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07.31 Fidelity Series Small Cap Opportunities Fund Series PRO-02 \| Fidelity® Series Small Cap Opportunities Fund
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The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.

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Principal investment strategies of the Fund. Summarize how the Fund intends to achieve its investment objectives by identifying the Fund's principal investment strategies (including the type or types of securities in which the Fund invests or will invest principally) and any policy to concentrate in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries.

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