(2_FIDELITY_LOGOS)FIDELITY
EMERGING GROWTH
FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
NOVEMBER 30, 1995
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing
strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the
fund's investments over the past six
months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's
investments with their market
values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 19 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net
assets, as well as financial
highlights.
NOTES 23 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 27 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 28
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
Although the markets were fairly positive in 1995, no one can predict what
lies ahead for investors. The previous year, stocks posted below-average
returns and bonds had one of the worst years in history. This downturn
followed a period in which the investing environment was generally very
positive.
These market ups and downs are a normal part of investing, and there are
some basic principles that are helpful for investors to remember in
different types of markets.
If you can leave your money invested over the long term, you can avoid the
results of the volatility that generally accompanies the stock market in
the short term, as we witnessed last year. You also can help to manage some
of the risks of investing through diversification. A stock fund is already
diversified because it invests in many issues. You can diversify even
further by placing some of your money in several different types of stock
funds or in other investment categories, such as bonds.
If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to consider
moving some of your investment into a money market fund, which seeks income
and a stable share price by investing in high-quality, short-term
investments. Of course, there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal, and it is important to remember that money market funds
are not insured or guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your investment horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan - investing a certain
amount of money at the same time each month or quarter - and to review your
portfolio periodically. A periodic investment plan will not, of course,
assure a profit or protect against a loss.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We stand ready
to provide the information you need to make the investments that are right
for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance. You can
look at the total percentage change in value, the average annual percentage
change, or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. A fund's total
return includes changes in a fund's share price, plus reinvestment of any
dividends (or income) and capital gains (the profits the fund earns when it
sells securities that have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
Emerging Growth 47.59% 213.15%
Emerging Growth (including 3% sales charge) 43.16% 203.76%
Russell 2000(registered trademark) 28.49% 155.57%
Average Mid-Cap Fund 33.69% n/a
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage terms
over a set period - in this case one year, or since the fund started on
December 28, 1990. For example, if you invested $1,000 in a fund that had a
5% return over the past year, the value of your investment would be $1,050.
Total return figures do not include the effect of the 0.75% redemption fee
on shares held less than 90 days. You can compare the fund's returns to the
performance of the Russell 2000 Index - a broad measure of the performance
of small company stocks. To measure how the fund's performance stacked up
against its peers, you can compare it to the average mid-cap fund, which
reflects the performance of 98 mid-cap funds with similar objectives
tracked by Lipper Analytical Services over the past 12 months. (Lipper
recently changed the fund's peer group from small company growth funds to
mid-cap funds. This change allows the fund's performance to be compared
with other funds that more closely mirror its investment objectives.) Both
benchmarks include reinvested dividends and capital gains, if any, and
exclude the effects of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
Emerging Growth 47.59% 26.06%
Emerging Growth (including 3% sales 43.16% 25.28%
charge)
Russell 2000(registered trademark) 28.49% 20.97%
Average Mid-Cap Fund 33.69% n/a
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's actual (or cumulative) return
and show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year.
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND
Fidelity EmeRussell 2
12/28/90 9700 10000.00
12/31/90 9758.2 10118.31
01/31/91 11203.5 11033.34
02/28/91 11804.9 12263.72
03/31/91 12648.8 13126.95
04/30/91 12580.9 13093.92
05/31/91 13434.5 13718.05
06/30/91 12493.6 12918.61
07/31/91 13754.6 13371.94
08/31/91 14647 13866.90
09/30/91 14753.7 13975.48
10/31/91 14967.1 14345.11
11/30/91 14365.7 13681.63
12/31/91 16305.87636 14777.18
01/31/92 16354.91698 15974.53
02/29/92 16104.3821 16440.53
03/31/92 15072.17839 15884.04
04/30/92 14621.21561 15327.56
05/31/92 14801.60072 15531.38
06/30/92 14060.01747 14796.86
07/31/92 14741.47235 15311.50
08/31/92 14280.48817 14879.43
09/30/92 14731.45095 15222.82
10/31/92 15753.63326 15706.69
11/30/92 16956.20069 16908.56
12/31/92 17668.44258 17497.62
01/31/93 18231.11756 18089.85
02/28/93 17527.13347 17672.04
03/31/93 18034.41612 18245.49
04/30/93 17899.83093 17744.65
05/31/93 19463.08973 18529.84
06/30/93 19659.79117 18645.43
07/31/93 19587.32222 18902.86
08/31/93 20343.06985 19719.50
09/30/93 20664.00378 20275.98
10/31/93 21160.93373 20797.86
11/30/93 20322.36444 20113.33
12/31/93 21180.1916 20801.02
01/31/94 21797.79158 21453.20
02/28/94 21673.65837 21375.61
03/31/94 20519.21952 20247.03
04/30/94 20606.11276 20367.37
05/31/94 19811.66022 20138.67
06/30/94 18421.36828 19454.83
07/31/94 19116.51425 19774.47
08/31/94 20519.21952 20876.35
09/30/94 20419.91295 20806.45
10/31/94 21400.56531 20724.34
11/30/94 20581.28612 19887.35
12/31/94 21142.3713 20421.66
01/31/95 20582.39089 20164.00
02/28/95 21540.57959 21002.81
03/31/95 22448.99224 21364.52
04/30/95 23208.07679 21839.57
05/31/95 24166.26549 22215.08
06/30/95 26841.72742 23367.51
07/31/95 30002.50571 24713.52
08/31/95 30425.60202 25224.78
09/30/95 31134.91053 25675.24
10/31/95 30761.59026 24526.99
11/30/95 30375.82598 25557.48
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND: Let's say you invested $10,000 in Fidelity
Emerging Growth Fund on December 28, 1990, when the fund started, and paid
a 3% sales charge. As the chart shows, by November 30, 1995, the value of
your investment would have grown to $30,376 - a 203.76% increase on your
initial investment. For comparison, look at how the Russell 2000 Index did
over the same period. With dividends reinvested, the same $10,000
investment would have grown to $25,557 - a 155.57% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
growth in the long run and
volatility in the short run. In
turn, the share price and
return of a fund that invests in
stocks will vary. That means if
you sell your shares during a
market downturn, you might
lose money. But if you can
ride out the market's ups and
downs, you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
Strong corporate earnings and a
favorable interest rate
environment helped the U.S.
stock market post robust returns
for the 12 months ended
November 30, 1995. The
Standard & Poor's Composite
Index of 500 Stocks finished the
12-month period with a total
return of 36.98% (including
reinvested dividends ) - well
above its historical annual
average of roughly 12%. With
inflation posing little threat,
interest rates fell during the first
half of 1995. The Federal Reserve
Board cut the fed funds rate -
the rate banks charge each other
for overnight loans - by 0.25% on
July 6 to 5.75%.
Large-capitalization stocks led
the rally, with the weak dollar
helping to bolster overseas
business. Technology companies
posted the strongest earnings
growth and stock price gain,
although they faltered somewhat
in October and November. Lower
interest rates and continued
merger and acquisition activity
helped financial stocks perform well.
In November, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed above
5000 for the first time. Returns from
foreign markets suffered as
investors brought capital back to the
U.S. The Morgan Stanley
Emerging Markets Free Index
was down 16.52% for the 12
months ended November 30. The
Morgan Stanley EAFE (Europe,
Australia, Far East) Index was up
7.57% for the year ended
November 30. European markets
have fared well through the first
11 months of 1995, while the
Japanese market recently has
shown signs of recovery.
An interview with Lawrence Greenberg, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity
Emerging Growth Fund
Q. HOW HAS THE FUND PERFORMED, LARRY?
A. Pretty well. For the 12-month period ended November 30, 1995, the fund
returned 47.59%. For the same period, the average mid-cap stock fund, as
tracked by Lipper Analytical Services, returned 33.69%.
Q. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS BEHIND THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF EQUITIES
THIS YEAR?
A. In my opinion, two things really drive the equity market: strong
earnings and declining interest rates. Over the past 12 months, we've had
both. This really played into the hands of the kinds of aggressive growth
stocks the fund owns. Most of these stocks represent small, fast-growing
companies which are able to grow faster than other companies in a slow but
expanding economic environment. They also can benefit more from a declining
interest rate environment.
Q. THE FUND'S TECHNOLOGY WEIGHTING HAS BEEN REDUCED, BUT, AT APPROXIMATELY
57%, IT REMAINED THE LARGEST SECTOR AT THE END OF THE PERIOD. DO YOU THINK
THIS AREA OF THE MARKET CAN KEEP UP THE TORRID PACE OF GROWTH WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE PAST YEAR?
A. Probably not. What we saw this past year was strength across the board.
For the most part, earnings grew as fast as the stock prices went up.
Therefore, despite good appreciation, multiples (e.g. price to
earnings)didn't go up that much. I don't think investors can expect the
same level of growth in 1996 as they did in 1995. I think investors can
expect to see more of an environment of the haves and have-nots, with
specific companies leaving others behind.
Q. SO HOW WILL YOU MANAGE THE FUND'S TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS GOING FORWARD?
A. I intend to approach the technology sector on a more selective basis,
looking at individual areas showing strength. For example, corporate
America's move from mainframe computing to client-server computing, along
with the rise of the Internet, may continue to benefit networking and
database companies. These companies provide the hardware and software for
the newly downsized corporate networks.
Q. WHY DOES THE FUND HAVE AN APPROXIMATELY 8% STAKE IN UTILITIES WHEN THERE
IS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE DEREGULATION?
A. The fund's utility holdings are in the cellular phone industry and not
electric utilities. I believe the cellular industry is one of the best
global emerging growth industries in the market. The fund's assets are
spread between cellular service providers and equipment manufacturers.
Q. IN THE FUND'S SEMIANNUAL REPORT, YOU DISCUSSED THAT YOU HAD CUT BACK ON
THE FUND'S HEALTH CARE EXPOSURE BECAUSE OF CONCERNS SURROUNDING FEDERAL
HEALTH CARE REFORM. WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN?
A. I slowly raised the fund's position in health care stocks as values
presented themselves. Congress and the president continue to haggle over
the future of Medicare and Medicaid, but I anticipate that government
cutbacks in spending could force more Medicare users toward HMOs.
Therefore, I've added more HMOs to the portfolio.
Q. WERE THERE ANY DISAPPOINTMENTS?
A. Sure, disappointments came on two fronts. First, in September, the
technology sector slowed somewhat as several corporate earnings
disappointments fueled investors' concerns that the sector had become
overvalued. As this occurred, investors moved to more defensive,
consumer-oriented stocks such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Merck and Pfizer. In
hindsight, I wish I had been able to make this shift earlier. Secondly, the
underperformance of several of the fund's retail stocks hindered
performance. Building-supply companies Home Depot and Lowe's, for example,
were hurt by falling lumber prices and a drop in demand with the slowdown
in the housing market.
Q. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE FUND'S FOREIGN EXPOSURE?
A. I prefer to own some of the larger, multinational foreign companies.
Aside from currency and political risks, it's hard to keep up with the
changes of some of the more fast-growing foreign companies. I favor
organizations that offer accessible managements and a constant flow of
reliable information.
Q. SO WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK?
A. As I discussed before, the real fuel for a strong market - good
corporate earnings and declining interest rates - will probably not be as
strong in 1996 as they were in 1995. Given what we know now, though, I
believe, barring any unforeseen changes, the market environment may still
be constructive for stocks next year.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER,
ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON THE COVER.
THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED ON MARKET AND
OTHER CONDITIONS.
FUND FACTS
GOAL: to increase the value
of the fund's shares by
investing mainly in the stocks
of companies that Fidelity
believes are in the developing
stage of their life cycle and
offer the potential for
accelerated growth
START DATE: December 28,
1990
SIZE: as of November 30,
1995, more than $1.3 billion
MANAGER: Lawrence
Greenberg, since October
1993; manager, Fidelity VIP:
Growth Portfolio, since April
1991;
Fidelity Select Environmental
Services Portfolio, October
1986 - April 1991; Fidelity
Select Medical Delivery
Portfolio July 1989 - April
1991; joined Fidelity in 1986
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LARRY GREENBERG ON
SPECIALTY RETAILERS:
"Much has been written in the
media about the bad run the
retail sector has had this year.
Rather than investing in
traditional department stores,
I have concentrated most of
the fund's retail holdings in
what are called specialty
retailers or "category killers."
These companies are able to
produce through downturns in
consumer sentiment by
aggressive store expansion
and a unique product that
spurs demand in an anemic
retail market. In my opinion,
one company that exemplified
this better than any other was
Sunglass Hut International. It
demonstrated strong sales
momentum in an economy
where people weren't
aggressively spending
money. It is this type of
company that, in my view, has
been able to overcome macro
economic concerns that other
kinds of retailers can't."
INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
Oracle Systems Corp. 4.2 5.0
Cisco Systems, Inc. 4.1 2.6
Microsoft Corp. 3.6 2.7
AirTouch Communications, Inc. 3.0 2.8
DSC Communications Corp. 2.7 3.4
3Com Corp. 2.6 1.7
Compaq Computer Corp. 2.5 2.7
Nokia Corp. AB 2.5 2.4
Silicon Graphics, Inc. 2.0 1.8
Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
Class A 1.9 2.3
TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
Technology 56.7 62.1
Retail & Wholesale 9.5 11.6
Utilities 7.8 8.2
Health 6.7 2.7
Media & Leisure 3.2 4.5
ASSET ALLOCATION
AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995* AS OF MAY 31, 1995**
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 10.1
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 0.0
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 44.0
Row: 1, Col: 4, Value: 45.9
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 3.0
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 0.0
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 49.0
Row: 1, Col: 4, Value: 47.0
Stocks 89.9%
Short-term
investments 10.1%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 5.3%
Stocks 97.1%
Short-term
investments 2.9%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 7.3%
*
**
INVESTMENTS NOVEMBER 30, 1995
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
COMMON STOCKS - 89.7%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.1%
Special Devices, Inc. (a) 123,500 $ 1,868
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 0.2%
METALS & MINING - 0.2%
IMCO Recycling, Inc. 110,000 2,489
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 0.0%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 0.0%
Thermo Power Corp. (a) 40,000 550
DURABLES - 0.7%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 0.1%
Safety Components International, Inc. (a) 75,000 1,162
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 0.6%
Adidas AG (a)(b) 6,000 320
NIKE, Inc. Class B 70,000 4,060
Tommy Hilfiger (a) 85,000 3,751
8,131
TOTAL DURABLES 9,293
ENERGY - 0.3%
INDEPENDENT POWER - 0.3%
Thermo Electron Corp. (a) 75,000 3,713
FINANCE - 0.4%
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 0.2%
Green Tree Acceptance, Inc. 70,000 1,977
Mercury Finance Co. 65,050 927
2,904
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.2%
Alliance Entertainment Corp. (a) 290,000 2,755
TOTAL FINANCE 5,659
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
HEALTH - 6.7%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 1.6%
Amgen, Inc. (a) 85,000 $ 4,218
Biogen, Inc. (a) 50,000 2,725
Cephalon, Inc. (a) 40,000 1,110
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 50,000 1,463
Genentech, Inc. (special) 40,000 2,045
Merck & Co., Inc. 80,000 4,950
Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. 50,000 1,125
Pfizer, Inc. 60,000 3,480
21,116
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 1.5%
Cardinal Health, Inc. 76,400 4,126
Medtronic, Inc. 105,000 5,762
Oakley, Inc. (a) 45,000 1,440
Physician Sales & Service, Inc. (a) 125,000 2,375
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a) 50,000 1,975
Thermo Cardiosystems, Inc. (a) 40,000 2,335
Thermedics, Inc. (a) 95,000 2,078
20,091
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 3.6%
Advantage Health Corp. (a) 29,100 960
American Medical Response (a) 160,000 4,580
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. 115,000 5,937
Compdent Corp. (a) 40,000 1,390
Foundation Health Corp. (a) 30,000 1,372
HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Corp. (a) 410,000 12,403
Healthsource, Inc. (a) 30,000 1,875
Multicare Companies, Inc. (a) 80,000 1,670
Oxford Health Plans, Inc. (a) 25,000 1,875
Physician Reliance Network, Inc. (a) 40,000 1,420
Sterling Healthcare Group, Inc. (a) 75,000 938
United HealthCare Corp. 100,000 6,287
U.S. Healthcare, Inc. 74,000 3,367
Vencor, Inc. (a) 160,075 4,962
49,036
TOTAL HEALTH 90,243
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 1.6%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.4%
Avid Technology, Inc. (a) 100,050 $ 3,964
Glenayre Technologies, Inc. 165,075 9,451
Lifeline Systems, Inc. (a) 65,000 780
Omron Corp. 23,000 511
Pinnacle Systems (a) 99,200 3,224
United Communication Industry PCL (For. Reg.) 70,200 842
18,772
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 0.1%
Brooks Automation, Inc. (a) 7,000 119
Semitool, Inc. (a) 55,300 885
1,004
POLLUTION CONTROL - 0.1%
TETRA Technologies, Inc. (a) 80,000 1,330
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 21,106
MEDIA & LEISURE - 3.2%
BROADCASTING - 0.3%
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (a) 1,800 71
EZ Communications, Inc. Class A (a) 69,500 1,129
Emmis Broadcasting Corp. Class A (a) 50,000 1,350
Evergreen Media Corp. Class A (a) 35,000 849
3,399
LODGING & GAMING - 1.4%
Doubletree Corp. (a) 100,000 2,125
HFS, Inc. (a) 230,000 15,927
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. 41,200 1,025
19,077
RESTAURANTS - 1.5%
Apple South, Inc. 255,500 5,366
Applebee's International, Inc. 113,500 3,150
Lone Star Steakhouse Saloon (a) 130,000 5,102
Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (a) 160,000 5,840
Starbucks Corp. (a) 20,000 845
20,303
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 42,779
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 9.5%
APPAREL STORES - 1.0%
Baby Superstore, Inc. (a) 40,000 $ 2,250
Claire's Stores, Inc. 9,400 183
Just For Feet, Inc. (a) 300,000 10,238
12,671
APPLIANCE STORES - 0.7%
Cellstar Corp. (a) 327,100 8,586
DRUG STORES - 0.5%
General Nutrition Companies, Inc. (a) 325,000 7,191
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 0.2%
Dollar General Corp. 110,050 2,985
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 7.1%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (a) 50,000 1,837
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) 122,100 4,014
Books-A-Million, Inc. (a) 75,000 1,078
Corporate Express (a) 170,000 4,548
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 150,000 6,656
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 622,800 19,618
Micro Warehouse, Inc. (a) 30,000 1,410
Officemax, Inc. (a) 430,000 9,782
Office Depot, Inc. (a) 135,075 3,309
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. (a) 188,400 5,181
Petsmart, Inc. (a) 274,000 8,837
Staples, Inc. (a) 291,600 7,436
Sunglass Hut International, Inc. (a) 759,700 15,954
U.S. Office Products Co. (a) 120,000 2,010
Viking Office Products, Inc. (a) 86,800 3,993
95,663
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 127,096
SERVICES - 2.7%
LEASING & RENTAL - 1.8%
Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (a) 900,000 14,513
Movie Gallery, Inc. (a) 300,000 10,275
24,788
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
SERVICES - CONTINUED
SERVICES - 0.9%
Medaphis Corp. (a) 286,400 $ 9,308
Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a) 38,600 2,577
11,885
TOTAL SERVICES 36,673
TECHNOLOGY - 56.5%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 16.0%
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. 24,100 1,097
Aspect Telecommunications Corp. (a) 55,000 1,870
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 660,000 55,523
DSC Communications Corp. (a) 900,000 35,663
Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone Co. ADR Class B 375,000 8,906
Global Village Communication (a) 327,600 7,453
Inter-Tel, Inc. (a) 215,000 3,601
InterVoice, Inc. (a) 165,000 3,609
Jabil Circuit, Inc. (a) 125,000 2,594
Microtest, Inc. (a) 48,400 750
Microdyne Corp. (a) 38,600 801
Microwave Power Devices, Inc. (a) 95,000 962
Nokia Corp. AB:
Series A 90,000 4,941
sponsored ADR 525,000 28,481
P-COM, Inc. 10,200 178
3Com Corp. (a) 765,058 35,001
U.S. Robotics Corp. 203,300 22,312
Westell Technologies, Inc. Class A 800 10
Zoom Telephonics, Inc. (a) 40,000 740
214,492
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 19.8%
America Online, Inc. (a) 545,000 22,277
American Management Systems, Inc. (a) 100,000 2,975
Ascend Communications, Inc. (a) 175,000 12,513
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 40,000 3,185
Broderbund Software, Inc. (a) 60,000 3,885
Business Objects SA sponsored ADR (a) 62,000 3,023
CUC International, Inc. (a) 250,000 9,500
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - CONTINUED
Ciber, Inc. (a) 41,700 $ 1,272
CompUSA, Inc. (a) 159,600 5,925
Computer Sciences Corp. (a) 96,000 6,984
DST Systems, Inc. (a) 20,000 578
Datastream Systems, Inc. (a) 30,000 548
Davidson & Associates, Inc. (a) 28,100 695
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) 115,000 3,924
FTP Software, Inc. (a) 100,000 3,038
Firefox Communications, Inc. (a) 30,000 652
General Motors Corp. Class E 150,000 7,575
HBO & Co. 80,000 5,980
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (a) 60,000 3,020
Informix Corp. (a) 150,000 4,153
Inso Corp. (a) 101,200 4,099
McAfee Associates, Inc. (a) 100,000 4,775
Medic Computer Systems, Inc. (a) 37,600 2,406
Mercury Interactive Group Corp. (a) 130,900 3,011
Microsoft Corp. (a) 560,000 48,790
NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc. (a) 90,000 6,570
Netscape Communications Corp. 5,000 691
Novell, Inc. (a) 140,000 2,362
Objective Systems Integrators, Inc. 900 17
Oracle Systems Corp. (a) 1,250,000 56,719
Parametric Technology Corp. (a) 75,000 5,306
Peoplesoft, Inc. (a) 340,000 14,280
Progress Software Corp. (a) 43,200 1,372
Project Software & Development, Inc. (a) 2,200 72
PsiNet, Inc. 235,000 4,964
Sierra On-Line, Inc. (a) 50,000 1,700
Softkey International, Inc. (a) 39,800 1,343
Stratacom, Inc. (a) 50,000 3,750
UUNET Technologies, Inc. 9,800 779
Western Digital Corp. 1,000 15
Wonderware Corp. (a) 43,100 1,153
265,876
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 11.0%
Adaptec, Inc. (a) 266,000 $ 12,469
Bay Networks, Inc. (a) 530,000 23,850
Boca Research, Inc. (a) 54,700 1,573
Compaq Computer Corp. (a) 685,000 33,908
Dell Computer Corp. (a) 150,000 6,638
Discreet Logic, Inc. (a) 75,000 2,287
Fore Systems, Inc. 30,000 1,747
Gateway 2000, Inc. (a) 75,000 2,072
International Business Machines Corp. 185,000 17,876
Madge NV (a) 82,761 3,729
Read Rite Corp. (a) 105,083 2,850
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (a) 40,050 1,982
Seagate Technology (a) 85,400 4,505
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (a) 725,000 26,462
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 70,000 5,889
Tech Data Corp. (a) 24,600 415
148,252
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 0.6%
Applied Materials, Inc. (a) 140,000 6,807
Cohu, Inc. 42,100 1,221
8,028
ELECTRONICS - 9.0%
Altera Corp. (a) 300,000 17,400
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) 246,800 9,132
Atmel Corp. (a) 239,500 7,185
Brightpoint, Inc.(a) 160,000 2,880
Burr-Brown Corp. (a) 23,700 681
Cascade Communications Corp. 10,000 873
Dovatron International, Inc. (a) 40,000 1,310
Electroglas, Inc. (a) 131,200 3,903
Flextronics International 10,800 302
Intel Corp. 175,000 10,653
International Rectifier Corp. 35,000 1,737
Kemet Corp. 100,000 3,050
LSI Logic Corp. (a) 350,000 14,656
Linear Technology Corp. 230,000 10,408
MRV Communications, Inc. (a) 60,000 1,568
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (a) 129,800 9,735
Microchip Technology, Inc. (a) 180,000 7,290
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
ELECTRONICS - CONTINUED
SGS Thomson Microelectronics NV (a) 84,600 $ 3,151
Sanmina Corp. (a) 107,500 5,550
Solectron Corp. 40,200 1,709
Xilinx, Inc. (a) 235,000 7,549
120,722
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - 0.1%
3D Systems Corp. (a) 96,700 1,970
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 759,340
UTILITIES - 7.8%
CELLULAR - 7.7%
AirTouch Communications, Inc. (a) 1,400,000 40,775
Arch Communications Group, Inc. (a) 125,013 3,141
BCE Mobile Communications, Inc. (a) 36,900 1,180
Metrocall, Inc. (a) 114,300 2,757
Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, Inc. (a) 125,000 2,875
Mobilemedia Corp. (a) 121,000 3,131
Palmer Wireless, Inc. (a) 425,000 9,031
United States Cellular Corp. (a) 200,000 7,000
Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Class A (a) 1,150,000 26,019
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR 200,000 7,225
103,134
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 0.1%
LCI International, Inc. (a) 60,000 1,110
TOTAL UTILITIES 104,244
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $903,594) 1,205,053
NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%
TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 0.2%
Silicon Graphics CDA Ltd. exchangeable
(non-vtg.) (a) (Cost $3,392) 85,590 3,124
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 10.1%
MATURITY AMOUNT VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S) (000S)
Investments in repurchase agreements
(U.S. Treasury obligations) in a joint
trading account at 5.90%, dated
11/30/95 due 12/1/95 $ 135,115 $ 135,093
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100%
(Cost $1,042,079) $ 1,343,270
LEGEND
1. Non-income producing
2. 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 period
end, the value of these securities amounted to $320,000 or 0.0% of net
assets.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At November 30,1995, the aggregate cost of investment securities for income
tax purposes was $1,047,134,000. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated
$296,136,000, of which $319,550,000 related to appreciated investment
securities and $23,414,000 related to depreciated investment securities.
The fund hereby designates $3,056,000 as a capital gain dividend for the
purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNTS) NOVEMBER 30, 1995
ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value (including repurchase $ 1,343,270
agreements of $135,093) (cost $1,042,079) -
See accompanying schedule
Cash 64
Receivable for investments sold 35,675
Receivable for fund shares sold 5,996
Dividends receivable 139
Other receivables 464
TOTAL ASSETS 1,385,608
LIABILITIES
Payable for investments purchased $ 49,673
Payable for fund shares redeemed 2,803
Accrued management fee 852
Other payables and accrued expenses 518
TOTAL LIABILITIES 53,846
NET ASSETS $ 1,331,762
Net Assets consist of:
Paid in capital $ 972,807
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on 57,763
investments and foreign currency transactions
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on 301,192
investments and assets and liabilities in foreign
currencies
NET ASSETS, for 54,554 shares outstanding $ 1,331,762
NET ASSET VALUE and redemption price per share $24.41
($1,331,762 (divided by) 54,554 shares)
Maximum offering price per share (100/97.00 of $24.41) $25.16
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
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AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 1,146
Dividends
Interest 2,780
TOTAL INCOME 3,926
EXPENSES
Management fee $ 6,067
Basic fee
Performance adjustment 930
Transfer agent 2,298
Fees
Redemption fees (43)
Accounting fees and expenses 426
Non-interested trustees' compensation 10
Custodian fees and expenses 62
Registration fees 244
Audit 40
Legal 4
Total expenses before reductions 10,038
Expense reductions (95) 9,943
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) (6,017)
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investment securities 78,540
Foreign currency transactions (5) 78,535
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investment securities 242,342
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 1 242,343
NET GAIN (LOSS) 320,878
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 314,861
FROM OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
NOVEMBER 30, NOVEMBER 30,
1995 1994
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
Operations $ (6,017) $ (2,514)
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized gain (loss) 78,535 (10,566)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 242,343 18,913
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 314,861 5,833
FROM OPERATIONS
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains (1,472) (108,388)
Share transactions 696,173 166,847
Net proceeds from sales of shares
Reinvestment of distributions 1,448 106,675
Cost of shares redeemed (291,096) (194,550)
Redemption fees 754 188
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 407,279 79,160
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS 720,668 (23,395)
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period 611,094 634,489
End of period $ 1,331,762 $ 611,094
OTHER INFORMATION
Shares
Sold 31,072 9,893
Issued in reinvestment of distributions 89 6,284
Redeemed (13,468) (11,643)
Net increase (decrease) 17,693 4,534
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, DECEMBER 28,
1990
(COMMENCEMENT
OF OPERATIONS) TO
NOVEMBER 30,
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1995 1994 E 1993 1992 1991
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
Net asset value, beginning $ 16.58 $ 19.63 $ 16.92 $ 14.81 $ 10.00
of period
Income from Investment
Operations
Net investment income (.14) (.07) (.03) .09 (.01)
(loss) D D
Net realized and unrealized 7.99 .34 3.29 2.50 4.80
gain (loss)
Total from investment 7.85 .27 3.26 2.59 4.79
operations
Less Distributions - - (.02) - -
From net investment
income
From net realized gain (.04) (3.33) (.54) (.50) -
Total distributions (.04) (3.33) (.56) (.50) -
Redemption fees added to .02 .01 .01 .02 .02
paid in capital
Net asset value, end of period $ 24.41 $ 16.58 $ 19.63 $ 16.92 $ 14.81
TOTAL RETURN B, C 47.59% 1.27% 19.85% 18.03% 48.10%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA
Net assets, end of period $ 1,332 $ 611 $ 634 $ 615 $ 530
(in millions)
Ratio of expenses to average 1.10% 1.04% 1.20% 1.09% 1.31% A
net assets
Ratio of expenses to average 1.09% 1.02% 1.19% 1.09% 1.31% A
net assets after expense
reductions
Ratio of net investment (.66) (.41) (.20) .56% (.10)%
income to average net % % % A
assets
Portfolio turnover rate 102% 180% 332% 531% 326% A
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A ANNUALIZED
B TOTAL RETURNS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ONE TIME SALES CHARGE AND FOR PERIODS OF
LESS THAN ONE YEAR ARE NOT ANNUALIZED.
C THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT BEEN
REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 5 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS).
D NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
E EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1993, THE FUND ADOPTED STATEMENT OF POSITION 93-2,
"DETERMINATION, DISCLOSURE, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION OF
INCOME, CAPITAL GAIN, AND RETURN OF CAPITAL DISTRIBUTIONS BY INVESTMENT
COMPANIES." AS A RESULT, NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE MAY REFLECT
CERTAIN RECLASSIFICATIONS RELATED TO BOOK TO TAX DIFFERENCES.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended November 30, 1995
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Emerging Growth Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Mt. Vernon
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. The following summarizes the
significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are readily
available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price, at the
closing bid price. Securities (including restricted securities) for which
exchange quotations are not readily available (and in certain cases debt
securities which trade on an exchange) are valued primarily using
dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair value as determined in good
faith under consistently applied procedures under the general supervision
of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities maturing within sixty days
of their purchase date are valued at amortized cost or original cost plus
accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION.
The accounting records of the fund are maintained in U.S. dollars.
Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a
foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates
of exchange at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income
receipts, and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the
prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent
net gains and losses from sales and maturities of forward currency
contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses
realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions,
and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and
the U.S. dollar amount actually received. The effects of changes in foreign
currency exchange rates on investments in securities are included with the
net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter
M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to income taxes to
the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for
its fiscal year. The schedule of investments includes information regarding
income taxes under the caption "Income Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date,
except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date
may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the
ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Investment income
is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is
uncertain.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund.
Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned between the
funds in the trust.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with
income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting
principles. These differences, which may result in distribution
reclassifications, are primarily due to differing treatments for litigation
proceeds, net operating losses, capital loss carryforwards and losses
deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations. The fund also
utilized earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of
shares as a part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital and may
affect the per-share allocation between net investment income and realized
and unrealized gain (loss). Accumulated undistributed net realized gain
(loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions may include
temporary book and tax basis differences which will reverse in a subsequent
period. Any taxable income or gain remaining at fiscal year end is
distributed in the following year.
REDEMPTION FEES. Shares held in the fund less than 90 days are subject to a
redemption fee equal to .75% of the proceeds of the redeemed shares. A
portion of the fee is accounted for as a reduction of transfer agent
expenses. This portion of the redemption fee is used to offset the
transaction costs and other expenses that short- term trading imposes on
the fund and its shareholders. The remainder of the redemption fee is
accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade
date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of
identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund may use foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to manage
the fund's currency exposure. Contracts to buy generally are used to
acquire exposure to foreign currencies, while contracts to sell are used to
hedge the fund's investments against currency fluctuations. Also, a
contract to buy or sell can offset a previous contract. Losses may arise
from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties
do not perform under the contracts' terms.
The U.S. dollar value of forward foreign currency contracts is determined
using forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service.
Purchases and sales of forward foreign currency contracts having the same
settlement date and broker are offset and any realized gain (loss) is
recognized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is recognized on
settlement date.
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with other affiliated
entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), may transfer
uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. These
balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that mature in
60 days or less from the date of purchase, and are collateralized by U.S.
Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The fund, through its custodian, receives delivery
of the underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency Securities, the market
value of which is required to be at least equal to the repurchase price.
For term repurchase agreement transactions, the underlying securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
repurchase price. FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $1,203,746,000 and $884,817,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a monthly
basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate plus a fixed
individual fund fee rate applied to the average net assets of the fund. The
group fee rate is the weighted average of a series of rates and is based on
the monthly average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The
rates ranged from .2700% to .5200% for the period. In the event that these
rates were lower than the contractual rates in effect during the period,
FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates, as they resulted in the same
or a lower management fee. The annual individual fund fee rate is .35%. The
basic fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus) .20%) based on the fund's investment performance as compared
to the appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period,
the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .76% of average net
assets.
The Board of Trustees has approved a new group fee rate schedule with rates
ranging from .2500% to .5200%. Effective January 1, 1996, FMR voluntarily
agreed to implement this new group fee rate schedule as it results in the
same or a lower management fee.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
SALES LOAD. For the period, Fidelity Distributors Corporation, an affiliate
of FMR and the general distributor of the fund, received sales charges of
$2,470,000 on sales of shares of the fund.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Co. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is
the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent.
During the period December 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994, FSC received fees
based on the type, size, number of accounts and the number of transactions
made by shareholders. Effective January 1, 1995, the Board of Trustees
approved a revised transfer agent contract pursuant to which FSC receives
account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and
type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all
shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer
agent fees were equivalent to an annual rate of .25% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee is
based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket
expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $240,000 for the period.
5. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a portion of
the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses were reduced by
$95,000 under this arrangement.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Emerging Growth Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity Emerging Growth Fund, including
the schedule of portfolio investments, as of November 30, 1995, and the
related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of
changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended
and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then
ended and for the period December 28, 1990 (commencement of operations) to
November 30, 1991. These financial statements and financial highlights are
the responsibility of the fund's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and
financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of November 30, 1995 by correspondence with the
custodian and brokers. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity Emerging Growth Fund as of
November 30, 1995, 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 four years in the
period then ended and for the period December 28, 1990 (commencement of
operations) to November 30, 1991, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P
Boston, Massachusetts
January 4, 1996
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Emerging Growth Fund voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales of
portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:
PAY DATE RECORD DATE DIVIDENDS CAPITAL GAINS
12/11/95 12/8/95 - $.80
1/8/96 1/5/96 __ $.28
A total of 17% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deductions for corporate shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1996 of the applicable
percentage for use in preparing 1995 income tax returns.
TO CALL FIDELITY
FOR FUND INFORMATION AND QUOTES
The Fidelity Telephone Connection offers you special automated telephone
services for quotes and balances. The services are easy to use,
confidential and quick. All you need is a Touch Tone telephone.
YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
(PIN)
The first time you call one of our automated telephone services, we'll ask
you
to set up your Personal Identification
Number (PIN). The PIN assures that
only you have automated telephone
access to your account information.
Please have your Customer Number
(T-account #) handy when you call -
you'll need it to establish your PIN. If
you would ever like to change your PIN, just choose the "Change your
Personal
Identification Number" option when
you call. If you forget your PIN, please
call a Fidelity representative at 1-800-
544-6666 for assistance.
(PHONE_GRAPHIC)(PHONE_GRAPHIC)MUTUAL FUND QUOTES*
1-800-544-8544
Just make a selection from this record-ed menu:
PRESS
For quotes on funds you own.
1.
For an individual fund quote.
2.
For the ten most frequently
requested Fidelity fund quotes.
3.
For quotes on Fidelity Select
Portfolios(registered trademark).
4.
To change your Personal
Identification Number (PIN).
5.
To speak with a Fidelity
representative.
6.
(PHONE_GRAPHIC)(PHONE_GRAPHIC)MUTUAL FUND ACCOUNT
BALANCES 1-800-544-7544
Just make a selection from this record-
ed menu:
PRESS
For balances on funds you own.
1.
For your most recent fund activity
(purchases, redemptions, and
dividends).
2.
To change your Personal
Identification Number (PIN).
3.
To speak with a Fidelity
representative.
4.
* WHEN YOU CALL THE QUOTES LINE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A FUND'S YIELD AND
RETURN WILL
VARY AND, EXCEPT FOR MONEY MARKET FUNDS, SHARE PRICE WILL ALSO VARY. THIS
MEANS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE A GAIN OR LOSS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR SHARES. THERE IS NO
ASSURANCE THAT
MONEY MARKET FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STABLE $1 SHARE PRICE; AN
INVESTMENT IN
A MONEY MARKET FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
TOTAL
RETURNS ARE HISTORICAL AND INCLUDE CHANGES IN SHARE PRICE, REINVESTMENT OF
DIVIDENDS
AND CAPITAL GAINS, AND THE EFFECTS OF ANY SALES CHARGES.
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For directions and hours,
please call 1-800-544-9797.
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COLORADO
1625 Broadway
Denver, CO
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185 Asylum Street
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265 Church Street
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8065 Beneva Road
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2000 66th Street, North
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3525 Piedmont Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA
1000 Abernathy Road
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HAWAII
700 Bishop Street
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215 East Erie Street
Chicago, IL
One North Franklin
Chicago, IL
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1415 West 22nd Street
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201 St. Charles Avenue
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3 Canal Plaza
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7401 Wisconsin Avenue
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25 State Street
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280 North Woodward Ave.
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505 Millburn Avenue
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Americas
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71 Broadway
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2200 West Main Street
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OHIO
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28699 Chagrin Boulevard
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439 Fifth Avenue
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TENNESSEE
5100 Poplar Avenue
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7001 Preston Road
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1155 Dairy Ashford
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2701 Drexel Drive
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1010 Lamar Street
Houston, TX
400 East Las Colinas Blvd.
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Burlington, VT
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8180 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA
WASHINGTON
411 108th Avenue, N.E.
Bellevue, WA
511 Pine Street
Seattle, WA
WASHINGTON, DC
1775 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
WISCONSIN
595 North Barker Road
Brookfield, WI
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Lawrence Greenberg, Vice President
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Kenneth A. Rathgeber, Treasurer
Robert H. Morrison, Manager,
Security Transactions
John H. Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Leonard M. Rush, Assistant Treasurer
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Edward C. Johnson 3d
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FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
NOVEMBER 30, 1995
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing
strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the
fund's investments over the past six
months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's
investments with their market
values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 22 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net
assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 26 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 30 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 31
THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SUBMITTED FOR
THE GENERAL
INFORMATION OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED
FOR DISTRIBUTION TO
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE FUND UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN
EFFECTIVE
PROSPECTUS.
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY,
ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC, FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO INVESTMENT RISKS,
INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT INVESTED.
NEITHER THE FUND NOR FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION IS A BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY FIDELITY FUND, INCLUDING CHARGES AND EXPENSES,
CALL
1-800-544-8888 FOR A FREE PROSPECTUS. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST
OR SEND MONEY.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
Although the markets were fairly positive in 1995, no one can predict what
lies ahead for investors. The previous year, stocks posted below-average
returns and bonds had one of the worst years in history. This downturn
followed a period in which the investing environment was generally very
positive.
These market ups and downs are a normal part of investing, and there are
some basic principles that are helpful for investors to remember in
different types of markets.
If you can leave your money invested over the long term, you can avoid the
results of the volatility that generally accompanies the stock market in
the short term, as we witnessed last year. You also can help to manage some
of the risks of investing through diversification. A stock fund is already
diversified because it invests in many issues. You can diversify even
further by placing some of your money in several different types of stock
funds or in other investment categories, such as bonds.
If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to consider
moving some of your investment into a money market fund, which seeks income
and a stable share price by investing in high-quality, short-term
investments. Of course, there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal, and it is important to remember that money market funds
are not insured or guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your investment horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan - investing a certain
amount of money at the same time each month or quarter - and to review your
portfolio periodically. A periodic investment plan will not, of course,
assure a profit or protect against a loss.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We stand ready
to provide the information you need to make the investments that are right
for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance. You can
look at the total percentage change in value, the average annual percentage
change, or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. A fund's total
return includes changes in a fund's share price, plus reinvestment of any
dividends (or income) and capital gains (the profits the fund earns when it
sells securities that have grown in value).
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
New Millennium 50.92% 90.28%
New Millennium (incl. 3% sales charge) 46.39% 84.57%
S&P 500(registered trademark) 36.98% 49.19%
Average Capital Appreciation Fund 30.28% n/a
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage terms
over a set period - in this case one year, or since the fund began on
December 28, 1992. For example, if you invested $1,000 in a fund that had a
5% return over the past year, the value of your investment would be $1,050.
You can compare the fund's returns to the performance of the Standard &
Poor's Composite Index of 500 Stocks - a common proxy for the U.S. stock
market. To measure how the fund's performance stacked up against its peers,
you can compare it to the average capital appreciation fund, which reflects
the performance of 152 capital appreciation funds with similar objectives
tracked by Lipper Analytical Services over the past 12 months. Both
benchmarks include reinvested dividends and capital gains, if any, and
exclude the effects of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 LIFE OF
YEAR FUND
New Millennium 50.92% 24.59%
New Millennium (incl. 3% sales charge) 46.39% 23.30%
S&P 500(registered trademark) 36.98% 14.65%
Average Capital Appreciation Fund 30.28% n/a
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's actual (or cumulative) return
and show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year.
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND
Fidelity NewStandard
12/28/92 9700 10000.00
12/31/92 9777.6 9910.45
01/31/93 10291.7 9993.70
02/28/93 10029.8 10129.62
03/31/93 10437.2 10343.35
04/30/93 10340.2 10093.04
05/31/93 10951.3 10363.53
06/30/93 11038.6 10393.59
07/31/93 11242.3 10352.01
08/31/93 11620.6 10744.36
09/30/93 11892.2 10661.62
10/31/93 12105.6 10882.32
11/30/93 11610.9 10778.94
12/31/93 12189.93656 10909.36
01/31/94 12418.52358 11280.28
02/28/94 12448.35189 10974.59
03/31/94 11682.75837 10496.09
04/30/94 11613.15896 10630.44
05/31/94 11533.61677 10804.78
06/30/94 11285.04744 10540.07
07/31/94 11523.674 10885.78
08/31/94 12160.01148 11332.10
09/30/94 12368.80971 11054.46
10/31/94 12756.57786 11303.19
11/30/94 12229.61089 10891.52
12/31/94 12290.89452 11053.05
01/31/95 12026.24827 11339.65
02/28/95 12546.0268 11781.56
03/31/95 13014.84665 12129.23
04/30/95 13830.18551 12486.44
05/31/95 13983.06155 12985.52
06/30/95 15195.87811 13287.17
07/31/95 16500.4203 13727.78
08/31/95 16694.06328 13762.23
09/30/95 17325.9509 14343.00
10/31/95 17162.88312 14291.79
11/30/95 18457.23357 14919.20
$10,000 OVER LIFE OF FUND: Let's say you invested $10,000 in Fidelity New
Millennium Fund on December 28, 1992, when the fund started and paid a 3%
sales charge. As the chart shows, by November 30, 1995, the value of your
investment would have grown to $18,457 - a 84.57% increase on your initial
investment. For comparison, look at how the S&P 500 did over the same
period. With dividends reinvested, the same $10,000 investment would have
grown to $14,919 - a 49.19% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
growth in the long run and
volatility in the short run. In
turn, the share price and
return of a fund that invests in
stocks will vary. That means if
you sell your shares during a
market downturn, you might
lose money. But if you can
ride out the market's ups and
downs, you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
Strong corporate earnings and a
favorable interest rate
environment helped the U.S.
stock market post robust returns
for the 12 months ended
November 30, 1995. The
Standard & Poor's Composite
Index of 500 Stocks finished the
12-month period with a total
return of 36.98% (including
reinvested dividends ) - well
above its historical annual
average of roughly 12%. With
inflation posing little threat,
interest rates fell during the first
half of 1995. The Federal Reserve
Board cut the fed funds rate -
the rate banks charge each other
for overnight loans - by 0.25% on
July 6 to 5.75%.
Large-capitalization stocks led
the rally, with the weak dollar
helping to bolster overseas
business. Technology companies
posted the strongest earnings
growth and stock price gain,
although they faltered somewhat
in October and November. Lower
interest rates and continued
merger and acquisition activity
helped financial stocks perform well.
In November, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed above
5000 for the first time. Returns from
foreign markets suffered as
investors brought capital back to
the U.S. The MS Emerging
Markets Free Index was down
16.52% for the 12 months ended
November 30. The MS EAFE
(Europe, Australia, Far East)
Index was up 7.57% for the year
ended November 30. European
markets have fared well through
the first 11 months of 1995, while
the Japanese market recently
has shown signs of recovery.
An interview with Neal Miller, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity New Millennium
Fund
Q. HOW HAS THE FUND PERFORMED, NEAL?
A. For 12 months ended November 30, 1995, New Millennium returned 50.92%.
That beat the average capital appreciation fund, which returned 30.28% for
the same time period, according to Lipper Analytical Services.
Q. THE FUND DID WELL. WHAT WAS THE MARKET LIKE?
A. Many factors came together to produce the good results the fund
experienced during the period. In looking at the past history of the
presidential election cycles, I've found that the period before the
election - which includes this reporting period - is usually a strong time
for the market. Incumbent politicians often err on the side of fiscal and
monetary easing when necessary. Although there's no guarantee that will
happen, the stage is set and, if economic conditions begin to decline, I
believe it is likely that some kind of economic stimulus could be applied.
In addition, I thought the outlook for earnings was strong and that the
outlook for stocks was favorable compared to other investment alternatives
during the period.
Q. WHERE DID YOU FIND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE PERIOD?
A. Investing in the Internet-related stocks was the fund's major theme.
There's an increasing realization in society about the profound
implications of the Internet. The commercial areas of application for this
communications "utility" are growing every day. Web sites are being added
at a rate of 20% per month. While some critics cite the Internet as being
some kind of fad, I disagree. The closest parallel I can draw is the advent
of xerography and how the copier transformed business in the 1960s. The
acceleration of the transfer of information throughout organizations became
a very important - and permanent - change in the corporate environment.
Q. HOW LONG CAN THE INTERNET LAST AS AN INVESTMENT IDEA?
A. There's no way of knowing how long it could last, but I'm not anxious to
move out of it yet. Xerography was strong from 1958 to 1966 and I look at
the Internet in the same way. Though hardware will be in place in the near
future, I believe that peripheral equipment, service technology and
creative ways of organizing and displaying data for the Internet will
continue to evolve and provide opportunity.
Q. WHAT OTHER INVESTMENT THEMES DID YOU EMPLOY DURING THE PERIOD?
A. I'm interested in the "de-conglomeratization" of corporate America. It
used to be that companies with lower cost of capital and excess cash would
acquire other companies. Companies that were highly valued acquired
companies that were lower valued and, as a result, many "conglomerates"
were born. Today, the trend of de-conglomeratization is highlighted by the
activities of some insurance companies, manufacturers and large utilities.
I've seen it happening and I looked for managements that would want to
break up their companies. My strategy was to look for companies with assets
that were worth more than the market price of their stock. During the
period, many of these companies performed well and I'll look for the trend
to continue.
Q. WHY DID FIDELITY ELIMINATE THE LIMIT ON NEW MILLENNIUM'S ASSET SIZE?
A. It has not been difficult identifying investment opportunities that
comply with the fund's strategy, which is to search for companies that
benefit from social and economic changes in the marketplace. Our goal has
always been to manage the fund in the best interests of the shareholders
and we can continue to do that given the many opportunities in available
securities.
Q. WHAT INVESTMENTS DIDN'T WORK OUT AS YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED?
A. I'd hoped that the prices of oil and natural gas would have been higher
than they were during the period. I thought that the broader-based service
companies in this industry would perform well. Prices didn't increase
because overall industry activity hasn't been very strong. I was also
disappointed by the performance of some computer retailers. My feeling is
that consumers are confused about what kind of computer to buy and that
those sentiments were reflected in the stock prices of some computer
retailers.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK GOING FORWARD?
A. I continue to remain optimistic about the immediate outlook for stocks.
I think stocks will continue to be an attractive investment option for the
next six months, especially with the presidential election backdrop.
FUND FACTS
GOAL: to increase the value
of the fund's shares over the
long term by focusing on
stocks with growth potential
due to social and economic
changes
START DATE: December 28,
1992
SIZE: as of November
30, 1995, more than $543
million
MANAGER: Neal Miller, since
1992; manager, Equity
Portfolios, since 1988; Fidelity
Aggressive Equity Discipline,
since 1990; Fidelity Special
Equity Discipline, 1988 -1990;
joined Fidelity in 1988
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NEAL MILLER ON THE THREE
COMMERCIAL STAGES OF THE
INTERNET:
"Early on, I saw the Internet as a
new communications tool that
would save time and money for
its users. The stream of
information flowing into the
Internet has increased and I
see the commercial stages of
the Internet as being broken
down into three distinct steps:
1) the development of
equipment which allows
access to the Internet
2) the development of useful
and practical services
3) the organization and
dispersion of information.
I think about these stages of
the Internet when making
investment decisions."
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER,
ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON THE COVER.
THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED ON MARKET AND
OTHER CONDITIONS.
INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
U.S. Robotics Corp. 6.4 3.7
BBN Corp. 2.8 1.9
Ascend Communications, Inc. 2.6 0.0
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.6 2.3
Adobe Systems, Inc. 2.0 2.0
Intuit 1.4 0.0
Boeing Co. 1.4 0.0
CMG Information Services, Inc. 1.4 0.0
Primark Corp. 1.4 0.0
Adaptec, Inc. 1.2 0.0
TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE MARKET SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
Technology 39.2 46.7
Energy 6.5 11.0
Services 5.9 4.0
Health 5.2 4.5
Media & Leisure 3.9 5.5
ASSET ALLOCATION
AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995 * AS OF MAY 31, 1995 **
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 0.0
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 10.5
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 49.5
Row: 1, Col: 4, Value: 40.0
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 0.0
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 4.1
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 40.0
Row: 1, Col: 4, Value: 45.9
Stocks 89.5%
Short-term
investments 10.5%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 8.7%
Stocks 95.9%
Short-term
investments 4.1%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 6.3%
*
**
INVESTMENTS NOVEMBER 30, 1995
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
COMMON STOCKS - 89.5%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 3.9%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 2.9%
Boeing Co. 103,300 $ 7,527,966
McDonnell Douglas Corp. 33,300 2,967,863
Precision Castparts Corp. 87,300 3,142,800
Rockwell International Corp. 8,400 411,600
Sundstrand Corp. 24,600 1,592,850
15,643,079
DEFENSE ELECTRONICS - 0.5%
Alpha Industries, Inc. (a) 45,000 663,750
Litton Industries, Inc. (a) 43,600 1,956,550
2,620,300
SHIP BUILDING & REPAIR - 0.5%
General Dynamics Corp. 43,200 2,575,800
TOTAL AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 20,839,179
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 2.8%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 2.1%
Ethyl Corp. 43,300 541,250
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc. 119,800 4,634,763
Monsanto Co. 29,300 3,354,850
NL Industries, Inc. (a) 15,500 189,875
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan 28,400 1,964,468
Schulman (A.), Inc. 39,000 736,125
11,421,331
METALS & MINING - 0.7%
Brush Wellman, Inc. 50,500 883,750
Inco Ltd. 83,100 2,977,127
3,860,877
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 15,282,208
CONGLOMERATES - 0.9%
ITT Corp. 26,700 3,274,088
United Technologies Corp. 17,300 1,621,875
4,895,963
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 1.2%
CONSTRUCTION - 1.2%
Butler Manufacturing Co. 142,250 $ 4,907,625
NCI Building Systems, Inc. (a) 77,000 1,771,000
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 6,678,625
DURABLES - 3.1%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 0.2%
Chrysler Corp. 22,100 1,146,438
CONSUMER DURABLES - 0.0%
Shuffle Master, Inc. 4,800 65,400
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 0.4%
Maytag Co. 22,400 456,400
Sony Corp. ADR 30,600 1,648,575
2,104,975
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.0%
Interco, Inc. (a) 2,900 24,288
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 2.5%
Hartmarx Corp. (a) 91,700 412,650
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (a) 12,500 451,563
Nautica Enterprises, Inc. (a) 12,600 447,300
NIKE, Inc. Class B 40,100 2,325,800
Nine West Group, Inc. (a) 76,800 3,408,000
Quiksilver (a) 28,300 891,450
St. John Knits 15,800 740,625
Tultex Corp. (a) 13,700 65,075
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 149,100 4,697,175
13,439,638
TOTAL DURABLES 16,780,739
ENERGY - 6.5%
ENERGY SERVICES - 6.1%
Arethusa Offshore Ltd. 157,000 3,571,750
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a) 7,500 140,625
BJ Services Co. (a) 27,000 664,875
Baker Hughes, Inc. 98,700 2,011,013
Daniel Industries, Inc. 61,000 808,250
ENSCO International, Inc. (a) 59,700 1,007,438
Global Marine, Inc. (a) 378,100 2,552,175
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
ENERGY - CONTINUED
ENERGY SERVICES - CONTINUED
Input/Output, Inc. (a) 8,600 $ 396,675
Nabors Industries, Inc. (a) 84,600 835,425
Offshore Logistics, Inc. (a) 107,800 1,293,600
Reading & Bates Corp. (a) 164,300 2,156,438
Schlumberger Ltd. 64,800 4,114,800
Smith International, Inc. (a) 270,400 4,563,000
Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc. 69,800 2,408,100
Varco International, Inc. (a) 111,500 1,017,438
Weatherford Enterra, Inc. (a) 204,150 5,180,306
32,721,908
OIL & GAS - 0.4%
Camco International, Inc. 79,900 1,877,650
Santa Fe Energy Resources, Inc. (a) 46,700 431,975
2,309,625
TOTAL ENERGY 35,031,533
FINANCE - 3.1%
BANKS - 0.8%
Bangkok Bank Ltd. 33,000 351,371
Bank of Boston Corp. 13,000 602,875
Bank of New Hampshire Corp. 8,600 342,925
BayBanks, Inc. 24,700 2,050,100
Silicon Valley Bancshares (a) 23,800 529,550
Zions Bancorporation 9,700 683,850
4,560,671
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 0.1%
American Express Co. 13,200 561,000
FEDERAL SPONSORED CREDIT - 0.7%
Student Loan Marketing Association 53,500 3,751,688
INSURANCE - 1.0%
CNA Financial Corp. (a) 5,100 592,238
Conseco, Inc. 21,800 1,248,050
Liberty Corp. (The) 12,000 397,500
Loews Corp. 22,300 3,423,050
5,660,838
SAVINGS & LOANS - 0.2%
Golden West Financial Corp. 15,500 792,438
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.3%
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. 46,000 $ 635,415
Nikko Securities Co. Ltd. 22,000 241,391
Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. 27,000 529,023
Provida SA sponsored ADR 13,300 307,563
1,713,392
TOTAL FINANCE 17,040,027
HEALTH - 5.2%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 2.2%
Amgen, Inc. (a) 132,100 6,555,463
Hauser Chemical Research, Inc. (a) 214,000 1,016,500
Merck & Co., Inc. 33,300 2,060,438
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 169,500 1,885,688
Rexall Sundown, Inc. (a) 10,200 198,900
11,716,989
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 1.5%
Advanced Technology Laboratories, Inc. (a) 44,500 956,750
Ballard Medical Products 53,200 911,050
Beckman Instruments, Inc. 6,800 237,150
Datascope Corp. (a) 9,900 252,450
Dentsply International, Inc. 40,300 1,445,763
EMPI, Inc. (a) 30,900 571,650
Hologic, Inc. (a) 23,600 997,100
Invacare Corp. 1,300 34,775
Medtronic, Inc. 17,000 932,875
Millipore Corp. 15,900 592,275
Oakley, Inc. (a) 13,200 422,400
Physician Sales & Service, Inc. (a) 17,400 330,600
Sybron Corp. 2,400 115,800
Zoll Medical Corp. (a) 47,000 417,125
8,217,763
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 1.5%
Advantage Health Corp. (a) 10,100 333,300
Medpartners, Inc. (a) 37,600 1,066,900
Phycor, Inc. (a) 42,700 1,910,825
Physician Reliance Network, Inc. (a) 113,300 4,022,150
Physicians Resource Group, Inc. (a) 35,400 769,950
8,103,125
TOTAL HEALTH 28,037,877
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
HOLDING COMPANIES - 0.0%
Gray Communications Systems, Inc. 7,350 $ 141,488
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 2.8%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 1.4%
C-COR Electronics, Inc. (a) 163,600 4,212,700
Hughes Supply, Inc. 5,100 133,875
Information Resources Engineering, Inc. 3,600 85,950
LSI Lighting Systems, Inc. 21,900 320,288
Omron Corp. 42,000 934,019
TSX Corp. (a) 82,200 1,705,650
7,392,482
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 1.4%
Cascade Corp. 131,400 1,888,875
Duriron Co., Inc. 94,700 2,722,625
Gardner Denver Machinery, Inc. (a) 14,100 236,175
Ionics, Inc. 3,800 164,350
Keystone International, Inc. 72,200 1,480,100
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc. (a) 17,800 465,025
Twin Disc, Inc. 38,400 878,400
7,835,550
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 15,228,032
MEDIA & LEISURE - 3.9%
BROADCASTING - 1.1%
American Radio Systems Corp. Class A (a) 8,100 184,275
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (a) 40,600 1,601,163
Evergreen Media Corp. Class A (a) 22,900 555,325
Gaylord Entertainment Co. Class A 33,800 853,450
Hungarian Telephone & Cable Corp. (a) 5,000 54,063
Jacor Communications, Inc. Class A (a) 10,900 188,025
Liberty Media Group, Series A 5,375 150,500
Lin Television Corp. (a) 38,500 1,106,875
Metromedia International Group, Inc. (a) 37,671 678,078
New World Communications Group, Inc. Class A (a) 17,500 306,250
Young Broadcasting, Inc. Class A (a) 15,100 377,500
6,055,504
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
MEDIA & LEISURE - CONTINUED
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 0.2%
Anthony Industries, Inc. 7,800 $ 174,525
West Marine, Inc. (a) 35,100 1,180,238
1,354,763
LODGING & GAMING - 1.2%
Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. (a) 14,800 410,700
Grand Casinos, Inc. (a) 29,000 1,065,750
International Speedway Corp. 3,400 822,800
Speedway Motorsports (a) 128,000 3,696,000
Stratosphere Corp. (a) 28,000 308,000
6,303,250
PUBLISHING - 1.0%
CCH, Inc. Class A 31,200 1,700,400
Meredith Corp. 35,400 1,393,875
Times Mirror Co. Class A 14,400 468,000
Wiley (John) & Sons, Inc. Class A 18,000 585,000
Wolters Kluwer NV 17,200 1,451,575
5,598,850
RESTAURANTS - 0.4%
Cooker Restaurant Corp. 79,400 843,625
Rainforest Cafe, Inc. (a) 45,800 1,104,925
1,948,550
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 21,260,917
NONDURABLES - 2.3%
AGRICULTURE - 0.1%
DEKALB Genetics Corp. Class B 5,300 239,825
Molinos Rio de La Plata SA Class B (Reg.) 78,100 605,275
845,100
BEVERAGES - 0.8%
Seagram Co. Ltd. 98,900 3,615,855
Zaklady Piwowarskie W Zywcu SA 11,400 793,456
4,409,311
FOODS - 1.1%
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. 127,400 1,703,975
Kellogg Co. 26,300 2,008,663
Ralston Purina Co. 26,800 1,715,200
Wedel SA 12,500 495,737
5,923,575
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
NONDURABLES - CONTINUED
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 0.2%
Rubbermaid, Inc. 39,800 $ 1,094,500
TOBACCO - 0.1%
Culbro Corp. (a) 1,600 80,400
Souza Cruz Industria Comerico 50,000 297,604
378,004
TOTAL NONDURABLES 12,650,490
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 3.5%
APPAREL STORES - 1.1%
Claire's Stores, Inc. 96,700 1,885,650
Genesco, Inc. (a) 51,400 218,450
Just For Feet, Inc. 8,400 286,650
Norton McNaughton, Inc. (a) 22,500 303,750
Talbots, Inc. 120,400 3,506,650
6,201,150
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 0.7%
Carrefour 3,200 1,764,854
Casey's General Stores, Inc. 11,100 258,075
Matahari Putra Prima PT (For. Reg.) 1,037,500 1,919,612
3,942,541
GROCERY STORES - 1.0%
Albertson's, Inc. 114,800 3,530,100
Circle K Corp. 6,500 154,375
Richfood Holdings, Inc. Class A 16,200 455,625
Safeway, Inc. (a) 22,700 1,055,550
5,195,650
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 0.7%
Books-A-Million, Inc. (a) 18,800 270,250
Borders Group, Inc. (a) 34,400 606,300
Brookstone, Inc. (a) 33,200 290,500
Fabri-Centers of America, Inc. Class A (a) 30,200 441,675
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) 26,900 679,225
Moovies, Inc. (a) 18,100 289,600
Orchard Supply Hardware Corp. (a) 8,000 174,000
Staples, Inc. (a) 18,700 476,850
U.S. Office Products Co. (a) 22,600 378,550
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (a) 3,900 78,000
3,684,950
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 19,024,291
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
SERVICES - 5.9%
ADVERTISING - 1.4%
CMG Information Services, Inc. (a) 100,100 $ 7,507,500
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - 0.9%
Apollo Group, Inc. Class A (a) 161,199 4,956,869
LEASING & RENTAL - 0.2%
Aaron Rents, Inc. Class A 4,700 83,425
Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (a) 54,800 883,650
967,075
PRINTING - 0.4%
Cadmus Communications Corp. 30,200 860,700
Graphic Industries, Inc. 76,300 791,613
United Stationers, Inc. 21,200 471,700
2,124,013
SERVICES - 3.0%
ABR Information Services, Inc. (a) 28,050 953,700
Comdata Holdings Corp. (a) 38,700 928,800
Gartner Group, Inc. Class A (a) 36,000 1,566,000
Medaphis Corp. 35,500 1,153,750
Regis Corp. 96,900 2,265,038
Seattle FilmWorks, Inc. (a) 31,200 585,000
Service Corp. International 73,400 2,981,875
Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. Class A 9,700 134,588
Thomas Group (a) 2,300 35,075
U.S. Delivery Systems, Inc. (a) 41,900 984,650
Veterinary Centers of America, Inc. (a) 100,100 1,539,038
Western Atlas, Inc. (a) 25,200 1,206,450
Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a) 27,100 1,808,925
16,142,889
TOTAL SERVICES 31,698,346
TECHNOLOGY - 39.2%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 9.6%
Cabletron Systems, Inc. (a) 4,400 365,200
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 165,700 13,939,513
Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone Co. Class B ADR 58,800 1,396,500
ITI Technologies (a) 4,700 118,675
Octel Communications Corp. (a) 4,700 154,513
Symmetricom, Inc. (a) 89,200 1,349,150
U.S. Robotics Corp. 318,800 34,988,300
Westell Technologies,Inc. 300 3,900
52,315,751
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 20.7%
Adobe Systems, Inc. 158,200 $ 10,698,275
America Online, Inc. (a) 118,000 4,823,250
Ascend Communications, Inc. (a) 197,000 14,085,500
Aspen Technology, Inc. (a) 54,700 1,641,000
BBN Corp. (a) 411,200 15,420,000
Broderbund Software, Inc. (a) 9,100 589,225
CACI International, Inc. Class A (a) 123,900 1,486,800
Camelot Corp. (a) 14,100 70,941
Casino Data Systems (a) 21,600 372,600
Computer Sciences Corp. (a) 9,300 676,575
CUC International, Inc. (a) 173,800 6,604,400
CyCare Systems, Inc. (a) 29,400 823,200
Data Transmission Network Corp. (a) 800 35,600
Datastream Systems, Inc. (a) 25,500 465,375
Davidson & Associates, Inc. (a) 71,800 1,777,050
Desktop Data, Inc. (a) 13,900 371,825
Edmark Corp. (a) 22,650 934,313
Epic Design Technology (a) 210,000 4,462,500
HBO & Co. 33,900 2,534,025
Henry (Jack) & Associates, Inc. 59,933 1,445,884
Hogan Systems, Inc. (a) 5,500 50,875
Informix Corp. (a) 50,900 1,409,294
Intuit (a) 90,400 7,593,600
Legato Systems, Inc. (a) 26,400 1,049,400
Macromedia, Inc. (a) 81,400 3,785,100
McAfee Associates, Inc. (a) 6,450 307,988
Netscape Communications Corp. (a) 7,000 967,750
Objective Systems Integrato 400 7,600
Parametric Technology Corp. (a) 17,500 1,238,125
Primark Corp. (a) 268,700 7,422,838
Project Software & Development, Inc. (a) 29,900 979,225
Quality Systems, Inc. (a) 20,600 517,575
Quarterdeck Office Systems (a) 39,000 1,248,000
Rational Software Corp. (a) 215,500 3,798,188
Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (a) 18,200 900,900
Sierra On-Line, Inc. (a) 31,500 1,071,000
Softdesk, Inc. (a) 31,700 729,100
Softkey International, Inc. (a) 11,800 398,250
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - CONTINUED
Stratacom, Inc. (a) 31,300 $ 2,347,500
Summit Medical Systems (a) 2,300 51,175
Systems Software Associates, Inc. 40,400 1,454,400
UUNET Technologies, Inc. (a) 41,700 3,315,150
Verity, Inc. (a) 30,100 1,497,475
Wonderware Corp. (a) 28,200 754,350
Xcellenet, Inc. 7,300 140,525
112,353,721
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 7.4%
Adaptec, Inc. (a) 140,900 6,604,688
Bay Networks, Inc. (a) 135,000 6,075,000
Boca Research, Inc. (a) 128,700 3,700,125
Checkmate Electronics, Inc. (a) 52,400 799,100
Compaq Computer Corp. (a) 24,000 1,188,000
Diebold, Inc. 82,250 4,719,094
Filenet Corp. (a) 77,200 3,300,300
Intergraph Corp. (a) 152,000 2,612,500
International Business Machines Corp. 26,500 2,560,563
Key Tronic Corp. (a) 76,600 852,175
National Computer System, Inc. 47,400 995,400
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 31,000 2,607,875
Telxon Corp. 50,900 1,183,425
Xerox Corp. 19,300 2,646,513
39,844,758
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 0.7%
Cognex Corp. (a) 40,500 2,460,375
Credence Systems Corp. (a) 40,600 1,207,850
II-VI, Inc. (a) 27,700 335,863
4,004,088
ELECTRONICS - 0.8%
Altera Corp. (a) 30,400 1,763,200
Atmel Corp. (a) 33,500 1,005,000
Data I/O Corp. (a) 58,700 462,263
Micron Technology, Inc. 1,500 82,125
Richardson Electronics Ltd. 10,600 98,050
Supertex, Inc. (a) 80,700 847,350
4,257,988
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 212,776,306
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
TRANSPORTATION - 3.2%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 2.7%
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a) 67,100 $ 1,216,188
America West Airlines, Inc. Class B (a) 115,500 2,064,563
Continental Airlines, Inc. (a) 29,000 1,134,625
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 7,200 558,900
Southwest Airlines Co. 182,000 4,550,000
Trans World Airlines, Inc. (a) 212,700 2,552,400
UAL Corp. (a) 11,800 2,469,150
14,545,826
TRUCKING & FREIGHT - 0.5%
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 110,100 2,807,550
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION 17,353,376
UTILITIES - 2.0%
CELLULAR - 0.2%
Arch Communications Group, Inc. (a) 20,548 516,269
Vodafone Group PLC sponsored ADR 21,700 783,913
1,300,182
ELECTRIC UTILITY - 0.2%
Mosenergo AO sponsored ADR (b) 31,000 232,500
Utilicorp United, Inc. 23,200 646,700
879,200
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 1.6%
AT&T Corp. 35,700 2,356,200
LCI International, Inc. (a) 56,000 1,036,000
Telebras sponsored ADR 69,200 3,321,600
Telecom Argentina Class B sponsored ADR 12,100 529,375
Telefonica de Argentina SA sponsored ADR 26,700 654,150
Telefonos de Mexico SA sponsored ADR representing shares
Ord. Class L 24,000 792,000
8,689,325
TOTAL UTILITIES 10,868,707
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $385,675,921) 485,588,104
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 10.5%
MATURITY VALUE (NOTE 1)
AMOUNT
Investments in repurchase agreements
(U.S. Treasury obligations) in a joint
trading account at 5.90%, dated
11/30/95 due 12/1/95 $ 57,119,360 $ 57,110,000
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100%
(Cost $442,785,921) $ 542,698,104
LEGEND
1. Non-income producing
2. 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 period
end, the value of these securities amounted to $232,500 or 0% of net
assets.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At November 30, 1995 the aggregate cost of investment securities for income
tax purposes was $443,980,151. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated
$98,717,953, of which $121,868,370 related to appreciated investment
securities and $23,150,417 related to depreciated investment securities.
