Transaction in Own Shares

FIDELITY JAPAN TRUST PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

The Board of Fidelity Japan Trust PLC ("the Company") announces today that on 20 August 2020 the Company bought into Treasury 23,547 of its own shares at a price of 181.0 pence per share. 

The Company's issued ordinary share capital is 136,161,695 of which 5,201,499 shares are held in Treasury, which attract no voting rights.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is now 130,960,196.

The above figure (130,960,196) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Smita Amin

For and on behalf of FIL Investments International

Company Secretary

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