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
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Date of fiscal year end: |
July 31 |
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Date of reporting period: |
January 31, 2012 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
Fidelity® Commodity Strategy
Central Fund
Semiannual Report
January 31, 2012
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CRC-SANN-0312 1.901063.102
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 (August 1, 2011 to January 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.
Semiannual Report
Shareholder Expense Example - continued
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Annualized |
Beginning |
Ending |
Expenses Paid |
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Actual |
.0422% |
$ 1,000.00 |
$ 883.70 |
$ .20 |
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Hypothetical (5% return per year before expenses) |
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$ 1,000.00 |
$ 1,024.92 |
$ .21 |
* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Semiannual Report
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.
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Commodity Instruments as of January 31, 2012* |
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% of fund's total |
% of fund's total |
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Commodity Swaps |
65.5% |
84.3% |
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Commodity-Linked Notes |
21.7% |
7.5% |
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Commodity Futures |
12.8% |
8.2% |
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Commodity Sector Diversification as of January 31, 2012 |
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% of fund's total |
% of fund's total |
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Energy |
29.9 |
33.0 |
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Grains |
22.1 |
21.1 |
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Industrial Metals |
20.3 |
17.4 |
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Precious Metals |
13.6 |
16.0 |
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Softs |
8.1 |
6.8 |
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Livestock |
6.0 |
5.7 |
* 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.
Semiannual Report
Consolidated Investments January 31, 2012 (Unaudited)
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
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Commodity-Linked Notes - 6.2% |
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Principal Amount |
Value |
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Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen - Boerenleenbank BA: |
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0% 9/21/12 (b)(e)(f) |
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$ 25,000,000 |
$ 18,645,448 |
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0.0935% 9/14/12 (b)(e)(f) |
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25,000,000 |
19,063,449 |
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Deutsche Bank AG: |
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0.121% 9/19/12 (b)(e)(f) |
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9,000,000 |
7,366,070 |
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0.1363% 1/10/13 (b)(e)(f) |
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16,800,000 |
19,624,708 |
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TOTAL COMMODITY-LINKED NOTES (Cost $75,800,000) |
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U.S. Treasury Obligations - 12.1% |
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U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.01% to 0.04% 2/16/12 to 6/7/12
(c)(d) |
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125,000,000 |
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Money Market Funds - 81.6% |
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Shares |
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Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.12% (a) |
846,342,662 |
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TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 99.9% (Cost $1,047,137,048) |
1,036,028,751 |
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NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 0.1% |
1,311,158 |
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NET ASSETS - 100% |
$ 1,037,339,909 |
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Futures Contracts |
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Expiration Date |
Underlying Face Amount at Value |
Unrealized Appreciation/ |
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Purchased |
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Commodity Futures Contracts |
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275 CBOT Corn Meal Contracts |
March 2012 |
$ 8,786,250 |
$ 275,705 |
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157 CBOT Soybean Meal Contracts |
March 2012 |
9,412,150 |
523,396 |
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146 CBOT Soybean Oil Contracts |
March 2012 |
4,456,212 |
38,744 |
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211 CBOT Wheat Contracts |
March 2012 |
7,026,300 |
437,329 |
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84 CME Lean Hogs Contracts |
April 2012 |
2,977,800 |
61,413 |
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100 CME Live Cattle Contracts |
April 2012 |
5,142,000 |
126,535 |
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110 COMEX Copper Contracts |
March 2012 |
10,425,250 |
998,390 |
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81 COMEX Gold 100 oz. Contracts |
April 2012 |
14,115,870 |
862,316 |
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26 COMEX Silver Contracts |
March 2012 |
4,308,200 |
117,266 |
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62 ICE Brent Crude Contracts |
May 2012 |
6,851,000 |
(47,924) |
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41 ICE Coffee Contracts |
March 2012 |
3,306,394 |
(278,718) |
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152 LME Aluminum Contracts |
March 2012 |
8,449,300 |
588,009 |
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31 LME Nickel Contracts |
March 2012 |
3,873,264 |
393,259 |
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90 LME Zinc Contracts |
March 2012 |
4,725,000 |
326,358 |
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55 NYBOT Cotton No. 2 Contracts |
March 2012 |
2,564,375 |
(23,710) |
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191 NYBOT Sugar Contracts |
March 2012 |
5,057,069 |
(182,905) |
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36 NYMEX Heating Oil Contracts |
March 2012 |
4,622,940 |
204,101 |
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461 NYMEX Natural Gas Contracts |
March 2012 |
11,372,870 |
(3,527,155) |
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40 NYMEX RBOB Gasoline Contracts |
March 2012 |
4,858,728 |
477,090 |
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126 NYMEX WTI Crude Contracts |
March 2012 |
12,400,920 |
37,065 |
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TOTAL COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS |
$ 134,731,892 |
$ 1,406,564 |
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The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 13% |
