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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-4861

Fidelity Garrison Street Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)

Scott C. Goebel, Secretary

82 Devonshire St.

Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-563-7000

Date of fiscal year end:

July 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

July 31, 2012

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

Fidelity® Commodity Strategy
Central Fund

Annual Report

July 31, 2012

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A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $10,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended July 31, 2012

Past 1
year

Life of
fund
A

  Fidelity® Commodity Strategy Central Fund

-11.63%

4.48%

A From October 7, 2009.

$10,000 Over Life of Fund

Let's say hypothetically that $10,000 was invested in Fidelity® Commodity Strategy Central Fund on October 7, 2009, when the fund started. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Dow Jones - UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Commodities encountered a difficult environment, as the Dow Jones - UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM returned -11.40% for the 12 months ending July 31, 2012. The energy sector, which comprised 30% of the benchmark at period end, was a notable source of underperformance in absolute terms that was largely driven by a significant drop in natural gas prices. Two other commodities from this category - West Texas Intermediate crude oil and Brent crude oil (the latter of which was added to the benchmark in January 2012) - also fell, while unleaded gasoline enjoyed a modest gain. The worst-performing sector in the benchmark was industrial metals, which represented 17% of the index at period end and was dragged down the most by weak aluminum, zinc and copper prices. Elsewhere, precious metals and livestock, comprising 12% and approximately 6% of the Dow Jones - UBS index, respectively, each generated only a single-digit loss. Within the former category, silver lost nearly one-third of its value, while gold generated a much more modest decline. A 10% drop in the price of lean hogs weighed on the livestock group. In fact, only one of the major five sectors - agriculture - added value in absolute terms during the period. It advanced 8%, largely on the strength of corn and soybean prices, which made up for weak results from coffee and cotton.

Comments from Bobe Simon, who oversees Fidelity® Commodity Strategy Central Fund as Senior Portfolio Manager for Geode Capital Management, LLC: For the year, the fund returned -11.63%, trailing the Dow Jones - UBS index. By far, the worst-performing commodity in the index was natural gas, which shed more than half of its value. Several metals used in industrial applications also experienced poor results, as nickel and aluminum dropped about 37% and 32%, respectively. Silver, which is categorized in the index as a precious metal, declined 31%. Elsewhere, several agricultural commodities encountered difficulty. Coffee, for example, lost approximately 31% of its value, given investors' nerves about excess supply. Meanwhile, cotton fell about 24%, as slowing manufacturing activity in China threatened to cut into demand for the raw material, even as supply was already elevated. During the period, the three best-performing commodities were all food products - corn, soybeans and wheat, which gained 31%, 26% and 15%, respectively. Poor weather conditions in the U.S. pushed up the prices of corn and soybeans, while the market's expectation for reduced global wheat production boosted that commodity's value.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (February 1, 2012 to July 31, 2012).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio

Beginning
Account Value
February 1, 2012

Ending
Account Value
July 31, 2012

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
February 1, 2012
to July 31, 2012

Actual

.0501%

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

$ .25

Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses)

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,024.61

$ .25

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

The information in the following tables is based on the Fund's commodity-linked investments and excludes short-term investment-grade debt securities, cash and cash equivalents.

Commodity Instruments as of July 31, 2012*

 

% of fund's total
commodity-linked
investments

% of fund's total
commodity-linked
investments
6 months ago

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Commodity Swaps

79.8

65.5

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Commodity Futures

14.2

12.8

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Commodity-Linked Notes

6.0

21.7

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Commodity Sector Diversification as of July 31, 2012

 

% of fund's total
commodity-linked
investments

% of fund's total
commodity-linked
investments
6 months ago

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Agriculture

34.9

30.2

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Energy

30.2

29.9

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Industrial Metals

17.2

20.3

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Precious Metals

12.1

13.6

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Livestock

5.6

6.0

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* Investments in Commodity Swaps and Commodity-Linked Notes provide exposure to the commodities market via the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return, an unmanaged index composed of futures contracts on 20 physical commodities. The Fund does not invest directly in physical commodities.

