FIDELITY'S INTERNATIONAL BOND FUNDS
FIDELITY SHORT-TERM WORLD INCOME FUND
FIDELITY GLOBAL BOND FUND
FIDELITY NEW MARKETS INCOME FUND
FUNDS OF FIDELITY INVESTMENT TRUST
SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1994
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. Effective August 1, 1994, FMR agreed to
voluntarily adopt the revised group fee rate schedule shown below for
purposes of calculating the group fee component of the management fee. The
revised schedule provides for lower management fees as total assets under
management increase, and it will be presented to shareholders for approval
at the next shareholder meeting.
The following information replaces the "Group Fee Rate" and "Effective
Annual Fee Rate" schedules found on page 28.
GROUP FEE RATE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE ANNUAL FEE
RATES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Average Group
Annualized
Group Net
Effective Annual Fee
Assets Rate Assets Rate
0 - $ 3 billion .3700% $ 0.5 billion .3700%
3 - 6 .3400 25 .2664
6 - 9 .3100 50 .2188
9 - 12 .2800 75 .1986
12 - 15 .2500 100 .1869
15 - 18 .2200 125 .1793
18 - 21 .2000 150 .1736
21 - 24 .1900 175 .1690
24 - 30 .1800 200 .1652
30 - 36 .1750 225 .1618
36 - 42 .1700 250 .1587
42 - 48 .1650 275 .1560
48 - 66 .1600 300 .1536
66 - 84 .1550 325 .1514
84 - 120 .1500 350 .1494
120 - 156 .1450 375 .1476
156 - 192 .1400 400 .1459
192 - 228 .1350
228 - 264 .1300
264 - 300 .1275
300 - 336 .1250
336 - 372 .1225
Over 372 .1200
</TABLE>
ITLB-94-2 Page 1 of 2 August 1994
The following replaces the section entitled "Valuation of Portfolio
Securities" beginning on page 20.
VALUATION OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
Portfolio securities are valued by various methods depending on the
primary market or exchange on which they trade. Most equity securities for
which the primary market is the U.S. are valued at last sale price or, if
no sale has occurred, at the closing bid price. Most equity securities for
which the primary market is outside the U.S. are valued using the official
closing price or the last sale price in the principal market where they are
traded. If the last sale price (on the local exchange) is unavailable, the
last evaluated quote or last bid price is normally used. Short-term
securities are valued either at amortized cost or at original cost plus
accrued interest, both of which approximate current value. Convertible and
fixed-income securities are valued primarily by a pricing service that uses
a vendor security valuation matrix which incorporates both dealer-supplied
valuations and electronic data processing techniques. This twofold
approach is believed to more accurately reflect fair value because it takes
into account appropriate factors such as institutional trading in similar
groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue,
trading characteristics, and other market data, without exclusive reliance
upon quoted, exchange, or over-the-counter prices. Use of pricing services
has been approved by the Board of Trustees.
Securities and other assets for which there is no readily available market
are valued in good faith by a committee appointed by the Board of Trustees.
The procedures set forth above need not be used to determine the value of
the securities owned by the fund if, in the opinion of a committee
appointed by the Board of Trustees, some other method (e.g., closing
over-the-counter bid prices in the case of debt instruments traded on an
exchange) would more accurately reflect the fair market value of such
securities.
Generally, the valuation of foreign and domestic equity securities, as
well as corporate bonds, U.S. government securities, money market
instruments, and repurchase agreements, is substantially completed each day
at the close of the NYSE. The values of any such securities held by the
fund are determined as of such time for the purpose of computing the fund's
net asset value. Foreign security prices are furnished by independent
brokers or quotation services which express the value of securities in
their local currency. FSC gathers all exchange rates daily at the close of
the NYSE using the last quoted price on the local currency and then
translates the value of foreign securities from their local currency into
U.S. dollars. Any changes in the value of forward contracts due to
exchange rate fluctuations and days to maturity are included in the
calculation of net asset value. If an extraordinary event that is expected
to materially affect the value of a portfolio security occurs after the
close of an exchange on which that security is traded, then the security
will be valued as determined in good faith by a committee appointed by the
Board of Trustees.
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