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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 33-17704)
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 [X]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 811-5361)
UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. [ ]
Fidelity Boston Street Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number: 617-563-7000
Arthur S. Loring, Secretary
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective
( ) immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
( x ) on September 25, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b)
( ) 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
( ) on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
( ) 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii)
( ) on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:
( ) this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
previously filed
post-effective amendment.
Registrant has filed a declaration pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and intends to file the Notice required by
such Rule before September 30, 1997.
FIDELITY BOSTON STREET TRUST
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE FUNDS:
TARGET TIMELINE 1999, 2001, AND 2003
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
FORM N-1A
ITEM NUMBER PROSPECTUS SECTION

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
1................................... Cover Page
...

2a.................................. Expenses
..

b, Contents; The Fund at a Glance; Who May Want to
c................................ Invest

3a.................................. Financial Highlights
..

*
b...................................
.

Performance
c,d.................................
.

4a Charter
i.................................

The Fund at a Glance; Investment Principles and
ii............................... Risks

b................................... Investment Principles and Risks
..

Who May Want to Invest; Investment Principles and
c.................................... Risks

5a.................................. Charter
..

b(i)................................ Cover Page, The Fund at a Glance, Charter, Doing
.. Business with Fidelity

Charter
(ii).................................

Expenses; Breakdown of Expenses
(iii)................................

Charter
c....................................

Charter; Breakdown of Expenses
d...................................
.

Cover Page; Charter
e....................................

Expenses
f....................................

g(i)................................ Charter
..

(ii)................................. *
..

5A................................. Performance
.

6a Charter
i.................................

How to Buy Shares; How to Sell Shares; Transaction
ii................................ Details; Exchange Restrictions

Charter
iii...............................

*
b...................................
.

Transaction Details; Exchange Restrictions
c....................................

*
d...................................
.

Doing Business with Fidelity; How to Buy Shares;
e.................................... How to Sell Shares; Investor Services

f,g................................. Dividends, Capital Gains, and Taxes
..

7a.................................. Cover Page; Charter
..

Expenses; How to Buy Shares; Transaction Details
b...................................
.

Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers
c....................................

How to Buy Shares
d...................................
.

*
e....................................

f Breakdown of Expenses
...................................

8................................... How to Sell Shares; Investor Services; Transaction
... Details; Exchange Restrictions

9................................... *
...

</TABLE>

* Not Applicable
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE FUNDS
TARGET TIMELINE 1999, 2001, AND 2003
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
(continued)
FORM N-1A
ITEM NUMBER STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
10, 11.......................... Cover Page

12.................................. Description of Trust
..

13a - Investment Policies and Limitations
c............................

Portfolio Transactions
d..................................

14a - Trustees and Officers
c............................

15a, *
b..............................

Trustees and Officers
c..................................

16a FMR, Portfolio Transactions
i................................

Trustees and Officers
ii..............................

Management Contract
iii.............................

Management Contract
b.................................

c, Contracts With FMR Affiliates
d.............................

e - *
g...........................

Description of the Trust
h.................................

Contracts With FMR Affiliates
i.................................

17a - Portfolio Transactions
c............................

*
d,e..............................

18a................................ Description of the Trust
..

*
b.................................

19a................................ Additional Purchase and Redemption Information
..

Additional Purchase and Redemption Information;
b.................................. Valuation

*
c..................................

20.................................. Distributions and Taxes
..

21a, Contracts With FMR Affiliates
b..............................

*
c.................................

22.................................. Performance
..

23.................................. Financial Statements
..

</TABLE>

* Not Applicable
Please read this prospectus before investing, and keep it on file for
future reference. It contains important information, including how each
fund invests and the services available to shareholders.
To learn more about each fund and its investments, you can obtain a copy of
the funds' most recent financial report and portfolio listing, or a copy of
the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated September 25,1997. The
SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is
available along with other related materials on the SEC's Internet Web site
(http://www.sec.gov). The SAI is incorporated herein by reference (legally
forms a part of the prospectus). For a free copy of either document, call
Fidelity at 1-800-544-8888.
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.
LIKE ALL MUTUAL
FUNDS, THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT
BEEN APPROVED OR
DISAPPROVED BY THE
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE
COMMISSION, NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE
COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY
OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO
THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
TTI-pro-0997
Each fund seeks a definable return over its lifetime by investing in
investment grade debt securities. Each fund will be liquidated shortly
after its target maturity date.
FIDELITY
TARGET
TIMELINE
FUNDSSM
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 1999
(fund number 379, trading symbol FTTAF)
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 2001
(fund number 381, trading symbol FTTBF)
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 2003
(fund number 383, trading symbol FTTCF)
PROSPECTUS
SEPTEMBER 25,1997(FIDELITY_LOGO_GRAPHIC) 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET, BOSTON, MA
02109

CONTENTS

KEY FACTS THE FUNDS AT A GLANCE

WHO MAY WANT TO INVEST

EXPENSES Each fund's yearly
operating expenses.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS A summary
of each fund's financial data.

PERFORMANCE How each fund has
done over time.

THE FUNDS IN DETAIL CHARTER How each fund is
organized.

INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES AND RISKS
Each fund's overall approach to
investing.

BREAKDOWN OF EXPENSES How
operating costs are calculated and
what they include.

YOUR ACCOUNT DOING BUSINESS WITH FIDELITY

TYPES OF ACCOUNTS Different
ways to set up your account,
including tax-sheltered retirement
plans.

HOW TO BUY SHARES Opening an
account and making additional
investments.

HOW TO SELL SHARES Taking money
out and closing your account.

INVESTOR SERVICES Services to
help you manage your account.

SHAREHOLDER AND MATURATION AND LIQUIDATION OF
ACCOUNT POLICIES THE FUNDS

DIVIDENDS, CAPITAL GAINS,
AND TAXES

TRANSACTION DETAILS Share price
calculations and the timing of
purchases and redemptions.

EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS

KEY FACTS

THE FUNDS AT A GLANCE
GOAL: Definable return over the life of the funds. Fidelity Target Timeline
1999, Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline 2003 will
be liquidated shortly after their target maturity dates of September 30,
1999, September 30, 2001, and September 30, 2003, respectively.
STRATEGY: Each fund normally invests in investment grade debt
securities whose average duration is approximately equal to each fund's
maturity.
MANAGEMENT: Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) is the management
arm of Fidelity Investments, which was established in 1946 and is now
America's largest mutual fund manager. Foreign affiliates of FMR may help
choose investments for the funds.
As with any mutual fund, there is no assurance that a fund will achieve its
goal.

TARGET TIMELINE 1999
SIZE: As of July 31, 199 7 , the fund had over $12 million in
assets.

TARGET TIMELINE 2001
SIZE: As of July 31, 199 7 , the fund had over $10 million in
assets.

TARGET TIMELINE 2003
SIZE: As of July 31, 1997, the fund had over $13 million in assets.
WHO MAY WANT TO
INVEST
These non-diversified funds may be appropriate for investors who seek to
receive a relatively predictable return. The funds may be appropriate for
those who have an investment goal with a specific time frame such as
college savings, retirement, or a major purchase. For a shareholder, a
fund's predictable return is the quoted yield to maturity at the time
shares are purchased. To seek a predictable return, shareholders must
expect to hold their shares until the target date and reinvest all
distributions. Each fund will purchase investment-grade U.S.
dollar-denominated securities that FMR expects will provide predictable
returns. The funds may not be able to achieve their goal if the underlying
investments do not provide the returns FMR expected due to factors such as
realized losses related to declines in credit quality of individual issuers
or if interest rates for securities of different maturities sharply
diverge.
The value of the funds' investments and the income they generate will vary
from day to day, and generally reflect interest rates, market conditions,
and other economic and political news both here and abroad. Investments in
foreign securities may involve risks in addition to those of U.S.
investments, including increased political and economic risk, as well as
exposure to currency fluctuations. When you sell your shares or upon a
fund's liquidation, they may be worth more or less than what you paid for
them. By themselves, the funds do not constitute a balanced investment
plan.

THE SPECTRUM OF
FIDELITY FUNDS
Broad categories of Fidelity
funds are presented here in
order of ascending risk.
Generally, investors seeking
to maximize return must
assume greater risk. The
funds in this prospectus are
in the INCOME in the
category.
(solid bullet) MONEY MARKET Seeks
income and stability by
investing in high-quality,
short-term investments.
(right arrow) INCOME Seeks income by
investing in bonds.
(solid bullet) GROWTH AND INCOME Seeks
long-term growth and income
by investing in stocks and
bonds.
(solid bullet) GROWTH Seeks long-term
growth by investing mainly in
stocks.
(checkmark)

EXPENSES
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES are charges you may pay when you buy or
sell shares of a fund. In addition, you may be charged an annual account
maintenance fee if your account balance falls below $2,500. See
"Transaction Details," page , for an explanation of how and when these
charges apply.
Maximum sales charge on purchases None
and reinvested distributions

Deferred sales charge on redemptions None

Redemption fee (as a % of amount redeemed 0.50
on shares held less than 90 days ) %

Annual account maintenance fee (for accounts under $2,500) $12.0
0

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES are paid out of each fund's assets. Each
fund pays a management fee to FMR. It also incurs other expenses for
services such as maintaining shareholder records and furnishing shareholder
statements and financial reports. A fund's expenses are factored into its
share price or dividends and are not charged directly to shareholder
accounts (see "Breakdown of Expenses" page ).
The following figures are based on historical expenses of each fund and are
calculated as a percentage of average net assets of each fund. Each fund
has entered into arrangements with its custodian and transfer agent whereby
credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce
custodian and transfer agent expenses. Including these reductions, the
total fund operating expenses presented in each table would have
been 0.34 % .

TARGET TIMELINE 1999
Management fee (after reimbursement) 0.00
%

12b-1 fee None

Other expenses (after reimbursement) 0.35
%

Total fund operating expenses 0.35
%

TARGET TIMELINE 2001
Management fee (after reimbursement) 0.00
%

12b-1 fee None

Other expenses (after reimbursement) 0.35
%

Total fund operating expenses 0.35
%

TARGET TIMELINE 2003
Management fee (after reimbursement) 0.00
%

12b-1 fee None

Other expenses (after reimbursement) 0.35
%

Total fund operating expenses 0.35
%

EXAMPLES: Let's say, hypothetically, that each fund's annual return is 5%
and that its operating expenses are exactly as just described. For every
$1,000 you invested, here's how much you would pay in total expenses if you
close your account after the number of years indicated:

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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
After After After After
1 3 5 10
year year year year
s s s

Target Timeline 1999 $4 $1 $2 $4
1 0 4

Target Timeline 2001 $4 $1 $2 $4
1 0 4

Target Timeline 2003 $4 $1 $2 $4
1 0 4

</TABLE>

These examples illustrate the effect of expenses, but are not meant to
suggest actual or expected costs or returns, all of which may vary.
FMR has voluntarily agreed to reimburse the funds' to the extent that total
operating expenses exceed 0.35% of their average net assets. If this
agreement were not in effect, the management fee, other expenses, and total
operating expenses would have been 0.44 %, 1.45 %, and
1.89 %, respectively, for Target Timeline 1999, 0.44 %,
1.71 %, and 2.15 %, respectively, for Target Timeline 2001 and
0.44 %, 1.37 %, and 1.81 %, respectively, for Target
Timeline 2003. Expenses eligible for reimbursement do not include interest,
taxes, brokerage commissions, or extraordinary expenses.

UNDERSTANDING
EXPENSES
Operating a mutual fund
involves a variety of
expenses for portfolio
management, shareholder
statements, tax reporting, and
other services. These costs
are paid from the fund's
assets; their effect is already
factored into any quoted
share price or return.
(checkmark)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights tables that follow for each fund contains annual
information which has been audited by Price Waterhouse LLP independent
accountants. The funds' financial highlights, financial statements, and
report of the auditor are included in the funds' Annual Report, and are
incorporated by reference into (are legally a part of) the funds' SAI.
Contact Fidelity for a free copy of the Annual Report or the SAI.
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 1999

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Selected Per-Share Data and Ratios

Years ended July 31 1997 1996 E

Net asset value, beginning of period $ 9.530 $ 10.000

Income from Investment Operations .724 D .310
Net investment income

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .027 (.470)

Total from investment operations .751 (.160)

Less Distributions (.702) (.310)
From net investment income

Redemption fees added to paid in capital .001 .000

Net asset value, end of period $ 9.580 $ 9.530

Total return B,C 8.16% (1.58)%

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $ 12,197 $ 7,322

Ratio of expenses to average net assets .35% .35% A
F ,F

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense .34% .34% A
reductions G ,G

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 7.38% 6.88% A

Portfolio turnover rate 80% 118% A

</TABLE>

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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
Selected Per-Share Data and Ratios

Years ended July 31 1997 1996 E

Net asset value, beginning of period $ 9.400 $ 10.000

Income from Investment Operations .690 D .310
Net investment income

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .240 (.600)

Total from investment operations .930 (.290)

Less Distributions (.690) (.310)
From net investment income

Net asset value, end of period $ 9.640 $ 9.400

Total return B,C 10.26% (2.88)%

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $ 10,378 $ 6,180

Ratio of expenses to average net assets .35% .35% A,
F F

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense .34% .34% A,
reductions G G

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 7.31% 6.93% A

Portfolio turnover rate 97% 93% A

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
Selected Per-Share Data and Ratios

Years ended July 31 1997 1996 E

Net asset value, beginning of period $ 9.240 $ 10.000

Income from Investment Operations .634 D .307
Net investment income

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) .428 (.762)

Total from investment operations 1.062 (.455)

Less Distributions (.634) (.306)
From net investment income

Redemption fees added to paid in capital .002 .001

Net asset value, end of period $ 9.670 $ 9.240

Total return B,C 11.94% (4.53)%

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $ 13,211 $ 6,977

Ratio of expenses to average net assets .35% .35% A,
F F

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense .34% .34% A,
reductions G G

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 6.76% 6.93% A

Portfolio turnover rate 83% 180% A

</TABLE>

A ANNUALIZED
B TOTAL RETURNS 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.
D NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE HAS BEEN CALCULATED BASED ON AVERAGE
SHARES OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.
E FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 8, 1996 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO JULY 31,
1996.
F FMR AGREED TO REIMBURSE A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES DURING THE
PERIOD. WITHOUT THIS REIMBURSEMENT, THE FUND'S EXPENSE RATIO WOULD HAVE
BEEN HIGHER.
G FMR OR THE FUND HAS ENTERED INTO VARYING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES
WHO EITHER PAID OR REDUCED A PORTION OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES.
PERFORMANCE
Bond fund performance can be measured as TOTAL RETURN or YIELD. The total
returns that follow are based on historical fund results and do not reflect
the effect of taxes.
Each fund's fiscal year runs from August 1 through July 31 The tables below
show each fund's performance over past fiscal years compared to different
measures, including U.S. Treasury STRIPS and a comparative index.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
Fiscal periods ended Pas Life
July 31, 1997 t 1 of
yea fund
r A

Target Timeline 1999 8.16 4.32
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/99 and 11/15/99) 8.05 4.37
% %

Target Timeline 2001 10.26 4.74
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/01 and 11/15/01) 9.86 4.07
% %

Target Timeline 2003 11.94 4.59
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/03 and 11/15/03) 11.95 4.33
% %

Lehman Brothers 10.76 6.12
Aggregate Bond Index % %

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURNS
Fiscal periods ended Past 1 Life of
July 31, 1997 year fundA

Target Timeline 1999 8.16 6.45
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/99 and 11/15/99) 8.05 6.54
% %

Target Timeline 2001 10.26 7.08
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/01 and 11/15/01) 9.86 6.08
% %

Target Timeline 2003 11.94 6.87
% %

US Treasury STRIPS (8/15/03 and 11/15/03) 11.95 6.48
% %

Lehman Brothers 10.76 9.18
Aggregate Bond Index % %

A FROM FEBRUARY 8, 1996
UNDERSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
Because these funds invest
in fixed-income securities,
their performance is related
to changes in interest rates.
Funds that hold short-term
bonds are usually less
affected by changes in
interest rates than long-term
bond funds. For that reason,
long-term bond funds typically
offer higher yields and carry
more risk than short-term
bond funds.
(checkmark)

EXPLANATION OF TERMS
TOTAL RETURN is the change in value of an investment over a given period,
assuming reinvestment of any dividends and capital gains. A CUMULATIVE
TOTAL RETURN reflects actual performance over a stated period of time. An
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN is a hypothetical rate of return that, if
achieved annually, would have produced the same cumulative total return if
performance had been constant over the entire period. Average annual total
returns smooth out variations in performance; they are not the same as
actual year-by-year results.
YIELD refers to the income generated by an investment in a fund over a
given period of time, expressed as an annual percentage rate. Yields are
calculated according to a standard that is required for all stock and bond
funds. Because this differs from other accounting methods, the quoted yield
may not equal the income actually paid to shareholders.
Unlike each fund's returns, the total returns of the comparative index do
not include the effect of any brokerage commissions, transaction fees, or
other costs of investing.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX is a widely recognized measure of inflation
calculated by the U.S. Government.
U.S. TREASURY STRIPS are zero-coupon bonds which pay principal and
interest on maturity. Each fund compares its performance to the average of
the total returns of two U.S. Treasury STRIPS (evenly weighted by par
amount) that mature close to the fund's target maturity dates (August 15
and November 15 of the appropriate year).
LEHMAN BROTHERS AGGREGATE BOND INDEX is a market value weighted performance
benchmark for investment-grade fixed-rate debt issues, including
government, corporate, asset-backed, and mortgage-backed securities, with
maturities of at least one year.
The funds' recent strategies, performance, and holdings are detailed twice
a year in financial reports, which are sent to all shareholders. For
current performance or a free annual report, call 1-800-544-8888.
TOTAL RETURNS AND YIELDS ARE BASED ON PAST RESULTS AND ARE NOT AN
INDICATION OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
THE FUNDS IN DETAIL