The fund hereby designates $22,720,964 as a capital gain dividend for the
purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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NOVEMBER 30, 1995
ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value (including repurchase $ 542,698,104
agreements of $57,110,000) (cost $442,785,921) -
See accompanying schedule
Cash 547
Receivable for investments sold 7,712,082
Receivable for fund shares sold 28,105,753
Dividends receivable 270,687
Other receivables 37,950
TOTAL ASSETS 578,825,123
LIABILITIES
Payable for investments purchased $ 29,470,686
Payable for fund shares redeemed 5,201,066
Accrued management fee 305,197
Other payables and accrued expenses 195,117
TOTAL LIABILITIES 35,172,066
NET ASSETS $ 543,653,057
Net Assets consist of:
Paid in capital $ 377,119,450
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on 66,622,241
investments and foreign currency transactions
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on 99,911,366
investments and assets and liabilities in foreign
currencies
NET ASSETS, for 30,021,770 shares outstanding $ 543,653,057
NET ASSET VALUE, offering price and redemption price per $18.11
share ($543,653,057 (divided by) 30,021,770 shares)
Maximum offering price per share (100/97.00 of $18.11) $18.67
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
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YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 248,400
Special dividend from Arethusa Offshore Ltd.
Other dividends 2,109,186
Interest 1,218,885
TOTAL INCOME 3,576,471
EXPENSES
Management fee $ 2,299,623
Basic fee
Performance adjustment 532,313
Transfer agent fees 1,016,911
Accounting fees and expenses 208,591
Non-interested trustees' compensation 2,877
Custodian fees and expenses 26,424
Registration fees 48,823
Audit 30,814
Legal 1,736
Interest 1,148
Miscellaneous 1,541
Total expenses before reductions 4,170,801
Expense reductions (70,409) 4,100,392
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) (523,921)
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investment securities 67,747,608
Foreign currency transactions (178,545) 67,569,063
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investment securities 77,247,214
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 839 77,248,053
NET GAIN (LOSS) 144,817,116
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 144,293,195
FROM OPERATIONS
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
NOVEMBER 30, NOVEMBER 30,
1995 1994
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
Operations $ (523,921) $ (159,100)
Net investment income (loss)
Net realized gain (loss) 67,569,063 9,904,460
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 77,248,053 3,044,922
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 144,293,195 12,790,282
FROM OPERATIONS
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains (7,211,261) (6,389,367)
Share transactions 507,890,102 280,505,790
Net proceeds from sales of shares
Reinvestment of distributions 7,119,400 6,209,934
Cost of shares redeemed (420,640,953) (235,022,986)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 94,368,549 51,692,738
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS 231,450,483 58,093,653
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period 312,202,574 254,108,921
End of period $ 543,653,057 $ 312,202,574
OTHER INFORMATION
Shares
Sold 32,961,952 22,923,675
Issued in reinvestment of distributions 612,382 516,510
Redeemed (28,932,827) (19,291,537)
Net increase (decrease) 4,641,507 4,148,648
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 28, 1992
NOVEMBER 30, (COMMENCEMENT OF
OPERATIONS) TO
NOVEMBER 30,
1995 1994 E 1993
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 12.30 $ 11.97 $ 10.00
Income from Investment Operations
Net investment loss (.02) D, (.01) D (.01)
F
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 6.12 .64 1.98
Total from investment operations 6.10 .63 1.97
From net realized gain (.29) (.30) -
Net asset value, end of period $ 18.11 $ 12.30 $ 11.97
TOTAL RETURN B, C 50.92% 5.33% 19.70%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $ 543,653 $ 312,203 $ 254,109
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.20% 1.32% 1.34% A
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after 1.18% 1.29% 1.32% A
expense reductions
Ratio of net investment loss to average (.15)% (.05) (.10)% A
net assets %
Portfolio turnover rate 176% 199% 204% A
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A ANNUALIZED
B THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT BEEN
REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 6 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS).
C TOTAL RETURNS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ONE TIME SALES CHARGE AND FOR PERIODS OF
LESS THAN ONE YEAR ARE NOT ANNUALIZED.
D NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
E EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1993, THE FUND ADOPTED STATEMENT OF POSITION 93-2,
"DETERMINATION, DISCLOSURE, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION OF INCOME,
CAPITAL GAIN, AND RETURN OF CAPITAL DISTRIBUTIONS BY INVESTMENT COMPANIES."
AS A RESULT, NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE MAY REFLECT CERTAIN
RECLASSIFICATIONS RELATED TO BOOK TO TAX DIFFERENCES.
F INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE REFLECTS A SPECIAL DIVIDEND FROM ARETHUSA
OFFSHORE LTD. WHICH AMOUNTED TO .01 PER SHARE.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended November 30, 1995
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity New Millennium Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Mt. Vernon
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. The following summarizes the
significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are readily
available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price, at the
closing bid price. Securities for which exchange quotations are not readily
available (and in certain cases debt securities which trade on an exchange)
are valued primarily using dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair
value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures
under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. Short-term
securities maturing within sixty days of their purchase date are valued at
amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, both of which
approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases and
sales of securities, income receipts, and expense payments are translated
into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates
of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent
net gains and losses from sales and maturities of forward currency
contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses
realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions,
and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and
the U.S. dollar amount actually received. The effects of changes in foreign
currency exchange rates on investments in securities are included with the
net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter
M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to income taxes to
the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for
its fiscal year. The schedule of investments includes information regarding
income taxes under the caption "Income Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date,
except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date
may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the
ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Investment income
is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is
uncertain.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund.
Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned between the
funds in the trust.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Distributions are recorded on the
ex-dividend date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with
income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting
principles. These differences, which may result in distribution
reclassifications, are primarily due to differing treatments for foreign
currency transactions and losses deferred due to wash sales. The fund also
utilized earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of
shares as a part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital and may
affect the per-share allocation between net investment income and realized
and unrealized gain (loss). Accumulated undistributed net realized gain
(loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions may include
temporary book and tax basis differences which will reverse in a subsequent
period. Any taxable income or gain remaining at fiscal year end is
distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade
date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of
identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund may use foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to manage
the fund's currency exposure. Contracts to buy generally are used to
acquire exposure to foreign currencies, while contracts to sell are used to
hedge the fund's investments against currency fluctuations. Also, a
contract to buy or sell can offset a previous contract. Losses may arise
from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties
do not perform under the contracts' terms.
The U.S. dollar value of forward foreign currency contracts is determined
using forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service.
Purchases and sales of forward foreign currency contracts having the same
settlement date and broker are offset and any realized gain (loss) is
recognized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is recognized on
settlement date.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission(the SEC), the fund, along with other
affiliated entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), may
transfer
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT - CONTINUED
uninvested cash balances into one or more joint trading accounts. These
balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that mature in
60 days or less from the date of purchase, and are collateralized by U.S.
Treasury or Federal Agency obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The fund, through its custodian, receives delivery
of the underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency Securities, the market
value of which is required to be at least equal to the repurchase price.
For term repurchase agreement transactions, the underlying securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
repurchase price. FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $630,915,091 and $583,383,888, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a monthly
basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate plus a fixed
individual fund fee rate applied to the average net assets of the fund. The
group fee rate is the weighted average of a series of rates and is based on
the monthly average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The
rates ranged from .2700% to .5200% for the period. In the event that these
rates were lower than the contractual rates in effect during the period,
FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates, as they resulted in the same
or a lower management fee. The annual individual fund fee rate is .35%. The
basic fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus) .20%) based on the fund's investment performance as compared
to the appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period,
the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .82% of average net
assets after the performance adjustment.
The Board of Trustees has approved a new group fee rate schedule with rates
ranging from .2500% to .5200%. Effective January 1, 1996, FMR voluntarily
agreed to implement this new group fee rate schedule as it results in the
same or lower management fee.
SALES LOAD. For the period, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an
affiliate of FMR and the general distributor of the fund, received sales
charges of $1,037,781 on sales of shares of the fund.
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Co. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is
the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent.
During the
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
TRANSFER AGENT FEES - CONTINUED
period December 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994, FSC received fees based on
the type, size, number of accounts and the number of transactions made by
shareholders. Effective January 1, 1995, the Board of Trustees approved a
revised transfer agent contract pursuant to which FSC receives account fees
and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of
account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all shareholder
reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer agent fees
were equivalent to an annual rate of .29% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee is
based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket
expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $78,032 for the period.
5. BANK BORROWINGS.
The fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency
purposes to fund shareholder redemptions. The fund has established
borrowing arrangements with certain banks.
Under the most restrictive arrangement, the fund must pledge to the bank
securities having a market value in excess of 220% of the total bank
borrowings. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as
revised from time to time. The maximum loan and the average daily loan
balance during the period for which the loan was outstanding amounted to
$6,298,000. The weighted average interest rate was 6.5625%.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a portion of
the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses were reduced by
$70,409 under this arrangement.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity New Millennium Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity New Millennium Fund, including
the schedule of portfolio investments, as of November 30, 1995, and the
related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of
changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended
and the financial highlights for each of the two years in the period then
ended and for the period December 28, 1992 (commencement of operations) to
November 30, 1993. These financial statements and financial highlights are
the responsibility of the fund's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and
financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of November 30, 1995 by correspondence with the
custodian and brokers. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity New Millennium Fund as of
November 30, 1995, 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 two years in the
period then ended and for the period December 28, 1992 (commencement of
operations) to November 30, 1993 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 4, 1996
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity New Millennium Fund voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales of
portfolio securities:
PAY DATE RECORD DATE DIVIDENDS CAPITAL GAINS
12/18/95 12/15/95 - $1.35
1/8/96 1/5/96 - $.09
A total of 69% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deductions for corporate shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1996 of the applicable
percentage for use in preparing 1995 income tax returns.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
Fidelity Management & Research
Company
Boston, MA
OFFICERS
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
J. Gary Burkhead, Senior Vice President
William J. Hayes, Vice President
Neal Miller, Vice President
Arthur S. Loring, Secretary
Kenneth A. Rathgeber, Treasurer
Robert H. Morrison, Manager,
Security Transactions
John H. Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Leonard M. Rush, Assistant Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
J. Gary Burkhead
Ralph F. Cox*
Phyllis Burke Davis*
Richard J. Flynn*
Edward C. Johnson 3d
E. Bradley Jones*
Donald J. Kirk*
Peter S. Lynch
Edward H. Malone*
Marvin L. Mann*
Gerald C. McDonough*
Thomas R. Williams*
GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
TRANSFER AND SHAREHOLDER
SERVICING AGENT
Fidelity Service Co.
Boston, MA
CUSTODIAN
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
New York, NY
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Capital Appreciation Fund
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Emerging Growth Fund
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Growth Company Fund
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Low-Priced Stock Fund
Magellan(registered trademark) Fund
Mid-Cap Stock Fund
New Millennium(trademark) Fund
OTC Portfolio
Retirement Growth Fund
Small Cap Stock Fund
Stock Selector
Trend Fund
Value Fund
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FUND
ANNUAL REPORT
NOVEMBER 30, 1995
CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 3 Ned Johnson on investing
strategies.
PERFORMANCE 4 How the fund has done over time.
FUND TALK 6 The manager's review of fund
performance, strategy and outlook.
INVESTMENT CHANGES 9 A summary of major shifts in the
fund's investments over the past six
months.
INVESTMENTS 10 A complete list of the fund's
investments with their market
values.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 24 Statements of assets and liabilities,
operations, and changes in net
assets,
as well as financial highlights.
NOTES 28 Notes to the financial statements.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT 32 The auditors' opinion.
ACCOUNTANTS
DISTRIBUTIONS 33
THIS REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE SUBMITTED FOR
THE GENERAL
INFORMATION OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND. THIS REPORT IS NOT AUTHORIZED
FOR DISTRIBUTION TO
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE FUND UNLESS PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY AN
EFFECTIVE
PROSPECTUS.
MUTUAL FUND SHARES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY,
ANY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION. SHARES ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC, FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO INVESTMENT RISKS,
INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT INVESTED.
NEITHER THE FUND NOR FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS CORPORATION IS A BANK.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY FIDELITY FUND, INCLUDING CHARGES AND EXPENSES,
CALL
1-800-544-8888 FOR A FREE PROSPECTUS. READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU INVEST
OR SEND MONEY.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
DEAR SHAREHOLDER:
Although the markets were fairly positive in 1995, no one can predict what
lies ahead for investors. The previous year, stocks posted below-average
returns and bonds had one of the worst years in history. This downturn
followed a period in which the investing environment was generally very
positive.
These market ups and downs are a normal part of investing, and there are
some basic principles that are helpful for investors to remember in
different types of markets.
If you can leave your money invested over the long term, you can avoid the
results of the volatility that generally accompanies the stock market in
the short term, as we witnessed last year. You also can help to manage some
of the risks of investing through diversification. A stock fund is already
diversified because it invests in many issues. You can diversify even
further by placing some of your money in several different types of stock
funds or in other investment categories, such as bonds.
If you have a short investment time horizon, you might want to consider
moving some of your investment into a money market fund, which seeks income
and a stable share price by investing in high-quality, short-term
investments. Of course, there is no assurance that a money market fund will
achieve its goal, and it is important to remember that money market funds
are not insured or guaranteed by any agency of the U.S. government.
Finally, no matter what your investment horizon or portfolio diversity, it
makes good sense to follow a regular investment plan - investing a certain
amount of money at the same time each month or quarter - and to review your
portfolio periodically. A periodic investment plan will not, of course,
assure a profit or protect against a loss.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-544-8888. We stand ready
to provide the information you need to make the investments that are right
for you.
Best regards,
Edward C. Johnson 3d
PERFORMANCE: THE BOTTOM LINE
There are several ways to evaluate a fund's historical performance. You can
look at the total percentage change in value, the average annual percentage
change, or the growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment. A fund's total
return includes changes in a fund's share price, plus reinvestment of any
dividends (or income) and capital gains (the profits the fund earns when it
sells securities that have grown in value). The fund has a 3% sales charge,
which has been waived from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996.
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
Growth Company 41.22% 169.56% 406.80%
Growth Company (incl. 3% sales charge) 36.99% 161.48% 391.59%
S&P 500(registered trademark) 36.98% 117.34% 311.99%
Average Growth Fund 31.27% 118.54% 257.37%
CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS show the fund's performance in percentage terms
over a set period - in this case one, five, or 10 years. For example, if
you invested $1,000 in a fund that had a 5% return over the past year, the
value of your investment would be $1,050. You can compare the fund's
returns to the performance of the Standard & Poor's Composite Index of 500
Stocks - a common proxy for the U.S. stock market. To measure how the
fund's performance stacked up against its peers, you can compare it to the
average growth fund, which reflects the performance of 565 growth funds
with similar objectives tracked by Lipper Analytical Services over the past
12 months. Both benchmarks include reinvested dividends and capital gains,
if any, and exclude the effects of sales charges.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
PERIODS ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 PAST 1 PAST 5 PAST 10
YEAR YEARS YEARS
Growth Company 41.22% 21.94% 17.62%
Growth Company (incl. 3% sales charge) 36.99% 21.20% 17.26%
S&P 500(registered trademark) 36.98% 16.80% 15.21%
Average Growth Fund 31.27% 16.15% 13.14%
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS take the fund's actual (or cumulative) return
and show you what would have happened if the fund had performed at a
constant rate each year. (Note: Lipper calculates average annual total
returns by annualizing each fund's total return, then taking the arithmetic
average. This may produce a slightly different figure than that obtained by
averaging the cumulative total returns and annualizing the result.)
