactions between mutual funds and other accounts they manage (either
on an advisory or sub-advisory basis), as well as with certain other clients managed by their affiliates. Such
transactions for clients in the Fidelity group of funds will be executed in accordance with applicable rules
under the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act and procedures adopted by the Boards of Trustees or Directors (as
applicable) of FMR’s or FMR’s affiliates’ clients in the Fidelity group of funds or other clients of FMR or its
affiliates. FMR or its affiliates also execute transactions between other mutual fund and non-mutual fund
clients, and such transactions will be executed in accordance with applicable rules under the Advisers Act
and procedures adopted thereunder. When FMR or its affiliates engage in adviser cross transactions, where
FMR or its affiliates directly effect an agency transaction between advisory clients without involving a broker,
FMR or its affiliates will receive no compensation (other than its advisory fee), directly or indirectly, for the
transaction.
Non-U.S. Securities Transactions
To facilitate trade settlement and related activities in non-U.S. securities transactions, FMR or its affiliates
effect spot foreign currency transactions with foreign currency dealers. In certain circumstances, due to
local law and regulation, logistical or operational challenges, or the process for settling securities
transactions in certain markets (e.g., short settlement periods), spot currency transactions are effected on
behalf of clients by parties other than FMR or its affiliates, including clients’ custodian banks (working
through sub-custodians or agents in the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction) or broker-dealers that executed the
related securities transaction.
Trade Allocation Policies
Bunched Trades
It is generally FMR’s or its affiliates’ practice, when appropriate, to combine or "bunch" orders of various
accounts, including those of its clients, its affiliates’ clients, and, in certain instances, proprietary accounts
for order entry and execution. Bunched orders are executed through one or more brokers. The allotment of
trades among brokers is based on a variety of factors, which include price, order size, the time of order, the
security and market activity. A bunched trade executed with a particular broker is generally allocated pro-
rata among the accounts that are participating in the bunched trade until any account has been filled. After
any account has been filled, the trade is allocated pro-rata among any remaining accounts. Each broker’s
execution of a bunched order will, at times, be at a price different than another broker’s bunched order
execution price for the same security. Additionally, as a result of accommodating the differing arrangements
regarding the payment for research that is required by MiFID II, clients in a bunched trade will, at times, not
pay a pro rata share of all costs associated with that bunched trade. While FMR is under no obligation to
aggregate orders for Program Accounts, in general FMR will choose to aggregate trades of individual
securities for Program Accounts and/or to aggregate Program Account trades with trades for other client
accounts when, in FMR’s judgment, aggregation is in the best interests of all clients involved and is
operationally feasible to do so.
Allocation of Trades
FMR and its affiliates have established allocation policies to ensure allocations are fair and equitable over
time and appropriate given clients’ differing investment objectives and other considerations. When, in
FMR’s or its affiliates’ opinion, the supply/demand is insufficient under the circumstances to satisfy all
outstanding orders, across all securities types the amount executed generally is distributed among
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participating accounts based on account net asset size (for purchases) and security position size (for sales),
or otherwise according to the allocation policies.
FMR’s and its affiliates’ trade allocation policies identify circumstances under which it is appropriate to
modify or deviate from the general allocation criteria and describe the alternate procedures. For allocations
based on net assets, the trade allocation policies for each of the equity, fixed income, and high income
divisions define the method of calculating net assets to be used within that division depending on particular
circumstances. The trade allocation policies define net assets generally by reference to each account’s
assets managed by each of the equity, fixed income, or high income divisions, and then by reference to
certain security and account types. Furthermore, the calculation of net assets may vary depending on the
portfolio type, and specialized portfolios may calculate net assets differently than other accounts.
Specialized portfolios, which are portfolios with a limited or concentrated investment universe, may have
100% of their net assets taken into account when investing in securities that meet their principal investment
strategy, whereas accounts with a broader investment mandate trading the same security when aggregated
with a specialized portfolio may receive an allocation as low as 1% of their net assets.
These policies also apply to initial and secondary offerings and to private security investments.
Trade allocations are also impacted by various regulatory requirements depending on where the trade is
executed and what types of accounts are included in the trade. In such circumstances, some accounts, at
times, will be prioritized over others when supply/demand is insufficient.
With limited exceptions, the trading systems contain rules that allocate trades on an automated basis in
accordance with these policies. Generally, any exceptions to FMR’s and its affiliates’ policies (i.e., special
allocations) must be approved by senior trading and compliance personnel and documented.
Multi-Asset Class Portfolios
When a multi-asset class portfolio is managed by one division and trades on the desk of a different division,
the percentage of net assets allocated to that multi-asset class portfolio will be based on the maximum
percentage that portfolio may invest in securities that trade on that trading desk. Certain multi-asset class
portfolios that have principal investment strategies or objectives that include securities across asset types
(and thus have no limit on those investment types) will have 100% of their assets taken into account for
allocation purposes when trading on the equity, fixed income, or high income trading desks, respectively.
Further, certain portfolios that invest in equity securities as part of their principal investment strategies or
objective that are not managed by the equity division would receive an asset measure based on the
maximum amount that each portfolio could invest in securities that trade on the equity desk.