CHARTER
EACH FUND IS A MUTUAL FUND: an investment that pools shareholders' money
and invests it toward a specified goal. Each fund is a non-diversified fund
of Fidelity Boston Street Trust, an open-end management company organized
as a Massachusetts business trust on December 31, 1989.
EACH FUND IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF TRUSTEES which is responsible for
protecting the interests of shareholders. The trustees are experienced
executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the funds'
activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide
services to the funds, and review the funds' performance. The trustees
serve as trustees for other Fidelity funds. The majority of trustees are
not otherwise affiliated with Fidelity.
THE FUNDS MAY HOLD SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS AND MAIL PROXY MATERIALS.
These meetings may be called to elect or remove trustees, change
fundamental policies, approve a management contract, or for other purposes.
Shareholders not attending these meetings are encouraged to vote by proxy.
Fidelity will mail proxy materials in advance, including a voting card and
information about the proposals to be voted on. For shareholders of Target
Timeline 1999, Target Timeline 2001, and Target Timeline 2003, the number
of votes you are entitled to is based upon the dollar value of your
investment.
FMR AND ITS AFFILIATES
The funds are managed by FMR, which chooses their investments and handles
their business affairs. Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (FMR
U.K.), in London, England, and Fidelity Management & Research (Far East)
Inc. (FMR Far East), in Tokyo, Japan, assist FMR with foreign investments.
Christine Thompson is Vice President and manager of the Target Timeline
funds, which she has managed since February 1996. She also manages other
Fidelity funds. Since joining Fidelity in 1985, Ms. Thompson has worked as
a senior analyst and manager.
Fidelity investment personnel may invest in securities for their own
accounts pursuant to a code of ethics that establishes procedures for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions.
Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) distributes and markets Fidelity's
funds and services.
Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC) performs transfer agent servicing
functions for each fund.
FMR Corp. is the ultimate parent company of FMR, FMR U.K. and FMR Far East.
Members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family are the predominant owners of a
class of shares of common stock representing approximately 49% of the
voting power of FMR Corp. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
1940 Act), control of a company is presumed where one individual or group
of individuals owns more than 25% of the voting stock of that company;
therefore, the Johnson family may be deemed under the 1940 Act to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR Corp.
As of July 31, 1997, approximately 30.8%, 38.1%, and 28.5% of each of
Target Timeline 1999's, Target Timeline 2001's, and Target Timeline 2003's
total outstanding shares, respectively, were held by FMR affiliates.
FMR may use its broker-dealer affiliates and other firms that sell fund
shares to carry out a fund's transactions, provided that the fund receives
brokerage services and commission rates comparable to those of other
broker-dealers.
INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES AND RISKS
The Fidelity Target Timeline Funds consist of three funds with target dates
for maturity of September 30, 1999, September 30, 2001, and September 30,
2003. Each fund will be liquidated shortly after its target date.
Each fund seeks a definable return over its lifetime by investing in
investment-grade, U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities under normal
conditions. The goal of each fund is to provide investors with a total
return that approximates the fund's quoted yield as of the date of purchase
if investors hold their investment to the fund's target date and reinvest
all distributions. The yield quoted by a fund represents the average yield
to maturity of the fund's investments according to the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) standards. Yield to maturity approximates the
annualized expected return of a bond over its lifetime, assuming its
interest payments are reinvested at the same rate. The funds may allocate
their investments among a variety of debt securities including U.S.
government securities, corporate debt securities, and asset-backed and
mortgage-backed securities. FMR anticipates actively managing each fund's
investments to take advantage of opportunities among and within market
sectors.
FMR seeks to achieve a definable return by managing each fund's sensitivity
to changing interest rates. In addition to affecting the value of the
funds' bonds, changes in interest rates affect the amount the funds earn
from reinvesting the income from the bonds. Falling interest rates, for
example, will increase the value of the funds' bonds but decrease earnings
from reinvestment, while rising interest rates will increase earnings from
reinvestment but decrease the value of the funds' bonds. In seeking a
definable return, FMR structures each fund's portfolio so that these
interest rate effects generally offset each other over the funds'
lifetimes. This strategy involves selecting securities whose average
duration is approximately equal to the amount of time remaining to the
fund's target date.
The duration of a security measures the weighted average time until the
interest and principal from a security are received. For a typical bond,
duration is shorter than maturity because much of the bond's return
consists of interest paid prior to the maturity date. In matching a fund's
duration to the time remaining to its target date, a fund is likely to hold
individual securities with longer maturities than the time remaining before
its target date. As the target date approaches, a fund will generally sell
securities with longer maturities and purchase securities that mature
closer to the target date.
By following this investment strategy, FMR expects to generate a
predictable return (within "0.50% annually of the fund's quoted yield at
the time of purchase) for a shareholder who holds the fund until its
maturity and reinvests all distributions. FMR will seek to generate this
return on average over each fund's lifetime, not on a year-by-year basis.
Several factors could cause a fund to achieve less than its quoted yield.
If an issuer of an investment owned by a fund defaults or if an
investment's credit quality declines and the investment is sold before
maturity, the fund's return will be reduced. Some securities may not lock
in a definite yield to maturity in all circumstances and may pay in a
different manner than FMR expects if, for example, they are called before
maturity or prepay interest or principal. In addition, the fund's strategy
of structuring its interest rate sensitivity may not be effective if
interest rates change significantly, or if interest rates for securities
with different maturities do not move in the same direction or by similar
magnitudes. Although FMR will try to avoid these risks in managing the
funds, the funds' quoted yields are not guaranteed and there is no
assurance that they will be achieved.
Each fund's yield and share price change daily and are based on changes in
interest rates, market conditions, other economic and political news, and
on the quality and maturity of their investments. In general, bond prices
rise when interest rates fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more
pronounced for longer-term securities. Lower-quality securities offer
higher yields, but also carry more risk. FMR may use various investment
techniques to hedge a portion of the funds' risks, but there is no
guarantee that these strategies will work as intended.
While each fund seeks a definable return (including reinvested dividends
and capital gains) over its life, the funds do not seek to provide
stability of principal, to give investors their principal back at maturity,
or to achieve any target share price. Returns over the funds' lifetimes may
come from any combination of changes in share price, dividends, and capital
gain distributions. If you sell your shares before the fund's target date,
you may earn more or less than your original yield, and may have an overall
loss on your investment. Upon liquidation of each fund, your shares may be
worth more or less than you paid for them.
FMR may use various techniques to hedge a portion of a fund's risks, but
there is no guarantee that these strategies will work as intended. When you
sell your shares of a fund, they may be worth more or less than what you
paid for them.
FMR normally invests each fund's assets according to its investment
strategy. Each fund also reserves the right to invest without limitation in
investment-grade money market or short-term debt instruments for temporary,
defensive purposes.
SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT PRACTICES
The following pages contain more detailed information about types of
instruments in which a fund may invest, strategies FMR may employ in
pursuit of a fund's investment objective, and a summary of related risks.
Any restrictions listed supplement those discussed earlier in this section.
A complete listing of each fund's limitations and more detailed information
about each fund's investments are contained in a fund's SAI. Policies and
limitations are considered at the time of purchase; the sale of instruments
is not required in the event of a subsequent change in circumstances.
FMR may not buy all of these instruments or use all of these techniques
unless it believes that they are consistent with a fund's investment
objective and policies and that doing so will help a fund achieve its goal.
Fund holdings and recent investment strategies are detailed in each fund's
financial reports, which are sent to shareholders twice a year. For a free
SAI or financial report, call 1-800-544-8888.
DEBT SECURITIES. Bonds and other debt instruments are used by issuers to
borrow money from investors. The issuer generally pays the investor a
fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount
borrowed at maturity. Some debt securities, such as zero coupon bonds, do
not pay current interest, but are sold at a discount from their face
values.
Debt securities have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest
rates and varying degrees of credit quality. In general, bond prices rise
when interest rates fall, and fall when interest rates rise. Longer-term
bonds and zero coupon bonds are generally more sensitive to interest rate
changes.
In addition, bond prices are also affected by the credit quality of the
issuer. Investment-grade debt securities are medium- and high-quality
securities. Some, however, may possess speculative characteristics, and may
be more sensitive to economic changes and to changes in the financial
condition of issuers.
RESTRICTIONS: The funds normally invest in investment-grade securities, but
reserve the right to invest up to 5% of their assets in below
investment-grade securities (sometimes called "junk bonds"). A security is
considered to be investment-grade if it is rated investment-grade by
Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating
Co., or Fitch Investors Service, L.P., or is unrated but judged by FMR to
be of equivalent quality.
MONEY MARKET SECURITIES are high-quality, short-term instruments issued by
the U.S. Government, corporations, financial institutions, municipalities,
local and state governments, and other entities. These securities may carry
fixed, variable, or floating interest rates. Some money market securities
employ a trust or similar structure to modify the maturity, price
characteristics, or quality of financial assets so that they are eligible
investments for money market funds. If the structure does not perform as
intended, adverse tax or investment consequences may result.
U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES are high-quality debt instruments issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the
U.S. Government. Not all U.S. Government securities are backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States. For example, U.S. Government
securities such as those issued by Fannie Mae are supported by the
instrumentality's right to borrow money from the U.S. Treasury under
certain circumstances. Other U.S. Government securities such as those
issued by the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation are supported
only by the credit of the entity that issued them.
FOREIGN EXPOSURE. Securities issued by foreign entities, including foreign
governments, corporations, and banks, and securities issued by U.S.
entities with substantial foreign operations may involve additional risks
and considerations. Extensive public information about the foreign entity
may not be available, and unfavorable political, economic, or governmental
developments in the foreign country involved could affect the repayment of
principal or payment of interest.
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES include interests in pools of debt securities,
commercial or consumer loans, or other receivables. The value of these
securities depends on many factors, including changes in interest rates,
the availability of information concerning the pool and its structure, the
credit quality of the underlying assets, the market's perception of the
servicer of the pool, and any credit enhancement provided. In addition,
these securities may be subject to prepayment risk.
MORTGAGE SECURITIES include interests in pools of commercial or residential
mortgages, and may include complex instruments such as collateralized
mortgage obligations and stripped mortgage-backed securities. Mortgage
securities may be issued by agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S.
Government or by private entities.
The price of a mortgage security may be significantly affected by changes
in interest rates. Some mortgage securities may have a structure that makes
their reaction to interest rates and other factors difficult to predict,
making their price highly volatile. Also, mortgage securities, especially
stripped mortgage-backed securities, are subject to prepayment risk.
Securities subject to prepayment risk generally offer less potential for
gains during a declining interest rate environment, and similar or greater
potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.
STRIPPED SECURITIES are the separate income or principal components of a
debt security. The risks associated with stripped securities are similar to
those of other debt securities, although stripped securities may be more
volatile and the value of certain types of stripped securities may move in
the same direction as interest rates. U.S. Treasury securities that have
been stripped by a Federal Reserve Bank are obligations issued by the U.S.
Treasury.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In a repurchase agreement, a fund buys a security at
one price and simultaneously agrees to sell it back at a higher price.
Delays or losses could result if the other party to the agreement defaults
or becomes insolvent.
ADJUSTING INVESTMENT EXPOSURE. A fund can use various techniques to
increase or decrease its exposure to changing security prices and interest
rates, or other factors that affect security values. These techniques may
involve derivative transactions such as buying and selling options and
futures contracts, entering into swap agreements, and purchasing indexed
securities.
FMR can use these practices to adjust the risk and return characteristics
of a fund's portfolio of investments. If FMR judges market conditions
incorrectly or employs a strategy that does not correlate well with a
fund's investments, these techniques could result in a loss, regardless of
whether the intent was to reduce risk or increase return. These techniques
may increase the volatility of a fund and may involve a small investment of
cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed. In addition, these
techniques could result in a loss if the counterparty to the transaction
does not perform as promised.
ILLIQUID AND RESTRICTED SECURITIES. Some investments may be determined by
FMR, under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, to be illiquid, which
means that they may be difficult to sell promptly at an acceptable price.
The sale of some illiquid securities and some other securities may be
subject to legal restrictions. Difficulty in selling securities may result
in a loss or may be costly to a fund.
RESTRICTIONS: A fund may not purchase a security if, as a result, more than
10% of its assets would be invested in illiquid securities.
WHEN-ISSUED AND FORWARD PURCHASE OR SALE TRANSACTIONS are trading practices
in which payment and delivery for the security take place at a later date
than is customary for that type of security. The market value of the
security could change during this period.
OTHER INSTRUMENTS may include real estate-related instruments.
CASH MANAGEMENT. A fund may invest in money market securities, in
repurchase agreements, and in a money market fund available only to funds
and accounts managed by FMR or its affiliates, whose goal is to seek a high
level of current income while maintaining a stable $1.00 share price. A
major change in interest rates or a default on the money market fund's
investments could cause its share price to change.
DIVERSIFICATION. Diversifying a fund's investment portfolio can reduce the
risks of investing. This may include limiting the amount of money invested
in any one issuer or, on a broader scale, in any one industry. A fund that
is not diversified may be more sensitive to changes in the market value of
a single issuer or industry.
RESTRICTIONS: Each fund is considered non-diversified. Generally, to meet
federal tax requirements at the close of each quarter, each fund does not
invest more than 25% of its total assets in any issuer and, with respect to
50% of total assets, does not invest more than 5% of its total assets in
any issuer. These limitations do not apply to U.S. Government securities or
to securities of other investment companies.
A fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in any one
industry. This limitation does not apply to U.S. Government securities.
BORROWING. Each fund may borrow from banks or from other funds advised by
FMR, or through reverse repurchase agreements. If a fund borrows money, its
share price may be subject to greater fluctuation until the borrowing is
paid off. If a fund makes additional investments while borrowings are
outstanding, this may be considered a form of leverage.
RESTRICTIONS: Each fund may borrow only for temporary or emergency
purposes, but not in an amount exceeding 331/3% of its total assets.
LENDING securities to broker-dealers and institutions, including Fidelity
Brokerage Services, Inc. (FBSI), an affiliate of FMR, is a means of earning
income. This practice could result in a loss or a delay in recovering a
fund's securities. A fund may also lend money to other funds advised by
FMR.
RESTRICTIONS: Loans, in the aggregate, may not exceed 331/3% of a fund's
total assets.
FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS
Some of the policies and restrictions discussed on the preceding pages are
fundamental, that is, subject to change only by shareholder approval. The
following paragraphs restate all those that are fundamental. All policies
stated throughout this prospectus, other than those identified in the
following paragraphs, can be changed without shareholder approval.
Each fund seeks a definable return over its lifetime.
Each fund may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in any one
industry. This limitation does not apply to U.S. Government Securities.
Each fund may borrow only for temporary or emergency purposes, but not in
an amount exceeding 33% of its total assets.
Loans, in the aggregate, may not exceed 33% of the fund's total assets.
BREAKDOWN OF EXPENSES
Like all mutual funds, the funds pay fees related to their daily
operations. Expenses paid out of a fund's assets are reflected in its share
price or dividends; they are neither billed directly to shareholders nor
deducted from shareholder accounts.
Each fund pays a MANAGEMENT FEE to FMR for managing its investments and
business affairs. FMR in turn pays fees to affiliates who provide
assistance with these services. Each fund also pays OTHER EXPENSES, which
are explained on the right.
FMR may, from time to time, agree to reimburse the funds for management
fees and other expenses above a specified limit. FMR retains the ability to
be repaid by a fund if expenses fall below the specified limit prior to the
end of the fiscal year. Reimbursement arrangements, which may be terminated
at any time without notice, can decrease a fund's expenses and boost its
performance.
MANAGEMENT FEE
The management fee is calculated and paid to FMR every month. The fee is
calculated by adding a group fee rate to an individual fund fee rate, and
multiplying the result by the fund's average net assets.
The group fee rate is based on the average net assets of all the mutual
funds advised by FMR. This rate cannot rise above 0.37%, and it drops as
total assets under management increase.
For July 1997, the group fee rate was 0.1387 %. The individual fund
fee rate is 0 .30% for each fund.
Because of a reimbursement arrangement, the total management fee rate for
the fiscal year ended July 1997 was 0.00 % for each fund.
UNDERSTANDING THE
MANAGEMENT FEE
The management fee FMR
receives is designed to be
responsive to changes in
FMR's total assets under
management. Building this
variable into the fee
calculation assures
shareholders that they will
pay a lower rate as FMR's
assets under management
increase.
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FMR HAS SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS with FMR U.K. and FMR Far East. These
sub-advisers provide FMR with investment research and advice on issuers
based outside the United States. Under the sub-advisory agreements, FMR
pays FMR U.K. and FMR Far East fees equal to 110% and 105%, respectively,
of the costs of providing these services.
The sub-advisers may also provide investment management services. In
return, FMR pays FMR U.K. and FMR Far East a fee equal to 50% of its
management fee rate with respect to a fund's investments that the
sub-adviser manages on a discretionary basis.
OTHER EXPENSES
While the management fee is a significant component of the funds' annual
operating costs, the funds have other expenses as well.
The funds contract with FSC to perform transfer agency, dividend
disbursing, shareholder servicing, and accounting functions. These services
include processing shareholder transactions, valuing each fund's
investments, handling securities loans for each fund, and calculating each
fund's share price and dividends.
For the fiscal year ended July 1997, transfer agency and pricing and
bookkeeping fees paid (as a percentage of average net assets) amounted to
the following. These amounts are before expense reductions, if any.
Transfer
Agency and
Pricing and
Bookkeeping
Fees Paid by
Fund

Target Timeline 0.83 %
1999

Target Timeline 0.94 %
2001

Target Timeline 0.79 %
2003

Each fund also pays other expenses, such as legal, audit, and custodian
fees; in some instances, proxy solicitation costs; and the compensation of
trustees who are not affiliated with Fidelity. A broker-dealer may use a
portion of the commissions paid by a fund to reduce that fund's custodian
or transfer agent fees.
Each fund has adopted a DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLAN. Each plan recognizes
that FMR may use its management fee revenues, as well as its past profits
or its resources from any other source, to pay FDC for expenses incurred in
connection with the distribution of fund shares. FMR directly, or through
FDC, may make payments to third parties, such as banks or broker-dealers,
that engage in the sale of, or provide shareholder support services for,
the fund's shares. Currently, the Board of Trustees of each fund has not
authorized such payments.
For the fiscal year ended July 1997 the portfolio turnover rates for Target
Timeline 1999, Target Timeline 2001 and Target Timeline 2003 were
80 %, 97 % and 83 %, respectively. These rates vary from
year to year.
YOUR ACCOUNT

DOING BUSINESS WITH FIDELITY
Fidelity Investments was established in 1946 to manage one of America's
first mutual funds. Today, Fidelity is the largest mutual fund company in
the country, and is known as an innovative provider of high-quality
financial services to individuals and institutions.
In addition to its mutual fund business, the company operates one of
America's leading discount brokerage firms, FBSI. Fidelity is also a leader
in providing tax-sheltered retirement plans for individuals investing on
their own or through their employer.
Fidelity is committed to providing investors with practical information to
make investment decisions. Based in Boston, Fidelity provides customers
with complete service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, through a network of
telephone service centers around the country.
To reach Fidelity for general information, call these numbers:
(small solid bullet) For mutual funds, 1-800-544-8888
(small solid bullet) For brokerage, 1-800-544-7272
If you would prefer to speak with a representative in person, Fidelity has
over 80 walk-in Investor Centers across the country.
TYPES OF ACCOUNTS
You may set up an account directly in a fund or, if you own or intend to
purchase individual securities as part of your total investment portfolio,
you may consider investing in a fund through a brokerage account.
You may purchase or sell shares of the funds through an investment
professional, including a broker, who may charge you a transaction fee for
this service. If you invest through FBSI, another financial institution, or
an investment professional, read their program materials for any special
provisions, additional service features or fees that may apply to your
investment in a fund. Certain features of the fund, such as the minimum
initial or subsequent investment amounts, may be modified.
The different ways to set up (register) your account with Fidelity are
listed in the table that follows.
The account guidelines that follow may not apply to certain retirement
accounts. If you are investing through a retirement account or if your
employer offers the funds through a retirement program, you may be subject
to additional fees. For more information, please refer to your program
materials, contact your employer, or call your retirement benefits number
or Fidelity directly, as appropriate.
FIDELITY FACTS
Fidelity offers the broadest
selection of mutual funds
in the world.
(solid bullet) Number of Fidelity mutual
funds: over 235
(solid bullet) Assets in Fidelity mutual
funds: over $ 470 billion
(solid bullet) Number of shareholder
accounts: over 32 million
(solid bullet) Number of investment
analysts and portfolio
managers: over 273
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WAYS TO SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT
INDIVIDUAL OR JOINT TENANT
FOR YOUR GENERAL INVESTMENT NEEDS
Individual accounts are owned by one person. Joint accounts can have two or
more owners (tenants).
RETIREMENT
TO SHELTER YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS FROM TAXES
Retirement plans allow individuals to shelter investment income and
capital gains from current taxes. In addition, contributions to these
accounts may be tax deductible. Retirement accounts require special
applications and typically have lower minimums.
(solid bullet) INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (IRAS) allow anyone of legal
age and under 70 with earned income to invest up to $2,000 per tax year.
Individuals can also invest in a spouse's IRA if the spouse has earned
income of less than $250.
(solid bullet) ROLLOVER IRAS retain special tax advantages for certain
distributions from employer-sponsored retirement plans.
(solid bullet) KEOGH OR CORPORATE PROFIT SHARING AND MONEY PURCHASE PENSION
PLANS allow self-employed individuals or small business owners (and their
employees) to make tax-deductible contributions for themselves and any
eligible employees up to $30,000 per year.
(solid bullet) SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLANS (SEP-IRAS) provide small
business owners or those with self-employed income (and their eligible
employees) with many of the same advantages as a Keogh, but with fewer
administrative requirements.
(solid bullet) SIMPLE IRAS provide small business owners and those with
self-employed income (and their eligible employees) with many of the
advantages of a 401k plan, but with fewer administrative requirements.
(solid bullet) 403(B) CUSTODIAL ACCOUNTS are available to employees of most
tax-exempt institutions, including schools, hospitals, and other charitable
organizations.
(solid bullet) 401(K) PROGRAMS allow employees of corporations of all sizes
to contribute a percentage of their wages on a tax-deferred basis. These
accounts need to be established by the trustee of the plan.
GIFTS OR TRANSFERS TO A MINOR (UGMA, UTMA)
TO INVEST FOR A CHILD'S EDUCATION OR OTHER FUTURE NEEDS
These custodial accounts provide a way to give money to a child and obtain
tax benefits. An individual can give up to $10,000 a year per child without
paying federal gift tax. Depending on state laws, you can set up a
custodial account under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) or the
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA).
TRUST
FOR MONEY BEING INVESTED BY A TRUST
The trust must be established before an account can be opened.
BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION
FOR INVESTMENT NEEDS OF CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, OR OTHER
GROUPS
Requires a special application.
HOW TO BUY SHARES
EACH FUND'S SHARE PRICE, called net asset value (NAV) per share, is
calculated every business day. Each fund's shares are sold without a sales
charge.
Shares are purchased at the next share price calculated after your
investment is received and accepted. Share price is normally calculated at
4 p.m. Eastern time.
IF YOU ARE NEW TO FIDELITY, complete and sign an account application and
mail it along with your check. You may also open your account in person or
by wire as described on page . If there is no application accompanying this
prospectus, call 1-800-544-8888.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE MONEY INVESTED IN A FIDELITY FUND, you can:
(small solid bullet) Mail in an application with a check, or
(small solid bullet) Open your account by exchanging from another Fidelity
fund.
IF YOU ARE INVESTING THROUGH A TAX-SHELTERED RETIREMENT PLAN, such as an
IRA, for the first time, you will need a special application. Retirement
investing also involves its own investment procedures. Call 1-800-544-8888
for more information and a retirement application.
If you buy shares by check or Fidelity Money Line(registered trademark),
and then sell those shares by any method other than by exchange to another
Fidelity fund, the payment may be delayed for up to seven business days to
ensure that your previous investment has cleared.

MINIMUM INVESTMENTS
TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT $2,500
For Fidelity IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP-IRA
and Keogh accounts $500
TO ADD TO AN ACCOUNT $250
For Fidelity IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP-IRA
and Keogh accounts $250
Through regular investment plans* $100
MINIMUM BALANCE $2,000
For Fidelity IRA, Rollover IRA, SEP-IRA
and Keogh accounts $500
*FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REGULAR INVESTMENT PLANS, PLEASE REFER TO
"INVESTOR SERVICES," PAGE .
These minimums may vary for investments through Fidelity Portfolio Advisory
Services. There is no minimum account balance or initial or subsequent
investment minimum for certain retirement accounts funded through salary
deduction, or accounts opened with the proceeds of distributions from
Fidelity retirement accounts. Refer to the program materials for details.

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Phone 1-800-544-777 (phone_graphic) (small solid bullet) Exchange from another (small solid bullet) Exchange from another
Fidelity fund account Fidelity fund account
with the same with the same
registration, including registration, including
name, address, and name, address, and
taxpayer ID number. taxpayer ID number.
(small solid bullet) Use Fidelity Money
Line to transfer from
your bank account. Call
before your first use to
verify that this service
is in place on your
account. Maximum
Money Line: up to
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Mail (mail_graphic) (small solid bullet) Complete and sign the (small solid bullet) Make your check
application. Make your payable to the complete
check payable to the name of the fund.
complete name of the Indicate your fund
fund of your choice. account number on
Mail to the address your check and mail to
indicated on the the address printed on
application. your account statement.
(small solid bullet) Exchange by mail: call
1-800-544-6666 for
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In Person (hand_graphic) (small solid bullet) Bring your application (small solid bullet) Bring your check to a
and check to a Fidelity Fidelity Investor Center.
Investor Center. Call Call 1-800-544-9797 for
1-800-544-9797 for the the center nearest you.
center nearest you.

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Wire (wire_graphic) (small solid bullet) Call 1-800-544-7777 to (small solid bullet) Not available for
set up your account retirement accounts.
and to arrange a wire (small solid bullet) Wire to:
transaction. Not Bankers Trust
available for retirement Company,
accounts. Bank Routing
(small solid bullet) Wire within 24 hours to: #021001033,
Bankers Trust Account #00163053.
Company, Specify the complete
Bank Routing name of the fund and
#021001033, include your account
Account #00163053. number and your
Specify the complete name.
name of the fund and
include your new
account number and
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Automatically (automatic_graphic) (small solid bullet) Not available. (small solid bullet) Use Fidelity Automatic
Account Builder. Sign
up for this service
when opening your
account, or call
1-800-544-6666 to add
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HOW TO SELL SHARES
You can arrange to take money out of your fund account at any time by
selling (redeeming) some or all of your shares. Your shares will be sold at
the next share price calculated after your order is received and accepted.
Share price is normally calculated at 4 p.m. Eastern time.
TO SELL SHARES IN A NON-RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, you may use any of the methods
described on these two pages.
TO SELL SHARES IN A FIDELITY RETIREMENT ACCOUNT, your request must be made
in writing, except for exchanges to other Fidelity funds, which can be
requested by phone or in writing. Call 1-800-544-6666 for a retirement
distribution form.
IF YOU ARE SELLING SOME BUT NOT ALL OF YOUR SHARES, leave at least $2,000
worth of shares in the account to keep it open ($500 for retirement
accounts).
TO SELL SHARES BY BANK WIRE OR FIDELITY MONEY LINE, you will need to sign
up for these services in advance.
CERTAIN REQUESTS MUST INCLUDE A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE. It is designed to
protect you and Fidelity from fraud. Your request must be made in writing
and include a signature guarantee if any of the following situations apply:
(small solid bullet) You wish to redeem more than $100,000 worth of shares,
(small solid bullet) Your account registration has changed within the last
30 days,
(small solid bullet) The check is being mailed to a different address than
the one on your account (record address),
(small solid bullet) The check is being made payable to someone other than
the account owner, or
(small solid bullet) The redemption proceeds are being transferred to a
Fidelity account with a different registration.
You should be able to obtain a signature guarantee from a bank, broker
(including Fidelity Investor Centers), dealer, credit union (if authorized
under state law), securities exchange or association, clearing agency, or
savings association. A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee.
SELLING SHARES IN WRITING
Write a "letter of instruction" with:
(small solid bullet) Your name,
(small solid bullet) The fund's name,
(small solid bullet) Your fund account number,
(small solid bullet) The dollar amount or number of shares to be redeemed,
and
(small solid bullet) Any other applicable requirements listed in the table
that follows.
Unless otherwise instructed, Fidelity will send a check to the record
address. Deliver your letter to a Fidelity Investor Center, or mail it to:
Fidelity Investments
P.O. Box 660602
Dallas, TX 75266-0602
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IF YOU SELL SHARES OF A FUND AFTER HOLDING THEM LESS THAN 90 DAYS, THE FUND WILL DEDUCT
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Phone 1-800-544-777 (phone_graphic) All account types (small solid bullet) Maximum check request:
except retirement $100,000.
(small solid bullet) For Money Line transfers to
All account types your bank account; minimum:
$10; maximum: up to
$100,000.
(small solid bullet) You may exchange to other
Fidelity funds if both
accounts are registered with
the same name(s), address,
and taxpayer ID number.

Mail or in Person (mail_graphic)(hand_graphic) Individual, Joint (small solid bullet) The letter of instruction must
Tenant, be signed by all persons
Sole Proprietorship required to sign for
, UGMA, UTMA transactions, exactly as their
Retirement account names appear on the
account.
(small solid bullet) The account owner should
Trust complete a retirement
distribution form. Call
1-800-544-6666 to request
one.
Business or (small solid bullet) The trustee must sign the
Organization letter indicating capacity as
trustee. If the trustee's name
is not in the account
registration, provide a copy of
the trust document certified
Executor, within the last 60 days.
Administrator, (small solid bullet) At least one person
Conservator, authorized by corporate
Guardian resolution to act on the
account must sign the letter.
(small solid bullet) Include a corporate
resolution with corporate seal
or a signature guarantee.
(small solid bullet) Call 1-800-544-6666 for
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Wire (wire_graphic) All account types (small solid bullet) You must sign up for the wire
except retirement feature before using it. To
verify that it is in place, call
1-800-544-6666. Minimum
wire: $5,000.
(small solid bullet) Your wire redemption request
must be received and
accepted by Fidelity before 4
p.m. Eastern time for money
to be wired on the next
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INVESTOR SERVICES
Fidelity provides a variety of services to help you manage your account.
INFORMATION SERVICES
FIDELITY'S TELEPHONE REPRESENTATIVES are available 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year. Whenever you call, you can speak with someone equipped to provide
the information or service you need.
24-HOUR SERVICE
ACCOUNT ASSISTANCE
1-800-544-6666
ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS
1-800-544-7777
PRODUCT INFORMATION
1-800-544-8888
RETIREMENT ACCOUNT
ASSISTANCE
1-800-544-4774
TOUCHTONE XPRESSSM
1-800-544-5555
AUTOMATED SERVICE
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STATEMENTS AND REPORTS that Fidelity sends to you include the following:
(small solid bullet) Confirmation statements (after every transaction,
except reinvestments, that affects your account balance or your account
registration)
(small solid bullet) Account statements (quarterly)
(small solid bullet) Financial reports (every six months)
To reduce expenses, only one copy of most financial reports and
prospectuses will be mailed to your household, even if you have more than
one account in the fund. Call 1-800-544-6666 if you need copies of
financial reports, prospectuses, or historical account information.
TRANSACTION SERVICES
EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE. You may sell your fund shares and buy shares of other
Fidelity funds by telephone or in writing.
Note that exchanges out of a fund are limited to four per calendar year,
and that they may have tax consequences for you. For details on policies
and restrictions governing exchanges, including circumstances under which a
shareholder's exchange privilege may be suspended or revoked, see page .
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PLANS let you set up periodic redemptions from your
account.
FIDELITY MONEY LINE(registered trademark) enables you to transfer money by
phone between your bank account and your fund account. Most transfers are
complete within three business days of your call.
REGULAR INVESTMENT PLANS
One easy way to pursue your financial goals is to invest money regularly.
Fidelity offers convenient services that let you transfer money into your
fund account, or between fund accounts, automatically. While regular
investment plans do not guarantee a profit and will not protect you against
loss in a declining market, they can be an excellent way to invest for
retirement, a home, educational expenses, and other long-term financial
goals. Certain restrictions apply for retirement accounts. Call
1-800-544-6666 for more information.
REGULAR INVESTMENT PLANS
FIDELITY AUTOMATIC ACCOUNT BUILDERSM
TO MOVE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO A FIDELITY FUND

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MINIMUM FREQUENCY SETTING UP OR CHANGING
$100 Monthly or (small solid bullet) For a new account, complete the
quarterly appropriate section on the fund
application.
(small solid bullet) For existing accounts, call
1-800-544-6666 for an application.
(small solid bullet) To change the amount or frequency of
your investment, call 1-800-544-6666 at
least three business days prior to your
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DIRECT DEPOSIT
TO SEND ALL OR A PORTION OF YOUR PAYCHECK OR GOVERNMENT CHECK TO A FIDELITY
FUNDA

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MINIMUM FREQUENCY SETTING UP OR CHANGING
$100 Every pay (small solid bullet) Check the appropriate box on the fund
period application, or call 1-800-544-6666 for an
authorization form.
(small solid bullet) Changes require a new authorization
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FIDELITY AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE SERVICE
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$100 Monthly, (small solid bullet) To establish, call 1-800-544-6666 after
bimonthly, both accounts are opened.
quarterly, or (small solid bullet) To change the amount or frequency of
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A BECAUSE THEIR SHARE PRICES FLUCTUATE, THESE FUNDS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE
CHOICES FOR DIRECT DEPOSIT OF YOUR ENTIRE CHECK.
SHAREHOLDER AND ACCOUNT POLICIES