$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS
Growth CompaStandard
11/30/85 9700.00 10000.00
12/31/85 10133.52 10484.00
01/31/86 10496.65 10542.71
02/28/86 11381.50 11331.31
03/31/86 11942.13 11963.59
04/30/86 12178.54 11828.40
05/31/86 12725.67 12457.67
06/30/86 12793.21 12668.21
07/31/86 11739.49 11960.06
08/31/86 12151.52 12847.49
09/30/86 11050.52 11785.00
10/31/86 11874.59 12465.00
11/30/86 11719.23 12767.90
12/31/86 11454.13 12442.32
01/31/87 12908.64 14118.30
02/28/87 14085.87 14675.97
03/31/87 13938.72 15100.11
04/30/87 13423.68 14965.72
05/31/87 13374.63 15095.92
06/30/87 13595.36 15858.26
07/31/87 14224.85 16662.27
08/31/87 15148.65 17283.78
09/30/87 14805.29 16905.26
10/31/87 10864.84 13263.87
11/30/87 9728.49 12170.93
12/31/87 11259.82 13097.13
01/31/88 11303.06 13648.52
02/29/88 11994.91 14284.54
03/31/88 12133.28 13843.15
04/30/88 11994.91 13996.81
05/31/88 11934.37 14118.58
06/30/88 12946.20 14766.63
07/31/88 12678.11 14710.51
08/31/88 12159.22 14210.36
09/30/88 12842.42 14815.72
10/31/88 12704.05 15227.59
11/30/88 12531.09 15009.84
12/31/88 13068.56 15272.51
01/31/89 13983.35 16390.46
02/28/89 13958.66 15982.34
03/31/89 14437.85 16354.72
04/30/89 15422.86 17203.54
05/31/89 16629.71 17900.28
06/30/89 16026.28 17798.25
07/31/89 17100.03 19405.43
08/31/89 17801.06 19785.77
09/30/89 18306.88 19704.65
10/31/89 18120.52 19247.51
11/30/89 18200.39 19640.15
12/31/89 18510.47 20111.52
01/31/90 17101.64 18762.04
02/28/90 17854.98 19004.07
03/31/90 18813.76 19507.67
04/30/90 18539.82 19019.98
05/31/90 20486.75 20874.43
06/30/90 20721.55 20732.48
07/31/90 20075.84 20666.14
08/31/90 17991.94 18797.92
09/30/90 16397.23 17882.46
10/31/90 16475.49 17805.57
11/30/90 18236.53 18955.81
12/31/90 19175.75 19484.67
01/31/91 21337.92 20334.21
02/28/91 22717.40 21788.10
03/31/91 23950.13 22315.37
04/30/91 23734.89 22368.93
05/31/91 24996.97 23335.27
06/30/91 23314.19 22266.51
07/31/91 25163.29 23304.13
08/31/91 26249.26 23856.44
09/30/91 26092.72 23458.04
10/31/91 26034.02 23772.38
11/30/91 25065.45 22814.35
12/31/91 28443.44 25424.31
01/31/92 28763.51 24951.42
02/29/92 29007.90 25275.79
03/31/92 27509.69 24782.91
04/30/92 26978.41 25511.53
05/31/92 26946.54 25636.53
06/30/92 25990.23 25254.55
07/31/92 26914.66 26287.46
08/31/92 26181.49 25748.57
09/30/92 26595.89 26052.40
10/31/92 28030.35 26143.58
11/30/92 29889.83 27035.08
12/31/92 30702.67 27367.61
01/31/93 31448.34 27597.50
02/28/93 30569.52 27972.82
03/31/93 31659.70 28563.05
04/30/93 31314.85 27871.82
05/31/93 33072.48 28618.79
06/30/93 33194.85 28701.78
07/31/93 32660.88 28586.98
08/31/93 33995.80 29670.42
09/30/93 34952.49 29441.96
10/31/93 35430.83 30051.41
11/30/93 34385.15 29765.92
12/31/93 35673.30 30126.09
01/31/94 36830.46 31150.38
02/28/94 36239.00 30306.20
03/31/94 34550.89 28984.85
04/30/94 34957.51 29355.86
05/31/94 34760.36 29837.29
06/30/94 33158.50 29106.28
07/31/94 33922.47 30060.97
08/31/94 35647.55 31293.46
09/30/94 34932.87 30526.77
10/31/94 36066.49 31213.63
11/30/94 34809.65 30076.83
12/31/94 34879.76 30522.87
01/31/95 34495.90 31314.32
02/28/95 35928.97 32534.64
03/31/95 37336.44 33494.74
04/30/95 38948.64 34481.16
05/31/95 40330.52 35859.37
06/30/95 43324.60 36692.39
07/31/95 46549.00 37909.11
08/31/95 47124.78 38004.26
09/30/95 48455.48 39608.04
10/31/95 48186.78 39466.64
11/30/95 49159.22 41199.22
$10,000 OVER 10 YEARS: Let's say you invested $10,000 in Fidelity Growth
Company Fund on November 30, 1985, and paid a 3% sales charge. As the chart
shows, by November 30, 1995, the value of your investment would have grown
to $49,159 - a 391.59% increase on your initial investment. For comparison,
look at how the S&P 500 did over the same period. With dividends
reinvested, the same $10,000 investment would have grown to $41,199 - a
311.99% increase.
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
How a fund did yesterday is
no guarantee of how it will do
tomorrow. The stock market,
for example, has a history of
growth in the long run and
volatility in the short run. In
turn, the share price and
return of a fund that invests in
stocks will vary. That means if
you sell your shares during a
market downturn, you might
lose money. But if you can
ride out the market's ups and
downs, you may have a gain.
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FUND TALK: THE MANAGER'S OVERVIEW
MARKET RECAP
Strong corporate earnings and a
favorable interest rate
environment helped the U.S.
stock market post robust returns
for the 12 months ended
November 30, 1995. The
Standard & Poor's Composite
Index of 500 Stocks finished the
12-month period with a total
return of 36.98% (including
reinvested dividends ) - well
above its historical annual
average of roughly 12%. With
inflation posing little threat,
interest rates fell during the first
half of 1995. The Federal Reserve
Board cut the fed funds rate -
the rate banks charge each other
for overnight loans - by 0.25% on
July 6 to 5.75%.
Large-capitalization stocks led
the rally, with the weak dollar
helping to bolster overseas
business. Technology companies
posted the strongest earnings
growth and stock price gain,
although they faltered somewhat
in October and November. Lower
interest rates and continued
merger and acquisition activity
helped financial stocks perform well.
In November, the Dow Jones
Industrial Average closed above
5000 for the first time. Returns from
foreign markets suffered as
investors brought capital back to the
U.S. The Morgan Stanley
Emerging Markets Free Index
was down 16.52% for the 12
months ended November 30. The
Morgan Stanley EAFE (Europe,
Australia, Far East) Index was up
7.57% for the year ended
November 30. European markets
have fared well through the first
11 months of 1995, while the
Japanese market recently has
shown signs of recovery.
An interview with Bob Stansky, Portfolio Manager of Fidelity Growth Company
Fund
Q. BOB, HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM?
A. For the 12 months ended November 30, 1995, Growth Company returned
41.22%. That compares to a 31.27% total return by the average growth fund
tracked by Lipper Analytical Services for the same time period.
Q. WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FUND'S STRONG PERFORMANCE?
A. Growth stocks in general were in favor during the period because many
cyclical companies were reporting profits that were lower than most
estimates. In particular, the fund was heavily invested in the technology
sector. Many of these companies were rewarded with higher valuations due to
the favorable interest rate backdrop.
Q. IF TECHNOLOGY STOCKS PERFORMED WELL, WHY DID YOU DECREASE THE FUND'S
INVESTMENT IN THEM FROM 42% SIX MONTHS AGO TO 31.7% AS OF NOVEMBER 30,
1995?
A. The fund's technology weighting peaked in June. During July, August and
September, I began steadily selling some of the fund's technology holdings
because the stocks were approaching the highest valuations they'd had in
the past five years. While some companies were reporting impressive
numbers, others had slowed down. As it turned out, taking profits in
technology when I did proved beneficial to the fund's overall performance.
Q. WHEN YOU BEGAN SELLING SOME OF YOUR TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, WHERE DID YOU
DIRECT THE FUND'S ASSETS?
A. A few sectors increased in weighting as technology was reduced. The
healthcare sector increased from 6.1% to 9.1%. Pharmaceuticals in
particular were increased. Merck, for example, performed well during the
period due to an improved earnings outlook. I also increased the weighting
in telephone services companies, including the Regional Bell companies,
which have demonstrated the potential to grow as Internet-related traffic
increases and new products and services are introduced.
Q. THE FUND'S HOLDING IN FINANCIAL STOCKS ALSO INCREASED DURING THE PERIOD
. . .
A. Yes. I've increased the fund's financial sector holding - particularly
banks and brokerage firms - from 7.4% of investments six months ago to
10.2% as of November 30, 1995. Interest rates have been steadily falling
since September 1995. This backdrop has helped financial companies that
have short-term borrowing needs. Fannie Mae was particularly attractive
during the period given its interest-rate sensitivity and
lower-than-average credit risk.
Q. WHAT WAS YOUR PRIMARY INVESTMENT STRATEGY DURING THE PERIOD?
A. It was the same as it's always been: stock prices follow earnings over
the long run. Those companies with rising profits did well. The lower
earnings from cyclical companies and falling long-term interest rates led
to a focus on buying blue chip companies.
Q. DURING THE PERIOD, HOW DID BLUE CHIPS PERFORM VERSUS SMALLER, MORE
AGGRESSIVE COMPANIES?
A. It was interesting. Both groups performed well but for different
reasons. There was a flight toward more defensive holdings. Stock prices of
companies such as PepsiCo and Philip Morris increased even though their
earnings estimates were right on target. At the same time, more aggressive
companies such as Cisco saw their stock prices rise due to increased
earnings and higher price-to-earnings ratios.
Q. WHAT INVESTMENT DECISIONS WERE DISAPPOINTING DURING THE PAST SIX MONTHS?
A. In hindsight, I should have owned more consumer non-durable stocks
during the period. Food and beverage companies performed especially well
despite no meaningful increase in earnings estimates. This group's
valuations increased more than any other sector.
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS?
A. I think stock prices will follow earnings unless the current valuations
are excessive. It was a good year for growth stocks, so I don't expect much
of an increase in valuations. If stocks move with earnings increases,
growth stock investors should be happy.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS REPORT REFLECT THOSE OF THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER,
ONLY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPORT AS STATED ON THE COVER.
THE MANAGER'S VIEWS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME BASED ON MARKET AND
OTHER CONDITIONS.
FUND FACTS
GOAL: to increase the value
of the fund's shares over the
long term by investing in
stocks with above average
growth potential
START DATE: January 17, 1983
SIZE: as of November 30,
1995, more than $6.1 billion
MANAGER: Robert Stansky,
since 1987; manager, Fidelity
Advisor Equity Portfolio
Growth, since 1987; Fidelity
Emerging Growth Fund,
1990-1991; Fidelity Select
Defense & Aerospace
Portfolio, 1984-1985; joined
Fidelity in 1983
(checkmark)
BOB STANSKY ON
PRICE-TO-EARNINGS GROWTH:
"During the past six months,
price-earnings ratios on stocks
increased as the outlook for
inflation became more
benign. Interest rates started
to decline and stock prices
moved up as a result. I think it's
reasonable not to expect any
increases in valuations for a
year or so until earnings catch
up to prices. The fear is that
valuations could decrease
and we would give back the
gains of the past six months."
INVESTMENT CHANGES
TOP TEN STOCKS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE STOCKS
6 MONTHS AGO
General Electric Co. 2.3 1.0
Cisco Systems, Inc. 2.3 1.5
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 2.1 1.5
Compaq Computer Corp. 2.1 1.8
Oracle Systems Corp. 2.1 1.8
International Business Machines 1.6 2.5
Corp.
Federal National Mortgage 1.6 1.9
Association
Citicorp 1.3 0.0
American Express Co. 1.3 1.0
Microsoft Corp. 1.2 1.6
TOP FIVE MARKET SECTORS AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995
% OF FUND'S % OF FUND'S
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
IN THESE MARKET
SECTORS
6 MONTHS AGO
Technology 31.7 42.0
Finance 10.2 7.4
Health 9.1 6.1
Retail & Wholesale 7.5 6.6
Utilities 6.8 3.4
ASSET ALLOCATION
AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 1995* AS OF MAY 31, 1995**
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 14.1
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 45.9
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 40.0
Row: 1, Col: 1, Value: 14.3
Row: 1, Col: 2, Value: 45.7
Row: 1, Col: 3, Value: 40.0
Stocks 85.9%
Short-term
investments 14.1%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 2.8%
Stocks 85.7%
Short-term
investments 14.3%
FOREIGN
INVESTMENTS 3.7%
*
**
INVESTMENTS NOVEMBER 30, 1995
Showing Percentage of Total Value of Investment in Securities
COMMON STOCKS - 85.8%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE - 0.4%
General Motors Corp. Class H 599,000 $ 28,453
BASIC INDUSTRIES - 2.2%
CHEMICALS & PLASTICS - 0.9%
Airgas, Inc. (a) 229,200 6,417
Dow Chemical Co. 36,500 2,587
du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co. 383,000 25,470
First Mississippi Corp. 99,900 2,547
Monsanto Co. 32,800 3,756
Rohm & Haas Co. 11,300 681
Union Carbide Corp. 349,700 13,857
55,315
IRON & STEEL - 0.1%
Nucor Corp. 99,600 4,968
METALS & MINING - 1.0%
Aluminum Co. of America 895,700 52,398
Inco Ltd. 434,000 15,548
67,946
PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS - 0.2%
Boise Cascade Corp. 75,700 2,820
Champion International Corp. 259,000 12,205
15,025
TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES 143,254
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE - 0.2%
BUILDING MATERIALS - 0.1%
Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 112,700 6,748
CONSTRUCTION - 0.1%
Centex Corp. 166,400 5,470
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE 12,218
DURABLES - 3.7%
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - 2.7%
Autozone, Inc. (a) 963,600 28,065
Chrysler Corp. 1,377,700 71,468
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
DURABLES - CONTINUED
AUTOS, TIRES, & ACCESSORIES - CONTINUED
Dana Corp. 128,700 $ 3,764
Ford Motor Co. 41,800 1,181
General Motors Corp. 1,047,663 50,812
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 100,100 4,242
Magna International, Inc. Class A 98,600 4,275
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack 356,600 9,450
173,257
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS - 0.2%
Whirlpool Corp. 258,100 14,325
HOME FURNISHINGS - 0.1%
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 193,200 4,661
TEXTILES & APPAREL - 0.7%
Adidas AG (b) 25,500 1,359
Adidas AG 700 37
Cygne Designs, Inc. (a) 191,000 239
Gucci Group NV (NY Reg.) (a) 21,400 738
Intimate Brands, Inc. Class A 124,200 2,065
Liz Claiborne, Inc. 80,200 2,356
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a) 63,500 1,127
NIKE, Inc. Class B 157,000 9,106
Nine West Group, Inc. (a) 154,300 6,847
Reebok International Ltd. 271,500 7,059
Shaw Industries, Inc. 70,300 1,098
Tommy Hilfiger (a) 372,600 16,441
48,472
TOTAL DURABLES 240,715
ENERGY - 1.4%
ENERGY SERVICES - 0.7%
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a) 133,600 3,858
Dresser Industries, Inc. 100,200 2,367
ENSCO International, Inc. (a) 50,000 844
Schlumberger Ltd. 603,100 38,297
45,366
INDEPENDENT POWER - 0.0%
Thermo Electron Corp. (a) 35,600 1,762
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
ENERGY - CONTINUED
OIL & GAS - 0.7%
British Petroleum PLC ADR 202,339 $ 19,348
Burlington Resources, Inc. 148,700 5,725
Petroleum Geo-Services AS ADR (a) 145,500 2,874
Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. (a) 250,200 5,817
Unocal Corp. 270,391 7,267
41,031
TOTAL ENERGY 88,159
FINANCE - 10.2%
BANKS - 3.9%
Banc One Corp. 100,100 3,816
Bank of Boston Corp. 429,908 19,937
Bank of New York Co., Inc. 441,700 20,815
Chase Manhattan Corp. 200,300 12,193
Chemical Banking Corp. 359,900 21,594
Citicorp 1,227,300 86,832
First Interstate Bancorp 362,500 48,575
NationsBank Corp. 488,190 34,845
248,607
CREDIT & OTHER FINANCE - 2.1%
American Express Co. 2,023,016 85,978
Beneficial Corp. 176,200 8,943
First USA, Inc. 214,000 9,817
Green Tree Acceptance, Inc. 494,400 13,967
Household International, Inc. 260,850 16,303
135,008
FEDERAL SPONSORED CREDIT - 2.5%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 681,000 52,437