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Consolidated Investments July 31, 2012

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Commodity-Linked Notes - 2.5%

 

Principal
Amount

Value

Deutsche Bank AG:

0.0858% 1/10/13 (b)(e)(f)

$ 6,800,000

$ 7,951,954

0.0888% 6/13/13 (b)(e)(f)

7,500,000

10,233,875

TOTAL COMMODITY-LINKED NOTES

(Cost $14,300,000)


18,185,829

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 17.2%

 

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.09% to 0.12% 9/6/12 to 12/6/12 (c)(d)
(Cost $122,964,315)

123,000,000


122,965,865

Money Market Funds - 76.9%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.17% (a)
(Cost $550,679,209)

550,679,209


550,679,209

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 96.6%

(Cost $687,943,524)

691,830,903

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 3.4%

24,124,012

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 715,954,915

Futures Contracts

 

Expiration
Date

Underlying
Face Amount
at Value

Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Commodity Futures Contracts

203 CBOT Corn Contracts

Sept. 2012

$ 8,185,975

$ 2,776,978

116 CBOT Soybean Contracts

Nov. 2012

9,517,800

1,790,047

108 CBOT Soybean Oil Contracts

Dec. 2012

3,461,616

182,877

154 CBOT Wheat Contracts

Sept. 2012

6,839,525

1,886,660

62 CME Lean Hogs Contracts

Oct. 2012

1,991,440

(28,466)

75 CME Live Cattle Contracts

Oct. 2012

3,732,000

66,015

80 COMEX Copper Contracts

Sept. 2012

6,835,000

160,317

59 COMEX Gold 100 oz. Contracts

Dec. 2012

9,526,140

184,679

19 COMEX Silver Contracts

Sept. 2012

2,651,830

(58,198)

46 ICE Brent Crude Contracts

Nov. 2012

4,751,340

205,853

31 ICE Coffee 'C' Contracts

Sept. 2012

2,027,400

210,843

112 LME Aluminum Contracts

Sept. 2012

5,254,900

(274,699)

23 LME Nickel Contracts

Sept. 2012

2,185,506

(157,186)

66 LME Zinc Contracts

Sept. 2012

3,031,463

(73,807)

41 NYBOT Cotton No. 2 Contracts

Dec. 2012

1,462,470

42,562

141 NYBOT Sugar No. 11 Contracts

Oct. 2012

3,575,309

437,377

29 NYMEX Gasoline RBOB Contracts

Sept. 2012

3,379,097

288,400

27 NYMEX Heating Oil Contracts

Sept. 2012

3,229,632

229,365

344 NYMEX Natural Gas Contracts

Sept. 2012

11,038,960

3,020,038

93 NYMEX WTI Crude Oil Contracts

Sept. 2012

8,189,580

412,365

TOTAL COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS

$ 100,866,983

$ 11,302,020

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 14.1%

 

For the period, the average monthly underlying face amount at value for futures contracts in the aggregate was $105,909,902.

Swap Agreements

 

 

Notional
Amount

Value

Total Return Swaps

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Barclays Bank PLC

Sept. 2012

$ 25,000,000

$ 1,913,672

Swap Agreements - continued

 

Expiration
Date

Notional
Amount

Value

Total Return Swaps - continued

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Barclays Bank PLC

August 2012

$ 14,200,000

$ 848,725

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Barclays Bank PLC

Oct. 2012

50,000,000

(694,514)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Credit Suisse First Boston

Sept. 2012

35,000,000

118,261

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Goldman Sachs

August 2012

10,000,000

765,469

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Goldman Sachs

Nov. 2012

11,000,000

(109,706)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with JPMorgan Chase, Inc.

August 2012

9,200,000

554,679

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with JPMorgan Chase, Inc.