MATURITY AND LIQUIDATION OF THE FUNDS
The target date for Target Timeline 1999, Target Timeline 2001, and Target
Timeline 2003 is September 30, 1999, 2001, and 2003, respectively. On those
dates, the respective funds will mature. The trustees expect to liquidate
each fund within one month after the fund's target date. Prior to the
target date, shareholders of each fund will be notified of the liquidation
and can receive payment for the value of their shares or exchange their
shares for shares of another Fidelity fund. If instructions are not
received prior to the target date, shares will be exchanged for shares of
Fidelity Cash Reserves, or if Fidelity Cash Reserves shares are not
available, shares of another money market fund advised by FMR, or in the
case of employee benefit plans, the cash option specified by the plan.
The trustees anticipate closing each fund to new investors approximately
one year prior to the target date of the fund. Purchases of a fund's shares
will continue to be available to shareholders who have elected to reinvest
distributions and to shareholders investing through regular investment
programs.
DIVIDENDS, CAPITAL GAINS, AND TAXES
Each fund distributes substantially all of its net investment income and
capital gains to shareholders each year. Income dividends are declared
daily and paid monthly. Capital gains are normally distributed in September
and December.
DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
When you open an account, specify on your application how you want to
receive your distributions. If the option you prefer is not listed on the
application, call 1-800-544-6666 for instructions. Each fund offers four
options:
1. REINVESTMENT OPTION. Your dividend and capital gain distributions will
be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the fund. If you do not
indicate a choice on your application, you will be assigned this option.
2. INCOME-EARNED OPTION. Your capital gain distributions will be
automatically reinvested, but you will be sent a check for each dividend
distribution.
3. CASH OPTION. You will be sent a check for your dividend and capital gain
distributions.
4. DIRECTED DIVIDENDS(registered trademark) OPTION. Your dividend and
capital gain distributions will be automatically invested in another
identically registered Fidelity fund.
FOR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, all distributions are automatically reinvested.
When you are over 59 years old, you can receive distributions in cash.
Dividends will be reinvested at the fund's NAV on the last day of the
month. Capital gain distributions will be reinvested at the NAV as of the
date the fund deducts the distribution from its NAV. The mailing of
distribution checks will begin within seven days.
UNDERSTANDING
DISTRIBUTIONS
As a fund shareholder, you
are entitled to your share of
the fund's net income and
gains on its investments. The
fund passes its earnings
along to its investors as
DISTRIBUTIONS.
Each fund earns interest from
its investments. These are
passed along as DIVIDEND
DISTRIBUTIONS. The fund may
realize capital gains if it sells
securities for a higher price
than it paid for them. These
are passed along as CAPITAL
GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.
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TAXES
As with any investment, you should consider how your investment in a fund
will be taxed. If your account is not a tax-deferred retirement account,
you should be aware of these tax implications.
TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions are subject to federal income tax,
and may also be subject to state or local taxes. If you live outside the
United States, your distributions could also be taxed by the country in
which you reside. Your distributions are taxable when they are paid,
whether you take them in cash or reinvest them. However, distributions
declared in December and paid in January are taxable as if they were paid
on December 31.
For federal tax purposes, each fund's income and short-term capital gain
distributions are taxed as dividends; long-term capital gain distributions
are taxed as long-term capital gains. Every January, Fidelity will send you
and the IRS a statement showing the taxable distributions paid to you in
the previous year.
TAXES ON TRANSACTIONS. Your redemptions - including exchanges to other
Fidelity funds and payments resulting from liquidation of the funds after
their respective target dates - are subject to capital gains tax. A capital
gain or loss is the difference between the cost of your shares and the
price you receive when you sell them.
Whenever you sell shares of a fund, Fidelity will send you a confirmation
statement showing how many shares you sold and at what price. You will also
receive a consolidated transaction statement every January. However, it is
up to you or your tax preparer to determine whether this sale resulted in a
capital gain and, if so, the amount of tax to be paid. Be sure to keep your
regular account statements; the information they contain will be essential
in calculating the amount of your capital gains.
"BUYING A DIVIDEND." If you buy shares when a fund has realized but not yet
distributed capital gains, you will pay the full price for the shares and
then receive a portion of the price back in the form of a taxable
distribution.
EFFECT OF FOREIGN TAXES. Foreign governments may impose taxes on a fund and
its investments and these taxes generally will reduce the fund's
distributions.
There are tax requirements that all funds must follow in order to avoid
federal taxation. In its effort to adhere to these requirements, a fund may
have to limit its investment activity in some types of instruments.
TRANSACTION DETAILS
THE FUNDS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
is open. Fidelity normally calculates each fund's NAV as of the close of
business of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
EACH FUND'S NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is computed by
adding the value of the fund's investments, cash, and other assets,
subtracting its liabilities, and then dividing the result by the number of
shares outstanding.
Each fund's assets are valued on the basis of information furnished by a
pricing service or market quotations, if available, or by another method
that the Board of Trustees believes accurately reflects fair value.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for
which quotations and information furnished by a pricing service are not
readily available are valued on the basis of amortized cost. This method
minimizes the effect of changes in a security's market value. Foreign
securities are valued on the basis of quotations from the primary market in
which they are traded, and are translated from the local currency into U.S.
dollars using current exchange rates. If the values have been materially
affected by events occurring after the closing of a foreign market, assets
may be valued by another method that the Board of Trustees believes
accurately reflects fair value.
EACH FUND'S OFFERING PRICE (price to buy one share) is its NAV. Each fund's
REDEMPTION PRICE (price to sell one share) is its NAV minus the fund's
redemption fee, if applicable.
WHEN YOU SIGN YOUR ACCOUNT APPLICATION, you will be asked to certify that
your social s ecurity or taxpayer identification number is correct
and that you are not subject to 31% backup withholding for failing to
report income to the IRS. If you violate IRS regulations, the IRS can
require a fund to withhold 31% of your taxable distributions and
redemptions.
YOU MAY INITIATE MANY TRANSACTIONS BY TELEPHONE. Fidelity may only be
liable for losses resulting from unauthorized transactions if it does not
follow reasonable procedures designed to verify the identity of the caller.
Fidelity will request personalized security codes or other information, and
may also record calls. You should verify the accuracy of your confirmation
statements immediately after you receive them. If you do not want the
ability to redeem and exchange by telephone, call Fidelity for
instructions.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO REACH FIDELITY BY PHONE (for example, during periods
of unusual market activity), consider placing your order by mail or by
visiting a Fidelity Investor Center.
EACH FUND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND THE OFFERING OF SHARES for a period
of time. Each fund also reserves the right to reject any specific purchase
order, including certain purchases by exchange. See "Exchange Restrictions"
on page . Purchase orders may be refused if, in FMR's opinion, they would
disrupt management of a fund.
WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER TO BUY SHARES, your order will be processed at the
next offering price calculated after your order is received and accepted.
Note the following:
(small solid bullet) All of your purchases must be made in U.S. dollars and
checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.
(small solid bullet) Fidelity does not accept cash.
(small solid bullet) When making a purchase with more than one check, each
check must have a value of at least $50.
(small solid bullet) Each fund reserves the right to limit the number of
checks processed at one time.
(small solid bullet) If your check does not clear, your purchase will be
cancelled and you could be liable for any losses or fees a fund or its
transfer agent has incurred.
(small solid bullet) You begin to earn dividends as of the first business
day following the day of your purchase.
TO AVOID THE COLLECTION PERIOD associated with check and Money Line
purchases, consider buying shares by bank wire, U.S. Postal money order,
U.S. Treasury check, Federal Reserve check, or direct deposit instead.
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS that have entered into sales agreements with
FDC may enter confirmed purchase orders on behalf of customers by phone,
with payment to follow no later than the time when a fund is priced on the
following business day. If payment is not received by that time, the
financial institution could be held liable for resulting fees or losses.
WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER TO SELL SHARES, your shares will be sold at the
next NAV calculated after your request is received and accepted. Note the
following:
(small solid bullet) Normally, redemption proceeds will be mailed to you on
the next business day, but if making immediate payment could adversely
affect a fund, it may take up to seven days to pay you.
(small solid bullet) Shares will earn dividends through the date of
redemption; however, shares redeemed on a Friday or prior to a holiday will
continue to earn dividends until the next business day.
(small solid bullet) Fidelity Money Line redemptions generally will be
credited to your bank account on the second or third business day after
your phone call.
(small solid bullet) Each fund may hold payment on redemptions until it is
reasonably satisfied that investments made by check or Fidelity Money Line
have been collected, which can take up to seven business days.
(small solid bullet) Redemptions may be suspended or payment dates
postponed when the NYSE is closed (other than weekends or holidays), when
trading on the NYSE is restricted, or as permitted by the SEC.
A REDEMPTION FEE, if applicable, of 0.50% for shares held less than 90 days
will be deducted from the amount of your redemption. This fee is paid to
the fund rather than FMR, and it does not apply to shares that were
acquired through reinvestment of distributions. If you bought shares on
different days, the shares you held longest will be redeemed first for
purposes of determining whether the redemption fee applies.
FIDELITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DEDUCT AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE of $12.00
from accounts with a value of less than $2,500, subject to an annual
maximum charge of $24.00 per shareholder. It is expected that accounts will
be valued on the second Friday in November of each year. Accounts opened
after September 30 will not be subject to the fee for that year. The fee,
which is payable to the transfer agent, is designed to offset in part the
relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts. This fee will not be
deducted from Fidelity brokerage accounts, retirement accounts (except
non-prototype retirement accounts), accounts using regular investment
plans, or if total assets with Fidelity exceed $30,000. Eligibility for the
$30,000 waiver is determined by aggregating Fidelity accounts maintained by
FSC or FBSI which are registered under the same social security number or
which list the same social security number for the custodian of a Uniform
Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act account.
IF YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE FALLS BELOW $2,000, you will be given 30 days'
notice to reestablish the minimum balance. If you do not increase your
balance, Fidelity reserves the right to close your account and send the
proceeds to you. Your shares will be redeemed at the NAV on the day your
account is closed.
FIDELITY MAY CHARGE A FEE FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, such as providing
historical account documents, that are beyond the normal scope of its
services.
FDC may, at its own expense, provide promotional incentives to qualified
recipients who support the sale of shares of the funds without
reimbursement from the funds. Qualified recipients are securities dealers
who have sold fund shares or others, including banks and other financial
institutions, under special arrangements in connection with FDC's sales
activities. In some instances, these incentives may be offered only to
certain institutions whose representatives provide services in connection
with the sale or expected sale of significant amounts of shares.
EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS
As a shareholder, you have the privilege of exchanging shares of a fund for
shares of other Fidelity funds. However, you should note the following:
(small solid bullet) The fund you are exchanging into must be available for
sale in your state.
(small solid bullet) You may only exchange between accounts that are
registered in the same name, address, and taxpayer identification number.
(small solid bullet) Before exchanging into a fund, read its prospectus.
(small solid bullet) If you exchange into a fund with a sales charge, you
pay the percentage-point difference between that fund's sales charge and
any sales charge you have previously paid in connection with the shares you
are exchanging. For example, if you had already paid a sales charge of 2%
on your shares and you exchange them into a fund with a 3% sales charge,
you would pay an additional 1% sales charge.
(small solid bullet) Exchanges may have tax consequences for you.
(small solid bullet) Because excessive trading can hurt fund performance
and shareholders, each fund reserves the right to temporarily or
permanently terminate the exchange privilege of any investor who makes more
than four exchanges out of the fund per calendar year. Accounts under
common ownership or control, including accounts with the same taxpayer
identification number, will be counted together for purposes of the four
exchange limit.
(small solid bullet) The exchange limit may be modified for accounts in
certain institutional retirement plans to conform to plan exchange limits
and Department of Labor regulations. See your plan materials for further
information.
(small solid bullet) Each fund reserves the right to refuse exchange
purchases by any person or group if, in FMR's judgment, the fund would be
unable to invest the money effectively in accordance with its investment
objective and policies, or would otherwise potentially be adversely
affected.
(small solid bullet) Your exchanges may be restricted or refused if a fund
receives or anticipates simultaneous orders affecting significant portions
of the fund's assets. In particular, a pattern of exchanges that coincides
with a "market timing" strategy may be disruptive to a fund.
Although the funds will attempt to give you prior notice whenever they are
reasonably able to do so, they may impose these restrictions at any time.
The funds reserve the right to terminate or modify the exchange privilege
in the future.
OTHER FUNDS MAY HAVE DIFFERENT EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS, and may impose fees
of up to 1.00% on purchases, administrative fees of up to $7.50 and
redemption fees of up to 1.50% on exchanges. Check each fund's prospectus
for details.

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FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE FUNDSSM
FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 1999, FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 2001, AND FIDELITY
TARGET TIMELINE 2003
FUNDS OF FIDELITY BOSTON STREET TRUST
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus but
should be read in conjunction with the funds' current Prospectus (dated
September 25, 1997). Please retain this document for future reference. The
funds' Annual Report is a separate document supplied with this SAI. To
obtain a free additional copy of the Prospectus or an Annual Report, please
call Fidelity at 1-800-544-8888.
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE

Investment Policies and Limitations

Portfolio Transactions

Valuation

Performance

Additional Purchase and Redemption Information

Distributions and Taxes

FMR

Trustees and Officers

Management Contracts

Distribution and Service Plans

Contracts with FMR Affiliates

Description of the Trust

Financial Statements

Appendix

INVESTMENT ADVISER
Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR)
INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISERS
Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (FMR U.K.)
Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. (FMR Far East)
DISTRIBUTOR
Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC)
TRANSFER AGENT
Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC)
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INVESTMENT POLICIES AND LIMITATIONS
The following policies and limitations supplement those set forth in the
Prospectus. Unless otherwise noted, whenever an investment policy or
limitation states a maximum percentage of a fund's assets that may be
invested in any security or other asset, or sets forth a policy regarding
quality standards, such standard or percentage limitation will be
determined immediately after and as a result of the fund's acquisition of
such security or other asset. Accordingly, any subsequent change in values,
net assets, or other circumstances will not be considered when determining
whether the investment complies with the fund's investment policies and
limitations.
A fund's fundamental investment policies and limitations cannot be changed
without approval by a "majority of the outstanding voting securities" (as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the fund. However, except
for the fundamental investment limitations listed below, the investment
policies and limitations described in this SAI are not fundamental and may
be changed without shareholder approval.
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS OF FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 1999
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FUND'S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS SET FORTH
IN THEIR ENTIRETY. THE FUND MAY NOT:
(1) issue senior securities, except as permitted under the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(2) borrow money, except that the fund may borrow money for temporary or
emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not
exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less
liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed
this amount will be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and
holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation;
(3) underwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that the
fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933 in the disposition of restricted securities;
(4) purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities) if, as a result, more than 25% of the fund's total
assets would be invested in the securities of companies whose principal
business activities are in the same industry;
(5) purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership
of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the fund
from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or
securities of companies engaged in the real estate business);
(6) purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of
ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent
the fund from purchasing or selling options and futures contracts or from
investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical
commodities); or
(7) lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than 33
1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, but this
limitation does not apply to purchases of debt securities or to repurchase
agreements.
(8) The fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy
or limitation, invest all of its assets in the securities of a single
open-end management investment company managed by Fidelity Management &
Research Company or an affiliate or successor with substantially the same
fundamental investment objective, policies, and limitations as the fund.
THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS ARE NOT FUNDAMENTAL AND MAY BE CHANGED
WITHOUT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL.
(i) In order to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund
currently intends to comply with certain diversification limits imposed by
Subchapter M.
(ii) The fund does not currently intend to sell securities short, unless it
owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to
the securities sold short, and provided that transactions in futures
contracts and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities
short.
(iii) The fund does not currently intend to purchase securities on margin,
except that the fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary
for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments in
connection with futures contracts and options on futures contracts shall
not constitute purchasing securities on margin.
(iv) The fund may borrow money only (a) from a bank or from a registered
investment company or portfolio for which FMR or an affiliate serves as
investment adviser or (b) by engaging in reverse repurchase agreements with
any party (reverse repurchase agreements are treated as borrowings for
purposes of fundamental investment limitation (2)). The fund will not
purchase any security while borrowings representing more than 5% of its
total assets are outstanding. The fund will not borrow from other funds
advised by FMR or its affiliates if total outstanding borrowings
immediately after such borrowing would exceed 15% of the fund's total
assets.
(v) The fund does not currently intend to purchase any security if, as a
result, more than 10% of its net assets would be invested in securities
that are deemed to be illiquid because they are subject to legal or
contractual restrictions on resale or because they cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business at approximately the prices
at which they are valued.
(vi) The fund does not currently intend to lend assets other than
securities to other parties, except by (a) lending money (up to 5% of the
fund's net assets) to a registered investment company or portfolio for
which FMR or an affiliate serves as investment adviser or (b) acquiring
loans, loan participations, or other forms of direct debt instruments and,
in connection therewith, assuming any associated unfunded commitments of
the sellers. (This limitation does not apply to purchases of debt
securities or to repurchase agreements.)
(vii) The fund does not currently intend to invest all of its assets in the
securities of a single open-end management investment company managed by
Fidelity Management & Research Company or an affiliate or successor with
substantially the same fundamental investment objective, policies, and
limitations as the fund.
For the purposes of limitations (i), Subchapter M generally requires the
fund to invest no more than 25% of its total assets in securities of any
one issuer and to invest at least 50% of its total assets so that no more
than 5% of the funds' total assets are invested in securities of any one
issuer. However, Subchapter M allows unlimited investments in cash, cash
items, government securities (as defined in Subchapter M) and securities of
other investment companies. These tax requirements are generally applied at
the end of each quarter of the funds' taxable year.
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS OF FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 2001
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FUND'S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS SET FORTH
IN THEIR ENTIRETY. THE FUND MAY NOT:
(1) issue senior securities, except as permitted under the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(2) borrow money, except that the fund may borrow money for temporary or
emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not
exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less
liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed
this amount will be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and
holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation;
(3) underwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that the
fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933 in the disposition of restricted securities;
(4) purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities) if, as a result, more than 25% of the fund's total
assets would be invested in the securities of companies whose principal
business activities are in the same industry;
(5) purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership
of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the fund
from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or
securities of companies engaged in the real estate business);
(6) purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of
ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent
the fund from purchasing or selling options and futures contracts or from
investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical
commodities); or
(7) lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than 33
1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, but this
limitation does not apply to purchases of debt securities or to repurchase
agreements.
(8) The fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy
or limitation, invest all of its assets in the securities of a single
open-end management investment company managed by Fidelity Management &
Research Company or an affiliate or successor with substantially the same
fundamental investment objective, policies, and limitations as the fund.
THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS ARE NOT FUNDAMENTAL AND MAY BE CHANGED
WITHOUT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL.
(i) In order to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund
currently intends to comply with certain diversification limits imposed by
Subchapter M.
(ii) The fund does not currently intend to sell securities short, unless it
owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to
the securities sold short, and provided that transactions in futures
contracts and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities
short.
(iii) The fund does not currently intend to purchase securities on margin,
except that the fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary
for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments in
connection with futures contracts and options on futures contracts shall
not constitute purchasing securities on margin.
(iv) The fund may borrow money only (a) from a bank or from a registered
investment company or portfolio for which FMR or an affiliate serves as
investment adviser or (b) by engaging in reverse repurchase agreements with
any party (reverse repurchase agreements are treated as borrowings for
purposes of fundamental investment limitation (2)). The fund will not
purchase any security while borrowings representing more than 5% of its
total assets are outstanding. The fund will not borrow from other funds
advised by FMR or its affiliates if total outstanding borrowings
immediately after such borrowing would exceed 15% of the fund's total
assets.
(v) The fund does not currently intend to purchase any security if, as a
result, more than 10% of its net assets would be invested in securities
that are deemed to be illiquid because they are subject to legal or
contractual restrictions on resale or because they cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business at approximately the prices
at which they are valued.
(vi) The fund does not currently intend to lend assets other than
securities to other parties, except by (a) lending money (up to 5% of the
fund's net assets) to a registered investment company or portfolio for
which FMR or an affiliate serves as investment adviser or (b) acquiring
loans, loan participations, or other forms of direct debt instruments and,
in connection therewith, assuming any associated unfunded commitments of
the sellers. (This limitation does not apply to purchases of debt
securities or to repurchase agreements.)
(vii) The fund does not currently intend to invest all of its assets in the
securities of a single open-end management investment company managed by
Fidelity Management & Research Company or an affiliate or successor with
substantially the same fundamental investment objective, policies, and
limitations as the fund.
For the purposes of limitations (i), Subchapter M generally requires the
fund to invest no more than 25% of its total assets in securities of any
one issuer and to invest at least 50% of its total assets so that no more
than 5% of the funds' total assets are invested in securities of any one
issuer. However, Subchapter M allows unlimited investments in cash, cash
items, government securities (as defined in Subchapter M) and securities of
other investment companies. These tax requirements are generally applied at
the end of each quarter of the funds' taxable year.
INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS OF FIDELITY TARGET TIMELINE 2003
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FUND'S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS SET FORTH
IN THEIR ENTIRETY. THE FUND MAY NOT:
(1) issue senior securities, except as permitted under the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(2) borrow money, except that the fund may borrow money for temporary or
emergency purposes (not for leveraging or investment) in an amount not
exceeding 33 1/3% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less
liabilities (other than borrowings). Any borrowings that come to exceed
this amount will be reduced within three days (not including Sundays and
holidays) to the extent necessary to comply with the 33 1/3% limitation;
(3) underwrite securities issued by others, except to the extent that the
fund may be considered an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933 in the disposition of restricted securities;
(4) purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. government or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities) if, as a result, more than 25% of the fund's total
assets would be invested in the securities of companies whose principal
business activities are in the same industry;
(5) purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership
of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the fund
from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or
securities of companies engaged in the real estate business);
(6) purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of
ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent
the fund from purchasing or selling options and futures contracts or from
investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical
commodities); or
(7) lend any security or make any other loan if, as a result, more than 33
1/3% of its total assets would be lent to other parties, but this
limitation does not apply to purchases of debt securities or to repurchase
agreements.
(8) The fund may, notwithstanding any other fundamental investment policy
or limitation, invest all of its assets in the securities of a single
open-end management investment company managed by Fidelity Management &
Research Company or an affiliate or successor with substantially the same
fundamental investment objective, policies, and limitations as the fund.
THE FOLLOWING INVESTMENT LIMITATIONS ARE NOT FUNDAMENTAL AND MAY BE CHANGED
WITHOUT SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL.
(i) In order to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under
Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the fund
currently intends to comply with certain diversification limits imposed by
Subchapter M.
(ii) The fund does not currently intend to sell securities short, unless it
owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to
the securities sold short, and provided that transactions in futures
contracts and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities
short.
(iii) The fund does not currently intend to purchase securities on margin,
except that the fund may obtain such short-term credits as are necessary
for the clearance of transactions, and provided that margin payments in
connection with futures contracts and options on futures contracts shall
not constitute purchasing securities on margin.
(iv) The fund may borrow money only (a) from a bank or from a registered
investment company or portfolio for which FMR or an affiliate serves as
investment adviser or (b) by engaging in reverse repurchase agreements with
any party (reverse repurchase agreements are treated as borrowings for
purposes of fundamental investment limitation (2)). The fund will not
purchase any security while borrowings representing more than 5% of its
total assets are outstanding. The fund will not borrow from other funds
advised by FMR or its affiliates if total outstanding borrowings
immediately after such borrowing would exceed 15% of the fund's total
assets.
(v) The fund does not currently intend to purchase any security if, as a
result, more than 10% of its net assets would be invested in securities
that are deemed to be illiquid because they are subject to legal or
contractual restrictions on resale or because they cannot be sold or
disposed of in the ordinary course of business at approximately the prices
at which they are valued.
(vi) The fund does not currently intend to lend assets other than
securities to other parties, except by (a) lending money (up to 5% of the
fund's net assets) to a registered investment company or portfolio for
which FMR or an affiliate serves as investment adviser or (b) acquiring
loans, loan participations, or other forms of direct debt instruments and,
in connection therewith, assuming any associated unfunded commitments of
the sellers. (This limitation does not apply to purchases of debt
securities or to repurchase agreements.)
(vii) The fund does not currently intend to invest all of its assets in the
securities of a single open-end management investment company managed by
Fidelity Management & Research Company or an affiliate or successor with
substantially the same fundamental investment objective, policies, and
limitations as the fund.
For the purposes of limitations (i), Subchapter M generally requires the
fund to invest no more than 25% of its total assets in securities of any
one issuer and to invest at least 50% of its total assets so that no more
than 5% of the funds' total assets are invested in securities of any one
issuer. However, Subchapter M allows unlimited investments in cash, cash
items, government securities (as defined in Subchapter M) and securities of
other investment companies. These tax requirements are generally applied at
the end of each quarter of the funds' taxable year.
For the funds' limitations on futures and options transactions, see the
section entitled "Limitations on Futures and Options Transactions" on page
.
The following pages contain more detailed information about types of
instruments in which a fund may invest, strategies FMR may employ in
pursuit of a fund's investment objective, and a summary of related risks.
FMR may not buy all of these instruments or use all of these techniques
unless it believes that doing so will help the fund achieve its goal.
AFFILIATED BANK TRANSACTIONS. A fund may engage in transactions with
financial institutions that are, or may be considered to be, "affiliated
persons" of the fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940. These
transactions may include repurchase agreements with custodian banks;
short-term obligations of, and repurchase agreements with, the 50 largest
U.S. banks (measured by deposits); municipal securities; U.S. Government
securities with affiliated financial institutions that are primary dealers
in these securities; short-term currency transactions; and short-term
borrowings. In accordance with exemptive orders issued by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Board of Trustees has established and
periodically reviews procedures applicable to transactions involving
affiliated financial institutions.
CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Each fund may purchase the shares of
closed-end investment companies to facilitate investment in certain
countries. Shares of closed-end investment companies may trade at a premium
or a discount to their net asset value.
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES include pools of mortgages, loans, receivables or
other assets. Payment of principal and interest may be largely dependent
upon the cash flows generated by the assets backing the securities and, in
certain cases, supported by letters of credit, surety bonds, or other
credit enhancements. The value of asset-backed securities may also be
affected by the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the
originator of the loans or receivables, or the entities providing the
credit support.
DELAYED-DELIVERY TRANSACTIONS. Each fund may buy and sell securities on a
delayed-delivery or when-issued basis. These transactions involve a
commitment by a fund to purchase or sell specific securities at a
predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place after
the customary settlement period for that type of security. Typically, no
interest accrues to the purchaser until the security is delivered. The
funds may receive fees for entering into delayed-delivery transactions.
When purchasing securities on a delayed-delivery basis, each fund assumes
the rights and risks of ownership, including the risk of price and yield
fluctuations. Because a fund is not required to pay for securities until
the delivery date, these risks are in addition to the risks associated with
the fund's other investments. If a fund remains substantially fully
invested at a time when delayed-delivery purchases are outstanding, the
delayed-delivery purchases may result in a form of leverage. When
delayed-delivery purchases are outstanding, the fund will set aside
appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial account to cover its
purchase obligations. When a fund has sold a security on a delayed-delivery
basis, the fund does not participate in further gains or losses with
respect to the security. If the other party to a delayed-delivery
transaction fails to deliver or pay for the securities, the fund could miss
a favorable price or yield opportunity, or could suffer a loss.
Each fund may renegotiate delayed-delivery transactions after they are
entered into, and may sell underlying securities before they are delivered,
which may result in capital gains or losses.
EXPOSURE TO FOREIGN MARKETS. Foreign securities, foreign currencies, and
securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations may
involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S.
investments. The value of securities denominated in foreign currencies and
of dividends and interest paid with respect to such securities will
fluctuate based on the relative strength of the U.S. dollar.
Foreign investments involve a risk of local political, economic, or social
instability, military action or unrest, or adverse diplomatic developments,
and may be affected by actions of foreign governments adverse to the
interests of U.S. investors. Such actions may include the possibility of
expropriation or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation,
restrictions on U.S. investment or on the ability to repatriate assets or
convert currency into U.S. dollars, or other government intervention. There
is no assurance that FMR will be able to anticipate these potential events
or counter their effects. These risks are magnified for investments in
developing countries, which may have relatively unstable governments,
economies based on only a few industries, and securities markets that trade
a small number of securities.
Economies of particular countries or areas of the world may differ
favorably or unfavorably from the economy of the United States. Foreign
markets may offer less protection to investors than U.S. markets. It is
anticipated that in most cases the best available market for foreign
securities will be on an exchange or in over-the-counter markets located
outside of the United States. Foreign stock markets, while growing in
volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the
United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those
located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than
securities of comparable U.S. issuers. Foreign security trading practices,
including those involving securities settlement where fund assets may be
released prior to receipt of payment, may result in increased risk in the
event of a failed trade or the insolvency of a foreign broker-dealer, and
may involve substantial delays. In addition, the costs of foreign
investing, including withholding taxes, brokerage commissions and custodial
costs, are generally higher than for U.S. investors. In general, there is
less overall governmental supervision and regulation of securities
exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the United States. It may
also be difficult to enforce legal rights in foreign countries. Foreign
issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and
financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to
those applicable to U.S. issuers.
Some foreign securities impose restrictions on transfer within the United
States or to U.S. persons. Although securities subject to such transfer
restrictions may be marketable abroad, they may be less liquid than foreign
securities of the same class that are not subject to such restrictions.
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as well as other "hybrid" forms of ADRs
including European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary
Receipts (GDRs), are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a
foreign issuer. These certificates are issued by depository banks and
generally trade on an established market in the United States or elsewhere.
The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar
financial institution in the issuer's home country. The depository bank may
not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may
charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and
interest and corporate actions. ADRs are an alternative to directly
purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and
currencies. However, ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks
associated with investing directly in foreign securities. These risks
include foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks
of the underlying issuer's country.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS. A fund may conduct foreign currency
transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) or forward basis (i.e., by entering
into forward contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies). Although
foreign exchange dealers generally do not charge a fee for such
conversions, they do realize a profit based on the difference between the
prices at which they are buying and selling various currencies. Thus, a
dealer may offer to sell a foreign currency at one rate, while offering a
lesser rate of exchange should the counterparty desire to resell that
currency to the dealer. Forward contracts are customized transactions that
require a specific amount of a currency to be delivered at a specific
exchange rate on a specific date or range of dates in the future. Forward
contracts are generally traded in an interbank market directly between
currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. The
parties to a forward contract may agree to offset or terminate the contract
before its maturity, or may hold the contract to maturity and complete the
contemplated currency exchange. A fund may use currency forward contracts
for any purpose consistent with its investment objective.
Successful use of currency management strategies will depend on FMR's skill
in analyzing currency values. Currency management strategies may
substantially change a fund's investment exposure to changes in currency
exchange rates and could result in losses to a fund if currencies do not
perform as FMR anticipates. For example, if a currency's value rose at a
time when FMR had hedged a fund by selling that currency in exchange for
dollars, a fund would not participate in the currency's appreciation. If
FMR hedges currency exposure through proxy hedges, a fund could realize
currency losses from both the hedge and the security position if the two
currencies do not move in tandem. Similarly, if FMR increases a fund's
exposure to a foreign currency and that currency's value declines, a fund
will realize a loss. There is no assurance that FMR's use of currency
management strategies will be advantageous to a fund or that it will hedge
at appropriate times.
FUNDS' RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER. The funds do not intend to direct or
administer the day-to-day operations of any company. Each fund, however,
may exercise its rights as a shareholder and may communicate its views on
important matters of policy to management, the Board of Directors, and
shareholders of a company when FMR determines that such matters could have
a significant effect on the value of the fund's investment in the company.
The activities that a fund may engage in, either individually or in
conjunction with others, may include, among others, supporting or opposing
proposed changes in a company's corporate structure or business activities;
seeking changes in a company's directors or management; seeking changes in
a company's direction or policies; seeking the sale or reorganization of
the company or a portion of its assets; or supporting or opposing third
party takeover efforts. This area of corporate activity is increasingly
prone to litigation and it is possible that a fund could be involved in
lawsuits related to such activities. FMR will monitor such activities with
a view to mitigating, to the extent possible, the risk of litigation
against a fund and the risk of actual liability if a fund is involved in
litigation. No guarantee can be made, however, that litigation against a
fund will not be undertaken or liabilities incurred.
FUTURES AND OPTIONS. The following sections pertain to futures and options:
Asset Coverage for Futures and Options Positions, Combined Positions,
Correlation of Price Changes, Futures Contracts, Futures Margin Payments,
Limitations on Futures and Options Transactions, Liquidity of Options and
Futures Contracts, OTC Options, Purchasing Put and Call Options, and
Writing Put and Call Options.
ASSET COVERAGE FOR FUTURES AND OPTIONS POSITIONS. The funds will comply
with guidelines established by the Securities and Exchange Commission with
respect to coverage of options and futures strategies by mutual funds, and
if the guidelines so require will set aside appropriate liquid assets in a
segregated custodial account in the amount prescribed. Securities held in a
segregated account cannot be sold while the futures or option strategy is
outstanding, unless they are replaced with other suitable assets. As a
result, there is a possibility that segregation of a large percentage of a
fund's assets could impede portfolio management or the fund's ability to
meet redemption requests or other current obligations.
COMBINED POSITIONS. A fund may purchase and write options in combination
with each other, or in combination with futures or forward contracts, to
adjust the risk and return characteristics of the overall position. For
example, a fund may purchase a put option and write a call option on the
same underlying instrument, in order to construct a combined position whose
risk and return characteristics are similar to selling a futures contract.
Another possible combined position would involve writing a call option at
one strike price and buying a call option at a lower price, in order to
reduce the risk of the written call option in the event of a substantial
price increase. Because combined options positions involve multiple trades,
they result in higher transaction costs and may be more difficult to open
and close out.
CORRELATION OF PRICE CHANGES. Because there are a limited number of types
of exchange-traded options and futures contracts, it is likely that the
standardized contracts available will not match a fund's current or
anticipated investments exactly. The funds may invest in options and
futures contracts based on securities with different issuers, maturities,
or other characteristics from the securities in which they typically
invest, which involves a risk that the options or futures position will not
track the performance of a fund's other investments.
Options and futures prices can also diverge from the prices of their
underlying instruments, even if the underlying instruments match a fund's
investments well. Options and futures prices are affected by such factors
as current and anticipated short-term interest rates, changes in volatility
of the underlying instrument, and the time remaining until expiration of
the contract, which may not affect security prices the same way. Imperfect
correlation may also result from differing levels of demand in the options
and futures markets and the securities markets, from structural differences
in how options and futures and securities are traded, or from imposition of
daily price fluctuation limits or trading halts. A fund may purchase or
sell options and futures contracts with a greater or lesser value than the
securities it wishes to hedge or intends to purchase in order to attempt to
compensate for differences in volatility between the contract and the
securities, although this may not be successful in all cases. If price
changes in a fund's options or futures positions are poorly correlated with
its other investments, the positions may fail to produce anticipated gains
or result in losses that are not offset by gains in other investments.
FUTURES CONTRACTS. When a fund purchases a futures contract, it agrees to
purchase a specified underlying instrument at a specified future date. When
a fund sells a futures contract, it agrees to sell the underlying
instrument at a specified future date. The price at which the purchase and
sale will take place is fixed when the fund enters into the contract. Some
currently available futures contracts are based on specific securities,
such as U.S. Treasury bonds or notes, and some are based on indices of
securities prices, such as the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index. Futures can
be held until their delivery dates, or can be closed out before then if a
liquid secondary market is available.
The value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem
with the value of its underlying instrument. Therefore, purchasing futures
contracts will tend to increase a fund's exposure to positive and negative
price fluctuations in the underlying instrument, much as if it had
purchased the underlying instrument directly. When a fund sells a futures
contract, by contrast, the value of its futures position will tend to move
in a direction contrary to the market. Selling futures contracts,
therefore, will tend to offset both positive and negative market price
changes, much as if the underlying instrument had been sold.
FUTURES MARGIN PAYMENTS. The purchaser or seller of a futures contract is
not required to deliver or pay for the underlying instrument unless the
contract is held until the delivery date. However, both the purchaser and
seller are required to deposit "initial margin" with a futures broker,
known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), when the contract is entered
into. Initial margin deposits are typically equal to a percentage of the
contract's value. If the value of either party's position declines, that
party will be required to make additional "variation margin" payments to
settle the change in value on a daily basis. The party that has a gain may
be entitled to receive all or a portion of this amount. Initial and
variation margin payments do not constitute purchasing securities on margin
for purposes of a fund's investment limitations. In the event of the
bankruptcy of an FCM that holds margin on behalf of a fund, the fund may be
entitled to return of margin owed to it only in proportion to the amount
received by the FCM's other customers, potentially resulting in losses to
the fund.
LIMITATIONS ON FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRANSACTIONS. Each fund has filed a
notice of eligibility for exclusion from the definition of the term
"commodity pool operator" with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC) and the National Futures Association, which regulate trading in the
futures markets before engaging in any purchases or sales of futures
contracts or options on futures contracts. The funds intend to comply with
Rule 4.5 under the Commodity Exchange Act, which limits the extent to which
the funds can commit assets to initial margin deposits and option premiums.
In addition, each fund will not: (a) sell futures contracts, purchase put
options, or write call options if, as a result, more than 25% of the fund's
total assets would be hedged with futures and options under normal
conditions; (b) purchase futures contracts or write put options if, as a
result, the fund's total obligations upon settlement or exercise of
purchased futures contracts and written put options would exceed 25% of its
total assets; or (c) purchase call options if, as a result, the current
value of option premiums for call options purchased by the fund would
exceed 5% of the fund's total assets. These limitations do not apply to
options attached to or acquired or traded together with their underlying
securities, and do not apply to securities that incorporate features
similar to options.
The above limitations on the funds' investments in futures contracts and
options, and the funds' policies regarding futures contracts and options
discussed elsewhere in this SAI, may be changed as regulatory agencies
permit.
LIQUIDITY OF OPTIONS AND FUTURES CONTRACTS. There is no assurance a liquid
secondary market will exist for any particular options or futures contract
at any particular time. Options may have relatively low trading volume and
liquidity if their strike prices are not close to the underlying
instrument's current price. In addition, exchanges may establish daily
price fluctuation limits for options and futures contracts, and may halt
trading if a contract's price moves upward or downward more than the limit
in a given day. On volatile trading days when the price fluctuation limit
is reached or a trading halt is imposed, it may be impossible for a fund to
enter into new positions or close out existing positions. If the secondary
market for a contract is not liquid because of price fluctuation limits or
otherwise, it could prevent prompt liquidation of unfavorable positions,
and potentially could require a fund to continue to hold a position until
delivery or expiration regardless of changes in its value. As a result, a
fund's access to other assets held to cover its options or futures
positions could also be impaired.
OPTIONS AND FUTURES RELATING TO FOREIGN CURRENCIES. Currency futures
contracts are similar to forward currency exchange contracts, except that
they are traded on exchanges (and have margin requirements) and are
standardized as to contract size and delivery date. Most currency futures
contracts call for payment or delivery in U.S. dollars. The underlying
instrument of a currency option may be a foreign currency, which generally
is purchased or delivered in exchange for U.S. dollars, or may be a futures
contract. The purchaser of a currency call obtains the right to purchase
the underlying currency, and the purchaser of a currency put obtains the
right to sell the underlying currency.
The uses and risks of currency options and futures are similar to options
and futures relating to securities or indices, as discussed above. The
funds may purchase and sell currency futures and may purchase and write
currency options to increase or decrease their exposure to different
foreign currencies. A fund may also purchase and write currency options in
conjunction with each other or with currency futures or forward contracts.
Currency futures and options values can be expected to correlate with
exchange rates, but may not reflect other factors that affect the value of
a fund's investments. A currency hedge, for example, should protect a
Yen-denominated security from a decline in the Yen, but will not protect a
fund against a price decline resulting from deterioration in the issuer's
creditworthiness. Because the value of a fund's foreign-denominated
investments changes in response to many factors other than exchange rates,
it may not be possible to match the amount of currency options and futures
to the value of the fund's investments exactly over time.
OTC OPTIONS. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with
respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and
strike price, the terms of over-the-counter (OTC) options (options not
traded on exchanges) generally are established through negotiation with the
other party to the option contract. While this type of arrangement allows
the funds greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options
generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options, which
are guaranteed by the clearing organization of the exchanges where they are
traded.
PURCHASING PUT AND CALL OPTIONS. By purchasing a put option, a fund obtains
the right (but not the obligation) to sell the option's underlying
instrument at a fixed strike price. In return for this right, the fund pays
the current market price for the option (known as the option premium).
Options have various types of underlying instruments, including specific
securities, indices of securities prices, and futures contracts. The fund
may terminate its position in a put option it has purchased by allowing it
to expire or by exercising the option. If the option is allowed to expire,
the fund will lose the entire premium it paid. If the fund exercises the
option, it completes the sale of the underlying instrument at the strike
price. A fund may also terminate a put option position by closing it out in
the secondary market at its current price, if a liquid secondary market
exists.
The buyer of a typical put option can expect to realize a gain if security
prices fall substantially. However, if the underlying instrument's price
does not fall enough to offset the cost of purchasing the option, a put
buyer can expect to suffer a loss (limited to the amount of the premium
paid, plus related transaction costs).
The features of call options are essentially the same as those of put
options, except that the purchaser of a call option obtains the right to
purchase, rather than sell, the underlying instrument at the option's
strike price. A call buyer typically attempts to participate in potential
price increases of the underlying instrument with risk limited to the cost
of the option if security prices fall. At the same time, the buyer can
expect to suffer a loss if security prices do not rise sufficiently to
offset the cost of the option.
WRITING PUT AND CALL OPTIONS. When a fund writes a put option, it takes the
opposite side of the transaction from the option's purchaser. In return for
receipt of the premium, the fund assumes the obligation to pay the strike
price for the option's underlying instrument if the other party to the
option chooses to exercise it. When writing an option on a futures
contract, the fund will be required to make margin payments to an FCM as
described above for futures contracts. A fund may seek to terminate its
position in a put option it writes before exercise by closing out the
option in the secondary market at its current price. If the secondary
market is not liquid for a put option the fund has written, however, the
fund must continue to be prepared to pay the strike price while the option
is outstanding, regardless of price changes, and must continue to set aside
assets to cover its position.
If security prices rise, a put writer would generally expect to profit,
although its gain would be limited to the amount of the premium it
received. If security prices remain the same over time, it is likely that
the writer will also profit, because it should be able to close out the
option at a lower price. If security prices fall, the put writer would
expect to suffer a loss. This loss should be less than the loss from
purchasing the underlying instrument directly, however, because the premium
received for writing the option should mitigate the effects of the decline.
Writing a call option obligates a fund to sell or deliver the option's
underlying instrument, in return for the strike price, upon exercise of the
option. The characteristics of writing call options are similar to those of
writing put options, except that writing calls generally is a profitable
strategy if prices remain the same or fall. Through receipt of the option
premium, a call writer mitigates the effects of a price decline. At the
same time, because a call writer must be prepared to deliver the underlying
instrument in return for the strike price, even if its current value is
greater, a call writer gives up some ability to participate in security
price increases.
ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS are investments that cannot be sold or disposed of in
the ordinary course of business at approximately the prices at which they
are valued. Under the supervision of the Board of Trustees, FMR determines
the liquidity of a fund's investments and, through reports from FMR, the
Board monitors investments in illiquid instruments. In determining the
liquidity of a fund's investments, FMR may consider various factors,
including (1) the frequency of trades and quotations, (2) the number of
dealers and prospective purchasers in the marketplace, (3) dealer
undertakings to make a market, (4) the nature of the security (including
any demand or tender features), and (5) the nature of the marketplace for
trades (including the ability to assign or offset the fund's rights and
obligations relating to the investment).
Investments currently considered by a fund to be illiquid include
repurchase agreements not entitling the holder to payment of principal and
interest within seven days, non-government stripped fixed-rate
mortgage-backed securities, and over-the-counter options. Also, FMR may
determine some restricted securities, government-stripped fixed-rate
mortgage-backed securities, loans and other direct debt instruments,
emerging market securities, and swap agreements to be illiquid. However,
with respect to over-the-counter options a fund writes, all or a portion of
the value of the underlying instrument may be illiquid depending on the
assets held to cover the option and the nature and terms of any agreement
the fund may have to close out the option before expiration.
In the absence of market quotations, illiquid investments are priced at
fair value as determined in good faith by a committee appointed by the
Board of Trustees. If through a change in values, net assets, or other
circumstances, a fund were in a position where more than 10% of its net
assets was invested in illiquid securities, it would seek to take
appropriate steps to protect liquidity.
INDEXED SECURITIES. Each fund may purchase securities whose prices are
indexed to the prices of other securities, securities indices, currencies,
precious metals or other commodities, or other financial indicators.
Indexed securities typically, but not always, are debt securities or
deposits whose value at maturity or coupon rate is determined by reference
to a specific instrument or statistic. Gold-indexed securities, for
example, typically provide for a maturity value that depends on the price
of gold, resulting in a security whose price tends to rise and fall
together with gold prices. Currency-indexed securities typically are
short-term to intermediate-term debt securities whose maturity values or
interest rates are determined by reference to the values of one or more
specified foreign currencies, and may offer higher yields than U.S.
dollar-denominated securities of equivalent issuers. Currency-indexed
securities may be positively or negatively indexed; that is, their maturity
value may increase when the specified currency value increases, resulting
in a security that performs similarly to a foreign-denominated instrument,
or their maturity value may decline when foreign currencies increase,
resulting in a security whose price characteristics are similar to a put on
the underlying currency. Currency-indexed securities may also have prices
that depend on the values of a number of different foreign currencies
relative to each other.
The performance of indexed securities depends to a great extent on the
performance of the security, currency, or other instrument to which they
are indexed, and may also be influenced by interest rate changes in the
United States and abroad. At the same time, indexed securities are subject
to the credit risks associated with the issuer of the security, and their
values may decline substantially if the issuer's creditworthiness
deteriorates. Recent issuers of indexed securities have included banks,
corporations, and certain U.S. Government agencies. Indexed securities may
be more volatile than the underlying instruments.
INTERFUND BORROWING AND LENDING PROGRAM. Pursuant to an exemptive order
issued by the SEC, each fund has received permission to lend money to, and
borrow money from, other funds advised by FMR or its affiliates. Interfund
loans and borrowings normally extend overnight, but can have a maximum
duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one day's notice. A fund
will lend through the program only when the returns are higher than those
available from an investment in repurchase agreements, and will borrow
through the program only when the costs are equal to or lower than the cost
of bank loans. A fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher interest
rate if an interfund loan is called or not renewed. Any delay in repayment
to a lending fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or
additional borrowing costs.
LOANS AND OTHER DIRECT DEBT INSTRUMENTS. Direct debt instruments are
interests in amounts owed by a corporate, governmental, or other borrower
to lenders or lending syndicates (loans and loan participations), to
suppliers of goods or services (trade claims or other receivables), or to
other parties. Direct debt instruments are subject to each fund's policies
regarding the quality of debt securities.
Purchasers of loans and other forms of direct indebtedness depend primarily
upon the creditworthiness of the borrower for payment of principal and
interest. Direct debt instruments may not be rated by any nationally
recognized rating service. If a fund does not receive scheduled interest or
principal payments on such indebtedness, the fund's share price and yield
could be adversely affected. Loans that are fully secured offer a fund more
protections than an unsecured loan in the event of non-payment of scheduled
interest or principal. However, there is no assurance that the liquidation
of collateral from a secured loan would satisfy the borrower's obligation,
or that the collateral could be liquidated. Indebtedness of borrowers whose
creditworthiness is poor involves substantially greater risks and may be
highly speculative. Borrowers that are in bankruptcy or restructuring may
never pay off their indebtedness, or may pay only a small fraction of the
amount owed. Direct indebtedness of developing countries also involves a
risk that the governmental entities responsible for the repayment of the
debt may be unable, or unwilling, to pay interest and repay principal when
due.
Investments in loans through direct assignment of a financial institution's
interests with respect to a loan may involve additional risks to a fund.
For example, if a loan is foreclosed, the fund could become part owner of
any collateral, and would bear the costs and liabilities associated with
owning and disposing of the collateral. In addition, it is conceivable that
under emerging legal theories of lender liability, the fund could be held
liable as a co-lender. Direct debt instruments may also involve a risk of
insolvency of the lending bank or other intermediary. Direct debt
instruments that are not in the form of securities may offer less legal
protection to a fund in the event of fraud or misrepresentation. In the
absence of definitive regulatory guidance, each fund relies on FMR's
research in an attempt to avoid situations where fraud or misrepresentation
could adversely affect the fund.
A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that
acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan,
as specified in the loan agreement. Unless, under the terms of the loan or
other indebtedness, each fund has direct recourse against the borrower, it
may have to rely on the agent to apply appropriate credit remedies against
a borrower. If assets held by the agent for the benefit of a fund were
determined to be subject to the claims of the agent's general creditors,
the fund might incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment on the
loan or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal or
interest.
Direct indebtedness purchased by each fund may include letters of credit,
revolving credit facilities, or other standby financing commitments
obligating the fund to pay additional cash on demand. These commitments may
have the effect of requiring the fund to increase its investment in a
borrower at a time when it would not otherwise have done so, even if the
borrower's condition makes it unlikely that the amount will ever be repaid.
Each fund will set aside appropriate liquid assets in a segregated
custodial account to cover its potential obligations under standby
financing commitments.
Each fund limits the amount of total assets that it will invest in any one
issuer or in issuers within the same industry (see limitations (4) and
(i)). For purposes of these limitations, each fund generally will treat the
borrower as the "issuer" of indebtedness held by the fund. In the case of
loan participations where a bank or other lending institution serves as
financial intermediary between each fund and the borrower, if the
participation does not shift to the fund the direct debtor-creditor
relationship with the borrower, SEC interpretations require the fund, in
appropriate circumstances, to treat both the lending bank or other lending
institution and the borrower as "issuers" for these purposes. Treating a
financial intermediary as an issuer of indebtedness may restrict a fund's
ability to invest in indebtedness related to a single financial
intermediary, or a group of intermediaries engaged in the same industry,
even if the underlying borrowers represent many different companies and
industries.]
LOWER-QUALITY DEBT SECURITIES. Each fund may purchase lower-quality debt
securities (those rated below Baa by Moody's Investors Service or BBB by
Standard & Poor's, and unrated securities judged by FMR to be of equivalent
quality) that have poor protection with respect to the payment of interest
and repayment of principal. These securities are often considered to be
speculative and involve greater risk of loss or price changes due to
changes in the issuer's capacity to pay. The market prices of lower-quality
debt securities may fluctuate more than those of higher-quality debt
securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic
difficulty, which may follow periods of rising interest rates.
While the market for high-yield corporate debt securities has been in
existence for many years and has weathered previous economic downturns, the
1980s brought a dramatic increase in the use of such securities to fund
highly leveraged corporate acquisitions and restructurings. Past experience
may not provide an accurate indication of the future performance of the
high-yield bond market, especially during periods of economic recession.
The market for lower-quality debt securities may be thinner and less active
than that for higher-quality debt securities, which can adversely affect
the prices at which the former are sold. If market quotations are not
available, lower-quality debt securities will be valued in accordance with
procedures established by the Board of Trustees, including the use of
outside pricing services. Judgment plays a greater role in valuing
high-yield corporate debt securities than is the case for securities for
which more external sources for quotations and last-sale information are
available. Adverse publicity and changing investor perceptions may affect
the ability of outside pricing services to value lower-quality debt
securities and a fund's ability to sell these securities.
Since the risk of default is higher for lower-quality debt securities,
FMR's research and credit analysis are an especially important part of
managing securities of this type held by a fund. In considering investments
for the fund, FMR will attempt to identify those issuers of high-yielding
securities whose financial condition is adequate to meet future
obligations, has improved, or is expected to improve in the future. FMR's
analysis focuses on relative values based on such factors as interest or
dividend coverage, asset coverage, earnings prospects, and the experience
and managerial strength of the issuer.
Each fund may choose, at its expense or in conjunction with others, to
pursue litigation or otherwise to exercise its rights as a security holder
to seek to protect the interests of security holders if it determines this
to be in the best interest of the fund's shareholders.
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES. The funds may purchase mortgage-backed
securities issued by government and non-government entities such as banks,
mortgage lenders, or other financial institutions. A mortgage-backed
security is an obligation of the issuer backed by a mortgage or pool of
mortgages or a direct interest in an underlying pool of mortgages. Some
mortgage-backed securities, such as collateralized mortgage obligations or
CMOs, make payments of both principal and interest at a variety of
intervals; others make semiannual interest payments at a predetermined rate
and repay principal at maturity (like a typical bond). Mortgage-backed
securities are based on different types of mortgages including those on
commercial real estate or residential properties. Other types of
mortgage-backed securities will likely be developed in the future, and the
funds may invest in them if FMR determines they are consistent with the
funds' investment objective and policies.
The value of mortgage-backed securities may change due to shifts in the
market's perception of issuers. In addition, regulatory or tax changes may
adversely affect the mortgage securities market as a whole. Non-government
mortgage-backed securities may offer higher yields than those issued by
government entities, but also may be subject to greater price changes than
government issues. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment
risk. Prepayment, which occurs when unscheduled or early payments are made
on the underlying mortgages, may shorten the effective maturities of these
securities and may lower their total returns.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In a repurchase agreement, a fund purchases a
security and simultaneously commits to sell that security back to the
original seller at an agreed-upon price. The resale price reflects the
purchase price plus an agreed-upon incremental amount which is unrelated to
the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased security. To protect the fund
from the risk that the original seller will not fulfill its obligation, the
securities are held in an account of the fund at a bank, marked-to-market
daily, and maintained at a value at least equal to the sale price plus the
accrued incremental amount. While it does not presently appear possible to
eliminate all risks from these transactions (particularly the possibility
that the value of the underlying security will be less than the resale
price, as well as delays and costs to a fund in connection with bankruptcy
proceedings), it is each fund's current policy to engage in repurchase
agreement transactions with parties whose creditworthiness has been
reviewed and found satisfactory by FMR.
RESTRICTED SECURITIES generally can be sold in privately negotiated
transactions, pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, or in a registered public offering. Where
registration is required, a fund may be obligated to pay all or part of the
registration expense and a considerable period may elapse between the time
it decides to seek registration and the time it may be permitted to sell a
security under an effective registration statement. If, during such a
period, adverse market conditions were to develop, a fund might obtain a
less favorable price than prevailed when it decided to seek registration of
the security.
REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. In a reverse repurchase agreement, a fund
sells a portfolio instrument to another party, such as a bank or
broker-dealer, in return for cash and agrees to repurchase the instrument
at a particular price and time. While a reverse repurchase agreement is
outstanding, the fund will maintain appropriate liquid assets in a
segregated custodial account to cover its obligation under the agreement. A
fund will enter into reverse repurchase agreements only with parties whose
creditworthiness has been found satisfactory by FMR. Such transactions may
increase fluctuations in the market value of the fund's assets and may be
viewed as a form of leverage.
SECURITIES LENDING. A fund may lend securities to parties such as
broker-dealers or institutional investors, including Fidelity Brokerage
Services, Inc. (FBSI). FBSI is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and
a subsidiary of FMR Corp.
Securities lending allows a fund to retain ownership of the securities
loaned and, at the same time, to earn additional income. Since there may be
delays in the recovery of loaned securities, or even a loss of rights in
collateral supplied should the borrower fail financially, loans will be
made only to parties deemed by FMR to be of good standing. Furthermore,
they will only be made if, in FMR's judgment, the consideration to be
earned from such loans would justify the risk.
FMR understands that it is the current view of the SEC Staff that a fund
may engage in loan transactions only under the following conditions: (1)
the fund must receive 100% collateral in the form of cash or cash
equivalents (e.g., U.S. Treasury bills or notes) from the borrower; (2) the
borrower must increase the collateral whenever the market value of the
securities loaned (determined on a daily basis) rises above the value of
the collateral; (3) after giving notice, the fund must be able to terminate
the loan at any time; (4) the fund must receive reasonable interest on the
loan or a flat fee from the borrower, as well as amounts equivalent to any
dividends, interest, or other distributions on the securities loaned and to
any increase in market value; (5) the fund may pay only reasonable
custodian fees in connection with the loan; and (6) the Board of Trustees
must be able to vote proxies on the securities loaned, either by
terminating the loan or by entering into an alternative arrangement with
the borrower.
Cash received through loan transactions may be invested in any security in
which a fund is authorized to invest. Investing this cash subjects that
investment, as well as the security loaned, to market forces (i.e., capital
appreciation or depreciation).
STRIPPED MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES are created when a U.S. Government
agency or a financial institution separates the interest and principal
components of a mortgage-backed security and sells them as individual
securities. The holder of the "principal-only" security (PO) receives the
principal payments made by the underlying mortgage-backed security, while
the holder of the "interest-only" security (IO) receives interest payments
from the same underlying security.
The prices of stripped mortgage-backed securities may be particularly
affected by changes in interest rates. As interest rates fall, prepayment
rates tend to increase, which tends to reduce prices of IOs and increase
prices of POs. Rising interest rates can have the opposite effect.
SWAP AGREEMENTS. Swap agreements can be individually negotiated and
structured to include exposure to a variety of different types of
investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap
agreements may increase or decrease a fund's exposure to long- or
short-term interest rates(in the United States or abroad), foreign currency
values , mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors
such as security prices or inflation rates. Swap agreements can take many
different forms and are known by a variety of names. A fund is not limited
to any particular form of swap agreement if FMR determines it is consistent
with the fund's investment objective and policies.
In a typical cap or floor agreement, one party agrees to make payments only
under specified circumstances, usually in return for payment of a fee by
the other party. For example, the buyer of an interest rate cap obtains the
right to receive payments to the extent that a specified interest rate
exceeds an agreed-upon level, while the seller of an interest rate floor is
obligated to make payments to the extent that a specified interest rate
falls below an agreed-upon level. An interest rate collar combines elements
of buying a cap and selling a floor.
Swap agreements will tend to shift a fund's investment exposure from one
type of investment to another. For example, if the fund agreed to exchange
payments in dollars for payments in foreign currency, the swap agreement
would tend to decrease the fund's exposure to U.S. interest rates and
increase its exposure to foreign currency and interest rates. Caps and
floors have an effect similar to buying or writing options. Depending on
how they are used, swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall
volatility of a fund's investments and its share price and yield.
The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the
change in the specific interest rate, currency, or other factors that
determine the amounts of payments due to and from a fund. If a swap
agreement calls for payments by the fund, the fund must be prepared to make
such payments when due. In addition, if the counterparty's creditworthiness
declined, the value of a swap agreement would be likely to decline,
potentially resulting in losses. Each fund expects to be able to eliminate
its exposure under swap agreements either by assignment or other
disposition, or by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same
party or a similarly creditworthy party.
Each fund will maintain appropriate liquid assets in a segregated custodial
account to cover its current obligations under swap agreements. If a fund
enters into a swap agreement on a net basis, it will segregate assets with
a daily value at least equal to the excess, if any, of the fund's accrued
obligations under the swap agreement over the accrued amount the fund is
entitled to receive under the agreement. If a fund enters into a swap
agreement on other than a net basis, it will segregate assets with a value
equal to the full amount of the fund's accrued obligations under the
agreement.
VARIABLE OR FLOATING RATE OBLIGATIONS bear variable or floating interest
rates and carry rights that permit holders to demand payment of the unpaid
principal balance plus accrued interest from the issuers or certain
financial intermediaries. Floating rate instruments have interest rates
that change whenever there is a change in a designated base rate while
variable rate instruments provide for a specified periodic adjustment in
the interest rate. These formulas are designed to result in a market value
for the instrument that approximates its par value.
ZERO COUPON BONDS. Zero coupon bonds do not make interest payments;
instead, they are sold at a deep discount from their face value and are
redeemed at face value when they mature. Because zero coupon bonds do not
pay current income, their prices can be very volatile when interest rates
change. In calculating its dividends, a fund takes into account as income a
portion of the difference between a zero coupon bond's purchase price and
its face value.
A broker-dealer creates a DERIVATIVE ZERO by separating the interest and
principal components of a U.S. Treasury security and selling them as two
individual securities. CATS (Certificates of Accrual on Treasury
Securities), TIGRs (Treasury Investment Growth Receipts), and TRs (Treasury
Receipts) are examples of derivative zeros.
The Federal Reserve Bank creates STRIPS (Separate Trading of Registered
Interest and Principal of Securities) by separating the interest and
principal components of an outstanding U.S. Treasury bond and selling them
as individual securities. Bonds issued by the Resolution Funding
Corporation (REFCORP) and the Financing Corporation (FICO) can also be
separated in this fashion. ORIGINAL ISSUE ZEROS are zero coupon securities
originally issued by the U.S. Government, a government agency, or a
corporation in zero coupon form.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
All orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio securities are placed on
behalf of each fund by FMR pursuant to authority contained in the
management contract. If FMR grants investment management authority to the
sub-advisers (see the section entitled "Management Contracts"), the
sub-advisers are authorized to place orders for the purchase and sale of
portfolio securities, and will do so in accordance with the policies
described below. FMR is also responsible for the placement of transaction
orders for other investment companies and accounts for which it or its
affiliates act as investment adviser. In selecting broker-dealers, subject
to applicable limitations of the federal securities laws, FMR considers
various relevant factors, including, but not limited to: the size and type
of the transaction; the nature and character of the markets for the
security to be purchased or sold; the execution efficiency, settlement
capability, and financial condition of the broker-dealer firm; the
broker-dealer's execution services rendered on a continuing basis; and the
reasonableness of any commissions. Commissions for investments traded on
foreign exchanges will be higher than for investments traded on U.S.
exchanges and may not be subject to negotiation.
The funds may execute portfolio transactions with broker-dealers who
provide research and execution services to the funds or other accounts over
which FMR or its affiliates exercise investment discretion. Such services
may include advice concerning the value of securities; the advisability of
investing in, purchasing, or selling securities; and the availability of
securities or the purchasers or sellers of securities. In addition, such
broker-dealers may furnish analyses and reports concerning issuers,
industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy,
and performance of accounts; effect securities transactions, and perform
functions incidental thereto (such as clearance and settlement). The
selection of such broker-dealers generally is made by FMR (to the extent
possible consistent with execution considerations) based upon the quality
of research and execution services provided.
The receipt of research from broker-dealers that execute transactions on
behalf of the funds may be useful to FMR in rendering investment management
services to the funds or its other clients, and conversely, such research
provided by broker-dealers who have executed transaction orders on behalf
of other FMR clients may be useful to FMR in carrying out its obligations
to the funds. The receipt of such research has not reduced FMR's normal
independent research activities; however, it enables FMR to avoid the
additional expenses that could be incurred if FMR tried to develop
comparable information through its own efforts.
Subject to applicable limitations of the federal securities laws,
broker-dealers may receive commissions for agency transactions that are in
excess of the amount of commissions charged by other broker-dealers in
recognition of their research and execution services. In order to cause
each fund to pay such higher commissions, FMR must determine in good faith
that such commissions are reasonable in relation to the value of the
brokerage and research services provided by such executing broker-dealers,
viewed in terms of a particular transaction or FMR's overall
responsibilities to the funds and its other clients. In reaching this
determination, FMR will not attempt to place a specific dollar value on the
brokerage and research services provided, or to determine what portion of
the compensation should be related to those services.
FMR is authorized to use research services provided by and to place
portfolio transactions with brokerage firms that have provided assistance
in the distribution of shares of the funds or shares of other Fidelity
funds to the extent permitted by law. FMR may use research services
provided by and place agency transactions with National Financial Services
Corporation (NFSC) and Fidelity Brokerage Services (FBS), indirect
subsidiaries of FMR Corp., if the commissions are fair, reasonable, and
comparable to commissions charged by non-affiliated, qualified brokerage
firms for similar services. From September 1992 through December 1994, FBS
operated under the name Fidelity Brokerage Services Limited (FBSL). As of
January 1995, FBSL was converted to an unlimited liability company and
assumed the name FBS.
Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prohibits members of
national securities exchanges from executing exchange transactions for
accounts which they or their affiliates manage, unless certain requirements
are satisfied. Pursuant to such requirements, the Board of Trustees has
authorized NFSC to execute portfolio transactions on national securities
exchanges in accordance with approved procedures and applicable SEC rules.
Each fund's Trustees periodically review FMR's performance of its
responsibilities in connection with the placement of portfolio transactions
on behalf of the funds and review the commissions paid by each fund over
representative periods of time to determine if they are reasonable in
relation to the benefits to the fund.
For the fiscal periods ended July 31, 1997 and 1996, the portfolio turnover
rates were 80% and 118 % (annualized), respectively for Target
Timeline 1999, 97% and 93 % (annualized), respectively for Target
Timeline 2001 and 83 % and 180 % (annualized), respectively for
Target Timeline 2003. Because a high turnover rate increases transaction
costs and may increase taxable gains, FMR carefully weighs the anticipated
benefits of short-term investing against these consequences.
For the fiscal years ended July 1997 and 1996 there were no brokerage
commissions paid by any of the funds.
From time to time the Trustees will review whether the recapture for the
benefit of the funds of some portion of the brokerage commissions or
similar fees paid by the funds on portfolio transactions is legally
permissible and advisable. Each fund seeks to recapture soliciting
broker-dealer fees on the tender of portfolio securities, but at present no
other recapture arrangements are in effect. The Trustees intend to continue
to review whether recapture opportunities are available and are legally
permissible and, if so, to determine in the exercise of their business
judgment whether it would be advisable for each fund to seek such
recapture.
Although the Trustees and officers of each fund are substantially the same
as those of other funds managed by FMR, investment decisions for each fund
are made independently from those of other funds managed by FMR or accounts
managed by FMR affiliates. It sometimes happens that the same security is
held in the portfolio of more than one of these funds or accounts.
Simultaneous transactions are inevitable when several funds and accounts
are managed by the same investment adviser, particularly when the same
security is suitable for the investment objective of more than one fund or
account.
When two or more funds are simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale
of the same security, the prices and amounts are allocated in accordance
with procedures believed to be appropriate and equitable for each fund. In
some cases this system could have a detrimental effect on the price or
value of the security as far as each fund is concerned. In other cases,
however, the ability of the funds to participate in volume transactions
will produce better executions and prices for the funds. It is the current
opinion of the Trustees that the desirability of retaining FMR as
investment adviser to each fund outweighs any disadvantages that may be
said to exist from exposure to simultaneous transactions.
VALUATION
Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC) normally determines each fund's net
asset value per share (NAV) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). The valuation of portfolio
securities is determined as of this time for the purpose of computing each
fund's NAV.
Portfolio securities are valued by various methods depending on the primary
market or exchange on which they trade. Fixed-income securities and other
assets for which market quotations are readily available may be valued at
market values determined by such securities' most recent bid prices (sales
prices if the principal market is an exchange) in the principal market in
which they normally are traded, as furnished by recognized dealers in such
securities or assets.
Or, fixed-income securities and convertible securities may be valued on the
basis of information furnished by a pricing service that uses a valuation
matrix which incorporates both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic
data processing techniques. Use of pricing services has been approved by
the Board of Trustees. A number of pricing services are available, and the
funds may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any
pricing service.
Futures contracts and options are valued on the basis of market quotations,
if available. Securities of other open-end investment companies are valued
at their respective NAVs.
Foreign securities are valued based on prices 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 currencies 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
NAV. 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 that security will be valued as
determined in good faith by a committee appointed by the Board of Trustees.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less for
which market quotations and information furnished by a pricing service are
not readily available are valued either at amortized cost or at original
cost plus accrued interest, both of which approximate current value. In
addition, securities and other assets for which there is no readily
available market value may be 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 a fund if, in the opinion
of a committee appointed by the Board of Trustees, some other method would
more accurately reflect the fair market value of such securities.
PERFORMANCE
The funds may quote performance in various ways. All performance
information supplied by the funds in advertising is historical and is not
intended to indicate future returns. Each fund's share price, yield, and
total return fluctuate in response to market conditions and other factors,
and the value of fund shares when redeemed may be more or less than their
original cost.
YIELD CALCULATIONS. Yields for a fund are computed by dividing the fund's
interest income for a given 30-day or one-month period, net of expenses, by
the average number of shares entitled to receive distributions during the
period, dividing this figure by the fund's net asset value (NAV) at the end
of the period, and annualizing the result (assuming compounding of income)
in order to arrive at an annual percentage rate. Yields do not reflect each
fund's 0.50% redemption fee, which applies to shares held less than 90 days
days. Income is calculated for purposes of yield quotations in accordance
with standardized methods applicable to all stock and bond funds. In
general, interest income is reduced with respect to bonds trading at a
premium over their par value by subtracting a portion of the premium from
income on a daily basis, and is increased with respect to bonds trading at
a discount by adding a portion of the discount to daily income. For a
fund's investments denominated in foreign currencies, income and expenses
are calculated first in their respective currencies, and are then converted
to U.S. dollars, either when they are actually converted or at the end of
the 30-day or one month period, whichever is earlier. Capital gains and
losses generally are excluded from the calculation as are gains and losses
from currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Income calculated for the purposes of calculating a fund's yield differs
from income as determined for other accounting purposes. Because of the
different accounting methods used, and because of the compounding of income
assumed in yield calculations, a fund's yield may not equal its
distribution rate, the income paid to your account, or the income reported
in the fund's financial statements.
Yield information may be useful in reviewing a fund's performance and in
providing a basis for comparison with other investment alternatives.
However, each fund's yield fluctuates, unlike investments that pay a fixed
interest rate over a stated period of time. When comparing investment
alternatives, investors should also note the quality and maturity of the
portfolio securities of respective investment companies they have chosen to
consider.
Investors should recognize that in periods of declining interest rates a
fund's yield will tend to be somewhat higher than prevailing market rates,
and in periods of rising interest rates the fund's yield will tend to be
somewhat lower. Also, when interest rates are falling, the inflow of net
new money to a fund from the continuous sale of its shares will likely be
invested in instruments producing lower yields than the balance of the
fund's holdings, thereby reducing the fund's current yield. In periods of
rising interest rates, the opposite can be expected to occur.
TOTAL RETURN CALCULATIONS. Total returns quoted in advertising reflect all
aspects of a fund's return, including the effect of reinvesting dividends
and capital gain distributions, and any change in the fund's NAV over a
stated period. Average annual total returns are calculated by determining
the growth or decline in value of a hypothetical historical investment in a
fund over a stated period, and then calculating the annually compounded
percentage rate that would have produced the same result if the rate of
growth or decline in value had been constant over the period. For example,
a cumulative total return of 100% over ten years would produce an average
annual total return of 7.18%, which is the steady annual rate of return
that would equal 100% growth on a compounded basis in ten years. While
average annual total returns are a convenient means of comparing investment
alternatives, investors should realize that a fund's performance is not
constant over time, but changes from year to year, and that average annual
total returns represent averaged figures as opposed to the actual
year-to-year performance of the fund.
In addition to average annual total returns, a fund may quote unaveraged or
cumulative total returns reflecting the simple change in value of an
investment over a stated period. Average annual and cumulative total
returns may be quoted as a percentage or as a dollar amount, and may be
calculated for a single investment, a series of investments, or a series of
redemptions, over any time period. Total returns may be broken down into
their components of income and capital (including capital gains and changes
in share price) in order to illustrate the relationship of these factors
and their contributions to total return. Total returns may be quoted on a
before-tax or after-tax basis and may or may not include the effect of the
fund's .50% redemption fee on shares held less than 90 days days. Excluding
a fund's redemption fee from a total return calculation produces a higher
total return figure. Total returns, yields, and other performance
information may be quoted numerically or in a table, graph, or similar
illustration.
NET ASSET VALUE. Charts and graphs using a fund's net asset values,
adjusted net asset values, and benchmark indices may be used to exhibit
performance. An adjusted NAV includes any distributions paid by a fund and
reflects all elements of its return. Unless otherwise indicated, a fund's
adjusted NAVs are not adjusted for sales charges, if any.
HISTORICAL FUND RESULTS. The following tables show each fund's yields and
total returns for periods ended July 31, 1997. Total return figures do not
include the effect of each fund's 0.50% redemption fee, applicable to
shares held less than 90 days.