Federal National Mortgage Association 926,800 101,485
Student Loan Marketing Association 82,800 5,806
159,728
INSURANCE - 0.8%
Aetna Life & Casualty Co. 144,200 10,581
Allmerica Financial Corp. (a) 11,200 291
Allstate Corp. 84,545 3,466
American International Group, Inc. 28,000 2,513
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
FINANCE - CONTINUED
INSURANCE - CONTINUED
CIGNA Corp. 105,100 $ 11,561
Chubb Corp. (The) 32,200 3,131
General Re Corp. 28,100 4,204
Prudential Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. 73,500 1,534
Travelers, Inc. (The) 208,900 12,430
49,711
SECURITIES INDUSTRY - 0.9%
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 811,400 45,134
Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. 70,200 6,055
Schwab (Charles) Corp. 421,600 10,224
61,413
TOTAL FINANCE 654,467
HEALTH - 9.0%
DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS - 5.5%
Allergan, Inc. 150,900 4,678
ALZA Corp. Class A (a) 292,000 6,716
American Home Products Corp. 372,400 33,982
Amgen, Inc. (a) 988,400 49,049
Biogen, Inc. (a) 559,600 30,498
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 495,000 39,724
Elan Corp. PLC ADR (a) 282,250 13,548
Genetics Institute, Inc. depositary shares representing
1 common share (a) 31,100 1,365
Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 128,500 1,654
Integrated Process Equipment Corp. (a) 30,100 926
Merck & Co., Inc. 1,184,400 73,285
Pfizer, Inc. 789,600 45,797
Rhone Poulenc Rorer, Inc. 103,800 4,969
Schering-Plough Corp. 829,300 47,581
Warner-Lambert Co. 16,100 1,437
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) 30,100 1,418
356,627
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 1.9%
Abbott Laboratories 55,700 2,263
Baxter International, Inc. 195,000 8,190
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
HEALTH - CONTINUED
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - CONTINUED
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 270,700 $ 18,882
Boston Scientific Corp. (a) 112,800 4,568
Cardinal Health, Inc. 43,200 2,333
Exogen, Inc. (a) 70,900 1,196
Johnson & Johnson 745,100 64,544
Medisense, Inc. (a) 82,300 2,119
Medtronic, Inc. 167,300 9,181
Millipore Corp. 52,500 1,956
Pall Corp. 22,800 618
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a) 171,600 6,778
122,628
MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - 1.6%
ARV Assisted Living, Inc. (a) 49,600 502
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. 635,800 32,823
HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Corp. (a) 993,100 30,041
Lincare Holdings, Inc. (a) 39,700 1,062
National Surgery Centers, Inc. (a) 3,700 79
U.S. Healthcare, Inc. 722,300 32,865
Vencor, Inc. (a) 100,300 3,109
100,481
TOTAL HEALTH 579,736
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 3.9%
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - 2.5%
Adflex Solutions (a) 56,300 1,605
General Electric Co. 2,250,400 151,338
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. 356,200 5,655
Telular Corp. (a) 60,500 666
159,264
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - 1.1%
Case Corp. 318,000 13,276
Caterpillar, Inc. 389,600 23,912
Deere & Co. 1,083,900 35,633
72,821
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT - CONTINUED
POLLUTION CONTROL - 0.3%
United Waste Systems, Inc. 49,900 $ 1,990
WMX Technologies, Inc. 548,300 16,175
18,165
TOTAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT 250,250
MEDIA & LEISURE - 3.7%
BROADCASTING - 2.1%
American Radio Systems Corp. Class A (a) 45,400 1,033
Argyle Television, Inc., Series A (a) 99,400 1,590
British Sky Broadcasting Group sponsored ADR 58,200 2,321
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. 13,800 1,706
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (a) 78,600 3,100
Comcast Corp. Class A (special) 253,500 5,007
Emmis Broadcasting Corp. Class A (a) 71,300 1,925
Grupo Televisa SA de CV sponsored ADR 79,300 1,715
Infinity Broadcasting Corp. (a) 142,592 4,563
Liberty Media Group, Series A 80,000 2,240
TCI Group Class A 320,000 5,920
Time Warner, Inc. 895,064 35,803
Viacom, Inc. (a):
Class A 190,304 9,158
Class B (non-vtg.) 1,259,230 60,757
136,838
ENTERTAINMENT - 0.2%
Disney (Walt) Co. 222,300 13,366
Nelvana Ltd. 31,900 495
13,861
LEISURE DURABLES & TOYS - 0.2%
Callaway Golf Co. 298,300 5,929
Cobra Golf, Inc. (a) 124,400 3,421
9,350
LODGING & GAMING - 0.2%
HFS, Inc. (a) 64,400 4,460
La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc. 58,600 1,590
Mirage Resorts, Inc. (a) 258,500 8,756
14,806
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
MEDIA & LEISURE - CONTINUED
PUBLISHING - 0.6%
Belo (A.H.) Corp. Class A 40,500 $ 1,443
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc. 198,500 3,052
Dow Jones & Co., Inc. 197,100 7,564
Gannett Co., Inc. 195,700 11,938
K-III Communications Corp. (a) 199,700 2,346
Knight-Ridder, Inc. 200,600 12,939
39,282
RESTAURANTS - 0.4%
Apple South, Inc. 95,100 1,997
Applebee's International, Inc. 111,800 3,102
Brinker International, Inc. (a) 50,100 770
Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (a) 254,900 9,304
Starbucks Corp. (a) 188,600 7,968
23,141
TOTAL MEDIA & LEISURE 237,278
NONDURABLES - 2.5%
BEVERAGES - 0.2%
Boston Beer, Inc. 2,900 75
PepsiCo, Inc. 156,800 8,663
Pete's Brewing Co. (a) 3,700 91
Seagram Co. Ltd. 151,400 5,535
14,364
FOODS - 0.1%
Nabisco Holdings Class A 280,900 7,935
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS - 0.0%
Tambrands, Inc. 37,100 1,934
TOBACCO - 2.2%
Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 1,539,500 135,091
RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. 106,340 3,097
138,188
TOTAL NONDURABLES 162,421
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
PRECIOUS METALS - 0.0%
Firstmiss Gold, Inc. (a) 70,775 $ 1,389
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - 7.5%
APPAREL STORES - 1.0%
Gap, Inc. 484,700 21,933
Just For Feet, Inc. 227,750 7,772
Limited, Inc. (The) 1,169,000 20,896
Mens Wearhouse, Inc. 46,350 1,338
TJX Companies, Inc. 583,414 9,699
Talbots, Inc. 116,100 3,381
65,019
DRUG STORES - 0.3%
General Nutrition Companies, Inc. (a) 796,200 17,616
GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES - 1.5%
Dayton Hudson Corp. 493,300 35,826
Federated Department Stores, Inc. (a) 224,900 6,550
Penney (J.C.) Co., Inc. 80,400 3,769
Price/Costco, Inc. (a) 664,800 11,052
Sears, Roebuck & Co. 91,200 3,591
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 1,613,500 38,724
Woolworth Corp. 99,900 1,499
101,011
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - 4.7%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (a) 88,300 3,245
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a) 292,900 9,629
Circuit City Stores, Inc. 411,500 11,934
Corporate Express (a) 286,250 7,657
Creative Computers, Inc. (a) 83,300 2,249
Global Directmail Corp. (a) 47,700 1,330
Grupo Casa Autrey SA sponsored ADR 41,500 591
Henry Schein, Inc. (a) 18,600 475
Home Depot, Inc. (The) 901,300 39,995
Lowe's Companies, Inc. 2,469,700 77,796
Micro Warehouse, Inc. (a) 496,300 23,326
Officemax, Inc. (a) 1,420,700 32,321
Office Depot, Inc. (a) 621,725 15,232
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. (a) 45,200 1,243
Staples, Inc. (a) 1,926,950 49,137
Sunglass Hut International, Inc. (a) 509,200 10,693
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
RETAIL & WHOLESALE - CONTINUED
RETAIL & WHOLESALE, MISCELLANEOUS - CONTINUED
U.S. Office Products Co. (a) 10,300 $ 173
Viking Office Products, Inc. (a) 220,000 10,120
Waban, Inc. (a) 296,900 5,493
302,639
TOTAL RETAIL & WHOLESALE 486,285
SERVICES - 0.5%
LEASING & RENTAL - 0.2%
Danka Business Systems PLC sponsored ADR 104,600 3,557
Hollywood Entertainment Corp. (a) 390,100 6,290
9,847
PRINTING - 0.2%
Alco Standard Corp. 282,600 12,293
SERVICES - 0.1%
Western Atlas, Inc. (a) 202,900 9,714
TOTAL SERVICES 31,854
TECHNOLOGY - 31.7%
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - 6.1%
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (a) 158,100 7,194
Cisco Systems, Inc. (a) 1,793,200 150,853
DSC Communications Corp. (a) 1,268,000 50,245
Digital Link Corp. (a) 100,600 1,811
Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone Co. Class B ADR 769,100 18,266
General Instrument Corp. (a) 11,000 282
Inter-Tel, Inc. (a) 45,000 754
Microcom, Inc. (a) 100,200 2,530
Newbridge Networks Corp. (a) 348,800 14,868
Nokia Corp. AB sponsored ADR 629,500 34,150
3Com Corp. (a) 1,262,564 57,762
U.S. Robotics Corp. 530,900 58,266
Westell Technologies, Inc. Class A 3,800 49
Xircom, Inc. (a) 9,300 116
397,146
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - 10.0%
ADAM Software, Inc. (a) 42,300 $ 449
Adobe Systems, Inc. 69,800 4,720
Alantec Corp. (a) 97,400 3,969
America Online, Inc. (a) 564,000 23,054
Arbor Software Corp. (a) 1,900 82
Ascend Communications, Inc. (a) 456,700 32,654
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 332,000 26,436
BMC Software, Inc. 49,500 2,089
Broderbund Software, Inc. (a) 323,200 20,927
Business Objects SA sponsored ADR (a) 15,800 770
CUC International, Inc. (a) 981,650 37,303
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a) 808,350 29,101
Ceridian Corp. (a) 267,000 11,214
CompUSA, Inc. (a) 771,800 28,653
Computer Sciences Corp. (a) 132,900 9,668
Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. (a) 7,800 108
DST Systems, Inc. (a) 30,000 866
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (a) 34,000 1,148
Electronic Arts, Inc. (a) 637,300 21,748
FTP Software, Inc. (a) 140,700 4,274
First Data Corp. 158,431 11,249
General Motors Corp. Class E 1,105,700 55,838
Hummingbird Communications Ltd. (a) 49,900 2,512
Informix Corp. (a) 217,100 6,011
Insignia Solutions PLC sponsored ADR (a) 52,200 1,064
Mercury Interactive Group Corp. (a) 124,900 2,873
Metrowerks, Inc. 2,000 23
Microsoft Corp. (a) 915,800 79,789
NETCOM On-Line Communication Services, Inc. (a) 77,000 5,621
Novell, Inc. (a) 1,058,500 17,862
Objective Systems Integrators, Inc. 4,300 82
Oracle Systems Corp. (a) 2,935,400 133,192
Parametric Technology Corp. (a) 570,300 40,349
Paychex, Inc. 79,350 3,581
Peoplesoft, Inc. (a) 219,200 9,206
Sync Research, Inc. (a) 4,300 218
Softkey International, Inc. (a) 52,500 1,772
Spectrum Holobyte, Inc. (a) 67,000 578
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
COMPUTER SERVICES & SOFTWARE - CONTINUED
Sterling Software, Inc. (a) 6,200 $ 366
Stratacom, Inc. (a) 20,200 1,515
Sybase, Inc. (a) 155,600 5,465
Symantec Corp. (a) 225,600 5,978
Verity, Inc. (a) 2,500 124
Visio Corp. (a) 4,700 126
644,627
COMPUTERS & OFFICE EQUIPMENT - 9.4%
Adaptec, Inc. (a) 352,800 16,538
Bay Networks, Inc. (a) 1,725,750 77,659
Boca Research, Inc. (a) 30,500 877
Compaq Computer Corp. (a) 2,720,100 134,643
Dell Computer Corp. (a) 554,000 24,515
Digital Equipment Corp. (a) 380,800 22,420
Discreet Logic, Inc. (a) 126,200 3,849
Hewlett-Packard Co. 932,600 77,289
International Business Machines Corp. 1,065,100 102,915
Iomega Corp. (a) 9,900 423
Komag, Inc. (a) 202,100 10,737
Madge NV (a) 160,100 7,215
MICROS Systems, Inc. (a) 100,000 4,225
Seagate Technology (a) 477,000 25,162
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (a) 1,405,300 51,293
Stratus Computer, Inc. (a) 106,300 3,534
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a) 388,600 32,691
TSL Holding, Inc. (a) 1,682 --
Tech Data Corp. (a) 127,700 2,155
Xerox Corp. 54,000 7,405
605,545
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS - 0.5%
Applied Materials, Inc. (a) 471,200 22,912
Novellus System, Inc. (a) 113,500 7,037
29,949
ELECTRONICS - 5.5%
Alliance Semiconductor Corp. (a) 468,400 10,539
Altera Corp. (a) 586,200 34,000
Analog Devices, Inc. (a) 900,150 33,305
Atmel Corp. (a) 722,200 21,666
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TECHNOLOGY - CONTINUED
ELECTRONICS - CONTINUED
Cascade Communications Corp. (a) 102,100 $ 8,908
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (a) 198,800 3,106
Hitachi Ltd. 38,000 444
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (a) 232,700 3,956
Intel Corp. 711,700 43,324
LSI Logic Corp. (a) 868,800 36,381
Linear Technology Corp. 809,400 36,625
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (a) 424,100 31,808
Microchip Technology, Inc. (a) 23,100 936
National Semiconductor Corp. (a) 376,400 8,046
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV (NY Reg.) (a) 240,800 8,970
S-3, Inc. (a) 590,800 11,151
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. GDS (b) 33,100 3,045
Tencor Instruments (a) 302,000 11,401
Texas Instruments, Inc. 383,500 22,195
Xilinx, Inc. (a) 725,400 23,303
353,109
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT - 0.2%
Eastman Kodak Co. 198,500 13,498
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY 2,043,874
TRANSPORTATION - 2.1%
AIR TRANSPORTATION - 1.3%
AMR Corp. (a) 248,600 19,049
America West Airlines, Inc. Class B (a) 475,700 8,503
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. 102,100 2,680
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 324,100 25,158
Midwest Express Holdings, Inc. (a) 5,300 156
Northwest Airlines Corp. Class A (a) 97,700 4,922
Southwest Airlines Co. 392,200 9,805
Trans World Airlines, Inc. (a) 99,600 1,195
UAL Corp. (a) 38,800 8,119
79,587
RAILROADS - 0.7%
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. 44,700 3,604
CSX Corp. 421,200 36,908
Conrail, Inc. 82,800 5,786
46,298
COMMON STOCKS - CONTINUED
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
TRANSPORTATION - CONTINUED
TRUCKING & FREIGHT - 0.1%
Airborne Freight Corp. 73,300 $ 2,062
Hunt (J.B.) Transport Services, Inc. 99,500 1,629
PST Vans, Inc. (a) 17,900 111
Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (a) 200,600 3,360
Werner Enterprises, Inc. 61,700 1,311
8,473
TOTAL TRANSPORTATION 134,358
UTILITIES - 6.8%
CELLULAR - 0.9%
AirTouch Communications, Inc. (a) 1,711,065 49,835
Palmer Wireless, Inc. (a) 51,000 1,084
Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. Class A (a) 319,200 7,222
58,141
TELEPHONE SERVICES - 5.9%
AT&T Corp. 1,132,300 74,732
Ameritech Corp. 1,206,100 66,336
Bell Atlantic Corp. 459,700 28,961
BellSouth Corp. 1,981,400 77,027
Frontier Corp. 853,500 22,084
LCI International, Inc. (a) 605,200 11,196
NYNEX Corp. 548,400 27,214
SBC Communications, Inc. 1,083,600 58,514
Telebras sponsored ADR 128,900 6,187
Telefonos de Mexico SA sponsored ADR representing
shares Ord. Class L 65,600 2,165
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. 48,561 1,851
WorldCom, Inc. (a) 199,000 6,468
382,735
TOTAL UTILITIES 440,876
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $4,275,694) 5,535,587
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%
SHARES VALUE (NOTE 1)
(000S)
HEALTH - 0.1%
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES - 0.1%
U.S. Surgical Corp. $2.20 (b) (Cost $6,555) 290,700 $ 8,285
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS - 6.4%
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
(000S)
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 5.59%
to 5.64%,12/21/95 (Cost $414,644) $ 416,000 414,719
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 7.7%
MATURITY AMOUNT
(000S)
Investments in repurchase agreements
(U.S. Treasury obligations) in a joint
trading account at 5.90%, dated
11/30/95 due 12/1/95 $ 492,699 492,618
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100%
(Cost $5,189,511) $ 6,451,209
LEGEND
1. Non-income producing
2. 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 period
end, the value of these securities amounted to $12,689,000 or .21% of net
assets.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
At November 30, 1995, the aggregate cost of investment securities for
income tax purposes was $5,195,238,000. Net unrealized appreciation
aggregated $1,255,971,000, of which $1,314,867,000 related to appreciated
investment securities and $58,896,000 related to depreciated investment
securities.