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Swap Agreements |
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Notional Amount |
Value |
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Total Return Swaps |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
$ 20,000,000 |
$ (671,552) |
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Swap Agreements - continued |
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Expiration Date |
Notional Amount |
Value |
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Total Return Swaps - continued |
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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 |
March 2012 |
$ 24,300,000 |
$ (160,968) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
15,100,000 |
(48,208) |
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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 |
March 2012 |
19,800,000 |
(317,030) |
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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 |
May 2012 |
22,600,000 |
(351,545) |
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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 |
April 2012 |
34,500,000 |
668,000 |
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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 |
April 2012 |
26,900,000 |
(1,389) |
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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 |
May 2012 |
35,000,000 |
0 |
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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 |
April 2012 |
18,000,000 |
(279,992) |
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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 |
May 2012 |
10,000,000 |
(73,951) |
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Swap Agreements - continued |
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Expiration Date |
Notional Amount |
Value |
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Total Return Swaps - continued |
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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 |
May 2012 |
$ 9,300,000 |
$ 0 |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
12,200,000 |
(453,381) |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
9,600,000 |
(337,840) |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
26,700,000 |
160,023 |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
14,300,000 |
92,189 |
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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. |
March 2012 |
10,700,000 |
(143,065) |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
30,000,000 |
(1,349,412) |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
35,000,000 |
209,768 |
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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. |
March 2012 |
14,000,000 |
(44,696) |
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Swap Agreements - continued |
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Expiration Date |
Notional Amount |
Value |
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Total Return Swaps - continued |
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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. |
Feb. 2012 |
$ 14,100,000 |
$ (347,180) |
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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. |
March 2012 |
24,400,000 |
(369,715) |
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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. |
March 2012 |
10,000,000 |
543,828 |
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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. |
April 2012 |
16,100,000 |
(58,851) |
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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. |
April 2012 |
15,000,000 |
253,211 |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
9,000,000 |
(316,538) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
20,000,000 |
120,256 |
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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 |
April 2012 |
12,000,000 |
202,608 |
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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 |
May 2012 |
17,000,000 |
(306,428) |
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Swap Agreements - continued |
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Expiration Date |
Notional Amount |
Value |
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Total Return Swaps - continued |
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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 |
May 2012 |
$ 26,000,000 |
$ (192,266) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
27,600,000 |
(677,544) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
22,500,000 |
(599,790) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
30,000,000 |
(799,719) |
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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 |
Feb. 2012 |
22,000,000 |
(737,315) |
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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 |
March 2012 |
40,000,000 |
(604,052) |
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$ 693,700,000 |
$ (6,992,544) |
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Legend |
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(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 are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
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(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 $64,699,675 or 6.2% of net assets. |
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(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 $13,254,768. |
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(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 $58,808,232. |
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(e) Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end. |
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(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. |
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Affiliated Central Funds |
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Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows: |
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Fund |
Income earned |
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Fidelity Cash Central Fund |
$ 669,338 |
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Consolidated Subsidiary |
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Value, |
Purchases |
Sales |
Dividend |
Value, |
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Fidelity Commodity Return Central Cayman Ltd. |
$ 140,659,146 |
$ 209,999,977 |
$ 40,000,004 |
$ - |
$ 142,428,721 |
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Other Information |
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The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 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. |
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Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
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Description |
Total |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