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Target Timeline 1999 6. 07% 8.16% 4.32% 8.16% 6.45%

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Target Timeline 2003 6. 28% 11.94% 4.59% 11.94% 6.87%

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* From February 8, 1996 (commencement of operations).
Note: If FMR had not reimbursed certain fund expenses during these periods,
each fund's yield and total returns would have been lower.
The following tables show the income and capital elements of each fund's
cumulative total return. The tables compare each fund's return to the
record of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500), the Dow Jones
Industrial Average (DJIA), and the cost of living, as measured by the
Consumer Price Index (CPI), over the same period. The CPI information is as
of the month end closest to the initial investment date for each fund. The
S&P 500 and DJIA comparisons are provided to show how each fund's total
return compared to the record of a broad unmanaged index of common stocks
and a narrower set of stocks of major industrial companies, respectively,
over the same period. Because each fund invests in fixed-income securities,
common stocks represent a different type of investment from the funds.
Common stocks generally offer greater growth potential than the funds, but
generally experience greater price volatility, which means greater
potential for loss. In addition, common stocks generally provide lower
income than fixed-income investments such as the funds. The S&P 500 and
DJIA returns are based on the prices of unmanaged groups of stocks and,
unlike each fund's returns, do not include the effect of brokerage
commissions or other costs of investing.
The following tables show the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000
investment in each fund during the life of each fund, assuming all
distributions were reinvested. The figures below reflect the fluctuating
interest rates and bond prices of the specified periods and should not be
considered representative of the dividend income or capital gain or loss
that could be realized from an investment in a fund today. Tax consequences
of different investments have not been factored into the figures below.
During the period from February 8, 1996 (commencement of operations) to
July 31, 1997, a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Target Timeline 1999
would have grown to $10,645.
TARGET TIMELINE 1999 INDICES

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Investment Distributions Distributions

1997 $ 9,580 $ 1065 $ 0 $ 10,645 $ 15,143 $ 15,425 $ 10,395

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1997 $ 9,640 $ 1,068 $ 0 $ 10,708 $ 15,143 $ 15,425 $ 1 0,395

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1997 $ 9,670 $ 1,017 $ 0 $ 10,687 $ 15,143 $ 15,425 $ 10,39 5

