Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 002-52322
Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration No. 811-02546
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
[ ] Pre-Effective Amendment No. ______
[X] Post-Effective Amendment No. 154
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
[X] Amendment No. 154
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number: 617-563-7000
Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary
245 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Exhibit No. |
XBRL Instance Document | EX-101.INS |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | EX-101.SCH |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | EX-101.CAL |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | EX-101.DEF |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document | EX-101.LAB |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | EX-101.PRE |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 154 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 14th day of February 2020.
| | Fidelity Commonwealth Trust | ||
| | By | /s/Stacie M. Smith | |
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| | Stacie M. Smith, President | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| (Signature) | | (Title) | (Date) |
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| /s/Stacie M. Smith | | President and Treasurer | February 14, 2020 |
| Stacie M. Smith | | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
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| /s/John J. Burke III | | Chief Financial Officer | February 14, 2020 |
| John J. Burke III | | (Principal Financial Officer) | |
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| /s/James C. Curvey | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| James C. Curvey | | | |
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| /s/Dennis J. Dirks | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Dennis J. Dirks | | | |
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| /s/Donald F. Donahue | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Donald F. Donahue | | | |
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| /s/Alan J. Lacy | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Alan J. Lacy | | | |
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| /s/Ned C. Lautenbach | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Ned C. Lautenbach | | | |
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| /s/Joseph Mauriello | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Joseph Mauriello | | | |
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| /s/Cornelia M. Small | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Cornelia M. Small | | | |
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| /s/Garnett A. Smith | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Garnett A. Smith | | | |
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| /s/David M. Thomas | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| David M. Thomas | | | |
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| /s/Michael E. Wiley | * | Trustee | February 14, 2020 |
| Michael E. Wiley | | | |
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| * | By: | /s/Megan C. Johnson |
| | | Megan C. Johnson, pursuant to powers of attorney dated March 2, 2018 and January 1, 2019 and filed herewith. |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
| Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Advisor Series VIII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Concord Street Trust Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust | Fidelity Hanover Street Trust Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Investment Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Puritan Trust Fidelity Securities Fund Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV |
in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after January 1, 2019.
WITNESS our hands on this first day of January 2019.
| /s/James C. Curvey | /s/Joseph Mauriello |
| James C. Curvey | Joseph Mauriello |
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| /s/Dennis J. Dirks | /s/Cornelia M. Small |
| Dennis J. Dirks | Cornelia M. Small |
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| /s/Donald F. Donahue | /s/Garnett A. Smith |
| Donald F. Donahue | Garnett A. Smith |
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| /s/Alan J. Lacy | /s/David M. Thomas |
| Alan J. Lacy | David M. Thomas |
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| /s/Ned C. Lautenbach | |
| Ned C. Lautenbach | |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned Director or Trustee, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:
| Fidelity Advisor Series I Fidelity Advisor Series VII Fidelity Beacon Street Trust Fidelity Capital Trust Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC Fidelity Commonwealth Trust Fidelity Commonwealth Trust II Fidelity Congress Street Fund Fidelity Contrafund Fidelity Covington Trust Fidelity Destiny Portfolios Fidelity Devonshire Trust | Fidelity Exchange Fund Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Hanover Street Trust Fidelity Hastings Street Trust Fidelity Magellan Fund Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust Fidelity Select Portfolios Fidelity Summer Street Trust Fidelity Trend Fund Variable Insurance Products Fund II Variable Insurance Products Fund III Variable Insurance Products Fund IV |
in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (“FMR”) or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individual serves as Director or Trustee (collectively, the “Funds”), hereby revokes all previous powers of attorney I have given to sign and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, John V. O’Hanlon, Robert W. Helm, Megan C. Johnson, and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys–in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after March 2, 2018.
WITNESS our hands on this second day of March 2018.
| /s/ Michael E. Wiley |
| Michael E. Wiley |