August 2012

13,300,000

925,025

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with JPMorgan Chase, Inc.

Oct. 2012

27,000,000

(311,415)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Merrill Lynch, Inc.

August 2012

27,000,000

1,555,239

Swap Agreements - continued

 

Expiration
Date

Notional
Amount

Value

Total Return Swaps - continued

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Merrill Lynch, Inc.

August 2012

$ 32,400,000

$ 2,007,604

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Merrill Lynch, Inc.

August 2012

12,300,000

1,094,311

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Merrill Lynch, Inc.

Oct. 2012

62,300,000

(718,561)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

August 2012

9,700,000

558,734

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

Oct. 2012

14,600,000

563,905

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc.

Oct. 2012

25,000,000

(288,347)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Societe Generale

August 2012

7,100,000

587,250

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Societe Generale

Oct. 2012

19,600,000

633,951

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with Societe Generale

Oct. 2012

16,900,000

(194,867)

Swap Agreements - continued

 

Expiration
Date

Notional
Amount

Value

Total Return Swaps - continued

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with UBS AG

August 2012

$ 39,600,000

$ (99,042)

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with UBS AG

Sept. 2012

20,400,000

879,615

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with UBS AG

August 2012

25,300,000

1,459,063

Receive a return equal to Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return and pay a floating rate based on 3-month US auction rate T-Bill plus a specified spread with UBS AG

Oct. 2012

50,000,000

(694,062)

 

$ 556,900,000

$ 11,354,989

For the period, the average monthly notional amount for swap agreements in the aggregate was $829,455,833.

Legend

(a) Affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(b) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $18,185,829 or 2.5% of net assets.

(c) Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $6,295,959.

(d) Security or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open swap agreements. At the period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $25,454,137.

(e) Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end.

(f) Security is indexed to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return, multiplied by 3. Securities do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity but instead, will pay at maturity or upon exchange, an amount based on the closing value of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return. Although these instruments are primarily debt obligations, they indirectly provide exposure to changes in the value of the underlying commodities. Holders of the security have the right to exchange these notes at any time.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 1,223,272

Consolidated Subsidiary

 

Value,
beginning of
period

Purchases

Sales
Proceeds

Dividend
Income

Value,
end of
period

Fidelity Commodity Return Central Cayman Ltd.

$ 140,659,146

$ 254,999,973

$ 90,000,011

$ -

$ 139,203,723

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of July 31, 2012, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the Security Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:

Description

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Investments in Securities:

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

$ 122,965,865

$ -

$ 122,965,865

$ -

Commodity-Linked Notes

18,185,829

-

18,185,829

-

Money Market Funds

550,679,209

550,679,209

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 691,830,903

$ 550,679,209

$ 141,151,694

$ -

Derivative Instruments:

Assets

Futures Contracts

$ 11,894,376

$ 11,894,376

$ -

$ -

Swap Agreements

14,465,503

-

14,465,503

-

Total Assets

$ 26,359,879

$ 11,894,376

$ 14,465,503

$ -

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (592,356)

$ (592,356)

$ -

$ -

Swap Agreements

(3,110,514)

-

(3,110,514)

-

Total Liabilities

$ (3,702,870)

$ (592,356)

$ (3,110,514)

$ -

Total Derivative Instruments:

$ 22,657,009

$ 11,302,020

$ 11,354,989

$ -

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of July 31, 2012. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Risk Exposure /
Derivative Type

Value

 

Asset

Liability

Commodity Risk

Futures Contracts (a)

$ 11,894,376

$ (592,356)

Swap Agreements (b)

14,465,503

(3,110,514)

Total Value of Derivatives

$ 26,359,879

$ (3,702,870)

(a) Reflects cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as disclosed on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Only the period end variation margin is separately disclosed on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

(b) Value is disclosed on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the Swap agreements, at value line-items.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  

July 31, 2012

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $137,264,315)

