FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC - INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FOR THE QUARTER
ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012
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 6.06% against a 6.60% increase for the benchmark.
- the share price increased by 7.39%.
- main portfolio changes are detailed in the top ten holdings below.
*Gearing exposure was 7.5% on 30 September 2012.
Material transactions
- During the quarter no shares were repurchased for cancellation.
- Since the quarter end no shares have been repurchased for cancellation.
Material Events
Publication of half-yearly results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2012.
Details of the Company Dealing Information
Fund Sam Morse Listed: London Stock
Manager: Exchange
Enquiries: 08457 100 456 Broker: Winterflood
Investment
Trust
WWW www.fidelity.co.uk/its Price Financial Times
Address: Quoted:
Copies of major The Times
announcements and
documentation relating The Daily
to the Company may be Telegraph
found on the website
The Independent
Launch 05 November 1991 Reuters FEV.L
Date: Code:
As at 30 September 2012 As at 26 October SEAQ Code: 51034
2012
Ordinary 43,204,093 43,204,093 ISIN: GB0003375820
Shares In
Issue:
Share 12.60% 11.67% Registered
price office
discount
to NAV:
Total Net £577.8m £582.5m Beech Gate
Assets: Millfield Lane
Lower Kingswood
Tadworth
Gearing *7.5% 9.99% Surrey
exposure: KT20 6RP
The Company's net asset value per share is announced daily and may be found on
the Stock Exchange website www.londonstockexchange.com
* In line with the AIC's new recommendation
Under previous disclosures, this figure would
be represented as 107.5%.
Portfolio Breakdowns
Industry Analysis As at 30 As at 30 Largest 10 As at 30 As at 30
(% total assets) September June 2012 Holdings (% September 2012 June 2012
2012 total exposure
of the
investment
portfolio)
Financials 22.3 21.3 Nestle 6.6 6.8
Consumer Goods 18.8 19.5 Sanofi 4.9 4.5
Health Care 13.4 13.5 Novo-Nordisk 4.5 4.5
Industrials 11.3 11.2 SAP 4.1 3.5
Consumer Services 10.7 11.8 UBS 3.2 2.8
Technology 7.5 6.5 Schneider 3.1 2.8
Electric
Basic Materials 7.0 6.7 Saipem 3.0 2.9
Oil & Gas 5.7 5.4 Umicore 2.8 -*
Utilities 3.4 3.3 Zurich 2.8 2.8
Financial
Services
Telecommunications 0.0 0.9 Anheuser-Busch 2.7 2.8
Inbev
Swedish Match -** 2.8
Total 100 100
* Not in top 10 at 30 June 2012
** No longer in top 10 at 30 September
2012
Performance Record (total return %)
Price at Quarter to Quarter to 1 Year to 3 Years 5 Years to
30 30 June 30 30 to 30 30
September 2012 September September September September
2012 (p) 2012 2012 2012 2012
NAV 1337.59 -4.95 6.06 22.61 11.10 2.99
Ordinary Share 1169.00 -4.08 7.39 25.18 10.17 -4.23
price
Benchmark -6.94 6.60 12.57 -1.90 -9.64
Index
As at 26 October 2012 the Company's NAV per share was 1348.40p and the
Company's share price was 1191.00p per share.
Standardised Performance (total return %)
30/09/2007 30/09/2008 30/09/2009 30/09/2010 30/09/2011
30/09/2008 30/09/2009 30/09/2010 30/09/2011 30/09/2012
NAV -15.9 10.2 1.3 -10.57 22.61
Ordinary Share -21.9 11.3 -4.1 -8.21 25.18
price
Benchmark -20.3 15.5 1.0 -14.24 12.57
Index
By order of the Board
Christopher Pirnie
For and on behalf of FIL Investments International
Company Secretary
29 October 2012
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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
2012. Basis: bid-bid with net income reinvested. Fidelity only gives
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