0001379491-22-003256.txt : 20220902 0001379491-22-003256.hdr.sgml : 20220902 20220902103918 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001379491-22-003256 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220902 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220902 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220902 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIDELITY INVESTMENT TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000744822 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-90649 FILM NUMBER: 221223717 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-563-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIDELITY OVERSEAS FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19861228 0000744822 S000007094 Fidelity Europe Fund C000019413 Fidelity Europe Fund FIEUX 0000744822 S000007096 Fidelity Japan Fund C000019415 Fidelity Japan Fund FJPNX 0000744822 S000007097 Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund C000019416 Fidelity Japan Smaller Companies Fund FJSCX 0000744822 S000007099 Fidelity Nordic Fund C000019418 Fidelity Nordic Fund FNORX 0000744822 S000007101 Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund C000019420 Fidelity Pacific Basin Fund FPBFX 0000744822 S000007107 Fidelity Canada Fund C000019436 Fidelity Canada Fund FICDX 0000744822 S000007108 Fidelity China Region Fund C000019437 Fidelity China Region Fund FHKCX 497 1 filing918.htm PRIMARY DOCUMENT

Supplement to the
Fidelity® Canada Fund, Fidelity® China Region Fund, Fidelity® Europe Fund, Fidelity® Japan Fund, Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund, Fidelity® Nordic Fund and Fidelity® Pacific Basin Fund
December 30, 2021
STATEMENT OF  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

David Jenkins no longer serves as portfolio manager of Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund.

Masaki Nakamura serves as portfolio manager of Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund.

The following information supplements information for Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund found in the “Management Contract” section.

Masaki Nakamura is a research analyst and is portfolio manager of Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund and receives compensation for services as a research analyst and as a portfolio manager under a single compensation plan. As of February 28, 2022, the portfolio manager’s compensation generally consists of a fixed base salary determined periodically (typically annually), a bonus, and in certain cases, participation in several types of equity-based compensation plans. A portion of the portfolio manager's compensation may be deferred based on criteria established by FMR or at the election of the portfolio manager.

The portfolio manager’s base salary is determined primarily by level of experience and skills, and performance as a research analyst and fund manager at FMR or its affiliates. A portion of the portfolio manager's bonus relates to the portfolio manager’s performance as a research analyst and is based on the Director of Research's assessment of the research analyst's performance and may include factors such as qualitative feedback assessments, which relate to analytical work and investment results within the relevant sector(s) and impact on other equity funds and accounts as a research analyst, and the research analyst's contributions to the research groups and to FMR. Another component of the bonus is based upon (i) the pre-tax investment performance of the portfolio manager's fund(s) and account(s) measured against a benchmark index (which may be a customized industry benchmark index developed by FMR) and within a defined peer group assigned to each fund or account, (ii) the investment performance of other FMR equity funds and accounts, and (iii) the pre-tax investment performance of the research analyst's recommendations measured against a benchmark index corresponding to the research analyst's assignment universe and against a broadly diversified equity index. The pre-tax investment performance of the portfolio manager's fund(s) and account(s) is weighted according to the portfolio manager's tenure on those fund(s) and account(s). The component of the bonus relating to the Director of Research's assessment is calculated over a one-year period, and each other component of the bonus is calculated over a measurement period that initially is contemporaneous with the portfolio manager's tenure, but that eventually encompasses rolling periods of up to five years for the comparison to a benchmark index and rolling periods of up to three years for the comparison to a peer group, if applicable. The portion of the portfolio manager’s bonus that is linked to the investment performance of Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund is based on the fund’s pre-tax investment performance measured against the Russell/Nomura Mid-Small Cap™ Index. The portfolio manager also is compensated under equity-based compensation plans linked to increases or decreases in the net asset value of the stock of FMR LLC, FMR's parent company. FMR LLC is a diverse financial services company engaged in various activities that include fund management, brokerage, retirement, and employer administrative services.

The portfolio manager’s compensation plan may give rise to potential conflicts of interest. Although investors in a fund may invest through either tax-deferred accounts or taxable accounts, the portfolio manager’s compensation is linked to the pre-tax performance of the fund, rather than its after-tax performance. The portfolio manager’s base pay and bonus opportunity tend to increase with the portfolio manager’s level of experience and skills relative to research and fund assignments. The management of multiple funds and accounts (including proprietary accounts) may give rise to potential conflicts of interest if the funds and accounts have different objectives, benchmarks, time horizons, and fees as the portfolio manager must allocate time and investment ideas across multiple funds and accounts. In addition, a fund’s trade allocation policies and procedures may give rise to conflicts of interest if the fund’s orders do not get fully executed due to being aggregated with those of other accounts managed by FMR. The portfolio manager may execute transactions for another fund or account that may adversely impact the value of securities held by the fund. Securities selected for other funds or accounts may outperform the securities selected for the fund. Trading in personal accounts, which may give rise to potential conflicts of interest, is restricted by a fund’s Code of Ethics. Furthermore, the potential exists that a portfolio manager’s responsibilities as a portfolio manager of a fund may not be entirely consistent with the portfolio manager’s responsibilities as a research analyst providing recommendations to other Fidelity portfolio managers.

Portfolio managers may receive interests in certain funds or accounts managed by FMR or one of its affiliated advisers (collectively, “Proprietary Accounts”). A conflict of interest situation is presented where 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 Proprietary Accounts. Because the 1940 Act, as well as other applicable laws and regulations, restricts 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 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.

The following table provides information relating to other accounts managed by Mr. Nakamura as of February 28, 2022:

  Registered
Investment
Companies* 		Other Pooled
Investment
Vehicles 		Other
Accounts
Number of Accounts Managed 3 none none
Number of Accounts Managed with Performance-Based Advisory Fees 1 none none
Assets Managed (in millions) $1,297 none none
Assets Managed with Performance-Based Advisory Fees (in millions) $723 none none

* Includes Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund ($457 (in millions) assets managed).

As of February 28, 2022, the dollar range of shares of Fidelity® Japan Smaller Companies Fund beneficially owned by Mr. Nakamura was none.

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