$ 141,151,694

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $550,679,209)

550,679,209

 

Total Investments (cost $687,943,524)

 

$ 691,830,903

Cash

 

467,999

Segregated cash with broker for futures contracts

1,033,906

Receivable for investments sold

12,265,681

Receivable for fund shares sold

6,308

Interest receivable

685

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

92,934

Swap agreements, at value

14,465,503

Prepaid expenses

6,250

Total assets

720,170,169

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for fund shares redeemed

$ 45,224

Swap agreements, at value

3,110,514

Accrued management fee

41,219

Daily variation margin on futures contracts

1,017,491

Other payables and accrued expenses

806

Total liabilities

4,215,254

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 715,954,915

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 736,949,540

Undistributed net investment income

334,668

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

(47,873,682)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

26,544,389

Net Assets, for 65,535,244 shares outstanding

$ 715,954,915

Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($715,954,915 ÷ 65,535,244 shares)

$ 10.92

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Operations

  

Year ended July 31, 2012

 

  

  

Investment Income

  

  

Interest

 

$ 112,979

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

1,223,272

Total income

 

1,336,251

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 489,449

Custodian fees and expenses

4,116

Independent trustees' compensation

4,123

Subsidiary directors' fees

15,000

Total expenses before reductions

512,688

Expense reductions

(4,150)

508,538

Net investment income (loss)

827,713

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(36,228,152)

Futures contracts

(24,302,290)

Swap agreements

(163,259,325)

 

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(223,789,767)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

3,986,529

Futures contracts

12,713,193

Swap agreements

8,767,189

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

25,466,911

Net gain (loss)

(198,322,856)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (197,495,143)

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets

  

Year ended
July 31,
2012

Year ended
July 31,
2011

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 827,713

$ 519,778

Net realized gain (loss)

(223,789,767)

42,830,138

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

25,466,911

(9,065,293)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

(197,495,143)

34,284,623

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(1,012,822)

(108,747)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

(39,826,012)

(1,196,217)

Total distributions

(40,838,834)

(1,304,964)

Share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares

657,579,900

1,350,824,480

Reinvestment of distributions

40,527,080

1,304,964

Cost of shares redeemed

(1,097,021,693)

(228,370,350)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

(398,914,713)

1,123,759,094

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(637,248,690)

1,156,738,753

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

1,353,203,605

196,464,852

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $334,668 and undistributed net investment income of $519,777, respectively)

$ 715,954,915

$ 1,353,203,605

Other Information

Shares

Sold

56,601,968

107,230,264

Issued in reinvestment of distributions

3,327,236

123,811

Redeemed

(101,151,811)

(19,223,805)

Net increase (decrease)

(41,222,607)

88,130,270

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Financial Highlights

Years ended July 31,

2012

2011

2010 G

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 12.68

$ 10.55

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) D

  .01

  .01

  .01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (1.45)

  2.22

  .55

Total from investment operations

  (1.44)

  2.23

  .56

Distributions from net investment income

  (.01)

  (.01)

  (.01)

Distributions from net realized gain

  (.31)

  (.09)

  -

Total distributions

  (.32)

  (.10)

  (.01)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.92

$ 12.68

$ 10.55

Total Return B, C

  (11.63)%

  21.28%

  5.55%

Ratios to Average Net Assets E, H

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .05%

  .05%

  .06% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .05%

  .05%

  .06% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  .05%

  .05%

  .06% A

Net investment income (loss)

  .07%

  .10%

  .13% A

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 715,955

$ 1,353,204

$ 196,465

Portfolio turnover rate F

  128%

  33%

  109% A

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

D Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

E Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

G For the period October 7, 2009 (commencement of operations) to July 31, 2010.

H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expense ratios before reductions for start-up periods may not be representative of longer term operating periods. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended July 31, 2012

1. Organization.

Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified fund of Fidelity Garrison Street Trust (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund are only offered to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), or its affiliates (the Investing Funds).