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Investments in Securities: |
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U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations |
$ 124,986,414 |
$ - |
$ 124,986,414 |
$ - |
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Commodity-Linked Notes |
64,699,675 |
- |
64,699,675 |
- |
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Money Market Funds |
846,342,662 |
846,342,662 |
- |
- |
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Total Investments in Securities: |
$ 1,036,028,751 |
$ 846,342,662 |
$ 189,686,089 |
$ - |
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Derivative Instruments: |
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Assets |
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Futures Contracts |
$ 5,466,976 |
$ 5,466,976 |
$ - |
$ - |
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Swap Agreements |
2,249,883 |
- |
2,249,883 |
- |
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Total Assets |
$ 7,716,859 |
$ 5,466,976 |
$ 2,249,883 |
$ - |
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Liabilities |
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Futures Contracts |
$ (4,060,412) |
$ (4,060,412) |
$ - |
$ - |
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Swap Agreements |
(9,242,427) |
- |
(9,242,427) |
- |
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Total Liabilities |
$ (13,302,839) |
$ (4,060,412) |
$ (9,242,427) |
$ - |
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Total Derivative Instruments: |
$ (5,585,980) |
$ 1,406,564 |
$ (6,992,544) |
$ - |
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Value of Derivative Instruments |
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The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by risk exposure as of January 31, 2012. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Risk Exposure / |
Value |
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Asset |
Liability |
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Commodity Risk |
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Futures Contracts (a) |
$ 5,466,976 |
$ (4,060,412) |
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Swap Agreements (b) |
2,249,883 |
(9,242,427) |
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Total Value of Derivatives |
$ 7,716,859 |
$ (13,302,839) |
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(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. |
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(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.
Semiannual Report
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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January 31, 2012 (Unaudited) |
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Assets |
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Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule: Unaffiliated issuers (cost $200,794,386) |
$ 189,686,089 |
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Fidelity Central Funds (cost $846,342,662) |
846,342,662 |
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Total Investments (cost $1,047,137,048) |
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$ 1,036,028,751 |
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Segregated cash with broker for futures contracts |
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1,601,409 |
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Receivable for fund shares sold |
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10,220,223 |
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Interest receivable |
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8,386 |
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Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds |
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84,586 |
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Swap agreements, at value |
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2,249,883 |
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Prepaid expenses |
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6,250 |
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Total assets |
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1,050,199,488 |
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Liabilities |
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Payable for investments purchased |
$ 2,316,139 |
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Payable for fund shares redeemed |
252,380 |
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Swap agreements, at value |
9,242,427 |
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Accrued management fee |
44,676 |
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Daily variation margin on futures contracts |
1,003,165 |
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Other payables and accrued expenses |
792 |
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Total liabilities |
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12,859,579 |
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Net Assets |
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$ 1,037,339,909 |
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Net Assets consist of: |
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Paid in capital |
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$ 1,229,538,774 |
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Distributions in excess of net investment income |
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(52,799) |
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Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments |
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(175,451,789) |
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Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
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(16,694,277) |
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Net Assets, for 95,036,966 shares outstanding |
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$ 1,037,339,909 |
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Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,037,339,909 ÷ 95,036,966 shares) |
|
$ 10.92 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
|
Six months ended January 31, 2012 (Unaudited) |
||
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Income |
|
|
|
Interest |
|
$ 57,465 |
|
Income from Fidelity Central Funds |
|
669,338 |
|
Total income |
|
726,803 |
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
Management fee |
$ 276,714 |
|
|
Custodian fees and expenses |
2,344 |
|
|
Independent trustees' compensation |
2,555 |
|
|
Subsidiary directors' fees |
7,500 |
|
|
Total expenses before reductions |
289,113 |
|
|
Expense reductions |
(2,556) |
286,557 |
|
Net investment income (loss) |
|
440,246 |
|
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) on: |
|
|
|
Investment securities: |
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers |
(15,791,662) |
|
|
Futures contracts |
(15,060,272) |
|
|
Swap agreements |
(146,182,487) |
|
|
Total net realized gain (loss) |
|
(177,034,421) |
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: Investment securities |
(11,009,147) |
|
|
Futures contracts |
2,817,736 |
|
|
Swap agreements |
(9,580,344) |
|
|