The fund hereby designates $28,312,000 as a capital gain dividend for the
purpose of the dividend paid deduction.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
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AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (EXCEPT PER-SHARE AMOUNT) NOVEMBER 30, 1995
ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value (including repurchase $ 6,451,209
agreements of $492,618) (cost $5,189,511) -
See accompanying schedule
Cash 1
Receivable for investments sold 34,896
Receivable for fund shares sold 27,926
Dividends receivable 4,138
Other receivables 1,697
TOTAL ASSETS 6,519,867
LIABILITIES
Payable for investments purchased $ 315,543
Payable for fund shares redeemed 12,574
Accrued management fee 3,584
Other payables and accrued expenses 2,201
TOTAL LIABILITIES 333,902
NET ASSETS $ 6,185,965
Net Assets consist of:
Paid in capital $ 4,602,266
Undistributed net investment income 23,240
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on 298,761
investments and foreign currency transactions
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on 1,261,698
investments and assets and liabilities in foreign
currencies
NET ASSETS, for 160,990 shares outstanding $ 6,185,965
NET ASSET VALUE, offering price and redemption price per $38.42
share ($6,185,965 (divided by) 160,990 shares)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995
INVESTMENT INCOME $ 42,500
Dividends
Interest 33,062
TOTAL INCOME 75,562
EXPENSES
Management fee $ 27,142
Basic fee
Performance adjustment 3,306
Transfer agent fees 10,062
Accounting fees and expenses 760
Non-interested trustees' compensation 37
Custodian fees and expenses 139
Registration fees 847
Audit 30
Legal 17
Interest 3
Miscellaneous 20
Total expenses before reductions 42,363
Expense reductions (334) 42,029
NET INVESTMENT INCOME 33,533
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) on:
Investment securities 361,316
Foreign currency transactions (1) 361,315
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 1,122,571
on investment securities
NET GAIN (LOSS) 1,483,886
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING $ 1,517,419
FROM OPERATIONS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
NOVEMBER 30, NOVEMBER 30,
1995 1994
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS
Operations $ 33,533 $ 17,537
Net investment income
Net realized gain (loss) 361,315 55,430
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 1,122,571 (47,724)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 1,517,419 25,243
FROM OPERATIONS
Distributions to shareholders (23,316) (5,510)
From net investment income
From net realized gain (85,845) (236,445)
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS (109,161) (241,955)
Share transactions 3,513,078 1,618,220
Net proceeds from sales of shares
Reinvestment of distributions 107,914 238,806
Cost of shares redeemed (1,822,602) (1,084,391)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING 1,798,390 772,635
FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS 3,206,648 555,923
NET ASSETS
Beginning of period 2,979,317 2,423,394
End of period (including undistributed net investment $ 6,185,965 $ 2,979,317
income of $23,240 and $17,316, respectively)
OTHER INFORMATION
Shares
Sold 106,452 55,243
Issued in reinvestment of distributions 4,024 8,371
Redeemed (54,932) (36,571)
Net increase (decrease) 55,544 27,043
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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YEARS ENDED NOVEMBER 30,
1995 1994 E 1993 1992 C 1991
SELECTED PER-SHARE DATA
Net asset value, beginning $ 28.25 $ 30.91 $ 28.13 $ 25.62 $ 18.64
of period
Income from Investment
Operations
Net investment income .20 .12 .07 .13 D .19
Net realized and unrealized 11.00 .28 3.99 4.52 6.79
gain (loss)
Total from investment 11.20 .40 4.06 4.65 6.98
operations
Less Distributions (.22) (.07) (.07) (.10) -
From net investment income
From net realized gain (.81) (2.99) (1.21) (2.04) -
Total distributions (1.03) (3.06) (1.28) (2.14) -
Net asset value, end of period $ 38.42 $ 28.25 $ 30.91 $ 28.13 $ 25.62
TOTAL RETURN A, B 41.22% 1.23% 15.04% 19.25% 37.45%
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of period $ 6,186 $ 2,979 $ 2,423 $ 1,752 $ 1,133
(in millions)
Ratio of expenses to average .96% 1.06% 1.08% 1.09% 1.07%
net assets
Ratio of expenses to average net .95% 1.05% 1.07% 1.09% 1.07%
assets after expense
reductions
Ratio of net investment income .76% .64% .43% .52% .75%
to average net assets
Portfolio turnover rate 97% 135% 159% 250% 174%
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A THE TOTAL RETURNS WOULD HAVE BEEN LOWER HAD CERTAIN EXPENSES NOT BEEN
REDUCED DURING THE PERIODS SHOWN (SEE NOTE 6 OF NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS).
B TOTAL RETURNS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ONE TIME SALES CHARGE.
C AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1991 THE FUND DISCONTINUED THE USE OF EQUALIZATION
ACCOUNTING.
D NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
E EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 1993, THE FUND ADOPTED STATEMENT OF POSITION 93-2,
"DETERMINATION, DISCLOSURE, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION OF INCOME,
CAPITAL GAIN, AND RETURN OF CAPITAL DISTRIBUTIONS BY INVESTMENT COMPANIES."
AS A RESULT, NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE MAY REFLECT CERTAIN
RECLASSIFICATIONS RELATED TO BOOK TO TAX DIFFERENCES.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the period ended November 30, 1995
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.
Fidelity Growth Company Fund (the fund) is a fund of Fidelity Mt. Vernon
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. The following summarizes the
significant accounting policies of the fund:
SECURITY VALUATION. Securities for which exchange quotations are readily
available are valued at the last sale price, or if no sale price, at the
closing bid price. Securities (including restricted securities) for which
exchange quotations are not readily available (and in certain cases debt
securities which trade on an exchange) are valued primarily using
dealer-supplied valuations or at their fair value as determined in good
faith under consistently applied procedures under the general supervision
of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities maturing within sixty days
of their purchase date are valued at amortized cost or original cost plus
accrued interest, both of which approximate current value.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION. The accounting records of the fund are
maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and
liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases and
sales of securities, income
receipts, and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the
prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent
net gains and losses from sales and maturities of forward currency
contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses
realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions,
and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and
the U.S. dollar amount actually received. The effects of changes in foreign
currency exchange rates on investments in securities are included with the
net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.
INCOME TAXES. As a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter
M of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund is not subject to income taxes to
the extent that it distributes substantially all of its taxable income for
its fiscal year. The schedule of investments includes information regarding
income taxes under the caption "Income Tax Information."
INVESTMENT INCOME. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date,
except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date
may have passed, are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the
ex-dividend date. Interest income, which includes accretion of original
issue discount, is accrued as earned. Investment income is recorded net of
foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - CONTINUED
EXPENSES. Most expenses of the trust can be directly attributed to a fund.
Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned between the
funds in the trust.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend
date.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with
income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting
principles. These differences, which may result in distribution
reclassifications, are primarily due to differing treatments for litigation
proceeds, non-taxable dividends and losses deferred due to wash sales and
excise tax regulations. The fund also utilized earnings and profits
distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares as a part of the
dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes.
Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder
distributions will result in reclassifications to paid in capital and may
affect the per-share allocation between net investment income and realized
and unrealized gain (loss). Undistributed net investment income and
accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and
foreign currency transactions may include temporary book and tax basis
differences which will reverse in a subsequent period. Any taxable income
or gain remaining at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
SECURITY TRANSACTIONS. Security transactions are accounted for as of trade
date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of
identified cost.
2. OPERATING POLICIES.
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS. The fund may use foreign currency
contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to manage
the fund's currency exposure. Contracts to buy generally are used to
acquire exposure to foreign currencies, while contracts to sell are used to
hedge the fund's investments against currency fluctuations. Also, a
contract to buy or sell can offset a previous contract. Losses may arise
from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties
do not perform under the contracts' terms.
The U.S. dollar value of forward foreign currency contracts is determined
using forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service.
Purchases and sales of forward foreign currency contracts having the same
settlement date and broker are offset and any realized gain (loss) is
recognized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is recognized on
settlement date.
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with other affiliated
entities of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR), may transfer
uninvested cash balances into one or more
2. OPERATING POLICIES - CONTINUED
JOINT TRADING ACCOUNT - CONTINUED
joint trading accounts. These balances are invested in one or more
repurchase agreements that mature in 60 days or less from the date of
purchase, and are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency
obligations.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The fund, through its custodian, receives delivery
of the underlying U.S. Treasury or Federal Agency securities, the market
value of which is required to be at least equal to the repurchase price.
For term repurchase agreement transactions, the underlying securities are
marked-to-market daily and maintained at a value at least equal to the
repurchase price. FMR, the fund's investment adviser, is responsible for
determining that the value of the underlying securities remains in
accordance with the market value requirements stated above.
3. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENTS.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
aggregated $4,976,823,000 and $3,768,236,000, respectively.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
MANAGEMENT FEE. As the fund's investment adviser, FMR receives a monthly
basic fee that is calculated on the basis of a group fee rate plus a fixed
individual fund fee rate applied to the average net assets of the fund. The
group fee rate is the weighted average of a series of rates and is based on
the monthly average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by FMR. The
rates ranged from .2700% to .5200% for the period. In the event that these
rates were lower than the contractual rates in effect during the period,
FMR voluntarily implemented the above rates, as they resulted in the same
or a lower management fee. The annual individual fund fee rate is .30%. The
basic fee is subject to a performance adjustment (up to a maximum of
(plus/minus) .20%) based on the fund's investment performance as compared
to the appropriate index over a specified period of time. For the period,
the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of .69% of average net
assets after the performance adjustment.
The Board of Trustees has approved a new group fee rate schedule with rates
ranging from .2500% to .5200%. Effective January 1, 1996, FMR voluntarily
agreed to implement this new group fee rate schedule as it results in the
same or a lower management fee.
SALES LOAD. For the period, Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC), an
affiliate of FMR and the general distributor of the fund, received sales
charges of $68,000 on sales of shares of the fund.
For the period January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996, FDC will
voluntarily waive the sales charge (3% of the offering price) on the sales
of shares.
4. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES - CONTINUED
TRANSFER AGENT FEES. Fidelity Service Co. (FSC), an affiliate of FMR, is
the fund's transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent.
During the period December 1, 1994 to December 31, 1994, FSC received fees
based on the type, size, number of accounts and the number of transactions
made by shareholders. Effective January 1, 1995, the Board of Trustees
approved a revised transfer agent contract pursuant to which FSC receives
account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and
type of account. FSC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of all
shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, the transfer
agent fees were equivalent to an annual rate of .23% of average net assets.
ACCOUNTING FEES. FSC maintains the fund's accounting records. The fee is
based on the level of average net assets for the month plus out-of-pocket
expenses.
BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS. The fund placed a portion of its portfolio
transactions with brokerage firms which are affiliates of FMR. The
commissions paid to these affiliated firms were $1,883,000 for the period.
5. BANK BORROWINGS.
The fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency
purposes to fund shareholder redemptions. The fund has established
borrowing arrangements with certain banks. Under the most restrictive
arrangement, the fund must pledge to the bank securities having a market
value in excess of 220% of the total bank borrowings. The interest rate on
the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. The
maximum loan and the average daily loan balances during the period for
which loans were outstanding amounted to $5,105,000. The weighted average
interest rate was 6.4375%.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS.
FMR has directed certain portfolio trades to brokers who paid a portion of
the fund's expenses. For the period, the fund's expenses were reduced by
$334,000 under this arrangement.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust and the Shareholders of
Fidelity Growth Company Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity Growth Company Fund, including
the schedule of portfolio investments, as of November 30, 1995, and the
related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of
changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended
and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then
ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the fund's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and
financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of
securities owned as of November 30, 1995 by correspondence with the
custodian and brokers. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust: Fidelity Growth Company Fund as of
November 30, 1995, 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 five years in the
period then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 4, 1996
DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Growth Company Fund voted to pay to
shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the
following distributions derived from capital gains realized from sales of
portfolio securities, and dividends derived from net investment income:
PAY DATE RECORD DATE DIVIDENDS CAPITAL GAINS
12/18/95 12/15/95 $.16 $1.57
1/8/96 1/5/96 - $.21
A total of 4.25% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year was
derived from interest on U.S. Government securities which is generally
exempt from state income tax.
A total of 100% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year
qualifies for the dividends-received deductions for corporate shareholders.
The fund will notify shareholders in January 1996 of these percentages
for use in preparing 1995 income tax returns.
TO CALL FIDELITY
FOR FUND INFORMATION AND QUOTES
The Fidelity Telephone Connection offers you special automated telephone
services for quotes and balances. The services are easy to use,
confidential and quick. All you need is a Touch Tone telephone.
YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
(PIN)
The first time you call one of our automated telephone services, we'll ask
you
to set up your Personal Identification
Number (PIN). The PIN assures that
only you have automated telephone
access to your account information.
Please have your Customer Number
(T-account #) handy when you call -
you'll need it to establish your PIN. If
you would ever like to change your PIN, just choose the "Change your
Personal
Identification Number" option when
you call. If you forget your PIN, please
call a Fidelity representative at 1-800-
544-6666 for assistance.
(PHONE_GRAPHIC)(PHONE_GRAPHIC)MUTUAL FUND QUOTES*
1-800-544-8544
Just make a selection from this record-ed menu:
PRESS
For quotes on funds you own.
1.
For an individual fund quote.
2.
For the ten most frequently
requested Fidelity fund quotes.
3.
For quotes on Fidelity Select
Portfolios(registered trademark).
4.
To change your Personal
Identification Number (PIN).
5.
To speak with a Fidelity
representative.
6.
(PHONE_GRAPHIC)(PHONE_GRAPHIC)MUTUAL FUND ACCOUNT
BALANCES 1-800-544-7544
Just make a selection from this record-
ed menu:
PRESS
For balances on funds you own.
1.
For your most recent fund activity
(purchases, redemptions, and
dividends).
2.
To change your Personal
Identification Number (PIN).
3.
To speak with a Fidelity
representative.
4.
* WHEN YOU CALL THE QUOTES LINE, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A FUND'S YIELD AND
RETURN WILL
VARY AND, EXCEPT FOR MONEY MARKET FUNDS, SHARE PRICE WILL ALSO VARY. THIS
MEANS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE A GAIN OR LOSS WHEN YOU SELL YOUR SHARES. THERE IS NO
ASSURANCE THAT
MONEY MARKET FUNDS WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STABLE $1 SHARE PRICE; AN
INVESTMENT IN
A MONEY MARKET FUND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
TOTAL
RETURNS ARE HISTORICAL AND INCLUDE CHANGES IN SHARE PRICE, REINVESTMENT OF
DIVIDENDS
AND CAPITAL GAINS, AND THE EFFECTS OF ANY SALES CHARGES.
TO WRITE FIDELITY
If more than one address is listed, please locate the address that is
closest to you. We'll give your correspondence immediate attention and send
you written confirmation upon completion of your request.
(LETTER_GRAPHIC)MAKING CHANGES
TO YOUR ACCOUNT
(such as changing name, address, bank, etc.)
Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 770001
Cincinnati, OH 45277-0002
(LETTER_GRAPHIC)FOR NON-RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
BUYING SHARES
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OVERNIGHT EXPRESS
Fidelity Investments
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Covington, KY 41015-4399
SELLING SHARES
Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 660602
Dallas, TX 75266-0602
OVERNIGHT EXPRESS
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Attn: Redemptions - CP6I
400 East Las Colinas Blvd.
Irving, TX 75309-5517
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
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P.O. Box 193
Boston, MA 02210-0193
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ACCOUNTS
BUYING SHARES
Fidelity Investments
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SELLING SHARES
Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 660602
Dallas, TX 75266-0602
OVERNIGHT EXPRESS
Fidelity Investments
Attn: Redemptions - CP6R
400 East Las Colinas Blvd.
Irving, TX 75309-5517
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Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 660602
Dallas, TX 75266-0602
TO VISIT FIDELITY
For directions and hours,
please call 1-800-544-9797.
ARIZONA
7373 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ
CALIFORNIA
851 East Hamilton Avenue
Campbell, CA
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280 North Woodward Ave.
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700 West 47th Street
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56 South Street
Morristown, NJ
501 Route 17, South
Paramus, NJ
505 Millburn Avenue
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NEW YORK
1050 Franklin Avenue
Garden City, NY
999 Walt Whitman Road
Melville, L.I., NY
1271 Avenue of the
Americas
New York, NY
71 Broadway
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NORTH CAROLINA
4611 Sharon Road
Charlotte, NC
2200 West Main Street
Durham, NC
OHIO
600 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH
28699 Chagrin Boulevard
Woodmere Village, OH
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121 S.W. Morrison Street
Portland, OR
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1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
439 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
TENNESSEE
5100 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN
TEXAS
10000 Research Boulevard
Austin, TX
7001 Preston Road
Dallas, TX
1155 Dairy Ashford
Houston, TX
2701 Drexel Drive
Houston, TX
1010 Lamar Street
Houston, TX
400 East Las Colinas Blvd.
Irving, TX
14100 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX
UTAH
215 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT
VERMONT
199 Main Street
Burlington, VT
VIRGINIA
8180 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA
WASHINGTON
411 108th Avenue, N.E.
Bellevue, WA
511 Pine Street
Seattle, WA
WASHINGTON, DC
1775 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
WISCONSIN
595 North Barker Road
Brookfield, WI
INVESTMENT ADVISER
Fidelity Management & Research
Company
Boston, MA
OFFICERS
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
J. Gary Burkhead, Senior Vice President
William J. Hayes, Vice President
Robert E. Stansky, Vice President
Arthur S. Loring, Secretary
Kenneth A. Rathgeber, Treasurer
Robert H. Morrison, Manager,
Security Transactions
John H. Costello, Assistant Treasurer
Leonard M. Rush, Assistant Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
J. Gary Burkhead
Ralph F. Cox*
Phyllis Burke Davis*
Richard J. Flynn*
Edward C. Johnson 3d
E. Bradley Jones*
Donald J. Kirk*
Peter S. Lynch
Edward H. Malone*
Marvin L. Mann*
Gerald C. McDonough*
Thomas R. Williams*
GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR
Fidelity Distributors Corporation
Boston, MA
TRANSFER AND SHAREHOLDER
SERVICING AGENT
Fidelity Service Co.
Boston, MA
* INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
AUTOMATED LINES FOR QUICKEST SERVICE
CUSTODIAN
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Boston, MA
FIDELITY'S GROWTH FUNDS
Blue Chip Growth Fund
Capital Appreciation Fund
Contrafund
Disciplined Equity Fund
Dividend Growth Fund
Emerging Growth Fund
Export Fund
Fidelity Fifty
Growth Company Fund
Large Cap Stock Fund
Low-Priced Stock Fund
Magellan(registered trademark) Fund
Mid-Cap Stock Fund
New Millennium(trademark) Fund
OTC Portfolio
Retirement Growth Fund
Small Cap Stock Fund
Stock Selector
Trend Fund
Value Fund
THE FIDELITY TELEPHONE CONNECTION
MUTUAL FUND 24-HOUR SERVICE
Account Balances 1-800-544-7544
Exchanges/Redemptions 1-800-544-7777
Mutual Fund Quotes 1-800-544-8544
Account Assistance 1-800-544-6666
Product Information 1-800-544-8888
Retirement Accounts 1-800-544-4774
(8 a.m. - 9 p.m.)
TDD Service 1-800-544-0118
for the deaf and hearing impaired
(9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Eastern time)
(registered trademark)