2. Consolidated Subsidiary.

The Fund invests in certain commodity-related investments through Fidelity Commodity Return Central Cayman Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"). As of July 31, 2012, the Fund held $139,203,723 in the Subsidiary, representing 19.4% of the Fund's net assets.

The financial statements have been consolidated and include accounts of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.

3. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by FMR and its affiliates. The Fund's Consolidated Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of FMR.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC web site or upon request.

4. Significant Accounting Policies.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require

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management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the consolidated financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

Security Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the Board), the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendor or broker to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or rates are not readily available or reliable, securities will be fair valued in good faith by the FMR Fair Value Committee (the Committee), in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by security type and may include market or security specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)

Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:

Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For commodity-linked notes, pricing vendors generally consider the movement of an underlying commodity index as well as other terms of the contract including the leverage factor and any fee and/or interest components of the note and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Swaps are marked-to-market daily based on valuations from third party pricing vendors or broker-supplied valuations.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

4. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Security Valuation - continued

Pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers comparisons to movements in the underlying index, interest rate curves, credit spread curves, default possibilities and recovery rates and, as a result, swaps are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities and swaps may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. These are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price or official closing price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level, as of July 31, 2012 for the Fund's investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Interest income and distributions from other Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.

Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. As of July 31, 2012, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the consolidated financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible

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Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.

The Subsidiary is classified as a controlled foreign corporation under Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, the Fund is required to increase its taxable income by its share of the Subsidiary's income. Net investment losses of the Subsidiary cannot be deducted by the Fund in the current period nor carried forward to offset taxable income in future periods.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Capital accounts within the consolidated financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in a subsequent period.

Book-tax differences are primarily due to controlled foreign corporations and capital loss carryforwards.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end on an unconsolidated basis were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 3,885,829

Gross unrealized depreciation

(172,264,216)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (168,378,387)

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 872,267,739

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 496,961

Capital loss carryforward

$ (36,228,188)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ (145,721,378)

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment

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4. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. Capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

No expiration

 

Short-term

$ (36,228,188)

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

July 31, 2012

July 31, 2011

Ordinary Income

$ 40,068,008

$ 1,304,964

Long-term Capital Gains

770,826

-

Total

$ 40,838,834

$ 1,304,964

New Accounting Pronouncement. In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Management is currently evaluating the impact of the update's adoption on the Fund's consolidated financial statement disclosures.

5. Operating Policies.

Indexed Securities. The Fund may invest in indexed securities whose values, interest rates and/or redemption prices are linked either directly or inversely to changes in foreign currencies, interest rates, commodities, indices, or other underlying instruments. These securities may be used to increase or decrease its exposure to different underlying instruments and to gain exposure to markets that might be difficult to invest in through conventional securities. Indexed securities may be leveraged, increasing their volatility relative to changes in their underlying instruments, but any loss is limited to the amount of the original investment. Gains (losses) realized upon the sale of indexed securities are included in realized gains (losses) on investment securities in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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Restricted Securities. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities is included at the end of the Fund's Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

6. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objectives allow the Fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including futures contracts and swap agreements. Derivatives are investments whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified instrument based on specified terms, or to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount. The Fund primarily used derivatives to increase returns, to gain exposure to certain types of assets and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risk:

Commodity Risk

Commodity risk is the risk that the value of a commodity will fluctuate as a result of changes in market prices.

