FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 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 11.1% (debt at par) and 11.2% (debt at market value)
against a 13.5% return for the benchmark.
- the share price increased by 12.5%
- The Board and Managers continue to believe that investment in equities should
produce strong returns for shareholders over the long term.
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below
Net gearing was 4.0% as at 30 September 2010.
Material transactions
- During the quarter, 60,000 shares were repurchased for cancellation. 45,000
shares have been repurchased for cancellation since the quarter end.
Material Events
Announcement and publication of half-yearly results for the six months ended 30
June 2010.
Change of portfolio manager from Sudipto Banerji to Sam Morse with effect from
01 January 2011, announced on 11 November 2010.
Additional Information
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Manager: Sudipto Banerji to 31 December Listed: London Stock
2010 and Sam Morse from Exchange
01 January 2011
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 15 November SEAQ Code: 51034
September 2010 2010
Ordinary Shares in 49,694,986 49,649,986 ISIN: GB0003375820
issue:
Share price 16.63% 17.13% Registered
discount to NAV: office
Total Assets: £688.8m £696.9m Beech Gate
Millfield
Lane
Loan: £56.1m £55.8m
Lower
Kingswood
Total Net Assets: £632.7m £641.1m Tadworth
Surrey KT20
6RP
Gross Gearing : 8.88% 8.62%
Net Gearing: 4.02% 5.26%
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 2010 Holdings (% September June 2010
2010 total assets) 2010
Financials 20.5 19.7 Nestle (REGD) 4.9 5.2
Consumer Goods 20.1 20.8 Siemens 3.0 3.0
Consumer Services 12.7 11.0 Sanofi-Aventis 2.9 3.8
Industrials 10.1 10.1 UBS (REGD) 2.6 2.6
Health Care 10.1 14.5 Zurich 2.5 2.9
Financial
Services
Oil & Gas 8.1 5.9 Total 2.5 2.5
Basic Materials 7.1 6.7 SAP 2.4 2.2
Telecommunications 4.5 3.1 Carrefour 2.3 **
Utilities 3.8 3.9 Swedish Match 2.2 **
Technology 3.0 4.3 Umicore 2.2 **
Roche Holdings * 2.9
Total 100 100 Daimler * 2.5
BNP Paribas * 2.3
* Not in top 10 as at 30 September 2010
** Not in top 10 as at 30 June 2010
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years 5 Years
30 30 June 30 30 to 30 to 30
September 2010 September September September September
2010 (p) 2010 2010 2010 2010
NAV (debt at 1259.47 -13.0 11.1 1.3 -6.1 28.7
par)
NAV (debt at 1255.11 -12.9 11.2 1.6 -6.6 28.8
market value)
Ordinary Share 1050.00 -16.4 12.5 -4.1 -16.6 10.4
price
Benchmark -14.8 13.5 1.0 -7.0 31.8
Index
As at 15 November 2010 the Company's NAV per share was 1,291.19p (debt at par)
and 1,287.18p (debt at fair value) and the Company's share price was 1,070.00p
per share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/09/2005 30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2008 30/09/2009
30/09/2006 30/09/2007 30/09/2008 30/09/2009 30/09/2010
NAV (debt at 13.7 20.5 -15.9 10.2 1.3
par)
NAV (debt at 14.2 20.6 -15.8 9.2 1.6
market value)
Ordinary Share 9.5 20.9 -21.9 11.3 -4.1
price
Benchmark 18.6 19.5 -20.3 15.5 1.0
Index
By order of the Board
Rebecca Burtonwood
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
16 November 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 30 September
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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