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* From February 8, 1996 (commencement of operations)
** From month-end closest to initial investment date.
Explanatory Notes: With an initial investment of $10,000 in Target Timeline
2003 on February 8, 1996, the net amount invested in fund shares was
$10,000. The cost of the initial investment ($10,000) together with the
aggregate cost of reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions for
the period covered (their cash value at the time they were reinvested)
amounted to $ 10,986 . If distributions had not been reinvested, the
amount of distributions earned from the fund over time would have been
smaller, and cash payments for the period would have amounted to
$ 940 for dividends and $ 0 for capital gain distributions. The
figures in the table do not include the effect of the fund's .50%
redemption fee applicable to shares held less than 90 days.
PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS. A fund's performance may be compared to the
performance of other mutual funds in general, or to the performance of
particular types of mutual funds. These comparisons may be expressed as
mutual fund rankings prepared by Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. (Lipper),
an independent service located in Summit, New Jersey that monitors the
performance of mutual funds. Generally, Lipper rankings are based on total
return, assume reinvestment of distributions, do not take sales charges or
redemption fees into consideration, and are prepared without regard to tax
consequences. Lipper may also rank funds based on yield. In addition to the
mutual fund rankings, a fund's performance may be compared to stock, bond,
and money market mutual fund performance indices prepared by Lipper or
other organizations. When comparing these indices, it is important to
remember the risk and return characteristics of each type of investment.
For example, while stock mutual funds may offer higher potential returns,
they also carry the highest degree of share price volatility. Likewise,
money market funds may offer greater stability of principal, but generally
do not offer the higher potential returns available from stock mutual
funds.
From time to time, a fund's performance may also be compared to other
mutual funds tracked by financial or business publications and periodicals.
For example, the fund may quote Morningstar, Inc. in its advertising
materials. Morningstar, Inc. is a mutual fund rating service that rates
mutual funds on the basis of risk-adjusted performance. Rankings that
compare the performance of Fidelity funds to one another in appropriate
categories over specific periods of time may also be quoted in advertising.
A fund's performance may also be compared to that of a benchmark index
representing the universe of securities in which the fund may invest. The
total return of a benchmark index reflects reinvestment of all dividends
and capital gains paid by securities included in the index. Unlike a fund's
returns, however, the index returns do not reflect brokerage commissions,
transaction fees, or other costs of investing directly in the securities
included in the index.
Each fund may compare its performance to that of the Lehman Brothers
Aggregate Bond Index, a market value weighted performance benchmark for
investment-grade fixed-rate debt issues, including government, corporate,
asset-backed, and mortgage-backed securities. Issues included in the index
have an outstanding par value of at least $100 million and maturities of at
least one year. Government and corporate issues include all public
obligations of the U.S. Treasury (excluding flower bonds and
foreign-targeted issues) and U.S. Government agencies, as well as
nonconvertible investment-grade, SEC-registered corporate debt.
Mortgage-backed securities include 15- and 30-year fixed-rate securities
backed by mortgage pools of the Government National Mortgage Association
(GNMA), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), and Fannie Mae.
Asset-backed securities include credit card, auto, and home equity loans.
Each fund may also compare its performance to that of U.S. Treasury STRIPS
maturing near the fund's target maturity date. Performance for each fund
may be compared to the average performance of the two U.S. Treasury STRIPS
(evenly weighted by par amount) that mature close to the fund's target
maturity dates (August 15 and November 15 of the appropriate year).
U.S. Treasury STRIPS are zero-coupon bonds which pay principal and interest
on maturity. Because U.S. Treasury STRIPS mature (as will these funds),
they may provide a better performance comparison than other measures.
While t he performance of U.S. Treasury STRIPS (1999, 2001, 2003) may
provide a useful performance comparison, investors should not expect their
performance to be identical to that of the funds. The funds have the
ability to invest in securities other than U.S. Government securities such
as corporate bonds. Securities issued by the U.S. Government offer the
least amount of credit risk and therefore tend to offer lower rates of
return than more aggressive types of investments.
A fund may be compared in advertising to Certificates of Deposit (CDs) or
other investments issued by banks or other depository institutions. Mutual
funds differ from bank investments in several respects. For example, a fund
may offer greater liquidity or higher potential returns than CDs, a fund
does not guarantee your principal or your return, and fund shares are not
FDIC insured.
Fidelity may provide information designed to help individuals understand
their investment goals and explore various financial strategies. Such
information may include information about current economic, market, and
political conditions; materials that describe general principles of
investing, such as asset allocation, diversification, risk tolerance, and
goal setting; questionnaires designed to help create a personal financial
profile; worksheets used to project savings needs based on assumed rates of
inflation and hypothetical rates of return; and action plans offering
investment alternatives. Materials may also include discussions of
Fidelity's asset allocation funds and other Fidelity funds, products, and
services.
Ibbotson Associates of Chicago, Illinois (Ibbotson) provides historical
returns of the capital markets in the United States, including common
stocks, small capitalization stocks, long-term corporate bonds,
intermediate-term government bonds, long-term government bonds, Treasury
bills, the U.S. rate of inflation (based on the Consumer Price Index), and
combinations of various capital markets. The performance of these capital
markets is based on the returns of different indices.
Fidelity funds may use the performance of these capital markets in order to
demonstrate general risk-versus-reward investment scenarios. Performance
comparisons may also include the value of a hypothetical investment in any
of these capital markets. The risks associated with the security types in
any capital market may or may not correspond directly to those of the
funds. Ibbotson calculates total returns in the same method as the funds.
The funds may also compare performance to that of other compilations or
indices that may be developed and made available in the future.
In advertising materials, Fidelity may reference or discuss its products
and services, which may include other Fidelity funds; retirement investing;
brokerage products and services; model portfolios or allocations; saving
for college or other goals; charitable giving; and the Fidelity credit
card. In addition, Fidelity may quote or reprint financial or business
publications and periodicals as they relate to current economic and
political conditions, fund management, portfolio composition, investment
philosophy, investment techniques, the desirability of owning a particular
mutual fund, and Fidelity services and products. Fidelity may also reprint,
and use as advertising and sales literature, articles from Fidelity Focus,
a quarterly magazine provided free of charge to Fidelity fund shareholders.
A fund may present its fund number, Quotron(trademark) number, and CUSIP
number, and discuss or quote its current portfolio manager.
VOLATILITY. A fund may quote various measures of volatility and benchmark
correlation in advertising. In addition, the fund may compare these
measures to those of other funds. Measures of volatility seek to compare
the fund's historical share price fluctuations or total returns to those of
a benchmark. Measures of benchmark correlation indicate how valid a
comparative benchmark may be. All measures of volatility and correlation
are calculated using averages of historical data. In advertising, a fund
may also discuss or illustrate examples of interest rate sensitivity.
MOMENTUM INDICATORS indicate a fund's price movements over specific periods
of time. Each point on the momentum indicator represents the fund's
percentage change in price movements over that period.
A fund may advertise examples of the effects of periodic investment plans,
including the principle of dollar cost averaging. In such a program, an
investor invests a fixed dollar amount in a fund at periodic intervals,
thereby purchasing fewer shares when prices are high and more shares when
prices are low. While such a strategy does not assure a profit or guard
against loss in a declining market, the investor's average cost per share
can be lower than if fixed numbers of shares are purchased at the same
intervals. In evaluating such a plan, investors should consider their
ability to continue purchasing shares during periods of low price levels.
A fund may be available for purchase through retirement plans or other
programs offering deferral of, or exemption from, income taxes, which may
produce superior after-tax returns over time. For example, a $1,000
investment earning a taxable return of 10% annually would have an after-tax
value of $1,949 after ten years, assuming tax was deducted from the return
each year at a 31% rate. An equivalent tax-deferred investment would have
an after-tax value of $2,100 after ten years, assuming tax was deducted at
a 31% rate from the tax-deferred earnings at the end of the ten-year
period.
As of July 31, 1997, FMR advised over $ 29 billion in tax-free fund
assets, $ 95 billion in money market fund assets, $ 383 billion
in equity fund assets, $ 76 billion in international fund assets, and
$ 27 billion in Spartan fund assets. The funds may reference the
growth and variety of money market mutual funds and the adviser's
innovation and participation in the industry. The equity funds under
management figure represents the largest amount of equity fund assets under
management by a mutual fund investment adviser in the United States, making
FMR America's leading equity (stock) fund manager. FMR, its subsidiaries,
and affiliates maintain a worldwide information and communications network
for the purpose of researching and managing investments abroad.
In addition to performance rankings, each fund may compare its total
expense ratio to the average total expense ratio of similar funds tracked
by Lipper. A fund's total expense ratio is a significant factor in
comparing bond and money market investments because of its effect on yield.
ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION
Each fund is open for business and its net asset value per share (NAV) is
calculated each day the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for trading.
The NYSE has designated the following holiday closings for 1997: New Year's
Day, Presidents' Day (obser ved), Good Friday, Memorial Day
(observed), Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas
Day. Although FMR expects the same holiday schedule to be observed in the
future, the NYSE may modify its holiday schedule at any time. In addition,
the funds will not process wire purchases and redemptions on days when the
Federal Reserve Wire System is closed.
FSC normally determines each fund's NAV as of the close of the NYSE
(normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time). However, NAV may be calculated earlier
if trading on the NYSE is restricted or as permitted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). To the extent that portfolio securities are
traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is closed, a fund's NAV may
be affected on days when investors do not have access to the fund to
purchase or redeem shares. In addition, trading in some of a fund's
portfolio securities may not occur on days when the fund is open for
business.
If the Trustees determine that existing conditions make cash payments
undesirable, redemption payments may be made in whole or in part in
securities or other property, valued for this purpose as they are valued in
computing a fund's NAV. Shareholders receiving securities or other property
on redemption may realize a gain or loss for tax purposes, and will incur
any costs of sale, as well as the associated inconveniences.
Pursuant to Rule 11a-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940
Act), each fund is required to give shareholders at least 60 days' notice
prior to terminating or modifying its exchange privilege. Under the Rule,
the 60-day notification requirement may be waived if (i) the only effect of
a modification would be to reduce or eliminate an administrative fee,
redemption fee, or deferred sales charge ordinarily payable at the time of
an exchange, or (ii) the fund suspends the redemption of the shares to be
exchanged as permitted under the 1940 Act or the rules and regulations
thereunder, or the fund to be acquired suspends the sale of its shares
because it is unable to invest amounts effectively in accordance with its
investment objective and policies.
In the Prospectus, each fund has notified shareholders that it reserves the
right at any time, without prior notice, to refuse exchange purchases by
any person or group if, in FMR's judgment, the fund would be unable to
invest effectively in accordance with its investment objective and
policies, or would otherwise potentially be adversely affected.
DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
DISTRIBUTIONS. If you request to have distributions mailed to you and the
U.S. Postal Service cannot deliver your checks, or if your checks remain
uncashed for six months, Fidelity may reinvest your distributions at the
then-current NAV. All subsequent distributions will then be reinvested
until you provide Fidelity with alternate instructions.
DIVIDENDS. Because each fund's income is primarily derived from interest,
dividends from the fund generally will not qualify for the
dividends-received deduction available to corporate shareholders.
Short-term capital gains are distributed as dividend income, but do not
qualify for the dividends-received deduction. A portion of each fund's
dividends derived from certain U.S. Government obligations may be exempt
from state and local taxation. Gains (losses) attributable to foreign
currency fluctuations are generally taxable as ordinary income, and
therefore will increase (decrease) dividend distributions. As a
consequence, FMR may adjust a fund's income distributions to reflect the
effect of currency fluctuations. However, if foreign currency losses exceed
a fund's net investment income during a taxable year, all or a portion of
the distributions made in the same taxable year would be recharacterized as
a return of capital to shareholders, thereby reducing each shareholder's
cost basis in his or her fund. Each fund will send each shareholder a
notice in January describing the tax status of dividend and capital gain
distributions for the prior year.
CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. Long-term capital gains earned by each fund on
the sale of securities and distributed to shareholders are federally
taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of the length of time
shareholders have held their shares. If a shareholder receives a long-term
capital gain distribution on shares of a fund, and such shares are held six
months or less and are sold at a loss, the portion of the loss equal to the
amount of the long-term capital gain distribution will be considered a
long-term loss for tax purposes. Short-term capital gains distributed by
each fund are taxable to shareholders as dividends, not as capital gains.
As of July 31, 1997, Target Timeline 1999, Target Timeline 2001 and
Target Timeline 2003 had capital loss carryforwards aggregating
approximately $44,000, $32,000 and $12,000, respectively. These loss
carryforwards, all of which will expire on July 31, 2005, are available
to offset future capital gains.
FOREIGN TAXES. Foreign governments may withhold taxes on dividends and
interest paid with respect to foreign securities. Foreign governments may
also impose taxes on other payments or gains with respect to foreign
securities. Because a fund does not currently anticipate that securities of
foreign issuers will constitute more than 50% of its total assets at the
end of its fiscal year, shareholders should not expect to claim a foreign
tax credit or deduction on their federal income tax returns with respect to
foreign taxes withheld.
TAX STATUS OF THE FUNDS. Each fund intends to qualify each year as a
"regulated investment company" for tax purposes so that it will not be
liable for federal tax on income and capital gains distributed to
shareholders. In order to qualify as a regulated investment company and
avoid being subject to federal income or excise taxes at the fund level,
each fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment
income and net realized capital gains within each calendar year as well as
on a fiscal year basis. Each fund intends to comply with other tax rules
applicable to regulated investment companies, including a requirement that
capital gains from the sale of securities held less than three months
constitute less than 30% of the fund's gross income for each fiscal year.
Gains from some, futures contracts, and options are included in this 30%
calculation, which may limit a fund's investments in such instruments.
If a fund purchases shares in certain foreign investment entities, defined
as passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) in the Internal Revenue
Code, it may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a portion of any
excess distribution or gain from the disposition of such shares. Interest
charges may also be imposed on a fund with respect to deferred taxes
arising from such distributions or gains. Generally, each fund will elect
to mark-to-market any PFIC shares. Unrealized gains will be recognized as
income for tax purposes and must be distributed to shareholders as
dividends.
Each fund is treated as a separate entity from the other funds of Fidelity
Boston Street Trust for tax purposes.
OTHER TAX INFORMATION. The information above is only a summary of some of
the tax consequences generally affecting each fund and its shareholders,
and no attempt has been made to discuss individual tax consequences. In
addition to federal income taxes, shareholders may be subject to state and
local taxes on fund distributions, and shares may be subject to state and
local personal property taxes. Investors should consult their tax advisers
to determine whether a fund is suitable to their particular tax situation.
FMR
All of the stock of FMR is owned by FMR Corp., its parent organized in
1972. The voting common stock of FMR Corp. is divided into two classes.
Class B is held predominantly by members of the Edward C. Johnson 3d family
and is entitled to 49% of the vote on any matter acted upon by the voting
common stock. Class A is held predominantly by non-Johnson family member
employees of FMR Corp. and its affiliates and is entitled to 51% of the
vote on any such matter. The Johnson family group and all other Class B
shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which
all Class B shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of
Class B shares. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act),
control of a company is presumed where one individual or group of
individuals owns more than 25% of the voting stock of that company.
Therefore, through their ownership of voting common stock and the execution
of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be
deemed, under the 1940 Act, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR
Corp.
At present, the principal operating activities of FMR Corp. are those
conducted by its division, Fidelity Investments Retail Marketing Company,
which provides marketing services to various companies within the Fidelity
organization.
Fidelity investment personnel may invest in securities for their own
accounts pursuant to a code of ethics that sets forth all employees'
fiduciary responsibilities regarding the funds, establishes procedures for
personal investing and restricts certain transactions. For example, all
personal trades in most securities require pre-clearance, and participation
in initial public offerings is prohibited. In addition, restrictions on the
timing of personal investing in relation to trades by Fidelity funds and on
short-term trading have been adopted.
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
The Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and executive officers of the
trust are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the
office shown or other offices in the same company for the last five years.
Trustees and officers elected or appointed to Fidelity Boston Street Trust
prior to the Money Markets fund conversion from a Massachusetts business
trust served in identical capacities. All persons named as Trustees and
Members of the Advisory Board also serve in similar capacities for other
funds advised by FMR. The business address of each Trustee, Member of the
Advisory Board, and officer who is an "interested person" (as defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940) is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109, which is also the address of FMR. The business address
of all the other Trustees is Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 9235, Boston,
Massachusetts 02205-9235. Those Trustees who are "interested persons" by
virtue of their affiliation with either the trust or FMR are indicated by
an asterisk (*).
*EDWARD C. JOHNSON 3d (67), Trustee and President, is Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and a Director of FMR Corp.; a Director and Chairman of
the Board and of the Executive Committee of FMR; Chairman and a Director of
FMR Texas Inc., Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc., and Fidelity
Management & Research (Far East) Inc.
*J. GARY BURKHEAD (56), Member of the Advisory Board (1997), is Vice
Chairman and a Member of the Board of Directors of FMR Corp. (1997) and
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fidelity Institutional Group
(1997). Previously, Mr. Bur khead served as President of Fidelity
Management & Research Company.
RALPH F. COX (65), Trustee, is President of RABAR Enterprises (management
consulting-engineering industry, 1994). Prior to February 1994, he was
President of Greenhill Petroleum Corporation (petroleum exploration and
production). Until March 1990, Mr. Cox was President and Chief Operating
Officer of Union Pacific Resources Company (exploration and production). He
is a Director of USA Waste Services, Inc. (non-hazardous waste, 1993), CH2M
Hill Companies (engineering), Rio Grande, Inc. (oil and gas production),
and Daniel Industries (petroleum measurement equipment manufacturer). In
addition, he is a member of advisory boards of Texas A&M University and the
University of Texas at Austin.
PHYLLIS BURKE DAVIS (65), Trustee (1992). Prior to her retirement in
September 1991, Mrs. Davis was the Senior Vice President of Corporate
Affairs of Avon Products, Inc. She is currently a Director of BellSouth
Corporation (telecommunications), Eaton Corporation (manufacturing, 1991),
and the TJX Companies, Inc. (retail stores), and previously served as a
Director of Hallmark Cards, Inc. (1985-1991) and Nabisco Brands, Inc. In
addition, she is a member of the President's Advisory Council of The
University of Vermont School of Business Administration.
ROBERT M. GATES (54), Trustee (1997), is a consultant, author, and lecturer
(1993). Mr. Gates was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
from 1991-1993. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Gates served as Assistant to the
President of the United States and Deputy National Security Advisor. Mr.
Gates is currently a Trustee for the Forum For International Policy, a
Board Member for the Virginia Neurological Institute, and a Senior Advisor
of the Harvard Journal of World Affairs. In addition, Mr. Gates also serves
as a member of the corporate board for LucasVarity PLC (automotive
components and diesel engines), Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
(non-profit), NACCO Industries, Inc. (mining and manufacturing), and TRW
Inc. (original equipment and replacement products).
E. BRADLEY JONES (69), Trustee. Prior to his retirement in 1984, Mr. Jones
was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LTV Steel Company. He is a
Director of TRW Inc. (original equipment and replacement products),
Consolidated Rail Corporation, Birmingham Steel Corporation, and RPM, Inc.
(manufacturer of chemical products), and he previously served as a Director
of NACCO Industries, Inc. (mining and manufacturing, 1985-1995),
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (1985-1995), and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
(mining), and as a Trustee of First Union Real Estate Investments. In
addition, he serves as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where
he has also been a member of the Executive Committee as well as Chairman of
the Board and President, a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of
University School (Cleveland), and a Trustee of Cleveland Clinic Florida.
DONALD J. KIRK (64), Trustee, is Executive-in-Residence (1995) at Columbia
University Graduate School of Business and a financial consultant. From
1987 to January 1995, Mr. Kirk was a Professor at Columbia University
Graduate School of Business. Prior to 1987, he was Chairman of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Mr. Kirk is a Director of General Re
Corporation (reinsurance), and he previously served as a Director of
Valuation Research Corp. (appraisals and valuations, 1993-1995). In
addition, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National
Arts Stabilization Fund, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Greenwich
Hospital Association, a Member of the Public Oversight Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' SEC Practice Section
(1995), and as a Public Governor of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (1996).
*PETER S. LYNCH (54), Trustee, is Vice Chairman and Director of FMR (1992).
Prior to May 31, 1990, he was a Director of FMR and Executive Vice
President of FMR (a position he held until March 31, 1991); Vice President
of Fidelity Magellan Fund and FMR Growth Group Leader; and Managing
Director of FMR Corp. Mr. Lynch was also Vice President of Fidelity
Investments Corporate Services (1991-1992). In addition, he serves as a
Trustee of Boston College, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Historic
Deerfield (1989) and Society for the Preservation of New England
Antiquities, and as an Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston.
WILLIAM O. McCOY (63), Trustee (1997), is the Vice President of Finance for
the University of North Carolina (16-school system, 1995). Prior to his
retirement in December 1994, Mr. McCoy was Vice Chairman of the Board of
BellSouth Corporation (telecommunications, 1984) and President of BellSouth
Enterprises (1986). He is currently a Director of Liberty Corporation
(holding company, 1984), Weeks Corporation of Atlanta (real estate, 1994),
Carolina Power and Light Company (electric utility, 1996), and the Kenan
Transport Co. (1996). Previously, he was a Director of First American
Corporation (bank holding company, 1979-1996). In addition, Mr. McCoy
serves as a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994) and for the Kenan-Flager Business School
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988).
GERALD C. McDONOUGH (68), Trustee and Chairman of the non-interested
Trustees, is Chairman of G.M. Management Group (strategic advisory
services). Prior to his retirement in July 1988, he was Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Leaseway Transportation Corp. (physical distribution
services). Mr. McDonough is a Director of Brush-Wellman Inc. (metal
refining), York International Corp. (air conditioning and refrigeration),
Commercial Intertech Corp. (hydraulic systems, building systems, and metal
products, 1992), CUNO, Inc. (liquid and gas filtration products, 1996), and
Associated Estates Realty Corporation (a real estate investment trust,
1993). Mr. McDonough served as a Director of ACME-Cleveland Corp. (metal
working, telecommunications, and electronic products) from 1987-1996.
MARVIN L. MANN (64), Trustee (1993) is Chairman of the Board, President,
and Chief Executive Officer of Lexmark International, Inc. (office
machines, 1991). Prior to 1991, he held the positions of Vice President of
International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM") and President and
General Manager of various IBM divisions and subsidiaries. Mr. Mann is a
Director of M.A. Hanna Company (chemicals, 1993) and Infomart (marketing
services, 1991), a Trammell Crow Co. In addition, he serves as the Campaign
Vice Chairman of the Tri-State United Way (1993) and is a member of the
University of Alabama President's Cabinet.
*ROBERT C. POZEN (51), Trustee (1997) and Senior Vice President, is also
President and a Director of FMR (1997); and President and a Director of FMR
Texas Inc. (1997), Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (1997), and
Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. (1997). Previously, Mr.
Pozen served as General Counsel, Managing Director, and Senior Vice
President of FMR Corp.
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS (68), Trustee, is President of The Wales Group, Inc.
(management and financial advisory services). Prior to retiring in 1987,
Mr. Williams served as Chairman of the Board of First Wachovia Corporation
(bank holding company), and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The
First National Bank of Atlanta and First Atlanta Corporation (bank holding
company). He is currently a Director of BellSouth Corporation
(telecommunications), ConAgra, Inc. (agricultural products), Fisher
Business Systems, Inc. (computer software), Georgia Power Company (electric
utility), Gerber Alley & Associates, Inc. (computer software), National
Life Insurance Company of Vermont, American Software, Inc., and AppleSouth,
Inc. (restaurants, 1992).
FRED L. HENNING, JR. (58), is Vice President of Fidelity's fixed-income
funds (1995) and Senior Vice President of FMR (1995). Before assuming
his current responsibilities, Mr. Henning was head of Fidelity's money
market division (1986-1995).
DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL (43), Vice President of Bond Funds, Group Leader of
the Bond Group, and is Senior Vice President of FMR (1997). Mr. Churchhill
joined Fidelity in 1993 as Vice President and Group Leader of Taxable
Fixed-Income Investments. Prior to joining Fidelity, he spent three years
as president of CEO and CSI Asset Management, Inc. in Chicago, an
investment management subsidiary of The Prudential.
C HRISTINE J. THOMPSON (49), is Vice President of Fidelity Target
Timeline 1999, Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target
Timeline 2003 (1997).
ARTHUR S. LORING (49), Secretary, is Senior Vice President (1993) and
General Counsel of FMR, Vice President-Legal of FMR Corp., and Vice
President and Clerk of FDC.
RICHARD A. SILVER (50), Treasurer (1997), is Treasurer of the Fidelity
funds and is an employee of FMR (1997). Before joining FMR, Mr. Silver
served as Executive Vice President, Fund Accounting & Administration at
First Data Investor Services Group, Inc. (1996-1997). Prior to 1996, Mr.
Silver was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at The
Colonial Group, Inc. Mr. Silver also served as Chairman of the
Accounting/Treasurer's Committee of the Investment Company Institute
(1987-1993).
JOHN H. COSTELLO (50), Assistant Treasurer, is an employee of FMR.
LEONARD M. RUSH (51), Assistant Treasurer (1994), is an employee of FMR
(1994). Prior to becoming Assistant Treasurer of the Fidelity funds, Mr.
Rush was Chief Compliance Officer of FMR Corp. (1993-1994) and Chief
Financial Officer of Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc. (1990-1993).
The following table sets forth information describing the compensation of
each Trustee and Member of the Advisory Board of each fund for his or her
services for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1997, or calendar year ended
December 31, 1996, as applicable.
COMPENSATION TABLE

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Trustees and Members of the Advisory Board Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate Total
Compensation Compensation Compensation Compensation
from from from from the
Target Timeline Target Timeline Target Timeline Fund Complex*,A
1999 A 2001 A 2003 A

J. Gary Burkhead ** $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0

Ralph F. Cox $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 137,700

Phyllis Burke Davis $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 134,700