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to the Fund. Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. On certain OTC derivatives such as swap agreements, the Fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk by entering into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement on a bilateral basis with each of its counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreement gives the Fund the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a certain deterioration in the credit quality of the counterparty. The ISDA Master Agreement gives each party the right, upon an event of default by the other party or a termination of the agreement, to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to one net payable by one party to the other. Upon entering into a swap agreement, the Fund is required to post an initial

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6. Derivative Instruments - continued

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments - continued

collateral amount (referred to as "Independent Amount"), as defined in the ISDA Master Agreement. The Fund is required to post additional collateral for the benefit of counterparties to meet the counterparty's unrealized appreciation on outstanding swap contracts and any such posted collateral is identified on the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. To mitigate counterparty credit risk on OTC derivatives, the Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities once the Fund's net unrealized appreciation on outstanding derivative contracts under an ISDA Master Agreement exceeds certain applicable thresholds, subject to certain minimum transfer provisions. The collateral received is held in segregated accounts with the Fund's custodian bank in accordance with the collateral agreements entered into between the Fund, the counterparty and the Fund's custodian bank. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral even though it is held by the Fund's custodian bank. The Fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk related to OTC derivatives is generally the aggregate unrealized appreciation and unpaid counterparty payments in excess of any collateral pledged by the counterparty to the Fund. Exchange-traded futures contracts are not covered by the ISDA Master Agreement, however, counterparty credit risk is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange's clearinghouse. Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, involves risk of loss in excess of the initial investment, if any, collateral received and amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, for futures contracts, there is the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract may not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.

Net Realized Gain (Loss) and Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives. The table below, which reflects the impacts of derivatives on the financial performance of the Fund, summarizes the net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for derivatives during the period as shown in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Risk Exposure / Derivative Type

Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation)

Commodity Risk

 

 

Futures Contracts

$ (24,302,290)

$ 12,713,193

Swap Agreements

(163,259,325)

8,767,189

Totals

$ (187,561,615)

$ 21,480,382

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its exposure to the commodities market.

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Futures Contracts - continued

Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Any open futures contracts at period end are shown in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." The underlying face amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument at period end. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is shown as segregated cash in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Swap Agreements. A swap agreement (swap) is a contract between two parties to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount.

Details of swaps open at period end are included in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments under the caption "Swap Agreements." Swaps are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) and reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments are exchanged at specified intervals, accrued daily commencing with the effective date of the contract and recorded as realized gain or (loss). Realized gain or (loss) is also recorded in the event of an early termination of a swap. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swaps during the period is included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

Total Return Swaps. Total return swaps are agreements between counterparties to exchange cash flows, one based on a market-linked return of an individual asset or a basket of assets (i.e., an index), and the other on a fixed or floating rate. The Fund entered into total return swaps to manage its commodities market exposure.

7. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $83,300,000 and $66,771,812, respectively.

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8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee and Expense Contract. FMR Co., Inc.(FMRC), an affiliate of FMR, provides the Fund with investment management services. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services. Pursuant to the Fund's management contract with FMRC, FMR pays FMRC a portion of the management fees it receives from the Investing Funds. In addition, under an expense contract, FMR also pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding custody fees, the compensation of the independent Trustees, and certain exceptions such as interest expense.

FMR and its affiliates also provide investment management services to the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary pays FMR a monthly management fee at an annual rate of .30% of its net assets. The Subsidiary also pays certain other expenses including custody and directors fees.

Sub-Adviser. Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode), serves as sub-adviser for the Fund. Geode provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Fund and is paid by FMR for providing these services.

9. Expense Reductions.

FMR has voluntarily agreed to reimburse a portion of the Fund's operating expenses. For the period, the reimbursement reduced the expenses by $4,123.

In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $27.

10. Other.

The Fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, mutual funds managed by FMR or an FMR affiliate were the owners of record of all of the outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Garrison Street Trust and the Shareholders of Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities, including the consolidated schedule of investments, and the related consolidated statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund (a fund of Fidelity Garrison Street Trust) at July 31, 2012, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at July 31, 2012 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

September 18, 2012

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and executive officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 207 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate. Mr. Curvey oversees 435 funds advised by FMR or an affiliate.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the calendar year in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The executive officers hold office without limit in time, except that any officer may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. Abigail P. Johnson is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Albert R. Gamper, Jr. serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds that are overseen by such other Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations and Audit Committees. In addition, an ad hoc Board committee of Independent Trustees has worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-8544.

