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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
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FORM N-1A |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 33-54837) |
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UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 811-7205) |
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UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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Amendment No. 19 |
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Variable Insurance Products Fund III |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |
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82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
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(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
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Registrant's Telephone Number: 617-563-7000 |
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Eric D. Roiter, Secretary |
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82 Devonshire Street |
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Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service) |
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective |
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b). |
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on (September 20, 2000) pursuant to paragraph (b). |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1). |
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on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485. |
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2). |
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on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
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If appropriate, check the following box: |
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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
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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. 19 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 11th day of September 2000.
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Variable Insurance Products III |
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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d |
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Edward C. Johnson 3d, President |
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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.
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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d |
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President and Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Edward C. Johnson 3d |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/Robert A. Dwight |
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Treasurer |
September 11, 2000 |
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Robert A. Dwight |
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/s/Robert C. Pozen |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Robert C. Pozen |
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/s/Ralph F. Cox |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Ralph F. Cox |
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/s/Phyllis Burke Davis |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Phyllis Burke Davis |
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/s/Robert M. Gates |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Robert M. Gates |
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/s/Donald J. Kirk |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Donald J. Kirk |
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/s/Ned C. Lautenbach |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Ned C. Lautenbach |
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/s/Peter S. Lynch |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Peter S. Lynch |
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/s/Marvin L. Mann |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Marvin L. Mann |
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/s/William O. McCoy |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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William O. McCoy |
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/s/Gerald C. McDonough |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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Gerald C. McDonough |
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/s/Thomas R. Williams |
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Trustee |
September 11, 2000 |
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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 Alan C. Porter pursuant to a power of attorney dated July 20, 2000 and filed herewith.
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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Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Advisor Series V Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Corporate Trust Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Daily Money Fund Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Deutsche Mark Performance Portfolio, L.P. Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust |
Fidelity Hereford Street Trust Fidelity Income Fund Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolios Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust II Fidelity New York Municipal Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II Fidelity Phillips Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Revere Street Trust Fidelity School Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Sterling Performance Portfolio, L.P. Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P. Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities Fund, L.P. Fidelity Union Street Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust II Fidelity Yen Performance Portfolio, L.P. Newbury Street Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III |
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.
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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d |
July 17, 1997 |
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Edward C. Johnson 3d |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors, Trustees, or General Partners, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
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Colchester Street Trust Fidelity Aberdeen Street Trust Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series II Fidelity Advisor Series III Fidelity Advisor Series IV Fidelity Advisor Series VI Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Boston Street Trust Fidelity California Municipal Trust Fidelity California Municipal Trust II Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Charles Street Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Court Street Trust Fidelity Court Street Trust II Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust Fidelity Garrison Street Trust Fidelity Government Securities Fund Fidelity Hastings Street Trust |
Fidelity Hereford Street Trust Fidelity Income Fund Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Cash Portfolios Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Massachusetts Municipal Trust Fidelity Money Market Trust Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust Fidelity Municipal Trust II Fidelity New York Municipal Trust Fidelity New York Municipal Trust II Fidelity Oxford Street Trust Fidelity Phillips Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Revere Street Trust Fidelity School Street Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Fidelity U.S. Investments-Bond Fund, L.P. Fidelity U.S. Investments-Government Securities Fund, L.P. Fidelity Union Street Trust Fidelity Union Street Trust II Newbury Street Trust Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III |
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, Robert C. Hacker, Thomas M. Leahey, Richard M. Phillips, Dana L. Platt, and Alan C. Porter, 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 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 August 1, 2000.
WITNESS our hands on this twentieth day of July, 2000.
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/s/Edward C. Johnson 3d |
/s/Peter S. Lynch |
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Edward C. Johnson 3d |
Peter S. Lynch |
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/s/Ralph F. Cox |
/s/Marvin L. Mann |
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Ralph F. Cox |
Marvin L. Mann |
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/s/Phyllis Burke Davis |
/s/William O. McCoy |
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Phyllis Burke Davis |
William O. McCoy |
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/s/Robert M. Gates |
/s/Gerald C. McDonough |
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Robert M. Gates |
Gerald C. McDonough |
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/s/Donald J. Kirk |
/s/Robert C. Pozen |
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Donald J. Kirk |
Robert C. Pozen |
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/s/Ned C. Lautenbach |
/s/Thomas R. Williams |
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Ned C. Lautenbach |
Thomas R. Williams |
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