FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 31 MARCH 2010
Issued pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 4 of the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules
Objective
To achieve long-term capital growth from the stock markets of Continental
Europe.
Benchmark
FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index
Review of Period (total return)
During the period:
- the NAV increased by 4.46% (debt at par) and 4.53% (debt at market value)
against a 3.92% return for the benchmark
- the share price decreased by 1.01%
- the Board and Managers continue to believe that investment in equities will
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 0.87% on 31 March 2010
Material transactions
During the quarter 1,058,949 shares were repurchased for cancellation
Since the quarter end 108,000 shares have been repurchased for cancellation
Material Events
Appointment of Dr Robin Niblett as a Director 14 January 2010
Declaration and payment of interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2009
Annual report for the year ended 31 December 2009 published. AGM convened for
18 May 2010
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Mana Sudipto Banerji Listed: London Stock
ger: Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Winterflood
Investment
Trust
WWW Address: www.fidelity.co.uk/ Price Quoted: London Stock
its Exchange
Copies of major Financial
announcements and Times
documentation
relating to the The Times
Company may be found
on the website The Daily
Telegraph
The
Independent
Launch Date: 05 November 1991 Reuters Code: FEV.L
As at 31 March 2010 As at 14 May 2010 SEAQ Code: 51034
Ordinary 50,057,656 49,949,656 ISIN: GB0003375820
Shares In
Issue:
Share price 14.36% 16.22% Registered
discount to office
NAV:
Total £745.8m £692.9m Beech Gate
Assets:
Millfield Lane
Loan: £93.5m £89.8m
Lower Kingswood
Total Net £652.3m £603.1m
Assets: Tadworth
Gross 14.20% 14.90% Surrey KT20 6RP
Gearing :
Net Gearing: 0.38% -0.68%
The Company's net asset value per share is announced daily and may be found on
the Stock Exchange website www.londonstockexchange.com
Portfolio Breakdowns
Country As at 31 As at 31 Largest 10 As at 31 March As at 31
Analysis (% March 2010 December Holdings (% 2010 December 2009
total 2009 total assets)
assets)
France 24.3 26.8 Nestle (Regd) 4.5 4.2
Germany 21.6 18.6 Sanofi-Aventis 3.7 4.1
Switzerland 12.0 11.9 Total 2.9 3.5
Netherlands 7.8 7.1 Zurich 2.6 -
Financial
Services*
Ireland 6.2 6.2 Roche Holdings 2.6 3.1
Belgium 5.2 6.4 Siemens 2.5 -
Italy 3.8 5.0 BNP Paribas 2.5 3.0
Spain 3.2 4.5 Koninklijke 1.9 -
Philips
Electronics *
Other 9.7 8.5 Daimler * 1.9 -
Cash 6.2 5.0 Royal Dutch 1.8 2.0
Shell A (NL)
Intesa - 2.7
Sanpaolo **
Total 100 100 Telefonica ** - 2.4
GDF Suez ** - 2.3
Deutsche - 2.2
Boerse **
* Not in the top 10 at 31 December 2009
** No Longer in the top 10 at 31 March 2010
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at 31 Quarter to Quarter 1 Year to 3 Years to 5 Years to
March 2010 31 to 31 31 March 31 March 31 March
(p) December March 2010 2010 2010
2009 2010
NAV (debt at 1,303.11 0.32 4.46 37.27 4.15 63.09
par)
NAV (debt at 1,296.36 0.44 4.53 37.71 3.51 63.15
market value)
Ordinary 1,116.00 2.95 -1.01 33.73 -4.89 44.95
Share price
Benchmark 0.48 3.92 47.63 3.26 56.15
Index
As at 14 May 2010 the Company's NAV per share was 1,193.64p (debt at par) and
1,187.29p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 1,000.00p per
share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
31/03/2005 31/03/2006 31/03/2007 31/03/2008 31/03/2009
31/03/2006 31/03/2007 31/03/2008 31/03/2009 31/03/2010
NAV 42.5 9.9 0.6 -24.6 37.3
Ordinary Share 41.1 8.0 0.8 -29.4 33.7
price
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
14 May 2010
Past performance is not a guide to future returns. The value of investments can
go down as well as up. For funds that invest in overseas markets, changes in
currency exchange rates may affect the value of an investment. Investments in
small and emerging markets can be more volatile than other more developed
markets. Source of performance: Fidelity and Datastream as at 31 March 2010.
Basis: bid-bid with net income reinvested. Fidelity only gives information
about its own products and services and does not provide investment advice
based on individual circumstances.
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