Interested Trustees*:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Abigail P. Johnson (50)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Ms. Johnson is Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of certain Trusts. Ms. Johnson serves as President of Fidelity Financial Services (2012-present) and President of Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is Chairman and Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2011-present), Chairman and Director of FMR (2011-present), and the Vice Chairman and Director (2007-present) of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., and FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. Ms. Abigail P. Johnson and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related.

James C. Curvey (77)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee (2007-present) of other investment companies advised by FMR. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Independent Trustees:

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Age; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience+

Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (70)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Mr. Gamper is Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds (2012-present). Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (2002-2003). Mr. Gamper currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2000-present), a member of the Board of Trustees, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Barnabas Health Care System. Previously, Mr. Gamper served as Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds (2011-2012) and as Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-2007).

Robert F. Gartland (60)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Mr. Gartland is Chairman and an investor in Gartland and Mellina Group Corp. (consulting, 2009-present). Previously, Mr. Gartland served as a partner and investor of Vietnam Partners LLC (investments and consulting, 2008-2011). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Gartland held a variety of positions at Morgan Stanley (financial services, 1979-2007) including Managing Director (1987-2007).

Arthur E. Johnson (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified power management, 2009-present), AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present) and Booz Allen Hamilton (management consulting, 2011-present). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor, 1999-2009). He previously served on the Board of Directors of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (1999-2008) and Delta Airlines (2005-2007). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson is not related to Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d or Ms. Abigail P. Johnson.

Michael E. Kenneally (58)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Previously, Mr. Kenneally served as a Member of the Advisory Board for certain Fidelity Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds (2008-2009). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Kenneally served as Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management (2003-2005). Mr. Kenneally was a Director of the Credit Suisse Funds (U.S. mutual funds, 2004-2008) and certain other closed-end funds (2004-2005) and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1991.

James H. Keyes (71)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Mr. Keyes serves as a member of the Boards of Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, since 2002) and Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions, since 1998). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Keyes served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Controls (automotive, building, and energy, 1998-2002) and as a member of the Board of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies, 1984-2008).

Marie L. Knowles (65)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Ms. Knowles is Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds (2012-present). Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. Ms. Knowles currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, since 2002). Ms. Knowles is an Honorary Trustee of the Brookings Institution and a member of the Board of the Catalina Island Conservancy and of the Santa Catalina Island Company (2009-present). She also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California and the Foundation Board of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia (2007-present). Previously, Ms. Knowles served as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing, 1994-2007).

Kenneth L. Wolfe (73)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Prior to his retirement, Mr. Wolfe served as Chairman and a Director (2007-2009) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1994-2001) of Hershey Foods Corporation. He also served as a member of the Boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (telecommunications, 2003-2006), Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (medical/pharmaceutical, 1993-2007), and Revlon, Inc. (personal care products, 2004-2009). Mr. Wolfe previously served as Chairman of the Independent Trustees of the Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds (2008-2012).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Executive Officers:

Correspondence intended for each executive officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

Name, Age; Principal Occupation

John R. Hebble (54)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

President and Treasurer of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Hebble also serves as President (2011-present), Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present), Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2009-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Charles S. Morrison (51)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Vice President of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Morrison also serves as President, Fixed Income and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Morrison served as Vice President of Fidelity's Money Market Funds (2005-2009), President, Money Market Group Leader of FMR (2009), and Senior Vice President, Money Market Group of FMR (2004-2009). Mr. Morrison also served as Vice President of Fidelity's Bond Funds (2002-2005), certain Balanced Funds (2002-2005), and certain Asset Allocation Funds (2002-2007), and as Senior Vice President (2002-2005) of Fidelity's Fixed Income Division.