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
|
(17,771,755) |
|
Net gain (loss) |
|
(194,806,176) |
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
|
$ (194,365,930) |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
Six months ended January 31, 2012 (Unaudited) |
Year ended |
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
|
Operations |
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) |
$ 440,246 |
$ 519,778 |
|
Net realized gain (loss) |
(177,034,421) |
42,830,138 |
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(17,771,755) |
(9,065,293) |
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting |
(194,365,930) |
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 |
642,825,428 |
1,350,824,480 |
|
Reinvestment of distributions |
40,527,080 |
1,304,964 |
|
Cost of shares redeemed |
(764,011,440) |
(228,370,350) |
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions |
(80,658,932) |
1,123,759,094 |
|
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
(315,863,696) |
1,156,738,753 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets |
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
1,353,203,605 |
196,464,852 |
|
End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $52,799 and undistributed net investment income of $519,777, respectively) |
$ 1,037,339,909 |
$ 1,353,203,605 |
|
Other Information Shares |
|
|
|
Sold |
55,227,079 |
107,230,264 |
|
Issued in reinvestment of distributions |
3,327,236 |
123,811 |
|
Redeemed |
(70,275,200) |
(19,223,805) |
|
Net increase (decrease) |
(11,720,885) |
88,130,270 |
See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Financial Highlights
|
|
Six months ended January 31, 2012 |
Years ended July 31, |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
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 |
- I |
.01 |
.01 |
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(1.44) |
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 |
.04% A |
.05% |
.06% A |
|
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any |
.04% A |
.05% |
.06% A |
|
Expenses net of all reductions |
.04% A |
.05% |
.06% A |
|
Net investment income (loss) |
.06% A |
.10% |
.13% A |
|
Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) |
$ 1,037,340 |
$ 1,353,204 |
$ 196,465 |
|
Portfolio turnover rate F |
60% A |
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.
I Amount represents less than $.01 per share.
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 January 31, 2012 (Unaudited)
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 January 31, 2012, the Fund held $142,428,721 in the Subsidiary, representing 13.7% 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 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 management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the consolidated
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4. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
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. The Fund uses independent pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees to value its investments. When current market prices or quotations are not readily available or reliable, valuations may be determined in good faith in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Factors used in determining value 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 value used for net asset value (NAV) calculation under these procedures may differ from published prices for the same securities.
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)
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 January 31, 2012 for the Fund's investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Consolidated Schedule of Investments. 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 independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For U.S. government and government agency obligations, pricing services utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as dealer supplied prices and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For commodity-linked notes, pricing services 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 independent pricing services or dealer-supplied valuations and
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4. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Security Valuation - continued
changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Pricing services 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 matrices which consider similar factors that would be used by independent pricing services. 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.
New Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The update is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and will result in additional disclosure for transfers between levels as well as expanded disclosure for securities categorized as Level 3 under the fair value hierarchy.
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 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 financial statement disclosures.
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
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4. Significant Accounting Policies - continued
Investment Transactions and Income - continued
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 recovers 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, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, no provision for income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. A fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years. 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 the controlled foreign corporation.
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 |
$ 2,824,708 |
|
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(187,964,261) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments |
$ (185,139,553) |
|
|
|
|
Tax cost |
$ 1,212,422,957 |
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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.
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 primarily used derivative instruments (derivatives), including futures contracts and swap agreements, in order to meet its investment objectives. The strategy is to use 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 over-the-counter (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
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6. Derivative Instruments - continued
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments - continued
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 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. Futures contracts are not covered by the ISDA Master Agreement, however, counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded futures contracts is minimal because of the protection provided by the exchange's clearinghouse. Derivatives involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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. These amounts are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
|
Risk Exposure / Derivative Type |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
|
Commodity Risk |
|
|
|
Futures Contracts |
$ (15,060,272) |
$ 2,817,736 |
|
Swap Agreements |
(146,182,487) |
(9,580,344) |
|
Totals |
$ (161,242,759) |
$ (6,762,608) |
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6. Derivative Instruments - continued
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.