Alternate Allocation Methods
Allocation methods other than those described herein are employed under certain circumstances, including
for specialized strategies or alternative asset classes. For example, the equity trade allocation policy allows
for certain accounts designed to have common investment and trading strategies (e.g., one portfolio
modeled on another portfolio) to receive allocations that would facilitate keeping the portfolios’ holdings
proportionately balanced. In addition, the fixed income trade allocation policy allows for several alternate
allocation methods, in some cases only where the portfolio managers of all accounts involved in the
allocation agree to the use of the alternate method(s). Examples may include allocation based on the size
of the accounts’ order, trade rotation, allocation of fungible securities on a series basis, and providing priority
allocation for trades contingent on the execution other trades.
The fixed income trade allocation policy also provides for increased or priority allocations for accounts
specializing in a particular type of security, such as single-state municipal bond and money market
portfolios, U.S. Treasury-only money market portfolios, and taxable money market portfolios.
Futures contracts, ETFs, private company securities, convertible securities, and foreign exchange spot and
forward currency transactions are allocated based on order size for both purchases and sales.
Minimum Allocations
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The trade allocation policies generally provide for minimum allocations based on market-defined minimum
denominations, or otherwise allow increased or decreased allocations in the following circumstances:
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to avoid a de minimis allocation
to round to a trading round lot, or
for high income securities, to complete a sale of all holdings to avoid residual holdings in an amount
less than a basic unit of trading.
Proprietary Accounts
Client accounts receive priority of allocation over proprietary accounts. Accounts for which all the assets
are those of FMR or its affiliates and are not otherwise used to seed new investment products or to meet
potential claims of insurance policyholders are generally considered to be proprietary accounts. Accounts
owned or managed for the benefit of individual employees of FMR or its affiliates or officers or trustees of
various investment products are generally considered client accounts, subject to applicable law.
Short Sales
No prioritization is provided for short sale and “buy to cover” transactions. Such transactions are subject to
the same general allocation criteria as non-short sale transactions. As a result, these transactions could
experience significant delays in execution, which could materially impact the performance of accounts
whose strategies rely on short sales.
Sub-Advisers
FMR engages sub-advisers for certain FMR accounts. Those accounts or portions of accounts will be
subject to that sub-adviser’s trade allocation and associated trading policies, subject to applicable law. As
a result, a client’s accounts or portions of accounts may be subject to differing trade allocation policies as
described above.
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
On a daily basis, FMR will evaluate Program Accounts with respect to a variety of factors to determine
whether the account may benefit from trading that day. Common reasons clients experience trading in their
accounts include changes in the model or index, market fluctuations, tax management opportunities, and
client requested activities such as cash deposits or withdrawals. FMR does not anticipate that each
Program Account will be traded each day. Each of the securities purchased in an account will appear on a
client’s account statement. Securities selected for Program Accounts may be individually tailored based on
a client’s existing holdings and unique financial situation and, where applicable, on the tax attributes of the
assets in an account. A client can expect that the securities that compose his or her account vary, perhaps
significantly, from the securities purchased for another client’s account managed using the same strategy.
Clients may receive periodic performance summaries or similar reports that detail the performance of a
client’s account(s) and summarize the market activity during the quarter. Industry standards are applied
when calculating performance information. Strategic Advisers also makes account performance information
for Strategic Advisers Program Accounts available on a password-protected website.
CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
FMR does not have client referral arrangements.
CUSTODY
FMR does not maintain custody for Program clients’ assets in connection with the discretionary portfolio
management services it provides to Program Accounts. To participate in the Program, clients must establish
and maintain a brokerage account with FBS, a registered broker-dealer and an affiliate of Strategic Advisers
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and FMR. NFS, an affiliate of FBS, Strategic Advisers and FMR, has custody of client assets and will
perform certain account services, including the implementation of trading instructions, as well as custodial
and related services. Certain personnel of Strategic Advisers, FMR, FBS, and NFS share premises and
have common supervision. Clients should carefully review all statements and other communications
received from FBS and NFS.
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
FMR’s portfolio management services for Program Accounts include the discretionary authority to
determine which securities to purchase or sell, the total amount of such purchases and sales, and the
brokers or dealers through which transactions are effected in such accounts. Such discretionary authority
is subject to certain limits, including the Program’s investment objectives and policies, regulatory
constraints, and those investment restrictions that are imposed based on a client’s request in accordance
with applicable laws.
VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR does not generally acquire authority for, or exercise, proxy voting on a client’s behalf in connection
with managing Program Accounts. Unless a client directs FMR otherwise pursuant to the paragraph below,
the client will receive proxy materials directly from the issuer of the security (or its service provider). FMR
will not advise clients on the voting of proxies. Clients must exercise any proxy voting directly.
FMR generally treats certain voluntary corporate actions as subject to the exercise of its discretion as an
investment manager. Accordingly, FMR will make decisions with respect to voluntary corporate actions
directly as part of the investment management services it provides to Program Accounts. However, clients
retain the right to make elections with respect to voluntary corporate actions if they so choose; if a client
would like to make an election with respect to a security subject to a voluntary corporate action, the client
may contact Fidelity to transfer the security out of the client’s Program Account.
Non-Discretionary Advisory Services
FMR does not vote proxies for any accounts in connection with the provision of non-discretionary advisory
services.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FMR does not solicit prepayment of client fees. Furthermore, there are no financial conditions that are
reasonably likely to impair FMR’s ability to meet any of its contractual commitments to its clients.
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE-REGISTERED ADVISERS
FMR is not registered with any state securities authority.
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