Derek L. Young (47)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Fidelity's Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Young is also a Trustee of other investment companies advised by Strategic Advisers, Inc. (Strategic Advisers) (2012-present), President and a Director of Strategic Advisers (2011-present), President of Fidelity Global Asset Allocation (GAA) (2011-present), and Vice Chairman of Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Young served as Chief Investment Officer of GAA (2009-2011) and as a portfolio manager.

Andrew Windmueller (52)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Vice President of Fidelity's Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Windmueller also serves as Chief Investment Officer of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2011-present), Chief Investment Officer for Global Asset Allocation Multi-Asset Class Strategies (2011-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2000-present).

Scott C. Goebel (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); Secretary and CLO of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate (2001-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present) and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present), and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and the Funds (2007-2008) and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007).

Ramon Herrera (38)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Assistant Secretary of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Herrera also serves as Vice President, Associate General Counsel (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present).

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2012-present), Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Christine Reynolds (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer of the Fidelity funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Michael H. Whitaker (45)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Whitaker also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2008-present). Mr. Whitaker is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2007-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Whitaker worked at MFS Investment Management where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (2004-2006), and Assistant General Counsel.

Joseph F. Zambello (55)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (43)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Deputy Treasurer of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Ms. Dorsey also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Adrien E. Deberghes (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity's Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Deberghes also serves as Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (2011-present) and Deputy Treasurer (2008-present) of other Fidelity funds, and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Deberghes served as Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Kenneth B. Robins (42)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity Fixed Income and Asset Allocation Funds. Mr. Robins also serves as President and Treasurer of other Fidelity funds (2008-present; 2010-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served as Deputy Treasurer of the Fidelity funds (2005-2008) and Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of The North Carolina Capital Management Trust: Cash and Term Portfolios (2006-2008).

Gary W. Ryan (53)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Jonathan Davis (44)

 

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds. Mr. Davis is also Assistant Treasurer of Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II and Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund voted to pay on September 10, 2012, to shareholders of record at the opening of business on September 7, 2012, a distribution of $0.003 per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities and a dividend of $0.007 per share from net investment income.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2013 of amounts for use in preparing 2012 income tax returns.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

As of the end of the period, July 31, 2012, Fidelity Garrison Street Trust (the trust) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Trustees of the trust has determined that James H. Keyes is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.   Mr. Keyes is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund (the "Fund"):

Services Billed by PwC

July 31, 2012 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund

$68,000

$-

$6,300

$-

July 31, 2011 FeesA

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund

$68,000

$-

$6,300

$200

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

The following table presents fees billed by PwC that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund and that are rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Fund ("Fund Service Providers"):

Services Billed by PwC

 

July 31, 2012A

July 31, 2011A

Audit-Related Fees

$4,450,000

$1,860,000

Tax Fees

$-

$-

All Other Fees

$-

$365,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

"Audit-Related Fees" represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the fund audit or the review of the fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.

"Tax Fees" represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund.

"All Other Fees" represent fees billed for services provided to the fund or Fund Service Provider, a significant portion of which are assurance related, that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.

Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.

* * *

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered to the Fund, FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider for each of the last two fiscal years of the Fund are as follows:

Billed By

July 31, 2012 A

July 31, 2011 A,

PwC

$5,655,000

$4,095,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by PwC to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC in its audit of the Fund, taking into account representations from PwC, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Fund and its related entities and FMR's review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund Service Providers.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The trust's Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a fund's independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the fund. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee's consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to a Fidelity fund and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund ("Covered Service") are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.

All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair's absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.

Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund are reported to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis.

Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X ("De Minimis Exception")

There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Fund's last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Fund or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the trust's Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(a)(ii) There was no change in the trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trust's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a)

(1)

Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(a)

(2)

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)

(3)

Not applicable.

(b)

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Fidelity Garrison Street Trust

By:

/s/John R. Hebble

 

John R. Hebble

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

September 27, 2012

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:

/s/John R. Hebble

 

John R. Hebble

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

September 27, 2012

By:

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

September 27, 2012