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.
The underlying face amount at value of open futures contracts at period end is shown in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." This amount 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.
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7. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $75,800,000 and $18,208,286, respectively.
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 $2,555.
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 $1.
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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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
Fidelity Commodity Strategy Central Fund
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
The Board meets regularly and considers at each of its meetings factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established three standing committees, Operations, Audit, and Nominating and Governance, each composed of Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Operations Committee, of which all of the Independent Trustees are members, meets regularly throughout the year and, among other matters, considers matters specifically related to the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.
At its September 2011 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant and reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the lack of compensation payable under the management contract is fair and reasonable.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel and the fund's investment objective and discipline. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) has devoted increased resources to non U.S. offices. The Board noted that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools and capabilities which allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties and enhancers. The Board also believes that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools which permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered the Investment Advisers' trading capabilities and resources which are an integral part of the investment management process.
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Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory and administrative services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the investment adviser's supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures.
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions. The Board reviewed the fund's absolute investment performance, as well as the fund's relative investment performance, but did not consider performance to be a material factor in its decision to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board noted that the fund is designed to offer a liquid investment option for other investment companies and accounts managed by FMR or its affiliates and ultimately to enhance the performance of those investment companies and accounts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered that while the fund does not pay a management fee, FMR pays a management fee on behalf of the fund and receives fees for providing services to funds that invest in the fund. The Board also noted that FMR bears all expenses of the fund, except expenses related to the fund's investment activities (primarily custody expenses and expenses associate with investments in wholly-owned subsidiaries). Based on its review, the Board concluded that the management fee paid on behalf of the fund and the fund's total expense ratio were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued
Costs of the Services and Profitability. The Board considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds, as well as the profitability of each fund that invests in this fund.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's engagement includes the review and assessment of Fidelity's methodologies used in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.
The Board concluded that the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund were not relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts because the fund pays no advisory fees and FMR bears all expenses of the fund, except expenses related to the fund's investment activities.
Economies of Scale. The Board concluded that because the fund pays no advisory fees and FMR bears all expenses of the fund, except expenses related to the fund's investment activities, economies of scale cannot be realized by the fund.
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' Advisory Contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) Fidelity's fund profitability methodology, profitability trends for certain funds, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers, research analysts, and other key personnel, including its effects on fund profitability, the rationale for the compensation structure, and the extent to which current market conditions have affected retention and recruitment; (iv) the compensation paid to fund sub-advisers on behalf of the Fidelity funds; (v) Fidelity's fee structures and rationale for recommending different fees among different categories of funds and classes, as well as Fidelity's voluntary waiver of its fees to maintain minimum yields for certain money market funds and classes; (vi) the reasons why certain expenses affect various funds and classes differently; (vii) Fidelity's transfer agent fees, expenses, and services and how the benefits of decreased costs and new efficiencies can be shared across all of the Fidelity funds; (viii) the reasons for and consequences of changes to certain product lines compared to competitors; (ix) the allocation of and historical trends in Fidelity's realization of fall-out benefits; and (x) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends, and actions that might be taken by FMR to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes or to achieve further economies of scale.
Semiannual Report
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
Semiannual Report
Item 2. Code of Ethics
Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
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 Fidelity Garrison Street 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 Fidelity Garrison Street Trust's (the "Trust") 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
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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. |
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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
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/s/John R. Hebble |
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John R. Hebble |
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President and Treasurer |
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March 23, 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.
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/s/John R. Hebble |
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John R. Hebble |
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President and Treasurer |
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March 23, 2012 |
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/s/Christine Reynolds |
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Christine Reynolds |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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March 23, 2012 |