Richard J. Flynn*** $ 1 $ 1 $ 1 $ 168,000

Robert M. Gates **** $ 1 $ 1 $ 1 $ 0

Edward C. Johnson 3d ** $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0

E. Bradley Jones $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 134,700

Donald J. Kirk $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 136,200

Peter S. Lynch ** $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0

William O. McCoy***** $ 2 $ 2 $ 3 $ 85,333

Gerald C. McDonough $ 4 $ 4 $ 5 $ 136,200

Edward H. Malone*** $ 1 $ 1 $ 1 $ 136,200

Marvin L. Mann $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 134,700

Robert C. Pozen ** $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0

Thomas R. Williams $ 4 $ 3 $ 4 $ 136,200

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* Information is for the calendar year ended December 31, 1996 for 235
funds in the complex.
** Interested Trustees of the funds and Mr. Burkhead are compensated by
FMR.
*** Richard J. Flynn and Edward H. Malone served on the Board of Trustees
through December 31, 1996.
**** Mr. Gates was elected to the Board of Trustees of the trust on July
16, 1997.
***** During the period from May 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996, William
O. McCoy served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the trust. Mr. McCoy
was elected to the Board of Trustees of the trust on July 16, 1997.
A Compensation figures include cash, a pro rata portion of benefits
accrued under the retirement program for the period ended December 30, 1996
and required to be deferred, and may include amounts deferred at the
election of Trustees.
Under a retirement program adopted in July 1988 and modified in November
1995 and November 1996, each non-interested Trustee who retired before
December 30, 1996 may receive payments from a Fidelity fund during his or
her lifetime based on his or her basic trustee fees and length of service.
The obligation of a fund to make such payments is neither secured nor
funded. A Trustee became eligible to participate in the program at the end
of the calendar year in which he or she reached age 72, provided that, at
the time of retirement, he or she had served as a Fidelity fund Trustee for
at least five years.
Under a deferred compensation plan adopted in September 1995 and amended in
November 1996 (the Plan), non-interested Trustees must defer receipt of a
portion of, and may elect to defer receipt of an additional portion of,
their annual fees. Amounts deferred under the Plan are treated as though
equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of a cross-section of
Fidelity funds including funds in each major investment discipline and
representing a majority of Fidelity's assets under management (the
Reference Funds). The amounts ultimately received by the Trustees under the
Plan will be directly linked to the investment performance of the Reference
Funds. Deferral of fees in accordance with the Plan will have a negligible
effect on a fund's assets, liabilities, and net income per share, and will
not obligate a fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any
particular level of compensation to the Trustee. A fund may invest in the
Reference Funds under the Plan without shareholder approval.
As of December 30, 1996, the non-interested Trustees terminated the
retirement program for Trustees who retire after such date. In connection
with the termination of the retirement program, each then-existing
non-interested Trustee received a credit to his or her Plan account equal
to the present value of the estimated benefits that would have been payable
under the retirement program. The amounts credited to the non-interested
Trustees' Plan accounts are subject to vesting and are treated as though
equivalent dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Reference
Funds. The amounts ultimately received by the Trustees in connection with
the credits to their Plan accounts will be directly linked to the
investment performance of the Reference Funds. The termination of the
retirement program and related crediting of estimated benefits to the
Trustees' Plan accounts did not result in a material cost to the funds.
As of July 31, 1997, approximately 30.8%, 38.1%, and 28.5% of each of
Target Timeline 1999's, Target Timeline 2001's, and Target Timeline 2003's
total outstanding shares, respectively, were held by FMR affiliates. FMR
Corp. is the ultimate parent company of these FMR affiliates. By virtue of
his ownership interest in FMR Corp., as described in the "FMR" section on
page , Mr. Edwards C. Johnson 3d, President and Trustee of each fund, may
be deemed to be a beneficial owner of these shares. As of the above date,
with the exception to Mr. Johnson 3d's deemed ownership of Target Timeline
1999's and Target Timeline 2003's shares, the Trustees, Members of the
Advisory Board, and officers of the funds owned, in the aggregate, less
than 1% of each fund's total outstanding shares. As of the above date, with
the exception of Mr. Johnson 3d's deemed ownership of Target Timeline
2001's shares, the Trustees, Members of the Advisory Board, and officers of
the fund owned, in the aggregate, 1.60% of the fund's total outstanding
shares.
As of July 31, 1997, the following owned of record 5% or more of a fund's
outstanding shares: Target Timeline 1999: National Financial Service
Corportation, Boston, MA (23.69%); Target Timeline 2001: National Financial
Service Corportation, Boston, MA (55.00%); Target Timeline 2003: National
Financial Service Corportation, Boston, MA (44.10%).
A shareholder owning of record or beneficially more than 25% of a fund's
outstanding shares may be considered a controlling person. That
shareholder's vote could have a more significant effect on matters
presented at a shareholders' meeting than votes of other shareholders.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
FMR is manager of each fund pursuant to management contracts dated June 1,
1996, which were approved by FMR the then sole shareholder of each fund on
January 18, 1996.
MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Each fund employs FMR to furnish investment advisory
and other services. Under the terms of its management contract with each
fund, FMR acts as investment adviser and, subject to the supervision of the
Board of Trustees, directs the investments of the fund in accordance with
its investment objective, policies, and limitations. FMR also provides each
fund with all necessary office facilities and personnel for servicing the
fund's investments, compensates all officers of each fund and all Trustees
who are "interested persons" of the trust or of FMR, and all personnel of
each fund or FMR performing services relating to research, statistical, and
investment activities.
In addition, FMR or its affiliates, subject to the supervision of the Board
of Trustees, provide the management and administrative services necessary
for the operation of each fund. These services include providing facilities
for maintaining each fund's organization; supervising relations with
custodians, transfer and pricing agents, accountants, underwriters, and
other persons dealing with each fund; preparing all general shareholder
communications and conducting shareholder relations; maintaining each
fund's records and the registration of each fund's shares under federal
securities laws and making necessary filings under state securities laws;
developing management and shareholder services for each fund; and
furnishing reports, evaluations, and analyses on a variety of subjects to
the Trustees.
MANAGEMENT-RELATED EXPENSES. In addition to the management fee payable to
FMR and the fees payable to the transfer, dividend disbursing, and
shareholder servicing agent, pricing and bookkeeping agent, and securities
lending agent, as applicable, each fund pays all of its expenses that are
not assumed by those parties. Each fund pays for the typesetting, printing,
and mailing of its proxy materials to shareholders, legal expenses, and the
fees of the custodian, auditor and non-interested Trustees. Each fund's
management contract further provides that the fund will pay for
typesetting, printing, and mailing prospectuses, statements of additional
information, notices, and reports to shareholders; however, under the terms
of each fund's transfer agent agreement, the transfer agent bears the costs
of providing these services to existing shareholders. Other expenses paid
by each fund include interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, the fund's
proportionate share of insurance premiums and Investment Company Institute
dues, and the costs of registering shares under federal securities laws and
making necessary filings under state securities laws. Each fund is also
liable for such non-recurring expenses as may arise, including costs of any
litigation to which the fund may be a party, and any obligation it may have
to indemnify its officers and Trustees with respect to litigation.
MANAGEMENT FEES. For the services of FMR under the management contract,
each fund pays FMR a monthly management fee which has two components: a
group fee rate and an individual fund fee rate.
The group fee rate is based on the monthly average net assets of all of the
registered investment companies with which FMR has management contracts.
GROUP FEE RATE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE ANNUAL FEE RATES

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 425 .1443

228 - 264 .1300 450 .1427

264 - 300 .1275 475 .1413

300 - 336 .1250 500 .1399

336 - 372 .1225 525 .1385

372 - 408 .1200 550 .1372

408 - 444 .1175

444 - 480 .1150

480 - 516 .1125

Over 516 .1100

The group fee rate is calculated on a cumulative basis pursuant to the
graduated fee rate schedule shown above on the left. The schedule above on
the right shows the effective annual group fee rate at various asset
levels, which is the result of cumulatively applying the annualized rates
on the left. For example, the effective annual fee rate at $ 522
billion of group net assets - the approximate level for July 1997
- - was 0.1387 %, which is the weighted average of the respective
fee rates for each level of group net assets up to $ 522 billion.
Each fund's individual fund fee rate is 0.30%. Based on the average group
net assets of the funds advised by FMR for July 1997, each fund's annual
management fee rate would be calculated as follows:
Group Fee Rate Individual Fund Fee Rate Management Fee Rate

0. 1387 % + 0.30% = 0. 4387 %

One-twelfth of this annual management fee rate is applied to each fund's
net assets averaged for the most recent month, giving a dollar amount,
which is the fee for that month.
The following table shows the amount of management fees paid by each fund
to FMR for the past t wo fiscal years.
Fund Fiscal Years Ended July Management Fees Paid to FMR

Target Timeline 1999 1997 $ 42,880

1996 $ 9,764

Target Timeline 2001 1997 $ 36,434

1996 $ 8,849

Target Timeline 2003 1997 $ 44,592

1996 $ 9,085

FMR may, from time to time, voluntarily reimburse all or a portion of a
fund's operating expenses (exclusive of interest, taxes, brokerage
commissions, and extraordinary expenses). FMR retains the ability to be
repaid for these expense reimbursements in the amount that expenses fall
below the limit prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Expense reimbursements by FMR will increase a fund's total returns and
yield, and repayment of the reimbursement by a fund will lower its total
returns and yield.
During the past fiscal periods reported, FMR voluntarily agreed, subject to
revision or termination, to reimburse certain funds if and to the extent
that the fund's aggregate operating expenses, including management fees,
were in excess of an annual rate of its average net assets. The tables
below show the periods of reimbursement and levels of expense limitations;
the dollar amount of management fees incurred under each fund's contract
before reimbursement; and the dollar amount of management fees reimbursed
by FMR under the expense reimbursement for each period.
Aggregate Management Fee Amount of
Operating Before Management Fee
Expense Reimbursement Reimbursement
Limitation

Target Timeline 1999 .35 % $ 42,880 $ 42,880

Target Timeline 2001 .35 % $ 36,434 $ 36,434

Target Timeline 2003 .35 % $ 44,592 $ 44,592

SUB-ADVISERS. On behalf of the funds, FMR has entered into sub-advisory
agreements with FMR U.K. and FMR Far East Pursuant to the sub-advisory
agreements, FMR may receive investment advice and research services outside
the United States from the sub-advisers.
On behalf of each fund, FMR may also grant the sub-advisers investment
management authority as well as the authority to buy and sell securities if
FMR believes it would be beneficial to the funds.
Currently, FMR U.K. and FMR Far East each focus on issuers in countries
other than the United States such as those in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific
Basin.
FMR U.K. and FMR Far East, which were organized in 1986, are wholly owned
subsidiaries of FMR. Under the sub-advisory agreements FMR pays the fees of
FMR U.K. and FMR Far East. For providing non-discretionary investment
advice and research services, FMR pays FMR U.K. and FMR Far East fees equal
to 110% and 105%, respectively, of FMR U.K.'s and FMR Far East's costs
incurred in connection with providing investment advice and research
services.
On behalf of each fund, for providing discretionary investment management
and executing portfolio transactions, FMR pays FMR U.K. and FMR Far East a
fee equal to 50% of its monthly management fee rate with respect to each
fund's average net assets managed by the sub-adviser on a discretionary
basis.
For investment advice and research services, no fees were paid to the
sub-advisers by FMR on behalf of the funds for the past three fiscal years.
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE PLANS
The Trustees have approved Distribution and Service Plans on behalf of the
funds (the Plans) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (the Rule). The Rule provides in substance that a mutual fund may
not engage directly or indirectly in financing any activity that is
primarily intended to result in the sale of shares of a fund except
pursuant to a plan approved on behalf of the fund under the Rule. The
Plans, as approved by the Trustees, allow the funds and FMR to incur
certain expenses that might be considered to constitute indirect payment by
the funds of distribution expenses.
Under each Plan, if the payment of management fees by the funds to FMR is
deemed to be indirect financing by the funds of the distribution of their
shares, such payment is authorized by the Plans. Each Plan also
specifically recognizes that FMR, either directly or through FDC, may use
its management fee revenue, past profits, or other resources, without
limitation, to pay promotional and administrative expenses in connection
with the offer and sale of shares of each fund. In addition, each Plan
provides that FMR may use its resources, including its management fee
revenues, to make payments to third parties that assist in selling shares
of each fund, or to third parties, including banks, that render shareholder
support services.
Currently, the Board of Trustees has not authorized such payments.
Prior to approving each Plan, the Trustees carefully considered all
pertinent factors relating to the implementation of the Plan, and have
determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that the Plan will benefit
the fund and its shareholders. In particular, the Trustees noted that the
Plans do not authorize payments by a fund other than those made to FMR
under its management contract with the fund. To the extent that each Plan
gives FMR and FDC greater flexibility in connection with the distribution
of shares of each fund, additional sales of fund shares may result.
Furthermore, certain shareholder support services may be provided more
effectively under the Plans by local entities with whom shareholders have
other relationships.
The Plans were approved by FMR as the then sole shareholder of each fund on
January 18, 1996.
The Glass-Steagall Act generally prohibits federally and state chartered or
supervised banks from engaging in the business of underwriting, selling, or
distributing securities. Although the scope of this prohibition under the
Glass-Steagall Act has not been clearly defined by the courts or
appropriate regulatory agencies, FDC believes that the Glass-Steagall Act
should not preclude a bank from performing shareholder support services, or
servicing and recordkeeping functions. FDC intends to engage banks only to
perform such functions. However, changes in federal or state statutes and
regulations pertaining to the permissible activities of banks and their
affiliates or subsidiaries, as well as further judicial or administrative
decisions or interpretations, could prevent a bank from continuing to
perform all or a part of the contemplated services. If a bank were
prohibited from so acting, the Trustees would consider what actions, if
any, would be necessary to continue to provide efficient and effective
shareholder services. In such event, changes in the operation of the funds
might occur, including possible termination of any automatic investment or
redemption or other services then provided by the bank. It is not expected
that shareholders would suffer any adverse financial consequences as a
result of any of these occurrences. In addition, state securities laws on
this issue may differ from the interpretations of federal law expressed
herein, and banks and financial institutions may be required to register as
dealers pursuant to state law.
Each fund may execute portfolio transactions with, and purchase securities
issued by, depository institutions that receive payments under the Plans.
No preference for the instruments of such depository institutions will be
shown in the selection of investments.
CONTRACTS WITH FMR AFFILIATES
Each fund has entered into a transfer agent agreement with FSC, an
affiliate of FMR. Under the terms of the agreements, FSC performs transfer
agency, dividend disbursing, and shareholder services for each fund.
For providing transfer agency services, FSC receives an annual account fee
and an asset-based fee each based on account size and fund type for each
retail account and certain institutional accounts. With respect to certain
institutional retirement accounts, FSC receives an annual account fee and
an asset-based fee based on account type or fund type. These annual account
fees are subject to increase based on postal rate changes.
FSC also collects small account fees from certain accounts with balances of
less than $2,500.
In addition, FSC receives the pro rata portion of the transfer agency fees
applicable to shareholder accounts in each Fidelity Freedom Fund, a fund of
funds managed by an FMR affiliate, according to the percentage of the
Freedom Fund's assets that is invested in a fund.
FSC pays out-of-pocket expenses associated with providing transfer agent
services. In addition, FSC bears the expense of typesetting, printing, and
mailing prospectuses, statements of additional information, and all other
reports, notices, and statements to existing shareholders, with the
exception of proxy statements.
Each fund has also entered into a service agent agreement with FSC, an
affiliate of FMR. Under the terms of the agreements, FSC calculates the NAV
and dividends for each fund, maintains each fund's portfolio and general
accounting records, and administers each fund's securities lending program.
For providing pricing and bookkeeping services, FSC receives a monthly fee
based on each fund's average daily net assets throughout the month. The
annual fee rates for pricing and bookkeeping services are .0400% of the
first $500 million of average net assets and .0200% of average net assets
in excess of $500 million. The fee, not including reimbursement for
out-of-pocket expenses, is limited to a minimum of $60,000 and a maximum of
$800,000 per year.
Prici ng and bookkeeping fees, including reimbursement for
out-of-pocket expenses, paid by the funds to FSC for the past two fiscal
years are shown in the table below:
Pricing and Bookkeeping Fees

1997 1996*

Fidelity Target Timeline 1999 $ 60,022 $ 28,621

Fidelity Target Timeline 2001 $ 60,018 $ 28,621

Fidelity Target Timeline 2003 $ 60,215 $ 28,621

* From February 8, 1996 (commencement of operations).
For administering each fund's securities lending program, FSC receives fees
based on the number and duration of individual securities loans.
For the fiscal years ended July 1997 and 1996, the funds paid no securities
lending fees.
Each fund has entered into a distribution agreement with FDC, an affiliate
of FMR organized as a Massachusetts corporation on July 18, 1960. FDC is a
broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a
member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. The
distribution agreements call for FDC to use all reasonable efforts,
consistent with its oth er bu siness, to secure purchasers for shares
of each fund, which are continuously offered at NAV. Promotional and
administrative expenses in connection with the offer and sale of shares are
paid by FMR.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST
TRUST ORGANIZATION. Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, Fidelity Target Timeline
2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline 2003 are funds of Fidelity Boston Street
Trust, an open-end management investment company originally organized as a
limited partnership in the state of Delaware on October 13, 1987. The fund
was converted to a Massachusetts business trust on December 31, 1989, at
which time its name was changed from Fidelity U.S. Treasury Money Market
Fund L.P. to Fidelity U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund. On May 18, 1990, the
fund's name was changed to Spartan U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund. In
September 1995 the trust was renamed Fidelity Boston Street Trust. Fidelity
Target Timeline 1999, Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target
Timeline 2003 are the only funds of the trust. The Declaration of Trust
permits the Trustees to create additional funds. Currently, there are three
funds of Fidelity Boston Street Trust: Fidelity Target Timeline 1999,
Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target T imeline 2003.
The De claration of Trust permits t he Trustees to create additional
funds.
In the event that FMR ceases to be the investment adviser to a trust or a
fund, the right of the trust or fund to use the identifying names
"Fidelity" may be withdrawn. There is a remote possibility that one fund
might become liable for any misstatement in its prospectus or statement of
additional information about another fund.
The assets of the trust received for the issue or sale of shares of each
fund and all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, subject only
to the rights of creditors, are especially allocated to such fund, and
constitute the underlying assets of such fund. The underlying assets of
each fund are segregated on the books of account, and are to be charged
with the liabilities with respect to such fund and with a share of the
general expenses of the trust. Expenses with respect to the trust are to be
allocated in proportion to the asset value of the respective funds, except
where allocations of direct expense can otherwise be fairly made. The
officers of the trust, subject to the general supervision of the Board of
Trustees, have the power to determine which expenses are allocable to a
given fund, or which are general or allocable to all of the funds. In the
event of the dissolution or liquidation of the trust, shareholders of each
fund are entitled to receive as a class the underlying assets of such fund
available for distribution.
SHAREHOLDER AND TRUSTEE LIABILITY. The trust is an entity of the type
commonly known as "Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law,
shareholders of such a trust may, under certain circumstances, be held
personally liable for the obligations of the trust. The Declaration of
Trust provides that the trust shall not have any claim against shareholders
except for the payment of the purchase price of shares and requires that
each agreement, obligation, or instrument entered into or executed by the
trust or the Trustees shall include a provision limiting the obligations
created thereby to the trust and its assets. The Declaration of Trust
provides for indemnification out of each fund's property of any shareholder
held personally liable for the obligations of the fund. The Declaration of
Trust also provides that each fund shall, upon request, assume the defense
of any claim made against any shareholder for any act or obligation of the
fund and satisfy any judgment thereon. Thus, the risk of a shareholder
incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to
circumstances in which the fund itself would be unable to meet its
obligations. FMR believes that, in view of the above, the risk of personal
liability to shareholders is remote.
The Declaration of Trust further provides that the Trustees, if they have
exercised reasonable care, will not be liable for any neglect or
wrongdoing, but nothing in the Declaration of Trust protects Trustees
against any liability to which they would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of
the duties involved in the conduct of their office.
VOTING RIGHTS. Each fund's capital consists of shares of beneficial
interest. As a shareholder, you receive one vote for each dollar value of
net asset value you own. The shares have no preemptive or conversion
rights; the voting and dividend rights, the right of redemption, and the
privilege of exchange are described in the Prospectus. Shares are fully
paid and nonassessable, except as set forth under the heading "Shareholder
and Trustee Liability" above. Shareholders representing 10% or more of the
trust or a fund may, as set forth in the Declaration of Trust, call
meetings of the trust or a fund for any purpose related to the trust or
fund, as the case may be, including, in the case of a meeting of the entire
trust, the purpose of voting on removal of one or more Trustees. The trust
or any fund may be terminated upon the sale of its assets to another
open-end management investment company, or upon liquidation and
distribution of its assets, if approved by vote of the holders of a
majority of the trust or the fund, as determined by the current value of
each shareholder's investment in the fund or trust. If not so terminated,
the trust and the funds will continue indefinitely. Each fund may invest
all of its assets in another investment company.
CUSTODIAN. The Bank of New York, 110 Washington Street, New York, New York,
is custodian of the assets of the funds. The custodian is responsible for
the safekeeping of a fund's assets and the appointment of any subcustodian
banks and clearing agencies. The custodian takes no part in determining the
investment policies of a fund or in deciding which securities are purchased
or sold by a fund. However, a fund may invest in obligations of the
custodian and may purchase securities from or sell securitie s t o the
custodian. The Chase Manhattan Bank, headquartered in New York, also may
serve as a special purpose custodian of certain assets in connection with
repurchase agreement transactions.
FMR, its officers and directors, its affiliated companies, and the Board of
Trustees may, from time to time, conduct transactions with various banks,
including banks serving as custodians for certain funds advised by FMR.
Transactions that have occurred to date include mortgages and personal and
general business loans. In the judgment of FMR, the terms and conditions of
those transactions were not influenced by existing or potential custodial
or other fund relationships.
AUDITOR. Price Waterhouse LLP, 160 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts
serves as the fund's independent accountant. The auditor examines financial
statements for the funds and provides other audit, tax, and related
services.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Each fund's financial statements and financial highlights for the fiscal
year ended July 31, 1997, and report of the auditor, are included in the
funds' Annual Report, which is a separate report supplied with this SAI.
The funds' financial statements, including the financial highlights, and
report of the auditor are incorporated herein by reference. For a free
additional copy of the funds' Annual Report, contact Fidelity at
1-800-544-8888, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109.
APPENDIX
The descriptions that follow are examples of eligible ratings for the
funds. A fund may, however, consider the ratings for other types of
investments and the ratings assigned by other rating organizations when
determining the eligibility of a particular investment.
DESCRIPTION OF MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE RATINGS OF CORPORATE BONDS
Moody's ratings for obligations with an original remaining maturity in
excess of one year fall within nine categories. They range from Aaa
(highest quality) to C (lowest quality). Moody applies numerical modifiers
of 1, 2, or 3 to each generic rating classification from Aa through B. The
modifier 1 indicates that the security ranks in the higher end of its
generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and
the modifier 3 indicates that the issue ranks on the lower end of its
generic rating category.
AAA - Bonds that are rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality.
They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally
referred to as "gilt edged." Interest payments are protected by a large or
by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the
various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be
visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of
such issues.
AA - Bonds that are rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all
standards. Together with the Aaa group they comprise what are generally
known as high-grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because
margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or
fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may
be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat
larger than the Aaa securities.
A - Bonds that are rated A possess many favorable investment
attributes and are to be considered as upper-medium-grade obligations.
Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate
but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment
sometime in the future.
BAA - Bonds that are rated Baa are considered as medium-grade
obligations, (i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured).
Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present
but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically
unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding
investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as
well.
BA - Bonds that are rated Ba are judged to have speculative
elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the
protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and
thereby not well safeguarded during both good and bad times over the
future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.
B - Bonds that are rated B generally lack characteristics of the
desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of
maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may
be small.
CAA - Bonds that are rated Caa are of poor standing. Such issues may
be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to
principal or interest.
CA - Bonds that are rated Ca represent obligations which are
speculative in a high degree. Such issues are often in default or have
other marked short-comings.
C - Bonds that are rated C are the lowest-rated class of bonds and
issues so rated can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever
attaining any real investment standing.
DESCRIPTION OF STANDARD & POOR'S RATINGS OF CORPORATE BONDS
Debt issues may be designated by Standard & Poor's as either investment
grade ("AAA" through "BBB") or speculative grade ("BB" through "D"). While
speculative grade debt will likely have some quality and protective
characteristics, these are outweighed by large uncertainties or major
exposures to adverse conditions. Ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by
the addition of a plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) to show relative standing
within the major rating categories.
AAA - Debt rated AAA has the highest rating assigned by Standard &
Poor's to a debt obligation. Capacity to pay interest and repay principal
is extremely strong.
AA - Debt rated AA has a very strong capacity to pay interest and
repay principal and differs from the higher-rated issues only in small
degree.
A - Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay
principal, although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects
of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher
rated categories.
BBB - Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to
pay interest and repay principal. Whereas it normally exhibits adequate
protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing
circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay
interest and repay principal for debt in this category than in higher-rated
categories.
BB - Debt rated BB has less near-term vulnerability to default than
other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or
exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could
lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments.
The BB rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt
that is assigned an actual or implied BBB- rating.
B - Debt rated B has a greater vulnerability to default but
currently has the capacity to meet interest payments and principal
repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely
impair capacity or willingness to pay interest and repay principal. The B
rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that is
assigned an actual or implied BB or BB- rating.
CCC - Debt rated CCC has a currently identifiable vulnerability to
default, and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic
conditions to meet timely payment of interest and repayment of principal.
In the event of adverse business, financial, or economic conditions, it is
not likely to have the capacity to pay interest and repay principal. The
CCC rating category is also used for debt subordinated to senior debt that
is assigned an actual or implied B or B- rating.
CC - Debt rated CC is typically applied to debt subordinated to
senior debt which is assigned an actual or implied CCC debt rating.
C - The rating C is typically applied to debt subordinated to senior
debt which is assigned an actual or implied CCC- debt rating. The C rating
may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed
but debt service payments are continued.
CI - The rating CI is reserved for income bonds on which no interest
is being paid.
D - Debt rated D is in payment default. The D rating category is
used when interest payments or principal payments are not made on the date
due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P
believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The D
rating will also be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition if debt
service payments are jeopardized.
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Financial Statements and Financial Highlights, included in the
Annual Report, for the Fidelity Target Timeline Funds: Fidelity Target
Timeline 1999, Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline
2003 for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1997, are incorporated by reference
into the funds' Statement of Additional Information and were filed on
September 18, 1997 for Fidelity Boston Street Trust (No. 33-17704 and
811-5361) pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Exhibits:
(1)(a) Declaration of Trust, dated January 18, 1996 is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 24(b)(1)(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No.
20.
(b) Supplement to the Declaration of Trust, dated January 16, 1996 is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24(b)(1)(b) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 20.
(2) Bylaws of the Trust, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2(a) to Fidelity Union Street Trust's Post-Effective Amendment
No. 87.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) Not applicable.
(5)(a) Management Contract between Fidelity Boston Street Trust, on
behalf of Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, and Fidelity Management & Research
Company, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5(a) of
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(b) Management Contract between Fidelity Boston Street Trust, on behalf
of Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Management & Research
Company, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5(b) to
Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(c) Management Contract between Fidelity Boston Street Trust, on behalf
of Fidelity Target Timeline 2003, and Fidelity Management & Research
Company, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 5(c) to
Post-Effective Amendment No 20.
(d) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(d) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(e) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(e) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(f) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(f) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(g) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(g) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(h) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 2003, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(h) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(i) Sub-Advisory Agreement between Fidelity Management & Research
Company and Fidelity Management & Research (Far East) Inc. on behalf of
Fidelity Target Timeline 2003, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 5(i) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(6)(a) General Distribution Agreement between Fidelity Target Timeline
1999 and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 6(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(b) General Distribution Agreement between Fidelity Target Timeline 2001
and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 6(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(c) General Distribution Agreement between Fidelity Target Timeline 2003
and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 6(c) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(7) (a) Retirement Plan for Non-Interested Person Trustees, Directors or
General Partners, as amended on November 16, 1995, is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 7(a) of Fidelity Select Portfolio's (File No.
2-69972) Post-Effective Amendment No. 54.
(b) The Fee Deferral Plan for Non-Interested Person Directors and Trustees
of the Fidelity Funds, effective as of September 14, 1995 and amended
through November 14, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
7(b) of Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust's (File No. 33-43529) Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19.
(8)(a) Custodian Agreement and Appendix C, dated
December 1, 1994, between The Bank of New York and the Registrant is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(a) of Fidelity Hereford
Street Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 (File No. 33-52577).
(b) Appendix A, dated May 16, 1996, to the Custodian Agreement,
dated December 1, 1994, between The Bank of New York and the Registrant is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(e) of Fidelity Select
Portfolios Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 (File No. 2-69972).
(c) Appendix B, dated September 14, 1995, to
the Custodian Agreement, dated September 1, 1994, between Brown Brothers
Harriman & Company and the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 8(b) of Fidelity Capital Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 63
(File No. 2-61760).
(d) Fidelity Group Repo Custodian Agreement among The Bank
of New York, J. P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and the Registrant dated
February 12, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(d) of
Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios' (File No. 2-74808) Post-Effective
Amendment No. 31.
(e) Schedule 1 to the Fidelity Group Repo Custodian
Agreement between The Bank of New York and the Registrant dated February
12, 1996, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(e) of Fidelity
Institutional Cash Portfolios' (File No. 2-74808) Post-Effective Amendment
No. 31.
(f) Joint Trading Account Custody Agreement between The Bank of New
York and the Registrant dated May 11, 1995, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 8(h) of Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios' (File
No. 2-74808) Post-Effective Amendment No. 31.
(g) First Amendment to Joint Trading Account Custody Agreement between
The Bank of New York and the Registrant dated July 14, 1995, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 8(i) of Fidelity Institutional
Cash Portfolios' (File No. 2-74808) Post-Effective Amendment No. 31.
(9) Not applicable.
(10) Not applicable.
(11) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP is filed herein as Exhibit 11.
(12) Not applicable.
(13) Not applicable
(14) (a) Fidelity Individual Retirement Account Custodial Agreement and
Disclosure Statement, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 14(a) of Fidelity Union Street Trust's (File No.
2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(b) Fidelity Institutional Individual Retirement Account Custodial
Agreement and Disclosure Statement, as currently in effect, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 14(d) of Fidelity Union Street Trust's (File
No. 2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(c) National Financial Services Corporation Individual Retirement Account
Custodial Agreement and Disclosure Statement, as currently in effect, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(h) of Fidelity Union Street
Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(d) Fidelity Portfolio Advisory Services Individual Retirement Account
Custodial Agreement and Disclosure Statement, as currently in effect, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(i) of Fidelity Union Street
Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(e) Fidelity 403(b)(7) Custodial Account Agreement, as currently in
effect, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(e) of Fidelity
Union Street Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(f) National Financial Services Corporation Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement, as currently in effect, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(k) of Fidelity Union Street
Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective Amendment No. 87.
(g) The CORPORATEplan for Retirement Profit Sharing/401K Plan, as
currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(l)
of Fidelity Union Street Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective
Amendment No. 87.
(h) The CORPORATEplan for Retirement Money Purchase Pension Plan, as
currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(m)
of Fidelity Union Street Trust's (File No. 2-50318) Post-Effective
Amendment No. 87.
(i) Fidelity Investments Section 403(b)(7) Individual Custodial Account
Agreement and Disclosure Statement, as currently in effect, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 14(f) of Fidelity Commonwealth Trust's (File
No. 2-52322) Post-Effective Amendment No. 57.
(j) Plymouth Investments Defined Contribution Retirement Plan and Trust
Agreement, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 14(o) of Fidelity Commonwealth Trust's (File No. 2-52322)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 57.
(k) The Fidelity Prototype Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust Basic
Plan Document and Adoption Agreement, as currently in effect, is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(d) of Fidelity Securities
Fund's (File No. 2-93601) Post-Effective Amendment No. 33.
(l) The Institutional Prototype Plan Basic Plan Document, Standardized
Adoption Agreement, and Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement, as currently
in effect, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(o) of Fidelity
Securities Fund's (File No. 2-93601) Post-Effective Amendment No. 33.
(m) The CORPORATEplan for Retirement 100SM Profit Sharing/401(k) Basic
Plan Document, Standardized Adoption Agreement, and Non-Standardized
Adoption Agreement, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 14(f) of Fidelity Securities Fund's (File No. 2-93601)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 33.
(n) The Fidelity Investments 401(a) Prototype Plan for Tax-Exempt
Employers Basic Plan Document, Standardized Profit Sharing Plan Adoption
Agreement, Non-Standardized Discretionary Contribution Plan No. 002
Adoption Agreement, and Non-Standardized Discretionary Contribution Plan
No. 003 Adoption Agreement, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 14(g) of Fidelity Securities Fund's (File No.
2-93601) Post-Effective Amendment No. 33.
(o) Fidelity Investments 403(b) Sample Plan Basic Plan Document and
Adoption Agreement, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 14(p) of Fidelity Securities Fund's (File No. 2-93601)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 33.
(p) Fidelity Defined Contribution Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement, as
currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 14(c)
of Fidelity Securities Fund's (File No. 2-93601) Post-Effective Amendment
No. 33.
(q) Fidelity SIMPLE-IRAPlan Adoption Agreement, Company Profile Form, and
Plan Document, as currently in effect, is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 14(q) of Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust's (File No. 33-43529)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 19.
(15)(a) Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Fidelity
Target Timeline 1999 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 15(a)
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(b) Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Fidelity
Target Timeline 2001 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 15(b)
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(c) Distribution and Service Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Fidelity
Target Timeline 2003 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 15(c)
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20.
(16)(a) A schedule for computation of performance calculations is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 16(a) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19.
(b) A schedule for computation of adjusted NAVs is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 16(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 19.
(17) Financial Data Schedules are filed herein as Exhibit 27.
(18) Not applicable.
Item 25. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant
The Board of Trustees of Registrant is the same as the Board of Trustees
of other funds advised by FMR, each of which has Fidelity Management &
Research Company as its investment adviser. In addition, the officers of
these funds are substantially identical. Nonetheless, Registrant takes the
position that it is not under common control with these other funds since
the power residing in the respective boards and officers arises as the
result of an official position with the respective funds.
Item 26. Number of Holders of Securities as of August 31, 1997
Fidelity Target Timeline 1999 871
Fidelity Target Timeline 2001 785
Fidelity Target Timeline 2003 1,081
Item 27. Indemnification
Article XI, Section 2 of the Declaration of Trust sets forth the
reasonable and fair means for determining whether indemnification shall be
provided to any past or present Trustee or officer. It states that the
Registrant shall indemnify any present or past Trustee or officer to the
fullest extent permitted by law against liability and all expenses
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any claim, action, suit, or
proceeding in which he is involved by virtue of his service as a Trustee,
an officer, or both. Additionally, amounts paid or incurred in settlement
of such matters are covered by this indemnification. Indemnification will
not be provided in certain circumstances, however. These include instances
of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, and reckless disregard
of the duties involved in the conduct of the particular office involved.
Pursuant to Section 11 of the Distribution Agreement, the Registrant
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Distributor and each of its
directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the
Distributor within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against any
loss, liability, claim, damages or expense arising by reason of any person
acquiring any shares, based upon the ground that the registration
statement, Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, shareholder
reports or other information filed or made public by the Registrant
included a materially misleading statement or omission. However, the
Registrant does not agree to indemnify the Distributor or hold it harmless
to the extent that the statement or omission was made in reliance upon, and
in conformity with, information furnished to the Registrant by or on behalf
of the Distributor. The Registrant does not agree to indemnify the parties
against any liability to which they would be subject by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, and reckless disregard of the
obligations and duties under the Distribution Agreement.
Pursuant to the agreement by which Fidelity Service Company ("Service") is
appointed sub-transfer agent, the Transfer Agent agrees to indemnify
Service for its losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses to the
extent the Transfer Agent is entitled to and receives indemnification from
the Registrant for the same events. Under the Transfer Agency Agreement,
the Registrant agrees to indemnify and hold the Transfer Agent harmless
against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses resulting
from:
(1) any claim, demand, action or suit brought by any person other than the
Registrant, which names the Transfer Agent and/or the Registrant as a party
and is not based on and does not result from the Transfer Agent's willful
misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of its duties, and
arises out of or in connection with the Transfer Agent's performance under
the Transfer Agency Agreement; or
(2) any claim, demand, action or suit (except to the extent contributed to
by the Transfer Agent's willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or
reckless disregard of its duties) which results from the negligence of the
Registrant, or from the Transfer Agent's acting upon any instruction(s)
reasonably believed by it to have been executed or communicated by any
person duly authorized by the Registrant, or as a result of the Transfer
Agent's acting in reliance upon advice reasonably believed by the Transfer
Agent to have been given by counsel for the Registrant, or as a result of
the Transfer Agent's acting in reliance upon any instrument or stock
certificate reasonably believed by it to have been genuine and signed,
countersigned or executed by the proper person.
Item 28. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser
(1) FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY (FMR)
FMR serves as investment adviser to a number of other investment
companies. The directors and officers of the Adviser have held, during the
past two fiscal years, the following positions of a substantial nature.

