Exhibit 16(a)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, the undersigned Director or Trustee, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:

  Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust   Fidelity Hanover Street Trust Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individual serves as Director or Trustee, (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have given to sign and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and hereby constitute and appoint Abigail P. Johnson my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to said attorney-in-fact to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, Form N-8A, Form N-14, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and on my behalf in connection therewith as said attorney-in-fact deems necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact or her substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after September 30, 2009.

WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below.

/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d	September 30, 2009
Edward C. Johnson 3d