FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011
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 decreased by 23.88% (debt at par) and 23.86% (debt at market value)
against a 24.32% decrease for the benchmark.
- The share price decreased by 24.60%
- The Board and Managers continue to believe that investment in equities should
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term.
- The main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 6.12% as at 30 September 2011.
Material transactions
- During the quarter, 1,616,497 shares were repurchased for cancellation.
327,549 shares have been repurchased for cancellation since the quarter end.
Material Events
Publication of half-yearly results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2011.
Purchase of 1,000 shares by Humphrey van der Klugt.
Purchase of 1,000 shares by James Robinson.
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: Sam Morse Listed: London Stock
Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Winterflood
Investment Trust
WWW Address: www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Financial Times
Quoted:
Copies of major announcements The Times
and documentation relating to
the Company may be found on the The Daily Telegraph
website
The Independent
Launch Date: 05 November Reuters FEV.L
1991 Code:
As at 30 As at 27 October SEAQ Code: 51034
September 2011 2011
Ordinary Shares i 46,301,902 45,974,353 ISIN: GB0003375820
n issue:
Share price 14.63% 14.40% Registered
discount to NAV: office
Total Assets: £577.8m £641.5m Beech Gate
Millfield
Lane
Loan: £62.5m £64.1m
Lower
Kingswood
Total Net Assets: £515.3m £577.4m Tadworth
Surrey KT20
6RP
Gross Gearing : 12.13% 11.11%
Net Gearing: 6.12% 9.57%
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
Industry Analysis As at 30 As at 30 Largest 10 As at 30 As at 30
(% total assets) September June 2011 Holdings (% September 201 June 2011
2011 total 1
assets)
Financials 22.6 24.2 Nestle 7.0 5.8
(Regd)
Consumer Staples 16.0 13.4 Sanofi 4.0 3.5
Health Care 13.0 11.2 Novo-Nordisk 3.7 3.2
B
Consumer 11.7 11.4 SAP 3.5 3.0
Discretionary
Industrials 11.6 13.3 Schneider 2.9 3.0
Electric
Materials 7.1 9.8 Zurich 2.7 -
Financial
Services
Telecommunication 5.7 5.3 Royal Dutch 2.7 -
Services Shell (A)
Energy 5.2 5.0 Swedish 2.5 -
Match
Information 4.2 3.0 Saipem 2.4 2.6
Technology
Utilities 2.8 3.4 BNP Paribas 2.4 3.2
Siemens - 2.6
UBS (Regd) - 2.4
Societe - 2.4
Generale
Total 100 100
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at 30 Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years to 5 Years to 30
September 30 30 30 September 2011
2011 (p) September September September
2011 2011 2011
NAV (debt at 1112.84 -23.88 -10.57 -0.19 1.21
par)
NAV (debt at 1,111.63 -23.86 -10.35 -0.50 1.07
market value)
Ordinary Share 950.00 -24.60 -8.21 -2.01 -7.48
price
Benchmark -24.32 -14.24 0.03 -4.72
Index
As at 27 October 2011 the Company's NAV per share was 1255.82 p (debt at par)
and 1254.57p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 1075.00p
per share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2008 30/09/2009 30/09/2010
30/09/2007 30/09/2008 30/09/2009 30/09/2010 30/09/2011
NAV (debt at 20.5 -15.9 10.2 1.3 -10.57
par)
NAV (debt at 20.6 -15.8 9.2 1.6 -10.35
market value)
Ordinary Share 20.9 -21.9 11.3 -4.1 -8.21
price
Benchmark 19.5 -20.3 15.5 1.0 -14.24
Index
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
28 October 2011
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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 30 September
2011. Basis: bid-bid with net income reinvested. Fidelity only gives
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