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Edward C. Johnson 3d Chairman of the Board of FMR; President and Chief
Executive Officer of FMR Corp.; Chairman of the
Board and Director of FMR, FMR Corp., FMR Texas
Inc., FMR (U.K.) Inc., and FMR (Far East) Inc.;
Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of
Fidelity Investments Japan Limited; President and
Trustee of funds advised by FMR.

Robert C. Pozen President and Director of FMR; Senior Vice President
and Trustee of funds advised by FMR; President and
Director of FMR Texas Inc., FMR (U.K.) Inc., and
FMR (Far East) Inc.; General Counsel, Managing
Director, and Senior Vice President of FMR Corp.

J. Gary Burkhead President of FIIS; President and Director of FMR,
FMR Texas Inc., FMR (U.K.) Inc., and FMR (Far
East) Inc.; Managing Director of FMR Corp.; Senior
Vice President and Trustee of funds advised by FMR.

Peter S. Lynch Vice Chairman of the Board and Director of FMR.

Marta Amieva Vice President of FMR.

John Carlson Vice President of FMR.

Dwight D. Churchill Senior Vice President of FMR.

Barry Coffman Vice President of FMR.

Arieh Coll Vice President of FMR.

Stephen G. Manning Assistant Treasurer of FMR

William Danoff Senior Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by
FMR.

Scott E. DeSano Vice President of FMR.

Craig P. Dinsell Vice President of FMR.

Penelope Dobkin Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

George C. Domolky Vice President of FMR.

Bettina Doulton Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Margaret L. Eagle Vice President of FMR and a fund advised by FMR.

Richard B. Fentin Senior Vice President of FMR and Vice President of a
fund advised by FMR.

Gregory Fraser Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Jay Freedman Assistant Clerk of FMR; Clerk of FMR Corp., FMR
(U.K.) Inc., and FMR (Far East) Inc.; Secretary of
FMR Texas Inc.

Robert Gervis Vice President of FMR.

David L. Glancy Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Kevin E. Grant Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Barry A. Greenfield Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Boyce I. Greer Senior Vice President of FMR.

Bart A. Grenier Vice President of FMR and of High-Income Funds
advised by FMR.

Robert Haber Vice President of FMR.

Richard C. Habermann Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of funds
advised by FMR.

William J. Hayes Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of
Equity funds advised by FMR.

Richard Hazlewood Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Fred L. Henning Jr. Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of
Fixed-Income funds advised by FMR.

Bruce Herring Vice President of FMR.

John R. Hickling Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Robert F. Hill Vice President of FMR; Director of Technical
Research.

Curt Hollingsworth Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Abigail P. Johnson Senior Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by
FMR; Associate Director and Senior Vice President of
Equity funds advised by FMR.

David B. Jones Vice President of FMR.

Steven Kaye Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Francis V. Knox Vice President of FMR; Compliance Officer of FMR
(U.K.) Inc.

David P. Kurrasch Vice President of FMR.

Robert A. Lawrence Senior Vice President of FMR; Associate Director and
Senior Vice President of Equity funds advised by
FMR; Vice President of High Income funds advised by
FMR.

Harris Leviton Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Bradford E. Lewis Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Mark G. Lohr Vice President of FMR; Treasurer of FMR, FMR
(U.K.) Inc., FMR (Far East) Inc., and FMR Texas Inc.

Arthur S. Loring Senior Vice President, Clerk, and General Counsel of
FMR; Vice President/Legal, and Assistant Clerk of
FMR Corp.; Secretary of funds advised by FMR.

Richard R. Mace Jr. Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Charles Mangum Vice President of FMR.

Kevin McCarey Vice President of FMR.

Diane McLaughlin Vice President of FMR.

Neal P. Miller Vice President of FMR.

Robert H. Morrison Vice President of FMR; Director of Equity Trading.

David L. Murphy Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

Scott Orr Vice President of FMR.

Jacques Perold Vice President of FMR.

Anne Punzak Vice President of FMR.

Kenneth A. Rathgeber Vice President of FMR; Treasurer of funds advised by
FMR.

Kennedy P. Richardson Vice President of FMR.

Mark Rzepczynski Vice President of FMR.

Lee H. Sandwen Vice President of FMR.

Patricia A. Satterthwaite Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Fergus Shiel Vice President of FMR.

Carol Smith-Fachetti Vice President of FMR.

Steven J. Snider Vice President of FMR.

Thomas T. Soviero Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Richard Spillane Senior Vice President of FMR; Associate Director and
Senior Vice President of Equity funds advised by
FMR; Senior Vice President and Director of
Operations and Compliance of FMR (U.K.) Inc.

Thomas Sprague Vice President of FMR.

Robert E. Stansky Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of a
fund advised by FMR.

Scott Stewart Vice President of FMR.

Cythia Straus Vice President of FMR.

Thomas Sweeney Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Beth F. Terrana Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of a
fund advised by FMR.

Yoko Tilley Vice President of FMR.

Joel C. Tillinghast Vice President of FMR and of a fund advised by FMR.

Robert Tuckett Vice President of FMR.

Jennifer Uhrig Vice President of FMR and of funds advised by FMR.

George A. Vanderheiden Senior Vice President of FMR; Vice President of funds
advised by FMR.

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(2) FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. (FMR U.K.)
25 Lovat Lane, London, EC3R 8LL, England
FMR U.K. provides investment advisory services to Fidelity Management &
Research Company and Fidelity Management Trust Company. The directors and
officers of the Sub-Adviser have held the following positions of a
substantial nature during the past two fiscal years.
Edward C. Johnson 3d Chairman of the Board and Director of FMR U.K.,
FMR, FMR Corp., FMR Texas Inc., and FMR (Far
East) Inc.; Chairman of the Executive Committee of
FMR; President and Chief Executive Officer of FMR
Corp.; Chairman of the Board and Representative
Director of Fidelity Investments Japan Limited;
President and Trustee of funds advised by FMR.

J. Gary Burkhead President of FIIS; President and Director of FMR
U.K., FMR, FMR (Far East) Inc., and FMR Texas Inc.;
Managing Director of FMR Corp.; Senior Vice
President and Trustee of funds advised by FMR.

Mark G. Lohr Treasurer of FMR U.K., FMR, FMR (Far East) Inc.,
and FMR Texas Inc.; Vice President of FMR.

Stephen G. Manning Assistant Treasurer of FMR U.K., FMR, FMR (Far
East) Inc., and FMR Texas Inc.; Treasurer of FMR
Corp.

Francis V. Knox Compliance Officer of FMR U.K.; Vice President of
FMR.

Jay Freedman Clerk of FMR U.K., FMR (Far East) Inc., and FMR
Corp.; Assistant Clerk of FMR; Secretary of FMR
Texas Inc.

(3) FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY (FAR EAST) INC. (FMR FAR EAST)
Shiroyama JT Mori Bldg., 4-3-1 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan
FMR Far East provides investment advisory services to Fidelity Management
& Research Company and Fidelity Management Trust Company. The directors
and officers of the Sub-Adviser have held the following positions of a
substantial nature during the past two fiscal years.
Edward C. Johnson 3d Chairman of the Board and Director of FMR Far
East, FMR, FMR Corp., FMR Texas Inc., and
FMR (U.K.) Inc.; Chairman of the Executive
Committee of FMR; President and Chief
Executive Officer of FMR Corp.; Chairman of
the Board and Representative Director of
Fidelity Investments Japan Limited; President
and Trustee of funds advised by FMR.

J. Gary Burkhead President of FIIS; President and Director of
FMR Far East, FMR Texas Inc., FMR, and FMR
(U.K.) Inc.; Managing Director of FMR Corp.;
Senior Vice President and Trustee of funds
advised by FMR.

Robert C. Pozen President and Director of FMR; Senior Vice
President and Trustee of funds advised by FMR;
President and Director of FMR Texas Inc., FMR
(U.K.) Inc., and FMR (Far East) Inc.; General
Counsel, Managing Director, and Senior Vice
President of FMR Corp.

Bill Wilder Vice President of FMR Far East; President and
Representative Director of Fidelity Investments
Japan Limited.

Mark G. Lohr Treasurer of FMR Far East, FMR, FMR (U.K.)
Inc., and FMR Texas Inc.; Vice President of
FMR.

Stephen G. Manning Assistant Treasurer of FMR Far East, FMR,
FMR (U.K.) Inc., and FMR Texas Inc.; Vice
President and Treasurer of FMR Corp.

Jay Freedman Clerk of FMR Far East, FMR (U.K.) Inc., and
FMR Corp.; Assistant Clerk of FMR; Secretary
of FMR Texas Inc.

Robert Auld Vice President of FMR Far East.

Item 29. Principal Underwriters
(a) Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) acts as distributor for most
funds advised by FMR.
(b)

Name and Principal Positions and Offices Positions and Offices

Business Address* With Underwriter With Registrant

Edward C. Johnson 3d Director Trustee and President

Michael Mlinac Director None

Mark Peterson Director None

Paul Hondros President None

Arthur S. Loring Vice President and Clerk Secretary

Caron Ketchum Treasurer and Controller None

Gary Greenstein Assistant Treasurer None

Jay Freedman Assistant Clerk None

Linda Holland Compliance Officer None

* 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA
(c) Not applicable.
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
All accounts, books, and other documents required to be maintained by
Section 31a of the 1940 Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder are
maintained by Fidelity Management & Research Company or Fidelity Service
Co., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, or the funds' custodian The
Bank of New York, 110 Washington Street, New York, N.Y.
Item 31. Management Services
Not applicable.
Item 32. Undertakings
The Registrant, on behalf of Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, Fidelity
Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline 2003: (1) to call a
meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of
removal of a trustee or trustees, when requested to do so by record holders
of not less than 10% of its outstanding shares; and (2) to assist in
communications with other shareholders pursuant to Section 16(c)(1) and
(2), whenever shareholders meeting the qualifications set forth in Section
16(c) seek the opportunity to communicate with other shareholders with a
view toward requesting a meeting.
The Registrant, on behalf of Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, Fidelity
Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline 2003, provided the
information required by Item 5A is contained in the annual report,
undertakes to furnish to each person to whom a prospectus has been
delivered, upon their request and without charge, a copy of the
Registrant's latest annual report to shareholders.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all
of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 23rd day
of September 1997.
FIDELITY BOSTON STREET TRUST
By /s/Edward C. Johnson 3d (dagger)
Edward C. Johnson 3d, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
(Signature) (Title) (Date)

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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d (dagger) President and Trustee September 23, 1997

Edward C. Johnson 3d (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/Richard A. Silver Treasurer September 23, 1997

Richard A. Silver

/s/Robert C. Pozen Trustee September 23, 1997

Robert C. Pozen

/s/Ralph F. Cox * Trustee September 23, 1997

Ralph F. Cox

/s/Phyllis Burke Davis * Trustee September 23, 1997

Phyllis Burke Davis

/s/Robert M. Gates ** Trustee September 23, 1997

Robert M. Gates

/s/E. Bradley Jones * Trustee September 23, 1997

E. Bradley Jones

/s/Donald J. Kirk * Trustee September 23, 1997

Donald J. Kirk

/s/Peter S. Lynch * Trustee September 23, 1997

Peter S. Lynch

/s/Marvin L. Mann * Trustee September 23, 1997

Marvin L. Mann

/s/William O. McCoy * Trustee September 23, 1997

William O. McCoy

/s/Gerald C. McDonough * Trustee September 23, 1997

Gerald C. McDonough

/s/Thomas R. Williams * Trustee September 23, 1997

Thomas R. Williams

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(dagger) Signatures affixed by Robert C. Pozen pursuant to a power of
attorney dated July 17, 1997 and filed herewith.
* Signature affixed by Robert C. Hacker pursuant to a power of attorney
dated December 19, 1996 and filed herewith.
** Signature affixed by Robert C. Hacker pursuant to a power of attorney
dated March 6, 1997 and filed herewith.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Director, Trustee, or General Partner, as the case may
be, of the following investment companies:

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Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund
Fidelity Advisor Annuity Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Hereford Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Institutional Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust
Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Revere Street Trust
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Daily Tax-Exempt Fund Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Portfolio, L.P. Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust
Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Union Street Trust II
Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Variable Insurance Products Fund II

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plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the
undersigned individual serves as Director, Trustee, or General Partner
(collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint Arthur J. Brown,
Arthur C. Delibert, Stephanie A. Djinis, Robert C. Hacker, Thomas M.
Leahey, Richard M. Phillips, and Dana L. Platt, each of them singly, my
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and
with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the
appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form
N-1A, Form N-8A or any successor thereto, any and all subsequent
Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said
Registration Statements on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, any
Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any supplements or other
instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in
my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem
necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify
and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for
all documents filed on or after March 1, 1997.
WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below.
/s/Robert M. Gates March 6, 1997

Robert M. Gates

POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors, Trustees, or General Partners, as the case
may be, of the following investment companies:

</TABLE>

plus any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research
Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the
undersigned individual serves as Directors, Trustees, or General Partners
(collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint Arthur J. Brown,
Arthur C. Delibert, Stephanie A. Djinis, Robert C. Hacker, Thomas M.
Leahey, Richard M. Phillips, and Dana L. Platt, each of them singly, our
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and
with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the
appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form
N-1A, Form N-8A or any successor thereto, any and all subsequent
Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said
Registration Statements on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, any
Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any supplements or other
instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in
our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact
deems necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all
related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is
effective for all documents filed on or after January 1, 1997.
WITNESS our hands on this nineteenth day of December, 1996.

/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d___________ /s/Peter S. Lynch________________

Edward C. Johnson 3d Peter S. Lynch

/s/J. Gary Burkhead_______________ /s/William O. McCoy______________

J. Gary Burkhead William O. McCoy

/s/Ralph F. Cox __________________ /s/Gerald C. McDonough___________

Ralph F. Cox Gerald C. McDonough

/s/Phyllis Burke Davis_____________ /s/Marvin L. Mann________________

Phyllis Burke Davis Marvin L. Mann

/s/E. Bradley Jones________________ /s/Thomas R. Williams ____________

E. Bradley Jones Thomas R. Williams

/s/Donald J. Kirk __________________

Donald J. Kirk

POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned President and Director, Trustee, or General Partner, as
the case may be, of the following investment companies:

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<S> <C>
Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Hereford Street Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Income Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios
Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Investment Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Magellan Fund
Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Money Market Trust
Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust
Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust
Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust II
Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust
Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II
Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust
Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Revere Street Trust
Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity School Street Trust
Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Securities Fund
Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Select Portfolios
Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Summer Street Trust
Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Trend Fund
Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities
Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fund, L.P.
Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Fidelity Union Street Trust
Portfolio, L.P. Fidelity Union Street Trust II
Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P.
Fidelity Exchange Fund Newbury Street Trust
Fidelity Financial Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund
Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund II
Fidelity Government Securities Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund III
Fidelity Hastings Street Trust

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in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management &
Research Company or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which
the undersigned individual serves as President and Director, Trustee, or
General Partner (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby constitute and appoint
Robert C. Pozen my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution, and with full power to him to sign for me and in my name in
the appropriate capacity, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form
N-1A, Form N-8A, or any successor thereto, any and all subsequent
Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said
Registration Statements on Form N-1A, Form N-8A, or any successor thereto,
any Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any supplements or other
instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in
my name and on my behalf in connection therewith as said attorney-in-fact
deems necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all
related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitutes may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective
for all documents filed on or after August 1, 1997.
WITNESS my hand on the date set forth below.
/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d_ July 17, 1997

Edward C. Johnson 3d

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference, into the Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information constituting parts of this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
of Fidelity Boston Street Trust: Fidelity Target Timeline Fund 1999,
Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity Target Timeline 2003, of our
report dated September 11, 1997 on the financial statements and financial
highlights included in the July 31, 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders of
Fidelity Target Timeline 1999, Fidelity Target Timeline 2001, and Fidelity
Target Timeline 2003.
We further consent to the references to our Firm under the headings
"Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Auditor" in the Statement of
Additional Information.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
Price Waterhouse LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 19, 1997

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